China: Birth rate

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
 China

The number of crude births per 1000 people, per year

 Latest value 7.52
 Year 2021
 Measure births per 1000 people
 Data availability 1960 - 2021
 Average 19.92
 Min - Max 7.52 - 43.37
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2021 is 7.52 births per 1000 people, a decline from 8.52 births per 1000 people in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 18.88 births per 1000 people, based on data from 194 countries. Historically, the average for China from 1960 to 2021 is 19.92 births per 1000 people. The minimum value, 7.52 births per 1000 people, was reached in 2021 while the maximum of 43.37 births per 1000 people was recorded in 1963. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
Select indicator
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Recent data
China - Birth rate - Recent values chart

Historical series
China - Birth rate - historical chart - 1960-2021




Definition: Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.

Selected articles from our guide:

What factors determine the exchange rates

International lending and sovereign debt

All articles



 Related indicators Latest Reference Measure
 Health spending per capita 583.43 2020 U.S. dollars
 Health spending as percent of GDP 5.59 2020 percent
 Life expectancy 78.59 2022 years
 Life expectancy, female 81.34 2022 years
 Life expectancy, male 75.96 2022 years
 Birth rate 7.52 2021 births per 1000 people
 Death rate 7.37 2022 deaths per 1000 people
 Fertility rate 1.17 2022 births per woman
 Tuberculosis 52.00 2022 cases per 100,000 people
 Diabetes prevalence 10.60 2021 percent
 Prevalence of anemia among children 18.80 2019 percent
 Prevalence of undernourishment 2.50 2021 percent
 Access to drinking water, urban 97.9 2022 percent
 Suicides 8.10 2019 suicides per 100,000 people
 DPT immunization rate 99 2022 percent
 Hepatitis B immunization rate 99 2022 percent
 Measles immunization rate 99 2022 percent
 Traffic accident deaths 17.40 2019 deaths per 100,000 people
This site uses cookies.
Learn more here


OK