Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1998

China
1998
Total fertility rate: 1.52
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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 1.52 children per woman in 1998 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (138 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.1 years old. In total, 17,187,249 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.52
Births
17,187,249
Births per 1,000 people
13.7
Mean age of mothers
26.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
116.6
Population
1,250,847,126
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%720
15-194.71.5%231,735
20-24137.744.9%6,922,948
25-29114.137.2%7,234,350
30-3438.112.4%2,304,572
35-3910.03.3%412,445
40-441.40.5%62,413
45-490.40.1%14,608
50-540.10.0%3,457