Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1989

Eastern Asia
1989
Total fertility rate: 2.42
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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 2.42 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (196 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.3 years old. In total, 30,008,835 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.42
Births
30,008,835
Births per 1,000 people
22.2
Mean age of mothers
26.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
110.8
Population
1,349,690,442
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%6,875
15-1924.65.0%1,780,276
20-24195.539.8%13,737,021
25-29177.636.1%9,795,801
30-3464.513.1%3,380,730
35-3920.64.2%1,013,039
40-447.51.5%272,195
45-490.60.1%18,474
50-540.20.0%4,418