Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 2012

Eastern Asia
2012
Total fertility rate: 1.77
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 1.77 children per woman in 2012 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (131 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 21,456,047 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.77
Births
21,456,047
Births per 1,000 people
13.4
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
115.3
Population
1,606,190,384
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%367
15-1911.33.2%555,350
20-24104.329.3%6,617,279
25-29130.736.7%7,933,348
30-3475.521.2%4,176,127
35-3926.27.3%1,604,353
40-446.61.9%475,611
45-491.30.4%84,540
50-540.20.1%9,072