Fertility in China, 1951

China
1951
Total fertility rate: 5.70
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1951
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The total fertility rate of China was 5.70 children per woman in 1951 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (269 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 22,144,814 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.70
Births
22,144,814
Births per 1,000 people
40.0
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
553,758,247
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%30,099
15-1983.17.3%2,078,532
20-24249.021.8%5,516,252
25-29269.423.6%5,426,921
30-34227.820.0%4,127,470
35-39189.416.6%3,169,186
40-44105.39.2%1,595,785
45-4914.11.2%195,580
50-540.40.0%4,990