Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Japan, 1956

Japan
1956
Total fertility rate: 2.21
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Japan was 2.21 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (176 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 1,748,021 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.21
Births
1,748,021
Births per 1,000 people
18.7
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
93,342,008
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%18
15-194.91.1%22,617
20-24105.023.7%471,944
25-29175.839.7%722,643
30-34101.622.9%368,088
35-3943.89.9%131,198
40-4410.62.4%29,167
45-490.90.2%2,094
50-540.10.0%248