Fertility and wanted fertility, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Fertility and wanted fertility. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
11.98 % change on previous year
Hong Kong (China)
Lowest
-15.14 % change on previous year
Seychelles
Median
-0.9423 % change on previous year
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,726
What the numbers show
Fertility and wanted fertility, annual growth rate is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 11.98 % change on previous year in Hong Kong (China); the lowest is -15.14 % change on previous year in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is -0.9423 % change on previous year, and the mean is -1.2 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Trinidad and Tobago (up 518.5%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 2,955.1%).
Fertility and wanted fertility, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong (China) | 11.98 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Curaçao | 7.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 261.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Republic of Korea | 3.74 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 146.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Norway | 3.57 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 311.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Montenegro | 3.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 198.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Mauritius | 2.86 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 514.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Faroe Islands | 2.43 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 57.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Kuwait | 2.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 9 | China | 1.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 238.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Serbia | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 227.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Ukraine | 1.13 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 134.8% | volatile |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 1.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 137.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.8576 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 147.7% | volatile |
| 16 | San Marino | 0.7833 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 105.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Belarus | 0.745 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Israel | 0.7018 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Belize | 0.6976 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 172.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Slovenia | 0.6623 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Iceland | 0.6452 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 22 | United States | 0.6186 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 129.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Russian Federation | 0.5674 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Andorra | 0.4621 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Saint Lucia | 0.4351 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 143.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Cuba | 0.417 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 130.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4038 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 132.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Djibouti | 0.345 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 115.5% | volatile |
| 29 | British Virgin Islands | 0.2871 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Bermuda | 0.2855 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 104.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Argentina | 0.2667 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2611 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 518.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2535 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 135.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Aruba | 0.2497 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.2247 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 240.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Bahamas | 0.0728 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 102.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Barbados | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Croatia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Luxembourg | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Netherlands | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 37 | New Zealand | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Puerto Rico | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Singapore | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Namibia | -0.0311 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 93.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | -0.0962 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 94.1% | rising |
| 46 | Gibraltar | -0.1589 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | -0.182 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 86.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Paraguay | -0.2477 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 165.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Isle of Man | -0.2584 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Dominica | -0.2695 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 92.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Republic of Moldova | -0.2888 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 102.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Brazil | -0.3088 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 138.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Monaco | -0.3791 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 105.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Cayman Islands | -0.3919 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 94.9% | volatile |
| 55 | El Salvador | -0.3944 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | -0.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 109.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Georgia | -0.442 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 104.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.4425 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 70.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Malaysia | -0.4516 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Fiji | -0.4822 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Sint Maarten | -0.4838 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 88.1% | volatile |
| 62 | South Africa | -0.4964 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 201.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Virgin Islands U.S. | -0.505 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 205.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Jamaica | -0.5155 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 82.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Albania | -0.5193 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Lebanon | -0.536 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 190.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Nicaragua | -0.541 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Egypt | -0.5455 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Indonesia | -0.5642 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 70 | United Kingdom | -0.5769 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Panama | -0.6135 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Cyprus | -0.6479 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 205.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | -0.649 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 120.0% | volatile |
| 74 | India | -0.6582 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Thailand | -0.6601 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 76.0% | volatile |
| 76 | French Polynesia | -0.6662 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 164.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Colombia | -0.6687 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 67.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Oman | -0.6733 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 224.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Macau, China | -0.6826 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 110.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Qatar | -0.694 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 605.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Guyana | -0.7048 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Cabo Verde | -0.7227 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Kiribati | -0.7309 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 78.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Samoa | -0.7313 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Vanuatu | -0.7508 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Turks and Caicos Islands | -0.7519 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 42.7% | falling |
| 87 | Austria | -0.7576 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 154.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Peru | -0.7576 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 61.8% | flat |
