Fertility rate: Asia (UN)
1.881 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 · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.881 |
| 2022 | 1.896 |
| 2021 | 1.927 |
| 2020 | 1.973 |
| 2019 | 2.075 |
| 2018 | 2.118 |
| 2017 | 2.206 |
| 2016 | 2.241 |
| 2015 | 2.227 |
| 2014 | 2.265 |
| 2013 | 2.281 |
| 2012 | 2.331 |
| 2011 | 2.303 |
| 2010 | 2.323 |
| 2009 | 2.353 |
| 2008 | 2.361 |
| 2007 | 2.367 |
| 2006 | 2.381 |
| 2005 | 2.397 |
| 2004 | 2.428 |
| 2003 | 2.451 |
| 2002 | 2.49 |
| 2001 | 2.532 |
| 2000 | 2.584 |
| 1999 | 2.575 |
| 1998 | 2.607 |
| 1997 | 2.649 |
| 1996 | 2.693 |
| 1995 | 2.748 |
| 1994 | 2.802 |
| 1993 | 2.86 |
| 1992 | 2.936 |
| 1991 | 3.048 |
| 1990 | 3.314 |
| 1989 | 3.36 |
| 1988 | 3.412 |
| 1987 | 3.543 |
| 1986 | 3.58 |
| 1985 | 3.591 |
| 1984 | 3.642 |
| 1983 | 3.671 |
| 1982 | 3.88 |
| 1981 | 3.871 |
| 1980 | 3.908 |
| 1979 | 3.945 |
| 1978 | 3.966 |
| 1977 | 4.058 |
| 1976 | 4.263 |
| 1975 | 4.43 |
| 1974 | 4.716 |
| 1973 | 4.978 |
| 1972 | 5.164 |
| 1971 | 5.352 |
| 1970 | 5.591 |
| 1969 | 5.654 |
| 1968 | 5.815 |
| 1967 | 5.595 |
| 1966 | 5.774 |
| 1965 | 5.948 |
| 1964 | 5.994 |
| 1963 | 6.313 |
| 1962 | 5.789 |
| 1961 | 4.951 |
| 1960 | 5.183 |
| 1959 | 5.274 |
| 1958 | 5.646 |
| 1957 | 5.913 |
| 1956 | 5.691 |
| 1955 | 5.85 |
| 1954 | 5.863 |
| 1953 | 5.757 |
| 1952 | 5.926 |
| 1951 | 5.609 |
| 1950 | 5.694 |