Fertility in China, 1955

China
1955
Total fertility rate: 6.26
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1955
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-5 -1   1955  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 6.26 children per woman in 1955 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (300 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 25,727,524 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.26
Births
25,727,524
Births per 1,000 people
42.6
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
603,547,007
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%30,900
15-1989.77.1%2,214,426
20-24279.022.2%6,698,061
25-29299.823.9%6,353,083
30-34251.920.1%4,871,702
35-39206.816.5%3,580,923
40-44113.29.0%1,776,921
45-4913.71.1%196,592
50-540.40.0%4,914