| 89 | Tunisia | -0.7642 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 394.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.7887 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 147.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Finland | -0.7937 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 65.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Suriname | -0.8004 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Myanmar | -0.8038 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 94 | New Caledonia | -0.8081 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 95 | American Samoa | -0.8311 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 69.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Uruguay | -0.8517 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 116.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Iraq | -0.8618 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 70.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Papua New Guinea | -0.8712 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Eritrea | -0.8888 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Bhutan | -0.8892 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 76.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Costa Rica | -0.9023 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 176.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Brunei Darussalam | -0.9159 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 101.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Tonga | -0.9268 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Kazakhstan | -0.9296 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 127.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Ecuador | -0.9325 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | -0.9362 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Viet Nam | -0.9409 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 116.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | -0.9423 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Mexico | -0.9424 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 63.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Maldives | -0.9524 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 75.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Honduras | -0.96 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 55.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Central African Republic | -0.9647 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 344.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Morocco | -0.9865 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | -0.9913 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Grenada | -1.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Northern Mariana Islands | -1.02 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Guatemala | -1.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Bahrain | -1.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Tuvalu | -1.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Botswana | -1.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Turkmenistan | -1.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 302.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Lesotho | -1.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Sri Lanka | -1.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Philippines | -1.15 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Congo | -1.15 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Bangladesh | -1.16 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | -1.16 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Nepal | -1.16 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Haiti | -1.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Tajikistan | -1.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 254.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Guam | -1.19 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 154.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Australia | -1.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Cambodia | -1.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 312.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Nauru | -1.23 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 288.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Solomon Islands | -1.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 252.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Palau | -1.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Eswatini | -1.27 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Kenya | -1.28 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Sao Tome and Principe | -1.32 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Jordan | -1.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 68.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | -1.34 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Sudan | -1.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Sweden | -1.38 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 160.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Senegal | -1.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 146 | United Republic of Tanzania | -1.41 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 114.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Cameroon | -1.41 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Rwanda | -1.43 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 212.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Comoros | -1.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Angola | -1.48 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Chad | -1.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 77.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Gabon | -1.51 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Madagascar | -1.51 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Mozambique | -1.53 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Mauritania | -1.53 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Algeria | -1.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 153.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Ghana | -1.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Canada | -1.57 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Zambia | -1.58 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Greece | -1.59 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 304.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Malawi | -1.59 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Pakistan | -1.61 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Afghanistan | -1.63 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Saint Martin (French part) | -1.66 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 275.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Benin | -1.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 150.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Togo | -1.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Spain | -1.79 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 145.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Burkina Faso | -1.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Burundi | -1.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 170 | State of Palestine | -1.84 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 38.1% | rising |
| 171 | Mali | -1.85 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 140.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Marshall Islands | -1.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Somalia | -1.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Yemen | -1.98 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 2,955.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Türkiye | -1.99 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 152.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Denmark | -2 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 267.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Ireland | -2 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Ethiopia | -2.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Slovak Republic | -2.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 189.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Guinea | -2.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Belgium | -2.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 182 | South Sudan | -2.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Guinea-Bissau | -2.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 184 | Niger | -2.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Germany | -2.16 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 161.3% | volatile |
| 186 | Liberia | -2.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 187 | Nigeria | -2.23 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Chile | -2.31 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 244.3% | volatile |
| 189 | Sierra Leone | -2.32 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 190 | Libya | -2.42 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 273.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Gambia | -2.47 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Italy | -2.48 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 244.6% | volatile |
| 193 | Uganda | -2.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 194 | Portugal | -2.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 211.3% | volatile |
| 195 | Timor-Leste | -2.96 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 196 | Switzerland | -3.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 328.6% | volatile |
| 197 | France | -3.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 699.4% | volatile |
| 198 | Greenland | -3.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 199 | Kyrgyzstan | -3.7 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 214.8% | volatile |
| 200 | Japan | -4.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 495.8% | volatile |
| 201 | Malta | -4.72 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 420.8% | volatile |
| 202 | Bulgaria | -4.97 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 195.7% | volatile |
| 203 | Poland | -5 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 315.0% | volatile |
| 204 | Liechtenstein | -5.52 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 157.1% | volatile |
| 205 | Lithuania | -5.93 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 371.6% | volatile |
| 206 | North Macedonia | -6.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 207 | Czechia | -6.85 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 242.9% | volatile |
| 208 | Mongolia | -7.41 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 322.2% | volatile |
| 209 | Azerbaijan | -7.74 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,432.9% | volatile |
| 210 | Latvia | -8.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 203.2% | volatile |
| 211 | Hungary | -9.03 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 236.5% | volatile |
| 212 | Romania | -9.74 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 242.2% | volatile |
| 213 | Estonia | -9.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 854.2% | volatile |
| 214 | Armenia | -10.53 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 268.4% | volatile |
| 215 | Seychelles | -15.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,572.7% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Fertility and wanted fertility. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Fertility and wanted fertility Our World in Data
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Fertility and wanted fertility. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.