Italy vs Spain: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Italy
1.19 children per women
in 2023
Spain
1.21 children per women
in 2023
Italy rank
217th
Spain rank
214th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Italy
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 1.21 children per women against 1.19 children per women in Italy, a difference of 0.02 children per women.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 116 shared years of data; in 1908 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 217th and Spain ranks 214th of 236 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 7 and Spain in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 3.14 children per women | 2.89 children per women | 0.2501 children per women | Italy |
| 1910s | 2.65 children per women | 2.67 children per women | 0.0211 children per women | Spain |
| 1920s | 2.97 children per women | 2.85 children per women | 0.1254 children per women | Italy |
| 1930s | 2.68 children per women | 2.62 children per women | 0.055 children per women | Italy |
| 1940s | 2.39 children per women | 2.41 children per women | 0.019 children per women | Spain |
| 1950s | 2.19 children per women | 2.36 children per women | 0.1753 children per women | Spain |
| 1960s | 2.39 children per women | 2.75 children per women | 0.3565 children per women | Spain |
| 1970s | 2.09 children per women | 2.67 children per women | 0.5822 children per women | Spain |
| 1980s | 1.43 children per women | 1.69 children per women | 0.2665 children per women | Spain |
| 1990s | 1.23 children per women | 1.2 children per women | 0.0245 children per women | Italy |
| 2000s | 1.32 children per women | 1.31 children per women | 0.016 children per women | Italy |
| 2010s | 1.35 children per women | 1.3 children per women | 0.0494 children per women | Italy |
| 2020s | 1.23 children per women | 1.19 children per women | 0.035 children per women | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Italy or Spain?
- Spain, at 1.21 children per women against 1.19 children per women in Italy as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Italy and Spain?
- 0.02 children per women, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Spain?
- 116 years are reported by both, from 1908 to 2023.
- How do Italy and Spain rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Italy ranks 217th and Spain ranks 214th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).