Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Caribbean

Total fertility rate in the Caribbean in 2024 — 1.93 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 64.2%.

2024 1.93 births −0.47% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 5.47 births1963
Period minimum 1.93 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Caribbean, 1960–202412345619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5.39 births1962: 5.42 births1964: 5.39 births1966: 5.22 births1968: 4.98 births1970: 4.76 births1972: 4.5 births1974: 4.19 births1976: 3.82 births1978: 3.5 births1980: 3.31 births1982: 3.28 births1984: 3.2 births1986: 3.14 births1988: 3.13 births1990: 3.09 births1992: 2.95 births1994: 2.84 births1996: 2.72 births1998: 2.66 births2000: 2.64 births2002: 2.55 births2004: 2.44 births2006: 2.32 births2008: 2.35 births2010: 2.34 births2012: 2.27 births2014: 2.21 births2016: 2.14 births2018: 2.09 births2020: 2.01 births2022: 1.95 births2024: 1.93 births
Change over the period: −3.46 (−64.19%) Average annual rate: -1.59 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Caribbean 1.93 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Caribbean, by year Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.93 −0.01 −0.47%
2023 1.94 −0.01 −0.45%
2022 1.95 −0.02 −1%
2021 1.97 −0.04 −1.89%
2020 2.01 −0.04 −1.96%
2019 2.05 −0.04 −2.09%
2018 2.09 −0.01 −0.5%
2017 2.1 −0.04 −1.69%
2016 2.14 −0.05 −2.32%
2015 2.19 −0.02 −0.85%
2014 2.21 −0.03 −1.31%
2013 2.24 −0.03 −1.53%
2012 2.27 −0.06 −2.48%
2011 2.33 −0.01 −0.55%
2010 2.34 −0.03 −1.23%
2009 2.37 +0.02 +0.94%
2008 2.35 +0.03 +1.48%
2007 2.31 −0.01 −0.47%
2006 2.32 −0.06 −2.59%
2005 2.39 −0.06 −2.33%
2004 2.44 −0.06 −2.38%
2003 2.5 −0.04 −1.7%
2002 2.55 −0.04 −1.44%
2001 2.58 −0.06 −2.14%
2000 2.64 −0.02 −0.66%
1999 2.66 −0.01 −0.26%
1998 2.66 −0.04 −1.58%
1997 2.71 −0.02 −0.62%
1996 2.72 −0.08 −2.87%
1995 2.8 −0.04 −1.38%
1994 2.84 −0.05 −1.64%
1993 2.89 −0.06 −1.97%
1992 2.95 −0.06 −2.03%
1991 3.01 −0.08 −2.61%
1990 3.09 −0.02 −0.79%
1989 3.12 −0.01 −0.33%
1988 3.13 +0.01 +0.17%
1987 3.12 −0.02 −0.62%
1986 3.14 −0.02 −0.78%
1985 3.17 −0.03 −1.06%
1984 3.2 −0.05 −1.63%
1983 3.25 −0.02 −0.73%
1982 3.28 +0.02 +0.77%
1981 3.25 −0.06 −1.85%
1980 3.31 −0.09 −2.73%
1979 3.41 −0.09 −2.59%
1978 3.5 −0.17 −4.62%
1977 3.67 −0.16 −4.08%
1976 3.82 −0.16 −4.13%
1975 3.99 −0.2 −4.8%
1974 4.19 −0.17 −3.96%
1973 4.36 −0.14 −3.18%
1972 4.5 −0.15 −3.13%
1971 4.65 −0.11 −2.4%
1970 4.76 −0.12 −2.43%
1969 4.88 −0.1 −1.95%
1968 4.98 −0.12 −2.35%
1967 5.1 −0.13 −2.42%
1966 5.22 −0.1 −1.97%
1965 5.33 −0.06 −1.13%
1964 5.39 −0.08 −1.54%
1963 5.47 +0.05 +0.97%
1962 5.42 +0.03 +0.49%
1961 5.4 +0 +0.07%
1960 5.39

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.