Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1979

China
1979
Total fertility rate: 2.75
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 2.75 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (193 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 21,151,275 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.75
Births
21,151,275
Births per 1,000 people
21.8
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.0
Population
969,288,070
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%10,924
15-1912.12.2%575,070
20-24173.731.5%7,860,656
25-29193.035.0%8,150,480
30-3496.017.4%2,800,814
35-3948.88.8%1,135,897
40-4423.44.2%522,079
45-494.30.8%87,670
50-540.40.1%7,686