Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1971

Eastern Asia
1971
Total fertility rate: 4.94
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-5 -1   1971  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 4.94 children per woman in 1971 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (266 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 33,723,952 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.94
Births
33,723,952
Births per 1,000 people
33.0
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
1,021,538,109
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%44,088
15-1938.33.9%2,072,819
20-24235.023.8%10,200,191
25-29266.527.0%8,617,548
30-34208.221.1%6,246,977
35-39153.315.6%4,451,988
40-4474.27.5%1,883,407
45-498.90.9%199,767
50-540.40.0%7,167