Fertility in Eastern Asia, 2001

Eastern Asia
2001
Total fertility rate: 1.53
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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 1.53 children per woman in 2001 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (120 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 19,081,310 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.53
Births
19,081,310
Births per 1,000 people
12.6
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
115.9
Population
1,508,987,357
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%613
15-196.12.0%364,879
20-24109.936.0%6,045,444
25-29120.539.4%7,880,971
30-3453.717.6%3,844,239
35-3912.64.1%822,910
40-442.20.7%101,513
45-490.30.1%15,483
50-540.10.0%5,264