Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1950

Eastern Asia
1950
Total fertility rate: 5.50
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
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-5 -1   1950  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 5.50 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (270 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 26,452,688 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.50
Births
26,452,688
Births per 1,000 people
39.4
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
671,914,904
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
10-141.00.1%31,648
15-1972.46.6%2,263,018
20-24237.221.6%6,600,875
25-29269.624.5%6,779,200
30-34225.920.5%5,026,788
35-39181.316.5%3,686,703
40-4498.99.0%1,839,570
45-4913.31.2%218,995
50-540.40.0%5,890