China Population: Natural Growth Rate data was reported at -0.060 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.034 % for 2021. China Population: Natural Growth Rate data is updated yearly, averaging 1.203 % from Dec 1949 (Median) to 2022, with 74 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.333 % in 1963 and a record low of -0.457 % in 1960. China Population: Natural Growth Rate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GA: Population: Natural Growth Rate: By Region.

In 2023, the natural growth rate of the population across China varied between 7.96 people per 1,000 inhabitants (per mille) in Tibet and -6.92 per mille in Heilongjiang province. The national total population growth rate turned negative in 2022 and ranged at -1.48 per mille in 2023. Regional disparities in population growth The natural growth rate is the difference between the birth rate and the death rate of a certain region. In China, natural population growth reached the highest values in the western regions of the country. These areas have a younger population and higher fertility rates. Although the natural growth rate does not include the direct effects of migration, migrants are often young people in their reproductive years, and their movement may therefore indirectly affect the birth rates of their home and host region. This is one of the reasons why Guangdong province, which received a lot of immigrants over the last decades, has a comparatively high population growth rate. At the same time, Jilin, Liaoning, and Heilongjiang province, all located in northeast China, suffer not only from low fertility, but also from emigration of young people searching for better jobs elsewhere. The impact of uneven population growth The current distribution of natural population growth rates across China is most likely to remain in the near future, while overall population decline is expected to accelerate. Regions with less favorable economic opportunities will lose their inhabitants faster. The western regions with their high fertility rates, however, have only small total populations, which limits their effect on China’s overall population size.

Population: Natural Growth Rate: Fujian data was reported at 0.024 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of -0.014 % for 2023. Population: Natural Growth Rate: Fujian data is updated yearly, averaging 0.611 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2024, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.880 % in 2017 and a record low of -0.014 % in 2023. Population: Natural Growth Rate: Fujian data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GA: Population: Natural Growth Rate: By Region.

China population growth rate for 2023 was -0.10%, a 0.09% decline from 2022.

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<li>China population growth rate for 2022 was <strong>-0.01%</strong>, a <strong>0.1% decline</strong> from 2021.</li>
<li>China population growth rate for 2021 was <strong>0.09%</strong>, a <strong>0.15% decline</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li>China population growth rate for 2020 was <strong>0.24%</strong>, a <strong>0.12% decline</strong> from 2019.</li>
</ul>Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

In 2023, the natural growth rate of the registered resident population in the Shanghai municipality was minus 7.16 per mille. In the previous year, the growth rate was minus 5.23 per mille.

Population: Natural Growth Rate: Henan data was reported at -0.094 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of -0.008 % for 2022. Population: Natural Growth Rate: Henan data is updated yearly, averaging 0.518 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2023, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.714 % in 2000 and a record low of -0.094 % in 2023. Population: Natural Growth Rate: Henan data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GA: Population: Natural Growth Rate: By Region.

Population: Natural Growth Rate: Guangdong data was reported at 0.369 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.276 % for 2023. Population: Natural Growth Rate: Guangdong data is updated yearly, averaging 0.725 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2024, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.992 % in 2000 and a record low of 0.276 % in 2023. Population: Natural Growth Rate: Guangdong data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GA: Population: Natural Growth Rate: By Region.

In 2024, the natural growth rate of the resident population in Beijing municipality in China amounted to 0.01 people per 1,000 inhabitants. This means that the number of births per 1,000 inhabitants of Beijing's total resident population exceeded the number of deaths by that number.

Population: Natural Growth Rate: Xinjiang data was reported at 0.093 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.077 % for 2022. Population: Natural Growth Rate: Xinjiang data is updated yearly, averaging 1.086 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2023, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.217 % in 2000 and a record low of 0.056 % in 2021. Population: Natural Growth Rate: Xinjiang data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GA: Population: Natural Growth Rate: By Region.

The graph shows the population growth in China from 2000 to 2024. In 2024, the Chinese population decreased by about 0.1 percent or 1.39 million to around 1.408 billion people. Declining population growth in China Due to strict birth control measures by the Chinese government as well as changing family and work situations of the Chinese people, population growth has subsided over the past decades. Although the gradual abolition of the one-child policy from 2014 on led to temporarily higher birth figures, growth rates further decreased in recent years. As of 2024, leading countries in population growth could almost exclusively be found on the African continent and the Arabian Peninsula. Nevertheless, as of mid 2024, Asia ranked first by a wide margin among the continents in terms of absolute population. Future development of Chinese population The Chinese population reached a maximum of 1,412.6 million people in 2021 but decreased by 850,000 in 2022 and another 2.08 million in 2023. Until 2022, China had still ranked the world’s most populous country, but it was overtaken by India in 2023. Apart from the population decrease, a clear growth trend in Chinese cities is visible. By 2024, around 67 percent of Chinese people lived in urban areas, compared to merely 36 percent in 2000.

