Fertility & birth rates in China and Trinidad and Tobago

Fertility rate in China vs Trinidad and Tobago chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in China was 1 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.53 in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check China vs Trinidad and Tobago 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	Trinidad
1960	4.45	5.41
1961	3.86	5.41
1962	6.09	5.36
1963	7.51	5.24
1964	6.67	5.08
1965	6.61	4.88
1966	6.31	4.62
1967	5.81	4.35
1968	6.51	4.11
1969	6.18	3.86
1970	6.09	3.71
1971	5.52	3.61
1972	5.11	3.55
1973	4.73	3.47
1974	4.17	3.32
1975	3.57	3.21
1976	3.24	3.14
1977	2.84	3.12
1978	2.72	3.13
1979	2.75	3.13
1980	2.74	3.15
1981	2.79	3.13
1982	2.97	3.11
1983	2.56	3.07
1984	2.61	3.02
1985	2.63	2.99
1986	2.72	2.9
1987	2.76	2.78
1988	2.54	2.65
1989	2.52	2.53
1990	2.51	2.39
1991	1.93	2.29
1992	1.78	2.21
1993	1.69	2.13
1994	1.63	2.06
1995	1.59	1.97
1996	1.55	1.89
1997	1.53	1.83
1998	1.52	1.78
1999	1.53	1.76
2000	1.63	1.73
2001	1.56	1.71
2002	1.57	1.67
2003	1.57	1.65
2004	1.61	1.63
2005	1.62	1.63
2006	1.64	1.62
2007	1.67	1.62
2008	1.7	1.62
2009	1.71	1.62
2010	1.69	1.61
2011	1.67	1.61
2012	1.8	1.61
2013	1.71	1.6
2014	1.77	1.6
2015	1.67	1.6
2016	1.77	1.6
2017	1.8	1.59
2018	1.54	1.59
2019	1.5	1.58
2020	1.24	1.57
2021	1.12	1.56
2022	1.03	1.54
2023	1	1.53
2024	1.01	1.54
2025	1.02	1.52
2026	1.03	1.52
2027	1.04	1.51
2028	1.05	1.51
2029	1.05	1.51
2030	1.06	1.51
2031	1.07	1.51
2032	1.08	1.51
2033	1.08	1.51
2034	1.09	1.51
2035	1.1	1.51
2036	1.1	1.51
2037	1.11	1.51
2038	1.12	1.51
2039	1.12	1.51
2040	1.13	1.51
2041	1.13	1.51
2042	1.14	1.51
2043	1.15	1.51
2044	1.15	1.51
2045	1.16	1.51
2046	1.16	1.51
2047	1.17	1.51
2048	1.17	1.52
2049	1.18	1.52
2050	1.18	1.52

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	China	Trinidad
1960	40.3%	43.1%
1961	40%	43.2%
1962	40%	43.2%
1963	40.6%	43.3%
1964	41.2%	43.2%
1965	41.5%	43.1%
1966	41.5%	42.9%
1967	41.3%	42.7%
1968	41%	42.3%
1969	41%	41.9%
1970	40.8%	41.2%
1971	40.7%	40.4%
1972	40.4%	39.7%
1973	40.1%	39.1%
1974	40.2%	38.4%
1975	40.2%	37.6%
1976	40.3%	36.8%
1977	39.8%	36%
1978	38.6%	35.3%
1979	37.2%	34.8%
1980	36.1%	34.4%
1981	35.1%	34.2%
1982	34.3%	34.2%
1983	33.3%	34.2%
1984	32.2%	34.3%
1985	31.2%	34.4%
1986	30.4%	34.4%
1987	29.8%	34.4%
1988	29.3%	34.2%
1989	28.9%	34%
1990	28.8%	33.7%
1991	28.6%	33.3%
1992	28.4%	32.8%
1993	28.2%	32.2%
1994	27.8%	31.6%
1995	27.4%	30.8%
1996	27%	29.9%
1997	26.3%	28.9%
1998	25.7%	27.9%
1999	25.2%	27%
2000	24.5%	26%
2001	23.8%	25%
2002	22.9%	24.2%
2003	22%	23.4%
2004	21.2%	22.7%
2005	20.3%	22.1%
2006	19.6%	21.6%
2007	19.2%	21.2%
2008	18.9%	20.8%
2009	18.6%	20.5%
2010	18.5%	20.3%
2011	18.3%	20.1%
2012	18.3%	20%
2013	18.3%	19.9%
2014	18.3%	19.7%
2015	18.3%	19.6%
2016	18.3%	19.5%
2017	18.4%	19.3%
2018	18.3%	19%
2019	18.2%	18.8%
2020	18%	18.7%
2021	17.6%	18.5%
2022	17.1%	18.3%
2023	16.6%	18%
2024	16%	17.8%
2025	15.4%	17.5%
2026	14.8%	17.2%
2027	14.1%	16.9%
2028	13.5%	16.6%
2029	12.8%	16.4%
2030	12.1%	16.1%
2031	11.5%	15.8%
2032	10.8%	15.5%
2033	10.3%	15.3%
2034	9.83%	15.1%
2035	9.53%	14.9%
2036	9.37%	14.7%
2037	9.31%	14.5%
2038	9.31%	14.4%
2039	9.34%	14.2%
2040	9.38%	14.1%
2041	9.43%	14.1%
2042	9.49%	14%
2043	9.56%	13.9%
2044	9.63%	13.9%
2045	9.71%	13.8%
2046	9.78%	13.8%
2047	9.85%	13.7%
2048	9.9%	13.7%
2049	9.93%	13.6%
2050	9.94%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in China and 17.8% in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024, compared to 28.8% and 33.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of China and Trinidad and Tobago compared.

