Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1974

China
1974
Total fertility rate: 4.17
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-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 4.17 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (237 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 25,594,012 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.17
Births
25,594,012
Births per 1,000 people
28.4
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
900,307,582
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
10-140.40.1%20,883
15-1930.43.6%1,388,352
20-24213.125.5%9,098,288
25-29236.828.4%6,995,029
30-34170.520.4%4,031,944
35-39115.913.9%2,643,012
40-4459.17.1%1,250,878
45-498.51.0%157,238
50-540.50.1%8,388