# Fertility rate: Least developed countries

3.936 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](/sources/fertility) · [All countries and regions](/fertility).

## Every year

| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2023 | 3.936 |
| 2022 | 3.984 |
| 2021 | 4.029 |
| 2020 | 4.077 |
| 2019 | 4.125 |
| 2018 | 4.168 |
| 2017 | 4.209 |
| 2016 | 4.251 |
| 2015 | 4.289 |
| 2014 | 4.33 |
| 2013 | 4.378 |
| 2012 | 4.431 |
| 2011 | 4.491 |
| 2010 | 4.563 |
| 2009 | 4.638 |
| 2008 | 4.703 |
| 2007 | 4.771 |
| 2006 | 4.838 |
| 2005 | 4.902 |
| 2004 | 4.965 |
| 2003 | 5.028 |
| 2002 | 5.096 |
| 2001 | 5.164 |
| 2000 | 5.234 |
| 1999 | 5.3 |
| 1998 | 5.364 |
| 1997 | 5.433 |
| 1996 | 5.487 |
| 1995 | 5.56 |
| 1994 | 5.631 |
| 1993 | 5.694 |
| 1992 | 5.767 |
| 1991 | 5.853 |
| 1990 | 5.943 |
| 1989 | 6.019 |
| 1988 | 6.088 |
| 1987 | 6.179 |
| 1986 | 6.269 |
| 1985 | 6.362 |
| 1984 | 6.438 |
| 1983 | 6.499 |
| 1982 | 6.555 |
| 1981 | 6.593 |
| 1980 | 6.624 |
| 1979 | 6.639 |
| 1978 | 6.642 |
| 1977 | 6.645 |
| 1976 | 6.669 |
| 1975 | 6.692 |
| 1974 | 6.713 |
| 1973 | 6.725 |
| 1972 | 6.738 |
| 1971 | 6.739 |
| 1970 | 6.735 |
| 1969 | 6.722 |
| 1968 | 6.716 |
| 1967 | 6.709 |
| 1966 | 6.694 |
| 1965 | 6.683 |
| 1964 | 6.674 |
| 1963 | 6.663 |
| 1962 | 6.651 |
| 1961 | 6.631 |
| 1960 | 6.609 |
| 1959 | 6.581 |
| 1958 | 6.551 |
| 1957 | 6.532 |
| 1956 | 6.512 |
| 1955 | 6.494 |
| 1954 | 6.478 |
| 1953 | 6.458 |
| 1952 | 6.443 |
| 1951 | 6.431 |
| 1950 | 6.42 |

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