World Fertility Rate
The average woman worldwide has 2.19 children (2024), versus 2.2 a year earlier — the global fertility rate has fallen by more than half since the 1960s.
Updated July 12, 2026
World Fertility Rate
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DefinitionTotal fertility rate for the world: the number of children a woman would bear if she lived through current age-specific fertility rates.
LimitationsA period measure — cohorts alive today may end up with different completed family sizes. Recent years rely on UN estimates where registration is incomplete.
Frequently Asked Questions
The average woman worldwide has 2.19 children (2024), versus 2.2 a year earlier — the global fertility rate has fallen by more than half since the 1960s.
World Fertility Rate fell 0.5% compared with 2023, reaching 2024's reading.
World Bank — World Development Indicators (SP.DYN.TFRT.IN), World aggregate. License: CC BY 4.0. StatsPanda charts the original series directly and cites it on every download.
The underlying series is released on a annual cadence. This page was last updated July 12, 2026, and refreshes with each source release.