Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Nicaragua

Total fertility rate in Nicaragua in 2024 — 2.21 births. Ranked 93 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 69.2%.

2024 2.21 births −0.54% vs 2023
World rank 93of 217
Period maximum 7.16 births1960
Period minimum 2.21 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Nicaragua, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7.16 births1962: 7.1 births1964: 7.06 births1966: 6.99 births1968: 6.89 births1970: 6.77 births1972: 6.65 births1974: 6.52 births1976: 6.37 births1978: 6.16 births1980: 5.96 births1982: 5.74 births1984: 5.49 births1986: 5.22 births1988: 4.93 births1990: 4.6 births1992: 4.27 births1994: 3.94 births1996: 3.62 births1998: 3.34 births2000: 3.12 births2002: 2.89 births2004: 2.78 births2006: 2.73 births2008: 2.66 births2010: 2.6 births2012: 2.53 births2014: 2.46 births2016: 2.41 births2018: 2.35 births2020: 2.3 births2022: 2.24 births2024: 2.21 births
Change over the period: −4.95 (−69.19%) Average annual rate: -1.82 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Nicaragua 2.21 births
World 2.19 births
Central America computed 1.96 births
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.55 births
Total fertility rate — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.21 −0.01 −0.54%
2023 2.22 −0.02 −0.98%
2022 2.24 −0.02 −1.1%
2021 2.27 −0.03 −1.48%
2020 2.3 −0.02 −0.95%
2019 2.32 −0.03 −1.11%
2018 2.35 −0.03 −1.3%
2017 2.38 −0.03 −1.2%
2016 2.41 −0.03 −1.11%
2015 2.43 −0.03 −1.18%
2014 2.46 −0.03 −1.16%
2013 2.49 −0.04 −1.39%
2012 2.53 −0.03 −1.21%
2011 2.56 −0.04 −1.46%
2010 2.6 −0.03 −1.14%
2009 2.63 −0.03 −1.28%
2008 2.66 −0.04 −1.37%
2007 2.7 −0.04 −1.32%
2006 2.73 −0.03 −1.16%
2005 2.77 −0.02 −0.68%
2004 2.78 −0.04 −1.52%
2003 2.83 −0.06 −2.08%
2002 2.89 −0.11 −3.64%
2001 3 −0.12 −3.97%
2000 3.12 −0.1 −3.05%
1999 3.22 −0.12 −3.62%
1998 3.34 −0.13 −3.86%
1997 3.47 −0.15 −4.06%
1996 3.62 −0.16 −4.11%
1995 3.78 −0.16 −4.11%
1994 3.94 −0.17 −4.02%
1993 4.1 −0.17 −3.87%
1992 4.27 −0.17 −3.72%
1991 4.43 −0.16 −3.57%
1990 4.6 −0.17 −3.49%
1989 4.76 −0.17 −3.43%
1988 4.93 −0.14 −2.8%
1987 5.07 −0.14 −2.76%
1986 5.22 −0.14 −2.65%
1985 5.36 −0.13 −2.35%
1984 5.49 −0.12 −2.19%
1983 5.61 −0.13 −2.2%
1982 5.74 −0.1 −1.76%
1981 5.84 −0.12 −2%
1980 5.96 −0.11 −1.81%
1979 6.07 −0.09 −1.54%
1978 6.16 −0.12 −1.85%
1977 6.28 −0.09 −1.35%
1976 6.37 −0.08 −1.23%
1975 6.45 −0.08 −1.17%
1974 6.52 −0.07 −0.99%
1973 6.59 −0.07 −1.01%
1972 6.65 −0.06 −0.91%
1971 6.71 −0.06 −0.87%
1970 6.77 −0.05 −0.76%
1969 6.83 −0.06 −0.87%
1968 6.89 −0.06 −0.79%
1967 6.94 −0.05 −0.72%
1966 6.99 −0.04 −0.61%
1965 7.03 −0.03 −0.44%
1964 7.06 −0.02 −0.24%
1963 7.08 −0.02 −0.27%
1962 7.1 −0.01 −0.17%
1961 7.11 −0.05 −0.66%
1960 7.16

Central America, 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.