Crude birth rate in Macao SAR, China

The crude birth rate in Macao SAR, China was 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 1976.

Measure: Crude birth rate (UN estimates) Unit: Births per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Macao SAR, China, 2024 5.3 Births per 1,000 people
Change from 2023 −0.2per 1,000 people 2023: 5.5 per 1,000 people
World, 2024 16.3 per 1,000 people Official aggregate
Position in 2024 214th of 217 See the full ranking

Crude birth rate in Macao SAR, China over time

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Births per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Crude birth rate (UN estimates) (births per 1,000 people), 2000 to 2024
Period Macao SAR, ChinaWorld
2024 5.3 per 1,000 people 16.3 per 1,000 people
2023 5.5 per 1,000 people 16.3 per 1,000 people
2022 6.4 per 1,000 people 16.6 per 1,000 people
2021 7.4 per 1,000 people 16.8 per 1,000 people
2020 8.1 per 1,000 people 17.1 per 1,000 people
2019 8.9 per 1,000 people 17.8 per 1,000 people
2018 9.0 per 1,000 people 18.2 per 1,000 people
2017 10.1 per 1,000 people 18.8 per 1,000 people
2016 11.0 per 1,000 people 19.3 per 1,000 people
2015 11.0 per 1,000 people 19.3 per 1,000 people
2014 11.8 per 1,000 people 19.8 per 1,000 people
2013 11.1 per 1,000 people 19.9 per 1,000 people
2012 12.9 per 1,000 people 20.4 per 1,000 people
2011 10.6 per 1,000 people 20.3 per 1,000 people
2010 9.5 per 1,000 people 20.2 per 1,000 people
2009 8.9 per 1,000 people 20.4 per 1,000 people
2008 8.7 per 1,000 people 20.5 per 1,000 people
2007 8.7 per 1,000 people 20.6 per 1,000 people
2006 8.1 per 1,000 people 20.6 per 1,000 people
2005 7.8 per 1,000 people 20.8 per 1,000 people
2004 7.3 per 1,000 people 21.0 per 1,000 people
2003 7.2 per 1,000 people 21.1 per 1,000 people
2002 7.2 per 1,000 people 21.4 per 1,000 people
2001 7.5 per 1,000 people 21.7 per 1,000 people
2000 8.9 per 1,000 people 22.1 per 1,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 from 5.5 per 1,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 11.8 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −6.5.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Macao SAR, China has the 214th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 16.3 per 1,000 people.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.CBRT.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Macao SAR, China
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects