Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Nepal

Total fertility rate in Nepal in 2024 — 1.96 births. Ranked 106 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 67.7%.

2024 1.96 births −1.16% vs 2023
World rank 106of 217
Period maximum 6.09 births1961
Period minimum 1.96 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Nepal, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.07 births1962: 6.08 births1964: 6.04 births1966: 5.98 births1968: 5.94 births1970: 5.87 births1972: 5.8 births1974: 5.75 births1976: 5.72 births1978: 5.68 births1980: 5.6 births1982: 5.55 births1984: 5.51 births1986: 5.4 births1988: 5.31 births1990: 5.21 births1992: 5.07 births1994: 4.96 births1996: 4.67 births1998: 4.28 births2000: 3.98 births2002: 3.6 births2004: 3.28 births2006: 2.97 births2008: 2.74 births2010: 2.54 births2012: 2.42 births2014: 2.32 births2016: 2.23 births2018: 2.12 births2020: 2.05 births2022: 2 births2024: 1.96 births
Change over the period: −4.11 (−67.69%) Average annual rate: -1.75 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Nepal 1.96 births
World 2.19 births
South Asia 1.98 births
Southern Asia computed 2.21 births
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.55 births
Total fertility rate — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.96 −0.02 −1.16%
2023 1.98 −0.02 −0.9%
2022 2 −0.02 −1.14%
2021 2.03 −0.03 −1.27%
2020 2.05 −0.03 −1.39%
2019 2.08 −0.04 −1.89%
2018 2.12 −0.05 −2.44%
2017 2.17 −0.05 −2.38%
2016 2.23 −0.05 −2.07%
2015 2.27 −0.05 −1.98%
2014 2.32 −0.04 −1.74%
2013 2.36 −0.06 −2.48%
2012 2.42 −0.04 −1.71%
2011 2.46 −0.08 −3.11%
2010 2.54 −0.09 −3.38%
2009 2.63 −0.11 −3.91%
2008 2.74 −0.12 −4.2%
2007 2.86 −0.11 −3.71%
2006 2.97 −0.15 −4.75%
2005 3.12 −0.16 −5%
2004 3.28 −0.16 −4.65%
2003 3.44 −0.17 −4.58%
2002 3.6 −0.19 −4.98%
2001 3.79 −0.19 −4.79%
2000 3.98 −0.15 −3.54%
1999 4.13 −0.15 −3.39%
1998 4.28 −0.17 −3.76%
1997 4.44 −0.23 −4.84%
1996 4.67 −0.2 −4.13%
1995 4.87 −0.1 −1.91%
1994 4.96 −0.08 −1.55%
1993 5.04 −0.03 −0.63%
1992 5.07 −0.08 −1.49%
1991 5.15 −0.06 −1.15%
1990 5.21 −0.05 −0.89%
1989 5.26 −0.05 −0.92%
1988 5.31 −0.04 −0.77%
1987 5.35 −0.05 −0.96%
1986 5.4 −0.06 −1.04%
1985 5.46 −0.05 −0.94%
1984 5.51 −0.03 −0.49%
1983 5.54 −0.01 −0.23%
1982 5.55 −0.03 −0.48%
1981 5.58 −0.03 −0.48%
1980 5.6 −0.04 −0.73%
1979 5.64 −0.03 −0.56%
1978 5.68 −0.01 −0.21%
1977 5.69 −0.03 −0.51%
1976 5.72 −0.02 −0.28%
1975 5.73 −0.02 −0.3%
1974 5.75 +0.05 +0.86%
1973 5.7 −0.1 −1.72%
1972 5.8 −0.04 −0.75%
1971 5.85 −0.02 −0.41%
1970 5.87 −0.02 −0.41%
1969 5.89 −0.05 −0.86%
1968 5.94 −0.01 −0.17%
1967 5.95 −0.03 −0.43%
1966 5.98 −0.03 −0.45%
1965 6.01 −0.04 −0.6%
1964 6.04 −0.01 −0.21%
1963 6.06 −0.03 −0.43%
1962 6.08 −0.01 −0.18%
1961 6.09 +0.02 +0.4%
1960 6.07

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.