Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 2007

Eastern Asia
2007
Total fertility rate: 1.63
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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 1.63 children per woman in 2007 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (119 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 19,428,444 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
19,428,444
Births per 1,000 people
12.5
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
116.3
Population
1,559,834,276
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%311
15-198.62.7%549,914
20-24110.534.1%6,743,341
25-29118.836.6%6,598,970
30-3461.719.0%3,804,034
35-3919.56.0%1,402,358
40-444.31.3%292,759
45-490.60.2%26,695
50-540.20.1%10,061