Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1987

Eastern Asia
1987
Total fertility rate: 2.63
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-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 2.63 children per woman in 1987 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (208 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 30,406,473 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.63
Births
30,406,473
Births per 1,000 people
23.2
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.5
Population
1,308,528,217
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%6,367
15-1926.95.1%1,988,563
20-24208.239.6%14,476,195
25-29178.834.0%8,420,449
30-3475.014.3%4,000,100
35-3926.55.0%1,180,382
40-449.71.8%311,785
45-490.70.1%18,973
50-540.10.0%3,663