Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1978

China
1978
Total fertility rate: 2.72
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 2.72 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (186 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 20,249,289 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.72
Births
20,249,289
Births per 1,000 people
21.2
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.9
Population
956,161,484
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
10-140.20.0%14,546
15-1914.92.7%632,584
20-24163.329.9%7,614,560
25-29186.434.2%7,440,727
30-3497.217.8%2,656,579
35-3952.09.5%1,194,118
40-4425.94.7%582,267
45-495.31.0%105,526
50-540.50.1%8,386