China vs Puerto Rico: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
China
0.9859 children per women
in 2023
Puerto Rico
0.9308 children per women
in 2023
China rank
228th
Puerto Rico rank
231st
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- China
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
China currently reports 0.9859 children per women against 0.9308 children per women in Puerto Rico, a difference of 0.0551 children per women.
That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Puerto Rico's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Puerto Rico 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 | 4.39 children per women | 4.34 children per women | 0.0459 children per women | China |
| 1960s | 4.92 children per women | 3.72 children per women | 1.19 children per women | China |
| 1970s | 3.61 children per women | 2.82 children per women | 0.7905 children per women | China |
| 1980s | 2.49 children per women | 2.29 children per women | 0.1952 children per women | China |
| 1990s | 1.62 children per women | 2.12 children per women | 0.5001 children per women | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 1.57 children per women | 1.78 children per women | 0.2097 children per women | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 1.66 children per women | 1.32 children per women | 0.334 children per women | China |
| 2020s | 1.08 children per women | 0.9296 children per women | 0.1516 children per women | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, China or Puerto Rico?
- China, at 0.9859 children per women against 0.9308 children per women in Puerto Rico as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between China and Puerto Rico?
- 0.0551 children per women, 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 accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- China ranks 228th and Puerto Rico ranks 231st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).