Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1956

Eastern Asia
1956
Total fertility rate: 5.30
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 5.30 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (266 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 27,998,752 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.30
Births
27,998,752
Births per 1,000 people
37.0
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
756,496,030
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%31,972
15-1966.66.3%2,121,334
20-24236.822.3%7,371,816
25-29266.025.0%7,326,248
30-34216.720.4%5,374,047
35-39172.216.2%3,756,862
40-4491.38.6%1,812,913
45-4911.21.1%198,001
50-540.40.0%5,553