Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1973

China
1973
Total fertility rate: 4.73
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-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 4.73 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (256 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 27,636,942 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.73
Births
27,636,942
Births per 1,000 people
31.3
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
882,576,946
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
10-140.70.1%28,771
15-1933.53.5%1,574,862
20-24233.624.8%9,430,445
25-29256.427.2%7,106,107
30-34197.020.9%4,597,331
35-39141.815.0%3,262,125
40-4470.87.5%1,459,906
45-499.41.0%169,741
50-540.50.1%7,652