Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1991

Eastern Asia
1991
Total fertility rate: 1.92
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-5 -1   1991  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 1.92 children per woman in 1991 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (175 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.8 years old. In total, 25,481,965 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.92
Births
25,481,965
Births per 1,000 people
18.3
Mean age of mothers
25.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
112.0
Population
1,389,521,066
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%6,258
15-1916.94.4%1,123,277
20-24175.245.5%12,698,134
25-29133.834.8%8,840,046
30-3443.611.3%2,071,434
35-3911.53.0%600,092
40-442.80.7%115,621
45-490.70.2%20,830
50-540.20.1%6,284