Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1988

China
1988
Total fertility rate: 2.54
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-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 2.54 children per woman in 1988 — 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 26.2 years old. In total, 26,442,277 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.54
Births
26,442,277
Births per 1,000 people
23.7
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
110.4
Population
1,115,244,165
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%6,252
15-1929.05.6%1,864,144
20-24212.341.1%13,037,766
25-29175.133.9%7,321,833
30-3465.512.7%3,003,792
35-3923.74.6%929,941
40-449.71.9%257,903
45-490.80.1%16,769
50-540.20.0%3,875