Fertility & birth rates in China and Dominica

Fertility rate in China vs Dominica chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in China was 1 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.48 in Dominica in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	Dominica
1960	4.45	6.18
1961	3.86	6.16
1962	6.09	6.12
1963	7.51	6.08
1964	6.67	6.03
1965	6.61	5.95
1966	6.31	5.86
1967	5.81	5.74
1968	6.51	5.59
1969	6.18	5.41
1970	6.09	5.22
1971	5.52	4.99
1972	5.11	4.67
1973	4.73	4.28
1974	4.17	3.84
1975	3.57	3.46
1976	3.24	3.19
1977	2.84	3.02
1978	2.72	2.96
1979	2.75	2.96
1980	2.74	3.04
1981	2.79	3.11
1982	2.97	3.17
1983	2.56	3.18
1984	2.61	3.15
1985	2.63	3.12
1986	2.72	3.08
1987	2.76	3.06
1988	2.54	3.06
1989	2.52	3.06
1990	2.51	3.09
1991	1.93	3.15
1992	1.78	3.18
1993	1.69	3.2
1994	1.63	2.96
1995	1.59	2.71
1996	1.55	2.55
1997	1.53	2.41
1998	1.52	2.32
1999	1.53	2.46
2000	1.63	2.35
2001	1.56	2.4
2002	1.57	2.16
2003	1.57	2.08
2004	1.61	2.02
2005	1.62	2
2006	1.64	2.07
2007	1.67	2.02
2008	1.7	1.97
2009	1.71	1.92
2010	1.69	1.89
2011	1.67	1.86
2012	1.8	1.83
2013	1.71	1.78
2014	1.77	1.71
2015	1.67	1.65
2016	1.77	1.58
2017	1.8	1.54
2018	1.54	1.52
2019	1.5	1.5
2020	1.24	1.5
2021	1.12	1.48
2022	1.03	1.48
2023	1	1.48
2024	1.01	1.48
2025	1.02	1.47
2026	1.03	1.46
2027	1.04	1.46
2028	1.05	1.46
2029	1.05	1.46
2030	1.06	1.46
2031	1.07	1.46
2032	1.08	1.46
2033	1.08	1.46
2034	1.09	1.46
2035	1.1	1.46
2036	1.1	1.46
2037	1.11	1.47
2038	1.12	1.47
2039	1.12	1.47
2040	1.13	1.47
2041	1.13	1.48
2042	1.14	1.48
2043	1.15	1.48
2044	1.15	1.48
2045	1.16	1.49
2046	1.16	1.49
2047	1.17	1.49
2048	1.17	1.49
2049	1.18	1.5
2050	1.18	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	China	Dominica
1960	40.3%	44.7%
1961	40%	45%
1962	40%	45.3%
1963	40.6%	45.6%
1964	41.2%	46%
1965	41.5%	46.4%
1966	41.5%	46.9%
1967	41.3%	47.5%
1968	41%	48.1%
1969	41%	48.7%
1970	40.8%	48.7%
1971	40.7%	48.1%
1972	40.4%	47.3%
1973	40.1%	46.5%
1974	40.2%	45.7%
1975	40.2%	44.9%
1976	40.3%	44.1%
1977	39.8%	43.3%
1978	38.6%	42.5%
1979	37.2%	41.7%
1980	36.1%	40.7%
1981	35.1%	39.6%
1982	34.3%	38.2%
1983	33.3%	36.9%
1984	32.2%	35.8%
1985	31.2%	34.9%
1986	30.4%	34.2%
1987	29.8%	33.6%
1988	29.3%	33.2%
1989	28.9%	33.1%
1990	28.8%	33.1%
1991	28.6%	33.2%
1992	28.4%	33%
1993	28.2%	32.8%
1994	27.8%	32.6%
1995	27.4%	32.3%
1996	27%	31.9%
1997	26.3%	31.5%
1998	25.7%	31.1%
1999	25.2%	30.6%
2000	24.5%	30%
2001	23.8%	29.3%
2002	22.9%	28.7%
2003	22%	28%
2004	21.2%	27.4%
2005	20.3%	26.8%
2006	19.6%	26.2%
2007	19.2%	25.5%
2008	18.9%	24.7%
2009	18.6%	24.1%
2010	18.5%	23.5%
2011	18.3%	23.1%
2012	18.3%	22.6%
2013	18.3%	22.5%
2014	18.3%	22.3%
2015	18.3%	21.7%
2016	18.3%	20.8%
2017	18.4%	19.9%
2018	18.3%	19.5%
2019	18.2%	19.2%
2020	18%	18.8%
2021	17.6%	18.5%
2022	17.1%	18.3%
2023	16.6%	18.1%
2024	16%	17.9%
2025	15.4%	17.6%
2026	14.8%	17.4%
2027	14.1%	17.1%
2028	13.5%	16.8%
2029	12.8%	16.5%
2030	12.1%	16.3%
2031	11.5%	16%
2032	10.8%	15.9%
2033	10.3%	15.7%
2034	9.83%	15.6%
2035	9.53%	15.5%
2036	9.37%	15.4%
2037	9.31%	15.3%
2038	9.31%	15.3%
2039	9.34%	15.2%
2040	9.38%	15.2%
2041	9.43%	15.2%
2042	9.49%	15.1%
2043	9.56%	15.1%
2044	9.63%	15.1%
2045	9.71%	15.1%
2046	9.78%	15.1%
2047	9.85%	15%
2048	9.9%	15%
2049	9.93%	15%
2050	9.94%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in China and 17.9% in Dominica in 2024, compared to 28.8% and 33.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of China and Dominica compared.

