Global Fertility Rate by Year, 1960-2024
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Global Fertility Rate by Year, 1960-2024The world rate peaked at 5.31 births per woman in 1963 and has fallen in almost every year since, reaching 2.19 in 2024 - less than half the peak. The steepest stretch was the 1970s and 1980s, when the average dropped from 4.84 in 1970 to 3.31 in 1990. The decline then slowed, taking another 34 years to fall the remaining 1.12. The 2024 figure sits just 0.09 above the 2.1 replacement level, so the global average is now within a rounding error of the point where each generation only replaces itself.
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Global Fertility Rate by Year, 1960-2024
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12 records · Global Fertility Rate (births per woman) · ranked by 2024
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