Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1996

China
1996
Total fertility rate: 1.55
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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 1.55 children per woman in 1996 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (149 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.8 years old. In total, 18,306,560 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.55
Births
18,306,560
Births per 1,000 people
14.9
Mean age of mothers
25.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
115.7
Population
1,230,944,812
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%1,792
15-197.32.3%344,695
20-24149.247.3%8,437,569
25-29113.536.0%7,129,309
30-3434.611.0%1,980,283
35-397.72.4%300,461
40-442.00.6%90,146
45-490.50.2%17,677
50-540.20.1%4,632