Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1995

China
1995
Total fertility rate: 1.59
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-5 -1   1995  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 1.59 children per woman in 1995 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (154 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.8 years old. In total, 19,003,368 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.59
Births
19,003,368
Births per 1,000 people
15.6
Mean age of mothers
25.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
115.2
Population
1,220,133,928
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
10-140.00.0%2,434
15-198.72.7%407,780
20-24153.547.4%9,158,908
25-29114.935.5%7,127,680
30-3436.511.3%1,886,044
35-396.82.1%281,049
40-442.70.8%115,501
45-490.60.2%18,493
50-540.20.1%5,478