Table 8. Age-specific fertility rates, 1975 and 1996 or most recent year (per 1,000)

	Age groups (years)
Country or area	Year	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49
Asia
Eastern Asia
China	1975	20.0	188.0	235.0	139.0	86.0	41.0	6.0
	1994	5.2	161.3	143.8	47.0	9.5	3.8	1.4
Hong Kong	1975	17.8	122.1	206.7	123.1	59.5	18.6	2.7
	1994	6.8	40.8	83.2	79.0	29.9	4.3	0.2
Japan	1975	4.1	106.3	189.0	69.3	14.9	2.1	0.1
	1994	4.0	41.9	123.0	96.6	25.6	2.6	0.1
Macau	1981	10.2	79.8	140.9	90.3	39.2	12.1	1.2
	1995	8.2	55.6	97.5	75.1	28.4	6.1	0.3
Rep. of Korea	1975	13.2	170.5	250.4	137.2	52.9	18.1	4.6
	1994	3.6	66.1	189.4	68.7	13.7	1.9	0.2
South-eastern Asia
Singapore	1975	17.2	104.3	157.3	95.7	35.8	10.0	1.2
	1995	6.8	48.5	132.7	114.6	44.3	6.9	0.2

Western Asia
Armenia	1975	39.6	216.6	160.2	80.6	43.8	14.9	2.1
	1995	56.2	141.7	73.6	35.2	15.4	3.3	0.3
Cyprus	1975	20.2	133.3	143.5	72.3	26.8	6.1	0.7
	1996	15.6	112.5	149.1	95.1	36.5	6.8	0.6
Georgia	1975	36.3	179.4	156.3	82.5	35.9	11.0	1.8
	1992	53.3	158.7	78.8	44.9	17.7	4.2	0.2

Europe
Eastern Europe
Belarus	1975	25.5	168.1	131.5	71.1	34.4	8.3	0.6
	1995	39.0	122.8	71.7	29.5	10.6	2.3	0.1
Bulgaria	1975	75.4	198.2	115.2	42.4	12.8	2.9	0.2
	1996	51.2	98.3	64.6	23.6	7.7	1.6	0.1
Czech Republic	1975	61.2	213.1	135	57.2	17.0	2.7	0.1
	1996	20.1	91.8	79.2	35.1	11.0	1.8	0.1
Hungary	1975	72.1	183.5	133.8	62.0	20.2	4.2	0.2
	1996	29.5	92.6	100.0	48.9	16.9	3.4	0.1
Poland	1975	31.4	170.1	136.5	71.4	33.9	10.0	0.7
	1996	21.1	107.6	103.5	54.6	23.2	5.5	0.3
Rep. of Moldova	1974/75	34.3	178.4	147.6	86.5	48.6	15.9	1.4
	1995	61.8	141.8	90.4	39.8	14.4	2.9	0.2
Romania	1975	69.2	197.8	138.5	71.4	36.7	10.0	0.7
	1996	40.0	102.2	72.4	30.1	10.9	2.9	0.2
Russian Federation	1974/75	33.9	158.8	110.5	58.6	28.9	7.3	0.6
	1995	45.6	113.5	67.2	29.7	10.7	2.2	0.1
Slovakia	1975	46.3	208.5	152.5	68.6	27.1	6.2	0.4
	1996	30.5	112.9	91.1	40.3	14.9	2.6	0.1
Ukraine	1975	40.3	162.4	111.2	58.7	25.0	6.6	0.4
	1995	54.3	116.9	65.8	27.5	9.8	2.0	0.2

Northern Europe
Denmark	1975	26.8	136.6	137.0	61.8	18.1	3.3	0.2
	1995	8.3	61.6	139.1	108.5	38.5	5.3	0.2
Estonia	1975	36.0	163.4	116.5	59.7	25.9	6.1	0.4
	1996	33.4	95.1	76.2	37.1	15.1	3.2	0.1
Finland	1975	27.5	105.5	113.9	59.6	24.7	5.9	0.4
	1996	9.8	63.7	125.3	102.1	42.9	8.1	0.4
Iceland	1975	64.1	163.7	145.4	93.7	48.7	13.5	0.7
	1996	22.1	93.0	135.0	109.5	55.5	8.5	0.4
Ireland	1975	22.8	138.6	216.1	162.1	100.1	36.8	2.6
	1996	16.1	52.0	107.8	129.5	64.7	12.0	0.6
Latvia	1975	28.8	150.3	113.4	63.5	29.5	6.7	0.4
	1996	25.5	89.4	66.4	32.5	14.4	3.3	0.2
Lithuania	1975	22.2	155.5	133.2	76.8	39.8	11.5	0.8
	1996	36.7	107.5	82.2	39.6	15.7	3.6	0.2
Norway	1975	40.3	134.6	129.2	63.9	24.2	5.3	0.3
	1996	13.5	75.3	135.9	106.7	41.4	6.5	0.2
Sweden	1975	28.8	115.0	123.3	64.1	20.7	3.7	0.2
	1996	7.7	58.4	115.3	93.3	38.8	7.3	0.3
United Kingdom	1975	36.7	116.1	123.7	59.4	20.9	5.1	0.4
	1996	30.0	72.6	105.3	89.7	38.1	6.8	0.3

