Fertility in China, 1950

China
1950
Total fertility rate: 5.81
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
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-5 -1   1950  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 5.81 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (274 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 22,293,375 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.81
Births
22,293,375
Births per 1,000 people
41.0
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
544,044,358
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
10-141.20.1%30,813
15-1985.17.3%2,090,739
20-24252.121.7%5,498,416
25-29274.323.6%5,470,991
30-34232.020.0%4,164,104
35-39193.816.7%3,184,136
40-44108.39.3%1,646,771
45-4914.81.3%202,309
50-540.50.0%5,096