Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1995

Eastern Asia
1995
Total fertility rate: 1.59
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-5 -1   1995  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 1.59 children per woman in 1995 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (140 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 21,804,065 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.59
Births
21,804,065
Births per 1,000 people
15.1
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
114.2
Population
1,444,290,328
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%3,057
15-198.22.5%454,872
20-24139.943.2%9,667,598
25-29119.036.8%8,426,864
30-3443.713.5%2,628,170
35-399.32.9%460,919
40-442.70.8%137,546
45-490.50.2%19,440
50-540.20.1%5,591