Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1987

China
1987
Total fertility rate: 2.76
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-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 2.76 children per woman in 1987 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (226 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.4 years old. In total, 27,557,082 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.76
Births
27,557,082
Births per 1,000 people
25.1
Mean age of mothers
26.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.7
Population
1,096,217,446
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%5,827
15-1929.95.4%1,931,000
20-24226.040.9%13,834,258
25-29180.632.7%7,029,960
30-3474.413.5%3,401,093
35-3928.75.2%1,043,634
40-4411.52.1%291,062
45-490.80.1%16,876
50-540.20.0%3,371