Total Fertility Rate of Low-and-middle-income countries

2.33

Total Fertility Rate

17.23

Crude Birth Rate

120,601,016

Overall Births

The current total fertility rate of Low-and-middle-income countries is 2.33 births per woman. A -0.43% decrease from 2025, when the fertility rate was 2.34 births per woman. In the future, Low-and-middle-income countries's fertility rate is projected to decrease to 1.87 childern born per woman, by the year 2100. A total decrease of the fertility rate of Low-and-middle-income countries's by -19.99% from today's standard.

Historic Total Fertility Rate of Low-and-middle-income countries (1950-2025)

Low-and-middle-income countries has seen a decrease of the total fertility rate since the 1950's. From 5.58 to 2.34 births per woman, a decrease of -58.02% in total.

Date Source: UN World Population Prospects (2024) | License: CCBY | Note: Values indicate mid year (1 July)

Year	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)	Crude Birth Rate	Births
1950	5.5833	41.901	75,196,255
1951	5.5431	41.545	76,038,967
1952	5.7966	43.273	80,881,072
1953	5.6862	42.319	80,839,264
1954	5.7795	42.803	83,591,722
1955	5.7758	42.559	85,035,275
1956	5.6639	41.531	84,890,001
1957	5.842	42.548	88,997,341
1958	5.6431	40.86	87,460,892
1959	5.3731	38.765	84,709,995
1960	5.3149	38.239	85,069,824
1961	5.1431	36.914	83,575,814
1962	5.7691	41.004	94,824,922
1963	6.1588	43.227	102,537,862
1964	5.9088	41.099	100,003,366
1965	5.8622	40.435	100,788,966
1966	5.7566	39.514	100,856,816
1967	5.5915	38.297	100,073,291
1968	5.758	39.348	105,297,608
1969	5.6381	38.559	105,681,746
1970	5.5896	38.318	107,534,532
1971	5.4078	37.335	107,214,140
1972	5.2615	36.601	107,493,429
1973	5.1119	35.877	107,758,613
1974	4.9138	34.832	106,949,076
1975	4.6981	33.666	105,596,182
1976	4.5683	33.104	106,008,919
1977	4.4076	32.277	105,483,984
1978	4.3295	32.064	106,920,035
1979	4.3003	32.206	109,600,645
1980	4.2599	32.229	111,963,464
1981	4.2195	32.235	114,341,786
1982	4.2176	32.534	117,883,900
1983	4.0518	31.592	116,915,204
1984	4.0112	31.605	119,422,740
1985	3.9552	31.486	121,485,256
1986	3.9361	31.6	124,511,650
1987	3.8908	31.442	126,538,846
1988	3.7686	30.668	126,019,769
1989	3.7071	30.353	127,286,918
1990	3.6498	30.001	128,377,286
1991	3.4257	28.29	123,387,714
1992	3.3185	27.439	121,828,353
1993	3.2437	26.819	121,155,629
1994	3.1854	26.304	120,838,312
1995	3.1317	25.861	120,777,956
1996	3.0752	25.343	120,298,576
1997	3.0282	24.894	120,058,327
1998	2.9869	24.501	120,019,856
1999	2.9523	24.182	120,287,020
2000	2.9495	24.133	121,862,431
2001	2.9041	23.746	121,704,747
2002	2.8674	23.433	121,851,596
2003	2.8341	23.151	122,113,306
2004	2.8158	22.983	122,945,020
2005	2.7925	22.763	123,484,105
2006	2.778	22.634	124,507,793
2007	2.7679	22.553	125,788,193
2008	2.7681	22.545	127,491,191
2009	2.7638	22.469	128,846,360
2010	2.7415	22.238	129,318,015
2011	2.7258	22.042	129,961,560
2012	2.7457	22.1	132,109,146
2013	2.7083	21.661	131,276,252
2014	2.6968	21.401	131,448,718
2015	2.6654	20.98	130,542,284
2016	2.665	20.803	131,098,467
2017	2.6327	20.387	130,117,736
2018	2.5595	19.677	127,143,144
2019	2.5187	19.235	125,760,795
2020	2.4389	18.502	122,310,602
2021	2.4011	18.134	121,072,520
2022	2.3734	17.856	120,311,233
2023	2.3603	17.665	120,145,430
2024	2.3554	17.539	120,444,561
2025	2.3441	17.372	120,462,080

Future Total Fertility Rate of Low-and-middle-income countries (2026-2100)

Low-and-middle-income countries's downward trend in fertility rate is set to decrease even further in the future. From 2.33 to an average of 1.87 children born per woman. An additional decrease of -19.99% from 2026 to 2100.

