Fertility & birth rates in China and Slovenia

Fertility rate in China vs Slovenia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in China was 1 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.51 in Slovenia 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	Slovenia
1960	4.45	2.19
1961	3.86	2.27
1962	6.09	2.28
1963	7.51	2.27
1964	6.67	2.31
1965	6.61	2.43
1966	6.31	2.47
1967	5.81	2.37
1968	6.51	2.25
1969	6.18	2.17
1970	6.09	2.11
1971	5.52	2.16
1972	5.11	2.17
1973	4.73	2.2
1974	4.17	2.13
1975	3.57	2.17
1976	3.24	2.2
1977	2.84	2.17
1978	2.72	2.2
1979	2.75	2.22
1980	2.74	2.11
1981	2.79	1.96
1982	2.97	1.93
1983	2.56	1.81
1984	2.61	1.74
1985	2.63	1.71
1986	2.72	1.67
1987	2.76	1.65
1988	2.54	1.63
1989	2.52	1.52
1990	2.51	1.46
1991	1.93	1.42
1992	1.78	1.33
1993	1.69	1.33
1994	1.63	1.32
1995	1.59	1.29
1996	1.55	1.28
1997	1.53	1.25
1998	1.52	1.23
1999	1.53	1.21
2000	1.63	1.26
2001	1.56	1.21
2002	1.57	1.21
2003	1.57	1.2
2004	1.61	1.25
2005	1.62	1.26
2006	1.64	1.31
2007	1.67	1.38
2008	1.7	1.53
2009	1.71	1.53
2010	1.69	1.57
2011	1.67	1.56
2012	1.8	1.58
2013	1.71	1.55
2014	1.77	1.58
2015	1.67	1.57
2016	1.77	1.58
2017	1.8	1.62
2018	1.54	1.6
2019	1.5	1.61
2020	1.24	1.59
2021	1.12	1.64
2022	1.03	1.55
2023	1	1.51
2024	1.01	1.51
2025	1.02	1.51
2026	1.03	1.51
2027	1.04	1.51
2028	1.05	1.52
2029	1.05	1.52
2030	1.06	1.52
2031	1.07	1.52
2032	1.08	1.52
2033	1.08	1.52
2034	1.09	1.52
2035	1.1	1.52
2036	1.1	1.53
2037	1.11	1.53
2038	1.12	1.53
2039	1.12	1.53
2040	1.13	1.53
2041	1.13	1.53
2042	1.14	1.53
2043	1.15	1.53
2044	1.15	1.53
2045	1.16	1.53
2046	1.16	1.53
2047	1.17	1.53
2048	1.17	1.54
2049	1.18	1.54
2050	1.18	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	China	Slovenia
1960	40.3%	27.2%
1961	40%	27.2%
1962	40%	27.1%
1963	40.6%	26.9%
1964	41.2%	26.6%
1965	41.5%	26.2%
1966	41.5%	25.8%
1967	41.3%	25.5%
1968	41%	25.1%
1969	41%	24.7%
1970	40.8%	24.3%
1971	40.7%	24%
1972	40.4%	23.9%
1973	40.1%	23.8%
1974	40.2%	23.7%
1975	40.2%	23.6%
1976	40.3%	23.4%
1977	39.8%	23.3%
1978	38.6%	23.2%
1979	37.2%	23.1%
1980	36.1%	23%
1981	35.1%	22.9%
1982	34.3%	22.8%
1983	33.3%	22.7%
1984	32.2%	22.5%
1985	31.2%	22.3%
1986	30.4%	22%
1987	29.8%	21.6%
1988	29.3%	21.4%
1989	28.9%	21.1%
1990	28.8%	20.8%
1991	28.6%	20.3%
1992	28.4%	19.8%
1993	28.2%	19.3%
1994	27.8%	18.8%
1995	27.4%	18.3%
1996	27%	17.8%
1997	26.3%	17.3%
1998	25.7%	16.8%
1999	25.2%	16.4%
2000	24.5%	15.9%
2001	23.8%	15.6%
2002	22.9%	15.2%
2003	22%	14.8%
2004	21.2%	14.5%
2005	20.3%	14.3%
2006	19.6%	14.1%
2007	19.2%	14%
2008	18.9%	14%
2009	18.6%	14%
2010	18.5%	14.1%
2011	18.3%	14.3%
2012	18.3%	14.4%
2013	18.3%	14.6%
2014	18.3%	14.7%
2015	18.3%	14.8%
2016	18.3%	14.9%
2017	18.4%	15%
2018	18.3%	15.1%
2019	18.2%	15.1%
2020	18%	15.1%
2021	17.6%	15.2%
2022	17.1%	15.1%
2023	16.6%	14.9%
2024	16%	14.7%
2025	15.4%	14.5%
2026	14.8%	14.2%
2027	14.1%	14%
2028	13.5%	13.8%
2029	12.8%	13.5%
2030	12.1%	13.3%
2031	11.5%	13.1%
2032	10.8%	13%
2033	10.3%	12.8%
2034	9.83%	12.7%
2035	9.53%	12.6%
2036	9.37%	12.5%
2037	9.31%	12.4%
2038	9.31%	12.4%
2039	9.34%	12.5%
2040	9.38%	12.5%
2041	9.43%	12.6%
2042	9.49%	12.7%
2043	9.56%	12.8%
2044	9.63%	12.9%
2045	9.71%	13%
2046	9.78%	13.2%
2047	9.85%	13.3%
2048	9.9%	13.4%
2049	9.93%	13.5%
2050	9.94%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in China and 14.7% in Slovenia in 2024, compared to 28.8% and 20.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of China and Slovenia compared.

