Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1969

China
1969
Total fertility rate: 6.18
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-5 -1   1969  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 6.18 children per woman in 1969 — 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 30.2 years old. In total, 30,911,420 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.18
Births
30,911,420
Births per 1,000 people
38.5
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.46
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
802,140,332
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%51,452
15-1951.34.2%2,213,404
20-24282.122.9%8,462,096
25-29292.623.8%7,042,762
30-34256.820.9%5,979,882
35-39221.018.0%4,798,040
40-44113.99.3%2,174,339
45-4911.10.9%186,768
50-540.20.0%2,677