# Fertility rate: World

2.251 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 | 2.251 |
| 2022 | 2.265 |
| 2021 | 2.291 |
| 2020 | 2.322 |
| 2019 | 2.397 |
| 2018 | 2.437 |
| 2017 | 2.504 |
| 2016 | 2.536 |
| 2015 | 2.537 |
| 2014 | 2.564 |
| 2013 | 2.572 |
| 2012 | 2.607 |
| 2011 | 2.588 |
| 2010 | 2.602 |
| 2009 | 2.621 |
| 2008 | 2.626 |
| 2007 | 2.623 |
| 2006 | 2.625 |
| 2005 | 2.63 |
| 2004 | 2.647 |
| 2003 | 2.659 |
| 2002 | 2.684 |
| 2001 | 2.714 |
| 2000 | 2.754 |
| 1999 | 2.75 |
| 1998 | 2.776 |
| 1997 | 2.809 |
| 1996 | 2.846 |
| 1995 | 2.889 |
| 1994 | 2.933 |
| 1993 | 2.98 |
| 1992 | 3.044 |
| 1991 | 3.131 |
| 1990 | 3.31 |
| 1989 | 3.347 |
| 1988 | 3.39 |
| 1987 | 3.476 |
| 1986 | 3.504 |
| 1985 | 3.515 |
| 1984 | 3.553 |
| 1983 | 3.581 |
| 1982 | 3.712 |
| 1981 | 3.711 |
| 1980 | 3.744 |
| 1979 | 3.771 |
| 1978 | 3.787 |
| 1977 | 3.85 |
| 1976 | 3.974 |
| 1975 | 4.08 |
| 1974 | 4.259 |
| 1973 | 4.416 |
| 1972 | 4.545 |
| 1971 | 4.679 |
| 1970 | 4.825 |
| 1969 | 4.866 |
| 1968 | 4.963 |
| 1967 | 4.852 |
| 1966 | 4.961 |
| 1965 | 5.071 |
| 1964 | 5.123 |
| 1963 | 5.308 |
| 1962 | 5.022 |
| 1961 | 4.571 |
| 1960 | 4.696 |
| 1959 | 4.74 |
| 1958 | 4.932 |
| 1957 | 5.068 |
| 1956 | 4.931 |
| 1955 | 5.003 |
| 1954 | 4.998 |
| 1953 | 4.922 |
| 1952 | 5.001 |
| 1951 | 4.816 |
| 1950 | 4.852 |

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