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China – Birth Rate 1966

Crude birth rate per 1,000 people. Number of live births occurring during the year per 1,000 midyear population. · World Bank
35.1 −2.8 from 1965 Global rank: 86th

China's birth rate was 35.1 in 1966, decreased +2.8 from 37.9 in 1965. This was the 86th highest globally.

Global Ranking – 1966▾
Birth Rate by Country – 1966
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Isle of Man 12.5 -2.8%
2nd Hungary 13.6 3.8%
3rd Japan 13.7 -26.3%
4th Latvia 14.0 1.4%
5th Estonia 14.2 -2.7%
6th Romania 14.2 -2.7%
7th Czechia 14.4 -4.6%
8th Bulgaria 14.9 -2.6%
9th Macao SAR, China 15.0 -7.8%
10th Russian Federation 15.4 -3.3%
11th Ukraine 15.4 0.9%
12th Luxembourg 15.6 -2.5%
13th Monaco 15.8 -0.4%
14th Serbia 15.8 -1.7%
15th Sweden 15.8 -0.6%
16th Belgium 15.9 -3.0%
17th Channel Islands 15.9 -4.2%
18th Croatia 16.5 -0.6%
19th Poland 16.8 -3.4%
20th Malta 16.9 -4.5%
21st Finland 17.0 -0.6%
22nd Belarus 17.1 -4.6%
23rd Germany 17.2 -1.1%
24th San Marino 17.5 0.3%
25th Austria 17.6 -1.7%
26th European Union 17.6 -1.6%
27th United Kingdom 17.9 -2.2%
28th Norway 17.9 0.6%
29th France 18.0 -1.1%
30th Greece 18.0 1.7%
31st Lithuania 18.0 -0.6%
32nd Denmark 18.4 2.2%
33rd United States 18.4 -5.2%
34th Switzerland 18.5 -3.1%
35th Slovak Republic 18.5 -4.1%
36th Slovenia 18.5 0.0%
37th Italy 18.7 -1.6%
38th Liechtenstein 18.9 -8.3%
39th Netherlands 19.2 -3.5%
40th Canada 19.3 -9.4%
41st Australia 19.8 1.0%
42nd Bermuda 20.0 -8.6%
43rd Spain 20.7 -1.9%
44th Moldova 20.8 -3.3%
45th Uruguay 20.9 -1.4%
46th Georgia 21.0 -4.7%
47th Andorra 21.3 0.4%
48th Ireland 21.5 -2.7%
49th Argentina 22.3 -1.3%
50th New Zealand 22.4 -1.8%
51st Portugal 23.2 -0.9%
52nd Iceland 24.0 -2.4%
53rd Gibraltar 24.0 -7.1%
54th Montenegro 24.4 -3.6%
55th Faroe Islands 24.6 -0.8%
56th Cyprus 24.6 -1.6%
57th Hong Kong SAR, China 25.3 -10.0%
58th Israel 25.5 -1.2%
59th Aruba 27.4 -2.9%
60th North Macedonia 27.5 -2.2%
61st Armenia 27.7 -7.1%
62nd Bosnia and Herzegovina 27.7 -5.3%
63rd Kazakhstan 27.9 -3.4%
64th Singapore 28.3 -4.1%
65th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 28.5 0.5%
66th Cayman Islands 28.7 -2.9%
67th Puerto Rico (US) 28.9 -5.9%
68th Curaçao 29.9 -3.4%
69th Nauru 29.9 2.8%
70th Tuvalu 30.4 -1.8%
71st Guam 31.1 1.6%
72nd British Virgin Islands 31.2 0.1%
73rd Barbados 31.3 -0.4%
74th Chile 31.7 -2.2%
75th Antigua and Barbuda 31.8 -4.2%
76th Northern Mariana Islands 32.1 -0.9%
77th Trinidad and Tobago 32.5 -4.7%
78th Virgin Islands (US) 32.7 -1.2%
79th Korea 32.8 -2.9%
80th Sri Lanka 33.2 -1.7%
81st Cuba 33.4 -2.9%
82nd Gabon 33.8 1.1%
83rd Albania 33.9 -2.7%
84th St. Kitts and Nevis 34.5 -5.8%
85th Turks and Caicos Islands 35.0 -2.8%
86th China 35.1 -7.5%
87th New Caledonia 35.3 -0.7%
88th Bahamas, The 35.4 -1.4%
89th Viet Nam 35.4 -4.4%
90th Kyrgyz Republic 35.8 -3.0%
91st Lebanon 35.9 -2.3%
92nd Mauritius 36.0 0.0%
93rd Malaysia 36.4 -3.6%
94th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 36.6 3.4%
95th Jamaica 37.0 -2.0%
96th Dominica 37.2 -3.1%
97th Palau 37.3 -3.8%
98th Brunei Darussalam 37.5 -2.8%
99th Seychelles 37.8 4.6%
100th St. Martin (French part) 37.9 0.7%
101st São Tomé and Principe 38.0 -1.7%
