Fertility rate: Belgium
1.379 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 | 1.379 |
| 2022 | 1.547 |
| 2021 | 1.599 |
| 2020 | 1.575 |
| 2019 | 1.609 |
| 2018 | 1.616 |
| 2017 | 1.641 |
| 2016 | 1.675 |
| 2015 | 1.69 |
| 2014 | 1.733 |
| 2013 | 1.748 |
| 2012 | 1.784 |
| 2011 | 1.805 |
| 2010 | 1.849 |
| 2009 | 1.835 |
| 2008 | 1.846 |
| 2007 | 1.813 |
| 2006 | 1.794 |
| 2005 | 1.754 |
| 2004 | 1.719 |
| 2003 | 1.665 |
| 2002 | 1.645 |
| 2001 | 1.666 |
| 2000 | 1.663 |
| 1999 | 1.614 |
| 1998 | 1.594 |
| 1997 | 1.603 |
| 1996 | 1.591 |
| 1995 | 1.564 |
| 1994 | 1.563 |
| 1993 | 1.606 |
| 1992 | 1.648 |
| 1991 | 1.656 |
| 1990 | 1.625 |
| 1989 | 1.585 |
| 1988 | 1.568 |
| 1987 | 1.538 |
| 1986 | 1.537 |
| 1985 | 1.504 |
| 1984 | 1.531 |
| 1983 | 1.562 |
| 1982 | 1.612 |
| 1981 | 1.668 |
| 1980 | 1.693 |
| 1979 | 1.707 |
| 1978 | 1.71 |
| 1977 | 1.725 |
| 1976 | 1.738 |
| 1975 | 1.749 |
| 1974 | 1.838 |
| 1973 | 1.953 |
| 1972 | 2.091 |
| 1971 | 2.208 |
| 1970 | 2.254 |
| 1969 | 2.278 |
| 1968 | 2.311 |
| 1967 | 2.409 |
| 1966 | 2.519 |
| 1965 | 2.612 |
| 1964 | 2.702 |
| 1963 | 2.676 |
| 1962 | 2.595 |
| 1961 | 2.622 |
| 1960 | 2.533 |
| 1959 | 2.559 |
| 1958 | 2.498 |
| 1957 | 2.452 |
| 1956 | 2.409 |
| 1955 | 2.382 |
| 1954 | 2.361 |
| 1953 | 2.327 |
| 1952 | 2.332 |
| 1951 | 2.289 |
| 1950 | 2.346 |