# Live births in China

Live births in China was 8.9 million in 2023 (estimated). Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

- Indicator id: `births`
- Place id: `cn`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.
- Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/un-population-division
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/births/china
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=births&place=cn

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 8,899,881 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 9,455,320 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 10,461,124 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 11,843,469 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 14,615,866 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 15,357,072 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 18,260,492 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 18,329,285 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 17,518,179 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 18,769,423 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 18,297,106 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 19,246,445 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 17,824,404 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 17,912,367 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 18,031,193 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 17,712,990 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 17,202,357 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 16,868,048 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 16,602,725 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 16,461,427 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 16,221,728 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 16,382,375 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 16,586,483 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 17,551,191 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 16,862,871 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 17,187,249 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 17,677,015 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 18,306,560 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 19,003,368 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 19,528,689 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 20,203,478 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 21,066,913 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 22,645,215 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 28,079,115 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 27,234,008 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 26,442,277 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 27,557,082 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 26,044,589 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 24,136,257 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 22,909,693 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 21,682,298 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 24,352,551 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 22,489,545 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 21,674,421 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 21,151,275 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 20,249,289 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 20,323,856 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 22,013,490 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 23,099,724 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 25,594,012 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 27,636,942 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 28,596,626 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 29,670,983 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 31,461,750 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 30,911,420 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 31,649,577 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 27,472,169 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 29,208,554 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 30,064,192 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 30,071,914 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 33,461,050 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 26,826,299 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 16,879,455 (estimated) |
| 1960 | 19,310,830 (estimated) |
| 1959 | 20,310,612 (estimated) |
| 1958 | 24,284,912 (estimated) |
| 1957 | 27,068,471 (estimated) |
| 1956 | 24,364,154 (estimated) |
| 1955 | 25,727,524 (estimated) |
| 1954 | 25,438,543 (estimated) |
| 1953 | 24,139,415 (estimated) |
| 1952 | 25,496,318 (estimated) |
| 1951 | 22,144,814 (estimated) |
| 1950 | 22,293,375 (estimated) |