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China vs Japan: Birth rate

China
6.26 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Japan
6.03 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
China rank
226th
Japan rank
227th

Birth rate over time

  • China
  • Japan
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How they compare

China currently reports 6.26 births per 1,000 people against 6.03 births per 1,000 people in Japan, a difference of 0.227 births per 1,000 people.

Across all 74 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 226th and Japan ranks 227th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Birth rate
Unit
births per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
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The total number of births per 1,000 people in a given year.