Fertility & birth rates in China and El Salvador

Fertility rate in China vs El Salvador chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in China was 1 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.78 in El Salvador 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	El Salvador
1960	4.45	6.62
1961	3.86	6.64
1962	6.09	6.68
1963	7.51	6.69
1964	6.67	6.68
1965	6.61	6.64
1966	6.31	6.57
1967	5.81	6.49
1968	6.51	6.39
1969	6.18	6.28
1970	6.09	6.18
1971	5.52	6.13
1972	5.11	6.03
1973	4.73	5.93
1974	4.17	5.82
1975	3.57	5.71
1976	3.24	5.59
1977	2.84	5.47
1978	2.72	5.36
1979	2.75	5.23
1980	2.74	5.11
1981	2.79	4.99
1982	2.97	4.83
1983	2.56	4.65
1984	2.61	4.48
1985	2.63	4.32
1986	2.72	4.19
1987	2.76	4.18
1988	2.54	4.1
1989	2.52	4.03
1990	2.51	3.96
1991	1.93	3.89
1992	1.78	3.8
1993	1.69	3.69
1994	1.63	3.61
1995	1.59	3.57
1996	1.55	3.48
1997	1.53	3.38
1998	1.52	3.34
1999	1.53	3.22
2000	1.63	3.08
2001	1.56	2.93
2002	1.57	2.78
2003	1.57	2.64
2004	1.61	2.52
2005	1.62	2.44
2006	1.64	2.4
2007	1.67	2.35
2008	1.7	2.29
2009	1.71	2.26
2010	1.69	2.24
2011	1.67	2.22
2012	1.8	2.19
2013	1.71	2.15
2014	1.77	2.13
2015	1.67	2.07
2016	1.77	1.97
2017	1.8	1.9
2018	1.54	1.85
2019	1.5	1.84
2020	1.24	1.82
2021	1.12	1.8
2022	1.03	1.79
2023	1	1.78
2024	1.01	1.77
2025	1.02	1.75
2026	1.03	1.74
2027	1.04	1.73
2028	1.05	1.72
2029	1.05	1.72
2030	1.06	1.71
2031	1.07	1.7
2032	1.08	1.7
2033	1.08	1.69
2034	1.09	1.69
2035	1.1	1.68
2036	1.1	1.68
2037	1.11	1.68
2038	1.12	1.67
2039	1.12	1.67
2040	1.13	1.67
2041	1.13	1.67
2042	1.14	1.67
2043	1.15	1.67
2044	1.15	1.66
2045	1.16	1.66
2046	1.16	1.66
2047	1.17	1.66
2048	1.17	1.66
2049	1.18	1.66
2050	1.18	1.65

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	China	El Salvador
1960	40.3%	45.5%
1961	40%	45.7%
1962	40%	45.8%
1963	40.6%	46%
1964	41.2%	46.1%
1965	41.5%	46.2%
1966	41.5%	46.3%
1967	41.3%	46.5%
1968	41%	46.6%
1969	41%	46.8%
1970	40.8%	46.8%
1971	40.7%	46.7%
1972	40.4%	46.6%
1973	40.1%	46.4%
1974	40.2%	46.2%
1975	40.2%	45.9%
1976	40.3%	45.6%
1977	39.8%	45.3%
1978	38.6%	44.9%
1979	37.2%	44.5%
1980	36.1%	44.2%
1981	35.1%	43.9%
1982	34.3%	43.7%
1983	33.3%	43.4%
1984	32.2%	43.1%
1985	31.2%	42.7%
1986	30.4%	42.4%
1987	29.8%	42.1%
1988	29.3%	41.9%
1989	28.9%	41.8%
1990	28.8%	41.7%
1991	28.6%	41.7%
1992	28.4%	41.5%
1993	28.2%	41.1%
1994	27.8%	40.5%
1995	27.4%	39.8%
1996	27%	39.1%
1997	26.3%	38.5%
1998	25.7%	38%
1999	25.2%	37.5%
2000	24.5%	37.1%
2001	23.8%	36.7%
2002	22.9%	36.3%
2003	22%	35.9%
2004	21.2%	35.4%
2005	20.3%	34.9%
2006	19.6%	34.4%
2007	19.2%	33.9%
2008	18.9%	33.4%
2009	18.6%	32.7%
2010	18.5%	32%
2011	18.3%	31.3%
2012	18.3%	30.6%
2013	18.3%	29.9%
2014	18.3%	29.2%
2015	18.3%	28.6%
2016	18.3%	28%
2017	18.4%	27.5%
2018	18.3%	27%
2019	18.2%	26.7%
2020	18%	26.3%
2021	17.6%	26%
2022	17.1%	25.6%
2023	16.6%	25.2%
2024	16%	24.8%
2025	15.4%	24.4%
2026	14.8%	24%
2027	14.1%	23.5%
2028	13.5%	23.1%
2029	12.8%	22.7%
2030	12.1%	22.3%
2031	11.5%	21.9%
2032	10.8%	21.6%
2033	10.3%	21.4%
2034	9.83%	21.1%
2035	9.53%	20.8%
2036	9.37%	20.6%
2037	9.31%	20.3%
2038	9.31%	20.1%
2039	9.34%	19.8%
2040	9.38%	19.6%
2041	9.43%	19.3%
2042	9.49%	19%
2043	9.56%	18.8%
2044	9.63%	18.5%
2045	9.71%	18.3%
2046	9.78%	18%
2047	9.85%	17.8%
2048	9.9%	17.6%
2049	9.93%	17.3%
2050	9.94%	17.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in China and 24.8% in El Salvador in 2024, compared to 28.8% and 41.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of China and El Salvador compared.

