Fertility in Eastern Asia (1950–2100)

Eastern Asia
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.04
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia is projected at 1.04 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (70 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.7 years old. In total, 10,174,434 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.04
Births
10,174,434
Births per 1,000 people
6.2
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.49
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.7
Population
1,648,245,779
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%392
15-194.72.3%212,732
20-2439.919.1%1,676,011
25-2969.833.5%3,091,695
30-3457.627.6%2,894,370
35-3927.213.1%1,772,725
40-447.13.4%418,795
45-491.90.9%99,895
50-540.10.1%7,823