Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1998

Eastern Asia
1998
Total fertility rate: 1.51
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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 1.51 children per woman in 1998 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (125 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 19,853,449 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.51
Births
19,853,449
Births per 1,000 people
13.4
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
115.2
Population
1,478,344,903
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%1,203
15-194.81.6%275,772
20-24124.540.9%7,338,614
25-29116.338.2%8,464,500
30-3444.314.6%3,056,811
35-3912.44.1%609,966
40-441.70.5%87,464
45-490.30.1%15,516
50-540.10.0%3,587