Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — BRICS

Total fertility rate in BRICS in 2024 — 1.56 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 68.4%.

2024 1.56 births +0.07% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 6.36 births1963
Period minimum 1.56 births2023

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — BRICS, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.95 births1962: 5.71 births1964: 5.97 births1966: 5.76 births1968: 5.79 births1970: 5.54 births1972: 5.02 births1974: 4.5 births1976: 3.99 births1978: 3.67 births1980: 3.63 births1982: 3.68 births1984: 3.46 births1986: 3.43 births1988: 3.25 births1990: 3.13 births1992: 2.69 births1994: 2.54 births1996: 2.43 births1998: 2.35 births2000: 2.34 births2002: 2.26 births2004: 2.22 births2006: 2.17 births2008: 2.15 births2010: 2.1 births2012: 2.11 births2014: 2.03 births2016: 2.02 births2018: 1.87 births2020: 1.69 births2022: 1.58 births2024: 1.56 births
Change over the period: −3.39 (−68.44%) Average annual rate: -1.79 %

Comparison, 2024

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

BRICS 1.56 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.56 +0 +0.07%
2023 1.56 −0.02 −1.37%
2022 1.58 −0.04 −2.72%
2021 1.63 −0.06 −3.6%
2020 1.69 −0.14 −7.4%
2019 1.82 −0.05 −2.72%
2018 1.87 −0.11 −5.58%
2017 1.99 −0.04 −1.74%
2016 2.02 +0.03 +1.63%
2015 1.99 −0.04 −2.1%
2014 2.03 −0.02 −0.84%
2013 2.05 −0.06 −3.01%
2012 2.11 +0.04 +1.72%
2011 2.08 −0.03 −1.23%
2010 2.1 −0.04 −1.7%
2009 2.14 −0.01 −0.38%
2008 2.15 −0.01 −0.32%
2007 2.15 −0.02 −0.87%
2006 2.17 −0.02 −1.09%
2005 2.2 −0.02 −0.99%
2004 2.22 −0.01 −0.41%
2003 2.23 −0.03 −1.48%
2002 2.26 −0.03 −1.38%
2001 2.29 −0.05 −2.07%
2000 2.34 +0.02 +0.97%
1999 2.32 −0.03 −1.39%
1998 2.35 −0.03 −1.43%
1997 2.39 −0.05 −1.97%
1996 2.43 −0.05 −2.11%
1995 2.49 −0.06 −2.22%
1994 2.54 −0.07 −2.55%
1993 2.61 −0.09 −3.2%
1992 2.69 −0.13 −4.55%
1991 2.82 −0.31 −9.83%
1990 3.13 −0.06 −1.88%
1989 3.19 −0.06 −1.95%
1988 3.25 −0.15 −4.41%
1987 3.41 −0.03 −0.76%
1986 3.43 +0.01 +0.36%
1985 3.42 −0.04 −1.13%
1984 3.46 −0.01 −0.34%
1983 3.47 −0.21 −5.77%
1982 3.68 +0.06 +1.57%
1981 3.62 −0.01 −0.21%
1980 3.63 −0.02 −0.53%
1979 3.65 −0.01 −0.4%
1978 3.67 −0.1 −2.64%
1977 3.77 −0.23 −5.67%
1976 3.99 −0.18 −4.4%
1975 4.18 −0.33 −7.28%
1974 4.5 −0.3 −6.29%
1973 4.81 −0.22 −4.34%
1972 5.02 −0.23 −4.38%
1971 5.25 −0.29 −5.2%
1970 5.54 −0.07 −1.21%
1969 5.61 −0.18 −3.17%
1968 5.79 +0.29 +5.33%
1967 5.5 −0.26 −4.5%
1966 5.76 −0.16 −2.7%
1965 5.92 −0.05 −0.83%
1964 5.97 −0.39 −6.17%
1963 6.36 +0.65 +11.41%
1962 5.71 +1.02 +21.75%
1961 4.69 −0.26 −5.29%
1960 4.95

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.