Total fertility rate: births per woman by country
The average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime if she experienced the fertility rates of a specific year.
What the numbers show
Total fertility rate: births per woman is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 1.82 births per woman in Czechia; the lowest is 0.722 births per woman in South Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.48 births per woman, and the mean is 1.43 births per woman.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 28.8%), and the largest decrease in South Korea (down 39.1%).
Total fertility rate: births per woman: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czechia | 1.82 births per woman | 2021 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 2 | France | 1.76 births per woman | 2022 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 3 | Estonia | 1.66 births per woman | 2019 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 4 | United States | 1.62 births per woman | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 5 | Slovenia | 1.61 births per woman | 2019 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 6 | Iceland | 1.59 births per woman | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 7 | Russia | 1.58 births per woman | 2018 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 1.58 births per woman | 2021 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 9 | Germany | 1.57 births per woman | 2017 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 10 | Hungary | 1.56 births per woman | 2020 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 12 | Belgium | 1.53 births per woman | 2022 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 13 | Ukraine | 1.51 births per woman | 2013 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 14 | Slovakia | 1.5 births per woman | 2014 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 15 | Netherlands | 1.49 births per woman | 2022 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 16 | Croatia | 1.48 births per woman | 2020 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 1.48 births per woman | 2022 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 18 | Lithuania | 1.48 births per woman | 2020 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 19 | Denmark | 1.47 births per woman | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 20 | Chile | 1.46 births per woman | 2020 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 21 | Portugal | 1.45 births per woman | 2023 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 21 | Belarus | 1.45 births per woman | 2018 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 23 | Sweden | 1.43 births per woman | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 24 | Norway | 1.41 births per woman | 2022 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 25 | Switzerland | 1.33 births per woman | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 26 | Austria | 1.32 births per woman | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 27 | Poland | 1.26 births per woman | 2022 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 28 | Canada | 1.26 births per woman | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 29 | Finland | 1.25 births per woman | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 30 | Italy | 1.24 births per woman | 2022 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 31 | Japan | 1.2 births per woman | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 32 | Spain | 1.12 births per woman | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 33 | Taiwan | 0.864 births per woman | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 34 | South Korea | 0.722 births per woman | 2023 | down 39.1% | falling |
About this data
The average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime if she experienced the fertility rates of a specific year.