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  1. Total fertility rate worldwide 1950-2100

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    Updated Mar 26, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Total fertility rate worldwide 1950-2100 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/805064/fertility-rate-worldwide/
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    Mar 26, 2025
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    World
    Description

    Today, globally, women of childbearing age have an average of approximately 2.2 children over the course of their lifetime. In pre-industrial times, most women could expect to have somewhere between five and ten live births throughout their lifetime; however, the demographic transition then sees fertility rates fall significantly. Looking ahead, it is believed that the global fertility rate will fall below replacement level in the 2050s, which will eventually lead to population decline when life expectancy plateaus. Recent decades Between the 1950s and 1970s, the global fertility rate was roughly five children per woman - this was partly due to the post-WWII baby boom in many countries, on top of already-high rates in less-developed countries. The drop around 1960 can be attributed to China's "Great Leap Forward", where famine and disease in the world's most populous country saw the global fertility rate drop by roughly 0.5 children per woman. Between the 1970s and today, fertility rates fell consistently, although the rate of decline noticeably slowed as the baby boomer generation then began having their own children. Replacement level fertility Replacement level fertility, i.e. the number of children born per woman that a population needs for long-term stability, is approximately 2.1 children per woman. Populations may continue to grow naturally despite below-replacement level fertility, due to reduced mortality and increased life expectancy, however, these will plateau with time and then population decline will occur. It is believed that the global fertility rate will drop below replacement level in the mid-2050s, although improvements in healthcare and living standards will see population growth continue into the 2080s when the global population will then start falling.

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    Fertility Rate, Total for the United States

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    Updated Apr 16, 2025
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    (2025). Fertility Rate, Total for the United States [Dataset]. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SPDYNTFRTINUSA
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    Apr 16, 2025
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    United States
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    Graph and download economic data for Fertility Rate, Total for the United States (SPDYNTFRTINUSA) from 1960 to 2023 about fertility, rate, and USA.

  3. Total Fertility Rate (Children per Woman), by Country

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    Updated May 20, 2020
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    Direct Relief (2020). Total Fertility Rate (Children per Woman), by Country [Dataset]. https://www.globalfistulahub.org/maps/af6eb3169c144fce9fdf6f0c8b0d2d16
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    May 20, 2020
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    This map shows the average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime. Data from Population Reference Bureau's 2017 World Population Data Sheet. The world's total fertility rate reported in 2017 was 2.5 as a whole. Replacement-Level fertility is widely recognized as 2.0 children per woman, so as to "replace" each parent in the next generation. Countries depicted in pink have a total fertility rate below replacement level whereas countries depicted in teal have a total fertility rate above replacement level. In countries with very high child mortality rates, a replacement level of 2.1 could be used, since not every child will survive into their reproductive years. Determinants of Total Fertility Rate include: women's education levels and opportunities, marriage rates among women of childbearing age (generally defined as 15-49), contraceptive usage and method mix/effectiveness, infant & child mortality rates, share of population living in urban areas, the importance of children as part of the labor force (or cost/penalty to women's labor force options that having children poses), and religious and cultural norms, among many other factors. This map was made using the Global Population and Maternal Health Indicators layer.

  4. Fertility rate of the world and continents 1950-2050

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    Updated Apr 8, 2025
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    Statista Research Department (2025). Fertility rate of the world and continents 1950-2050 [Dataset]. https://www.ai-chatbox.pro/?_=%2Ftopics%2F13342%2Faging-populations%2F%23XgboD02vawLKoDs%2BT%2BQLIV8B6B4Q9itA
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    Apr 8, 2025
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    World
    Description

    The total fertility rate of the world has dropped from around five children per woman in 1950, to 2.2 children per woman in 2025, which means that women today are having fewer than half the number of children that women did 75 years ago. Replacement level fertility This change has come as a result of the global demographic transition, and is influenced by factors such as the significant reduction in infant and child mortality, reduced number of child marriages, increased educational and vocational opportunities for women, and the increased efficacy and availability of contraception. While this change has become synonymous with societal progress, it does have wide-reaching demographic impact - if the global average falls below replacement level (roughly 2.1 children per woman), as is expected to happen in the 2050s, then this will lead to long-term population decline on a global scale. Regional variations When broken down by continent, Africa is the only region with a fertility rate above the global average, and, alongside Oceania, it is the only region with a fertility rate above replacement level. Until the 1980s, the average woman in Africa could expect to have 6-7 children over the course of their lifetime, and there are still several countries in Africa where women can still expect to have five or more children in 2025. Historically, Europe has had the lowest fertility rates in the world over the past century, falling below replacement level in 1975. Europe's population has grown through a combination of migration and increasing life expectancy, however even high immigration rates could not prevent its population from going into decline in 2021.

