China vs Puerto Rico: Fertility rate vs. child mortality

China
0.999 live births per woman
in 2023
Puerto Rico
0.941 live births per woman
in 2023
China rank
228th
Puerto Rico rank
231st

Fertility rate vs. child mortality over time

  • China
  • Puerto Rico
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How they compare

China currently reports 0.999 live births per woman against 0.941 live births per woman in Puerto Rico, a difference of 0.058 live births per woman.

That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Puerto Rico's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was China ahead.

China ranks 228th and Puerto Rico ranks 231st of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Fertility rate vs. child mortality
Unit
live births per woman
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.