Fertility & birth rates in China and Palestine

Fertility rate in China vs Palestine chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in China was 1 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check China vs Palestine 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	Palestine
1960	4.45	-
1961	3.86	-
1962	6.09	-
1963	7.51	-
1964	6.67	-
1965	6.61	-
1966	6.31	-
1967	5.81	-
1968	6.51	-
1969	6.18	-
1970	6.09	-
1971	5.52	-
1972	5.11	-
1973	4.73	-
1974	4.17	-
1975	3.57	-
1976	3.24	-
1977	2.84	-
1978	2.72	-
1979	2.75	-
1980	2.74	-
1981	2.79	-
1982	2.97	-
1983	2.56	-
1984	2.61	-
1985	2.63	-
1986	2.72	-
1987	2.76	-
1988	2.54	-
1989	2.52	-
1990	2.51	6.81
1991	1.93	6.75
1992	1.78	6.65
1993	1.69	6.5
1994	1.63	6.33
1995	1.59	6.16
1996	1.55	5.99
1997	1.53	5.82
1998	1.52	5.69
1999	1.53	5.58
2000	1.63	5.46
2001	1.56	5.34
2002	1.57	5.22
2003	1.57	5.06
2004	1.61	4.97
2005	1.62	4.87
2006	1.64	4.74
2007	1.67	4.63
2008	1.7	4.51
2009	1.71	4.44
2010	1.69	4.43
2011	1.67	4.31
2012	1.8	4.15
2013	1.71	4.05
2014	1.77	4
2015	1.67	3.98
2016	1.77	3.89
2017	1.8	3.77
2018	1.54	3.67
2019	1.5	3.59
2020	1.24	3.51
2021	1.12	3.44
2022	1.03	3.38
2023	1	3.31
2024	1.01	3.25
2025	1.02	3.19
2026	1.03	3.13
2027	1.04	3.07
2028	1.05	3.02
2029	1.05	2.97
2030	1.06	2.93
2031	1.07	2.89
2032	1.08	2.85
2033	1.08	2.81
2034	1.09	2.78
2035	1.1	2.75
2036	1.1	2.71
2037	1.11	2.68
2038	1.12	2.65
2039	1.12	2.62
2040	1.13	2.59
2041	1.13	2.56
2042	1.14	2.53
2043	1.15	2.51
2044	1.15	2.48
2045	1.16	2.45
2046	1.16	2.43
2047	1.17	2.41
2048	1.17	2.38
2049	1.18	2.36
2050	1.18	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	China	Palestine
1960	40.3%	-
1961	40%	-
1962	40%	-
1963	40.6%	-
1964	41.2%	-
1965	41.5%	-
1966	41.5%	-
1967	41.3%	-
1968	41%	-
1969	41%	-
1970	40.8%	-
1971	40.7%	-
1972	40.4%	-
1973	40.1%	-
1974	40.2%	-
1975	40.2%	-
1976	40.3%	-
1977	39.8%	-
1978	38.6%	-
1979	37.2%	-
1980	36.1%	-
1981	35.1%	-
1982	34.3%	-
1983	33.3%	-
1984	32.2%	-
1985	31.2%	-
1986	30.4%	-
1987	29.8%	-
1988	29.3%	-
1989	28.9%	-
1990	28.8%	49.1%
1991	28.6%	49.1%
1992	28.4%	49%
1993	28.2%	49%
1994	27.8%	48.9%
1995	27.4%	48.8%
1996	27%	48.6%
1997	26.3%	48.4%
1998	25.7%	48.1%
1999	25.2%	47.8%
2000	24.5%	47.4%
2001	23.8%	47.1%
2002	22.9%	46.6%
2003	22%	46.1%
2004	21.2%	45.6%
2005	20.3%	45%
2006	19.6%	44.3%
2007	19.2%	43.7%
2008	18.9%	43%
2009	18.6%	42.4%
2010	18.5%	41.9%
2011	18.3%	41.5%
2012	18.3%	41.1%
2013	18.3%	40.7%
2014	18.3%	40.4%
2015	18.3%	40.1%
2016	18.3%	39.9%
2017	18.4%	39.7%
2018	18.3%	39.6%
2019	18.2%	39.5%
2020	18%	39.3%
2021	17.6%	39%
2022	17.1%	38.7%
2023	16.6%	38.4%
2024	16%	38%
2025	15.4%	37.6%
2026	14.8%	37%
2027	14.1%	36.5%
2028	13.5%	35.9%
2029	12.8%	35.3%
2030	12.1%	34.7%
2031	11.5%	34%
2032	10.8%	33.4%
2033	10.3%	32.8%
2034	9.83%	32.3%
2035	9.53%	31.8%
2036	9.37%	31.4%
2037	9.31%	31%
2038	9.31%	30.6%
2039	9.34%	30.3%
2040	9.38%	30%
2041	9.43%	29.7%
2042	9.49%	29.4%
2043	9.56%	29.2%
2044	9.63%	28.9%
2045	9.71%	28.6%
2046	9.78%	28.4%
2047	9.85%	28.1%
2048	9.9%	27.8%
2049	9.93%	27.5%
