Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 2098

Southern Asia
2098
Total fertility rate: 1.78
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2098  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia is projected at 1.78 children per woman in 2098 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (118 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.3 years old. In total, 24,645,238 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.78
Births
24,645,238
Births per 1,000 people
9.8
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
2,505,454,618
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.00.0%1,004
15-195.91.7%388,077
20-2452.514.7%3,505,934
25-29117.633.0%8,019,335
30-34115.732.5%8,113,292
35-3949.413.9%3,542,520
40-4413.13.7%953,469
45-491.60.4%116,238
50-540.10.0%5,368