Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1966

China
1966
Total fertility rate: 6.31
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-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 6.31 children per woman in 1966 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (293 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 29,208,554 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.31
Births
29,208,554
Births per 1,000 people
39.3
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.45
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
742,402,213
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
10-141.20.1%53,848
15-1962.75.0%2,205,994
20-24278.822.2%7,120,724
25-29293.223.3%6,866,406
30-34249.919.9%5,769,127
35-39234.118.6%4,738,963
40-44126.110.0%2,288,545
45-4910.40.8%164,950
50-540.00.0%0