Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 2007

China
2007
Total fertility rate: 1.67
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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 1.67 children per woman in 2007 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (122 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 17,202,357 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.67
Births
17,202,357
Births per 1,000 people
13.0
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
117.7
Population
1,325,813,582
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%125
15-199.12.8%522,336
20-24120.436.4%6,480,748
25-29122.136.9%5,814,219
30-3456.917.2%2,999,749
35-3917.55.3%1,096,528
40-444.31.3%253,393
45-490.70.2%25,447
50-540.20.1%9,814