Fertility in China, 1990

China
1990
Total fertility rate: 2.51
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of China was 2.51 children per woman in 1990 — 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 26.1 years old. In total, 28,079,115 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.51
Births
28,079,115
Births per 1,000 people
24.3
Mean age of mothers
26.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
111.8
Population
1,153,582,724
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%6,029
15-1923.24.6%1,394,315
20-24216.942.6%13,563,442
25-29184.836.3%9,640,608
30-3458.111.4%2,439,275
35-3918.03.5%780,230
40-447.61.5%232,593
45-490.80.2%17,747
50-540.20.0%4,874