Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Uganda

Total fertility rate in Uganda in 2024 — 4.17 births. Ranked 19 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 39.7%.

2024 4.17 births −2.76% vs 2023
World rank 19of 217
Period maximum 7.2 births1975
Period minimum 4.17 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Uganda, 1960–20244567819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.91 births1962: 6.96 births1964: 7.01 births1966: 7.07 births1968: 7.13 births1970: 7.15 births1972: 7.19 births1974: 7.19 births1976: 7.19 births1978: 7.16 births1980: 7.11 births1982: 7.11 births1984: 7.02 births1986: 7.08 births1988: 7.1 births1990: 7.01 births1992: 6.91 births1994: 6.9 births1996: 6.84 births1998: 6.84 births2000: 6.79 births2002: 6.74 births2004: 6.61 births2006: 6.43 births2008: 6.2 births2010: 6.02 births2012: 5.73 births2014: 5.41 births2016: 5.11 births2018: 4.87 births2020: 4.62 births2022: 4.39 births2024: 4.17 births
Change over the period: −2.74 (−39.68%) Average annual rate: -0.79 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Uganda 4.17 births
World 2.19 births
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.26 births
Eastern Africa computed 4.06 births
Low-income countries computed 4.48 births
Total fertility rate — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 4.17 −0.12 −2.76%
2023 4.28 −0.11 −2.39%
2022 4.39 −0.12 −2.71%
2021 4.51 −0.11 −2.4%
2020 4.62 −0.12 −2.59%
2019 4.74 −0.12 −2.53%
2018 4.87 −0.12 −2.41%
2017 4.99 −0.13 −2.45%
2016 5.11 −0.14 −2.65%
2015 5.25 −0.16 −2.9%
2014 5.41 −0.15 −2.79%
2013 5.56 −0.17 −2.9%
2012 5.73 −0.16 −2.65%
2011 5.89 −0.13 −2.23%
2010 6.02 −0.11 −1.71%
2009 6.12 −0.08 −1.26%
2008 6.2 −0.12 −1.96%
2007 6.33 −0.1 −1.6%
2006 6.43 −0.1 −1.47%
2005 6.53 −0.09 −1.32%
2004 6.61 −0.06 −0.88%
2003 6.67 −0.06 −0.95%
2002 6.74 −0.02 −0.33%
2001 6.76 −0.03 −0.46%
2000 6.79 −0.04 −0.54%
1999 6.83 −0.01 −0.18%
1998 6.84 −0.02 −0.28%
1997 6.86 +0.02 +0.31%
1996 6.84 −0.04 −0.52%
1995 6.87 −0.03 −0.41%
1994 6.9 +0.01 +0.19%
1993 6.89 −0.03 −0.39%
1992 6.91 −0.03 −0.43%
1991 6.94 −0.07 −1.01%
1990 7.01 −0.03 −0.44%
1989 7.05 −0.06 −0.8%
1988 7.1 −0.02 −0.25%
1987 7.12 +0.04 +0.52%
1986 7.08 +0.05 +0.65%
1985 7.04 +0.01 +0.19%
1984 7.02 −0.04 −0.62%
1983 7.07 −0.04 −0.59%
1982 7.11 −0.01 −0.11%
1981 7.12 +0 +0.07%
1980 7.11 −0.03 −0.41%
1979 7.14 −0.02 −0.29%
1978 7.16 −0.02 −0.28%
1977 7.18 −0.01 −0.15%
1976 7.19 −0.01 −0.1%
1975 7.2 +0.01 +0.13%
1974 7.19 −0 −0.01%
1973 7.19 +0.01 +0.11%
1972 7.19 +0 +0.06%
1971 7.18 +0.03 +0.45%
1970 7.15 +0.03 +0.48%
1969 7.12 −0.01 −0.21%
1968 7.13 +0.03 +0.39%
1967 7.1 +0.04 +0.51%
1966 7.07 +0.02 +0.34%
1965 7.04 +0.03 +0.43%
1964 7.01 +0.03 +0.4%
1963 6.98 +0.03 +0.36%
1962 6.96 +0.03 +0.46%
1961 6.93 +0.02 +0.32%
1960 6.91

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.