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WORLD STATISTICS

Population

Total fertility rate (UN WPP 1950–2100)

Average number of live births per woman over a lifetime at current age-specific rates. 1950–2023 are UN estimates; 2024–2100 are the UN medium-variant projection.
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Indicator code
WPP.TFR
Unit
births per woman
Frequency
annual
Default classification
Estimate
Original producer
UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024
Distributed by
UN DESA Population Division — World Population Prospects 2024
License
CC BY 3.0 IGO (UN); redistribution by Our World in Data under CC BY 4.0
Source record
https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

World trend

1950 – 2100

Highest

Most recent year per country (within 5 years of the latest).

  1. 1Chad2.272100
  2. 2Tanzania2.262100
  3. 3Somalia, Fed. Rep.2.192100
  4. 4Togo2.182100
  5. 5Congo, Rep.2.182100
  6. 6Cote d'Ivoire2.172100
  7. 7Congo, Dem. Rep.2.162100
  8. 8Sudan2.152100
  9. 9Angola2.142100
  10. 10Benin2.142100

Lowest

Most recent year per country (within 5 years of the latest).

  1. 215Macao SAR, China1.152100
  2. 214Hong Kong SAR, China1.202100
  3. 213Korea, Rep.1.302100
  4. 212Ukraine1.302100
  5. 211China1.352100
  6. 210Puerto Rico (US)1.352100
  7. 209Singapore1.362100
  8. 208Curacao1.382100
  9. 207British Virgin Islands1.402100
  10. 206Chile1.412100

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