The child tax credit is $2000 for every child that qualifies. So it should be the same for everyone.
What you may mean is why did I receive less than that as a refundable amount? The refundable portion of the child tax credit is less as you earn more money so that could be a reason. It's also possible that your withholding changed at work so your tax bill was higher which would reduce the amount available to refund to you.
The lower the number of dependents the more tax they take out. The more tax they take out the bigger your refund. So zero dependents is better than one if what you want is a bigger refund.
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