Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1959

Eastern Asia
1959
Total fertility rate: 4.37
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 4.37 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (226 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 24,061,357 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.37
Births
24,061,357
Births per 1,000 people
30.1
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
799,826,973
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%35,242
15-1950.55.8%1,646,209
20-24198.422.7%6,208,110
25-29226.325.8%6,628,997
30-34177.920.3%4,633,038
35-39140.916.1%3,268,991
40-4472.28.2%1,478,280
45-498.71.0%158,297
50-540.30.0%4,193