Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 1999

China
1999
Total fertility rate: 1.53
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-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 1.53 children per woman in 1999 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (132 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 16,862,871 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.53
Births
16,862,871
Births per 1,000 people
13.4
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
116.9
Population
1,260,176,655
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%442
15-196.22.0%310,516
20-24131.842.9%6,322,284
25-29115.137.4%7,120,101
30-3441.813.6%2,536,486
35-3910.83.5%497,876
40-441.30.4%58,514
45-490.30.1%13,232
50-540.10.0%3,422