Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1962

Eastern Asia
1962
Total fertility rate: 5.39
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-5 -1   1962  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 5.39 children per woman in 1962 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (276 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 30,559,744 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.39
Births
30,559,744
Births per 1,000 people
37.3
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
818,897,224
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%43,555
15-1960.95.7%2,104,284
20-24238.922.2%7,483,800
25-29276.025.6%8,462,075
30-34217.020.2%5,916,494
35-39179.716.7%4,373,966
40-4494.18.7%1,998,360
45-499.20.9%175,613
50-540.10.0%1,595