Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1964

China
1964
Total fertility rate: 6.67
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-5 -1   1964  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 6.67 children per woman in 1964 — 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 30.2 years old. In total, 30,071,914 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.67
Births
30,071,914
Births per 1,000 people
42.7
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.55
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
704,798,265
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%49,391
15-1977.55.8%2,353,994
20-24292.822.0%7,172,143
25-29310.023.3%7,370,189
30-34261.819.7%5,826,436
35-39244.018.3%4,804,070
40-44133.010.0%2,337,704
45-4910.10.8%157,988
50-540.00.0%0