Fertility in China (1950–2100)

China
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.03
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China is projected at 1.03 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (70 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.4 years old. In total, 8,625,232 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.03
Births
8,625,232
Births per 1,000 people
6.1
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.49
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.3
Population
1,412,914,089
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%306
15-195.12.5%203,331
20-2443.221.0%1,563,487
25-2969.834.0%2,635,089
30-3453.426.0%2,321,814
35-3925.012.2%1,458,351
40-446.63.2%340,102
45-492.11.0%94,998
50-540.10.1%7,754