Fertility & birth rates in China and Colombia

Fertility rate in China vs Colombia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in China was 1 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.65 in Colombia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check China vs Colombia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	Colombia
1960	4.45	6.74
1961	3.86	6.71
1962	6.09	6.66
1963	7.51	6.58
1964	6.67	6.48
1965	6.61	6.33
1966	6.31	6.16
1967	5.81	5.96
1968	6.51	5.74
1969	6.18	5.51
1970	6.09	5.28
1971	5.52	5.06
1972	5.11	4.86
1973	4.73	4.68
1974	4.17	4.53
1975	3.57	4.4
1976	3.24	4.29
1977	2.84	4.16
1978	2.72	4
1979	2.75	3.89
1980	2.74	3.8
1981	2.79	3.71
1982	2.97	3.62
1983	2.56	3.5
1984	2.61	3.35
1985	2.63	3.23
1986	2.72	3.15
1987	2.76	3.09
1988	2.54	3.04
1989	2.52	3.01
1990	2.51	3
1991	1.93	2.98
1992	1.78	2.98
1993	1.69	2.98
1994	1.63	2.94
1995	1.59	2.85
1996	1.55	2.77
1997	1.53	2.74
1998	1.52	2.72
1999	1.53	2.64
2000	1.63	2.57
2001	1.56	2.52
2002	1.57	2.49
2003	1.57	2.45
2004	1.61	2.38
2005	1.62	2.31
2006	1.64	2.24
2007	1.67	2.19
2008	1.7	2.15
2009	1.71	2.1
2010	1.69	2.01
2011	1.67	1.94
2012	1.8	1.9
2013	1.71	1.86
2014	1.77	1.82
2015	1.67	1.77
2016	1.77	1.72
2017	1.8	1.72
2018	1.54	1.72
2019	1.5	1.71
2020	1.24	1.69
2021	1.12	1.68
2022	1.03	1.66
2023	1	1.65
2024	1.01	1.63
2025	1.02	1.62
2026	1.03	1.6
2027	1.04	1.6
2028	1.05	1.59
2029	1.05	1.59
2030	1.06	1.58
2031	1.07	1.58
2032	1.08	1.57
2033	1.08	1.57
2034	1.09	1.57
2035	1.1	1.57
2036	1.1	1.57
2037	1.11	1.57
2038	1.12	1.57
2039	1.12	1.57
2040	1.13	1.57
2041	1.13	1.57
2042	1.14	1.57
2043	1.15	1.57
2044	1.15	1.57
2045	1.16	1.57
2046	1.16	1.57
2047	1.17	1.58
2048	1.17	1.58
2049	1.18	1.58
2050	1.18	1.58

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	China	Colombia
1960	40.3%	46.8%
1961	40%	47%
1962	40%	47.1%
1963	40.6%	47.2%
1964	41.2%	47.3%
1965	41.5%	47.2%
1966	41.5%	47.1%
1967	41.3%	46.9%
1968	41%	46.7%
1969	41%	46.4%
1970	40.8%	46%
1971	40.7%	45.6%
1972	40.4%	45.1%
1973	40.1%	44.6%
1974	40.2%	44%
1975	40.2%	43.4%
1976	40.3%	42.8%
1977	39.8%	42.2%
1978	38.6%	41.5%
1979	37.2%	40.9%
1980	36.1%	40.3%
1981	35.1%	39.7%
1982	34.3%	39.1%
1983	33.3%	38.6%
1984	32.2%	38.1%
1985	31.2%	37.6%
1986	30.4%	37.2%
1987	29.8%	36.9%
1988	29.3%	36.5%
1989	28.9%	36.2%
1990	28.8%	35.9%
1991	28.6%	35.6%
1992	28.4%	35.3%
1993	28.2%	35%
1994	27.8%	34.7%
1995	27.4%	34.4%
1996	27%	34%
1997	26.3%	33.7%
1998	25.7%	33.3%
1999	25.2%	32.9%
2000	24.5%	32.5%
2001	23.8%	32.1%
2002	22.9%	31.7%
2003	22%	31.3%
2004	21.2%	30.9%
2005	20.3%	30.4%
2006	19.6%	29.9%
2007	19.2%	29.3%
2008	18.9%	28.7%
2009	18.6%	28.1%
2010	18.5%	27.5%
2011	18.3%	26.9%
2012	18.3%	26.3%
2013	18.3%	25.7%
2014	18.3%	25.1%
2015	18.3%	24.5%
2016	18.3%	23.9%
2017	18.4%	23.3%
2018	18.3%	22.7%
2019	18.2%	22.1%
2020	18%	21.7%
2021	17.6%	21.3%
2022	17.1%	21%
2023	16.6%	20.6%
2024	16%	20.3%
2025	15.4%	20%
2026	14.8%	19.7%
2027	14.1%	19.5%
2028	13.5%	19.3%
2029	12.8%	19.1%
2030	12.1%	18.8%
2031	11.5%	18.6%
2032	10.8%	18.4%
2033	10.3%	18.2%
2034	9.83%	18%
2035	9.53%	17.7%
2036	9.37%	17.4%
2037	9.31%	17.2%
2038	9.31%	16.9%
2039	9.34%	16.7%
2040	9.38%	16.4%
2041	9.43%	16.2%
2042	9.49%	16%
2043	9.56%	15.7%
2044	9.63%	15.5%
2045	9.71%	15.4%
2046	9.78%	15.2%
2047	9.85%	15%
2048	9.9%	14.8%
2049	9.93%	14.7%
2050	9.94%	14.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in China and 20.3% in Colombia in 2024, compared to 28.8% and 35.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of China and Colombia compared.

