Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — South Asia

Total fertility rate in South Asia in 2024 — 1.98 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 67%.

2024 1.98 births −0.73% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 6.05 births1964
Period minimum 1.98 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — South Asia, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6 births1962: 6.03 births1964: 6.05 births1966: 5.95 births1968: 5.85 births1970: 5.73 births1972: 5.6 births1974: 5.46 births1976: 5.27 births1978: 5.05 births1980: 4.93 births1982: 4.77 births1984: 4.64 births1986: 4.48 births1988: 4.28 births1990: 4.09 births1992: 3.89 births1994: 3.73 births1996: 3.57 births1998: 3.44 births2000: 3.33 births2002: 3.2 births2004: 3.03 births2006: 2.85 births2008: 2.69 births2010: 2.57 births2012: 2.44 births2014: 2.28 births2016: 2.27 births2018: 2.18 births2020: 2.06 births2022: 2.01 births2024: 1.98 births
Change over the period: −4.02 (−66.96%) Average annual rate: -1.72 %

Comparison, 2024

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

South Asia 1.98 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.98 −0.01 −0.73%
2023 2 −0.02 −0.92%
2022 2.01 −0.02 −0.84%
2021 2.03 −0.03 −1.42%
2020 2.06 −0.06 −3.01%
2019 2.12 −0.06 −2.63%
2018 2.18 −0.01 −0.47%
2017 2.19 −0.08 −3.59%
2016 2.27 −0.01 −0.25%
2015 2.28 −0.01 −0.22%
2014 2.28 −0.09 −3.97%
2013 2.38 −0.06 −2.6%
2012 2.44 −0.06 −2.34%
2011 2.5 −0.07 −2.55%
2010 2.57 −0.08 −2.98%
2009 2.64 −0.04 −1.66%
2008 2.69 −0.07 −2.45%
2007 2.76 −0.09 −3.17%
2006 2.85 −0.09 −3.06%
2005 2.94 −0.09 −2.93%
2004 3.03 −0.08 −2.51%
2003 3.1 −0.09 −2.97%
2002 3.2 −0.08 −2.58%
2001 3.28 −0.05 −1.53%
2000 3.33 −0.04 −1.14%
1999 3.37 −0.06 −1.87%
1998 3.44 −0.07 −2.02%
1997 3.51 −0.06 −1.79%
1996 3.57 −0.07 −2.01%
1995 3.64 −0.08 −2.17%
1994 3.73 −0.08 −2.04%
1993 3.8 −0.09 −2.3%
1992 3.89 −0.1 −2.44%
1991 3.99 −0.1 −2.47%
1990 4.09 −0.1 −2.29%
1989 4.19 −0.09 −2.19%
1988 4.28 −0.1 −2.33%
1987 4.38 −0.1 −2.27%
1986 4.48 −0.06 −1.25%
1985 4.54 −0.09 −2.04%
1984 4.64 −0.06 −1.31%
1983 4.7 −0.07 −1.52%
1982 4.77 −0.09 −1.76%
1981 4.86 −0.08 −1.56%
1980 4.93 −0.04 −0.83%
1979 4.97 −0.08 −1.55%
1978 5.05 −0.11 −2.1%
1977 5.16 −0.11 −2.17%
1976 5.27 −0.06 −1.19%
1975 5.34 −0.12 −2.16%
1974 5.46 −0.07 −1.27%
1973 5.53 −0.08 −1.34%
1972 5.6 −0.08 −1.33%
1971 5.68 −0.05 −0.95%
1970 5.73 −0.05 −0.88%
1969 5.78 −0.07 −1.16%
1968 5.85 −0.06 −0.98%
1967 5.91 −0.05 −0.78%
1966 5.95 −0.05 −0.9%
1965 6.01 −0.04 −0.61%
1964 6.05 +0.01 +0.1%
1963 6.04 +0.01 +0.19%
1962 6.03 +0.02 +0.26%
1961 6.01 +0.02 +0.28%
1960 6

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.