Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Syria

Total fertility rate in Syria in 2024 — 2.7 births. Ranked 66 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 64%.

2024 2.7 births −0.44% vs 2023
World rank 66of 217
Period maximum 7.62 births1970
Period minimum 2.7 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Syria, 1960–2024246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7.51 births1962: 7.51 births1964: 7.53 births1966: 7.55 births1968: 7.57 births1970: 7.62 births1972: 7.57 births1974: 7.52 births1976: 7.45 births1978: 7.35 births1980: 7.12 births1982: 6.81 births1984: 6.59 births1986: 6.37 births1988: 6 births1990: 5.56 births1992: 5.14 births1994: 4.86 births1996: 4.54 births1998: 4.25 births2000: 4.07 births2002: 3.87 births2004: 3.68 births2006: 3.56 births2008: 3.48 births2010: 3.36 births2012: 3.22 births2014: 3.12 births2016: 3.01 births2018: 2.93 births2020: 2.84 births2022: 2.75 births2024: 2.7 births
Change over the period: −4.81 (−64.02%) Average annual rate: -1.58 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Syria 2.7 births
World 2.19 births
Western Asia computed 2.48 births
Low-income countries computed 4.48 births
Total fertility rate — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.7 −0.01 −0.44%
2023 2.71 −0.03 −1.24%
2022 2.75 −0.05 −1.86%
2021 2.8 −0.04 −1.37%
2020 2.84 −0.04 −1.42%
2019 2.88 −0.05 −1.84%
2018 2.93 −0.04 −1.35%
2017 2.97 −0.04 −1.33%
2016 3.01 −0.06 −1.79%
2015 3.07 −0.05 −1.6%
2014 3.12 −0.05 −1.52%
2013 3.17 −0.06 −1.74%
2012 3.22 −0.06 −1.95%
2011 3.29 −0.07 −2.09%
2010 3.36 −0.06 −1.76%
2009 3.42 −0.07 −1.9%
2008 3.48 −0.06 −1.61%
2007 3.54 −0.02 −0.67%
2006 3.56 −0.04 −1.19%
2005 3.61 −0.07 −2.01%
2004 3.68 −0.08 −2.23%
2003 3.76 −0.1 −2.64%
2002 3.87 −0.11 −2.79%
2001 3.98 −0.09 −2.26%
2000 4.07 −0.08 −1.83%
1999 4.14 −0.11 −2.49%
1998 4.25 −0.12 −2.77%
1997 4.37 −0.16 −3.64%
1996 4.54 −0.16 −3.43%
1995 4.7 −0.16 −3.27%
1994 4.86 −0.14 −2.76%
1993 4.99 −0.15 −2.86%
1992 5.14 −0.2 −3.76%
1991 5.34 −0.22 −3.94%
1990 5.56 −0.22 −3.74%
1989 5.78 −0.22 −3.7%
1988 6 −0.2 −3.26%
1987 6.2 −0.16 −2.58%
1986 6.37 −0.12 −1.84%
1985 6.48 −0.1 −1.55%
1984 6.59 −0.11 −1.58%
1983 6.69 −0.12 −1.75%
1982 6.81 −0.16 −2.34%
1981 6.97 −0.15 −2.04%
1980 7.12 −0.13 −1.77%
1979 7.25 −0.1 −1.33%
1978 7.35 −0.07 −0.98%
1977 7.42 −0.03 −0.4%
1976 7.45 −0.04 −0.51%
1975 7.49 −0.03 −0.45%
1974 7.52 −0.03 −0.37%
1973 7.55 −0.03 −0.33%
1972 7.57 −0.03 −0.36%
1971 7.6 −0.02 −0.28%
1970 7.62 +0.04 +0.46%
1969 7.59 +0.02 +0.22%
1968 7.57 +0.01 +0.17%
1967 7.56 +0 +0.05%
1966 7.55 +0.02 +0.27%
1965 7.53 +0.01 +0.09%
1964 7.53 +0.01 +0.19%
1963 7.51 +0 +0.01%
1962 7.51 +0.01 +0.11%
1961 7.5 −0 −0.04%
1960 7.51

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.