Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Japan, 1968

Japan
1968
Total fertility rate: 2.07
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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Japan was 2.07 children per woman in 1968 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (204 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 1,914,791 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.07
Births
1,914,791
Births per 1,000 people
18.4
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.0
Population
104,237,471
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
15-194.61.1%24,047
20-2489.021.9%456,327
25-29204.550.3%973,976
30-3485.321.0%367,803
35-3920.04.9%82,033
40-442.80.7%10,124
45-490.10.0%368
50-540.00.0%94