Fertility in Japan (1950–2100)

Japan
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.23
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Japan is projected at 1.23 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (93 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 32.2 years old. In total, 745,943 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.23
Births
745,943
Births per 1,000 people
6.1
Mean age of mothers
32.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
122,427,731
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%37
15-191.50.6%4,014
20-2416.26.6%48,050
25-2964.726.4%195,051
30-3492.837.8%273,863
35-3956.122.8%174,117
40-4413.65.5%48,048
45-490.70.3%2,762
50-540.00.0%0