Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 2003

China
2003
Total fertility rate: 1.57
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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 1.57 children per woman in 2003 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (123 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 16,221,728 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.57
Births
16,221,728
Births per 1,000 people
12.5
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
117.7
Population
1,294,517,326
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%156
15-196.52.1%360,841
20-24123.439.8%6,090,461
25-29113.536.6%5,674,443
30-3451.816.7%3,263,156
35-3911.83.8%709,026
40-442.40.8%98,760
45-490.40.1%17,400
50-540.20.1%7,487