Observations

2024: 2.18852

Updated: Apr 14, 2026 8:06 PM CDT

Units:

Births per Woman,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Annual

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Fertility Rate, Total for the World	2014-09-17	2026-04-14

Source

World Bank	2014-09-17	2026-04-14

Release

World Development Indicators	2014-09-17	2026-04-14

Units

Births per Woman	2014-09-17	2026-04-14

Frequency

Annual	2014-09-17	2026-04-14

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2014-09-17	2026-04-14

Notes

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with current age-specific fertility rates. World Bank Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Program, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database Source Indicator: SP.DYN.TFRT.IN	2014-09-17	2026-04-14

Fertility Rate, Total for the World (SPDYNTFRTINWLD)