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    France Fertility Rate (1950-2025)

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    Updated Jun 30, 2025
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    MACROTRENDS (2025). France Fertility Rate (1950-2025) [Dataset]. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/fra/france/fertility-rate
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    Jun 30, 2025
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 1950 - Dec 31, 2025
    Area covered
    France
    Description

    Historical chart and dataset showing France fertility rate by year from 1950 to 2025.

  6. Total fertility rate of the United States 1800-2020

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    Updated Aug 9, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Total fertility rate of the United States 1800-2020 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033027/fertility-rate-us-1800-2020/
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    Aug 9, 2024
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    Time period covered
    1800 - 2019
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    The fertility rate of a country is the average number of children that women from that country will have throughout their reproductive years. In the United States in 1800, the average woman of childbearing age would have seven children over the course of their lifetime. As factors such as technology, hygiene, medicine and education improved, women were having fewer children than before, reaching just two children per woman in 1940. This changed quite dramatically in the aftermath of the Second World War, rising sharply to over 3.5 children per woman in 1960 (children born between 1946 and 1964 are nowadays known as the 'Baby Boomer' generation, and they make up roughly twenty percent of todays US population). Due to the end of the baby boom and increased access to contraception, fertility reached it's lowest point in the US in 1980, where it was just 1.77. It did however rise to over two children per woman between 1995 and 2010, although it is expected to drop again by 2020, to just 1.78.

  7. Number of births in the United States 1990-2023

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    Updated Jul 2, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Number of births in the United States 1990-2023 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/195908/number-of-births-in-the-united-states-since-1990/
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    Jul 2, 2025
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    United States
    Description

    While the standard image of the nuclear family with two parents and 2.5 children has persisted in the American imagination, the number of births in the U.S. has steadily been decreasing since 1990, with about 3.6 million babies born in 2023. In 1990, this figure was 4.16 million. Birth and replacement rates A country’s birth rate is defined as the number of live births per 1,000 inhabitants, and it is this particularly important number that has been decreasing over the past few decades. The declining birth rate is not solely an American problem, with EU member states showing comparable rates to the U.S. Additionally, each country has what is called a “replacement rate.” The replacement rate is the rate of fertility needed to keep a population stable when compared with the death rate. In the U.S., the fertility rate needed to keep the population stable is around 2.1 children per woman, but this figure was at 1.67 in 2022. Falling birth rates Currently, there is much discussion as to what exactly is causing the birth rate to decrease in the United States. There seem to be several factors in play, including longer life expectancies, financial concerns (such as the economic crisis of 2008), and an increased focus on careers, all of which are causing people to wait longer to start a family. How international governments will handle falling populations remains to be seen, but what is clear is that the declining birth rate is a multifaceted problem without an easy solution.

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    Japan Fertility Rate 1950-2025

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    Updated May 31, 2025
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    MACROTRENDS (2025). Japan Fertility Rate 1950-2025 [Dataset]. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/jpn/japan/fertility-rate
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    Dataset updated
    May 31, 2025
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 1950 - May 31, 2025
    Area covered
    Japan
    Description
    Japan fertility rate for 2025 is 1.38, a 0.51% increase from 2024.
    <ul style='margin-top:20px;'>
    
    <li>Japan fertility rate for 2024 was <strong>1.37</strong>, a <strong>0.51% increase</strong> from 2023.</li>
    <li>Japan fertility rate for 2023 was <strong>1.37</strong>, a <strong>0.07% decline</strong> from 2022.</li>
    <li>Japan fertility rate for 2022 was <strong>1.37</strong>, a <strong>0% increase</strong> from 2021.</li>
    </ul>Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.
    