Natural population change in China vs Slovenia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.31% in China and -0.08% in Slovenia. 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	Slovenia
1960	-3,048,510	12,678
1961	2,496,047	14,985
1962	17,969,132	13,150
1963	22,742,225	14,068
1964	19,302,532	12,567
1965	20,296,950	14,513
1966	19,282,187	15,697
1967	19,263,662	13,516
1968	21,206,083	11,250
1969	20,760,332	9,427
1970	21,137,076	10,004
1971	19,622,980	10,951
1972	19,102,585	10,513
1973	18,423,727	11,837
1974	15,738,118	11,367
1975	14,378,237	11,658
1976	11,782,472	12,196
1977	11,378,068	12,160
1978	11,473,980	11,920
1979	11,250,148	12,614
1980	11,647,260	11,027
1981	14,461,027	10,485
1982	15,815,318	9,170
1983	13,599,789	6,343
1984	13,561,671	5,990
1985	14,987,830	6,213
1986	16,609,920	6,094
1987	18,005,821	5,771
1988	17,328,640	5,986
1989	16,824,495	4,592
1990	16,335,313	3,797
1991	14,937,124	2,199
1992	13,548,601	598
1993	13,493,138	-199
1994	13,360,470	199
1995	12,711,220	0
1996	12,686,872	0
1997	12,374,554	-794
1998	11,351,286	-1,189
1999	10,247,372	-1,388
2000	9,570,849	-398
2001	8,839,358	-996
2002	8,258,580	-1,197
2003	7,743,284	-1,996
2004	7,607,960	-599
2005	7,678,911	-600
2006	6,922,185	602
2007	6,813,465	1,211
2008	6,729,247	3,437
2009	6,483,236	3,060
2010	6,407,607	3,687
2011	8,245,065	3,285
2012	10,075,174	2,674
2013	8,043,116	1,648
2014	9,205,180	2,268
2015	6,788,911	826
2016	9,062,269	826
2017	7,790,880	-207
2018	5,302,433	-1,037
2019	4,673,713	-1,254
2020	2,046,095	-5,256
2021	480,203	-4,216
2022	-847,305	-4,858
2023	-2,087,851	-4,665

Maternal mortality chart: China vs Slovenia

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 3 deaths in Slovenia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	China	Slovenia
1985	125	17
1986	120	16
1987	114	16
1988	108	16
1989	104	15
1990	102	14
1991	92	13
1992	86	13
1993	80	12
1994	76	12
1995	71	11
1996	67	10
1997	63	9
1998	60	9
1999	58	8
2000	56	7
2001	52	6
2002	50	6
2003	47	6
2004	45	6
2005	42	6
2006	40	6
2007	38	6
2008	38	7
2009	35	7
2010	34	7
2011	33	6
2012	32	6
2013	30	6
2014	28	6
2015	26	5
2016	25	5
2017	24	5
2018	22	4
2019	21	4
2020	20	12
2021	21	8
2022	18	15
2023	16	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in China and 0.22% in Slovenia. 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	Slovenia
1969	11.9%	-
1970	11.3%	-
1971	10.7%	-
1972	10.2%	-
1973	9.61%	-
1974	9.05%	-
1975	8.5%	-
1976	7.97%	-
1977	7.47%	-
1978	7.01%	-
1979	6.62%	-
1980	6.28%	-
1981	6%	1.78%
1982	5.78%	1.69%
1983	5.61%	1.61%
1984	5.5%	1.53%
1985	5.43%	1.44%
1986	5.4%	1.36%
1987	5.4%	1.27%
1988	5.4%	1.19%
1989	5.39%	1.11%
1990	5.37%	1.04%
1991	5.31%	0.97%
1992	5.22%	0.9%
1993	5.08%	0.84%
1994	4.93%	0.79%
1995	4.75%	0.73%
1996	4.56%	0.69%
1997	4.36%	0.65%
1998	4.14%	0.61%
1999	3.91%	0.58%
2000	3.67%	0.54%
2001	3.42%	0.52%
2002	3.15%	0.49%
2003	2.89%	0.47%
2004	2.64%	0.44%
2005	2.4%	0.42%
2006	2.19%	0.4%
2007	2.01%	0.38%
2008	1.85%	0.36%
2009	1.71%	0.34%
2010	1.58%	0.32%
2011	1.46%	0.31%
2012	1.35%	0.29%
2013	1.25%	0.28%
2014	1.15%	0.27%
2015	1.07%	0.26%
2016	0.99%	0.26%
2017	0.92%	0.25%
2018	0.86%	0.24%
2019	0.8%	0.24%
2020	0.75%	0.24%
2021	0.7%	0.23%
2022	0.66%	0.23%
2023	0.62%	0.22%