Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1979

Eastern Asia
1979
Total fertility rate: 2.64
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 2.64 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (194 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 24,595,449 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.64
Births
24,595,449
Births per 1,000 people
21.1
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.9
Population
1,166,999,251
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%11,837
15-1912.02.3%668,760
20-24164.531.0%8,759,931
25-29193.836.5%9,701,252
30-3494.717.8%3,506,068
35-3942.48.0%1,290,313
40-4419.33.6%557,443
45-493.50.7%91,729
50-540.40.1%8,109