Lowest fertility

Births per woman (TFR), 1960–2024 · top 15 lowest. Which countries had the fewest births per woman each year, from 1960 to now.

Total fertility rate: children a woman would have at that year's age-specific birth rates. Replacement is about 2.1. Source: World Bank Open Data. Change countries or indicator · All rankings

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Lowest fertility

Births per woman (TFR), 1960–2024 · top 15 lowest

  1. 1
    Latvia1.94
  2. 2
    Estonia1.98
  3. 3
    Japan2.00
  4. 4
    Hungary2.02
  5. 5
    Czechia2.09
  6. 6
    Serbia2.16
  7. 7
    Sweden2.17
  8. 8
    Slovenia2.19
  9. 9
    Greece2.23
  10. 10
    Croatia2.24
  11. 11
    Ukraine2.29
  12. 12
    Bulgaria2.31
  13. 13
    Romania2.34
  14. 14
    Germany2.37
  15. 15
    Italy2.40

Total fertility rate: children a woman would have at that year's age-specific birth rates. Replacement is about 2.1. Countries under 1 million people are left out.

World Bank Open Data

19602024

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birthrate.io, "Lowest fertility". https://www.birthrate.io/stories/lowest-fertility-world (accessed 11 November 2026).

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