Natural population change in China vs Colombia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.31% in China and +0.85% in Colombia. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	China	Colombia
1960	-3,048,510	529,316
1961	2,496,047	545,627
1962	17,969,132	559,985
1963	22,742,225	572,355
1964	19,302,532	581,435
1965	20,296,950	587,677
1966	19,282,187	590,855
1967	19,263,662	591,649
1968	21,206,083	589,407
1969	20,760,332	586,559
1970	21,137,076	583,396
1971	19,622,980	582,011
1972	19,102,585	581,361
1973	18,423,727	583,608
1974	15,738,118	589,035
1975	14,378,237	598,580
1976	11,782,472	612,265
1977	11,378,068	622,814
1978	11,473,980	626,378
1979	11,250,148	635,747
1980	11,647,260	649,872
1981	14,461,027	662,195
1982	15,815,318	675,339
1983	13,599,789	674,767
1984	13,561,671	666,315
1985	14,987,830	625,379
1986	16,609,920	659,701
1987	18,005,821	659,429
1988	17,328,640	663,796
1989	16,824,495	674,102
1990	16,335,313	682,409
1991	14,937,124	690,266
1992	13,548,601	697,763
1993	13,493,138	709,287
1994	13,360,470	708,660
1995	12,711,220	694,968
1996	12,686,872	682,547
1997	12,374,554	686,073
1998	11,351,286	687,704
1999	10,247,372	668,576
2000	9,570,849	652,176
2001	8,839,358	642,933
2002	8,258,580	640,840
2003	7,743,284	642,144
2004	7,607,960	628,424
2005	7,678,911	610,618
2006	6,922,185	594,388
2007	6,813,465	583,115
2008	6,729,247	576,654
2009	6,483,236	559,017
2010	6,407,607	533,657
2011	8,245,065	511,524
2012	10,075,174	503,285
2013	8,043,116	489,069
2014	9,205,180	470,916
2015	6,788,911	446,778
2016	9,062,269	425,087
2017	7,790,880	426,538
2018	5,302,433	433,622
2019	4,673,713	441,087
2020	2,046,095	378,965
2021	480,203	311,122
2022	-847,305	406,143
2023	-2,087,851	422,598

Maternal mortality chart: China vs Colombia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 16 deaths per 100,000 live births in China, compared to 59 deaths in Colombia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	China	Colombia
1985	125	143
1986	120	123
1987	114	120
1988	108	113
1989	104	106
1990	102	102
1991	92	99
1992	86	97
1993	80	94
1994	76	93
1995	71	91
1996	67	89
1997	63	90
1998	60	92
1999	58	96
2000	56	95
2001	52	94
2002	50	91
2003	47	87
2004	45	84
2005	42	82
2006	40	81
2007	38	80
2008	38	78
2009	35	77
2010	34	76
2011	33	75
2012	32	73
2013	30	72
2014	28	71
2015	26	70
2016	25	69
2017	24	68
2018	22	67
2019	21	66
2020	20	94
2021	21	147
2022	18	74
2023	16	59

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in China and 1.2% in Colombia. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	China	Colombia
1960	-	13.4%
1961	-	13%
1962	-	12.6%
1963	-	12.2%
1964	-	11.8%
1965	-	11.5%
1966	-	11.1%
1967	-	10.8%
1968	-	10.4%
1969	11.9%	10.1%
1970	11.3%	9.72%
1971	10.7%	9.36%
1972	10.2%	8.99%
1973	9.61%	8.6%
1974	9.05%	8.2%
1975	8.5%	7.8%
1976	7.97%	7.39%
1977	7.47%	6.98%
1978	7.01%	6.58%
1979	6.62%	6.2%
1980	6.28%	5.84%
1981	6%	5.5%
1982	5.78%	5.17%
1983	5.61%	4.88%
1984	5.5%	4.62%
1985	5.43%	4.89%
1986	5.4%	4.17%
1987	5.4%	3.99%
1988	5.4%	3.84%
1989	5.39%	3.7%
1990	5.37%	3.57%
1991	5.31%	3.45%
1992	5.22%	3.33%
1993	5.08%	3.21%
1994	4.93%	3.1%
1995	4.75%	2.99%
1996	4.56%	2.88%
1997	4.36%	2.78%
1998	4.14%	2.68%
1999	3.91%	2.59%
2000	3.67%	2.51%
2001	3.42%	2.43%
2002	3.15%	2.35%
2003	2.89%	2.28%
2004	2.64%	2.22%
2005	2.4%	2.15%
2006	2.19%	2.09%
2007	2.01%	2.02%
2008	1.85%	1.96%
2009	1.71%	1.89%
2010	1.58%	1.83%
2011	1.46%	1.77%
2012	1.35%	1.72%
2013	1.25%	1.66%
2014	1.15%	1.61%
2015	1.07%	1.56%
2016	0.99%	1.51%
2017	0.92%	1.46%
2018	0.86%	1.41%
2019	0.8%	1.37%
2020	0.75%	1.32%
2021	0.7%	1.28%
2022	0.66%	1.24%
2023	0.62%	1.2%