Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 2011

Eastern Asia
2011
Total fertility rate: 1.65
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 1.65 children per woman in 2011 — 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 27.8 years old. In total, 20,006,314 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.65
Births
20,006,314
Births per 1,000 people
12.5
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
115.6
Population
1,596,309,473
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%351
15-1910.73.2%544,578
20-2498.729.9%6,488,271
25-29120.336.4%7,147,872
30-3469.321.0%3,759,307
35-3923.87.2%1,541,980
40-446.21.9%435,614
45-491.30.4%80,427
50-540.20.1%7,912