Number of
Age Women Births ASFR
15-19 100,000 20,000 0.200
20-24 120,000 40,000 0.333
25-29 90,000 50,000 0.556
30-34 100,000 20,000 0.200
35-39 80,000 8,000 0.100
40-45 95,000 1,000 0.011
Total Fertility Rate
• Sum of all age specific fertility rates
ASFR
0.200
0.333
0.556
0.200
0.100
0.011
1.399
x 5 yrs
TFR=6.997
Variants of TFR
• Parity specific fertility rates
– Women at parity “p”
• Marital fertility rates
– Married women
Cohort Fertility
• The mean parity for a cohort of women
who have completed their fertility is that
cohort’s TFR
Parity Progression Ratio