Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Japan, 1953

Japan
1953
Total fertility rate: 2.67
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Japan was 2.67 children per woman in 1953 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (192 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 1,965,540 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.67
Births
1,965,540
Births per 1,000 people
21.8
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
90,324,184
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
15-197.41.4%33,159
20-24118.822.2%514,915
25-29191.735.8%746,546
30-34133.024.9%438,791
35-3964.812.1%181,324
40-4418.63.5%49,118
45-490.80.1%1,657
50-540.00.0%0