2050	9.94%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in China and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 28.8% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of China and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in China vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.31% in China and +2.64% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	-3,048,510	-
1961	2,496,047	-
1962	17,969,132	-
1963	22,742,225	-
1964	19,302,532	-
1965	20,296,950	-
1966	19,282,187	-
1967	19,263,662	-
1968	21,206,083	-
1969	20,760,332	-
1970	21,137,076	-
1971	19,622,980	-
1972	19,102,585	-
1973	18,423,727	-
1974	15,738,118	-
1975	14,378,237	-
1976	11,782,472	-
1977	11,378,068	-
1978	11,473,980	-
1979	11,250,148	-
1980	11,647,260	-
1981	14,461,027	-
1982	15,815,318	-
1983	13,599,789	-
1984	13,561,671	-
1985	14,987,830	-
1986	16,609,920	-
1987	18,005,821	-
1988	17,328,640	-
1989	16,824,495	-
1990	16,335,313	76,163
1991	14,937,124	79,444
1992	13,548,601	82,865
1993	13,493,138	86,434
1994	13,360,470	90,156
1995	12,711,220	94,037
1996	12,686,872	98,085
1997	12,374,554	102,307
1998	11,351,286	103,566
1999	10,247,372	104,823
2000	9,570,849	106,367
2001	8,839,358	107,320
2002	8,258,580	108,560
2003	7,743,284	109,162
2004	7,607,960	110,045
2005	7,678,911	110,569
2006	6,922,185	111,728
2007	6,813,465	112,453
2008	6,729,247	108,395
2009	6,483,236	111,724
2010	6,407,607	117,674
2011	8,245,065	119,021
2012	10,075,174	119,185
2013	8,043,116	120,503
2014	9,205,180	120,724
2015	6,788,911	126,189
2016	9,062,269	126,698
2017	7,790,880	125,688
2018	5,302,433	124,791
2019	4,673,713	124,508
2020	2,046,095	122,416
2021	480,203	120,396
2022	-847,305	123,987
2023	-2,087,851	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: China vs Palestine

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 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	China	Palestine
1985	125	102
1986	120	96
1987	114	87
1988	108	85
1989	104	82
1990	102	78
1991	92	75
1992	86	73
1993	80	69
1994	76	66
1995	71	64
1996	67	61
1997	63	60
1998	60	59
1999	58	58
2000	56	59
2001	52	60
2002	50	58
2003	47	56
2004	45	55
2005	42	52
2006	40	51
2007	38	49
2008	38	49
2009	35	48
2010	34	42
2011	33	39
2012	32	36
2013	30	32
2014	28	29
2015	26	26
2016	25	23
2017	24	21
2018	22	19
2019	21	18
2020	20	20
2021	21	29
2022	18	17
2023	16	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in China and 2.63% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1969	11.9%	-
1970	11.3%	-
1971	10.7%	-
1972	10.2%	-
1973	9.61%	-
1974	9.05%	-
1975	8.5%	10.8%
1976	7.97%	10.2%
1977	7.47%	9.55%
1978	7.01%	8.98%
1979	6.62%	8.45%
1980	6.28%	7.95%
1981	6%	7.48%
1982	5.78%	7.04%
1983	5.61%	6.63%
1984	5.5%	6.25%
1985	5.43%	5.89%
1986	5.4%	5.56%
1987	5.4%	5.25%
1988	5.4%	4.97%
1989	5.39%	4.72%
1990	5.37%	4.49%
1991	5.31%	4.28%
1992	5.22%	4.09%
1993	5.08%	3.92%
1994	4.93%	3.77%
1995	4.75%	3.62%
1996	4.56%	3.49%
1997	4.36%	3.36%
1998	4.14%	3.24%
1999	3.91%	3.13%
2000	3.67%	3.03%
2001	3.42%	2.94%
2002	3.15%	2.85%
2003	2.89%	2.77%
2004	2.64%	2.68%
2005	2.4%	2.6%
2006	2.19%	2.52%
2007	2.01%	2.43%
2008	1.85%	2.35%
2009	1.71%	2.28%
2010	1.58%	2.2%
2011	1.46%	2.12%
2012	1.35%	2.04%
2013	1.25%	1.97%
2014	1.15%	2.2%
2015	1.07%	1.83%
2016	0.99%	1.76%
2017	0.92%	1.69%
2018	0.86%	1.63%
2019	0.8%	1.57%
2020	0.75%	1.52%
2021	0.7%	1.47%
2022	0.66%	1.42%
2023	0.62%	2.63%