Fertility & birth rates in China and Djibouti

Fertility rate in China vs Djibouti chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in China was 1 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.61 in Djibouti in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check China vs Djibouti 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	Djibouti
1960	4.45	6.85
1961	3.86	6.85
1962	6.09	6.85
1963	7.51	6.86
1964	6.67	6.87
1965	6.61	6.86
1966	6.31	6.88
1967	5.81	6.87
1968	6.51	6.88
1969	6.18	6.88
1970	6.09	6.88
1971	5.52	6.88
1972	5.11	6.85
1973	4.73	6.82
1974	4.17	6.78
1975	3.57	6.74
1976	3.24	6.69
1977	2.84	6.64
1978	2.72	6.59
1979	2.75	6.52
1980	2.74	6.46
1981	2.79	6.4
1982	2.97	6.34
1983	2.56	6.3
1984	2.61	6.25
1985	2.63	6.19
1986	2.72	6.14
1987	2.76	6.09
1988	2.54	6.03
1989	2.52	5.97
1990	2.51	5.93
1991	1.93	5.86
1992	1.78	5.75
1993	1.69	5.64
1994	1.63	5.51
1995	1.59	5.33
1996	1.55	5.15
1997	1.53	4.97
1998	1.52	4.8
1999	1.53	4.69
2000	1.63	4.6
2001	1.56	4.52
2002	1.57	4.41
2003	1.57	4.3
2004	1.61	4.16
2005	1.62	4.04
2006	1.64	3.9
2007	1.67	3.76
2008	1.7	3.62
2009	1.71	3.52
2010	1.69	3.43
2011	1.67	3.34
2012	1.8	3.26
2013	1.71	3.19
2014	1.77	3.12
2015	1.67	3.04
2016	1.77	2.97
2017	1.8	2.92
2018	1.54	2.86
2019	1.5	2.8
2020	1.24	2.75
2021	1.12	2.7
2022	1.03	2.65
2023	1	2.61
2024	1.01	2.62
2025	1.02	2.58
2026	1.03	2.54
2027	1.04	2.51
2028	1.05	2.48
2029	1.05	2.45
2030	1.06	2.42
2031	1.07	2.39
2032	1.08	2.36
2033	1.08	2.33
2034	1.09	2.31
2035	1.1	2.29
2036	1.1	2.27
2037	1.11	2.25
2038	1.12	2.23
2039	1.12	2.21
2040	1.13	2.19
2041	1.13	2.17
2042	1.14	2.16
2043	1.15	2.14
2044	1.15	2.13
2045	1.16	2.11
2046	1.16	2.1
2047	1.17	2.09
2048	1.17	2.08
2049	1.18	2.06
2050	1.18	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	China	Djibouti
1960	40.3%	44.2%
1961	40%	44%
1962	40%	43.8%
1963	40.6%	43.7%
1964	41.2%	43.5%
1965	41.5%	43.6%
1966	41.5%	43.8%
1967	41.3%	44%
1968	41%	44.3%
1969	41%	44.5%
1970	40.8%	44.7%
1971	40.7%	44.9%
1972	40.4%	45%
1973	40.1%	45.2%
1974	40.2%	45.3%
1975	40.2%	45.4%
1976	40.3%	45.5%
1977	39.8%	45.5%
1978	38.6%	45.6%
1979	37.2%	45.5%
1980	36.1%	45.5%
1981	35.1%	45.4%
1982	34.3%	45.3%
1983	33.3%	45.1%
1984	32.2%	45%
1985	31.2%	44.8%
1986	30.4%	44.6%
1987	29.8%	44.4%
1988	29.3%	44.2%
1989	28.9%	44%
1990	28.8%	43.7%
1991	28.6%	43.5%
1992	28.4%	43.3%
1993	28.2%	43.1%
1994	27.8%	42.8%
1995	27.4%	42.5%
1996	27%	42.2%
1997	26.3%	41.5%
1998	25.7%	40.6%
1999	25.2%	40%
2000	24.5%	39.6%
2001	23.8%	39.1%
2002	22.9%	38.7%
2003	22%	38.6%
2004	21.2%	38.5%
2005	20.3%	38.4%
2006	19.6%	38.1%
2007	19.2%	37.7%
2008	18.9%	37.2%
2009	18.6%	36.8%
2010	18.5%	36.4%
2011	18.3%	35.9%
2012	18.3%	35.5%
2013	18.3%	35.1%
2014	18.3%	34.6%
2015	18.3%	34%
2016	18.3%	33.4%
2017	18.4%	32.8%
2018	18.3%	32.2%
2019	18.2%	31.6%
2020	18%	31%
2021	17.6%	30.5%
2022	17.1%	30%
2023	16.6%	29.6%
2024	16%	29.2%
2025	15.4%	28.8%
2026	14.8%	28.5%
2027	14.1%	28.1%
2028	13.5%	27.8%
2029	12.8%	27.5%
2030	12.1%	27.3%
2031	11.5%	27%
2032	10.8%	26.8%
2033	10.3%	26.6%
2034	9.83%	26.4%
2035	9.53%	26.2%
2036	9.37%	26.1%
2037	9.31%	25.9%
2038	9.31%	25.7%
2039	9.34%	25.5%
2040	9.38%	25.3%
2041	9.43%	25.1%
2042	9.49%	24.9%
2043	9.56%	24.7%
2044	9.63%	24.5%
2045	9.71%	24.3%
2046	9.78%	24.1%
2047	9.85%	23.8%
2048	9.9%	23.6%
2049	9.93%	23.4%
2050	9.94%	23.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in China and 29.2% in Djibouti in 2024, compared to 28.8% and 43.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of China and Djibouti compared.

