Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — OECD

Total fertility rate in the OECD in 2024 — 1.48 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 55.1%.

2024 1.48 births −1.05% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 3.29 births1961
Period minimum 1.48 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — OECD, 1960–202411.522.533.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.29 births1962: 3.26 births1964: 3.22 births1966: 2.98 births1968: 2.92 births1970: 2.84 births1972: 2.64 births1974: 2.49 births1976: 2.33 births1978: 2.24 births1980: 2.22 births1982: 2.15 births1984: 2.07 births1986: 2.03 births1988: 2.01 births1990: 2.01 births1992: 1.96 births1994: 1.91 births1996: 1.85 births1998: 1.83 births2000: 1.83 births2002: 1.78 births2004: 1.79 births2006: 1.81 births2008: 1.83 births2010: 1.79 births2012: 1.77 births2014: 1.75 births2016: 1.73 births2018: 1.67 births2020: 1.58 births2022: 1.55 births2024: 1.48 births
Change over the period: −1.81 (−55.11%) Average annual rate: -1.24 %

Comparison, 2024

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

OECD 1.48 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.48 −0.02 −1.05%
2023 1.49 −0.05 −3.47%
2022 1.55 −0.04 −2.51%
2021 1.59 +0 +0.3%
2020 1.58 −0.05 −3.03%
2019 1.63 −0.03 −2.08%
2018 1.67 −0.03 −1.64%
2017 1.69 −0.03 −1.95%
2016 1.73 −0.01 −0.76%
2015 1.74 −0.01 −0.69%
2014 1.75 +0.01 +0.39%
2013 1.75 −0.02 −1.37%
2012 1.77 +0 +0.14%
2011 1.77 −0.02 −1.3%
2010 1.79 −0.01 −0.73%
2009 1.8 −0.03 −1.62%
2008 1.83 +0 +0.23%
2007 1.83 +0.02 +0.89%
2006 1.81 +0.03 +1.67%
2005 1.78 −0.01 −0.34%
2004 1.79 +0 +0.27%
2003 1.79 +0 +0.17%
2002 1.78 −0.02 −1.16%
2001 1.8 −0.03 −1.73%
2000 1.83 +0.01 +0.72%
1999 1.82 −0.01 −0.67%
1998 1.83 −0.01 −0.37%
1997 1.84 −0.01 −0.75%
1996 1.85 −0.01 −0.66%
1995 1.87 −0.04 −2.05%
1994 1.91 −0.02 −1.14%
1993 1.93 −0.03 −1.75%
1992 1.96 −0.02 −1.22%
1991 1.99 −0.02 −1.2%
1990 2.01 +0.01 +0.32%
1989 2 −0.01 −0.5%
1988 2.01 +0 +0.11%
1987 2.01 −0.02 −0.87%
1986 2.03 −0.03 −1.31%
1985 2.06 −0.01 −0.48%
1984 2.07 −0.04 −1.68%
1983 2.1 −0.04 −2.06%
1982 2.15 −0.02 −0.88%
1981 2.17 −0.05 −2.27%
1980 2.22 −0.02 −1.01%
1979 2.24 −0 −0.22%
1978 2.24 −0.05 −2.14%
1977 2.29 −0.04 −1.66%
1976 2.33 −0.07 −2.76%
1975 2.4 −0.09 −3.74%
1974 2.49 −0.06 −2.38%
1973 2.55 −0.09 −3.35%
1972 2.64 −0.14 −4.93%
1971 2.78 −0.07 −2.33%
1970 2.84 −0.04 −1.23%
1969 2.88 −0.04 −1.36%
1968 2.92 −0.08 −2.64%
1967 3 +0.01 +0.49%
1966 2.98 −0.15 −4.86%
1965 3.13 −0.09 −2.8%
1964 3.22 −0.02 −0.5%
1963 3.24 −0.02 −0.54%
1962 3.26 −0.04 −1.09%
1961 3.29 +0 +0.07%
1960 3.29

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.