In 2023, the crude rate of natural increase for the Bumiputera population in Malaysia was 11.3, the highest among all ethnic groups in Malaysia. By comparison, the crude rate of natural increase for the Chinese population was the lowest.

The data set records the statistical data of birth rate, death rate and natural growth rate (2001-2008) in different regions of China, and the data are divided by year. The data are collected from the statistical yearbook of Qinghai Province issued by the Bureau of statistics of Qinghai Province. The data set contains eight data tables, each of which has the same structure. For example, the data table in 2008 has five fields: Field 1: Province (city, district) Field 2: total population at the end of the year Field 3: birth rate Field 4: population mortality Field 5: natural population growth rate

China Population: Number of Natural Growth data was reported at -0.850 Person mn in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.480 Person mn for 2021. China Population: Number of Natural Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 12.085 Person mn from Dec 1950 (Median) to 2022, with 70 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 22.700 Person mn in 1963 and a record low of -3.040 Person mn in 1960. China Population: Number of Natural Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GA: Population: No of Birth, Death, Natural Growth, Birth Rate, Death Rate and Natural Growth Rate, Life Expectancy, Dependency Ratio.

In 2023, the growth rate by migration of the registered resident population in the Shanghai municipality was 17.13 per mille. In that year, the natural growth rate of the registered population in Shanghai was minus 7.16 per mille.

Macau SAR Rate of Natural Increase data was reported at 5.900 % in 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.800 % for 2017. Macau SAR Rate of Natural Increase data is updated yearly, averaging 7.700 % from Dec 1985 (Median) to 2018, with 34 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 21.000 % in 1985 and a record low of 3.900 % in 2004. Macau SAR Rate of Natural Increase data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics and Census Service. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Macau SAR – Table MO.G004: Vital Statistics.

Hong Kong SAR Population Growth: Half-Yearly: Natural Increase data was reported at 5,700.000 Person in Jun 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6,700.000 Person for Dec 2018. Hong Kong SAR Population Growth: Half-Yearly: Natural Increase data is updated semiannually, averaging 45,700.000 Person from Dec 1961 (Median) to Jun 2019, with 115 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 94,200.000 Person in Dec 1963 and a record low of 5,700.000 Person in Jun 2019. Hong Kong SAR Population Growth: Half-Yearly: Natural Increase data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Census and Statistics Department. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong SAR – Table HK.G001: Population: General Household Survey (GHS): Resident Population Approach (RPA).

Population: Natural Growth Rate: Jiangsu data was reported at -0.250 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of -0.270 % for 2023. Population: Natural Growth Rate: Jiangsu data is updated yearly, averaging 0.229 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2024, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.285 % in 2010 and a record low of -0.270 % in 2023. Population: Natural Growth Rate: Jiangsu data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GA: Population: Natural Growth Rate: By Region.

China Fertility Rate of Childbearing Women: 1st Birth data was reported at 1.417 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.705 % for 2020. China Fertility Rate of Childbearing Women: 1st Birth data is updated yearly, averaging 2.232 % from Dec 1999 (Median) to 2021, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.170 % in 1999 and a record low of 1.417 % in 2021. China Fertility Rate of Childbearing Women: 1st Birth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GA: Population: No of Birth, Death, Natural Growth, Birth Rate, Death Rate and Natural Growth Rate, Life Expectancy, Dependency Ratio.

Population: Natural Growth Rate: Beijing data was reported at 0.001 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of -0.050 % for 2023. Population: Natural Growth Rate: Beijing data is updated yearly, averaging 0.263 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2024, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.483 % in 2014 and a record low of -0.050 % in 2023. Population: Natural Growth Rate: Beijing data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GA: Population: Natural Growth Rate: By Region.

Population: Natural Growth Rate: Hainan data was reported at 0.306 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.281 % for 2023. Population: Natural Growth Rate: Hainan data is updated yearly, averaging 0.885 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2024, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.987 % in 2000 and a record low of 0.244 % in 2022. Population: Natural Growth Rate: Hainan data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GA: Population: Natural Growth Rate: By Region.