# Fertility rate: Zambia

4.101 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 | 4.101 |
| 2022 | 4.175 |
| 2021 | 4.246 |
| 2020 | 4.323 |
| 2019 | 4.418 |
| 2018 | 4.492 |
| 2017 | 4.567 |
| 2016 | 4.669 |
| 2015 | 4.775 |
| 2014 | 4.89 |
| 2013 | 5.014 |
| 2012 | 5.136 |
| 2011 | 5.256 |
| 2010 | 5.359 |
| 2009 | 5.453 |
| 2008 | 5.53 |
| 2007 | 5.613 |
| 2006 | 5.679 |
| 2005 | 5.697 |
| 2004 | 5.698 |
| 2003 | 5.71 |
| 2002 | 5.774 |
| 2001 | 5.848 |
| 2000 | 5.921 |
| 1999 | 5.998 |
| 1998 | 6.067 |
| 1997 | 6.124 |
| 1996 | 6.182 |
| 1995 | 6.232 |
| 1994 | 6.26 |
| 1993 | 6.298 |
| 1992 | 6.349 |
| 1991 | 6.458 |
| 1990 | 6.567 |
| 1989 | 6.635 |
| 1988 | 6.703 |
| 1987 | 6.798 |
| 1986 | 6.868 |
| 1985 | 6.928 |
| 1984 | 6.974 |
| 1983 | 7.007 |
| 1982 | 7.039 |
| 1981 | 7.073 |
| 1980 | 7.139 |
| 1979 | 7.222 |
| 1978 | 7.294 |
| 1977 | 7.353 |
| 1976 | 7.388 |
| 1975 | 7.421 |
| 1974 | 7.364 |
| 1973 | 7.339 |
| 1972 | 7.3 |
| 1971 | 7.26 |
| 1970 | 7.224 |
| 1969 | 7.18 |
| 1968 | 7.18 |
| 1967 | 7.154 |
| 1966 | 7.138 |
| 1965 | 7.116 |
| 1964 | 7.085 |
| 1963 | 7.06 |
| 1962 | 7.012 |
| 1961 | 6.982 |
| 1960 | 6.947 |
| 1959 | 6.903 |
| 1958 | 6.864 |
| 1957 | 6.832 |
| 1956 | 6.809 |
| 1955 | 6.803 |
| 1954 | 6.795 |
| 1953 | 6.786 |
| 1952 | 6.774 |
| 1951 | 6.766 |
| 1950 | 6.779 |

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