Fertility Rate (WB)
Fertility Rate. World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2017–2024.
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: births/woman Parsed: 2026-06-28 Open source ↗
Avg (2024)
2.3
0.00pp vs 2023
Improving
0
of 217 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
217
±0.5pp band
Fertility Rate
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 2017–2024.
AmericasSouth AsiaSub-Saharan AfricaEurope & Central AsiaMiddle East & North AfricaEast Asia & PacificAdvanced / other
Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇼 Curacao | 1.4 | +0.10pp |
| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.8 | +0.09pp |
| 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 1.8 | +0.06pp |
| 🇳🇴 Norway | 1.5 | +0.05pp |
| 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 4.1 | +0.04pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 1.9 | -0.33pp |
| 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 2.5 | -0.20pp |
| 🇦🇲 Armenia | 1.7 | -0.20pp |
| 🇷🇴 Romania | 1.4 | -0.15pp |
| 🇭🇺 Hungary | 1.4 | -0.14pp |
By group
Change by group, latest period.
South Asia 0.00pp
Middle East & North Africa 0.00pp
East Asia & Pacific 0.00pp
Advanced / other 0.00pp
Americas 0.00pp
Europe & Central Asia 0.00pp
Sub-Saharan Africa -0.10pp
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 48 | 4 | -0.10pp |
| South Asia | 8 | 2.4 | 0.00pp |
| Middle East & North Africa | 20 | 2.4 | 0.00pp |
| East Asia & Pacific | 37 | 2.2 | 0.00pp |
| Advanced / other | 4 | 1.8 | 0.00pp |
| Americas | 43 | 1.7 | 0.00pp |
| Europe & Central Asia | 57 | 1.6 | 0.00pp |
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