Demographics
How Birth Rates are Falling in the World’s Six Largest Countries
![How Birth Rates are Falling in the World’s Six Largest Countries](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.voronoiapp.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fvoronoi-How-Birth-Rates-are-Falling-in-the-Worlds-Six-Largest-Countries-20240531103413.webp&w=3840&q=75)
What we’re showing
This chart shows annual births per 1,000 people across the world’s six most populous countries, based on UN data.
Key takeaway
- Birth rates are falling across all six countries, though at different speeds.
- China’s birth rate have fallen the fastest in recent years, suggesting the country could see similar struggles as Japan (a very large senior population).
Dataset
Year | China | India | Indonesia | Nigeria | Pakistan | U.S. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | 41.0 | 43.8 | 40.6 | 45.6 | 43.7 | 22.8 |
1951 | 40.1 | 44.0 | 41.2 | 45.7 | 44.1 | 23.7 |
1952 | 45.1 | 44.1 | 41.8 | 45.6 | 44.5 | 23.8 |
1953 | 41.8 | 44.2 | 42.4 | 45.7 | 44.8 | 23.7 |
1954 | 43.1 | 44.2 | 42.9 | 45.7 | 45.0 | 23.9 |
1955 | 42.6 | 44.0 | 43.2 | 45.7 | 45.2 | 23.7 |
1956 | 39.6 | 43.8 | 43.6 | 45.8 | 45.4 | 23.9 |
1957 | 42.8 | 43.5 | 43.9 | 45.9 | 45.5 | 24.0 |
1958 | 37.8 | 43.1 | 44.2 | 46.0 | 45.6 | 23.3 |
1959 | 31.4 | 42.6 | 44.3 | 46.0 | 45.7 | 23.1 |
1960 | 29.8 | 42.5 | 44.5 | 46.1 | 45.7 | 22.7 |
1961 | 26.2 | 42.3 | 44.4 | 46.2 | 45.8 | 22.4 |
1962 | 40.4 | 42.1 | 44.2 | 46.4 | 45.6 | 21.7 |
1963 | 49.0 | 41.9 | 43.9 | 46.4 | 45.5 | 21.1 |
1964 | 42.9 | 41.7 | 43.6 | 46.5 | 45.3 | 20.4 |
1965 | 41.8 | 41.3 | 43.3 | 46.5 | 45.1 | 18.9 |
1966 | 39.6 | 40.9 | 42.7 | 46.5 | 44.8 | 18.0 |
1967 | 36.3 | 40.6 | 42.0 | 46.5 | 44.6 | 17.4 |
1968 | 40.6 | 40.2 | 41.3 | 46.6 | 44.2 | 17.2 |
1969 | 38.6 | 39.8 | 40.6 | 46.6 | 43.7 | 17.5 |
1970 | 38.3 | 39.5 | 39.9 | 46.7 | 43.5 | 18.2 |
1971 | 35.3 | 39.4 | 39.1 | 47.0 | 43.4 | 17.0 |
1972 | 33.1 | 39.2 | 38.4 | 47.1 | 43.3 | 15.5 |
1973 | 31.3 | 39.0 | 37.9 | 47.3 | 43.3 | 14.8 |
1974 | 28.5 | 38.6 | 37.0 | 47.8 | 43.1 | 14.7 |
1975 | 25.1 | 37.9 | 36.5 | 48.1 | 43.0 | 14.5 |
1976 | 23.6 | 37.7 | 35.8 | 48.1 | 42.9 | 14.4 |
1977 | 21.4 | 36.9 | 35.2 | 48.1 | 43.0 | 15.0 |
