Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Western Asia

Total fertility rate in Western Asia in 2024 — 2.48 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 59.8%.

2024 2.48 births −0.92% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 6.36 births1962
Period minimum 2.48 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Western Asia, 1960–202423456719601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.16 births1962: 6.36 births1964: 6.31 births1966: 6.23 births1968: 6.13 births1970: 6.04 births1972: 5.91 births1974: 5.74 births1976: 5.57 births1978: 5.43 births1980: 5.3 births1982: 5.15 births1984: 5 births1986: 4.84 births1988: 4.68 births1990: 4.48 births1992: 4.28 births1994: 4.12 births1996: 3.9 births1998: 3.76 births2000: 3.57 births2002: 3.35 births2004: 3.24 births2006: 3.16 births2008: 3.08 births2010: 3.01 births2012: 3 births2014: 2.97 births2016: 2.86 births2018: 2.77 births2020: 2.62 births2022: 2.53 births2024: 2.48 births
Change over the period: −3.69 (−59.81%) Average annual rate: -1.41 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Asia 2.48 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.48 −0.02 −0.92%
2023 2.5 −0.03 −1.03%
2022 2.53 −0.05 −2.01%
2021 2.58 −0.04 −1.6%
2020 2.62 −0.08 −2.85%
2019 2.7 −0.07 −2.5%
2018 2.77 −0.05 −1.66%
2017 2.81 −0.05 −1.62%
2016 2.86 −0.06 −1.9%
2015 2.91 −0.06 −2.01%
2014 2.97 +0.01 +0.21%
2013 2.97 −0.03 −1.07%
2012 3 +0.01 +0.4%
2011 2.99 −0.02 −0.68%
2010 3.01 −0.03 −0.88%
2009 3.04 −0.04 −1.36%
2008 3.08 −0.05 −1.5%
2007 3.12 −0.04 −1.18%
2006 3.16 −0.02 −0.76%
2005 3.19 −0.05 −1.63%
2004 3.24 −0.04 −1.34%
2003 3.28 −0.07 −2.06%
2002 3.35 −0.11 −3.15%
2001 3.46 −0.11 −2.99%
2000 3.57 −0.11 −3%
1999 3.68 −0.08 −2.08%
1998 3.76 −0.07 −1.83%
1997 3.83 −0.07 −1.84%
1996 3.9 −0.13 −3.16%
1995 4.02 −0.1 −2.41%
1994 4.12 −0.09 −2.05%
1993 4.21 −0.07 −1.73%
1992 4.28 −0.1 −2.31%
1991 4.38 −0.1 −2.19%
1990 4.48 −0.11 −2.36%
1989 4.59 −0.09 −1.84%
1988 4.68 −0.08 −1.71%
1987 4.76 −0.08 −1.64%
1986 4.84 −0.07 −1.44%
1985 4.91 −0.09 −1.84%
1984 5 −0.07 −1.44%
1983 5.07 −0.08 −1.53%
1982 5.15 −0.08 −1.53%
1981 5.23 −0.06 −1.19%
1980 5.3 −0.07 −1.37%
1979 5.37 −0.06 −1.04%
1978 5.43 −0.06 −1.11%
1977 5.49 −0.08 −1.5%
1976 5.57 −0.08 −1.46%
1975 5.65 −0.08 −1.44%
1974 5.74 −0.09 −1.54%
1973 5.83 −0.09 −1.48%
1972 5.91 −0.07 −1.17%
1971 5.98 −0.06 −0.91%
1970 6.04 −0.05 −0.84%
1969 6.09 −0.04 −0.71%
1968 6.13 −0.05 −0.77%
1967 6.18 −0.05 −0.88%
1966 6.23 −0.04 −0.58%
1965 6.27 −0.04 −0.67%
1964 6.31 −0.03 −0.41%
1963 6.34 −0.02 −0.27%
1962 6.36 +0.11 +1.83%
1961 6.24 +0.08 +1.27%
1960 6.16

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.