  9. Countries with the highest fertility rates 2025

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    Updated Apr 3, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Countries with the highest fertility rates 2025 [Dataset]. https://www.ai-chatbox.pro/?_=%2Fstatistics%2F262884%2Fcountries-with-the-highest-fertility-rates%2F%23XgboD02vawLbpWJjSPEePEUG%2FVFd%2Bik%3D
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    Apr 3, 2025
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    Time period covered
    2023
    Area covered
    World
    Description

    In 2025, there are six countries, all in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the average woman of childbearing age can expect to have between 5-6 children throughout their lifetime. In fact, of the 20 countries in the world with the highest fertility rates, Afghanistan and Yemen are the only countries not found in Sub-Saharan Africa. High fertility rates in Africa With a fertility rate of almost six children per woman, Chad is the country with the highest fertility rate in the world. Population growth in Chad is among the highest in the world. Lack of healthcare access, as well as food instability, political instability, and climate change, are all exacerbating conditions that keep Chad's infant mortality rates high, which is generally the driver behind high fertility rates. This situation is common across much of the continent, and, although there has been considerable progress in recent decades, development in Sub-Saharan Africa is not moving as quickly as it did in other regions. Demographic transition While these countries have the highest fertility rates in the world, their rates are all on a generally downward trajectory due to a phenomenon known as the demographic transition. The third stage (of five) of this transition sees birth rates drop in response to decreased infant and child mortality, as families no longer feel the need to compensate for lost children. Eventually, fertility rates fall below replacement level (approximately 2.1 children per woman), which eventually leads to natural population decline once life expectancy plateaus. In some of the most developed countries today, low fertility rates are creating severe econoic and societal challenges as workforces are shrinking while aging populations are placin a greater burden on both public and personal resources.

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    India Fertility Rate (1950-2025)

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    Updated May 31, 2025
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    MACROTRENDS (2025). India Fertility Rate (1950-2025) [Dataset]. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/ind/india/fertility-rate
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    csvAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    May 31, 2025
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Area covered
    India
    Description
    India fertility rate for 2025 is 2.11, a 0.8% decline from 2024.
    <ul style='margin-top:20px;'>
    
    <li>India fertility rate for 2024 was <strong>2.12</strong>, a <strong>7.44% increase</strong> from 2023.</li>
    <li>India fertility rate for 2023 was <strong>1.98</strong>, a <strong>0.95% decline</strong> from 2022.</li>
    <li>India fertility rate for 2022 was <strong>1.99</strong>, a <strong>0.99% decline</strong> from 2021.</li>
    </ul>Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.
    
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    Birth rate by country, around the world | TheGlobalEconomy.com

    • theglobaleconomy.com
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    Updated Nov 18, 2016
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    Globalen LLC (2016). Birth rate by country, around the world | TheGlobalEconomy.com [Dataset]. www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/birth_rate/
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    Dataset updated
    Nov 18, 2016
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    Globalen LLC
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Time period covered
    Dec 31, 1960 - Dec 31, 2022
    Area covered
    World
    Description

    The average for 2022 based on 195 countries was 18.38 births per 1000 people. The highest value was in Niger: 45.03 births per 1000 people and the lowest value was in Hong Kong: 4.4 births per 1000 people. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

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    Norway Fertility Rate (1950-2025)

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    Updated May 31, 2025
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    MACROTRENDS (2025). Norway Fertility Rate (1950-2025) [Dataset]. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/nor/norway/fertility-rate
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    csvAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    May 31, 2025
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Area covered
    Norway
    Description
    Norway fertility rate for 2025 is 1.71, a 0.18% increase from 2024.
    <ul style='margin-top:20px;'>
    
    <li>Norway fertility rate for 2024 was <strong>1.70</strong>, a <strong>21.64% increase</strong> from 2023.</li>
    <li>Norway fertility rate for 2023 was <strong>1.40</strong>, a <strong>0.71% decline</strong> from 2022.</li>
    <li>Norway fertility rate for 2022 was <strong>1.41</strong>, a <strong>9.03% decline</strong> from 2021.</li>
    </ul>Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.
    
  13. Total fertility rate by ethnicity U.S. 2022

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    Updated Oct 16, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Total fertility rate by ethnicity U.S. 2022 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/226292/us-fertility-rates-by-race-and-ethnicity/
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    Oct 16, 2024
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    Time period covered
    2022
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women had the highest fertility rate of any ethnicity in the United States in 2022, with about 2,237.5 births per 1,000 women. The fertility rate for all ethnicities in the U.S. was 1,656.5 births per 1,000 women. What is the total fertility rate? The total fertility rate is an estimation of the number of children who would theoretically be born per 1,000 women through their childbearing years (generally considered to be between the ages of 15 and 44) according to age-specific fertility rates. The fertility rate is different from the birth rate, in that the birth rate is the number of births in relation to the population over a specific period of time. Fertility rates around the world Fertility rates around the world differ on a country-by-country basis, and more industrialized countries tend to see lower fertility rates. For example, Niger topped the list of the countries with the highest fertility rates, and Taiwan had the lowest fertility rate.

