Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1989

China
1989
Total fertility rate: 2.52
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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 2.52 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (213 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.1 years old. In total, 27,234,008 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.52
Births
27,234,008
Births per 1,000 people
24.0
Mean age of mothers
26.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
111.1
Population
1,133,991,008
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%6,324
15-1927.65.4%1,728,754
20-24213.441.5%13,151,936
25-29180.535.1%8,458,479
30-3461.612.0%2,741,670
35-3921.14.1%876,903
40-448.71.7%248,787
45-490.80.1%16,945
50-540.20.0%4,211