Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Southern Asia

Total fertility rate in Southern Asia in 2024 — 2.21 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 63.9%.

2024 2.21 births −0.85% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 6.17 births1964
Period minimum 2.21 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Southern Asia, 1960–202423456719601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.14 births1962: 6.16 births1964: 6.17 births1966: 6.09 births1968: 6 births1970: 5.89 births1972: 5.76 births1974: 5.63 births1976: 5.48 births1978: 5.3 births1980: 5.21 births1982: 5.06 births1984: 4.94 births1986: 4.79 births1988: 4.58 births1990: 4.39 births1992: 4.17 births1994: 3.98 births1996: 3.8 births1998: 3.65 births2000: 3.55 births2002: 3.39 births2004: 3.21 births2006: 3.05 births2008: 2.91 births2010: 2.8 births2012: 2.68 births2014: 2.54 births2016: 2.51 births2018: 2.43 births2020: 2.31 births2022: 2.26 births2024: 2.21 births
Change over the period: −3.92 (−63.9%) Average annual rate: -1.58 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Asia 2.21 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.21 −0.02 −0.85%
2023 2.23 −0.02 −1%
2022 2.26 −0.02 −0.94%
2021 2.28 −0.03 −1.23%
2020 2.31 −0.06 −2.54%
2019 2.37 −0.06 −2.42%
2018 2.43 −0.02 −0.75%
2017 2.44 −0.07 −2.77%
2016 2.51 −0.01 −0.55%
2015 2.53 −0.01 −0.42%
2014 2.54 −0.08 −3.18%
2013 2.62 −0.06 −2.19%
2012 2.68 −0.06 −2.06%
2011 2.74 −0.06 −2.2%
2010 2.8 −0.07 −2.47%
2009 2.87 −0.04 −1.4%
2008 2.91 −0.06 −2.01%
2007 2.97 −0.08 −2.62%
2006 3.05 −0.08 −2.43%
2005 3.12 −0.09 −2.65%
2004 3.21 −0.09 −2.69%
2003 3.3 −0.09 −2.7%
2002 3.39 −0.09 −2.61%
2001 3.48 −0.06 −1.82%
2000 3.55 −0.05 −1.31%
1999 3.59 −0.06 −1.67%
1998 3.65 −0.08 −2.06%
1997 3.73 −0.07 −1.95%
1996 3.8 −0.09 −2.19%
1995 3.89 −0.09 −2.36%
1994 3.98 −0.09 −2.22%
1993 4.07 −0.1 −2.37%
1992 4.17 −0.11 −2.55%
1991 4.28 −0.11 −2.46%
1990 4.39 −0.1 −2.15%
1989 4.49 −0.09 −2.07%
1988 4.58 −0.1 −2.19%
1987 4.68 −0.1 −2.14%
1986 4.79 −0.06 −1.25%
1985 4.85 −0.09 −1.83%
1984 4.94 −0.06 −1.17%
1983 5 −0.07 −1.31%
1982 5.06 −0.08 −1.48%
1981 5.14 −0.07 −1.32%
1980 5.21 −0.03 −0.62%
1979 5.24 −0.06 −1.11%
1978 5.3 −0.09 −1.6%
1977 5.39 −0.09 −1.69%
1976 5.48 −0.05 −0.88%
1975 5.53 −0.1 −1.78%
1974 5.63 −0.06 −1.08%
1973 5.69 −0.07 −1.22%
1972 5.76 −0.08 −1.3%
1971 5.83 −0.06 −0.94%
1970 5.89 −0.05 −0.85%
1969 5.94 −0.06 −1.01%
1968 6 −0.05 −0.85%
1967 6.05 −0.04 −0.65%
1966 6.09 −0.05 −0.75%
1965 6.14 −0.03 −0.51%
1964 6.17 +0 +0.05%
1963 6.17 +0.01 +0.12%
1962 6.16 +0.01 +0.19%
1961 6.15 +0.01 +0.2%
1960 6.14

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.