Fertility & birth rates in China and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in China vs Marshall Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in China was 1 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check China vs the Marshall Islands 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	Marshall Islands
1960	4.45	8.08
1961	3.86	8.12
1962	6.09	8.12
1963	7.51	8.12
1964	6.67	8.14
1965	6.61	8.16
1966	6.31	8.2
1967	5.81	8.17
1968	6.51	8.14
1969	6.18	8.11
1970	6.09	8.07
1971	5.52	8.04
1972	5.11	8
1973	4.73	7.95
1974	4.17	7.9
1975	3.57	7.83
1976	3.24	7.76
1977	2.84	7.67
1978	2.72	7.58
1979	2.75	7.47
1980	2.74	7.37
1981	2.79	7.27
1982	2.97	7.18
1983	2.56	7.08
1984	2.61	6.99
1985	2.63	6.87
1986	2.72	6.73
1987	2.76	6.57
1988	2.54	6.38
1989	2.52	6.18
1990	2.51	5.97
1991	1.93	5.76
1992	1.78	5.55
1993	1.69	5.38
1994	1.63	5.23
1995	1.59	5.09
1996	1.55	5.02
1997	1.53	4.96
1998	1.52	4.87
1999	1.53	4.78
2000	1.63	4.7
2001	1.56	4.58
2002	1.57	4.49
2003	1.57	4.42
2004	1.61	4.34
2005	1.62	4.28
2006	1.64	4.2
2007	1.67	4.09
2008	1.7	3.97
2009	1.71	3.83
2010	1.69	3.67
2011	1.67	3.53
2012	1.8	3.38
2013	1.71	3.25
2014	1.77	3.18
2015	1.67	3.13
2016	1.77	3.09
2017	1.8	3.06
2018	1.54	3.04
2019	1.5	3.01
2020	1.24	2.99
2021	1.12	2.96
2022	1.03	2.94
2023	1	2.92
2024	1.01	2.86
2025	1.02	2.82
2026	1.03	2.77
2027	1.04	2.73
2028	1.05	2.69
2029	1.05	2.65
2030	1.06	2.6
2031	1.07	2.57
2032	1.08	2.53
2033	1.08	2.5
2034	1.09	2.47
2035	1.1	2.44
2036	1.1	2.41
2037	1.11	2.38
2038	1.12	2.36
2039	1.12	2.34
2040	1.13	2.31
2041	1.13	2.29
2042	1.14	2.26
2043	1.15	2.24
2044	1.15	2.23
2045	1.16	2.21
2046	1.16	2.19
2047	1.17	2.17
2048	1.17	2.15
2049	1.18	2.13
2050	1.18	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	China	Marshall Islands
1960	40.3%	46.1%
1961	40%	46.7%
1962	40%	47.1%
1963	40.6%	47.4%
1964	41.2%	47.5%
1965	41.5%	47.5%
1966	41.5%	47.2%
1967	41.3%	46.7%
1968	41%	46.1%
1969	41%	45.3%
1970	40.8%	45%
1971	40.7%	45.6%
1972	40.4%	46.6%
1973	40.1%	47.3%
1974	40.2%	47.8%
1975	40.2%	48.2%
1976	40.3%	48.5%
1977	39.8%	49%
1978	38.6%	49.4%
1979	37.2%	49.8%
1980	36.1%	50.1%
1981	35.1%	50.3%
1982	34.3%	50.3%
1983	33.3%	50.4%
1984	32.2%	50.4%
1985	31.2%	50.6%
1986	30.4%	50.7%
1987	29.8%	50.8%
1988	29.3%	50.8%
1989	28.9%	50.6%
1990	28.8%	50.2%
1991	28.6%	49.7%
1992	28.4%	49.1%
1993	28.2%	48.4%
1994	27.8%	47.5%
1995	27.4%	46.6%
1996	27%	45.6%
1997	26.3%	44.7%
1998	25.7%	43.7%
1999	25.2%	42.8%
2000	24.5%	42%
2001	23.8%	41.3%
2002	22.9%	40.6%
2003	22%	39.9%
2004	21.2%	39.4%
2005	20.3%	39.1%
2006	19.6%	38.9%
2007	19.2%	39%
2008	18.9%	39.2%
2009	18.6%	39.4%
2010	18.5%	39.7%
2011	18.3%	39.7%
2012	18.3%	39.4%
2013	18.3%	38.8%
2014	18.3%	38.2%
2015	18.3%	37.5%
2016	18.3%	36.8%
2017	18.4%	36.2%
2018	18.3%	35.7%
2019	18.2%	35.1%
2020	18%	34.5%
2021	17.6%	34.4%
2022	17.1%	34.6%
2023	16.6%	34.7%
2024	16%	34.5%
2025	15.4%	33.9%
2026	14.8%	33.2%
2027	14.1%	32.6%
2028	13.5%	32%
2029	12.8%	31.4%
2030	12.1%	30.9%
2031	11.5%	30.3%
2032	10.8%	29.7%
2033	10.3%	29.2%
2034	9.83%	28.6%
2035	9.53%	28.1%
2036	9.37%	27.6%
2037	9.31%	27.3%
2038	9.31%	27.3%
2039	9.34%	27.4%
2040	9.38%	27.7%
2041	9.43%	28%
2042	9.49%	28.3%
2043	9.56%	28.6%
2044	9.63%	28.8%
2045	9.71%	29%
2046	9.78%	29.1%
2047	9.85%	29.1%
2048	9.9%	29%
2049	9.93%	28.8%
