Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Ecuador

Total fertility rate in Ecuador in 2024 — 1.81 births. Ranked 116 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 73.1%.

2024 1.81 births −0.93% vs 2023
World rank 116of 217
Period maximum 6.72 births1960
Period minimum 1.81 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Ecuador, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.72 births1962: 6.68 births1964: 6.61 births1966: 6.51 births1968: 6.35 births1970: 6.14 births1972: 5.87 births1974: 5.58 births1976: 5.28 births1978: 4.99 births1980: 4.73 births1982: 4.5 births1984: 4.31 births1986: 4 births1988: 3.79 births1990: 3.68 births1992: 3.58 births1994: 3.42 births1996: 3.35 births1998: 3.23 births2000: 3.1 births2002: 2.97 births2004: 2.85 births2006: 2.75 births2008: 2.69 births2010: 2.62 births2012: 2.51 births2014: 2.27 births2016: 2.12 births2018: 2.11 births2020: 1.97 births2022: 1.86 births2024: 1.81 births
Change over the period: −4.92 (−73.13%) Average annual rate: -2.03 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Ecuador 1.81 births
World 2.19 births
South America computed 1.69 births
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.44 births
Total fertility rate — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.81 −0.02 −0.93%
2023 1.82 −0.04 −2.04%
2022 1.86 −0.05 −2.51%
2021 1.91 −0.06 −2.95%
2020 1.97 −0.07 −3.34%
2019 2.04 −0.08 −3.6%
2018 2.11 −0.02 −0.8%
2017 2.13 +0.01 +0.28%
2016 2.12 −0.09 −3.94%
2015 2.21 −0.07 −2.86%
2014 2.27 −0.09 −3.73%
2013 2.36 −0.15 −5.86%
2012 2.51 −0.1 −3.69%
2011 2.61 −0.01 −0.38%
2010 2.62 −0.06 −2.35%
2009 2.68 −0.01 −0.37%
2008 2.69 −0.02 −0.59%
2007 2.7 −0.05 −1.78%
2006 2.75 −0.05 −1.68%
2005 2.8 −0.05 −1.86%
2004 2.85 −0.06 −1.99%
2003 2.91 −0.06 −2.05%
2002 2.97 −0.07 −2.14%
2001 3.04 −0.07 −2.1%
2000 3.1 −0.06 −2.02%
1999 3.17 −0.06 −1.92%
1998 3.23 −0.06 −1.82%
1997 3.29 −0.06 −1.88%
1996 3.35 −0.03 −0.89%
1995 3.38 −0.04 −1.14%
1994 3.42 −0.07 −2.03%
1993 3.49 −0.08 −2.35%
1992 3.58 −0.06 −1.6%
1991 3.63 −0.05 −1.28%
1990 3.68 −0.06 −1.5%
1989 3.74 −0.05 −1.35%
1988 3.79 −0.08 −2.14%
1987 3.87 −0.13 −3.25%
1986 4 −0.15 −3.5%
1985 4.15 −0.16 −3.72%
1984 4.31 −0.09 −2.05%
1983 4.4 −0.11 −2.36%
1982 4.5 −0.11 −2.41%
1981 4.61 −0.12 −2.49%
1980 4.73 −0.13 −2.57%
1979 4.86 −0.13 −2.69%
1978 4.99 −0.14 −2.75%
1977 5.13 −0.15 −2.77%
1976 5.28 −0.15 −2.76%
1975 5.43 −0.15 −2.71%
1974 5.58 −0.15 −2.62%
1973 5.73 −0.15 −2.49%
1972 5.87 −0.14 −2.3%
1971 6.01 −0.13 −2.07%
1970 6.14 −0.11 −1.82%
1969 6.25 −0.1 −1.56%
1968 6.35 −0.09 −1.32%
1967 6.44 −0.07 −1.09%
1966 6.51 −0.06 −0.87%
1965 6.56 −0.05 −0.7%
1964 6.61 −0.04 −0.54%
1963 6.65 −0.03 −0.45%
1962 6.68 −0.02 −0.36%
1961 6.7 −0.02 −0.31%
1960 6.72

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.