Fertility in Japan

This page gives information of type fertility about the country Japan.
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Data on period fertility

This data is from the Human Fertility Database. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Germany) and Vienna Institute of Demography (Austria). Available at www.humanfertility.org (data downloaded on December 2, 2013, last updated August 8, 2012).

Year	CBR (births per 1000 people per year)	TFR (sum of all age-specific fertility rates)	TFR40 (sum of age-specific fertility rates up to the age of 40)
1947	34.65	4.566	4.252
1948	33.95	4.444	4.132
1949	33.42	4.357	4.101
1950	28.42	3.672	3.486
1951	25.55	3.281	3.13
1952	23.6	2.995	2.874
1953	21.67	2.713	2.617
1954	20.27	2.502	2.423
1955	19.58	2.383	2.316
1956	18.63	2.236	2.18
1957	17.38	2.058	2.013
1958	18.18	2.129	2.089
1959	17.71	2.061	2.027
1960	17.33	2.008	1.98
1961	16.99	1.963	1.94
1962	17.14	1.974	1.954
1963	17.4	2.001	1.983
1964	17.81	2.045	2.028
1965	18.72	2.145	2.129
1966	13.85	1.579	1.565
1967	19.49	2.224	2.21
1968	18.63	2.127	2.112
1969	18.58	2.119	2.105
1970	18.8	2.129	2.115
1971	19.21	2.153	2.139
1972	19.3	2.138	2.125
1973 (last year with TFR above the replacement fertility level)	19.35	2.135	2.121
1974	18.52	2.04	2.028
1975	17.14	1.9	1.889
1976	16.34	1.84	1.83
1977	15.5	1.786	1.776
1978	14.95	1.774	1.765
1979	14.25	1.751	1.742
1980	13.57	1.731	1.722
1981	13.07	1.726	1.718
1982	12.86	1.755	1.746
1983	12.72	1.788	1.779
1984	12.48	1.8	1.79
1985	11.92	1.757	1.747
1986	11.45	1.719	1.709
1987	11.1	1.689	1.68
1988	10.79	1.657	1.647
1989	10.2	1.576	1.565
1990	9.96	1.543	1.531
1991	9.95	1.537	1.525
1992	9.8	1.506	1.493
1993	9.61	1.464	1.451
1994	9.98	1.507	1.493
1995	9.55	1.426	1.411
1996	9.68	1.43	1.414
1997	9.54	1.392	1.376
1998	9.61	1.388	1.371
1999	9.39	1.347	1.329
2000	9.49	1.359	1.339
2001	9.31	1.336	1.316
2002	9.16	1.318	1.297
2003	8.91	1.29	1.266
2004	8.81	1.288	1.263
2005	8.43	1.254	1.228
2006	8.67	1.313	1.285
2007	8.64	1.331	1.299
2008	8.66	1.36	1.326
2009	8.5	1.361	1.324
Mean	15.367	1.971	1.930
Median	14.25	1.786	1.776
Standard deviation	6.360	0.735	0.675
Slope for linear regression (annual rate of change in best linear fit)	-0.30947	-0.03231	-0.03033
Multiplier for log-linear regression (ratio of value in next year over current year, for best fit)	0.98034	0.98518	0.98555

Data on completed fertility

This data is from the Human Fertility Database. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Germany) and Vienna Institute of Demography (Austria). Available at www.humanfertility.org (data downloaded on December 2, 2013, last updated August 8, 2012).

The CCF column denotes the completed fertility rate for the birth cohort born in that particular year, and the CCF40 denotes the parity at age 40 for the birth cohort born in that particular year. CCF40 values cannot be available for birth cohorts born less than 40 years ago, whereas CCF values cannot be available for birth cohorts born less than 49 years ago.

Cohort	CCF	CCF40	CCF1 (proportion that have a first birth)	CCF2 (proportion that have a second birth)	CCF3 (proportion that have a third birth)	CCF4	CCF5+ (sum of CCF5 and higher values)
1932	2.06	2.047
1933	2.035	2.024
1934	2.008	1.998
1935	2.045	2.035
1936	2.035	2.026
1937	2.051	2.042
1938	2.009	2.001
1939	1.985	1.976
1940	2.052	2.043
1941	2.071	2.062
1942	2.031	2.022
1943	2.053	2.044
1944	2.036	2.027
1945	1.851	1.842
1946	1.905	1.896
1947	2.021	2.01
1948	1.987	1.976
1949	1.992	1.98
1950	1.969	1.956
1951	1.962	1.949
1952	1.982	1.968
1953	1.987	1.973	0.887	0.769	0.282	0.04	0.01
1954	1.983	1.968	0.882	0.765	0.286	0.041	0.01
1955	1.977	1.961	0.879	0.761	0.286	0.042	0.009
1956	1.946	1.929	0.867	0.746	0.283	0.041	0.009
1957	1.918	1.9	0.858	0.733	0.277	0.041	0.009
1958	1.909	1.89	0.858	0.727	0.274	0.04	0.009
1959	1.87	1.85	0.858	0.727	0.274	0.04	0.009
1960	unavailable	1.805
1961	unavailable	1.762
1962	unavailable	1.719
1963	unavailable	1.672
1964	unavailable	1.66
1965	unavailable	1.595
1966	unavailable	1.493
1967	unavailable	1.506
1968	unavailable	1.497
1969	unavailable	1.444
Slope for linear regression	-0.0048	-0.0051	-0.0072	-0.0114	-0.0042	-0.00046	-0.00014
Multiplier for logarithmic regression	0.99758	0.99739	0.99171	0.98503	0.98493	0.98874	0.98506