Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1970

Eastern Asia
1970
Total fertility rate: 5.37
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1970
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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 5.37 children per woman in 1970 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (279 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 35,442,232 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.37
Births
35,442,232
Births per 1,000 people
35.5
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
997,844,635
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%49,642
15-1943.44.1%2,299,039
20-24246.423.0%10,032,760
25-29279.426.1%8,859,181
30-34226.721.2%6,766,511
35-39176.816.5%5,031,532
40-4488.08.2%2,188,271
45-499.50.9%209,878
50-540.30.0%5,415