Fertility rate: More developed regions
1.452 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 | 1.452 |
| 2022 | 1.477 |
| 2021 | 1.507 |
| 2020 | 1.498 |
| 2019 | 1.535 |
| 2018 | 1.57 |
| 2017 | 1.604 |
| 2016 | 1.654 |
| 2015 | 1.66 |
| 2014 | 1.664 |
| 2013 | 1.653 |
| 2012 | 1.671 |
| 2011 | 1.657 |
| 2010 | 1.677 |
| 2009 | 1.69 |
| 2008 | 1.7 |
| 2007 | 1.67 |
| 2006 | 1.632 |
| 2005 | 1.596 |
| 2004 | 1.596 |
| 2003 | 1.579 |
| 2002 | 1.559 |
| 2001 | 1.551 |
| 2000 | 1.561 |
| 1999 | 1.542 |
| 1998 | 1.55 |
| 1997 | 1.55 |
| 1996 | 1.562 |
| 1995 | 1.571 |
| 1994 | 1.602 |
| 1993 | 1.622 |
| 1992 | 1.678 |
| 1991 | 1.728 |
| 1990 | 1.775 |
| 1989 | 1.788 |
| 1988 | 1.816 |
| 1987 | 1.822 |
| 1986 | 1.824 |
| 1985 | 1.819 |
| 1984 | 1.833 |
| 1983 | 1.851 |
| 1982 | 1.858 |
| 1981 | 1.86 |
| 1980 | 1.893 |
| 1979 | 1.904 |
| 1978 | 1.913 |
| 1977 | 1.943 |
| 1976 | 1.968 |
| 1975 | 2.011 |
| 1974 | 2.084 |
| 1973 | 2.114 |
| 1972 | 2.189 |
| 1971 | 2.281 |
| 1970 | 2.319 |
| 1969 | 2.342 |
| 1968 | 2.376 |
| 1967 | 2.437 |
| 1966 | 2.407 |
| 1965 | 2.522 |
| 1964 | 2.603 |
| 1963 | 2.639 |
| 1962 | 2.662 |
| 1961 | 2.721 |
| 1960 | 2.745 |
| 1959 | 2.759 |
| 1958 | 2.759 |
| 1957 | 2.751 |
| 1956 | 2.751 |
| 1955 | 2.757 |
| 1954 | 2.764 |
| 1953 | 2.763 |
| 1952 | 2.796 |
| 1951 | 2.816 |
| 1950 | 2.864 |