Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1962

China
1962
Total fertility rate: 6.09
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-5 -1   1962  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 6.09 children per woman in 1962 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (291 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 26,826,299 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.09
Births
26,826,299
Births per 1,000 people
40.3
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
665,073,691
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%42,484
15-1974.36.1%2,009,628
20-24270.022.2%6,507,309
25-29291.424.0%6,997,420
30-34242.920.0%5,166,504
35-39213.217.6%4,063,317
40-44111.89.2%1,885,357
45-4910.00.8%154,281
50-540.00.0%0