Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1991

China
1991
Total fertility rate: 1.93
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-5 -1   1991  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 1.93 children per woman in 1991 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (191 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.4 years old. In total, 22,645,215 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.93
Births
22,645,215
Births per 1,000 people
19.3
Mean age of mothers
25.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
112.5
Population
1,170,788,528
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%5,693
15-1918.84.8%1,071,177
20-24191.349.1%12,121,417
25-29129.933.4%7,489,454
30-3435.29.0%1,384,827
35-3910.22.6%452,698
40-442.80.7%94,065
45-490.80.2%19,728
50-540.30.1%6,156