Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1985

China
1985
Total fertility rate: 2.63
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-5 -1   1985  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 2.63 children per woman in 1985 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (203 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 24,136,257 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.63
Births
24,136,257
Births per 1,000 people
22.8
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.6
Population
1,059,807,820
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%5,136
15-1927.85.4%1,750,184
20-24203.139.2%10,683,211
25-29175.033.8%7,410,807
30-3471.313.8%3,120,924
35-3927.85.4%866,873
40-4411.62.2%271,827
45-491.00.2%22,512
50-540.20.0%4,785