1978 | 21.1 | 36.4 | 34.7 | 48.2 | 43.1 | 15.0 |
1979 | 21.9 | 36.3 | 34.2 | 47.9 | 43.2 | 15.5 |
1980 | 22.3 | 36.2 | 33.6 | 47.5 | 43.5 | 15.9 |
1981 | 22.9 | 36.0 | 33.0 | 47.1 | 44.2 | 15.8 |
1982 | 24.3 | 35.6 | 32.4 | 46.7 | 44.6 | 15.9 |
1983 | 21.2 | 35.3 | 31.6 | 46.5 | 44.7 | 15.6 |
1984 | 22.0 | 35.1 | 30.7 | 45.8 | 44.5 | 15.6 |
1985 | 22.8 | 34.6 | 29.2 | 45.2 | 44.2 | 15.8 |
1986 | 24.2 | 34.5 | 28.0 | 44.6 | 44.3 | 15.7 |
1987 | 25.2 | 33.7 | 27.4 | 44.1 | 44.2 | 15.8 |
1988 | 23.7 | 33.2 | 27.0 | 43.9 | 44.0 | 16.1 |
1989 | 24.0 | 32.5 | 26.3 | 44.0 | 43.7 | 16.5 |
1990 | 24.4 | 31.8 | 25.5 | 43.8 | 43.1 | 16.7 |
1991 | 19.4 | 31.4 | 25.4 | 43.7 | 42.5 | 16.3 |
1992 | 17.8 | 30.9 | 24.6 | 43.7 | 41.8 | 15.9 |
1993 | 16.8 | 30.3 | 24.3 | 43.7 | 40.8 | 15.5 |
1994 | 16.1 | 29.8 | 24.0 | 43.8 | 40.1 | 15.1 |
1995 | 15.5 | 29.4 | 23.8 | 43.7 | 39.2 | 14.7 |
1996 | 14.7 | 28.8 | 23.6 | 43.5 | 38.5 | 14.5 |
1997 | 14.1 | 28.3 | 23.4 | 43.2 | 37.7 | 14.3 |
1998 | 13.6 | 27.8 | 22.8 | 42.9 | 37.1 | 14.3 |
1999 | 13.3 | 27.3 | 22.2 | 43.2 | 36.5 | 14.3 |
2000 | 13.8 | 27.0 | 21.9 | 43.5 | 35.8 | 14.5 |
2001 | 12.9 | 26.7 | 21.5 | 43.6 | 35.3 | 14.2 |
2002 | 12.7 | 26.1 | 21.2 | 43.6 | 34.9 | 14.1 |
2003 | 12.6 | 25.4 | 20.9 | 43.4 | 34.1 | 14.1 |
2004 | 12.7 | 24.7 | 20.7 | 43.2 | 33.5 | 14.1 |
2005 | 12.8 | 23.9 | 20.7 | 43.1 | 32.9 | 14.1 |
2006 | 12.9 | 23.2 | 20.8 | 42.9 | 32.4 | 14.3 |
2007 | 13.1 | 22.7 | 21.0 | 42.7 | 32.6 | 14.3 |
2008 | 13.4 | 22.3 | 20.7 | 42.7 | 32.4 | 14.0 |
2009 | 13.5 | 21.9 | 20.4 | 42.4 | 32.2 | 13.5 |
2010 | 13.3 | 21.4 | 20.2 | 42.1 | 32.1 | 13.0 |
2011 | 13.1 | 20.9 | 20.3 | 41.8 | 31.9 | 12.7 |
2012 | 14.1 | 20.4 | 20.1 | 41.2 | 31.6 | 12.6 |
2013 | 13.3 | 19.9 | 19.4 | 40.6 | 31.2 | 12.4 |
2014 | 13.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 40.1 | 30.5 | 12.5 |
2015 | 12.5 | 18.8 | 18.4 | 39.5 | 29.7 | 12.3 |
2016 | 13.0 | 18.5 | 18.0 | 39.1 | 29.3 | 12.1 |
2017 | 13.1 | 17.9 | 17.5 | 38.7 | 29.0 | 11.8 |
2018 | 10.9 | 17.7 | 17.2 | 38.2 | 28.6 | 11.5 |
2019 | 10.3 | 17.0 | 16.9 | 37.8 | 28.3 | 11.3 |
2020 | 8.6 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 37.5 | 28.0 | 10.9 |
2021 | 7.6 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 37.1 | 27.5 | 11.1 |
42
0
25.6K