Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Japan, 1954

Japan
1954
Total fertility rate: 2.47
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Japan was 2.47 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (183 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 1,863,833 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.47
Births
1,863,833
Births per 1,000 people
20.4
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
91,407,672
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%21
15-196.61.3%29,399
20-24112.722.8%494,853
25-29182.536.9%726,103
30-34120.724.4%411,487
35-3956.111.3%159,220
40-4415.23.1%40,784
45-490.80.2%1,836
50-540.10.0%130