Fertility & birth rates in China and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in China vs Ivory Coast chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in China was 1 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.28 in Ivory Coast in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check China vs Ivory Coast 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	Ivory Coast
1960	4.45	7.69
1961	3.86	7.72
1962	6.09	7.75
1963	7.51	7.78
1964	6.67	7.81
1965	6.61	7.84
1966	6.31	7.87
1967	5.81	7.89
1968	6.51	7.91
1969	6.18	7.93
1970	6.09	7.94
1971	5.52	7.94
1972	5.11	7.94
1973	4.73	7.94
1974	4.17	7.93
1975	3.57	7.91
1976	3.24	7.88
1977	2.84	7.83
1978	2.72	7.67
1979	2.75	7.63
1980	2.74	7.59
1981	2.79	7.54
1982	2.97	7.49
1983	2.56	7.42
1984	2.61	7.35
1985	2.63	7.27
1986	2.72	7.19
1987	2.76	7.09
1988	2.54	6.97
1989	2.52	6.85
1990	2.51	6.72
1991	1.93	6.59
1992	1.78	6.43
1993	1.69	6.27
1994	1.63	6.13
1995	1.59	6.04
1996	1.55	5.95
1997	1.53	5.9
1998	1.52	5.85
1999	1.53	5.81
2000	1.63	5.77
2001	1.56	5.7
2002	1.57	5.64
2003	1.57	5.57
2004	1.61	5.53
2005	1.62	5.5
2006	1.64	5.45
2007	1.67	5.4
2008	1.7	5.36
2009	1.71	5.33
2010	1.69	5.29
2011	1.67	5.24
2012	1.8	5.19
2013	1.71	5.14
2014	1.77	5.07
2015	1.67	4.97
2016	1.77	4.87
2017	1.8	4.76
2018	1.54	4.6
2019	1.5	4.52
2020	1.24	4.46
2021	1.12	4.41
2022	1.03	4.35
2023	1	4.28
2024	1.01	4.23
2025	1.02	4.17
2026	1.03	4.1
2027	1.04	4.05
2028	1.05	3.99
2029	1.05	3.93
2030	1.06	3.88
2031	1.07	3.83
2032	1.08	3.78
2033	1.08	3.75
2034	1.09	3.69
2035	1.1	3.64
2036	1.1	3.6
2037	1.11	3.56
2038	1.12	3.51
2039	1.12	3.47
2040	1.13	3.43
2041	1.13	3.39
2042	1.14	3.35
2043	1.15	3.31
2044	1.15	3.27
2045	1.16	3.23
2046	1.16	3.2
2047	1.17	3.17
2048	1.17	3.13
2049	1.18	3.1
2050	1.18	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	China	Ivory Coast
1960	40.3%	43.1%
1961	40%	43.2%
1962	40%	43.4%
1963	40.6%	43.6%
1964	41.2%	43.9%
1965	41.5%	44.1%
1966	41.5%	44.3%
1967	41.3%	44.6%
1968	41%	44.8%
1969	41%	44.9%
1970	40.8%	45.1%
1971	40.7%	45.1%
1972	40.4%	45.2%
1973	40.1%	45.2%
1974	40.2%	45.3%
1975	40.2%	45.4%
1976	40.3%	45.7%
1977	39.8%	46.1%
1978	38.6%	46.5%
1979	37.2%	46.8%
1980	36.1%	47.1%
1981	35.1%	47.3%
1982	34.3%	47.5%
1983	33.3%	47.7%
1984	32.2%	47.8%
1985	31.2%	47.9%
1986	30.4%	48%
1987	29.8%	48.1%
1988	29.3%	48%
1989	28.9%	47.9%
1990	28.8%	47.8%
1991	28.6%	47.6%
1992	28.4%	47.4%
1993	28.2%	47.1%
1994	27.8%	46.9%
1995	27.4%	46.7%
1996	27%	46.4%
1997	26.3%	46.2%
1998	25.7%	46.1%
1999	25.2%	46%
2000	24.5%	46%
2001	23.8%	46.1%
2002	22.9%	46.2%
2003	22%	46.2%
2004	21.2%	46.3%
2005	20.3%	46.3%
2006	19.6%	46.3%
2007	19.2%	46.4%
2008	18.9%	45.8%
2009	18.6%	44.9%
2010	18.5%	44%
2011	18.3%	43.3%
2012	18.3%	42.7%
2013	18.3%	42.2%
2014	18.3%	42%
2015	18.3%	42.2%
2016	18.3%	42.3%
2017	18.4%	42.4%
2018	18.3%	42.4%
2019	18.2%	42.3%
2020	18%	42.2%
2021	17.6%	42%
2022	17.1%	41.7%
2023	16.6%	41.3%
2024	16%	40.9%
2025	15.4%	40.5%
2026	14.8%	40%
2027	14.1%	39.7%
2028	13.5%	39.3%
2029	12.8%	38.8%
2030	12.1%	38.3%
2031	11.5%	37.8%
2032	10.8%	37.3%
2033	10.3%	37%
2034	9.83%	36.7%
2035	9.53%	36.4%
2036	9.37%	36.2%
2037	9.31%	35.9%
2038	9.31%	35.7%
2039	9.34%	35.6%
2040	9.38%	35.4%
2041	9.43%	35.3%
2042	9.49%	35.1%
2043	9.56%	35%
2044	9.63%	34.8%
2045	9.71%	34.7%
2046	9.78%	34.5%
2047	9.85%	34.4%
2048	9.9%	34.2%
2049	9.93%	34%
