Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Japan, 1952

Japan
1952
Total fertility rate: 2.95
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1952  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Japan was 2.95 children per woman in 1952 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (204 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 2,109,219 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.95
Births
2,109,219
Births per 1,000 people
23.7
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
89,135,132
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%28
15-198.61.5%39,135
20-24127.821.7%545,617
25-29204.534.6%777,092
30-34148.425.2%469,653
35-3976.613.0%215,382
40-4423.54.0%60,880
45-490.70.1%1,431
50-540.00.0%0