Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Japan, 1965

Japan
1965
Total fertility rate: 2.09
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1965  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Japan was 2.09 children per woman in 1965 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (198 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 1,870,176 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.09
Births
1,870,176
Births per 1,000 people
18.5
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
100,916,019
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%16
15-193.20.8%18,327
20-24113.726.9%533,196
25-29197.746.8%867,935
30-3485.320.2%364,055
35-3919.44.6%75,231
40-443.10.7%10,636
45-490.20.0%581
50-540.10.0%201