How does Vatican rank for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?

Vatican ranks 227th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age rising or falling in Vatican?

Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Vatican data come from?

The figures come from Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age in Vatican

Name: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age in Vatican
Creator: Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Vatican: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age was 0.9895 children per women in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

0.9895 children per women

Change on year

down 0.0%

World rank

227th

of 236 countries

All-time high

0.9896 children per women

in 2022

All-time low

0.9292 children per women

in 1951

Years of data

1950–2023

Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age in Vatican, 1950–2023

Source: Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in children per women.

Analysis

In 2023, fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age in Vatican stood at 0.9895 children per women.

The figure is up 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age in Vatican peaked at 0.9896 children per women in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.9292 children per women, in 1951.

That places Vatican 227th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age in Vatican, year by year

Annual values for Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age in Vatican, 1950 to 2023.
Year	children per women	Change
1950	0.9293 children per women	—
1951	0.9292 children per women	-0.0%
1952	0.933 children per women	+0.4%
1953	0.9372 children per women	+0.4%
1954	0.9433 children per women	+0.7%
1955	0.9455 children per women	+0.2%
1956	0.9454 children per women	-0.0%
1957	0.948 children per women	+0.3%
1958	0.9528 children per women	+0.5%
1959	0.9552 children per women	+0.2%
1960	0.9561 children per women	+0.1%
1961	0.9589 children per women	+0.3%
1962	0.9578 children per women	-0.1%
1963	0.9591 children per women	+0.1%
1964	0.9625 children per women	+0.4%
1965	0.9628 children per women	+0.0%
1966	0.965 children per women	+0.2%
1967	0.9654 children per women	+0.0%
1968	0.9656 children per women	+0.0%
1969	0.9664 children per women	+0.1%
1970	0.9684 children per women	+0.2%
1971	0.9696 children per women	+0.1%
1972	0.9705 children per women	+0.1%
1973	0.9708 children per women	+0.0%
1974	0.9727 children per women	+0.2%
1975	0.973 children per women	+0.0%
1976	0.974 children per women	+0.1%
1977	0.9751 children per women	+0.1%
1978	0.9761 children per women	+0.1%
1979	0.9768 children per women	+0.1%
1980	0.9772 children per women	+0.0%
1981	0.9776 children per women	+0.0%
1982	0.9783 children per women	+0.1%
1983	0.9784 children per women	+0.0%
1984	0.979 children per women	+0.1%
1985	0.9796 children per women	+0.1%
1986	0.9801 children per women	+0.1%
1987	0.9808 children per women	+0.1%
1988	0.9811 children per women	+0.0%
1989	0.9817 children per women	+0.1%
1990	0.9819 children per women	+0.0%
1991	0.9822 children per women	+0.0%
1992	0.9827 children per women	+0.1%
1993	0.9825 children per women	-0.0%
1994	0.9832 children per women	+0.1%
1995	0.9835 children per women	+0.0%
1996	0.9842 children per women	+0.1%
1997	0.9839 children per women	-0.0%
1998	0.9843 children per women	+0.0%
1999	0.9846 children per women	+0.0%
2000	0.985 children per women	+0.0%
2001	0.9856 children per women	+0.1%
2002	0.9858 children per women	+0.0%
2003	0.9857 children per women	-0.0%
2004	0.9861 children per women	+0.0%
2005	0.9865 children per women	+0.0%
2006	0.9871 children per women	+0.1%
2007	0.9871 children per women	+0.0%
2008	0.9873 children per women	+0.0%
2009	0.9872 children per women	-0.0%
2010	0.9875 children per women	+0.0%
2011	0.9877 children per women	+0.0%
2012	0.988 children per women	+0.0%
2013	0.9885 children per women	+0.0%
2014	0.9886 children per women	+0.0%
2015	0.9885 children per women	-0.0%
2016	0.9888 children per women	+0.0%
2017	0.9888 children per women	+0.0%
2018	0.9893 children per women	+0.0%
2019	0.9895 children per women	+0.0%
2020	0.9893 children per women	-0.0%
2021	0.9893 children per women	-0.0%
2022	0.9896 children per women	+0.0%
2023	0.9895 children per women	-0.0%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	0.9419 children per women	0.9292 children per women	0.9552 children per women	10
1960s	0.9619 children per women	0.9561 children per women	0.9664 children per women	10
1970s	0.9727 children per women	0.9684 children per women	0.9768 children per women	10
1980s	0.9794 children per women	0.9772 children per women	0.9817 children per women	10
1990s	0.9833 children per women	0.9819 children per women	0.9846 children per women	10
2000s	0.9863 children per women	0.985 children per women	0.9873 children per women	10
2010s	0.9885 children per women	0.9875 children per women	0.9895 children per women	10
2020s	0.9894 children per women	0.9893 children per women	0.9896 children per women	4

Countries ranked near Vatican

224 Andorra 1.07 children per women compare
225 Curaçao 1.06 children per women compare
226 British Virgin Islands 1.03 children per women compare
228 China 0.9859 children per women compare
229 Ukraine 0.9618 children per women compare
230 Singapore 0.9384 children per women compare

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More population data for Vatican

Population regions with projections, annual growth rate 0.2943 % change on previous year (2100)
Number of children under 5, by world region 40 people (2100)
Population density 3,098 people per km² (2100)
Population long run with projections, annual growth rate 0.2943 % change on previous year (2100)
Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (1999)
Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
Population growth rate, by level of development 0.3% (2100)
World population growth 0.3% (2100)
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2025)
Comparison of fertility rates that account for survival of children 1 live births per woman (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age in Vatican?: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age in Vatican was 0.9895 children per women in 2023, according to Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age recorded in Vatican?: The highest recorded value was 0.9896 children per women in 2022.
What is the lowest fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age recorded in Vatican?: The lowest recorded value was 0.9292 children per women in 1951.
How does Vatican rank for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?: Vatican ranks 227th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age rising or falling in Vatican?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Vatican data come from?: The figures come from Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Unit: children per women
Source: Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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).