Fertility rate: Less developed regions, excluding China
2.649 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 | 2.649 |
| 2022 | 2.667 |
| 2021 | 2.689 |
| 2020 | 2.718 |
| 2019 | 2.767 |
| 2018 | 2.816 |
| 2017 | 2.851 |
| 2016 | 2.902 |
| 2015 | 2.938 |
| 2014 | 2.961 |
| 2013 | 3.003 |
| 2012 | 3.043 |
| 2011 | 3.073 |
| 2010 | 3.102 |
| 2009 | 3.138 |
| 2008 | 3.163 |
| 2007 | 3.192 |
| 2006 | 3.228 |
| 2005 | 3.264 |
| 2004 | 3.308 |
| 2003 | 3.354 |
| 2002 | 3.409 |
| 2001 | 3.473 |
| 2000 | 3.527 |
| 1999 | 3.575 |
| 1998 | 3.633 |
| 1997 | 3.701 |
| 1996 | 3.768 |
| 1995 | 3.845 |
| 1994 | 3.92 |
| 1993 | 3.995 |
| 1992 | 4.076 |
| 1991 | 4.166 |
| 1990 | 4.248 |
| 1989 | 4.336 |
| 1988 | 4.423 |
| 1987 | 4.514 |
| 1986 | 4.611 |
| 1985 | 4.697 |
| 1984 | 4.797 |
| 1983 | 4.877 |
| 1982 | 4.954 |
| 1981 | 5.03 |
| 1980 | 5.103 |
| 1979 | 5.16 |
| 1978 | 5.224 |
| 1977 | 5.304 |
| 1976 | 5.391 |
| 1975 | 5.461 |
| 1974 | 5.549 |
| 1973 | 5.635 |
| 1972 | 5.711 |
| 1971 | 5.777 |
| 1970 | 5.835 |
| 1969 | 5.885 |
| 1968 | 5.94 |
| 1967 | 5.992 |
| 1966 | 6.037 |
| 1965 | 6.083 |
| 1964 | 6.124 |
| 1963 | 6.145 |
| 1962 | 6.146 |
| 1961 | 6.12 |
| 1960 | 6.134 |
| 1959 | 6.119 |
| 1958 | 6.116 |
| 1957 | 6.107 |
| 1956 | 6.082 |
| 1955 | 6.07 |
| 1954 | 6.066 |
| 1953 | 6.027 |
| 1952 | 6.002 |
| 1951 | 5.956 |
| 1950 | 5.97 |