Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Middle East & North Africa

Total fertility rate in Middle East & North Africa in 2024 — 2.98 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 57.2%.

2024 2.98 births −1.07% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 7.02 births1962
Period minimum 2.98 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Middle East & North Africa, 1960–2024246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.95 births1962: 7.02 births1964: 6.97 births1966: 6.92 births1968: 6.88 births1970: 6.79 births1972: 6.67 births1974: 6.57 births1976: 6.54 births1978: 6.5 births1980: 6.45 births1982: 6.33 births1984: 6.18 births1986: 5.95 births1988: 5.69 births1990: 5.42 births1992: 5.09 births1994: 4.77 births1996: 4.43 births1998: 4.2 births2000: 4.01 births2002: 3.79 births2004: 3.63 births2006: 3.56 births2008: 3.52 births2010: 3.5 births2012: 3.47 births2014: 3.44 births2016: 3.34 births2018: 3.23 births2020: 3.12 births2022: 3.03 births2024: 2.98 births
Change over the period: −3.97 (−57.17%) Average annual rate: -1.32 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 2.98 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.98 −0.03 −1.07%
2023 3.01 −0.03 −0.84%
2022 3.03 −0.04 −1.29%
2021 3.07 −0.04 −1.41%
2020 3.12 −0.05 −1.43%
2019 3.16 −0.07 −2.21%
2018 3.23 −0.08 −2.55%
2017 3.32 −0.03 −0.78%
2016 3.34 −0.06 −1.77%
2015 3.4 −0.03 −0.96%
2014 3.44 −0.02 −0.49%
2013 3.45 −0.02 −0.47%
2012 3.47 −0.01 −0.18%
2011 3.48 −0.02 −0.54%
2010 3.5 −0.01 −0.37%
2009 3.51 −0.02 −0.43%
2008 3.52 −0.02 −0.59%
2007 3.55 −0.02 −0.53%
2006 3.56 −0.01 −0.4%
2005 3.58 −0.05 −1.45%
2004 3.63 −0.1 −2.57%
2003 3.73 −0.07 −1.78%
2002 3.79 −0.11 −2.74%
2001 3.9 −0.11 −2.84%
2000 4.01 −0.1 −2.42%
1999 4.11 −0.08 −2%
1998 4.2 −0.11 −2.55%
1997 4.31 −0.13 −2.83%
1996 4.43 −0.16 −3.53%
1995 4.6 −0.18 −3.74%
1994 4.77 −0.16 −3.15%
1993 4.93 −0.16 −3.16%
1992 5.09 −0.17 −3.23%
1991 5.26 −0.16 −2.91%
1990 5.42 −0.13 −2.33%
1989 5.55 −0.14 −2.46%
1988 5.69 −0.13 −2.22%
1987 5.82 −0.13 −2.22%
1986 5.95 −0.13 −2.07%
1985 6.07 −0.1 −1.68%
1984 6.18 −0.09 −1.36%
1983 6.26 −0.07 −1.05%
1982 6.33 −0.06 −0.94%
1981 6.39 −0.06 −0.99%
1980 6.45 −0.04 −0.57%
1979 6.49 −0.01 −0.11%
1978 6.5 −0.02 −0.3%
1977 6.52 −0.02 −0.3%
1976 6.54 −0.01 −0.14%
1975 6.55 −0.03 −0.39%
1974 6.57 −0.04 −0.57%
1973 6.61 −0.06 −0.86%
1972 6.67 −0.07 −0.97%
1971 6.73 −0.06 −0.87%
1970 6.79 −0.05 −0.72%
1969 6.84 −0.04 −0.52%
1968 6.88 −0.03 −0.38%
1967 6.9 −0.02 −0.26%
1966 6.92 −0.02 −0.26%
1965 6.94 −0.03 −0.44%
1964 6.97 −0.03 −0.42%
1963 7 −0.02 −0.28%
1962 7.02 +0.05 +0.71%
1961 6.97 +0.02 +0.29%
1960 6.95

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.