Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1953

Eastern Asia
1953
Total fertility rate: 5.52
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 5.52 children per woman in 1953 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (272 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 27,790,389 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.52
Births
27,790,389
Births per 1,000 people
39.1
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
710,569,618
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
10-140.90.1%30,268
15-1973.56.7%2,357,580
20-24242.021.9%7,100,865
25-29272.124.6%7,164,453
30-34226.520.5%5,276,407
35-39180.316.3%3,818,482
40-4496.28.7%1,820,064
45-4912.61.1%216,293
50-540.40.0%5,973