China vs Vatican: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
China
0.9859 children per women
in 2023
Vatican
0.9895 children per women
in 2023
China rank
228th
Vatican rank
227th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- China
- Vatican
How they compare
Vatican currently reports 0.9895 children per women against 0.9859 children per women in China, a difference of 0.0036 children per women.
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 | 4.39 children per women | 0.9419 children per women | 3.45 children per women | China |
| 1960s | 4.92 children per women | 0.9619 children per women | 3.95 children per women | China |
| 1970s | 3.61 children per women | 0.9727 children per women | 2.64 children per women | China |
| 1980s | 2.49 children per women | 0.9794 children per women | 1.51 children per women | China |
| 1990s | 1.62 children per women | 0.9833 children per women | 0.6389 children per women | China |
| 2000s | 1.57 children per women | 0.9863 children per women | 0.5858 children per women | China |
| 2010s | 1.66 children per women | 0.9885 children per women | 0.6704 children per women | China |
| 2020s | 1.08 children per women | 0.9894 children per women | 0.0919 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 Vatican?
- Vatican, at 0.9895 children per women against 0.9859 children per women in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between China and Vatican?
- 0.0036 children per women, 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 accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- China ranks 228th and Vatican ranks 227th 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).