Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1992

China
1992
Total fertility rate: 1.78
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-5 -1   1992  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 1.78 children per woman in 1992 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (180 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.5 years old. In total, 21,066,913 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.78
Births
21,066,913
Births per 1,000 people
17.8
Mean age of mothers
25.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
113.2
Population
1,184,574,237
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%4,797
15-1916.14.5%864,444
20-24179.750.4%11,515,721
25-29110.931.1%6,734,576
30-3436.910.4%1,423,246
35-398.72.4%392,836
40-442.90.8%105,962
45-490.80.2%18,761
50-540.30.1%6,570