Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 2002

Eastern Asia
2002
Total fertility rate: 1.53
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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 1.53 children per woman in 2002 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (116 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 18,772,790 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.53
Births
18,772,790
Births per 1,000 people
12.4
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
116.2
Population
1,517,938,928
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%548
15-196.12.0%373,325
20-24109.436.1%6,132,097
25-29116.038.3%7,196,570
30-3456.318.6%4,082,775
35-3912.54.1%854,989
40-442.40.8%108,318
45-490.30.1%17,188
50-540.20.1%6,977