Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 2004

China
2004
Total fertility rate: 1.61
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-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 1.61 children per woman in 2004 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 16,461,427 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.61
Births
16,461,427
Births per 1,000 people
12.6
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
117.8
Population
1,302,100,316
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%151
15-195.61.8%325,762
20-24127.139.9%6,367,587
25-29116.136.4%5,528,101
30-3453.716.8%3,297,307
35-3913.24.1%792,992
40-442.70.9%123,973
45-490.40.1%17,612
50-540.20.1%7,942