Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected in Vatican

Vatican: Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected was 0.9895 in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.9895
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
227th
of 236 countries
All-time high
0.9896
in 2022
All-time low
0.9292
in 1951
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to in Vatican, 1950–2023

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Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2023, effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to in Vatican stood at 0.9895.

The figure is up 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to in Vatican peaked at 0.9896 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.9292, 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.

Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected in Vatican, year by year

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

Averages by decade

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

Countries ranked near Vatican

  1. 224 Andorra 1.07 compare
  2. 225 Curacao 1.06 compare
  3. 226 British Virgin Islands 1.03 compare
  4. 228 China 0.9859 compare
  5. 229 Ukraine 0.9618 compare
  6. 230 Singapore 0.9384 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to in Vatican?
Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to in Vatican was 0.9895 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to recorded in Vatican?
The highest recorded value was 0.9896 in 2022.
What is the lowest effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to recorded in Vatican?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9292 in 1951.
How does Vatican rank for effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to?
Vatican ranks 227th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to survive until childbearing age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to survive until childbearing age
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
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Coverage
236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
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