Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1974

Eastern Asia
1974
Total fertility rate: 3.84
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-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 3.84 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (234 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 29,526,469 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.84
Births
29,526,469
Births per 1,000 people
27.2
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
1,086,358,718
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
10-140.40.1%21,879
15-1927.63.6%1,480,099
20-24200.926.1%10,156,897
25-29233.930.4%8,759,070
30-34154.820.1%4,781,944
35-3997.112.6%2,852,446
40-4447.86.2%1,300,176
45-496.90.9%164,920
50-540.40.1%9,040