Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Europe & Central Asia

Total fertility rate in Europe & Central Asia in 2024 — 1.55 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 45.3%.

2024 1.55 births −1.56% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 2.84 births1960
Period minimum 1.54 births2001

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Europe & Central Asia, 1960–20241.522.5319601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.84 births1962: 2.81 births1964: 2.8 births1966: 2.72 births1968: 2.67 births1970: 2.57 births1972: 2.49 births1974: 2.41 births1976: 2.32 births1978: 2.22 births1980: 2.18 births1982: 2.15 births1984: 2.12 births1986: 2.12 births1988: 2.08 births1990: 1.97 births1992: 1.83 births1994: 1.71 births1996: 1.63 births1998: 1.59 births2000: 1.56 births2002: 1.55 births2004: 1.59 births2006: 1.62 births2008: 1.72 births2010: 1.73 births2012: 1.74 births2014: 1.77 births2016: 1.78 births2018: 1.72 births2020: 1.67 births2022: 1.62 births2024: 1.55 births
Change over the period: −1.29 (−45.27%) Average annual rate: -0.94 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia 1.55 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.55 −0.02 −1.56%
2023 1.58 −0.04 −2.41%
2022 1.62 −0.07 −3.97%
2021 1.68 +0.01 +0.78%
2020 1.67 −0.02 −1.03%
2019 1.69 −0.03 −1.64%
2018 1.72 −0.02 −1.16%
2017 1.74 −0.04 −2.4%
2016 1.78 +0.01 +0.35%
2015 1.77 +0 +0.06%
2014 1.77 +0.04 +2.07%
2013 1.74 −0.01 −0.47%
2012 1.74 +0.03 +2.03%
2011 1.71 −0.02 −0.94%
2010 1.73 +0.01 +0.44%
2009 1.72 +0 +0.09%
2008 1.72 +0.06 +3.4%
2007 1.66 +0.04 +2.58%
2006 1.62 +0.03 +1.89%
2005 1.59 −0 −0.26%
2004 1.59 +0.03 +1.85%
2003 1.56 +0.02 +1.12%
2002 1.55 +0 +0.22%
2001 1.54 −0.02 −1.09%
2000 1.56 +0 +0.15%
1999 1.56 −0.03 −1.95%
1998 1.59 −0.02 −0.94%
1997 1.6 −0.02 −1.43%
1996 1.63 −0.04 −2.17%
1995 1.66 −0.05 −2.87%
1994 1.71 −0.04 −2.42%
1993 1.75 −0.07 −4.02%
1992 1.83 −0.07 −3.83%
1991 1.9 −0.07 −3.35%
1990 1.97 −0.05 −2.43%
1989 2.02 −0.06 −2.9%
1988 2.08 −0.03 −1.45%
1987 2.11 −0.01 −0.47%
1986 2.12 +0.01 +0.59%
1985 2.1 −0.01 −0.62%
1984 2.12 −0.02 −1.04%
1983 2.14 −0.01 −0.29%
1982 2.15 +0.01 +0.26%
1981 2.14 −0.04 −1.65%
1980 2.18 −0.03 −1.15%
1979 2.2 −0.02 −1.02%
1978 2.22 −0.04 −1.67%
1977 2.26 −0.06 −2.43%
1976 2.32 −0.04 −1.55%
1975 2.35 −0.05 −2.27%
1974 2.41 −0.01 −0.59%
1973 2.42 −0.07 −2.75%
1972 2.49 −0.06 −2.36%
1971 2.55 −0.01 −0.56%
1970 2.57 −0.05 −1.8%
1969 2.61 −0.06 −2.13%
1968 2.67 −0.06 −2.08%
1967 2.73 +0 +0.18%
1966 2.72 −0.03 −0.97%
1965 2.75 −0.05 −1.86%
1964 2.8 −0.01 −0.32%
1963 2.81 −0 −0.05%
1962 2.81 −0.02 −0.75%
1961 2.83 −0.01 −0.23%
1960 2.84

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.