Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1968

China
1968
Total fertility rate: 6.51
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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 6.51 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (305 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 31,649,577 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.51
Births
31,649,577
Births per 1,000 people
40.5
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.57
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
781,011,025
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%52,324
15-1956.94.4%2,322,769
20-24291.522.5%8,207,896
25-29305.023.6%7,246,135
30-34266.020.6%6,248,346
35-39237.418.3%5,030,446
40-44125.59.7%2,360,437
45-4911.00.9%181,222
50-540.00.0%0