Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo adjusted tfr by country
Countries reporting
34
Highest
1.82
Czechia
Lowest
0.722
South Korea
Median
1.48
Years covered
134
1891–2024
Data points
2,331
What the numbers show
Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo adjusted tfr is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 1.82 in Czechia; the lowest is 0.722 in South Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.48, and the mean is 1.43.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 28.8%), and the largest decrease in South Korea (down 39.1%).
Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo adjusted tfr: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czechia | 1.82 | 2021 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 2 | France | 1.76 | 2022 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 3 | Estonia | 1.66 | 2019 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 4 | United States | 1.62 | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 5 | Slovenia | 1.61 | 2019 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 6 | Iceland | 1.59 | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 7 | Russia | 1.58 | 2018 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 1.58 | 2021 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 9 | Germany | 1.57 | 2017 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 10 | Hungary | 1.56 | 2020 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 11 | Ireland | 1.53 | 2022 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 12 | Belgium | 1.53 | 2022 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 13 | Ukraine | 1.51 | 2013 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 14 | Slovakia | 1.5 | 2014 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 15 | Netherlands | 1.49 | 2022 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 16 | Croatia | 1.48 | 2020 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 1.48 | 2022 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 18 | Lithuania | 1.48 | 2020 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 19 | Denmark | 1.47 | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 20 | Chile | 1.46 | 2020 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 21 | Portugal | 1.45 | 2023 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 21 | Belarus | 1.45 | 2018 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 23 | Sweden | 1.43 | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 24 | Norway | 1.41 | 2022 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 25 | Switzerland | 1.33 | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 26 | Austria | 1.32 | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 27 | Poland | 1.26 | 2022 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 28 | Canada | 1.26 | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 29 | Finland | 1.25 | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 30 | Italy | 1.24 | 2022 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 31 | Japan | 1.2 | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 32 | Spain | 1.12 | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 33 | Taiwan | 0.864 | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 34 | South Korea | 0.722 | 2023 | down 39.1% | falling |