Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1982

Eastern Asia
1982
Total fertility rate: 2.82
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-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 2.82 children per woman in 1982 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (208 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 27,681,642 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.82
Births
27,681,642
Births per 1,000 people
22.7
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
1,217,126,964
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%6,512
15-1922.43.9%1,567,307
20-24194.334.2%9,213,357
25-29207.936.6%11,188,844
30-3489.515.8%4,027,039
35-3936.36.4%1,185,423
40-4415.02.6%440,074
45-491.60.3%46,250
50-540.30.0%6,836