Fertility in Japan, 2005

Japan
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.25
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Japan was 1.25 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (84 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 1,078,811 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.25
Births
1,078,811
Births per 1,000 people
8.4
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
127,913,330
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%55
15-195.42.1%16,823
20-2436.214.4%127,980
25-2983.633.3%344,862
30-3484.333.5%413,083
35-3936.714.6%155,576
40-445.12.0%19,916
45-490.10.1%477
50-540.00.0%40