Fertility rate: Low-income countries
4.532 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 | 4.532 |
| 2022 | 4.602 |
| 2021 | 4.67 |
| 2020 | 4.742 |
| 2019 | 4.813 |
| 2018 | 4.878 |
| 2017 | 4.936 |
| 2016 | 4.995 |
| 2015 | 5.053 |
| 2014 | 5.106 |
| 2013 | 5.164 |
| 2012 | 5.24 |
| 2011 | 5.322 |
| 2010 | 5.413 |
| 2009 | 5.494 |
| 2008 | 5.56 |
| 2007 | 5.631 |
| 2006 | 5.701 |
| 2005 | 5.758 |
| 2004 | 5.817 |
| 2003 | 5.874 |
| 2002 | 5.936 |
| 2001 | 6.001 |
| 2000 | 6.065 |
| 1999 | 6.116 |
| 1998 | 6.165 |
| 1997 | 6.212 |
| 1996 | 6.257 |
| 1995 | 6.315 |
| 1994 | 6.348 |
| 1993 | 6.383 |
| 1992 | 6.414 |
| 1991 | 6.448 |
| 1990 | 6.484 |
| 1989 | 6.516 |
| 1988 | 6.552 |
| 1987 | 6.584 |
| 1986 | 6.608 |
| 1985 | 6.625 |
| 1984 | 6.638 |
| 1983 | 6.652 |
| 1982 | 6.665 |
| 1981 | 6.682 |
| 1980 | 6.68 |
| 1979 | 6.678 |
| 1978 | 6.663 |
| 1977 | 6.65 |
| 1976 | 6.644 |
| 1975 | 6.655 |
| 1974 | 6.653 |
| 1973 | 6.664 |
| 1972 | 6.712 |
| 1971 | 6.678 |
| 1970 | 6.671 |
| 1969 | 6.649 |
| 1968 | 6.633 |
| 1967 | 6.631 |
| 1966 | 6.567 |
| 1965 | 6.522 |
| 1964 | 6.502 |
| 1963 | 6.49 |
| 1962 | 6.448 |
| 1961 | 6.414 |
| 1960 | 6.437 |
| 1959 | 6.421 |
| 1958 | 6.479 |
| 1957 | 6.47 |
| 1956 | 6.383 |
| 1955 | 6.395 |
| 1954 | 6.372 |
| 1953 | 6.323 |
| 1952 | 6.262 |
| 1951 | 6.246 |
| 1950 | 6.477 |