Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1953

China
1953
Total fertility rate: 6.04
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 6.04 children per woman in 1953 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (287 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 24,139,415 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.04
Births
24,139,415
Births per 1,000 people
41.8
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
577,557,138
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%29,363
15-1988.67.3%2,233,855
20-24267.022.1%6,143,062
25-29286.823.7%5,939,895
30-34242.220.0%4,491,885
35-39199.316.5%3,428,871
40-44109.59.1%1,670,780
45-4913.91.2%196,578
50-540.40.0%5,124