The reading right now

As of January 2024, Birth rate for China stood at 6.77. That is up 0.38 from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 7.73, ranging from a low of 6.39 in January 2023 to a high of 10.4 in January 2019. The current reading sits 3.16 below its trailing ten-year mean of 9.93.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.