Natural population change in China vs El Salvador by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.31% in China and +0.93% in El Salvador. 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	El Salvador
1960	-3,048,510	81,544
1961	2,496,047	84,614
1962	17,969,132	88,237
1963	22,742,225	90,794
1964	19,302,532	93,328
1965	20,296,950	95,341
1966	19,282,187	97,156
1967	19,263,662	98,424
1968	21,206,083	98,851
1969	20,760,332	99,848
1970	21,137,076	100,499
1971	19,622,980	104,714
1972	19,102,585	107,604
1973	18,423,727	111,546
1974	15,738,118	113,846
1975	14,378,237	116,737
1976	11,782,472	120,511
1977	11,378,068	121,446
1978	11,473,980	124,468
1979	11,250,148	123,838
1980	11,647,260	111,771
1981	14,461,027	117,346
1982	15,815,318	120,938
1983	13,599,789	121,700
1984	13,561,671	125,036
1985	14,987,830	127,248
1986	16,609,920	130,177
1987	18,005,821	133,667
1988	17,328,640	136,230
1989	16,824,495	139,093
1990	16,335,313	140,311
1991	14,937,124	140,691
1992	13,548,601	139,221
1993	13,493,138	138,432
1994	13,360,470	137,974
1995	12,711,220	138,268
1996	12,686,872	136,929
1997	12,374,554	134,448
1998	11,351,286	134,065
1999	10,247,372	128,947
2000	9,570,849	122,315
2001	8,839,358	114,313
2002	8,258,580	106,137
2003	7,743,284	97,849
2004	7,607,960	90,905
2005	7,678,911	84,883
2006	6,922,185	80,887
2007	6,813,465	76,776
2008	6,729,247	75,107
2009	6,483,236	74,908
2010	6,407,607	75,695
2011	8,245,065	76,182
2012	10,075,174	75,495
2013	8,043,116	73,869
2014	9,205,180	72,581
2015	6,788,911	69,263
2016	9,062,269	63,751
2017	7,790,880	59,824
2018	5,302,433	57,509
2019	4,673,713	56,816
2020	2,046,095	48,244
2021	480,203	46,530
2022	-847,305	53,138
2023	-2,087,851	51,985

Maternal mortality chart: China vs El Salvador

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 39 deaths in El Salvador.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	China	El Salvador
1985	125	193
1986	120	169
1987	114	178
1988	108	173
1989	104	155
1990	102	145
1991	92	129
1992	86	121
1993	80	114
1994	76	101
1995	71	89
1996	67	78
1997	63	67
1998	60	61
1999	58	53
2000	56	48
2001	52	45
2002	50	40
2003	47	38
2004	45	35
2005	42	34
2006	40	33
2007	38	33
2008	38	33
2009	35	35
2010	34	34
2011	33	35
2012	32	36
2013	30	39
2014	28	41
2015	26	43
2016	25	43
2017	24	44
2018	22	43
2019	21	40
2020	20	48
2021	21	58
2022	18	39
2023	16	39

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in China and 1.04% in El Salvador. 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	El Salvador
1960	-	18.5%
1961	-	18.1%
1962	-	17.7%
1963	-	17.3%
1964	-	17%
1965	-	16.6%
1966	-	16.3%
1967	-	16%
1968	-	15.6%
1969	11.9%	15.3%
1970	11.3%	15%
1971	10.7%	14.6%
1972	10.2%	14.3%
1973	9.61%	13.9%
1974	9.05%	13.5%
1975	8.5%	13.1%
1976	7.97%	12.6%
1977	7.47%	12.1%
1978	7.01%	11.6%
1979	6.62%	11.1%
1980	6.28%	12.5%
1981	6%	10%
1982	5.78%	9.46%
1983	5.61%	8.94%
1984	5.5%	8.42%
1985	5.43%	7.93%
1986	5.4%	7.47%
1987	5.4%	7.04%
1988	5.4%	6.65%
1989	5.39%	6.28%
1990	5.37%	5.94%
1991	5.31%	5.61%
1992	5.22%	5.3%
1993	5.08%	5%
1994	4.93%	4.71%
1995	4.75%	4.42%
1996	4.56%	4.15%
1997	4.36%	3.89%
1998	4.14%	3.65%
1999	3.91%	3.43%
2000	3.67%	3.23%
2001	3.42%	3.04%
2002	3.15%	2.86%
2003	2.89%	2.7%
2004	2.64%	2.55%
2005	2.4%	2.4%
2006	2.19%	2.27%
2007	2.01%	2.15%
2008	1.85%	2.04%
2009	1.71%	1.94%
2010	1.58%	1.84%
2011	1.46%	1.75%
2012	1.35%	1.67%
2013	1.25%	1.59%
2014	1.15%	1.52%
2015	1.07%	1.45%
2016	0.99%	1.39%
2017	0.92%	1.33%
2018	0.86%	1.27%
2019	0.8%	1.22%
2020	0.75%	1.17%
2021	0.7%	1.12%
2022	0.66%	1.08%
2023	0.62%	1.04%