Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1954

Eastern Asia
1954
Total fertility rate: 5.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 5.68 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (281 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 29,076,135 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.68
Births
29,076,135
Births per 1,000 people
40.1
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
725,348,179
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%30,881
15-1975.56.6%2,404,861
20-24250.622.0%7,513,657
25-29280.724.7%7,499,443
30-34232.820.5%5,558,653
35-39185.216.3%3,937,563
40-4499.28.7%1,902,547
45-4912.81.1%222,357
50-540.40.0%6,169