Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Estonia

Total fertility rate in Estonia in 2024 — 1.18 births. Ranked 200 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 40.4%.

2024 1.18 births −9.92% vs 2023
World rank 200of 217
Period maximum 2.27 births1987
Period minimum 1.18 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Estonia, 1960–202411.522.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1.98 births1962: 1.95 births1964: 1.94 births1966: 1.87 births1968: 2.03 births1970: 2.17 births1972: 2.13 births1974: 2.07 births1976: 2.07 births1978: 2.02 births1980: 2.02 births1982: 2.07 births1984: 2.17 births1986: 2.18 births1988: 2.27 births1990: 2.05 births1992: 1.71 births1994: 1.42 births1996: 1.37 births1998: 1.28 births2000: 1.36 births2002: 1.36 births2004: 1.47 births2006: 1.58 births2008: 1.72 births2010: 1.72 births2012: 1.56 births2014: 1.54 births2016: 1.6 births2018: 1.67 births2020: 1.58 births2022: 1.41 births2024: 1.18 births
Change over the period: −0.8 (−40.4%) Average annual rate: -0.81 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Estonia 1.18 births
World 2.19 births
Europe & Central Asia 1.55 births
Northern Europe computed 1.49 births
High-income countries computed 1.43 births
Total fertility rate — Estonia, by year Estonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.18 −0.13 −9.92%
2023 1.31 −0.1 −7.09%
2022 1.41 −0.2 −12.42%
2021 1.61 +0.03 +1.9%
2020 1.58 −0.08 −4.82%
2019 1.66 −0.01 −0.6%
2018 1.67 +0.08 +5.03%
2017 1.59 −0.01 −0.63%
2016 1.6 +0.02 +1.27%
2015 1.58 +0.04 +2.6%
2014 1.54 +0.02 +1.32%
2013 1.52 −0.04 −2.56%
2012 1.56 −0.05 −3.11%
2011 1.61 −0.11 −6.4%
2010 1.72 +0.02 +1.18%
2009 1.7 −0.02 −1.16%
2008 1.72 +0.03 +1.78%
2007 1.69 +0.11 +6.96%
2006 1.58 +0.06 +3.95%
2005 1.52 +0.05 +3.4%
2004 1.47 +0.1 +7.3%
2003 1.37 +0.01 +0.74%
2002 1.36 +0.04 +3.03%
2001 1.32 −0.04 −2.94%
2000 1.36 +0.06 +4.62%
1999 1.3 +0.02 +1.56%
1998 1.28 −0.04 −3.03%
1997 1.32 −0.05 −3.65%
1996 1.37 −0.01 −0.72%
1995 1.38 −0.04 −2.82%
1994 1.42 −0.07 −4.7%
1993 1.49 −0.22 −12.87%
1992 1.71 −0.09 −5%
1991 1.8 −0.25 −12.2%
1990 2.05 −0.17 −7.66%
1989 2.22 −0.05 −2.2%
1988 2.27 +0 +0%
1987 2.27 +0.09 +4.13%
1986 2.18 +0.05 +2.35%
1985 2.13 −0.04 −1.84%
1984 2.17 +0.01 +0.46%
1983 2.16 +0.09 +4.35%
1982 2.07 +0 +0%
1981 2.07 +0.05 +2.48%
1980 2.02 +0.02 +1%
1979 2 −0.02 −0.99%
1978 2.02 −0.04 −1.94%
1977 2.06 −0.01 −0.48%
1976 2.07 +0.03 +1.47%
1975 2.04 −0.03 −1.45%
1974 2.07 +0.01 +0.49%
1973 2.06 −0.07 −3.29%
1972 2.13 −0.06 −2.74%
1971 2.19 +0.02 +0.92%
1970 2.17 +0.04 +1.88%
1969 2.13 +0.1 +4.93%
1968 2.03 +0.13 +6.84%
1967 1.9 +0.03 +1.6%
1966 1.87 −0.01 −0.53%
1965 1.88 −0.06 −3.09%
1964 1.94 +0.05 +2.65%
1963 1.89 −0.06 −3.08%
1962 1.95 −0.03 −1.52%
1961 1.98 +0 +0%
1960 1.98

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.