Fertility in China, 1960

China
1960
Total fertility rate: 4.45
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
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The total fertility rate of China was 4.45 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (217 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 19,310,830 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.45
Births
19,310,830
Births per 1,000 people
29.5
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
654,802,069
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%36,819
15-1956.66.3%1,442,119
20-24200.322.5%4,834,403
25-29216.924.3%5,065,634
30-34179.120.1%3,684,409
35-39151.617.0%2,831,585
40-4477.88.7%1,287,983
45-498.51.0%125,740
50-540.20.0%2,140