Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 1999

Eastern Asia
1999
Total fertility rate: 1.51
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-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 1.51 children per woman in 1999 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (119 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 19,482,788 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.51
Births
19,482,788
Births per 1,000 people
13.1
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
115.5
Population
1,488,660,798
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%868
15-196.12.0%353,447
20-24119.039.1%6,708,420
25-29116.738.3%8,316,809
30-3447.615.7%3,302,897
35-3912.84.2%698,070
40-441.60.5%84,558
45-490.30.1%14,144
50-540.10.0%3,569