Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1956

China
1956
Total fertility rate: 5.85
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 5.85 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (281 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 24,364,154 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.85
Births
24,364,154
Births per 1,000 people
39.5
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
616,558,582
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%31,032
15-1981.36.9%2,003,534
20-24262.122.3%6,405,705
25-29281.324.0%6,063,471
30-34235.720.1%4,609,218
35-39193.816.5%3,392,835
40-44104.88.9%1,677,984
45-4912.31.0%176,036
50-540.30.0%4,339