Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 2012

China
2012
Total fertility rate: 1.80
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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 1.80 children per woman in 2012 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (135 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 19,246,445 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.80
Births
19,246,445
Births per 1,000 people
14.1
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
116.4
Population
1,369,520,864
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%202
15-1912.53.5%531,820
20-24112.731.0%6,402,143
25-29135.337.3%7,227,157
30-3471.119.6%3,359,235
35-3923.46.5%1,226,266
40-446.61.8%407,999
45-491.40.4%82,749
50-540.20.1%8,873