Natural population change in China vs Trinidad and Tobago by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.31% in China and +0.41% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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	Trinidad
1960	-3,048,510	24,766
1961	2,496,047	25,518
1962	17,969,132	25,763
1963	22,742,225	25,507
1964	19,302,532	25,065
1965	20,296,950	24,349
1966	19,282,187	23,228
1967	19,263,662	21,992
1968	21,206,083	20,849
1969	20,760,332	19,652
1970	21,137,076	19,074
1971	19,622,980	19,400
1972	19,102,585	20,116
1973	18,423,727	20,617
1974	15,738,118	20,412
1975	14,378,237	20,468
1976	11,782,472	20,875
1977	11,378,068	21,660
1978	11,473,980	22,538
1979	11,250,148	23,475
1980	11,647,260	24,557
1981	14,461,027	25,015
1982	15,815,318	25,181
1983	13,599,789	25,118
1984	13,561,671	24,738
1985	14,987,830	24,487
1986	16,609,920	23,705
1987	18,005,821	22,398
1988	17,328,640	21,028
1989	16,824,495	19,636
1990	16,335,313	18,052
1991	14,937,124	16,903
1992	13,548,601	15,910
1993	13,493,138	14,878
1994	13,360,470	14,032
1995	12,711,220	12,971
1996	12,686,872	12,101
1997	12,374,554	11,405
1998	11,351,286	10,964
1999	10,247,372	10,821
2000	9,570,849	10,588
2001	8,839,358	10,438
2002	8,258,580	10,316
2003	7,743,284	10,169
2004	7,607,960	10,149
2005	7,678,911	9,822
2006	6,922,185	9,889
2007	6,813,465	9,939
2008	6,729,247	9,872
2009	6,483,236	9,769
2010	6,407,607	9,698
2011	8,245,065	9,601
2012	10,075,174	9,376
2013	8,043,116	9,020
2014	9,205,180	8,571
2015	6,788,911	7,963
2016	9,062,269	7,436
2017	7,790,880	6,779
2018	5,302,433	5,869
2019	4,673,713	5,647
2020	2,046,095	4,558
2021	480,203	2,091
2022	-847,305	3,773
2023	-2,087,851	3,200

Maternal mortality chart: China vs Trinidad and Tobago

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 54 deaths in Trinidad and Tobago.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	China	Trinidad
1985	125	87
1986	120	89
1987	114	86
1988	108	87
1989	104	86
1990	102	84
1991	92	82
1992	86	85
1993	80	85
1994	76	84
1995	71	85
1996	67	84
1997	63	82
1998	60	79
1999	58	78
2000	56	76
2001	52	72
2002	50	69
2003	47	67
2004	45	63
2005	42	60
2006	40	58
2007	38	57
2008	38	55
2009	35	54
2010	34	54
2011	33	53
2012	32	51
2013	30	50
2014	28	50
2015	26	50
2016	25	51
2017	24	51
2018	22	53
2019	21	53
2020	20	35
2021	21	54
2022	18	30
2023	16	54

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in China and 1.91% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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	Trinidad
1960	-	6.74%
1961	-	6.53%
1962	-	6.33%
1963	-	6.14%
1964	-	5.96%
1965	-	5.8%
1966	-	5.66%
1967	-	5.53%
1968	-	5.4%
1969	11.9%	5.28%
1970	11.3%	5.17%
1971	10.7%	5.06%
1972	10.2%	4.95%
1973	9.61%	4.84%
1974	9.05%	4.72%
1975	8.5%	4.6%
1976	7.97%	4.48%
1977	7.47%	4.37%
1978	7.01%	4.25%
1979	6.62%	4.14%
1980	6.28%	4.03%
1981	6%	3.92%
1982	5.78%	3.83%
1983	5.61%	3.73%
1984	5.5%	3.64%
1985	5.43%	3.56%
1986	5.4%	3.49%
1987	5.4%	3.42%
1988	5.4%	3.36%
1989	5.39%	3.3%
1990	5.37%	3.25%
1991	5.31%	3.21%
1992	5.22%	3.16%
1993	5.08%	3.13%
1994	4.93%	3.09%
1995	4.75%	3.06%
1996	4.56%	3.02%
1997	4.36%	2.99%
1998	4.14%	2.96%
1999	3.91%	2.92%
2000	3.67%	2.88%
2001	3.42%	2.84%
2002	3.15%	2.81%
2003	2.89%	2.76%
2004	2.64%	2.72%
2005	2.4%	2.68%
2006	2.19%	2.64%
2007	2.01%	2.59%
2008	1.85%	2.55%
2009	1.71%	2.51%
2010	1.58%	2.47%
2011	1.46%	2.43%
2012	1.35%	2.38%
2013	1.25%	2.35%
2014	1.15%	2.3%
2015	1.07%	2.26%
2016	0.99%	2.22%
2017	0.92%	2.18%
2018	0.86%	2.14%
2019	0.8%	2.1%
2020	0.75%	2.06%
2021	0.7%	2.01%
2022	0.66%	1.96%
2023	0.62%	1.91%