Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Japan, 2027

Japan
2027
Total fertility rate: 1.24
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2027  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Japan is projected at 1.24 children per woman in 2027 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (94 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 32.3 years old. In total, 745,955 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.24
Births
745,955
Births per 1,000 people
6.1
Mean age of mothers
32.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
121,732,341
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%36
15-191.40.6%3,781
20-2415.66.3%46,727
25-2964.326.0%194,875
30-3493.737.9%274,850
35-3957.323.2%174,037
40-4414.25.7%48,735
45-490.80.3%2,914
50-540.00.0%0