102nd Costa Rica 38.3 -3.9%
103rd Brazil 38.6 -3.0%
104th United Arab Emirates 38.7 -0.6%
105th Azerbaijan 38.9 -5.1%
106th Myanmar 39.2 -1.4%
107th Belize 39.2 -2.0%
108th Guyana 39.2 -1.7%
109th Fiji 39.3 -3.1%
110th Suriname 39.5 -3.4%
111th Panama 39.9 -1.2%
112th South Africa 40.0 1.2%
113th Guinea-Bissau 40.0 -4.7%
114th St. Lucia 40.1 -2.1%
115th Paraguay 40.2 -2.1%
116th Grenada 40.6 -4.3%
117th Equatorial Guinea 40.7 0.5%
118th American Samoa 40.9 -2.0%
119th French Polynesia 41.0 -0.7%
120th India 41.2 -1.1%
121st Colombia 41.3 -2.6%
122nd Tonga 41.4 -1.2%
123rd Kosovo 41.5 -0.7%
124th Thailand 41.6 -1.5%
125th Uzbekistan 42.0 -4.6%
126th Haiti 42.0 -0.7%
127th Kiribati 42.2 0.4%
128th Turkmenistan 42.2 -3.3%
129th Cabo Verde 42.5 -2.0%
130th Cambodia 42.5 -0.8%
131st Ecuador 42.6 -0.5%
132nd Indonesia 42.8 -1.1%
133rd Türkiye 42.9 -1.1%
134th Namibia 42.9 0.4%
135th Lesotho 43.0 -0.8%
136th Philippines 43.0 -2.1%
137th Mongolia 43.1 -1.1%
138th Vanuatu 43.2 -0.1%
139th Egypt, Arab Republic of 43.2 -0.7%
140th Kuwait 43.2 -0.8%
141st Micronesia, Federated States of 43.2 0.1%
142nd Central African Republic 43.4 0.4%
143rd Bolivia, Plurinational State of 43.5 -0.2%
144th Congo, Republic of 43.6 0.3%
145th Cameroon 43.7 0.3%
146th Nepal 43.7 -0.4%
147th Greenland 44.0 -0.7%
148th Lao PDR 44.2 -0.2%
149th Tajikistan 44.2 -1.8%
150th Peru 44.4 -1.1%
151st Timor-Leste 44.5 -0.7%
152nd Papua New Guinea 44.6 0.0%
153rd St. Vincent and the Grenadines 45.1 -1.1%
154th Samoa 45.2 -2.7%
155th Pakistan 45.4 -0.7%
156th Guinea 45.5 0.0%
157th Bahrain 45.5 -2.3%
158th Botswana 45.6 -0.3%
159th Madagascar 45.7 0.2%
160th El Salvador 45.7 -1.3%
161st Somalia, Fed. Rep. 45.8 -0.2%
162nd Chad 45.8 0.3%
163rd Solomon Islands 45.8 -0.7%
164th Guatemala 46.0 -0.4%
165th Iran, Islamic Republic of 46.0 -0.5%
166th Zimbabwe 46.1 -0.7%
167th Dominican Republic 46.2 -1.6%
168th Tunisia 46.2 -1.3%
169th Mexico 46.3 -0.6%
170th Iraq 46.4 -0.8%
171st Syrian Arab Republic 46.7 -0.1%
172nd Djibouti 47.0 0.2%
173rd Nigeria 47.0 0.2%
174th Burundi 47.1 -0.4%
175th Algeria 47.3 -1.5%
176th Honduras 47.3 -0.7%
177th Eswatini 47.4 0.5%
178th Morocco 47.5 -1.6%
179th Marshall Islands 47.5 1.9%
180th Burkina Faso 47.5 0.4%
181st Rwanda 47.6 -0.9%
182nd Qatar 47.6 -0.1%
183rd Nicaragua 47.6 -0.6%
184th Benin 47.7 -0.2%
185th Bangladesh 47.7 -0.6%
186th Eritrea 47.7 -0.2%
187th Ghana 47.8 -0.9%
188th Mauritania 47.8 0.4%
189th Congo, Democratic Republic of 47.9 0.3%
190th Uganda 47.9 0.2%
191st Sierra Leone 48.0 -0.1%
192nd Mozambique 48.0 -0.3%
193rd Togo 48.2 -0.2%
194th Comoros 48.3 -0.5%
195th Bhutan 48.4 -0.2%
196th Gambia, The 48.5 -1.1%
197th Sudan 48.7 0.3%
198th Zambia 48.8 -0.1%
199th Liberia 49.1 -0.4%
200th Jordan 49.5 -0.9%
201st Libya 49.7 -2.8%
202nd Maldives 50.0 -2.1%
203rd Saudi Arabia 50.1 -0.6%
204th Senegal 50.1 0.0%
205th Tanzania 50.2 0.6%
206th Mali 50.6 0.1%
207th Afghanistan 51.0 0.3%
208th Angola 52.4 -0.1%
209th Oman 52.6 -0.3%
210th South Sudan 53.5 0.8%
211th Côte d'Ivoire 53.8 -0.5%
212th Malawi 54.3 0.3%
213th Kenya 54.6 -0.5%
214th Niger 56.2 -0.3%
215th Yemen, Republic of 56.9 0.1%
Source: World Bank (SP.DYN.CBRT.IN)
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