China vs Vatican: Fertility rate: births per woman
China
0.999 live births per woman
in 2023
Vatican
1 live births per woman
in 2023
China rank
228th
Vatican rank
227th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- China
- Vatican
How they compare
Vatican currently reports 1 live births per woman against 0.999 live births per woman in China, a difference of 0.001 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was China ahead.
China ranks 228th and Vatican ranks 227th of 236 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Vatican | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.93 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 4.93 live births per woman | China |
| 1960s | 6 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 5 live births per woman | China |
| 1970s | 4.07 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 3.07 live births per woman | China |
| 1980s | 2.68 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1.68 live births per woman | China |
| 1990s | 1.73 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 0.7264 live births per woman | China |
| 2000s | 1.63 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 0.6281 live births per woman | China |
| 2010s | 1.69 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 0.6908 live births per woman | China |
| 2020s | 1.1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 0.0965 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 Vatican?
- Vatican, at 1 live births per woman against 0.999 live births per woman in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between China and Vatican?
- 0.001 live births per woman, with Vatican ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Vatican?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do China and Vatican rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- China ranks 228th and Vatican ranks 227th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – 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
The 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.