China vs Puerto Rico: Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility)
China
0.999 live births per woman
in 2023
Puerto Rico
0.941 live births per woman
in 2023
China rank
228th
Puerto Rico rank
231st
Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility) over time
- China
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
China currently reports 0.999 live births per woman against 0.941 live births per woman in Puerto Rico, a difference of 0.058 live births per woman.
That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Puerto Rico's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was China ahead.
China ranks 228th and Puerto Rico ranks 231st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, China averaged higher in 6 and Puerto Rico in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.93 live births per woman | 4.76 live births per woman | 1.17 live births per woman | China |
| 1960s | 6 live births per woman | 3.97 live births per woman | 2.03 live births per woman | China |
| 1970s | 4.07 live births per woman | 2.93 live births per woman | 1.14 live births per woman | China |
| 1980s | 2.68 live births per woman | 2.36 live births per woman | 0.3273 live births per woman | China |
| 1990s | 1.73 live births per woman | 2.17 live births per woman | 0.4402 live births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 1.63 live births per woman | 1.81 live births per woman | 0.1803 live births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 1.69 live births per woman | 1.34 live births per woman | 0.3491 live births per woman | China |
| 2020s | 1.1 live births per woman | 0.9397 live births per woman | 0.1568 live births per woman | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, China or Puerto Rico?
- China, at 0.999 live births per woman against 0.941 live births per woman in Puerto Rico as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between China and Puerto Rico?
- 0.058 live births per woman, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Puerto Rico?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do China and Puerto Rico rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- China ranks 228th and Puerto Rico ranks 231st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.