Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in China, 2014

China
2014
Total fertility rate: 1.77
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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China was 1.77 children per woman in 2014 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (133 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 18,769,423 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.77
Births
18,769,423
Births per 1,000 people
13.5
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
115.5
Population
1,387,951,972
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%246
15-1912.03.4%479,331
20-24105.929.6%5,371,831
25-29133.037.1%7,590,228
30-3472.520.2%3,579,389
35-3925.87.2%1,212,425
40-446.91.9%417,543
45-491.80.5%104,238
50-540.30.1%14,194