Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Asia, 2014

Eastern Asia
2014
Total fertility rate: 1.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Asia was 1.74 children per woman in 2014 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (129 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 20,911,721 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.74
Births
20,911,721
Births per 1,000 people
12.9
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
114.5
Population
1,625,744,552
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%382
15-1910.93.1%502,644
20-2497.027.6%5,569,748
25-29128.736.7%8,238,423
30-3476.621.8%4,382,775
35-3928.98.2%1,601,350
40-447.12.0%495,521
45-491.60.4%106,571
50-540.30.1%14,305