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The fertility rate in the World

2.27 births per woman in 2021

Fertility rate of World fell gradually from 4.55 births per woman in 1972 to 2.27 births per woman in 2021.

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Fertility indicators from the World
Adolescent 42.48 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 in 2021 WB
Births 82.56 % in 2019 WB
Completeness of Birth Registration 72.48 % in 2018 WB
Crude Birth Rate 16.94 per 1,000 people in 2021 WB
Macro Region
Africa 108 timeseries
Asia 42 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 42 timeseries
Europe 85 timeseries
Middle East 32 timeseries
North America 1.64 births per woman in 2021 WB
Oceania 28 timeseries
South America 24 timeseries
Southeast Asia 26 timeseries
Country (births per woman in 2021)
Afghanistan 4.64 WB
Albania 1.39 WB
Algeria 2.89 WB
Andorra 1.27 in 2010 WB
Angola 5.3 WB
Antigua and Barbuda 1.58 WB
Argentina 1.89 WB
Armenia 1.58 WB
Australia 1.7 WB
Austria 1.48 WB
Azerbaijan 1.52 WB
Bahamas 1.39 WB
Bahrain 1.81 WB
Bangladesh 1.98 WB
Barbados 1.63 WB
Belarus 1.48 WB
Belgium 1.6 WB
Belize 2.01 WB
Benin 4.97 WB
Bhutan 1.41 WB
Bolivia 2.62 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.35 WB
Botswana 2.79 WB
Brazil 1.64 WB
Brunei Darussalam 1.78 WB
Bulgaria 1.58 WB
Burkina Faso 4.77 WB
Burundi 5.08 WB
Cabo Verde 1.9 WB
Cambodia 2.34 WB
Cameroon 4.46 WB
Canada 1.43 WB
Central African Republic 5.98 WB
Chad 6.26 WB
Chile 1.54 WB
China 1.16 WB
Colombia 1.72 WB
Comoros 3.98 WB
Congo 4.17 WB
Costa Rica 1.53 WB
Côte d'Ivoire 4.42 WB
Croatia 1.62 WB
Cuba 1.44 WB
Cyprus 1.32 WB
Czech Republic 1.83 WB
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.81 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.16 WB
Denmark 1.72 WB
Djibouti 2.8 WB
Dominica 1.6 WB
Dominican Republic 2.27 WB
Ecuador 2.03 WB
Egypt 2.92 WB
El Salvador 1.8 WB
Equatorial Guinea 4.27 WB
Eritrea 3.87 WB
Estonia 1.61 WB
Eswatini 2.84 WB
Ethiopia 4.16 WB
Fiji 2.48 WB
Finland 1.46 WB
France 1.83 WB
Gabon 3.49 WB
Gambia 4.68 WB
Georgia 2.08 WB
Germany 1.58 WB
Ghana 3.56 WB
Greece 1.39 WB
Grenada 2 WB
Guatemala 2.4 WB
Guinea 4.4 WB
Guinea Bissau 4.01 WB
Guyana 2.4 WB
Haiti 2.81 WB
Honduras 2.36 WB
Hong Kong 0.77 WB
Hungary 1.59 WB
Iceland 1.82 WB
India 2.03 WB
Indonesia 2.18 WB
Iran 1.69 WB
Iraq 3.5 WB
Ireland 1.72 WB
Israel 3 WB
Italy 1.25 WB
Jamaica 1.35 WB
Japan 1.3 WB
Jordan 2.83 WB
Kazakhstan 3.32 WB
Kenya 3.34 WB
Kiribati 3.3 WB
Kuwait 2.11 WB
Kyrgyzstan 2.89 WB
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 2.5 WB
Latvia 1.57 WB
Lebanon 2.09 WB
Lesotho 3.02 WB
Liberia 4.09 WB
Libya 2.46 WB
Liechtenstein 1.53 WB
Lithuania 1.34 WB
Luxembourg 1.38 WB
Macau 1.09 WB
Madagascar 3.85 WB
Malawi 3.92 WB
Malaysia 1.8 WB
Maldives 1.69 WB
Mali 5.96 WB
Malta 1.14 WB
Marshall Islands 2.73 WB
Mauritania 4.4 WB
Mauritius 1.41 WB
Mexico 1.82 WB
Micronesia (Federated States of) 2.71 WB
Monaco Adolescent 1 timeseries
Mongolia 2.84 WB
Montenegro 1.75 WB
Morocco 2.33 WB
Mozambique 4.64 WB
Myanmar 2.15 WB
Namibia 3.3 WB
Nauru 3.52 WB
Nepal 2.03 WB
Netherlands 1.62 WB
New Zealand 1.64 WB
Nicaragua 2.32 WB
Niger 6.82 WB
Nigeria 5.24 WB
North Macedonia 1.6 WB
Norway 1.55 WB
Oman 2.62 WB
Pakistan 3.47 WB
Palau 0.85 in 2020 WB
Palestine 3.5 WB
Panama 2.33 WB
Papua New Guinea 3.22 WB
Paraguay 2.47 WB
Peru 2.19 WB
Philippines 2.75 WB
Poland 1.33 WB
Portugal 1.38 WB
Puerto Rico 0.91 WB
Qatar 1.8 WB
Republic of Korea 0.81 WB
Republic of Moldova 1.81 WB
Romania 1.8 WB
Russian Federation 1.49 WB
Rwanda 3.82 WB
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.53 WB
Saint Lucia 1.4 WB
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.8 WB
Samoa 3.93 WB
San Marino 1.26 in 2012 WB
Sao Tome and Principe 3.82 WB
Saudi Arabia 2.43 WB
Senegal 4.39 WB
Serbia 1.48 WB
Seychelles 2.46 WB
Sierra Leone 3.98 WB
Singapore 1.12 WB
Slovakia 1.64 WB
Slovenia 1.64 WB
Solomon Islands 3.98 WB
Somalia 6.31 WB
South Africa 2.37 WB
South Sudan 4.47 WB
Spain 1.19 WB
Sri Lanka 1.99 WB
Sudan 4.46 WB
Suriname 2.35 WB
Sweden 1.67 WB
Switzerland 1.52 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 2.75 WB
Tajikistan 3.19 WB
Thailand 1.33 WB
Timor-Leste 3.15 WB
Togo 4.26 WB
Tonga 3.24 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 1.63 WB
Tunisia 2.09 WB
Turkey 1.89 WB
Turkmenistan 2.67 WB
Tuvalu 3.16 WB
Uganda 4.59 WB
Ukraine 1.16 WB
United Arab Emirates 1.46 WB
United Kingdom 1.56 WB
United Republic of Tanzania 4.73 WB
United States of America 1.66 WB
Uruguay 1.49 WB
Uzbekistan 3.17 WB
Vanuatu 3.74 WB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.21 WB
Viet Nam 1.94 WB
Yemen 3.8 WB
Zambia 4.31 WB
Zimbabwe 3.49 WB
Fertility Indicators