Fertility rate: Upper-middle-income countries
1.479 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 | 1.479 |
| 2022 | 1.501 |
| 2021 | 1.554 |
| 2020 | 1.619 |
| 2019 | 1.762 |
| 2018 | 1.804 |
| 2017 | 1.943 |
| 2016 | 1.956 |
| 2015 | 1.928 |
| 2014 | 1.991 |
| 2013 | 1.962 |
| 2012 | 2.009 |
| 2011 | 1.931 |
| 2010 | 1.927 |
| 2009 | 1.935 |
| 2008 | 1.925 |
| 2007 | 1.902 |
| 2006 | 1.886 |
| 2005 | 1.879 |
| 2004 | 1.875 |
| 2003 | 1.862 |
| 2002 | 1.875 |
| 2001 | 1.893 |
| 2000 | 1.95 |
| 1999 | 1.928 |
| 1998 | 1.956 |
| 1997 | 1.983 |
| 1996 | 2.02 |
| 1995 | 2.064 |
| 1994 | 2.103 |
| 1993 | 2.153 |
| 1992 | 2.225 |
| 1991 | 2.351 |
| 1990 | 2.701 |
| 1989 | 2.742 |
| 1988 | 2.789 |
| 1987 | 2.943 |
| 1986 | 2.949 |
| 1985 | 2.928 |
| 1984 | 2.958 |
| 1983 | 2.98 |
| 1982 | 3.243 |
| 1981 | 3.188 |
| 1980 | 3.205 |
| 1979 | 3.248 |
| 1978 | 3.264 |
| 1977 | 3.362 |
| 1976 | 3.605 |
| 1975 | 3.816 |
| 1974 | 4.164 |
| 1973 | 4.492 |
| 1972 | 4.725 |
| 1971 | 4.964 |
| 1970 | 5.277 |
| 1969 | 5.344 |
| 1968 | 5.535 |
| 1967 | 5.194 |
| 1966 | 5.48 |
| 1965 | 5.652 |
| 1964 | 5.714 |
| 1963 | 6.176 |
| 1962 | 5.458 |
| 1961 | 4.326 |
| 1960 | 4.636 |
| 1959 | 4.771 |
| 1958 | 5.276 |
| 1957 | 5.655 |
| 1956 | 5.361 |
| 1955 | 5.578 |
| 1954 | 5.591 |
| 1953 | 5.458 |
| 1952 | 5.683 |
| 1951 | 5.264 |
| 1950 | 5.318 |