Macau, China vs Puerto Rico: Fertility rate, total

Macau, China
0.582 births per woman
in 2024
Puerto Rico
0.92 births per woman
in 2024
Macau, China rank
218th
Puerto Rico rank
215th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Macau, China
  • Puerto Rico
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How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 0.92 births per woman against 0.582 births per woman in Macau, China, a difference of 0.338 births per woman.

That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.6 times Macau, China's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Macau, China ahead.

Macau, China ranks 218th and Puerto Rico ranks 215th of 218 countries.

Puerto Rico has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Macau, China Puerto Rico Difference Ahead
1960s 3.71 births per woman 4.04 births per woman 0.3365 births per woman Puerto Rico
1970s 1.7 births per woman 2.97 births per woman 1.27 births per woman Puerto Rico
1980s 2 births per woman 2.47 births per woman 0.4703 births per woman Puerto Rico
1990s 1.38 births per woman 2.15 births per woman 0.7772 births per woman Puerto Rico
2000s 0.9113 births per woman 1.78 births per woman 0.8684 births per woman Puerto Rico
2010s 1.11 births per woman 1.34 births per woman 0.2296 births per woman Puerto Rico
2020s 0.689 births per woman 0.9166 births per woman 0.2276 births per woman Puerto Rico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Macau, China or Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico, at 0.92 births per woman against 0.582 births per woman in Macau, China as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Macau, China and Puerto Rico?
0.338 births per woman, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Macau, China and Puerto Rico?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Macau, China and Puerto Rico rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Macau, China ranks 218th and Puerto Rico ranks 215th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,258 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.