Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1988

Eastern Asia
1988
Total fertility rate: 2.44
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-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 2.44 children per woman in 1988 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (195 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.4 years old. In total, 29,282,188 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.44
Births
29,282,188
Births per 1,000 people
22.0
Mean age of mothers
26.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
110.1
Population
1,329,289,028
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%6,802
15-1926.05.3%1,918,362
20-24195.439.5%13,651,628
25-29173.835.1%8,704,747
30-3467.813.7%3,631,260
35-3922.74.6%1,065,921
40-448.31.7%280,772
45-490.60.1%18,576
50-540.10.0%4,117