Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Upper-middle-income countries

Total fertility rate in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 1.44 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 70.7%.

2024 1.44 births +0.21% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 6.78 births1963
Period minimum 1.44 births2023

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Upper-middle-income countries, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.93 births1962: 5.93 births1964: 6.26 births1966: 6 births1968: 6.06 births1970: 5.74 births1972: 5.09 births1974: 4.44 births1976: 3.8 births1978: 3.41 births1980: 3.35 births1982: 3.41 births1984: 3.11 births1986: 3.08 births1988: 2.89 births1990: 2.79 births1992: 2.31 births1994: 2.18 births1996: 2.08 births1998: 2.01 births2000: 2.01 births2002: 1.93 births2004: 1.93 births2006: 1.95 births2008: 1.97 births2010: 1.95 births2012: 2.02 births2014: 1.98 births2016: 1.95 births2018: 1.79 births2020: 1.6 births2022: 1.47 births2024: 1.44 births
Change over the period: −3.49 (−70.73%) Average annual rate: -1.9 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 1.44 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.44 +0 +0.21%
2023 1.44 −0.03 −1.9%
2022 1.47 −0.06 −3.67%
2021 1.52 −0.07 −4.61%
2020 1.6 −0.16 −9%
2019 1.76 −0.04 −2.15%
2018 1.79 −0.15 −7.69%
2017 1.94 −0 −0.17%
2016 1.95 +0.03 +1.68%
2015 1.91 −0.07 −3.52%
2014 1.98 +0.03 +1.32%
2013 1.96 −0.06 −2.83%
2012 2.02 +0.07 +3.6%
2011 1.95 −0.01 −0.29%
2010 1.95 −0.02 −0.87%
2009 1.97 −0 −0.03%
2008 1.97 +0.02 +0.84%
2007 1.95 +0.01 +0.35%
2006 1.95 +0 +0.25%
2005 1.94 +0.01 +0.41%
2004 1.93 +0.02 +0.82%
2003 1.92 −0.01 −0.61%
2002 1.93 −0.02 −1.04%
2001 1.95 −0.06 −2.99%
2000 2.01 +0.03 +1.31%
1999 1.98 −0.02 −1.12%
1998 2.01 −0.03 −1.42%
1997 2.03 −0.04 −2.02%
1996 2.08 −0.05 −2.29%
1995 2.12 −0.05 −2.37%
1994 2.18 −0.06 −2.74%
1993 2.24 −0.07 −3.13%
1992 2.31 −0.12 −5.07%
1991 2.43 −0.36 −12.9%
1990 2.79 −0.05 −1.76%
1989 2.84 −0.05 −1.77%
1988 2.89 −0.17 −5.4%
1987 3.06 −0.02 −0.69%
1986 3.08 +0 +0.1%
1985 3.08 −0.04 −1.17%
1984 3.11 −0.01 −0.47%
1983 3.13 −0.28 −8.24%
1982 3.41 +0.07 +2.05%
1981 3.34 −0.01 −0.23%
1980 3.35 −0.04 −1.29%
1979 3.39 −0.02 −0.57%
1978 3.41 −0.11 −3.19%
1977 3.53 −0.27 −7.2%
1976 3.8 −0.24 −5.98%
1975 4.04 −0.4 −8.94%
1974 4.44 −0.38 −7.93%
1973 4.82 −0.27 −5.28%
1972 5.09 −0.28 −5.27%
1971 5.37 −0.37 −6.47%
1970 5.74 −0.09 −1.51%
1969 5.83 −0.23 −3.77%
1968 6.06 +0.39 +6.88%
1967 5.67 −0.33 −5.48%
1966 6 −0.2 −3.24%
1965 6.2 −0.06 −0.99%
1964 6.26 −0.52 −7.66%
1963 6.78 +0.85 +14.29%
1962 5.93 +1.34 +29.23%
1961 4.59 −0.34 −6.89%
1960 4.93

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.