Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Lower-middle-income countries

Total fertility rate in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 2.55 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 58%.

2024 2.55 births −0.95% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 6.1 births1963
Period minimum 2.55 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Lower-middle-income countries, 1960–202423456719601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.07 births1962: 6.09 births1964: 6.09 births1966: 6.02 births1968: 5.95 births1970: 5.87 births1972: 5.78 births1974: 5.66 births1976: 5.53 births1978: 5.38 births1980: 5.29 births1982: 5.16 births1984: 5.05 births1986: 4.89 births1988: 4.69 births1990: 4.51 births1992: 4.31 births1994: 4.11 births1996: 3.93 births1998: 3.78 births2000: 3.68 births2002: 3.56 births2004: 3.43 births2006: 3.31 births2008: 3.22 births2010: 3.14 births2012: 3.05 births2014: 2.94 births2016: 2.88 births2018: 2.77 births2020: 2.65 births2022: 2.59 births2024: 2.55 births
Change over the period: −3.52 (−57.98%) Average annual rate: -1.35 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lower-middle-income countries 2.55 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.55 −0.02 −0.95%
2023 2.57 −0.02 −0.76%
2022 2.59 −0.02 −0.93%
2021 2.62 −0.03 −1.27%
2020 2.65 −0.06 −2.14%
2019 2.71 −0.06 −2.2%
2018 2.77 −0.04 −1.6%
2017 2.82 −0.07 −2.41%
2016 2.88 −0.04 −1.22%
2015 2.92 −0.02 −0.67%
2014 2.94 −0.06 −2.13%
2013 3 −0.05 −1.52%
2012 3.05 −0.04 −1.4%
2011 3.09 −0.05 −1.53%
2010 3.14 −0.05 −1.65%
2009 3.19 −0.03 −0.92%
2008 3.22 −0.04 −1.11%
2007 3.26 −0.05 −1.58%
2006 3.31 −0.05 −1.5%
2005 3.36 −0.07 −1.91%
2004 3.43 −0.07 −1.88%
2003 3.49 −0.07 −1.94%
2002 3.56 −0.07 −1.9%
2001 3.63 −0.05 −1.35%
2000 3.68 −0.04 −1.11%
1999 3.72 −0.06 −1.57%
1998 3.78 −0.07 −1.91%
1997 3.86 −0.08 −1.92%
1996 3.93 −0.09 −2.16%
1995 4.02 −0.09 −2.2%
1994 4.11 −0.09 −2.23%
1993 4.2 −0.1 −2.41%
1992 4.31 −0.11 −2.48%
1991 4.42 −0.1 −2.15%
1990 4.51 −0.09 −1.87%
1989 4.6 −0.09 −1.91%
1988 4.69 −0.09 −1.99%
1987 4.78 −0.1 −2.06%
1986 4.89 −0.07 −1.43%
1985 4.96 −0.09 −1.84%
1984 5.05 −0.06 −1.24%
1983 5.11 −0.05 −1.02%
1982 5.16 −0.06 −1.14%
1981 5.22 −0.06 −1.21%
1980 5.29 −0.04 −0.7%
1979 5.33 −0.05 −1.01%
1978 5.38 −0.07 −1.28%
1977 5.45 −0.08 −1.45%
1976 5.53 −0.05 −0.87%
1975 5.58 −0.08 −1.44%
1974 5.66 −0.06 −1.07%
1973 5.72 −0.06 −1.03%
1972 5.78 −0.06 −0.94%
1971 5.84 −0.04 −0.64%
1970 5.87 −0.03 −0.58%
1969 5.91 −0.05 −0.78%
1968 5.95 −0.03 −0.58%
1967 5.99 −0.03 −0.54%
1966 6.02 −0.04 −0.61%
1965 6.06 −0.03 −0.52%
1964 6.09 −0.01 −0.11%
1963 6.1 +0.01 +0.15%
1962 6.09 +0.04 +0.68%
1961 6.05 −0.02 −0.31%
1960 6.07

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.