Southern Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1975	45.4	159.7	132.9	77.6	39.8	13.5	1.4
	1990	38.0	129.4	101.6	50.6	18.2	4.1	0.5
Croatia	1975	51.5	145.7	105.8	51.2	21.0	5.2	0.4
	1995	19.6	101.1	108.3	60.5	22.0	4.4	0.3
Greece	1975	39.7	135.2	155.6	79.6	36.6	8.0	0.7
	1996	13.1	62.6	96.7	61.8	23.7	4.3	0.5
Italy	1975	32.5	129.6	140.1	84.0	40.7	12.6	0.9
	1994	7.3	40.5	84.7	74.7	31.2	5.8	0.3
Malta	1975	16.9	118.8	150.1	91.3	41.9	13.9	0.8
	1996	14.2	73.9	152.8	112.0	40.5	8.5	0.5
Portugal	1975	37.0	141.7	144.1	94.5	58.9	24.8	2.4
	1996	20.9	61.9	97.7	74.3	27.1	5.3	0.3
Slovenia	1975	59.6	165.9	115.2	58.3	28.1	7.9	0.5
	1996	9.3	77.7	98.6	50.9	15.0	2.7	0.1
Spain	1975	21.9	135.7	189.2	123.3	64.2	23.0	2.2
	1995	8.2	31.0	82.7	78.8	29.0	5.0	0.3
Yugoslavia	1975	60.6	166.5	127.1	69.2	30.3	9.5	1.3
	1995	32.1	125.2	120.2	68.4	23.8	4.7	0.4
Western Europe
Austria	1975	47.1	129.3	99.3	51.7	28.5	8.3	0.5
	1996	15.6	75.9	100.6	65.1	23.7	4.3	0.2
Belgium	1975	21.2	112.9	124.3	59.1	22.9	6.4	0.6
	1995	9.1	62.0	131.4	81.0	23.7	3.7	0.2
France	1975	25.3	128.0	127.0	68.0	29.1	8.2	0.7
	1994	7.2	58.0	128.0	93.0	37.4	7.8	0.4
German Dem. Rep.	1975	33.2	144.2	88.4	30.4	30.4	3.1	0.2
	1995	7.5	54.6	66.3	28.2	9.0	1.7	0.1
Germany, Fed. Rep. of	1975	21.1	87.8	99.2	52.2	21.9	6.6	0.5
	1995	10.0	53.5	90.4	80.6	30.6	5.2	0.3
Germany	1992	12.6	59.1	91.3	68.5	24.6	1.2	0.2
	1995	9.4	53.7	86.5	71.1	26.5	4.4	0.2
Luxembourg	1975	21.6	94.3	107.0	54.7	22.2	3.8	0.2
	1996	9.9	65.4	128.7	103.2	40.3	6.9	0.0
Netherlands	1975	9.4	86.3	141.6	67.0	22.4	5.7	0.5
	1996	4.1	33.1	97.0	119.8	46.4	6.5	0.2
Switzerland	1975	10.9	85.7	123.9	69.5	25.6	6.7	0.5
	1996	4.0	42.4	105.4	102.8	39.2	6.4	0.3

Latin America and the Caribbean
Caribbean
Bahamas	1975	63.5	152.2	133.4	79.7	54.4	21.3	2.7
	1992	51.8	102.0	100.5	81.2	43.2	10.5	1.8
Barbados	1976	73.4	132.2	116	66.1	44.3	12.0	1.6
	1988	43.8	86.5	88.5	64.7	28.3	2.6	0.0
Cuba	1980	84.0	114.5	70.9	36.9	16.2	4.4	1.8
	1991	70.9	106.0	89.8	50.4	17.6	2.9	0.4
Martinique	1974	56.8	198.4	207.6	146.5	87.8	36.3	5.4
	1992	28.0	88.5	113.9	93.0	49.5	12.3	0.8
Trinidad and Tobago	1975	77.2	181.1	163.6	113.3	63.2	21.6	4.0
	1993	51.6	118.0	103.2	80.9	40.3	10.8	1.4
Northern America
Canada	1975	33.8	109.7	130.5	65.0	20.9	4.6	0.3
	1993	24.7	73.0	114.7	84.9	29.5	4.4	0.1
United States of America	1975	55.6	113.0	108.2	52.3	19.5	4.6	0.3
	1994	60.0	118.0	118.8	80.1	31.6	5.4	0.3
Oceania
Australia	1975	40.9	138.2	155.7	76.3	27.1	6.2	0.4
	1994	20.7	69.2	126.0	105.1	41.2	6.7	0.3
New Zealand	1975	53.7	157.0	154.9	68.3	24.6	6.9	0.6
	1995	34.0	83.6	126.9	111.3	43.0	7.5	0.4

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