Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1976

China
1976
Total fertility rate: 3.24
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-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 3.24 children per woman in 1976 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (204 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 22,013,490 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.24
Births
22,013,490
Births per 1,000 people
23.7
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.7
Population
930,372,292
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
10-140.30.0%16,076
15-1925.84.0%1,042,506
20-24178.827.4%8,187,630
25-29204.031.2%7,004,852
30-34122.918.8%3,053,829
35-3974.811.4%1,695,930
40-4439.46.0%871,813
45-496.91.1%132,018
50-540.50.1%8,836