Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1983

Eastern Asia
1983
Total fertility rate: 2.47
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-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 2.47 children per woman in 1983 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (182 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 24,904,254 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.47
Births
24,904,254
Births per 1,000 people
20.2
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
1,234,426,203
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%6,020
15-1923.44.8%1,645,798
20-24171.635.0%8,644,979
25-29181.537.0%9,803,014
30-3473.615.0%3,495,898
35-3927.55.6%945,752
40-4410.72.2%317,114
45-491.40.3%38,833
50-540.30.1%6,834