Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1986

China
1986
Total fertility rate: 2.72
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-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 2.72 children per woman in 1986 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (217 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 26,044,589 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.72
Births
26,044,589
Births per 1,000 people
24.2
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.1
Population
1,077,233,607
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%5,295
15-1928.55.3%1,813,540
20-24217.440.5%12,635,443
25-29176.432.8%7,008,831
30-3473.513.7%3,306,425
35-3928.85.4%967,805
40-4411.82.2%284,653
45-490.90.2%18,833
50-540.20.0%3,762