Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1951

Eastern Asia
1951
Total fertility rate: 5.31
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1951
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-5 -1   1951  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 5.31 children per woman in 1951 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (261 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 25,933,564 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.31
Births
25,933,564
Births per 1,000 people
38.0
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
682,987,444
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%30,951
15-1969.86.6%2,215,790
20-24230.121.6%6,504,595
25-29261.124.6%6,658,289
30-34218.620.6%4,926,960
35-39174.716.4%3,612,697
40-4494.68.9%1,765,333
45-4912.71.2%213,112
50-540.40.0%5,830