2050	9.94%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in China and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 28.8% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of China and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in China vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.31% in China and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	-3,048,510	452
1961	2,496,047	469
1962	17,969,132	488
1963	22,742,225	509
1964	19,302,532	536
1965	20,296,950	566
1966	19,282,187	603
1967	19,263,662	636
1968	21,206,083	685
1969	20,760,332	747
1970	21,137,076	819
1971	19,622,980	877
1972	19,102,585	913
1973	18,423,727	954
1974	15,738,118	1,000
1975	14,378,237	1,055
1976	11,782,472	1,109
1977	11,378,068	1,160
1978	11,473,980	1,207
1979	11,250,148	1,250
1980	11,647,260	1,287
1981	14,461,027	1,328
1982	15,815,318	1,375
1983	13,599,789	1,422
1984	13,561,671	1,470
1985	14,987,830	1,511
1986	16,609,920	1,544
1987	18,005,821	1,566
1988	17,328,640	1,575
1989	16,824,495	1,574
1990	16,335,313	1,556
1991	14,937,124	1,540
1992	13,548,601	1,525
1993	13,493,138	1,524
1994	13,360,470	1,524
1995	12,711,220	1,522
1996	12,686,872	1,542
1997	12,374,554	1,564
1998	11,351,286	1,576
1999	10,247,372	1,590
2000	9,570,849	1,592
2001	8,839,358	1,596
2002	8,258,580	1,594
2003	7,743,284	1,600
2004	7,607,960	1,595
2005	7,678,911	1,586
2006	6,922,185	1,556
2007	6,813,465	1,507
2008	6,729,247	1,443
2009	6,483,236	1,365
2010	6,407,607	1,273
2011	8,245,065	1,185
2012	10,075,174	1,097
2013	8,043,116	1,014
2014	9,205,180	959
2015	6,788,911	912
2016	9,062,269	866
2017	7,790,880	826
2018	5,302,433	785
2019	4,673,713	746
2020	2,046,095	689
2021	480,203	653
2022	-847,305	606
2023	-2,087,851	550

Maternal mortality chart: China vs Marshall Islands

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 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	China	Marshall Islands
1985	125	254
1986	120	274
1987	114	282
1988	108	276
1989	104	299
1990	102	311
1991	92	297
1992	86	322
1993	80	320
1994	76	303
1995	71	303
1996	67	292
1997	63	274
1998	60	259
1999	58	250
2000	56	251
2001	52	231
2002	50	223
2003	47	221
2004	45	238
2005	42	234
2006	40	233
2007	38	229
2008	38	226
2009	35	224
2010	34	212
2011	33	209
2012	32	207
2013	30	201
2014	28	199
2015	26	184
2016	25	183
2017	24	179
2018	22	167
2019	21	168
2020	20	178
2021	21	206
2022	18	174
2023	16	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in China and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	-	12.2%
1961	-	11.6%
1962	-	11%
1963	-	10.5%
1964	-	10.1%
1965	-	9.64%
1966	-	9.25%
1967	-	8.88%
1968	-	8.53%
1969	11.9%	8.19%
1970	11.3%	7.87%
1971	10.7%	7.58%
1972	10.2%	7.33%
1973	9.61%	7.13%
1974	9.05%	6.97%
1975	8.5%	6.86%
1976	7.97%	6.77%
1977	7.47%	6.69%
1978	7.01%	6.61%
1979	6.62%	6.52%
1980	6.28%	6.42%
1981	6%	6.29%
1982	5.78%	6.15%
1983	5.61%	6%
1984	5.5%	5.83%
1985	5.43%	5.66%
1986	5.4%	5.49%
1987	5.4%	5.31%
1988	5.4%	5.13%
1989	5.39%	4.95%
1990	5.37%	4.76%
1991	5.31%	4.59%
1992	5.22%	4.43%
1993	5.08%	4.29%
1994	4.93%	4.2%
1995	4.75%	4.15%
1996	4.56%	4.14%
1997	4.36%	4.15%
1998	4.14%	4.19%
1999	3.91%	4.23%
2000	3.67%	4.25%
2001	3.42%	4.25%
2002	3.15%	4.24%
2003	2.89%	4.21%
2004	2.64%	4.18%
2005	2.4%	4.14%
2006	2.19%	4.1%
2007	2.01%	4.06%
2008	1.85%	4.02%
2009	1.71%	3.97%
2010	1.58%	3.94%
2011	1.46%	3.89%
2012	1.35%	3.82%
2013	1.25%	3.75%
2014	1.15%	3.66%
2015	1.07%	3.57%
2016	0.99%	3.48%
2017	0.92%	3.38%
2018	0.86%	3.29%
2019	0.8%	3.19%
2020	0.75%	3.1%
2021	0.7%	3%
2022	0.66%	2.91%
2023	0.62%	2.82%