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    Finland Fertility Rate (1950-2025)

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    Updated May 31, 2025
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    MACROTRENDS (2025). Finland Fertility Rate (1950-2025) [Dataset]. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/FIN/finland/fertility-rate
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    Dataset updated
    May 31, 2025
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Area covered
    Finland
    Description
    Finland fertility rate for 2025 is 1.42, a 0.14% increase from 2024.
    <ul style='margin-top:20px;'>
    
    <li>Finland fertility rate for 2024 was <strong>1.42</strong>, a <strong>12.86% increase</strong> from 2023.</li>
    <li>Finland fertility rate for 2023 was <strong>1.26</strong>, a <strong>4.55% decline</strong> from 2022.</li>
    <li>Finland fertility rate for 2022 was <strong>1.32</strong>, a <strong>9.59% decline</strong> from 2021.</li>
    </ul>Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.
    
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    Colombia Fertility Rate (1950-2025)

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    Updated Jun 30, 2025
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    MACROTRENDS (2025). Colombia Fertility Rate (1950-2025) [Dataset]. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/COL/colombia/fertility-rate
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    csvAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Jun 30, 2025
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    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 1950 - Dec 31, 2025
    Area covered
    Colombia
    Description

    Historical chart and dataset showing Colombia fertility rate by year from 1950 to 2025.

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    Indonesia Fertility Rate (1950-2025)

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    Updated May 31, 2025
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    MACROTRENDS (2025). Indonesia Fertility Rate (1950-2025) [Dataset]. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/idn/indonesia/fertility-rate
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    csvAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    May 31, 2025
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    Area covered
    Indonesia
    Description
    Indonesia fertility rate for 2025 is 2.19, a 0.73% decline from 2024.
    <ul style='margin-top:20px;'>
    
    <li>Indonesia fertility rate for 2024 was <strong>2.20</strong>, a <strong>3.62% increase</strong> from 2023.</li>
    <li>Indonesia fertility rate for 2023 was <strong>2.13</strong>, a <strong>1.02% decline</strong> from 2022.</li>
    <li>Indonesia fertility rate for 2022 was <strong>2.15</strong>, a <strong>0.78% decline</strong> from 2021.</li>
    </ul>Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.
    
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    Italy Fertility Rate 1950-2025

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    Updated Apr 30, 2025
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    MACROTRENDS (2025). Italy Fertility Rate 1950-2025 [Dataset]. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/ita/italy/fertility-rate
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    Dataset updated
    Apr 30, 2025
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 1950 - May 30, 2025
    Area covered
    italy
    Description
    Italy fertility rate for 2025 is 1.31, a 0.46% increase from 2024.
    <ul style='margin-top:20px;'>
    
    <li>Italy fertility rate for 2024 was <strong>1.30</strong>, a <strong>0.46% increase</strong> from 2023.</li>
    <li>Italy fertility rate for 2023 was <strong>1.30</strong>, a <strong>0.54% decline</strong> from 2022.</li>
    <li>Italy fertility rate for 2022 was <strong>1.30</strong>, a <strong>0.53% decline</strong> from 2021.</li>
    </ul>Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.
    
  18. Total fertility rate of Germany 1800-2020

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    Updated Aug 9, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Total fertility rate of Germany 1800-2020 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033102/fertility-rate-germany-1800-2020/
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    Aug 9, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    Germany
    Description

    The fertility rate of a country is the average number of children that women from that country will have throughout their reproductive years. In Germany in 1800, the average woman of childbearing age would have 5.4 children over the course of their lifetime. It remained around this number until the late 1820s, when it then dropped to just under five, which was a long-term effect of the Napoleonic Period in Europe. From this point until the end of the nineteenth century, Germany's fertility rate was rather sporadic, reaching it's lowest point in 1855 with an average of 4.6 births per woman, and it's highest point in 1875 (just after the foundation of the German Empire in 1871), with an average of 5.4 live births per woman. From the beginning of the twentieth century until the end of the Second World War, Germany's fertility rate dropped from around 5 children per woman in 1900, to 1.9 in 1945. The only time where the fertility rate increased was in the inter-war years. Like other countries heavily involved in the Second World War, Germany (both East and West) experienced a Baby Boom from the late 1940s to the late 1960s, however it then dropped to it's lowest point of just 1.3 children per woman by 1995, shortly after the re-unification of Germany. In recent years, Germany's fertility rate has gradually been increasing again, and is expected to reach 1.6 in 2020, its highest rate in over forty years.