Natural population change in China vs Djibouti by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.31% in China and +1.43% in Djibouti. 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	Djibouti
1960	-3,048,510	2,299
1961	2,496,047	2,412
1962	17,969,132	2,538
1963	22,742,225	2,687
1964	19,302,532	2,864
1965	20,296,950	3,054
1966	19,282,187	3,268
1967	19,263,662	3,484
1968	21,206,083	3,712
1969	20,760,332	3,950
1970	21,137,076	4,249
1971	19,622,980	4,484
1972	19,102,585	4,885
1973	18,423,727	5,234
1974	15,738,118	5,601
1975	14,378,237	6,034
1976	11,782,472	6,567
1977	11,378,068	7,195
1978	11,473,980	7,886
1979	11,250,148	8,573
1980	11,647,260	9,187
1981	14,461,027	9,654
1982	15,815,318	10,058
1983	13,599,789	10,391
1984	13,561,671	10,713
1985	14,987,830	11,106
1986	16,609,920	11,671
1987	18,005,821	12,357
1988	17,328,640	13,107
1989	16,824,495	13,851
1990	16,335,313	15,074
1991	14,937,124	16,553
1992	13,548,601	16,971
1993	13,493,138	15,805
1994	13,360,470	15,989
1995	12,711,220	15,651
1996	12,686,872	15,408
1997	12,374,554	15,255
1998	11,351,286	15,845
1999	10,247,372	16,491
2000	9,570,849	17,014
2001	8,839,358	17,710
2002	8,258,580	18,167
2003	7,743,284	18,341
2004	7,607,960	17,756
2005	7,678,911	17,361
2006	6,922,185	16,901
2007	6,813,465	16,647
2008	6,729,247	16,356
2009	6,483,236	16,323
2010	6,407,607	16,225
2011	8,245,065	16,169
2012	10,075,174	16,026
2013	8,043,116	15,986
2014	9,205,180	15,857
2015	6,788,911	15,718
2016	9,062,269	15,621
2017	7,790,880	15,593
2018	5,302,433	15,524
2019	4,673,713	15,368
2020	2,046,095	14,970
2021	480,203	14,555
2022	-847,305	15,337
2023	-2,087,851	15,349

Maternal mortality chart: China vs Djibouti

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 162 deaths in Djibouti.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	China	Djibouti
1985	125	821
1986	120	804
1987	114	785
1988	108	768
1989	104	746
1990	102	725
1991	92	731
1992	86	780
1993	80	704
1994	76	682
1995	71	634
1996	67	609
1997	63	582
1998	60	555
1999	58	524
2000	56	501
2001	52	441
2002	50	404
2003	47	391
2004	45	364
2005	42	315
2006	40	298
2007	38	285
2008	38	273
2009	35	263
2010	34	243
2011	33	229
2012	32	221
2013	30	219
2014	28	212
2015	26	210
2016	25	204
2017	24	201
2018	22	199
2019	21	194
2020	20	192
2021	21	221
2022	18	174
2023	16	162

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in China and 5.04% in Djibouti. 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	Djibouti
1969	11.9%	-
1970	11.3%	-
1971	10.7%	-
1972	10.2%	-
1973	9.61%	-
1974	9.05%	-
1975	8.5%	-
1976	7.97%	17.1%
1977	7.47%	16.6%
1978	7.01%	16.2%
1979	6.62%	15.7%
1980	6.28%	15.3%
1981	6%	14.8%
1982	5.78%	14.4%
1983	5.61%	14%
1984	5.5%	13.6%
1985	5.43%	13.2%
1986	5.4%	12.8%
1987	5.4%	12.5%
1988	5.4%	12.2%
1989	5.39%	11.9%
1990	5.37%	11.6%
1991	5.31%	11.4%
1992	5.22%	11.2%
1993	5.08%	11.1%
1994	4.93%	10.9%
1995	4.75%	10.8%
1996	4.56%	10.7%
1997	4.36%	10.5%
1998	4.14%	10.3%
1999	3.91%	10.2%
2000	3.67%	9.95%
2001	3.42%	9.72%
2002	3.15%	9.48%
2003	2.89%	9.24%
2004	2.64%	9%
2005	2.4%	8.77%
2006	2.19%	8.53%
2007	2.01%	8.28%
2008	1.85%	8.03%
2009	1.71%	7.81%
2010	1.58%	7.59%
2011	1.46%	7.36%
2012	1.35%	7.14%
2013	1.25%	6.93%
2014	1.15%	6.72%
2015	1.07%	6.51%
2016	0.99%	6.33%
2017	0.92%	6.13%
2018	0.86%	5.94%
2019	0.8%	5.75%
2020	0.75%	5.56%
2021	0.7%	5.38%
2022	0.66%	5.22%
2023	0.62%	5.04%