Natural population change in China vs Dominica by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.31% in China and -0.03% in Dominica. 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	Dominica
1960	-3,048,510	1,720
1961	2,496,047	1,762
1962	17,969,132	1,786
1963	22,742,225	1,796
1964	19,302,532	1,792
1965	20,296,950	1,778
1966	19,282,187	1,752
1967	19,263,662	1,716
1968	21,206,083	1,673
1969	20,760,332	1,628
1970	21,137,076	1,574
1971	19,622,980	1,549
1972	19,102,585	1,497
1973	18,423,727	1,400
1974	15,738,118	1,267
1975	14,378,237	1,142
1976	11,782,472	1,050
1977	11,378,068	996
1978	11,473,980	991
1979	11,250,148	981
1980	11,647,260	1,090
1981	14,461,027	1,169
1982	15,815,318	1,250
1983	13,599,789	1,301
1984	13,561,671	1,308
1985	14,987,830	1,302
1986	16,609,920	1,285
1987	18,005,821	1,256
1988	17,328,640	1,222
1989	16,824,495	1,178
1990	16,335,313	1,138
1991	14,937,124	1,103
1992	13,548,601	1,111
1993	13,493,138	1,130
1994	13,360,470	1,002
1995	12,711,220	853
1996	12,686,872	753
1997	12,374,554	662
1998	11,351,286	595
1999	10,247,372	647
2000	9,570,849	561
2001	8,839,358	556
2002	8,258,580	429
2003	7,743,284	387
2004	7,607,960	360
2005	7,678,911	339
2006	6,922,185	364
2007	6,813,465	319
2008	6,729,247	272
2009	6,483,236	220
2010	6,407,607	171
2011	8,245,065	121
2012	10,075,174	167
2013	8,043,116	110
2014	9,205,180	257
2015	6,788,911	157
2016	9,062,269	177
2017	7,790,880	-124
2018	5,302,433	-60
2019	4,673,713	-75
2020	2,046,095	-88
2021	480,203	-205
2022	-847,305	-118
2023	-2,087,851	-111

Maternal mortality chart: China vs Dominica

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 36 deaths in Dominica.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	China	Dominica
1985	125	61
1986	120	63
1987	114	63
1988	108	68
1989	104	69
1990	102	77
1991	92	81
1992	86	80
1993	80	79
1994	76	77
1995	71	73
1996	67	71
1997	63	67
1998	60	64
1999	58	64
2000	56	61
2001	52	58
2002	50	56
2003	47	55
2004	45	54
2005	42	54
2006	40	54
2007	38	53
2008	38	53
2009	35	50
2010	34	50
2011	33	49
2012	32	51
2013	30	50
2014	28	53
2015	26	63
2016	25	48
2017	24	44
2018	22	43
2019	21	41
2020	20	47
2021	21	110
2022	18	44
2023	16	36

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in China and 3.55% in Dominica. 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	Dominica
1960	-	13.6%
1961	-	12.4%
1962	-	11.3%
1963	-	10.3%
1964	-	9.41%
1965	-	8.59%
1966	-	7.84%
1967	-	7.16%
1968	-	6.54%
1969	11.9%	5.98%
1970	11.3%	5.48%
1971	10.7%	5.02%
1972	10.2%	4.61%
1973	9.61%	4.24%
1974	9.05%	3.91%
1975	8.5%	3.61%
1976	7.97%	3.35%
1977	7.47%	3.12%
1978	7.01%	2.92%
1979	6.62%	2.74%
1980	6.28%	2.58%
1981	6%	2.45%
1982	5.78%	2.33%
1983	5.61%	2.22%
1984	5.5%	2.14%
1985	5.43%	2.06%
1986	5.4%	2%
1987	5.4%	1.95%
1988	5.4%	1.91%
1989	5.39%	1.88%
1990	5.37%	1.85%
1991	5.31%	1.84%
1992	5.22%	1.82%
1993	5.08%	1.82%
1994	4.93%	1.82%
1995	4.75%	1.83%
1996	4.56%	1.84%
1997	4.36%	1.86%
1998	4.14%	1.88%
1999	3.91%	1.91%
2000	3.67%	1.94%
2001	3.42%	1.97%
2002	3.15%	2.01%
2003	2.89%	2.06%
2004	2.64%	2.11%
2005	2.4%	2.16%
2006	2.19%	2.22%
2007	2.01%	2.28%
2008	1.85%	2.35%
2009	1.71%	2.42%
2010	1.58%	2.5%
2011	1.46%	2.57%
2012	1.35%	2.66%
2013	1.25%	2.74%
2014	1.15%	2.83%
2015	1.07%	2.93%
2016	0.99%	3.02%
2017	0.92%	3.12%
2018	0.86%	3.21%
2019	0.8%	3.3%
2020	0.75%	3.38%
2021	0.7%	3.45%
2022	0.66%	3.51%
2023	0.62%	3.55%