Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Italy

Total fertility rate in Italy in 2024 — 1.18 births. Ranked 200 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 50.8%.

2024 1.18 births −2.48% vs 2023
World rank 200of 217
Period maximum 2.66 births1964
Period minimum 1.18 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Italy, 1960–202411.522.5319601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.4 births1962: 2.46 births1964: 2.66 births1966: 2.58 births1968: 2.46 births1970: 2.38 births1972: 2.35 births1974: 2.28 births1976: 2.04 births1978: 1.84 births1980: 1.64 births1982: 1.56 births1984: 1.46 births1986: 1.35 births1988: 1.36 births1990: 1.33 births1992: 1.3 births1994: 1.21 births1996: 1.2 births1998: 1.22 births2000: 1.26 births2002: 1.27 births2004: 1.34 births2006: 1.37 births2008: 1.44 births2010: 1.44 births2012: 1.42 births2014: 1.38 births2016: 1.36 births2018: 1.31 births2020: 1.24 births2022: 1.24 births2024: 1.18 births
Change over the period: −1.22 (−50.83%) Average annual rate: -1.1 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Italy 1.18 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 — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.18 −0.03 −2.48%
2023 1.21 −0.03 −2.42%
2022 1.24 −0.01 −0.8%
2021 1.25 +0.01 +0.81%
2020 1.24 −0.03 −2.36%
2019 1.27 −0.04 −3.05%
2018 1.31 −0.03 −2.24%
2017 1.34 −0.02 −1.47%
2016 1.36 +0 +0%
2015 1.36 −0.02 −1.45%
2014 1.38 −0.01 −0.72%
2013 1.39 −0.03 −2.11%
2012 1.42 +0 +0%
2011 1.42 −0.02 −1.39%
2010 1.44 +0 +0%
2009 1.44 +0 +0%
2008 1.44 +0.05 +3.6%
2007 1.39 +0.02 +1.46%
2006 1.37 +0.04 +3.01%
2005 1.33 −0.01 −0.75%
2004 1.34 +0.05 +3.88%
2003 1.29 +0.02 +1.57%
2002 1.27 +0.02 +1.6%
2001 1.25 −0.01 −0.79%
2000 1.26 +0.03 +2.44%
1999 1.23 +0.01 +0.82%
1998 1.22 +0 +0%
1997 1.22 +0.02 +1.67%
1996 1.2 +0.01 +0.84%
1995 1.19 −0.02 −1.65%
1994 1.21 −0.04 −3.2%
1993 1.25 −0.05 −3.85%
1992 1.3 +0 +0%
1991 1.3 −0.03 −2.26%
1990 1.33 +0 +0%
1989 1.33 −0.03 −2.21%
1988 1.36 +0.03 +2.26%
1987 1.33 −0.02 −1.48%
1986 1.35 −0.07 −4.93%
1985 1.42 −0.04 −2.74%
1984 1.46 −0.05 −3.31%
1983 1.51 −0.05 −3.21%
1982 1.56 −0.02 −1.27%
1981 1.58 −0.06 −3.66%
1980 1.64 −0.09 −5.2%
1979 1.73 −0.11 −5.98%
1978 1.84 −0.09 −4.66%
1977 1.93 −0.11 −5.39%
1976 2.04 −0.13 −5.99%
1975 2.17 −0.11 −4.82%
1974 2.28 −0.02 −0.87%
1973 2.3 −0.05 −2.13%
1972 2.35 −0.05 −2.08%
1971 2.4 +0.02 +0.84%
1970 2.38 −0.09 −3.64%
1969 2.47 +0.01 +0.41%
1968 2.46 −0.04 −1.6%
1967 2.5 −0.08 −3.1%
1966 2.58 −0.02 −0.77%
1965 2.6 −0.06 −2.26%
1964 2.66 +0.15 +5.98%
1963 2.51 +0.05 +2.03%
1962 2.46 +0.02 +0.82%
1961 2.44 +0.04 +1.67%
1960 2.4

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.