Japan vs Spain: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Japan
1.2 children per women
in 2023
Spain
1.21 children per women
in 2023
Japan rank
215th
Spain rank
214th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Japan
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 1.21 children per women against 1.2 children per women in Japan, a difference of 0.01 children per women.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 77 shared years of data; in 1947 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 215th and Spain ranks 214th of 236 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Spain in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 4.15 children per women | 2.51 children per women | 1.64 children per women | Japan |
| 1950s | 2.38 children per women | 2.36 children per women | 0.0201 children per women | Japan |
| 1960s | 1.91 children per women | 2.75 children per women | 0.8354 children per women | Spain |
| 1970s | 1.92 children per women | 2.67 children per women | 0.7506 children per women | Spain |
| 1980s | 1.68 children per women | 1.69 children per women | 0.0162 children per women | Spain |
| 1990s | 1.41 children per women | 1.2 children per women | 0.2115 children per women | Japan |
| 2000s | 1.29 children per women | 1.31 children per women | 0.0148 children per women | Spain |
| 2010s | 1.37 children per women | 1.3 children per women | 0.0701 children per women | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.25 children per women | 1.19 children per women | 0.0625 children per women | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Japan or Spain?
- Spain, at 1.21 children per women against 1.2 children per women in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Japan and Spain?
- 0.01 children per women, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Spain?
- 77 years are reported by both, from 1947 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Spain rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Japan ranks 215th 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).