Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1981

Eastern Asia
1981
Total fertility rate: 2.67
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-5 -1   1981  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 2.67 children per woman in 1981 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (201 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 25,882,494 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.67
Births
25,882,494
Births per 1,000 people
21.6
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.1
Population
1,199,374,754
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
10-140.10.0%7,202
15-1915.32.8%1,023,274
20-24182.933.8%8,814,467
25-29201.137.2%10,672,850
30-3488.116.3%3,732,047
35-3936.06.7%1,131,189
40-4415.02.8%434,389
45-492.20.4%59,829
50-540.30.1%7,254