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If 2026 rates held for a lifetime, a woman in Nepal would have about 1.92 children, below the 2.1 needed to sustain the population. Over the preceding five years it has fallen by 0.11 children per woman. About 542 thousand babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 18.3 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.91, just under the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children at a mean age of 25.2 years. Mothers aged 15-19 account for 17% of births. By 2100, projections see it reaching 1.67 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.92 children/woman
Birth rate
18.3 per 1,000 people
Total births
542K
Mean age at birth
25.2 years
Nepal's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 6.1 children per woman in 1961 to 1.92 today, below the 2.1 replacement level. Teen pregnancy remains notable, with 17% of births to mothers aged 15-19.