Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1996

Eastern Asia
1996
Total fertility rate: 1.55
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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 1.55 children per woman in 1996 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 21,092,595 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.55
Births
21,092,595
Births per 1,000 people
14.5
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
114.6
Population
1,456,236,793
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
10-140.00.0%2,391
15-197.12.2%390,937
20-24135.743.1%8,922,317
25-29117.237.2%8,427,391
30-3441.613.2%2,724,520
35-3910.43.3%488,536
40-442.20.7%113,151
45-490.50.1%18,598
50-540.20.1%4,752