Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1968

Eastern Asia
1968
Total fertility rate: 5.71
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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 5.71 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (288 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 35,553,133 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.71
Births
35,553,133
Births per 1,000 people
37.4
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
949,558,157
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%53,346
15-1949.24.3%2,412,936
20-24255.222.5%9,122,958
25-29288.325.4%8,939,613
30-34235.320.7%7,069,080
35-39195.617.2%5,313,723
40-44101.79.0%2,444,734
45-499.40.8%195,788
50-540.10.0%962