Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1982

China
1982
Total fertility rate: 2.97
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-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 2.97 children per woman in 1982 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (212 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 24,352,551 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.97
Births
24,352,551
Births per 1,000 people
24.0
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
1,013,588,179
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%5,777
15-1924.04.0%1,478,046
20-24211.735.3%8,305,252
25-29209.835.0%9,674,681
30-3492.015.4%3,382,465
35-3940.96.8%1,045,706
40-4418.33.1%411,234
45-492.00.3%43,029
50-540.30.1%6,361