Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1997

Eastern Asia
1997
Total fertility rate: 1.52
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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 1.52 children per woman in 1997 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (126 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.4 years old. In total, 20,412,495 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.52
Births
20,412,495
Births per 1,000 people
13.9
Mean age of mothers
26.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
114.8
Population
1,467,564,116
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%1,680
15-196.32.1%355,570
20-24126.441.2%7,883,252
25-29118.238.5%8,617,906
30-3442.813.9%2,935,061
35-3910.73.5%493,633
40-442.00.6%103,608
45-490.40.1%17,292
50-540.10.0%4,487