Puerto Rico vs Chinese Taipei: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Puerto Rico
0.9308 children per women
in 2023
Chinese Taipei
0.8617 children per women
in 2023
Puerto Rico rank
231st
Chinese Taipei rank
232nd
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Puerto Rico
- Chinese Taipei
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 0.9308 children per women against 0.8617 children per women in Chinese Taipei, a difference of 0.0691 children per women.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.1 times Chinese Taipei's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Chinese Taipei ahead.
Puerto Rico ranks 231st and Chinese Taipei ranks 232nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Puerto Rico averaged higher in 5 and Chinese Taipei in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Puerto Rico | Chinese Taipei | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.34 children per women | 5.79 children per women | 1.45 children per women | Chinese Taipei |
| 1960s | 3.72 children per women | 4.76 children per women | 1.04 children per women | Chinese Taipei |
| 1970s | 2.82 children per women | 3.05 children per women | 0.2268 children per women | Chinese Taipei |
| 1980s | 2.29 children per women | 2 children per women | 0.2961 children per women | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 2.12 children per women | 1.69 children per women | 0.4321 children per women | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 1.78 children per women | 1.19 children per women | 0.5929 children per women | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 1.32 children per women | 1.09 children per women | 0.2317 children per women | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 0.9296 children per women | 0.9172 children per women | 0.0124 children per women | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Puerto Rico or Chinese Taipei?
- Puerto Rico, at 0.9308 children per women against 0.8617 children per women in Chinese Taipei as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Puerto Rico and Chinese Taipei?
- 0.0691 children per women, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Chinese Taipei?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Puerto Rico and Chinese Taipei rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Puerto Rico ranks 231st and Chinese Taipei ranks 232nd 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).