Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 2002

China
2002
Total fertility rate: 1.57
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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 1.57 children per woman in 2002 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 16,382,375 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.57
Births
16,382,375
Births per 1,000 people
12.7
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
117.6
Population
1,286,866,839
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%196
15-196.12.0%331,752
20-24120.939.1%5,810,997
25-29117.037.8%6,215,571
30-3451.916.8%3,279,356
35-3910.73.5%642,656
40-442.10.7%78,872
45-490.40.1%16,146
50-540.20.1%6,827