Fertility rate: Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
2.02 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 | 2.02 |
| 2022 | 2.034 |
| 2021 | 2.064 |
| 2020 | 2.109 |
| 2019 | 2.207 |
| 2018 | 2.256 |
| 2017 | 2.343 |
| 2016 | 2.379 |
| 2015 | 2.382 |
| 2014 | 2.421 |
| 2013 | 2.436 |
| 2012 | 2.481 |
| 2011 | 2.458 |
| 2010 | 2.471 |
| 2009 | 2.493 |
| 2008 | 2.497 |
| 2007 | 2.497 |
| 2006 | 2.507 |
| 2005 | 2.521 |
| 2004 | 2.544 |
| 2003 | 2.563 |
| 2002 | 2.599 |
| 2001 | 2.642 |
| 2000 | 2.692 |
| 1999 | 2.691 |
| 1998 | 2.726 |
| 1997 | 2.771 |
| 1996 | 2.821 |
| 1995 | 2.88 |
| 1994 | 2.936 |
| 1993 | 3.001 |
| 1992 | 3.078 |
| 1991 | 3.186 |
| 1990 | 3.428 |
| 1989 | 3.481 |
| 1988 | 3.54 |
| 1987 | 3.667 |
| 1986 | 3.712 |
| 1985 | 3.734 |
| 1984 | 3.794 |
| 1983 | 3.839 |
| 1982 | 4.042 |
| 1981 | 4.049 |
| 1980 | 4.096 |
| 1979 | 4.147 |
| 1978 | 4.184 |
| 1977 | 4.283 |
| 1976 | 4.478 |
| 1975 | 4.637 |
| 1974 | 4.902 |
| 1973 | 5.153 |
| 1972 | 5.341 |
| 1971 | 5.533 |
| 1970 | 5.771 |
| 1969 | 5.847 |
| 1968 | 6.007 |
| 1967 | 5.816 |
| 1966 | 6.029 |
| 1965 | 6.173 |
| 1964 | 6.235 |
| 1963 | 6.539 |
| 1962 | 6.063 |
| 1961 | 5.293 |
| 1960 | 5.504 |
| 1959 | 5.585 |
| 1958 | 5.925 |
| 1957 | 6.175 |
| 1956 | 5.959 |
| 1955 | 6.096 |
| 1954 | 6.1 |
| 1953 | 5.989 |
| 1952 | 6.126 |
| 1951 | 5.814 |
| 1950 | 5.867 |