Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Japan, 1971

Japan
1971
Total fertility rate: 2.09
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-5 -1   1971  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Japan was 2.09 children per woman in 1971 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (199 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 2,059,491 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.09
Births
2,059,491
Births per 1,000 people
19.1
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.7
Population
107,952,030
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
15-194.91.2%21,482
20-24109.225.8%629,609
25-29198.747.0%922,285
30-3487.920.8%392,270
35-3919.44.6%82,989
40-442.70.6%10,417
45-490.10.0%282
50-540.00.0%139