Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1972

China
1972
Total fertility rate: 5.11
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-5 -1   1972  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 5.11 children per woman in 1972 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (267 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 28,596,626 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.11
Births
28,596,626
Births per 1,000 people
33.1
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
863,677,814
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
10-140.90.1%35,023
15-1937.43.7%1,757,487
20-24246.724.2%9,280,382
25-29267.326.2%7,017,817
30-34214.421.0%4,976,476
35-39161.915.9%3,719,266
40-4480.67.9%1,623,120
45-4910.11.0%179,910
50-540.50.0%7,146