Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1973

Eastern Asia
1973
Total fertility rate: 4.30
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 4.30 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (251 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 31,696,020 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.30
Births
31,696,020
Births per 1,000 people
29.7
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
1,065,819,668
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
10-140.60.1%29,778
15-1930.23.5%1,662,736
20-24217.225.3%10,536,050
25-29250.629.1%8,842,855
30-34177.820.7%5,430,663
35-39118.513.8%3,494,957
40-4457.06.6%1,512,238
45-497.60.9%178,375
50-540.40.0%8,364