Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Eastern Asia

Total fertility rate in Eastern Asia in 2024 — 1.03 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 75.5%.

2024 1.03 births +0.91% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 6.73 births1963
Period minimum 1.02 births2023

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Eastern Asia, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.21 births1962: 5.54 births1964: 6.03 births1966: 5.68 births1968: 5.91 births1970: 5.57 births1972: 4.74 births1974: 3.92 births1976: 3.08 births1978: 2.62 births1980: 2.65 births1982: 2.83 births1984: 2.5 births1986: 2.58 births1988: 2.42 births1990: 2.39 births1992: 1.76 births1994: 1.63 births1996: 1.55 births1998: 1.51 births2000: 1.6 births2002: 1.54 births2004: 1.57 births2006: 1.6 births2008: 1.66 births2010: 1.65 births2012: 1.75 births2014: 1.72 births2016: 1.73 births2018: 1.52 births2020: 1.24 births2022: 1.06 births2024: 1.03 births
Change over the period: −3.18 (−75.52%) Average annual rate: -2.17 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Asia 1.03 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.03 +0.01 +0.91%
2023 1.02 −0.04 −3.49%
2022 1.06 −0.08 −6.76%
2021 1.13 −0.11 −8.65%
2020 1.24 −0.23 −15.71%
2019 1.47 −0.04 −2.89%
2018 1.52 −0.23 −12.93%
2017 1.74 +0.01 +0.85%
2016 1.73 +0.09 +5.2%
2015 1.64 −0.08 −4.79%
2014 1.72 +0.05 +2.87%
2013 1.68 −0.07 −4.26%
2012 1.75 +0.12 +7.12%
2011 1.63 −0.02 −0.91%
2010 1.65 −0.02 −1.18%
2009 1.67 +0.01 +0.56%
2008 1.66 +0.03 +1.95%
2007 1.63 +0.03 +1.59%
2006 1.6 +0.03 +1.6%
2005 1.58 +0.01 +0.72%
2004 1.57 +0.03 +1.91%
2003 1.54 +0 +0.06%
2002 1.54 −0 −0.18%
2001 1.54 −0.06 −4.01%
2000 1.6 +0.09 +5.77%
1999 1.52 +0 +0.11%
1998 1.51 −0.01 −0.57%
1997 1.52 −0.03 −1.89%
1996 1.55 −0.03 −2.01%
1995 1.58 −0.04 −2.63%
1994 1.63 −0.05 −3%
1993 1.68 −0.08 −4.68%
1992 1.76 −0.14 −7.25%
1991 1.9 −0.49 −20.6%
1990 2.39 −0.01 −0.29%
1989 2.4 −0.03 −1.03%
1988 2.42 −0.19 −7.27%
1987 2.61 +0.03 +1.09%
1986 2.58 +0.07 +2.68%
1985 2.52 +0.01 +0.55%
1984 2.5 +0.03 +1.19%
1983 2.47 −0.36 −12.67%
1982 2.83 +0.15 +5.53%
1981 2.68 +0.04 +1.38%
1980 2.65 −0.01 −0.37%
1979 2.66 +0.03 +1.2%
1978 2.62 −0.12 −4.38%
1977 2.74 −0.34 −10.92%
1976 3.08 −0.31 −9.06%
1975 3.39 −0.53 −13.58%
1974 3.92 −0.49 −11.11%
1973 4.41 −0.33 −7.03%
1972 4.74 −0.36 −6.99%
1971 5.1 −0.47 −8.4%
1970 5.57 −0.07 −1.2%
1969 5.64 −0.28 −4.66%
1968 5.91 +0.57 +10.74%
1967 5.34 −0.34 −6.01%
1966 5.68 −0.31 −5.11%
1965 5.99 −0.05 −0.77%
1964 6.03 −0.7 −10.35%
1963 6.73 +1.19 +21.45%
1962 5.54 +1.84 +49.66%
1961 3.7 −0.51 −12.01%
1960 4.21

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.