Fertility in China, 2005

China
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.62
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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 1.62 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (128 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 16,602,725 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.62
Births
16,602,725
Births per 1,000 people
12.7
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
117.8
Population
1,310,027,136
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%115
15-196.62.1%395,255
20-24128.439.7%6,550,509
25-29116.235.9%5,404,314
30-3453.416.5%3,141,468
35-3914.84.6%905,723
40-443.51.1%177,661
45-490.50.1%19,044
50-540.20.1%8,636