Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1957

Eastern Asia
1957
Total fertility rate: 5.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 5.74 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (288 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 30,737,021 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.74
Births
30,737,021
Births per 1,000 people
39.8
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
772,629,793
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%32,019
15-1970.66.1%2,261,500
20-24257.722.4%8,116,395
25-29288.125.1%8,093,318
30-34233.820.4%5,886,108
35-39187.116.3%4,147,346
40-4498.38.6%1,986,687
45-4911.71.0%208,010
50-540.40.0%5,642