  19. Crude birth rate Northern Ireland 1971-2021

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    Updated Jul 2, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Crude birth rate Northern Ireland 1971-2021 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/383803/northern-ireland-birth-rate/
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    Dataset updated
    Jul 2, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    Ireland, Northern Ireland
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    In 2021, there were 11.6 births per 1,000 people in Northern Ireland, compared with eleven in the previous year. Between 2000 and 2008, Northern Ireland's birth rate increased from 12.8 to 14.4 but started to decline gradually until 2012 when it dropped from 13.9 to 13.3 in just one year. During this provided time period, the birth rate in Northern Ireland was highest in 1971, when it was 20.6 and was at its lowest in 2020 when there were just eleven births per 1,000 people. Falling birth rates in the UK For the United Kingdom as a whole, the birth rate fell to 10.2 births per 1,000 people in 2020, before a slight uptick to 10.4 in 2021. After a postwar peak of 18.8 births per 1,000 people in 1964, the UK birth rate fell sharply to just 11.7 by 1977. Between 1977 and 2012 the birth rate fluctuated between 11.3 and 13.9, but declined in every year between 2012 and 2020. In 2021, the UK's fertility rate (the number of births per women) fell to just 1.53, compared with 2.95 in 1964. Since 1973, the UK has fallen below the minimum replacement level fertility rate of 2.1, and without immigration would likely see its population decline in the long term. Global demographic trends The considerable decline in the UK's fertility rate in recent decades is not an isolated phenomenon. As of 2024, Africa was, at 4.12, the only continent to have a fertility rate higher than the global average of 2.31. Several countries, mainly in East Asia and Europe, have far lower fertility rates than the UK or the global average, however. South Korea provides the most dramatic example of this trend, with its fertility rate falling from 6.33 in 1960 to just 1.11 by 2020. By the 2080s, it is expected that, as Africa's fertility rate converges with the rest of the world, the global population will peak at around 10.4 billion and start to decline.

  20. Germany: total fertility rate 1950-2025

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    Updated Jan 13, 2025
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    Aaron O'Neill (2025). Germany: total fertility rate 1950-2025 [Dataset]. https://www.ai-chatbox.pro/?_=%2Ftopics%2F1903%2Fgermany%2F%23XgboDwS6a1rKoGJjSPEePEUG%2FVFd%2Bik%3D
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    Aaron O'Neill
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    Germany
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    Following a spike to 2.5 children per woman in the mid-1960s (during the second wave of the post-WWII baby boom), Germany's fertility rate then fell sharply to around 1.5 children per woman in the 1970s, and it has fluctuated between 1.2 and 1.6 children per woman ever since. Germany's fertility rate has been below the natural replacement level of roughly 2.1 children per woman since 1970, meaning that long-term natural population growth is unsustainable. In fact, Germany has experienced a natural population decline in every year since 1972, and its population has only grown or been sustained at its current level through high net immigration rates.Find more statistics on other topics about Germany with key insights such as crude birth rate, life expectancy of women at birth, and total life expectancy at birth.

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Total fertility rate worldwide 1950-2100

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Today, globally, women of childbearing age have an average of approximately 2.2 children over the course of their lifetime. In pre-industrial times, most women could expect to have somewhere between five and ten live births throughout their lifetime; however, the demographic transition then sees fertility rates fall significantly. Looking ahead, it is believed that the global fertility rate will fall below replacement level in the 2050s, which will eventually lead to population decline when life expectancy plateaus. Recent decades Between the 1950s and 1970s, the global fertility rate was roughly five children per woman - this was partly due to the post-WWII baby boom in many countries, on top of already-high rates in less-developed countries. The drop around 1960 can be attributed to China's "Great Leap Forward", where famine and disease in the world's most populous country saw the global fertility rate drop by roughly 0.5 children per woman. Between the 1970s and today, fertility rates fell consistently, although the rate of decline noticeably slowed as the baby boomer generation then began having their own children. Replacement level fertility Replacement level fertility, i.e. the number of children born per woman that a population needs for long-term stability, is approximately 2.1 children per woman. Populations may continue to grow naturally despite below-replacement level fertility, due to reduced mortality and increased life expectancy, however, these will plateau with time and then population decline will occur. It is believed that the global fertility rate will drop below replacement level in the mid-2050s, although improvements in healthcare and living standards will see population growth continue into the 2080s when the global population will then start falling.

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