Fertility rate: High-income countries
1.467 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 | 1.467 |
| 2022 | 1.495 |
| 2021 | 1.516 |
| 2020 | 1.513 |
| 2019 | 1.564 |
| 2018 | 1.603 |
| 2017 | 1.636 |
| 2016 | 1.669 |
| 2015 | 1.675 |
| 2014 | 1.678 |
| 2013 | 1.667 |
| 2012 | 1.692 |
| 2011 | 1.689 |
| 2010 | 1.706 |
| 2009 | 1.72 |
| 2008 | 1.741 |
| 2007 | 1.729 |
| 2006 | 1.703 |
| 2005 | 1.667 |
| 2004 | 1.664 |
| 2003 | 1.654 |
| 2002 | 1.648 |
| 2001 | 1.662 |
| 2000 | 1.688 |
| 1999 | 1.669 |
| 1998 | 1.67 |
| 1997 | 1.678 |
| 1996 | 1.687 |
| 1995 | 1.691 |
| 1994 | 1.718 |
| 1993 | 1.738 |
| 1992 | 1.775 |
| 1991 | 1.798 |
| 1990 | 1.821 |
| 1989 | 1.811 |
| 1988 | 1.817 |
| 1987 | 1.802 |
| 1986 | 1.808 |
| 1985 | 1.831 |
| 1984 | 1.848 |
| 1983 | 1.875 |
| 1982 | 1.925 |
| 1981 | 1.95 |
| 1980 | 1.987 |
| 1979 | 1.998 |
| 1978 | 1.999 |
| 1977 | 2.037 |
| 1976 | 2.069 |
| 1975 | 2.12 |
| 1974 | 2.208 |
| 1973 | 2.26 |
| 1972 | 2.348 |
| 1971 | 2.471 |
| 1970 | 2.536 |
| 1969 | 2.577 |
| 1968 | 2.628 |
| 1967 | 2.712 |
| 1966 | 2.678 |
| 1965 | 2.831 |
| 1964 | 2.913 |
| 1963 | 2.934 |
| 1962 | 2.948 |
| 1961 | 2.995 |
| 1960 | 3.001 |
| 1959 | 3.015 |
| 1958 | 3.011 |
| 1957 | 2.995 |
| 1956 | 2.983 |
| 1955 | 2.97 |
| 1954 | 2.963 |
| 1953 | 2.954 |
| 1952 | 2.978 |
| 1951 | 2.99 |
| 1950 | 3.038 |