Fertility in China, 1961

China
1961
Total fertility rate: 3.86
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
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The total fertility rate of China was 3.86 children per woman in 1961 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (187 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 16,879,455 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.86
Births
16,879,455
Births per 1,000 people
25.7
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
655,773,486
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%39,472
15-1948.26.2%1,256,421
20-24172.422.3%4,145,764
25-29186.624.1%4,429,764
30-34154.820.0%3,231,416
35-39133.517.3%2,515,109
40-4469.39.0%1,156,989
45-496.90.9%103,485
50-540.10.0%1,031