Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Marshall Islands

Total fertility rate in the Marshall Islands in 2024 — 2.86 births. Ranked 59 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 64.5%.

2024 2.86 births −1.88% vs 2023
World rank 59of 217
Period maximum 8.2 births1966
Period minimum 2.86 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Marshall Islands, 1960–202402.557.51019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 8.08 births1962: 8.12 births1964: 8.14 births1966: 8.2 births1968: 8.14 births1970: 8.08 births1972: 8 births1974: 7.9 births1976: 7.76 births1978: 7.58 births1980: 7.37 births1982: 7.18 births1984: 6.99 births1986: 6.73 births1988: 6.38 births1990: 5.97 births1992: 5.55 births1994: 5.23 births1996: 5.02 births1998: 4.87 births2000: 4.7 births2002: 4.49 births2004: 4.34 births2006: 4.2 births2008: 3.97 births2010: 3.67 births2012: 3.38 births2014: 3.18 births2016: 3.09 births2018: 3.04 births2020: 2.99 births2022: 2.94 births2024: 2.86 births
Change over the period: −5.21 (−64.54%) Average annual rate: -1.61 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Marshall Islands 2.86 births
World 2.19 births
East Asia & Pacific 1.34 births
Micronesia (subregion) computed 2.8 births
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.44 births
Total fertility rate — Marshall Islands, by year Marshall Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.86 −0.06 −1.88%
2023 2.92 −0.02 −0.58%
2022 2.94 −0.03 −0.94%
2021 2.96 −0.02 −0.84%
2020 2.99 −0.02 −0.76%
2019 3.01 −0.03 −0.86%
2018 3.04 −0.03 −0.85%
2017 3.06 −0.03 −0.87%
2016 3.09 −0.04 −1.28%
2015 3.13 −0.05 −1.54%
2014 3.18 −0.07 −2.06%
2013 3.25 −0.14 −3.99%
2012 3.38 −0.15 −4.11%
2011 3.53 −0.15 −3.97%
2010 3.67 −0.16 −4.1%
2009 3.83 −0.14 −3.45%
2008 3.97 −0.12 −3.01%
2007 4.09 −0.11 −2.55%
2006 4.2 −0.08 −1.85%
2005 4.28 −0.06 −1.47%
2004 4.34 −0.08 −1.77%
2003 4.42 −0.07 −1.56%
2002 4.49 −0.09 −2.07%
2001 4.58 −0.11 −2.39%
2000 4.7 −0.09 −1.84%
1999 4.78 −0.09 −1.75%
1998 4.87 −0.09 −1.84%
1997 4.96 −0.06 −1.23%
1996 5.02 −0.07 −1.37%
1995 5.09 −0.14 −2.69%
1994 5.23 −0.15 −2.79%
1993 5.38 −0.16 −2.96%
1992 5.55 −0.21 −3.67%
1991 5.76 −0.21 −3.57%
1990 5.97 −0.21 −3.44%
1989 6.18 −0.2 −3.15%
1988 6.38 −0.18 −2.8%
1987 6.57 −0.16 −2.42%
1986 6.73 −0.14 −1.97%
1985 6.87 −0.12 −1.75%
1984 6.99 −0.09 −1.34%
1983 7.08 −0.1 −1.34%
1982 7.18 −0.09 −1.24%
1981 7.27 −0.1 −1.37%
1980 7.37 −0.1 −1.38%
1979 7.47 −0.11 −1.41%
1978 7.58 −0.09 −1.17%
1977 7.67 −0.09 −1.12%
1976 7.76 −0.08 −0.96%
1975 7.83 −0.07 −0.85%
1974 7.9 −0.05 −0.67%
1973 7.95 −0.04 −0.54%
1972 8 −0.04 −0.51%
1971 8.04 −0.04 −0.48%
1970 8.08 −0.04 −0.46%
1969 8.11 −0.03 −0.38%
1968 8.14 −0.03 −0.32%
1967 8.17 −0.03 −0.37%
1966 8.2 +0.04 +0.53%
1965 8.16 +0.01 +0.16%
1964 8.14 +0.02 +0.25%
1963 8.12 +0 +0.01%
1962 8.12 +0.01 +0.09%
1961 8.12 +0.04 +0.47%
1960 8.08

Micronesia, 2024

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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.