Fertility in China, 1959

China
1959
Total fertility rate: 4.72
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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-5 -1   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 4.72 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (229 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 20,310,612 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.72
Births
20,310,612
Births per 1,000 people
31.1
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.44
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
652,708,217
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%34,298
15-1961.36.5%1,535,281
20-24212.822.5%5,197,710
25-29229.124.2%5,253,597
30-34190.320.1%3,879,484
35-39159.116.8%2,919,531
40-4482.08.7%1,353,143
45-499.21.0%134,955
50-540.20.0%2,616