Fertility in China, 2050

China
2050
Total fertility rate: 1.18
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2050 2020, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of China is projected at 1.18 children per woman in 2050 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (82 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.2 years old. In total, 7,371,348 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.18
Births
7,371,348
Births per 1,000 people
5.8
Mean age of mothers
31.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.57
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
1,260,289,093
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%142
15-193.61.5%70,703
20-2425.810.8%504,299
25-2969.429.2%1,499,363
30-3482.234.6%3,012,172
35-3945.219.0%1,847,089
40-4410.74.5%406,352
45-490.90.4%30,787
50-540.00.0%441