Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — East Asia & Pacific

Total fertility rate in East Asia & Pacific in 2024 — 1.34 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 70.5%.

2024 1.34 births +0.4% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 6.39 births1963
Period minimum 1.34 births2023

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — East Asia & Pacific, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.55 births1962: 5.53 births1964: 5.86 births1966: 5.57 births1968: 5.74 births1970: 5.46 births1972: 4.81 births1974: 4.14 births1976: 3.47 births1978: 3.08 births1980: 3.05 births1982: 3.14 births1984: 2.84 births1986: 2.82 births1988: 2.66 births1990: 2.6 births1992: 2.1 births1994: 1.98 births1996: 1.89 births1998: 1.83 births2000: 1.87 births2002: 1.8 births2004: 1.81 births2006: 1.83 births2008: 1.87 births2010: 1.86 births2012: 1.94 births2014: 1.9 births2016: 1.88 births2018: 1.7 births2020: 1.5 births2022: 1.36 births2024: 1.34 births
Change over the period: −3.21 (−70.54%) Average annual rate: -1.89 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 1.34 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.34 +0.01 +0.4%
2023 1.34 −0.03 −1.99%
2022 1.36 −0.05 −3.82%
2021 1.42 −0.08 −5.34%
2020 1.5 −0.17 −9.95%
2019 1.66 −0.04 −2.18%
2018 1.7 −0.17 −9.14%
2017 1.87 −0.01 −0.35%
2016 1.88 +0.04 +2.31%
2015 1.83 −0.06 −3.41%
2014 1.9 +0.03 +1.51%
2013 1.87 −0.07 −3.49%
2012 1.94 +0.08 +4.46%
2011 1.86 −0 −0.25%
2010 1.86 −0.02 −0.95%
2009 1.88 +0 +0.23%
2008 1.87 +0.02 +1.03%
2007 1.85 +0.02 +1.1%
2006 1.83 +0.02 +1.01%
2005 1.82 +0 +0.22%
2004 1.81 +0.02 +0.87%
2003 1.8 −0.01 −0.39%
2002 1.8 −0.01 −0.57%
2001 1.81 −0.06 −3.01%
2000 1.87 +0.06 +3.1%
1999 1.81 −0.01 −0.75%
1998 1.83 −0.03 −1.55%
1997 1.86 −0.04 −1.93%
1996 1.89 −0.04 −1.93%
1995 1.93 −0.05 −2.29%
1994 1.98 −0.05 −2.56%
1993 2.03 −0.07 −3.49%
1992 2.1 −0.12 −5.44%
1991 2.22 −0.38 −14.56%
1990 2.6 −0.02 −0.79%
1989 2.62 −0.04 −1.39%
1988 2.66 −0.16 −5.6%
1987 2.82 −0.01 −0.22%
1986 2.82 +0.01 +0.36%
1985 2.81 −0.03 −1.07%
1984 2.84 −0.01 −0.27%
1983 2.85 −0.29 −9.27%
1982 3.14 +0.09 +2.97%
1981 3.05 +0 +0.03%
1980 3.05 −0.03 −1.05%
1979 3.08 +0 +0.02%
1978 3.08 −0.11 −3.46%
1977 3.19 −0.28 −8.02%
1976 3.47 −0.25 −6.73%
1975 3.72 −0.42 −10.18%
1974 4.14 −0.4 −8.9%
1973 4.55 −0.27 −5.58%
1972 4.81 −0.28 −5.54%
1971 5.1 −0.36 −6.61%
1970 5.46 −0.07 −1.19%
1969 5.52 −0.21 −3.73%
1968 5.74 +0.42 +7.8%
1967 5.32 −0.25 −4.4%
1966 5.57 −0.25 −4.33%
1965 5.82 −0.04 −0.77%
1964 5.86 −0.52 −8.21%
1963 6.39 +0.86 +15.59%
1962 5.53 +1.37 +32.89%
1961 4.16 −0.39 −8.64%
1960 4.55

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.