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Total fertility rate

The total fertility rate is defined as the average number of children that would be born alive to a woman during her lifetime if she were to pass through her childbearing years conforming to the age-specific fertility rates of a given year.

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Country 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Albania 1.8 .. 1.3 1.6 1.6 .. 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 .. ..
Andorra .. .. .. .. .. 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 .. ..
Azerbaijan 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.5 .. ..
Austria 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3
Armenia 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 .. ..
Belgium 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 .. ..
Bulgaria 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8
Belarus 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.4 .. .. .. ..
Canada 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 .. ..
Croatia 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5
Cyprus 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
Czechia 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.5
Denmark 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5
Estonia 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.3
Finland 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.3
France 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7
Georgia 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 .. ..
Germany 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4
Greece 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3
Hungary 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6
Iceland 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.6
Ireland 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.5
Israel 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.9 .. .. ..
Italy 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2
Kazakhstan 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.1 2.0 2.2 ..
Kyrgyzstan 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.3 .. .. .. ..
Latvia 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4
Liechtenstein 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 .. ..
Lithuania 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2
Luxembourg 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3
Malta 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
Monaco 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.6 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.1 2.8 2.4 2.1 .. ..
Republic of Moldova 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 .. ..
Montenegro 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 .. ..
Netherlands 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4
Norway 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4
Poland 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2
Portugal 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5
Romania 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.5
Russian Federation 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
San Marino 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 .. ..
Serbia 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 .. ..
Slovakia 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5
Slovenia 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5
Spain 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1
Sweden 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.5
Switzerland 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3
Tajikistan 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Türkiye 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 .. .. 1.6 1.5
Turkmenistan 1.8 1.7 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.2 .. ..
Ukraine 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 .. ..
North Macedonia 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 .. ..
United Kingdom 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 .. .. ..
United States 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 ..
Uzbekistan 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.2 .. ..
Country 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Albania 1.8 .. 1.3 1.6 1.6 .. 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 .. ..
Andorra .. .. .. .. .. 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 .. ..
Azerbaijan 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.5 .. ..
Austria 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3
Armenia 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 .. ..
Belgium 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 .. ..
Bulgaria 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8
Belarus 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.4 .. .. .. ..
Canada 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 .. ..
Croatia 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5
Cyprus 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
Czechia 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.5
Denmark 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5
Estonia 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.3
Finland 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.3
France 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7
Georgia 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 .. ..
Germany 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4
Greece 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3
Hungary 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6
Iceland 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.6
Ireland 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.5
Israel 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.9 .. .. ..
Italy 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2
Kazakhstan 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.1 2.0 2.2 ..
Kyrgyzstan 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.3 .. .. .. ..
Latvia 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4
Liechtenstein 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 .. ..
Lithuania 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2
Luxembourg 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3
Malta 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
Monaco 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.6 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.1 2.8 2.4 2.1 .. ..
Republic of Moldova 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 .. ..
Montenegro 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 .. ..
Netherlands 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4
Norway 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4
Poland 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2
Portugal 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5
Romania 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.5
Russian Federation 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
San Marino 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 .. ..
Serbia 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 .. ..
Slovakia 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5
Slovenia 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5
Spain 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1
Sweden 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.5
Switzerland 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3
Tajikistan 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Türkiye 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 .. .. 1.6 1.5
Turkmenistan 1.8 1.7 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.2 .. ..
Ukraine 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 .. ..
North Macedonia 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 .. ..
United Kingdom 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 .. .. ..
United States 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 ..
Uzbekistan 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.2 .. ..

Footnote:  
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