Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1978

Eastern Asia
1978
Total fertility rate: 2.61
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 2.61 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (188 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 23,681,665 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.61
Births
23,681,665
Births per 1,000 people
20.6
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
1,151,739,830
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
10-140.20.0%15,545
15-1914.32.7%727,224
20-24156.229.7%8,502,867
25-29188.235.8%9,026,881
30-3495.318.1%3,319,620
35-3944.98.6%1,352,087
40-4421.44.1%618,311
45-494.30.8%110,280
50-540.40.1%8,848