2050	9.94%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in China and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 28.8% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of China and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in China vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.31% in China and +2.65% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	-3,048,510	99,681
1961	2,496,047	105,568
1962	17,969,132	111,930
1963	22,742,225	118,526
1964	19,302,532	124,996
1965	20,296,950	131,601
1966	19,282,187	138,438
1967	19,263,662	145,773
1968	21,206,083	153,464
1969	20,760,332	161,541
1970	21,137,076	170,070
1971	19,622,980	179,918
1972	19,102,585	190,842
1973	18,423,727	203,429
1974	15,738,118	216,389
1975	14,378,237	228,883
1976	11,782,472	241,939
1977	11,378,068	250,858
1978	11,473,980	257,222
1979	11,250,148	268,875
1980	11,647,260	280,630
1981	14,461,027	292,755
1982	15,815,318	305,204
1983	13,599,789	317,379
1984	13,561,671	331,910
1985	14,987,830	344,549
1986	16,609,920	357,205
1987	18,005,821	370,654
1988	17,328,640	378,575
1989	16,824,495	390,081
1990	16,335,313	402,629
1991	14,937,124	413,354
1992	13,548,601	423,294
1993	13,493,138	430,759
1994	13,360,470	438,274
1995	12,711,220	453,719
1996	12,686,872	469,740
1997	12,374,554	489,984
1998	11,351,286	509,167
1999	10,247,372	527,634
2000	9,570,849	545,129
2001	8,839,358	555,220
2002	8,258,580	563,692
2003	7,743,284	568,220
2004	7,607,960	579,424
2005	7,678,911	593,685
2006	6,922,185	605,001
2007	6,813,465	617,247
2008	6,729,247	630,610
2009	6,483,236	654,439
2010	6,407,607	676,554
2011	8,245,065	694,033
2012	10,075,174	708,847
2013	8,043,116	720,228
2014	9,205,180	728,978
2015	6,788,911	731,387
2016	9,062,269	735,630
2017	7,790,880	734,553
2018	5,302,433	722,445
2019	4,673,713	727,774
2020	2,046,095	727,455
2021	480,203	732,191
2022	-847,305	750,270
2023	-2,087,851	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: China vs Ivory Coast

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 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	China	Ivory Coast
1985	125	766
1986	120	735
1987	114	697
1988	108	671
1989	104	645
1990	102	619
1991	92	584
1992	86	546
1993	80	503
1994	76	463
1995	71	421
1996	67	381
1997	63	364
1998	60	380
1999	58	381
2000	56	378
2001	52	405
2002	50	427
2003	47	451
2004	45	456
2005	42	492
2006	40	544
2007	38	567
2008	38	562
2009	35	588
2010	34	592
2011	33	569
2012	32	566
2013	30	544
2014	28	522
2015	26	505
2016	25	488
2017	24	465
2018	22	449
2019	21	429
2020	20	447
2021	21	459
2022	18	409
2023	16	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in China and 6.71% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	-	32.1%
1961	-	31.3%
1962	-	30.5%
1963	-	29.7%
1964	-	28.9%
1965	-	28.2%
1966	-	27.4%
1967	-	26.7%
1968	-	26%
1969	11.9%	25.2%
1970	11.3%	24.5%
1971	10.7%	23.7%
1972	10.2%	22.9%
1973	9.61%	22.1%
1974	9.05%	21.2%
1975	8.5%	20.3%
1976	7.97%	19.5%
1977	7.47%	18.7%
1978	7.01%	18%
1979	6.62%	17.4%
1980	6.28%	16.9%
1981	6%	16.4%
1982	5.78%	16.1%
1983	5.61%	15.8%
1984	5.5%	15.5%
1985	5.43%	15.4%
1986	5.4%	15.3%
1987	5.4%	15.2%
1988	5.4%	15.2%
1989	5.39%	15.3%
1990	5.37%	15.3%
1991	5.31%	15.4%
1992	5.22%	15.4%
1993	5.08%	15.4%
1994	4.93%	15.3%
1995	4.75%	15.2%
1996	4.56%	15.1%
1997	4.36%	14.9%
1998	4.14%	14.6%
1999	3.91%	14.4%
2000	3.67%	14.1%
2001	3.42%	13.7%
2002	3.15%	13.3%
2003	2.89%	13%
2004	2.64%	12.6%
2005	2.4%	12.2%
2006	2.19%	11.8%
2007	2.01%	11.4%
2008	1.85%	11%
2009	1.71%	10.6%
2010	1.58%	10.2%
2011	1.46%	9.91%
2012	1.35%	9.6%
2013	1.25%	9.27%
2014	1.15%	8.92%
2015	1.07%	8.61%
2016	0.99%	8.36%
2017	0.92%	8.11%
2018	0.86%	7.85%
2019	0.8%	7.59%
2020	0.75%	7.37%
2021	0.7%	7.14%
2022	0.66%	6.92%
2023	0.62%	6.71%