Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Low-income countries

Total fertility rate in low-income countries in 2024 — 4.48 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 31.3%.

2024 4.48 births −1.55% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 6.75 births1980
Period minimum 4.48 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Low-income countries, 1960–2024456719601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.51 births1962: 6.53 births1964: 6.58 births1966: 6.63 births1968: 6.68 births1970: 6.7 births1972: 6.74 births1974: 6.71 births1976: 6.71 births1978: 6.74 births1980: 6.75 births1982: 6.73 births1984: 6.7 births1986: 6.67 births1988: 6.61 births1990: 6.54 births1992: 6.46 births1994: 6.39 births1996: 6.29 births1998: 6.2 births2000: 6.11 births2002: 5.99 births2004: 5.87 births2006: 5.75 births2008: 5.61 births2010: 5.46 births2012: 5.28 births2014: 5.13 births2016: 5.01 births2018: 4.89 births2020: 4.75 births2022: 4.61 births2024: 4.48 births
Change over the period: −2.04 (−31.27%) Average annual rate: -0.58 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 4.48 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 4.48 −0.07 −1.55%
2023 4.55 −0.07 −1.46%
2022 4.61 −0.07 −1.45%
2021 4.68 −0.07 −1.5%
2020 4.75 −0.07 −1.43%
2019 4.82 −0.06 −1.32%
2018 4.89 −0.06 −1.26%
2017 4.95 −0.06 −1.25%
2016 5.01 −0.06 −1.23%
2015 5.07 −0.06 −1.21%
2014 5.13 −0.07 −1.3%
2013 5.2 −0.08 −1.5%
2012 5.28 −0.08 −1.56%
2011 5.37 −0.09 −1.7%
2010 5.46 −0.08 −1.53%
2009 5.54 −0.07 −1.26%
2008 5.61 −0.07 −1.17%
2007 5.68 −0.07 −1.22%
2006 5.75 −0.06 −1.03%
2005 5.81 −0.06 −1.01%
2004 5.87 −0.06 −0.96%
2003 5.93 −0.06 −1.02%
2002 5.99 −0.06 −1%
2001 6.05 −0.06 −0.97%
2000 6.11 −0.05 −0.81%
1999 6.16 −0.05 −0.76%
1998 6.2 −0.04 −0.7%
1997 6.25 −0.04 −0.67%
1996 6.29 −0.06 −0.98%
1995 6.35 −0.04 −0.62%
1994 6.39 −0.04 −0.58%
1993 6.43 −0.03 −0.54%
1992 6.46 −0.04 −0.57%
1991 6.5 −0.04 −0.59%
1990 6.54 −0.03 −0.51%
1989 6.57 −0.04 −0.54%
1988 6.61 −0.03 −0.49%
1987 6.64 −0.02 −0.37%
1986 6.67 −0.02 −0.27%
1985 6.68 −0.02 −0.25%
1984 6.7 −0.02 −0.25%
1983 6.72 −0.02 −0.24%
1982 6.73 −0.02 −0.24%
1981 6.75 −0 −0.02%
1980 6.75 +0 +0.02%
1979 6.75 +0.01 +0.19%
1978 6.74 +0.02 +0.23%
1977 6.72 +0.01 +0.16%
1976 6.71 −0 −0.04%
1975 6.71 +0.01 +0.11%
1974 6.71 −0 −0.04%
1973 6.71 −0.03 −0.47%
1972 6.74 +0.03 +0.43%
1971 6.71 +0.01 +0.11%
1970 6.7 +0.02 +0.27%
1969 6.69 +0.01 +0.15%
1968 6.68 +0 +0.02%
1967 6.67 +0.05 +0.71%
1966 6.63 +0.04 +0.53%
1965 6.59 +0.02 +0.24%
1964 6.58 +0.01 +0.19%
1963 6.56 +0.03 +0.53%
1962 6.53 +0.03 +0.47%
1961 6.5 −0.01 −0.21%
1960 6.51

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.