Japan
19502100
2025
Fertility rate
1.23 children/woman
Birth rate
6.1 per 1,000 people
Total births
748.2K
Mean age at birth
32.1 years
Average number of children per woman over her lifetime
1.23 children per woman
Below replacement level (2.1)
Total births and teen pregnancy trends
TFR, net reproduction rate, and crude birth rate
Average age of mothers at childbirth
Boys per 100 girls at birth
Japan's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 3.6 children per woman in 1950 to 1.23 today—now below the 2.1 replacement level. Women are also having children later—mean age at childbearing has risen from 27.8 to 32.1 since 1980.