Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1985

Eastern Asia
1985
Total fertility rate: 2.52
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1985  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 2.52 children per woman in 1985 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (188 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 27,126,224 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.52
Births
27,126,224
Births per 1,000 people
21.4
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.4
Population
1,268,586,934
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%5,736
15-1925.35.1%1,816,361
20-24187.637.7%11,421,630
25-29175.435.3%8,835,063
30-3472.214.5%3,706,767
35-3925.95.2%1,017,468
40-449.71.9%292,846
45-490.90.2%25,152
50-540.20.0%5,199