Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Brazil

Total fertility rate in Brazil in 2024 — 1.61 births. Ranked 134 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 73.3%.

2024 1.61 births −0.31% vs 2023
World rank 134of 217
Period maximum 6.05 births1960
Period minimum 1.61 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Brazil, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.05 births1962: 5.98 births1964: 5.82 births1966: 5.52 births1968: 5.17 births1970: 4.93 births1972: 4.74 births1974: 4.5 births1976: 4.34 births1978: 4.2 births1980: 4.04 births1982: 3.84 births1984: 3.6 births1986: 3.36 births1988: 3.11 births1990: 2.9 births1992: 2.71 births1994: 2.6 births1996: 2.51 births1998: 2.42 births2000: 2.25 births2002: 2.08 births2004: 1.97 births2006: 1.9 births2008: 1.82 births2010: 1.79 births2012: 1.77 births2014: 1.78 births2016: 1.73 births2018: 1.74 births2020: 1.65 births2022: 1.63 births2024: 1.61 births
Change over the period: −4.44 (−73.33%) Average annual rate: -2.04 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Brazil 1.61 births
World 2.19 births
South America computed 1.69 births
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.44 births
Total fertility rate — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.61 −0 −0.31%
2023 1.62 −0.01 −0.61%
2022 1.63 −0.01 −0.55%
2021 1.64 −0.02 −0.91%
2020 1.65 −0.05 −3.05%
2019 1.71 −0.04 −2.24%
2018 1.74 +0 +0.23%
2017 1.74 +0.01 +0.75%
2016 1.73 −0.05 −2.81%
2015 1.78 +0 +0.11%
2014 1.78 +0.01 +0.8%
2013 1.76 −0.01 −0.28%
2012 1.77 −0.01 −0.62%
2011 1.78 −0.01 −0.5%
2010 1.79 −0.01 −0.72%
2009 1.8 −0.02 −0.88%
2008 1.82 −0.04 −2.1%
2007 1.85 −0.04 −2.22%
2006 1.9 −0.05 −2.37%
2005 1.94 −0.03 −1.57%
2004 1.97 −0.03 −1.65%
2003 2.01 −0.08 −3.6%
2002 2.08 −0.08 −3.75%
2001 2.16 −0.09 −3.78%
2000 2.25 −0.09 −3.77%
1999 2.34 −0.08 −3.43%
1998 2.42 −0.05 −2.03%
1997 2.47 −0.04 −1.71%
1996 2.51 −0.06 −2.18%
1995 2.57 −0.04 −1.38%
1994 2.6 −0.06 −2.14%
1993 2.66 −0.05 −1.85%
1992 2.71 −0.1 −3.39%
1991 2.81 −0.09 −3.14%
1990 2.9 −0.11 −3.69%
1989 3.01 −0.11 −3.37%
1988 3.11 −0.12 −3.71%
1987 3.23 −0.13 −3.84%
1986 3.36 −0.12 −3.42%
1985 3.48 −0.12 −3.33%
1984 3.6 −0.12 −3.3%
1983 3.72 −0.12 −3%
1982 3.84 −0.11 −2.66%
1981 3.94 −0.09 −2.33%
1980 4.04 −0.08 −2.01%
1979 4.12 −0.08 −1.79%
1978 4.2 −0.07 −1.69%
1977 4.27 −0.07 −1.66%
1976 4.34 −0.08 −1.72%
1975 4.42 −0.09 −1.93%
1974 4.5 −0.14 −2.93%
1973 4.64 −0.1 −2.05%
1972 4.74 −0.1 −2.13%
1971 4.84 −0.1 −1.95%
1970 4.93 −0.11 −2.12%
1969 5.04 −0.12 −2.4%
1968 5.17 −0.17 −3.2%
1967 5.34 −0.18 −3.26%
1966 5.52 −0.16 −2.84%
1965 5.68 −0.14 −2.42%
1964 5.82 −0.11 −1.89%
1963 5.93 −0.05 −0.9%
1962 5.98 −0.04 −0.63%
1961 6.02 −0.03 −0.48%
1960 6.05

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.