Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1955

Eastern Asia
1955
Total fertility rate: 5.65
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1955
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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 5.65 children per woman in 1955 — 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, 29,390,579 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.65
Births
29,390,579
Births per 1,000 people
39.7
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
741,127,370
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%31,834
15-1973.76.5%2,337,190
20-24250.922.1%7,671,504
25-29281.024.8%7,603,282
30-34231.620.4%5,652,377
35-39183.916.2%3,953,886
40-4498.48.7%1,916,647
45-4912.41.1%217,825
50-540.40.0%6,022