# Fertility rate: Less developed regions

2.361 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 | 2.361 |
| 2022 | 2.376 |
| 2021 | 2.402 |
| 2020 | 2.441 |
| 2019 | 2.524 |
| 2018 | 2.566 |
| 2017 | 2.64 |
| 2016 | 2.671 |
| 2015 | 2.673 |
| 2014 | 2.705 |
| 2013 | 2.719 |
| 2012 | 2.759 |
| 2011 | 2.743 |
| 2010 | 2.759 |
| 2009 | 2.783 |
| 2008 | 2.79 |
| 2007 | 2.795 |
| 2006 | 2.808 |
| 2005 | 2.825 |
| 2004 | 2.849 |
| 2003 | 2.87 |
| 2002 | 2.907 |
| 2001 | 2.949 |
| 2000 | 2.999 |
| 1999 | 3.004 |
| 1998 | 3.039 |
| 1997 | 3.084 |
| 1996 | 3.133 |
| 1995 | 3.191 |
| 1994 | 3.247 |
| 1993 | 3.308 |
| 1992 | 3.382 |
| 1991 | 3.486 |
| 1990 | 3.711 |
| 1989 | 3.766 |
| 1988 | 3.826 |
| 1987 | 3.949 |
| 1986 | 4 |
| 1985 | 4.03 |
| 1984 | 4.093 |
| 1983 | 4.14 |
| 1982 | 4.328 |
| 1981 | 4.342 |
| 1980 | 4.39 |
| 1979 | 4.438 |
| 1978 | 4.472 |
| 1977 | 4.561 |
| 1976 | 4.736 |
| 1975 | 4.879 |
| 1974 | 5.114 |
| 1973 | 5.336 |
| 1972 | 5.503 |
| 1971 | 5.672 |
| 1970 | 5.882 |
| 1969 | 5.948 |
| 1968 | 6.089 |
| 1967 | 5.921 |
| 1966 | 6.107 |
| 1965 | 6.234 |
| 1964 | 6.288 |
| 1963 | 6.555 |
| 1962 | 6.135 |
| 1961 | 5.454 |
| 1960 | 5.637 |
| 1959 | 5.705 |
| 1958 | 6.001 |
| 1957 | 6.219 |
| 1956 | 6.025 |
| 1955 | 6.143 |
| 1954 | 6.145 |
| 1953 | 6.044 |
| 1952 | 6.163 |
| 1951 | 5.887 |
| 1950 | 5.932 |

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