Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Afghanistan

Total fertility rate in Afghanistan in 2024 — 4.76 births. Ranked 9 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 34.6%.

2024 4.76 births −1.63% vs 2023
World rank 9of 217
Period maximum 7.77 births1994
Period minimum 4.76 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Afghanistan, 1960–20244567819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7.28 births1962: 7.29 births1964: 7.3 births1966: 7.32 births1968: 7.36 births1970: 7.4 births1972: 7.45 births1974: 7.53 births1976: 7.56 births1978: 7.6 births1980: 7.64 births1982: 7.6 births1984: 7.55 births1986: 7.55 births1988: 7.55 births1990: 7.58 births1992: 7.7 births1994: 7.77 births1996: 7.76 births1998: 7.69 births2000: 7.57 births2002: 7.32 births2004: 7.02 births2006: 6.69 births2008: 6.39 births2010: 6.2 births2012: 5.99 births2014: 5.77 births2016: 5.54 births2018: 5.33 births2020: 5.15 births2022: 4.93 births2024: 4.76 births
Change over the period: −2.52 (−34.62%) Average annual rate: -0.66 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 4.76 births
World 2.19 births
South Asia 1.98 births
Southern Asia computed 2.21 births
Low-income countries computed 4.48 births
Total fertility rate — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 4.76 −0.08 −1.63%
2023 4.84 −0.09 −1.87%
2022 4.93 −0.11 −2.12%
2021 5.04 −0.11 −2.06%
2020 5.15 −0.09 −1.78%
2019 5.24 −0.09 −1.67%
2018 5.33 −0.11 −1.95%
2017 5.43 −0.11 −1.97%
2016 5.54 −0.11 −1.95%
2015 5.65 −0.12 −2.05%
2014 5.77 −0.11 −1.85%
2013 5.88 −0.11 −1.77%
2012 5.99 −0.11 −1.79%
2011 6.09 −0.1 −1.63%
2010 6.2 −0.1 −1.59%
2009 6.3 −0.1 −1.52%
2008 6.39 −0.12 −1.78%
2007 6.51 −0.18 −2.66%
2006 6.69 −0.17 −2.51%
2005 6.86 −0.16 −2.28%
2004 7.02 −0.16 −2.17%
2003 7.17 −0.15 −1.99%
2002 7.32 −0.13 −1.78%
2001 7.45 −0.11 −1.49%
2000 7.57 −0.08 −0.98%
1999 7.64 −0.05 −0.68%
1998 7.69 −0.04 −0.5%
1997 7.73 −0.02 −0.32%
1996 7.76 −0.01 −0.13%
1995 7.77 +0 +0%
1994 7.77 +0.01 +0.08%
1993 7.76 +0.06 +0.75%
1992 7.7 +0.07 +0.94%
1991 7.63 +0.06 +0.73%
1990 7.58 +0.02 +0.22%
1989 7.56 +0.01 +0.11%
1988 7.55 +0 +0.04%
1987 7.55 −0 −0.07%
1986 7.55 +0 +0.04%
1985 7.55 −0 −0.05%
1984 7.55 −0.02 −0.21%
1983 7.57 −0.03 −0.39%
1982 7.6 −0.02 −0.22%
1981 7.62 −0.03 −0.34%
1980 7.64 +0.03 +0.41%
1979 7.61 +0.01 +0.17%
1978 7.6 +0.01 +0.11%
1977 7.59 +0.03 +0.4%
1976 7.56 +0.02 +0.25%
1975 7.54 +0.02 +0.21%
1974 7.53 +0.04 +0.52%
1973 7.49 +0.03 +0.46%
1972 7.45 +0.02 +0.28%
1971 7.43 +0.03 +0.43%
1970 7.4 +0.01 +0.15%
1969 7.39 +0.03 +0.35%
1968 7.36 +0.02 +0.33%
1967 7.34 +0.02 +0.26%
1966 7.32 +0.02 +0.21%
1965 7.31 +0 +0.01%
1964 7.3 +0 +0.03%
1963 7.3 +0.01 +0.14%
1962 7.29 +0.01 +0.11%
1961 7.28 +0 +0.03%
1960 7.28

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.