Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1972

Eastern Asia
1972
Total fertility rate: 4.62
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-5 -1   1972  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 4.62 children per woman in 1972 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (259 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 32,695,670 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.62
Births
32,695,670
Births per 1,000 people
31.3
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
1,044,036,040
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
10-140.70.1%36,038
15-1933.63.6%1,842,674
20-24226.224.5%10,410,870
25-29259.328.1%8,697,406
30-34193.721.0%5,858,006
35-39135.014.6%3,975,034
40-4464.77.0%1,677,952
45-498.30.9%189,761
50-540.40.0%7,926