Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Belize

Total fertility rate in Belize in 2024 — 2.02 births. Ranked 101 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 68.9%.

2024 2.02 births +0.7% vs 2023
World rank 101of 217
Period maximum 6.5 births1960
Period minimum 1.84 births2021

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Belize, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.5 births1962: 6.46 births1964: 6.42 births1966: 6.38 births1968: 6.34 births1970: 6.3 births1972: 6.28 births1974: 6.29 births1976: 6.25 births1978: 6.11 births1980: 5.85 births1982: 5.5 births1984: 5.12 births1986: 4.94 births1988: 4.87 births1990: 4.8 births1992: 4.43 births1994: 3.97 births1996: 3.76 births1998: 3.75 births2000: 3.63 births2002: 3.43 births2004: 3.25 births2006: 3.02 births2008: 2.78 births2010: 2.55 births2012: 2.51 births2014: 2.47 births2016: 2.4 births2018: 2.34 births2020: 2.04 births2022: 1.95 births2024: 2.02 births
Change over the period: −4.48 (−68.91%) Average annual rate: -1.81 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Belize 2.02 births
World 2.19 births
Central America computed 1.96 births
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.44 births
Total fertility rate — Belize, by year Belize All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.02 +0.01 +0.7%
2023 2.01 +0.06 +2.98%
2022 1.95 +0.11 +6.1%
2021 1.84 −0.2 −9.95%
2020 2.04 −0.1 −4.76%
2019 2.14 −0.2 −8.58%
2018 2.34 −0.02 −1.06%
2017 2.37 −0.03 −1.17%
2016 2.4 −0.04 −1.52%
2015 2.43 −0.04 −1.66%
2014 2.47 −0.02 −0.96%
2013 2.5 −0.01 −0.48%
2012 2.51 −0.02 −0.83%
2011 2.53 −0.02 −0.82%
2010 2.55 −0.11 −4.02%
2009 2.66 −0.12 −4.35%
2008 2.78 −0.11 −3.64%
2007 2.89 −0.14 −4.5%
2006 3.02 −0.15 −4.79%
2005 3.17 −0.08 −2.43%
2004 3.25 −0.08 −2.49%
2003 3.34 −0.1 −2.77%
2002 3.43 −0.1 −2.72%
2001 3.53 −0.11 −2.95%
2000 3.63 −0.09 −2.5%
1999 3.73 −0.03 −0.69%
1998 3.75 +0.01 +0.4%
1997 3.74 −0.02 −0.48%
1996 3.76 −0.12 −3.12%
1995 3.88 −0.1 −2.44%
1994 3.97 −0.23 −5.54%
1993 4.21 −0.22 −5.03%
1992 4.43 −0.17 −3.61%
1991 4.6 −0.21 −4.31%
1990 4.8 −0.06 −1.27%
1989 4.86 −0 −0.08%
1988 4.87 −0.01 −0.31%
1987 4.88 −0.05 −1.09%
1986 4.94 −0.06 −1.2%
1985 5 −0.12 −2.31%
1984 5.12 −0.19 −3.65%
1983 5.31 −0.19 −3.42%
1982 5.5 −0.19 −3.29%
1981 5.68 −0.17 −2.82%
1980 5.85 −0.14 −2.39%
1979 5.99 −0.12 −1.92%
1978 6.11 −0.09 −1.39%
1977 6.2 −0.05 −0.88%
1976 6.25 −0.03 −0.45%
1975 6.28 −0.01 −0.14%
1974 6.29 +0 +0.03%
1973 6.29 +0 +0.02%
1972 6.28 −0 −0.06%
1971 6.29 −0.01 −0.17%
1970 6.3 −0.02 −0.27%
1969 6.32 −0.02 −0.33%
1968 6.34 −0.02 −0.33%
1967 6.36 −0.02 −0.33%
1966 6.38 −0.02 −0.33%
1965 6.4 −0.02 −0.31%
1964 6.42 −0.02 −0.31%
1963 6.44 −0.02 −0.31%
1962 6.46 −0.02 −0.31%
1961 6.48 −0.02 −0.31%
1960 6.5

Central America, 2024

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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.