Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1994

China
1994
Total fertility rate: 1.63
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-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 1.63 children per woman in 1994 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (157 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.8 years old. In total, 19,528,689 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
19,528,689
Births per 1,000 people
16.2
Mean age of mothers
25.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
114.6
Population
1,209,003,096
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%3,295
15-198.82.6%422,277
20-24156.547.1%9,745,963
25-29113.534.2%6,942,029
30-3441.412.5%1,922,845
35-397.92.4%348,248
40-442.90.9%118,951
45-490.70.2%19,122
50-540.30.1%5,959