Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Southern Europe

Total fertility rate in Southern Europe in 2024 — 1.22 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 54.6%.

2024 1.22 births −1.85% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 2.82 births1964
Period minimum 1.22 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Southern Europe, 1960–202411.522.5319601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.7 births1962: 2.69 births1964: 2.82 births1966: 2.75 births1968: 2.67 births1970: 2.6 births1972: 2.58 births1974: 2.53 births1976: 2.4 births1978: 2.2 births1980: 2 births1982: 1.86 births1984: 1.73 births1986: 1.6 births1988: 1.56 births1990: 1.49 births1992: 1.43 births1994: 1.34 births1996: 1.32 births1998: 1.3 births2000: 1.34 births2002: 1.34 births2004: 1.37 births2006: 1.39 births2008: 1.45 births2010: 1.43 births2012: 1.39 births2014: 1.37 births2016: 1.37 births2018: 1.33 births2020: 1.28 births2022: 1.28 births2024: 1.22 births
Change over the period: −1.47 (−54.61%) Average annual rate: -1.23 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Europe 1.22 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.22 −0.02 −1.85%
2023 1.25 −0.03 −2.38%
2022 1.28 −0.01 −1.08%
2021 1.29 +0.01 +0.82%
2020 1.28 −0.03 −2.16%
2019 1.31 −0.02 −1.86%
2018 1.33 −0.02 −1.74%
2017 1.36 −0.02 −1.12%
2016 1.37 +0.01 +0.5%
2015 1.37 −0 −0.1%
2014 1.37 +0.01 +1.05%
2013 1.35 −0.04 −2.7%
2012 1.39 −0.01 −0.56%
2011 1.4 −0.03 −2.21%
2010 1.43 −0 −0.31%
2009 1.43 −0.02 −1.36%
2008 1.45 +0.05 +3.78%
2007 1.4 +0.01 +0.71%
2006 1.39 +0.02 +1.45%
2005 1.37 −0 −0.21%
2004 1.37 +0.01 +1.08%
2003 1.36 +0.02 +1.42%
2002 1.34 +0.01 +0.92%
2001 1.33 −0.01 −0.51%
2000 1.34 +0.04 +2.7%
1999 1.3 +0.01 +0.4%
1998 1.3 −0.02 −1.81%
1997 1.32 +0 +0.32%
1996 1.32 −0 −0.2%
1995 1.32 −0.02 −1.84%
1994 1.34 −0.05 −3.41%
1993 1.39 −0.04 −3.08%
1992 1.43 −0.02 −1.67%
1991 1.46 −0.03 −2.17%
1990 1.49 −0.01 −0.97%
1989 1.51 −0.05 −3.25%
1988 1.56 +0 +0.09%
1987 1.55 −0.04 −2.64%
1986 1.6 −0.07 −3.94%
1985 1.66 −0.07 −4.11%
1984 1.73 −0.05 −3%
1983 1.79 −0.08 −4.14%
1982 1.86 −0.04 −2.31%
1981 1.91 −0.1 −4.8%
1980 2 −0.09 −4.27%
1979 2.09 −0.11 −4.96%
1978 2.2 −0.09 −3.98%
1977 2.29 −0.1 −4.23%
1976 2.4 −0.05 −2.21%
1975 2.45 −0.08 −3.09%
1974 2.53 −0 −0.06%
1973 2.53 −0.05 −1.83%
1972 2.58 −0.04 −1.6%
1971 2.62 +0.02 +0.71%
1970 2.6 −0.06 −2.26%
1969 2.66 −0.01 −0.49%
1968 2.67 −0.05 −1.85%
1967 2.72 −0.03 −1.11%
1966 2.75 −0.02 −0.68%
1965 2.77 −0.05 −1.76%
1964 2.82 +0.1 +3.82%
1963 2.72 +0.03 +0.93%
1962 2.69 +0.01 +0.48%
1961 2.68 −0.02 −0.57%
1960 2.7

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.