Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Japan, 1962

Japan
1962
Total fertility rate: 1.93
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-5 -1   1962  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Japan was 1.93 children per woman in 1962 — below 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 27.8 years old. In total, 1,661,960 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.93
Births
1,661,960
Births per 1,000 people
16.9
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
98,076,405
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%13
15-193.91.0%19,287
20-2494.424.6%438,623
25-29182.747.7%800,428
30-3478.220.4%319,136
35-3919.35.0%70,514
40-444.01.0%12,213
45-490.50.1%1,314
50-540.20.0%430