Fertility rate with projections in Vatican

Vatican: Fertility rate with projections was 1 in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
1
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
227th
of 236 countries
All-time high
1
in 1950
All-time low
1
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Fertility rate with projections in Vatican, 1950–2023

00.20.40.60.81195019862023

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Vatican recorded 1 for fertility rate with projections in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, fertility rate with projections in Vatican peaked at 1 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1950.

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

Fertility rate with projections in Vatican, year by year

Annual values for Fertility rate with projections in Vatican, 1950 to 2023.
Year Value Change
1950 1 —
1951 1 +0.0%
1952 1 +0.0%
1953 1 +0.0%
1954 1 +0.0%
1955 1 +0.0%
1956 1 +0.0%
1957 1 +0.0%
1958 1 +0.0%
1959 1 +0.0%
1960 1 +0.0%
1961 1 +0.0%
1962 1 +0.0%
1963 1 +0.0%
1964 1 +0.0%
1965 1 +0.0%
1966 1 +0.0%
1967 1 +0.0%
1968 1 +0.0%
1969 1 +0.0%
1970 1 +0.0%
1971 1 +0.0%
1972 1 +0.0%
1973 1 +0.0%
1974 1 +0.0%
1975 1 +0.0%
1976 1 +0.0%
1977 1 +0.0%
1978 1 +0.0%
1979 1 +0.0%
1980 1 +0.0%
1981 1 +0.0%
1982 1 +0.0%
1983 1 +0.0%
1984 1 +0.0%
1985 1 +0.0%
1986 1 +0.0%
1987 1 +0.0%
1988 1 +0.0%
1989 1 +0.0%
1990 1 +0.0%
1991 1 +0.0%
1992 1 +0.0%
1993 1 +0.0%
1994 1 +0.0%
1995 1 +0.0%
1996 1 +0.0%
1997 1 +0.0%
1998 1 +0.0%
1999 1 +0.0%
2000 1 +0.0%
2001 1 +0.0%
2002 1 +0.0%
2003 1 +0.0%
2004 1 +0.0%
2005 1 +0.0%
2006 1 +0.0%
2007 1 +0.0%
2008 1 +0.0%
2009 1 +0.0%
2010 1 +0.0%
2011 1 +0.0%
2012 1 +0.0%
2013 1 +0.0%
2014 1 +0.0%
2015 1 +0.0%
2016 1 +0.0%
2017 1 +0.0%
2018 1 +0.0%
2019 1 +0.0%
2020 1 +0.0%
2021 1 +0.0%
2022 1 +0.0%
2023 1 +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 1 1 1 10
1960s 1 1 1 10
1970s 1 1 1 10
1980s 1 1 1 10
1990s 1 1 1 10
2000s 1 1 1 10
2010s 1 1 1 10
2020s 1 1 1 4

Countries ranked near Vatican

  1. 224 Andorra 1.08 compare
  2. 225 Curacao 1.07 compare
  3. 226 British Virgin Islands 1.04 compare
  4. 228 China 0.999 compare
  5. 229 Ukraine 0.977 compare
  6. 230 Singapore 0.943 compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is fertility rate with projections in Vatican?
Fertility rate with projections in Vatican was 1 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest fertility rate with projections recorded in Vatican?
The highest recorded value was 1 in 1950.
What is the lowest fertility rate with projections recorded in Vatican?
The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1950.
How does Vatican rank for fertility rate with projections?
Vatican ranks 227th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is fertility rate with projections rising or falling in Vatican?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Vatican data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate with projections. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Fertility rate with projections
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
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