Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1954

China
1954
Total fertility rate: 6.28
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 6.28 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (299 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 25,438,543 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.28
Births
25,438,543
Births per 1,000 people
43.1
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
590,113,858
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%29,959
15-1991.47.3%2,281,301
20-24278.522.1%6,552,647
25-29299.123.8%6,270,747
30-34252.020.0%4,777,983
35-39206.916.4%3,560,350
40-44113.89.1%1,758,594
45-4914.21.1%201,788
50-540.40.0%5,175