Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1957

China
1957
Total fertility rate: 6.43
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 6.43 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (310 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 27,068,471 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.43
Births
27,068,471
Births per 1,000 people
42.9
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
630,356,208
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
10-141.10.1%31,091
15-1986.86.7%2,142,838
20-24288.922.5%7,141,648
25-29309.624.1%6,800,470
30-34259.020.1%5,123,877
35-39214.016.6%3,784,486
40-44113.58.8%1,854,474
45-4912.91.0%185,276
50-540.30.0%4,314