Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Japan, 1958

Japan
1958
Total fertility rate: 2.10
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Japan was 2.10 children per woman in 1958 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (181 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 1,726,481 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.10
Births
1,726,481
Births per 1,000 people
18.2
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
94,846,956
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%15
15-193.90.9%18,736
20-24106.225.2%471,958
25-29180.642.8%765,241
30-3489.521.2%340,611
35-3933.07.8%106,902
40-447.41.8%20,423
45-490.90.2%2,219
50-540.20.0%376