# Fertility rate: Afghanistan

4.84 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.

Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.

Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/fertility) · [All countries and regions](/fertility).

## Every year

| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2023 | 4.84 |
| 2022 | 4.932 |
| 2021 | 5.039 |
| 2020 | 5.145 |
| 2019 | 5.238 |
| 2018 | 5.327 |
| 2017 | 5.433 |
| 2016 | 5.542 |
| 2015 | 5.652 |
| 2014 | 5.77 |
| 2013 | 5.879 |
| 2012 | 5.985 |
| 2011 | 6.094 |
| 2010 | 6.195 |
| 2009 | 6.295 |
| 2008 | 6.392 |
| 2007 | 6.508 |
| 2006 | 6.686 |
| 2005 | 6.858 |
| 2004 | 7.018 |
| 2003 | 7.174 |
| 2002 | 7.32 |
| 2001 | 7.453 |
| 2000 | 7.566 |
| 1999 | 7.641 |
| 1998 | 7.693 |
| 1997 | 7.732 |
| 1996 | 7.757 |
| 1995 | 7.767 |
| 1994 | 7.767 |
| 1993 | 7.761 |
| 1992 | 7.703 |
| 1991 | 7.631 |
| 1990 | 7.576 |
| 1989 | 7.559 |
| 1988 | 7.551 |
| 1987 | 7.548 |
| 1986 | 7.553 |
| 1985 | 7.55 |
| 1984 | 7.554 |
| 1983 | 7.57 |
| 1982 | 7.6 |
| 1981 | 7.617 |
| 1980 | 7.643 |
| 1979 | 7.612 |
| 1978 | 7.599 |
| 1977 | 7.591 |
| 1976 | 7.561 |
| 1975 | 7.542 |
| 1974 | 7.526 |
| 1973 | 7.487 |
| 1972 | 7.453 |
| 1971 | 7.432 |
| 1970 | 7.4 |
| 1969 | 7.389 |
| 1968 | 7.363 |
| 1967 | 7.339 |
| 1966 | 7.32 |
| 1965 | 7.305 |
| 1964 | 7.304 |
| 1963 | 7.302 |
| 1962 | 7.292 |
| 1961 | 7.284 |
| 1960 | 7.282 |
| 1959 | 7.276 |
| 1958 | 7.269 |
| 1957 | 7.264 |
| 1956 | 7.269 |
| 1955 | 7.262 |
| 1954 | 7.254 |
| 1953 | 7.266 |
| 1952 | 7.26 |
| 1951 | 7.26 |
| 1950 | 7.248 |

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