Fertility rate: Ireland
1.598 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 | 1.598 |
| 2022 | 1.594 |
| 2021 | 1.777 |
| 2020 | 1.653 |
| 2019 | 1.718 |
| 2018 | 1.761 |
| 2017 | 1.772 |
| 2016 | 1.816 |
| 2015 | 1.861 |
| 2014 | 1.9 |
| 2013 | 1.934 |
| 2012 | 1.99 |
| 2011 | 2.033 |
| 2010 | 2.056 |
| 2009 | 2.063 |
| 2008 | 2.065 |
| 2007 | 2.011 |
| 2006 | 1.915 |
| 2005 | 1.865 |
| 2004 | 1.93 |
| 2003 | 1.96 |
| 2002 | 1.971 |
| 2001 | 1.94 |
| 2000 | 1.893 |
| 1999 | 1.903 |
| 1998 | 1.941 |
| 1997 | 1.932 |
| 1996 | 1.883 |
| 1995 | 1.843 |
| 1994 | 1.848 |
| 1993 | 1.904 |
| 1992 | 1.991 |
| 1991 | 2.077 |
| 1990 | 2.11 |
| 1989 | 2.081 |
| 1988 | 2.173 |
| 1987 | 2.315 |
| 1986 | 2.441 |
| 1985 | 2.492 |
| 1984 | 2.586 |
| 1983 | 2.749 |
| 1982 | 2.947 |
| 1981 | 3.059 |
| 1980 | 3.205 |
| 1979 | 3.214 |
| 1978 | 3.211 |
| 1977 | 3.242 |
| 1976 | 3.287 |
| 1975 | 3.372 |
| 1974 | 3.588 |
| 1973 | 3.713 |
| 1972 | 3.849 |
| 1971 | 3.934 |
| 1970 | 3.85 |
| 1969 | 3.824 |
| 1968 | 3.77 |
| 1967 | 3.843 |
| 1966 | 3.942 |
| 1965 | 4.04 |
| 1964 | 4.079 |
| 1963 | 4.027 |
| 1962 | 3.93 |
| 1961 | 3.784 |
| 1960 | 3.755 |
| 1959 | 3.602 |
| 1958 | 3.465 |
| 1957 | 3.479 |
| 1956 | 3.382 |
| 1955 | 3.366 |
| 1954 | 3.467 |
| 1953 | 3.535 |
| 1952 | 3.56 |
| 1951 | 3.548 |
| 1950 | 3.497 |