Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Uruguay

Total fertility rate in Uruguay in 2024 — 1.4 births. Ranked 178 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 50.6%.

2024 1.4 births −0.85% vs 2023
World rank 178of 217
Period maximum 3.02 births1975
Period minimum 1.4 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Uruguay, 1960–202411.522.533.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.83 births1962: 2.87 births1964: 2.86 births1966: 2.82 births1968: 2.77 births1970: 2.77 births1972: 2.78 births1974: 2.96 births1976: 3.01 births1978: 2.83 births1980: 2.59 births1982: 2.51 births1984: 2.47 births1986: 2.47 births1988: 2.5 births1990: 2.48 births1992: 2.43 births1994: 2.43 births1996: 2.36 births1998: 2.27 births2000: 2.2 births2002: 2.16 births2004: 2.09 births2006: 2.07 births2008: 2.03 births2010: 2.01 births2012: 2.01 births2014: 2.03 births2016: 1.97 births2018: 1.68 births2020: 1.5 births2022: 1.43 births2024: 1.4 births
Change over the period: −1.43 (−50.58%) Average annual rate: -1.1 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Uruguay 1.4 births
World 2.19 births
South America computed 1.69 births
High-income countries computed 1.43 births
Total fertility rate — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.4 −0.01 −0.85%
2023 1.41 −0.02 −1.12%
2022 1.43 −0.02 −1.45%
2021 1.45 −0.05 −3.41%
2020 1.5 −0.07 −4.47%
2019 1.57 −0.11 −6.78%
2018 1.68 −0.14 −7.84%
2017 1.82 −0.14 −7.22%
2016 1.97 −0.08 −3.67%
2015 2.04 +0.02 +0.74%
2014 2.03 −0.01 −0.39%
2013 2.03 +0.02 +1.09%
2012 2.01 +0.02 +1.26%
2011 1.99 −0.02 −1.19%
2010 2.01 −0.01 −0.35%
2009 2.02 −0.01 −0.59%
2008 2.03 −0.02 −0.88%
2007 2.05 −0.02 −1.06%
2006 2.07 −0.03 −1.29%
2005 2.1 +0 +0.19%
2004 2.09 −0.02 −1.09%
2003 2.12 −0.04 −2.04%
2002 2.16 −0 −0.05%
2001 2.16 −0.04 −1.59%
2000 2.2 −0.05 −2.31%
1999 2.25 −0.02 −1.01%
1998 2.27 −0.06 −2.45%
1997 2.33 −0.04 −1.52%
1996 2.36 −0.04 −1.54%
1995 2.4 −0.02 −0.99%
1994 2.43 +0.02 +0.71%
1993 2.41 −0.02 −0.99%
1992 2.43 −0.02 −0.9%
1991 2.45 −0.02 −0.93%
1990 2.48 −0.02 −0.84%
1989 2.5 −0 −0.2%
1988 2.5 +0.02 +0.68%
1987 2.49 +0.02 +0.65%
1986 2.47 +0 +0%
1985 2.47 −0 −0.04%
1984 2.47 −0.02 −0.6%
1983 2.49 −0.03 −1.04%
1982 2.51 −0.02 −0.87%
1981 2.53 −0.06 −2.16%
1980 2.59 −0.12 −4.46%
1979 2.71 −0.12 −4.17%
1978 2.83 −0.07 −2.41%
1977 2.9 −0.11 −3.53%
1976 3.01 −0.01 −0.4%
1975 3.02 +0.06 +2.03%
1974 2.96 +0.1 +3.57%
1973 2.86 +0.07 +2.62%
1972 2.78 +0.02 +0.54%
1971 2.77 −0 −0.18%
1970 2.77 +0 +0.11%
1969 2.77 −0 −0.07%
1968 2.77 −0.01 −0.47%
1967 2.78 −0.04 −1.24%
1966 2.82 −0.02 −0.74%
1965 2.84 −0.02 −0.8%
1964 2.86 −0.02 −0.73%
1963 2.88 +0.02 +0.63%
1962 2.87 +0.02 +0.7%
1961 2.85 +0.02 +0.67%
1960 2.83

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.