Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1965

China
1965
Total fertility rate: 6.61
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-5 -1   1965  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 6.61 children per woman in 1965 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (304 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 30,064,192 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.61
Births
30,064,192
Births per 1,000 people
41.6
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.54
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
723,415,733
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%51,890
15-1971.95.5%2,345,884
20-24288.721.9%7,181,029
25-29304.023.1%7,130,434
30-34259.019.7%5,867,249
35-39246.318.7%4,896,214
40-44135.510.3%2,428,897
45-4910.40.8%162,596
50-540.00.0%0