Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 2011

China
2011
Total fertility rate: 1.67
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 1.67 children per woman in 2011 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (124 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 17,824,404 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.67
Births
17,824,404
Births per 1,000 people
13.1
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
116.8
Population
1,360,250,664
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%187
15-1911.83.5%521,228
20-24106.031.7%6,266,616
25-29123.837.0%6,430,261
30-3464.419.2%2,967,420
35-3921.26.3%1,177,259
40-446.11.8%374,931
45-491.40.4%78,791
50-540.20.1%7,709