Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Japan, 1973

Japan
1973
Total fertility rate: 2.15
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-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Japan was 2.15 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (206 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 2,184,362 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.15
Births
2,184,362
Births per 1,000 people
19.7
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
110,614,736
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%17
15-195.11.2%20,416
20-24121.227.6%626,042
25-29205.746.8%1,041,733
30-3486.719.7%408,099
35-3918.34.2%77,326
40-442.60.6%10,467
45-490.10.0%261
50-540.00.0%0