Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 2003

Eastern Asia
2003
Total fertility rate: 1.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 1.53 children per woman in 2003 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (112 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 18,536,951 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.53
Births
18,536,951
Births per 1,000 people
12.1
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
116.3
Population
1,526,307,007
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%473
15-196.32.1%398,529
20-24111.736.8%6,391,665
25-29112.437.0%6,587,151
30-3456.218.5%4,070,100
35-3913.64.5%932,963
40-442.70.9%129,845
45-490.40.1%18,503
50-540.20.1%7,725