Fertility rate: Lower-middle-income countries
2.554 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 | 2.554 |
| 2022 | 2.571 |
| 2021 | 2.594 |
| 2020 | 2.627 |
| 2019 | 2.683 |
| 2018 | 2.741 |
| 2017 | 2.783 |
| 2016 | 2.849 |
| 2015 | 2.88 |
| 2014 | 2.897 |
| 2013 | 2.954 |
| 2012 | 2.996 |
| 2011 | 3.034 |
| 2010 | 3.078 |
| 2009 | 3.127 |
| 2008 | 3.154 |
| 2007 | 3.186 |
| 2006 | 3.236 |
| 2005 | 3.284 |
| 2004 | 3.347 |
| 2003 | 3.41 |
| 2002 | 3.479 |
| 2001 | 3.55 |
| 2000 | 3.602 |
| 1999 | 3.646 |
| 1998 | 3.708 |
| 1997 | 3.786 |
| 1996 | 3.866 |
| 1995 | 3.958 |
| 1994 | 4.055 |
| 1993 | 4.15 |
| 1992 | 4.256 |
| 1991 | 4.366 |
| 1990 | 4.463 |
| 1989 | 4.555 |
| 1988 | 4.648 |
| 1987 | 4.746 |
| 1986 | 4.851 |
| 1985 | 4.925 |
| 1984 | 5.021 |
| 1983 | 5.086 |
| 1982 | 5.139 |
| 1981 | 5.199 |
| 1980 | 5.263 |
| 1979 | 5.302 |
| 1978 | 5.358 |
| 1977 | 5.429 |
| 1976 | 5.509 |
| 1975 | 5.558 |
| 1974 | 5.64 |
| 1973 | 5.701 |
| 1972 | 5.759 |
| 1971 | 5.811 |
| 1970 | 5.847 |
| 1969 | 5.879 |
| 1968 | 5.923 |
| 1967 | 5.958 |
| 1966 | 5.991 |
| 1965 | 6.028 |
| 1964 | 6.061 |
| 1963 | 6.069 |
| 1962 | 6.061 |
| 1961 | 6.02 |
| 1960 | 6.036 |
| 1959 | 6.008 |
| 1958 | 5.996 |
| 1957 | 5.986 |
| 1956 | 5.954 |
| 1955 | 5.939 |
| 1954 | 5.935 |
| 1953 | 5.891 |
| 1952 | 5.87 |
| 1951 | 5.809 |
| 1950 | 5.801 |