Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1975

Eastern Asia
1975
Total fertility rate: 3.34
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1975
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-5 -1   1975  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 3.34 children per woman in 1975 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (214 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 26,845,266 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.34
Births
26,845,266
Births per 1,000 people
24.3
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
1,104,800,669
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
10-140.30.0%16,805
15-1924.73.7%1,264,950
20-24181.227.0%9,482,918
25-29214.031.9%8,596,632
30-34129.219.3%4,033,806
35-3975.611.3%2,218,145
40-4438.55.7%1,071,085
45-496.30.9%151,290
50-540.50.1%9,635