Fertility in Japan, 2025

Japan
2025
Total fertility rate: 1.23
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2025 1995, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2025  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Japan is projected at 1.23 children per woman in 2025 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (92 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 32.1 years old. In total, 748,163 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.23
Births
748,163
Births per 1,000 people
6.1
Mean age of mothers
32.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.59
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
123,103,479
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%39
15-191.50.6%4,233
20-2416.86.9%49,527
25-2965.326.7%195,706
30-3492.137.7%273,633
35-3954.922.5%175,092
40-4413.15.4%47,300
45-490.60.3%2,636
50-540.00.0%0