Date Source: UN World Population Prospects (2024) | License: CCBY | Note: Values indicate mid year (1 July)

Year	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)	Crude Birth Rate	Births
2026	2.334	17.227	120,601,016
2027	2.323	17.081	120,704,555
2028	2.3125	16.949	120,873,452
2029	2.3021	16.828	121,096,760
2030	2.2917	16.715	121,350,849
2031	2.2805	16.604	121,588,139
2032	2.2686	16.493	121,806,984
2033	2.2576	16.391	122,066,684
2034	2.2472	16.294	122,337,899
2035	2.2368	16.196	122,568,274
2036	2.2273	16.098	122,784,021
2037	2.2181	15.995	122,931,213
2038	2.211	15.898	123,094,914
2039	2.205	15.797	123,210,615
2040	2.201	15.702	123,336,575
2041	2.1964	15.592	123,322,174
2042	2.193	15.483	123,283,499
2043	2.1909	15.376	123,233,373
2044	2.1884	15.26	123,083,670
2045	2.1848	15.133	122,810,824
2046	2.1819	15.008	122,519,920
2047	2.1771	14.87	122,088,947
2048	2.1725	14.734	121,635,115
2049	2.167	14.594	121,122,203
2050	2.1612	14.457	120,587,391
2051	2.1547	14.32	120,030,348
2052	2.1476	14.187	119,463,498
2053	2.1403	14.06	118,919,761
2054	2.1317	13.933	118,342,902
2055	2.1242	13.822	117,869,032
2056	2.1164	13.718	117,431,273
2057	2.1083	13.619	117,011,603
2058	2.1001	13.527	116,628,341
2059	2.0922	13.444	116,296,406
2060	2.0841	13.366	115,985,730
2061	2.0757	13.29	115,677,896
2062	2.0682	13.225	115,439,587
2063	2.0605	13.16	115,190,518
2064	2.0533	13.101	114,969,586
2065	2.046	13.042	114,738,261
2066	2.0392	12.986	114,515,850
2067	2.0323	12.929	114,263,534
2068	2.0255	12.871	113,989,278
2069	2.0186	12.81	113,675,644
2070	2.0125	12.752	113,374,514
2071	2.007	12.696	113,070,319
2072	2.0011	12.634	112,702,189
2073	1.9957	12.574	112,328,709
2074	1.9902	12.51	111,909,656
2075	1.985	12.446	111,471,978
2076	1.9802	12.383	111,024,751
2077	1.9754	12.318	110,546,564
2078	1.97	12.248	110,007,831
2079	1.9649	12.18	109,469,985
2080	1.9604	12.114	108,941,583
2081	1.9552	12.046	108,369,279
2082	1.9513	11.985	107,852,291
2083	1.9462	11.919	107,273,910
2084	1.9417	11.856	106,719,842
2085	1.9367	11.793	106,146,940
2086	1.9316	11.732	105,579,430
2087	1.9266	11.672	105,019,476
2088	1.9219	11.617	104,487,018
2089	1.9172	11.563	103,959,572
2090	1.9122	11.51	103,431,236
2091	1.9074	11.461	102,926,214
2092	1.9025	11.412	102,420,620
2093	1.8976	11.365	101,916,210
2094	1.8928	11.32	101,429,500
2095	1.8879	11.276	100,935,462
2096	1.8837	11.236	100,480,107
2097	1.8797	11.199	100,036,041
2098	1.8755	11.161	99,573,586
2099	1.8717	11.124	99,123,524
2100	1.8675	11.086	98,647,133

How is Total Fertility Rate calculated?

A population's fertility rate is most commonly calculated as Total Total Fertility Rate or TFR for short. The Total Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is a standard demographic indicator that is used internationally to estimate the average number of children born per woman in a population. It is calculated by adding up all the age-specific fertility rates, multiplying this sum by five (the width of the age-group interval), and then dividing by 1,000.

Total Fertility Rate Formula

Total Total Fertility Rate = (Sum of ASFR x 5 ) / 1,000

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

Source data made available by UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024 under CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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