Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1958

Eastern Asia
1958
Total fertility rate: 5.17
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 5.17 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (263 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 28,088,486 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.17
Births
28,088,486
Births per 1,000 people
35.6
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
788,898,725
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%33,148
15-1961.45.9%1,980,786
20-24233.622.6%7,361,004
25-29263.425.4%7,551,988
30-34210.820.4%5,410,756
35-39167.516.2%3,791,198
40-4486.88.4%1,769,727
45-4910.31.0%184,953
50-540.30.0%4,926