Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1976

Eastern Asia
1976
Total fertility rate: 3.05
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-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 3.05 children per woman in 1976 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (204 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 25,635,433 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.05
Births
25,635,433
Births per 1,000 people
22.9
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.6
Population
1,121,474,417
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%17,090
15-1923.43.8%1,138,277
20-24171.127.8%9,153,688
25-29204.133.2%8,745,045
30-34114.518.6%3,647,136
35-3963.510.3%1,871,421
40-4432.25.2%915,089
45-495.60.9%138,283
50-540.40.1%9,399