China Fertility Rate 1960-2025
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.
- China fertility rate for 2022 was 1.18, a 0.95% increase from 2021.
- China fertility rate for 2021 was 1.16, a 9.13% decline from 2020.
- China fertility rate for 2020 was 1.28, a 14.37% decline from 2019.
- China fertility rate for 2019 was 1.50, a 3.73% decline from 2018.
| China Fertility Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
Births per Woman |
Annual % Change |
| 2022 |
1.18 |
0.95% |
| 2021 |
1.16 |
-9.13% |
| 2020 |
1.28 |
-14.37% |
| 2019 |
1.50 |
-3.73% |
| 2018 |
1.55 |
-14.29% |
| 2017 |
1.81 |
2.31% |
| 2016 |
1.77 |
6.11% |
| 2015 |
1.67 |
-5.60% |
| 2014 |
1.77 |
3.21% |
| 2013 |
1.71 |
-4.67% |
| 2012 |
1.80 |
7.79% |
| 2011 |
1.67 |
-1.13% |
| 2010 |
1.69 |
-1.58% |
| 2009 |
1.71 |
0.76% |
| 2008 |
1.70 |
2.10% |
| 2007 |
1.67 |
1.34% |
| 2006 |
1.64 |
1.23% |
| 2005 |
1.62 |
1.18% |
| 2004 |
1.61 |
2.23% |
| 2003 |
1.57 |
0.26% |
| 2002 |
1.57 |
0.19% |
| 2001 |
1.56 |
-3.99% |
| 2000 |
1.63 |
6.41% |
| 1999 |
1.53 |
0.53% |
| 1998 |
1.52 |
-0.33% |
| 1997 |
1.53 |
-1.74% |
| 1996 |
1.55 |
-2.14% |
| 1995 |
1.59 |
-2.46% |
| 1994 |
1.63 |
-3.73% |
| 1993 |
1.69 |
-4.79% |
| 1992 |
1.78 |
-8.17% |
| 1991 |
1.93 |
-23.07% |
| 1990 |
2.51 |
-0.24% |
| 1989 |
2.52 |
-0.75% |
| 1988 |
2.54 |
-8.01% |
| 1987 |
2.76 |
1.43% |
| 1986 |
2.72 |
3.34% |
| 1985 |
2.63 |
1.00% |
| 1984 |
2.61 |
1.88% |
| 1983 |
2.56 |
-13.90% |
| 1982 |
2.97 |
6.45% |
| 1981 |
2.79 |
1.94% |
| 1980 |
2.74 |
-0.22% |
| 1979 |
2.75 |
1.07% |
| 1978 |
2.72 |
-4.50% |
| 1977 |
2.84 |
-12.09% |
| 1976 |
3.24 |
-9.41% |
| 1975 |
3.57 |
-14.36% |
| 1974 |
4.17 |
-11.76% |
| 1973 |
4.73 |
-7.55% |
| 1972 |
5.11 |
-7.44% |
| 1971 |
5.52 |
-9.24% |
| 1970 |
6.09 |
-1.46% |
| 1969 |
6.18 |
-5.12% |
| 1968 |
6.51 |
12.09% |
| 1967 |
5.81 |
-7.94% |
| 1966 |
6.31 |
-4.51% |
| 1965 |
6.61 |
-1.00% |
| 1964 |
6.67 |
-11.19% |
| 1963 |
7.51 |
23.47% |
| 1962 |
6.09 |
57.52% |
| 1961 |
3.86 |
-13.21% |
| 1960 |
4.45 |
-13.21% |
