China Fertility Rate (1950-2026)

China fertility rate for 2026 is 1.71, a 0.12% increase from 2025.
  • China fertility rate for 2025 was 1.71, a 0.18% increase from 2024.
  • China fertility rate for 2024 was 1.71, a 0.12% increase from 2023.
  • China fertility rate for 2023 was 1.71, a 0.18% increase from 2022.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: China Fertility Rate | Historical Data | 1950 - 2026.

Births per Woman

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Annual % Change

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Region Rankings
NameBirths per Woman
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.214
Africa3.998
World2.393
Central America2.053
North America1.755
Country Rankings
NameBirths per Woman
Niger6.226
Somalia5.405
Mali5.195
Republic of Congo5.171
Chad5.054
Angola5.028
Nigeria4.876
Burundi4.825
Gambia4.684
Burkina Faso4.62
Tanzania4.465
Benin4.373
Mozambique4.341
Zambia4.231
Guinea4.184
Mauritania4.181
Senegal4.179
South Sudan4.157
Central African Republic4.151
Cameroon4.132
Uganda4.131
Sudan4.005
Solomon Islands3.997
Guinea-Bissau3.982
Sao Tome and Principe3.938
Equatorial Guinea3.933
Togo3.909
Liberia3.868
Comoros3.765
Malawi3.736
Madagascar3.718
Sierra Leone3.621
Eritrea3.597
Ethiopia3.585
Gabon3.566
Samoa3.561
Rwanda3.549
Afghanistan3.521
Ghana3.517
Vanuatu3.516
Timor-Leste3.366
Iraq3.325
Kiribati3.315
Tonga3.3
Tajikistan3.292
Papua New Guinea3.267
Yemen3.225
Zimbabwe3.171
Kenya3.125
Pakistan3.091
Namibia3.05
Egypt3.03
Lesotho2.869
Israel2.864
Eswatini2.694
Algeria2.67
Mongolia2.644
Micronesia2.642
Haiti2.641
Botswana2.593
Fiji2.578
Guatemala2.571
Kazakhstan2.549
Turkmenistan2.545
Bolivia2.494
Jordan2.473
Oman2.454
Djibouti2.415
Philippines2.386
Cambodia2.329
Panama2.31
Guyana2.309
Seychelles2.278
Paraguay2.268
Ecuador2.26
Suriname2.256
South Africa2.254
Uzbekistan2.249
Honduras2.243
Morocco2.235
Nicaragua2.209
Guam2.19
Indonesia2.173
Dominican Republic2.167
Argentina2.162
Venezuela2.135
Belize2.128
Peru2.106
Saudi Arabia2.093
India2.088
Sri Lanka2.087
Cabo Verde2.085
Iran2.062
Libya2.053
Tunisia2.049
Myanmar2.023
Kuwait2.004
Vietnam2.002
Georgia1.992
Lebanon1.98
Mexico1.969
Turkey1.952
Azerbaijan1.948
Grenada1.931
Antigua and Barbuda1.927
El Salvador1.907
Uruguay1.903
Malaysia1.881
Jamaica1.88
Aruba1.874
New Caledonia1.872
Bangladesh1.865
France1.846
French Polynesia1.845
Sweden1.841
Bahrain1.836
Russia1.827
New Zealand1.826
Bhutan1.802
United States1.789
Denmark1.775
Australia1.769
Ireland1.762
Armenia1.759
United Kingdom1.757
Latvia1.75
Belarus1.745
Montenegro1.738
Nepal1.735
Belgium1.733
Maldives1.73
Qatar1.723
Curacao1.719
Lithuania1.714
China1.712
Norway1.708
Iceland1.701
Bahamas1.692
Netherlands1.69
Colombia1.686
Romania1.661
Estonia1.655
Slovenia1.654
Trinidad and Tobago1.653
Barbados1.652
Costa Rica1.647
Bulgaria1.636
Brazil1.635
Germany1.624
Austria1.59
Chile1.583
Switzerland1.568
Cuba1.564
Hungary1.563
Channel Islands1.554
Malta1.532
Albania1.511
Poland1.492
Canada1.481
North Macedonia1.466
Hong Kong1.454
Ukraine1.454
Thailand1.434
Luxembourg1.429
Finland1.427
Spain1.419
Serbia1.419
Croatia1.408
Japan1.387
Portugal1.381
Macao1.345
Mauritius1.343
Moldova1.341
UAE1.329
Italy1.313
Cyprus1.298
Taiwan1.279
Greece1.265
Singapore1.261
Puerto Rico1.176
South Korea1.086