Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 2006

China
2006
Total fertility rate: 1.64
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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 1.64 children per woman in 2006 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (125 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 16,868,048 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.64
Births
16,868,048
Births per 1,000 people
12.8
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
117.8
Population
1,318,054,036
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%117
15-198.52.6%505,639
20-24124.738.1%6,533,179
25-29119.136.4%5,540,536
30-3454.716.7%3,055,857
35-3916.04.9%993,225
40-443.71.1%210,094
45-490.50.2%20,336
50-540.20.1%9,064