Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — World

Total fertility rate in the world in 2024 — 2.19 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 53.3%.

2024 2.19 births −0.33% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 5.31 births1963
Period minimum 2.19 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — World, 1960–20242345619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.69 births1962: 5.02 births1964: 5.13 births1966: 4.97 births1968: 4.98 births1970: 4.84 births1972: 4.55 births1974: 4.26 births1976: 3.97 births1978: 3.77 births1980: 3.73 births1982: 3.72 births1984: 3.57 births1986: 3.51 births1988: 3.39 births1990: 3.31 births1992: 3.04 births1994: 2.92 births1996: 2.82 births1998: 2.75 births2000: 2.73 births2002: 2.66 births2004: 2.63 births2006: 2.61 births2008: 2.6 births2010: 2.57 births2012: 2.56 births2014: 2.52 births2016: 2.49 births2018: 2.39 births2020: 2.28 births2022: 2.22 births2024: 2.19 births
Change over the period: −2.5 (−53.3%) Average annual rate: -1.18 %

Comparison, 2024

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

World 2.19 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.19 −0.01 −0.33%
2023 2.2 −0.02 −0.87%
2022 2.22 −0.03 −1.36%
2021 2.25 −0.03 −1.35%
2020 2.28 −0.08 −3.27%
2019 2.35 −0.04 −1.61%
2018 2.39 −0.07 −2.77%
2017 2.46 −0.03 −1.27%
2016 2.49 +0 +0.06%
2015 2.49 −0.03 −1.09%
2014 2.52 −0.01 −0.3%
2013 2.52 −0.04 −1.54%
2012 2.56 +0.02 +0.65%
2011 2.55 −0.02 −0.78%
2010 2.57 −0.02 −0.96%
2009 2.59 −0.01 −0.4%
2008 2.6 +0 +0.05%
2007 2.6 −0 −0.16%
2006 2.61 −0 −0.17%
2005 2.61 −0.02 −0.66%
2004 2.63 −0.01 −0.38%
2003 2.64 −0.02 −0.83%
2002 2.66 −0.03 −1.06%
2001 2.69 −0.04 −1.52%
2000 2.73 +0.01 +0.31%
1999 2.72 −0.03 −0.93%
1998 2.75 −0.03 −1.15%
1997 2.78 −0.04 −1.42%
1996 2.82 −0.05 −1.65%
1995 2.87 −0.05 −1.82%
1994 2.92 −0.05 −1.77%
1993 2.97 −0.07 −2.22%
1992 3.04 −0.09 −2.78%
1991 3.13 −0.18 −5.47%
1990 3.31 −0.04 −1.18%
1989 3.35 −0.05 −1.39%
1988 3.39 −0.09 −2.57%
1987 3.48 −0.03 −0.9%
1986 3.51 −0.02 −0.43%
1985 3.53 −0.04 −1.07%
1984 3.57 −0.03 −0.75%
1983 3.59 −0.13 −3.41%
1982 3.72 +0.02 +0.43%
1981 3.71 −0.03 −0.69%
1980 3.73 −0.03 −0.67%
1979 3.76 −0.02 −0.46%
1978 3.77 −0.07 −1.77%
1977 3.84 −0.12 −3.15%
1976 3.97 −0.11 −2.62%
1975 4.07 −0.18 −4.29%
1974 4.26 −0.16 −3.65%
1973 4.42 −0.13 −2.87%
1972 4.55 −0.14 −3.02%
1971 4.69 −0.15 −3.11%
1970 4.84 −0.04 −0.82%
1969 4.88 −0.1 −1.97%
1968 4.98 +0.11 +2.31%
1967 4.87 −0.1 −2.06%
1966 4.97 −0.11 −2.22%
1965 5.08 −0.05 −0.97%
1964 5.13 −0.18 −3.45%
1963 5.31 +0.29 +5.78%
1962 5.02 +0.46 +10.06%
1961 4.56 −0.12 −2.59%
1960 4.69

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.