Fertility & birth rates in China and Suriname

Fertility rate in China vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in China was 1 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check China vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	4.45	6.59
1961	3.86	6.58
1962	6.09	6.57
1963	7.51	6.51
1964	6.67	6.43
1965	6.61	6.32
1966	6.31	6.2
1967	5.81	6.04
1968	6.51	5.86
1969	6.18	5.7
1970	6.09	5.53
1971	5.52	5.36
1972	5.11	5.18
1973	4.73	5.01
1974	4.17	4.81
1975	3.57	4.63
1976	3.24	4.45
1977	2.84	4.26
1978	2.72	4.08
1979	2.75	3.93
1980	2.74	3.79
1981	2.79	3.75
1982	2.97	3.82
1983	2.56	3.87
1984	2.61	3.8
1985	2.63	3.71
1986	2.72	3.61
1987	2.76	3.53
1988	2.54	3.46
1989	2.52	3.39
1990	2.51	3.23
1991	1.93	3.09
1992	1.78	3.01
1993	1.69	2.94
1994	1.63	2.9
1995	1.59	2.9
1996	1.55	2.92
1997	1.53	2.95
1998	1.52	2.99
1999	1.53	3.02
2000	1.63	3.05
2001	1.56	3.06
2002	1.57	2.96
2003	1.57	2.84
2004	1.61	2.74
2005	1.62	2.71
2006	1.64	2.73
2007	1.67	2.74
2008	1.7	2.73
2009	1.71	2.71
2010	1.69	2.69
2011	1.67	2.67
2012	1.8	2.67
2013	1.71	2.65
2014	1.77	2.62
2015	1.67	2.57
2016	1.77	2.5
2017	1.8	2.43
2018	1.54	2.38
2019	1.5	2.35
2020	1.24	2.31
2021	1.12	2.3
2022	1.03	2.27
2023	1	2.25
2024	1.01	2.23
2025	1.02	2.21
2026	1.03	2.19
2027	1.04	2.16
2028	1.05	2.14
2029	1.05	2.13
2030	1.06	2.11
2031	1.07	2.09
2032	1.08	2.08
2033	1.08	2.06
2034	1.09	2.05
2035	1.1	2.04
2036	1.1	2.02
2037	1.11	2.01
2038	1.12	2
2039	1.12	1.99
2040	1.13	1.98
2041	1.13	1.97
2042	1.14	1.96
2043	1.15	1.95
2044	1.15	1.94
2045	1.16	1.93
2046	1.16	1.92
2047	1.17	1.91
2048	1.17	1.9
2049	1.18	1.9
2050	1.18	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	China	Suriname
1960	40.3%	44.5%
1961	40%	44.6%
1962	40%	45.1%
1963	40.6%	46.1%
1964	41.2%	46.8%
1965	41.5%	47.4%
1966	41.5%	48%
1967	41.3%	48.5%
1968	41%	48.8%
1969	41%	48.9%
1970	40.8%	48.8%
1971	40.7%	48.5%
1972	40.4%	47.8%
1973	40.1%	46.8%
1974	40.2%	46%
1975	40.2%	45.1%
1976	40.3%	44.3%
1977	39.8%	43.4%
1978	38.6%	42.6%
1979	37.2%	41.8%
1980	36.1%	41%
1981	35.1%	40.1%
1982	34.3%	39.5%
1983	33.3%	39%
1984	32.2%	38.6%
1985	31.2%	38.3%
1986	30.4%	38%
1987	29.8%	37.8%
1988	29.3%	37.7%
1989	28.9%	37.5%
1990	28.8%	37.4%
1991	28.6%	37.3%
1992	28.4%	37.2%
1993	28.2%	37.1%
1994	27.8%	37%
1995	27.4%	36.7%
1996	27%	36.1%
1997	26.3%	35.3%
1998	25.7%	34.5%
1999	25.2%	33.7%
2000	24.5%	33%
2001	23.8%	32.3%
2002	22.9%	31.8%
2003	22%	31.3%
2004	21.2%	31%
2005	20.3%	30.9%
2006	19.6%	30.8%
2007	19.2%	30.7%
2008	18.9%	30.6%
2009	18.6%	30.5%
2010	18.5%	30.3%
2011	18.3%	30%
2012	18.3%	29.8%
2013	18.3%	29.4%
2014	18.3%	29.1%
2015	18.3%	28.7%
2016	18.3%	28.3%
2017	18.4%	27.9%
2018	18.3%	27.5%
2019	18.2%	27.2%
2020	18%	26.8%
2021	17.6%	26.5%
2022	17.1%	26.3%
2023	16.6%	25.9%
2024	16%	25.6%
2025	15.4%	25.3%
2026	14.8%	25%
2027	14.1%	24.8%
2028	13.5%	24.5%
2029	12.8%	24.2%
2030	12.1%	23.9%
2031	11.5%	23.6%
2032	10.8%	23.4%
2033	10.3%	23.2%
2034	9.83%	23%
2035	9.53%	22.8%
2036	9.37%	22.6%
2037	9.31%	22.4%
2038	9.31%	22.2%
2039	9.34%	22%
2040	9.38%	21.8%
2041	9.43%	21.6%
2042	9.49%	21.4%
2043	9.56%	21.3%
2044	9.63%	21.1%
2045	9.71%	20.9%
2046	9.78%	20.7%
2047	9.85%	20.5%
2048	9.9%	20.3%
2049	9.93%	20.1%
