Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1966

Eastern Asia
1966
Total fertility rate: 5.49
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-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 5.49 children per woman in 1966 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (272 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 32,781,757 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.49
Births
32,781,757
Births per 1,000 people
36.2
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
906,684,787
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
10-141.00.1%54,858
15-1952.34.8%2,293,650
20-24245.822.4%8,050,709
25-29272.324.9%8,301,136
30-34219.620.0%6,500,852
35-39192.817.6%5,017,254
40-44102.89.4%2,380,508
45-499.10.8%181,628
50-540.10.0%1,161