Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Japan, 2028

Japan
2028
Total fertility rate: 1.25
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Japan is projected at 1.25 children per woman in 2028 — 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 32.4 years old. In total, 746,338 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.25
Births
746,338
Births per 1,000 people
6.2
Mean age of mothers
32.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
121,024,348
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%35
15-191.30.5%3,548
20-2415.16.1%45,406
25-2963.825.7%194,672
30-3494.337.9%276,386
35-3958.523.6%173,848
40-4414.75.9%49,335
45-490.80.3%3,109
50-540.00.0%0