Fertility rate: Japan
1.208 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 | 1.208 |
| 2022 | 1.256 |
| 2021 | 1.275 |
| 2020 | 1.304 |
| 2019 | 1.323 |
| 2018 | 1.373 |
| 2017 | 1.39 |
| 2016 | 1.408 |
| 2015 | 1.415 |
| 2014 | 1.388 |
| 2013 | 1.389 |
| 2012 | 1.376 |
| 2011 | 1.363 |
| 2010 | 1.357 |
| 2009 | 1.333 |
| 2008 | 1.33 |
| 2007 | 1.305 |
| 2006 | 1.285 |
| 2005 | 1.245 |
| 2004 | 1.277 |
| 2003 | 1.285 |
| 2002 | 1.308 |
| 2001 | 1.325 |
| 2000 | 1.346 |
| 1999 | 1.34 |
| 1998 | 1.371 |
| 1997 | 1.376 |
| 1996 | 1.403 |
| 1995 | 1.407 |
| 1994 | 1.468 |
| 1993 | 1.44 |
| 1992 | 1.478 |
| 1991 | 1.504 |
| 1990 | 1.509 |
| 1989 | 1.547 |
| 1988 | 1.625 |
| 1987 | 1.666 |
| 1986 | 1.698 |
| 1985 | 1.736 |
| 1984 | 1.78 |
| 1983 | 1.77 |
| 1982 | 1.738 |
| 1981 | 1.718 |
| 1980 | 1.739 |
| 1979 | 1.769 |
| 1978 | 1.786 |
| 1977 | 1.789 |
| 1976 | 1.841 |
| 1975 | 1.921 |
| 1974 | 2.065 |
| 1973 | 2.145 |
| 1972 | 2.114 |
| 1971 | 2.089 |
| 1970 | 2.035 |
| 1969 | 2.026 |
| 1968 | 2.065 |
| 1967 | 2.158 |
| 1966 | 1.632 |
| 1965 | 2.089 |
| 1964 | 1.998 |
| 1963 | 1.951 |
| 1962 | 1.928 |
| 1961 | 1.928 |
| 1960 | 1.981 |
| 1959 | 2.035 |
| 1958 | 2.097 |
| 1957 | 2.036 |
| 1956 | 2.206 |
| 1955 | 2.349 |
| 1954 | 2.468 |
| 1953 | 2.673 |
| 1952 | 2.947 |
| 1951 | 3.225 |
| 1950 | 3.615 |