Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Moldova

Total fertility rate in Moldova in 2024 — 1.73 births. Ranked 124 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 47.9%.

2024 1.73 births −0.29% vs 2023
World rank 124of 217
Period maximum 3.32 births1960
Period minimum 1.45 births2002

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Moldova, 1960–202411.522.533.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.32 births1962: 3.04 births1964: 2.71 births1966: 2.65 births1968: 2.59 births1970: 2.57 births1972: 2.56 births1974: 2.56 births1976: 2.47 births1978: 2.39 births1980: 2.38 births1982: 2.45 births1984: 2.67 births1986: 2.74 births1988: 2.63 births1990: 2.39 births1992: 2.22 births1994: 1.99 births1996: 1.71 births1998: 1.65 births2000: 1.5 births2002: 1.45 births2004: 1.54 births2006: 1.54 births2008: 1.64 births2010: 1.7 births2012: 1.66 births2014: 1.82 births2016: 1.89 births2018: 1.81 births2020: 1.77 births2022: 1.69 births2024: 1.73 births
Change over the period: −1.59 (−47.93%) Average annual rate: -1.01 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Moldova 1.73 births
World 2.19 births
Europe & Central Asia 1.55 births
Eastern Europe computed 1.32 births
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.44 births
Total fertility rate — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.73 −0.01 −0.29%
2023 1.73 +0.04 +2.18%
2022 1.69 −0.06 −3.26%
2021 1.75 −0.02 −1.07%
2020 1.77 −0.01 −0.56%
2019 1.78 −0.03 −1.66%
2018 1.81 +0 +0%
2017 1.81 −0.08 −4.23%
2016 1.89 +0.02 +1.07%
2015 1.87 +0.05 +2.75%
2014 1.82 +0.2 +12.21%
2013 1.62 −0.04 −2.35%
2012 1.66 +0.01 +0.67%
2011 1.65 −0.05 −3.11%
2010 1.7 −0.02 −0.93%
2009 1.72 +0.08 +4.95%
2008 1.64 +0.06 +4%
2007 1.58 +0.04 +2.47%
2006 1.54 +0.01 +0.59%
2005 1.53 −0.01 −0.97%
2004 1.54 +0.06 +4.33%
2003 1.48 +0.03 +2.14%
2002 1.45 −0.02 −1.56%
2001 1.47 −0.02 −1.67%
2000 1.5 −0.06 −3.86%
1999 1.56 −0.09 −5.7%
1998 1.65 −0.14 −7.82%
1997 1.79 +0.08 +4.74%
1996 1.71 −0.12 −6.36%
1995 1.83 −0.17 −8.43%
1994 1.99 −0.12 −5.63%
1993 2.11 −0.11 −4.74%
1992 2.22 −0.06 −2.68%
1991 2.28 −0.11 −4.77%
1990 2.39 −0.07 −2.88%
1989 2.46 −0.17 −6.28%
1988 2.63 −0.15 −5.33%
1987 2.78 +0.04 +1.39%
1986 2.74 +0.06 +2.39%
1985 2.67 +0 +0.19%
1984 2.67 +0.09 +3.53%
1983 2.58 +0.13 +5.27%
1982 2.45 +0.05 +1.96%
1981 2.4 +0.02 +0.88%
1980 2.38 −0 −0.13%
1979 2.38 −0 −0.13%
1978 2.39 −0.04 −1.53%
1977 2.42 −0.05 −1.94%
1976 2.47 −0.05 −1.98%
1975 2.52 −0.04 −1.64%
1974 2.56 −0 −0.08%
1973 2.57 +0 +0.08%
1972 2.56 +0 +0.04%
1971 2.56 −0 −0.08%
1970 2.57 −0 −0.04%
1969 2.57 −0.03 −1%
1968 2.59 −0.02 −0.96%
1967 2.62 −0.03 −1.28%
1966 2.65 −0.03 −1.27%
1965 2.69 −0.02 −0.92%
1964 2.71 −0.18 −6.26%
1963 2.89 −0.15 −5%
1962 3.04 −0.19 −5.73%
1961 3.23 −0.09 −2.62%
1960 3.32

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.