Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1960

Eastern Asia
1960
Total fertility rate: 4.15
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
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-5 -1   1960  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 4.15 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (217 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 23,075,115 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.15
Births
23,075,115
Births per 1,000 people
28.7
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
804,332,164
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%37,820
15-1947.35.7%1,550,917
20-24187.822.6%5,842,568
25-29217.026.1%6,475,253
30-34168.420.2%4,434,557
35-39133.916.1%3,169,839
40-4468.38.2%1,410,902
45-498.11.0%149,451
50-540.20.0%3,808