Fertility in East and South-East Asia
Data on period fertility
Below is compiled data on the total fertility rate based on both Human Fertility Database and United Nations data. Blank cells indicate that data was not available for the given year.
| Year | Japan HFD | Japan UN | Taiwan HFD | Taiwan UN | Singapore UN | South Korea UN | China UN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 4.566 | 4.51 | 5.5535 | 5.199 | |||
| 1948 | 4.444 | 4.38 | 6.60352 | 5.59 | 4.906 | ||
| 1949 | 4.357 | 4.3 | 5.537 | ||||
| 1950 | 3.672 | 3.51 | 6.293 | 6.487 | 4.023 | 5.292 | |
| 1951 | 3.281 | 3.367 | 6.538 | 4.326 | 5.262 | ||
| 1952 | 2.995 | 3.096 | 6.62 | 4.886 | 5.973 | ||
| 1953 | 2.713 | 2.856 | 6.661 | 5.353 | 5.669 | ||
| 1954 | 2.502 | 2.647 | 6.467 | 6.661 | 5.728 | 5.955 | |
| 1955 | 2.383 | 2.468 | 6.62 | 6.01 | 5.978 | ||
| 1956 | 2.236 | 2.32 | 6.51 | 6.538 | 6.201 | 5.605 | |
| 1957 | 2.058 | 2.201 | 6.415 | 6.305 | 6.205 | ||
| 1958 | 2.129 | 2.11 | 6.254 | 6.325 | 5.496 | ||
| 1959 | 2.061 | 2.044 | 6.055 | 6.272 | 4.266 | ||
| 1960 | 2.008 | 2.001 | 5.821 | 6.155 | 4.3 | ||
| 1961 | 1.963 | 1.976 | 5.59 | 5.557 | 5.989 | 5 | |
| 1962 | 1.974 | 1.965 | 5.27 | 5.789 | 6 | ||
| 1963 | 2.001 | 1.965 | 4.967 | 5.574 | 6.1 | ||
| 1964 | 2.045 | 1.97 | 4.658 | 5.357 | 6.12 | ||
| 1965 | 2.145 | 1.98 | 4.356 | 5.157 | 6.022 | ||
| 1966 | 1.579 | 1.997 | 4.82 | 4.074 | 4.987 | 6.211 | |
| 1967 | 2.224 | 2.02 | 3.815 | 4.845 | 5.252 | ||
| 1968 | 2.127 | 2.048 | 3.582 | 4.725 | 6.37 | ||
| 1969 | 2.119 | 2.077 | 3.375 | 4.624 | 5.67 | ||
| 1970 | 2.129 | 2.101 | 3.19 | 4.527 | 5.746 | ||
| 1971 | 2.153 | 2.113 | 3.71 | 3.014 | 4.414 | 5.396 | |
| 1972 | 2.138 | 2.109 | 2.836 | 4.27 | 4.92 | ||
| 1973 | 2.135 | 2.087 | 2.652 | 4.088 | 4.506 | ||
| 1974 | 2.04 | 2.048 | 2.461 | 3.867 | 4.15 | ||
| 1975 | 1.9 | 1.997 | 2.272 | 3.618 | 3.576 | ||
| 1976 | 1.84 | 1.94 | 3.064 | 3.09 | 2.096 | 3.358 | 3.254 |
| 1977 | 1.786 | 1.885 | 2.67 | 1.945 | 3.107 | 2.866 | |
| 1978 | 1.774 | 1.838 | 2.661 | 2.715 | 1.827 | 2.881 | 2.743 |
| 1979 | 1.751 | 1.802 | 2.6 | 2.67 | 1.743 | 2.686 | 2.798 |
| 1980 | 1.731 | 1.777 | 2.449 | 2.515 | 1.82 | 2.521 | 2.316 |
| 1981 | 1.726 | 1.761 | 2.39 | 2.455 | 1.78 | 2.378 | 2.713 |
| 1982 | 1.755 | 1.751 | 2.266 | 2.32 | 1.74 | 2.243 | 2.618 |
| 1983 | 1.788 | 1.741 | 2.112 | 2.17 | 1.61 | 2.11 | 2.72 |
| 1984 | 1.8 | 1.73 | 2.014 | 2.055 | 1.62 | 1.979 | 2.769 |
| 1985 | 1.757 | 1.715 | 1.854 | 1.88 | 1.61 | 1.856 | 2.811 |
| 1986 | 1.719 | 1.695 | 1.645 | 1.68 | 1.43 | 1.752 | 2.826 |
| 1987 | 1.689 | 1.67 | 1.673 | 1.7 | 1.62 | 1.674 | 2.806 |
| 1988 | 1.657 | 1.641 | 1.823 | 1.855 | 1.96 | 1.628 | 2.745 |
| 1989 | 1.576 | 1.607 | 1.669 | 1.68 | 1.75 | 1.61 | 2.644 |
| 1990 | 1.543 | 1.571 | 1.793 | 1.81 | 1.83 | 1.614 | 2.506 |
| 1991 | 1.537 | 1.535 | 1.709 | 1.72 | 1.73 | 1.631 | 2.342 |
| 1992 | 1.506 | 1.499 | 1.721 | 1.73 | 1.72 | 1.65 | 2.171 |
| 1993 | 1.464 | 1.467 | 1.751 | 1.76 | 1.74 | 1.659 | 2.009 |
| 1994 | 1.507 | 1.438 | 1.746 | 1.755 | 1.71 | 1.654 | 1.865 |
| 1995 | 1.426 | 1.413 | 1.768 | 1.775 | 1.67 | 1.632 | 1.746 |
| 1996 | 1.43 | 1.392 | 1.763 | 1.76 | 1.66 | 1.59 | 1.656 |
| 1997 | 1.392 | 1.372 | 1.772 | 1.77 | 1.61 | 1.537 | 1.591 |
| 1998 | 1.388 | 1.354 | 1.469 | 1.465 | 1.48 | 1.476 | 1.546 |
| 1999 | 1.347 | 1.337 | 1.556 | 1.555 | 1.47 | 1.413 | 1.52 |
| 2000 | 1.359 | 1.322 | 1.683 | 1.68 | 1.6 | 1.352 | 1.51 |
| 2001 | 1.336 | 1.31 | 1.405 | 1.4 | 1.41 | 1.298 | 1.514 |
| 2002 | 1.318 | 1.303 | 1.337 | 1.34 | 1.37 | 1.254 | 1.527 |
| 2003 | 1.29 | 1.3 | 1.231 | 1.235 | 1.27 | 1.221 | 1.546 |
| 2004 | 1.288 | 1.301 | 1.177 | 1.18 | 1.26 | 1.201 | 1.566 |
| 2005 | 1.254 | 1.307 | 1.116 | 1.115 | 1.26 | 1.195 | 1.585 |
| 2006 | 1.313 | 1.317 | 1.108 | 1.115 | 1.28 | 1.2 | 1.602 |
| 2007 | 1.331 | 1.329 | 1.091 | 1.1 | 1.29 | 1.212 | 1.617 |
| 2008 | 1.36 | 1.343 | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1.28 | 1.228 | 1.63 |
| 2009 | 1.361 | 1.359 | 1.022 | 1.03 | 1.257 | 1.247 | 1.642 |
| 2010 | 1.374 | 0.887 | 0.895 | 1.261 | 1.266 | 1.65 | |
| 2011 | 1.389 | 1.065 | 1.267 | 1.285 | 1.657 | ||
| 2012 | 1.405 | 1.265 | 1.275 | 1.303 | 1.663 |