Total fertility rate in Japan in 2024 — 1.15 births. Ranked 203 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 42.5%.
1960–2024 · births per woman
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Japan
| Year | births | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.15 | −0.05 | −4.17% |
| 2023 | 1.2 | −0.06 | −4.76% |
| 2022 | 1.26 | −0.04 | −3.08% |
| 2021 | 1.3 | −0.03 | −2.26% |
| 2020 | 1.33 | −0.03 | −2.21% |
| 2019 | 1.36 | −0.06 | −4.23% |
| 2018 | 1.42 | −0.01 | −0.7% |
| 2017 | 1.43 | −0.01 | −0.69% |
| 2016 | 1.44 | −0.01 | −0.69% |
| 2015 | 1.45 | +0.03 | +2.11% |
| 2014 | 1.42 | −0.01 | −0.7% |
| 2013 | 1.43 | +0.02 | +1.42% |
| 2012 | 1.41 | +0.02 | +1.44% |
| 2011 | 1.39 | +0 | +0% |
| 2010 | 1.39 | +0.02 | +1.46% |
| 2009 | 1.37 | +0 | +0% |
| 2008 | 1.37 | +0.03 | +2.24% |
| 2007 | 1.34 | +0.02 | +1.52% |
| 2006 | 1.32 | +0.06 | +4.76% |
| 2005 | 1.26 | −0.03 | −2.33% |
| 2004 | 1.29 | +0 | +0% |
| 2003 | 1.29 | −0.03 | −2.27% |
| 2002 | 1.32 | −0.01 | −0.75% |
| 2001 | 1.33 | −0.03 | −2.21% |
| 2000 | 1.36 | +0.02 | +1.49% |
| 1999 | 1.34 | −0.04 | −2.9% |
| 1998 | 1.38 | −0.01 | −0.72% |
| 1997 | 1.39 | −0.04 | −2.8% |
| 1996 | 1.43 | +0.01 | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 1.42 | −0.08 | −5.33% |
| 1994 | 1.5 | +0.04 | +2.74% |
| 1993 | 1.46 | −0.04 | −2.67% |
| 1992 | 1.5 | −0.03 | −1.96% |
| 1991 | 1.53 | −0.01 | −0.65% |
| 1990 | 1.54 | −0.03 | −1.91% |
| 1989 | 1.57 | −0.09 | −5.42% |
| 1988 | 1.66 | −0.03 | −1.78% |
| 1987 | 1.69 | −0.03 | −1.74% |
| 1986 | 1.72 | −0.04 | −2.27% |
| 1985 | 1.76 | −0.05 | −2.76% |
| 1984 | 1.81 | +0.01 | +0.56% |
| 1983 | 1.8 | +0.03 | +1.69% |
| 1982 | 1.77 | +0.03 | +1.72% |
| 1981 | 1.74 | −0.01 | −0.57% |
| 1980 | 1.75 | −0.02 | −1.13% |
| 1979 | 1.77 | −0.02 | −1.12% |
| 1978 | 1.79 | −0.01 | −0.56% |
| 1977 | 1.8 | −0.05 | −2.7% |
| 1976 | 1.85 | −0.06 | −3.14% |
| 1975 | 1.91 | −0.14 | −6.83% |
| 1974 | 2.05 | −0.09 | −4.21% |
| 1973 | 2.14 | +0 | +0% |
| 1972 | 2.14 | −0.02 | −0.93% |
| 1971 | 2.16 | +0.03 | +1.41% |
| 1970 | 2.13 | +0 | +0% |
| 1969 | 2.13 | +0 | +0% |
| 1968 | 2.13 | −0.1 | −4.48% |
| 1967 | 2.23 | +0.65 | +41.14% |
| 1966 | 1.58 | −0.56 | −26.17% |
| 1965 | 2.14 | +0.09 | +4.39% |
| 1964 | 2.05 | +0.05 | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 2 | +0.02 | +1.01% |
| 1962 | 1.98 | +0.02 | +1.02% |
| 1961 | 1.96 | −0.04 | −2% |
| 1960 | 2 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
How many births there are per thousand girls aged 15–19 during a year.
Demography Contraceptive useWhat part of women in a marriage or a union uses contraception.
Demography Crude birth rateLive births per 1,000 people of population per year.
Demography Population growthAnnual population growth in percent — natural increase together with migration.
