Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Japan, 1976

Japan
1976
Total fertility rate: 1.84
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-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Japan was 1.84 children per woman in 1976 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (185 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 1,872,841 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.84
Births
1,872,841
Births per 1,000 people
16.4
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
114,502,795
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
15-193.71.0%14,178
20-24102.127.5%443,030
25-29185.049.9%1,053,396
30-3463.117.0%288,997
35-3914.74.0%64,536
40-442.00.5%8,377
45-490.10.0%308
50-540.00.0%0