Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1981

China
1981
Total fertility rate: 2.79
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-5 -1   1981  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 2.79 children per woman in 1981 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (201 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 22,489,545 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.79
Births
22,489,545
Births per 1,000 people
22.5
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
997,721,071
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
10-140.10.0%6,430
15-1915.92.8%932,829
20-24197.534.9%7,910,948
25-29201.335.6%9,131,762
30-3489.615.8%3,044,530
35-3940.67.2%996,730
40-4418.13.2%403,104
45-492.60.5%56,408
50-540.40.1%6,805