Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Japan, 1972

Japan
1972
Total fertility rate: 2.11
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-5 -1   1972  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Japan was 2.11 children per woman in 1972 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (200 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 2,125,227 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.11
Births
2,125,227
Births per 1,000 people
19.5
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
109,238,955
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
15-195.11.2%21,071
20-24117.827.3%649,327
25-29199.646.2%964,091
30-3487.820.3%400,005
35-3918.74.3%79,964
40-442.70.6%10,476
45-490.10.0%275
50-540.00.0%0