Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1993

China
1993
Total fertility rate: 1.69
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-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 1.69 children per woman in 1993 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (166 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.6 years old. In total, 20,203,478 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.69
Births
20,203,478
Births per 1,000 people
16.9
Mean age of mothers
25.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
113.9
Population
1,197,308,575
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%4,357
15-1913.53.9%681,623
20-24165.848.4%10,591,364
25-29111.032.4%6,763,352
30-3440.811.9%1,691,764
35-397.32.1%331,525
40-443.00.9%114,344
45-490.70.2%18,827
50-540.30.1%6,322