Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Greece

Total fertility rate in Greece in 2024 — 1.24 births. Ranked 195 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 44.4%.

2024 1.24 births −1.59% vs 2023
World rank 195of 217
Period maximum 2.45 births1967
Period minimum 1.23 births1999

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Greece, 1960–202411.522.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.23 births1962: 2.16 births1964: 2.24 births1966: 2.32 births1968: 2.42 births1970: 2.4 births1972: 2.32 births1974: 2.38 births1976: 2.35 births1978: 2.28 births1980: 2.23 births1982: 2.03 births1984: 1.83 births1986: 1.6 births1988: 1.5 births1990: 1.39 births1992: 1.36 births1994: 1.33 births1996: 1.26 births1998: 1.24 births2000: 1.25 births2002: 1.28 births2004: 1.31 births2006: 1.4 births2008: 1.5 births2010: 1.48 births2012: 1.34 births2014: 1.3 births2016: 1.38 births2018: 1.35 births2020: 1.39 births2022: 1.32 births2024: 1.24 births
Change over the period: −0.99 (−44.39%) Average annual rate: -0.91 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Greece 1.24 births
World 2.19 births
Europe & Central Asia 1.55 births
Southern Europe computed 1.22 births
High-income countries computed 1.43 births
Total fertility rate — Greece, by year Greece All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.24 −0.02 −1.59%
2023 1.26 −0.06 −4.55%
2022 1.32 −0.11 −7.69%
2021 1.43 +0.04 +2.88%
2020 1.39 +0.05 +3.73%
2019 1.34 −0.01 −0.74%
2018 1.35 +0 +0%
2017 1.35 −0.03 −2.17%
2016 1.38 +0.05 +3.76%
2015 1.33 +0.03 +2.31%
2014 1.3 +0.01 +0.78%
2013 1.29 −0.05 −3.73%
2012 1.34 −0.06 −4.29%
2011 1.4 −0.08 −5.41%
2010 1.48 −0.02 −1.33%
2009 1.5 +0 +0%
2008 1.5 +0.09 +6.38%
2007 1.41 +0.01 +0.71%
2006 1.4 +0.06 +4.48%
2005 1.34 +0.03 +2.29%
2004 1.31 +0.02 +1.55%
2003 1.29 +0.01 +0.78%
2002 1.28 +0.03 +2.4%
2001 1.25 +0 +0%
2000 1.25 +0.02 +1.63%
1999 1.23 −0.01 −0.81%
1998 1.24 −0.03 −2.36%
1997 1.27 +0.01 +0.79%
1996 1.26 −0.02 −1.56%
1995 1.28 −0.05 −3.76%
1994 1.33 +0.01 +0.76%
1993 1.32 −0.04 −2.94%
1992 1.36 −0.01 −0.73%
1991 1.37 −0.02 −1.44%
1990 1.39 −0.01 −0.71%
1989 1.4 −0.1 −6.67%
1988 1.5 +0 +0%
1987 1.5 −0.1 −6.25%
1986 1.6 −0.07 −4.19%
1985 1.67 −0.16 −8.74%
1984 1.83 −0.11 −5.67%
1983 1.94 −0.09 −4.43%
1982 2.03 −0.06 −2.87%
1981 2.09 −0.14 −6.28%
1980 2.23 −0.03 −1.33%
1979 2.26 −0.02 −0.88%
1978 2.28 +0.01 +0.44%
1977 2.27 −0.08 −3.4%
1976 2.35 +0.02 +0.86%
1975 2.33 −0.05 −2.1%
1974 2.38 +0.11 +4.85%
1973 2.27 −0.05 −2.16%
1972 2.32 +0 +0%
1971 2.32 −0.08 −3.33%
1970 2.4 +0.04 +1.69%
1969 2.36 −0.06 −2.48%
1968 2.42 −0.03 −1.22%
1967 2.45 +0.13 +5.6%
1966 2.32 +0.07 +3.11%
1965 2.25 +0.01 +0.45%
1964 2.24 +0.1 +4.67%
1963 2.14 −0.02 −0.93%
1962 2.16 +0.03 +1.41%
1961 2.13 −0.1 −4.48%
1960 2.23

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.