Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Bahamas

Total fertility rate in the Bahamas in 2024 — 1.37 births. Ranked 182 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 73%.

2024 1.37 births +0.07% vs 2023
World rank 182of 217
Period maximum 5.16 births1961
Period minimum 1.37 births2023

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Bahamas, 1960–2024024619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5.09 births1962: 5.13 births1964: 4.97 births1966: 4.79 births1968: 4.56 births1970: 4.21 births1972: 3.89 births1974: 3.57 births1976: 3.3 births1978: 3.05 births1980: 2.84 births1982: 2.71 births1984: 2.59 births1986: 2.53 births1988: 2.52 births1990: 2.52 births1992: 2.71 births1994: 2.47 births1996: 2.35 births1998: 2.23 births2000: 2.06 births2002: 1.98 births2004: 1.98 births2006: 2.02 births2008: 2 births2010: 1.84 births2012: 1.76 births2014: 1.69 births2016: 1.5 births2018: 1.4 births2020: 1.39 births2022: 1.38 births2024: 1.37 births
Change over the period: −3.72 (−73.02%) Average annual rate: -2.03 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Bahamas 1.37 births
World 2.19 births
Caribbean computed 1.93 births
High-income countries computed 1.43 births
Total fertility rate — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.37 +0 +0.07%
2023 1.37 −0.01 −0.44%
2022 1.38 −0 −0.22%
2021 1.38 −0 −0.29%
2020 1.39 −0.01 −0.79%
2019 1.4 −0.01 −0.5%
2018 1.4 −0.02 −1.4%
2017 1.42 −0.07 −4.75%
2016 1.5 −0.08 −5.02%
2015 1.57 −0.11 −6.7%
2014 1.69 −0.05 −2.93%
2013 1.74 −0.02 −1.31%
2012 1.76 −0.03 −1.68%
2011 1.79 −0.05 −2.5%
2010 1.84 −0.17 −8.65%
2009 2.01 +0.01 +0.6%
2008 2 −0.04 −1.77%
2007 2.04 +0.02 +0.79%
2006 2.02 +0.01 +0.55%
2005 2.01 +0.03 +1.41%
2004 1.98 +0.01 +0.46%
2003 1.97 −0.01 −0.66%
2002 1.98 −0.04 −1.78%
2001 2.02 −0.04 −1.94%
2000 2.06 −0.07 −3.47%
1999 2.13 −0.1 −4.39%
1998 2.23 −0.06 −2.66%
1997 2.29 −0.06 −2.55%
1996 2.35 −0.07 −2.73%
1995 2.42 −0.05 −2.14%
1994 2.47 −0.14 −5.29%
1993 2.61 −0.1 −3.69%
1992 2.71 +0.2 +7.97%
1991 2.51 −0.01 −0.4%
1990 2.52 −0 −0.12%
1989 2.52 +0 +0.16%
1988 2.52 −0 −0.04%
1987 2.52 −0.01 −0.36%
1986 2.53 −0.02 −0.67%
1985 2.55 −0.05 −1.74%
1984 2.59 −0.06 −2.3%
1983 2.65 −0.06 −2.07%
1982 2.71 −0.06 −2.27%
1981 2.77 −0.07 −2.5%
1980 2.84 −0.09 −3.23%
1979 2.94 −0.12 −3.77%
1978 3.05 −0.12 −3.63%
1977 3.17 −0.13 −3.94%
1976 3.3 −0.13 −3.71%
1975 3.42 −0.15 −4.14%
1974 3.57 −0.15 −4.13%
1973 3.73 −0.16 −4.12%
1972 3.89 −0.17 −4.24%
1971 4.06 −0.15 −3.66%
1970 4.21 −0.17 −3.84%
1969 4.38 −0.18 −3.86%
1968 4.56 −0.13 −2.84%
1967 4.69 −0.1 −2.07%
1966 4.79 −0.1 −1.97%
1965 4.88 −0.09 −1.71%
1964 4.97 −0.09 −1.84%
1963 5.06 −0.06 −1.23%
1962 5.13 −0.03 −0.6%
1961 5.16 +0.06 +1.24%
1960 5.09

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.