Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Bhutan

Total fertility rate in Bhutan in 2024 — 1.45 births. Ranked 164 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 78.4%.

2024 1.45 births −0.89% vs 2023
World rank 164of 217
Period maximum 6.7 births1960
Period minimum 1.45 births2019

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Bhutan, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.7 births1962: 6.69 births1964: 6.68 births1966: 6.67 births1968: 6.66 births1970: 6.65 births1972: 6.64 births1974: 6.62 births1976: 6.62 births1978: 6.58 births1980: 6.51 births1982: 6.4 births1984: 6.26 births1986: 6.1 births1988: 5.88 births1990: 5.6 births1992: 5.27 births1994: 4.87 births1996: 4.37 births1998: 3.85 births2000: 3.38 births2002: 3.01 births2004: 2.78 births2006: 2.66 births2008: 2.48 births2010: 2.25 births2012: 2.07 births2014: 1.92 births2016: 1.74 births2018: 1.52 births2020: 1.5 births2022: 1.48 births2024: 1.45 births
Change over the period: −5.26 (−78.39%) Average annual rate: -2.37 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Bhutan 1.45 births
World 2.19 births
South Asia 1.98 births
Southern Asia computed 2.21 births
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.55 births
Total fertility rate — Bhutan, by year Bhutan All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.45 −0.01 −0.89%
2023 1.46 −0.02 −1.08%
2022 1.48 −0.01 −0.67%
2021 1.49 −0.01 −0.93%
2020 1.5 +0.05 +3.73%
2019 1.45 −0.07 −4.55%
2018 1.52 −0.1 −6.42%
2017 1.62 −0.12 −6.73%
2016 1.74 −0.1 −5.29%
2015 1.84 −0.09 −4.58%
2014 1.92 −0.08 −3.85%
2013 2 −0.07 −3.29%
2012 2.07 −0.09 −4.04%
2011 2.16 −0.1 −4.31%
2010 2.25 −0.11 −4.74%
2009 2.36 −0.12 −4.72%
2008 2.48 −0.11 −4.17%
2007 2.59 −0.07 −2.67%
2006 2.66 −0.07 −2.42%
2005 2.73 −0.06 −1.98%
2004 2.78 −0.08 −2.93%
2003 2.87 −0.15 −4.88%
2002 3.01 −0.18 −5.52%
2001 3.19 −0.19 −5.62%
2000 3.38 −0.23 −6.35%
1999 3.61 −0.25 −6.38%
1998 3.85 −0.24 −5.75%
1997 4.09 −0.28 −6.43%
1996 4.37 −0.26 −5.51%
1995 4.62 −0.24 −4.97%
1994 4.87 −0.21 −4.06%
1993 5.07 −0.2 −3.7%
1992 5.27 −0.18 −3.38%
1991 5.45 −0.15 −2.73%
1990 5.6 −0.15 −2.66%
1989 5.76 −0.12 −2.09%
1988 5.88 −0.12 −1.98%
1987 6 −0.1 −1.7%
1986 6.1 −0.07 −1.18%
1985 6.18 −0.09 −1.37%
1984 6.26 −0.07 −1.17%
1983 6.34 −0.07 −1.03%
1982 6.4 −0.06 −0.9%
1981 6.46 −0.05 −0.78%
1980 6.51 −0.04 −0.64%
1979 6.55 −0.03 −0.47%
1978 6.58 −0.02 −0.32%
1977 6.61 −0.01 −0.17%
1976 6.62 −0 −0.06%
1975 6.62 +0 +0.03%
1974 6.62 −0.01 −0.23%
1973 6.63 −0.01 −0.09%
1972 6.64 −0 −0.06%
1971 6.64 −0.01 −0.11%
1970 6.65 −0.01 −0.12%
1969 6.66 −0.01 −0.09%
1968 6.66 −0 −0.07%
1967 6.67 −0.01 −0.07%
1966 6.67 −0 −0.07%
1965 6.68 −0 −0.04%
1964 6.68 −0 −0.07%
1963 6.69 −0 −0.07%
1962 6.69 −0.01 −0.09%
1961 6.7 −0.01 −0.09%
1960 6.7

Southern Asia, 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.