Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1983

China
1983
Total fertility rate: 2.56
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-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 2.56 children per woman in 1983 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (185 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 21,682,298 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.56
Births
21,682,298
Births per 1,000 people
21.1
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.8
Population
1,029,064,956
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%5,323
15-1925.35.0%1,563,679
20-24184.536.4%7,776,903
25-29180.035.5%8,321,795
30-3472.914.4%2,883,376
35-3929.55.8%798,095
40-4412.92.5%290,991
45-491.60.3%35,765
50-540.30.1%6,369