2050	9.94%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in China and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 28.8% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of China and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in China vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.31% in China and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	-3,048,510	8,170
1961	2,496,047	8,361
1962	17,969,132	8,529
1963	22,742,225	8,838
1964	19,302,532	9,174
1965	20,296,950	9,270
1966	19,282,187	9,243
1967	19,263,662	9,104
1968	21,206,083	8,980
1969	20,760,332	8,880
1970	21,137,076	8,823
1971	19,622,980	8,814
1972	19,102,585	8,893
1973	18,423,727	8,877
1974	15,738,118	8,751
1975	14,378,237	8,587
1976	11,782,472	8,327
1977	11,378,068	7,998
1978	11,473,980	7,650
1979	11,250,148	7,312
1980	11,647,260	7,002
1981	14,461,027	7,541
1982	15,815,318	8,197
1983	13,599,789	8,797
1984	13,561,671	9,031
1985	14,987,830	9,177
1986	16,609,920	9,222
1987	18,005,821	9,319
1988	17,328,640	9,347
1989	16,824,495	9,441
1990	16,335,313	9,047
1991	14,937,124	8,637
1992	13,548,601	8,355
1993	13,493,138	8,127
1994	13,360,470	7,929
1995	12,711,220	7,968
1996	12,686,872	8,031
1997	12,374,554	8,106
1998	11,351,286	8,173
1999	10,247,372	8,236
2000	9,570,849	8,323
2001	8,839,358	8,349
2002	8,258,580	7,916
2003	7,743,284	7,396
2004	7,607,960	6,948
2005	7,678,911	7,037
2006	6,922,185	7,278
2007	6,813,465	7,468
2008	6,729,247	7,552
2009	6,483,236	7,559
2010	6,407,607	7,489
2011	8,245,065	7,401
2012	10,075,174	7,405
2013	8,043,116	7,350
2014	9,205,180	7,284
2015	6,788,911	7,150
2016	9,062,269	6,979
2017	7,790,880	6,772
2018	5,302,433	6,613
2019	4,673,713	6,564
2020	2,046,095	6,640
2021	480,203	5,291
2022	-847,305	6,719
2023	-2,087,851	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: China vs Suriname

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 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	China	Suriname
1985	125	386
1986	120	377
1987	114	372
1988	108	364
1989	104	360
1990	102	350
1991	92	347
1992	86	346
1993	80	343
1994	76	334
1995	71	331
1996	67	323
1997	63	312
1998	60	302
1999	58	291
2000	56	282
2001	52	270
2002	50	253
2003	47	238
2004	45	219
2005	42	202
2006	40	187
2007	38	173
2008	38	161
2009	35	147
2010	34	134
2011	33	126
2012	32	122
2013	30	121
2014	28	120
2015	26	115
2016	25	109
2017	24	105
2018	22	101
2019	21	97
2020	20	94
2021	21	144
2022	18	88
2023	16	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in China and 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
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%	-
1982	5.78%	-
1983	5.61%	5.67%
1984	5.5%	5.49%
1985	5.43%	5.31%
1986	5.4%	5.13%
1987	5.4%	4.97%
1988	5.4%	4.81%
1989	5.39%	4.65%
1990	5.37%	4.49%
1991	5.31%	4.34%
1992	5.22%	4.19%
1993	5.08%	4.03%
1994	4.93%	3.88%
1995	4.75%	3.74%
1996	4.56%	3.6%
1997	4.36%	3.47%
1998	4.14%	3.34%
1999	3.91%	3.22%
2000	3.67%	3.11%
2001	3.42%	3%
2002	3.15%	2.9%
2003	2.89%	2.81%
2004	2.64%	2.72%
2005	2.4%	2.64%
2006	2.19%	2.57%
2007	2.01%	2.5%
2008	1.85%	2.44%
2009	1.71%	2.38%
2010	1.58%	2.32%
2011	1.46%	2.26%
2012	1.35%	2.21%
2013	1.25%	2.16%
2014	1.15%	2.11%
2015	1.07%	2.05%
2016	0.99%	2%
2017	0.92%	1.95%
2018	0.86%	1.9%
2019	0.8%	1.84%
2020	0.75%	1.78%
2021	0.7%	1.73%
2022	0.66%	1.68%
2023	0.62%	1.62%