Fertility rate - Country rankings

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Fertility rate, births per woman, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 11 countries was 1.85 births per woman. The highest value was in Cambodia: 2.55 births per woman and the lowest value was in Singapore: 0.97 births per woman. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: births per woman; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Fertility rate, 2024 Global rank Available data
Cambodia 2.55 1 1960 - 2024
Laos 2.4 2 1960 - 2024
Indonesia 2.12 3 1960 - 2024
Burma 2.1 4 1960 - 2024
India 1.96 5 1960 - 2024
Philippines 1.89 6 1960 - 2024
Vietnam 1.89 7 1960 - 2024
Brunei 1.73 8 1960 - 2024
Malaysia 1.54 9 1960 - 2024
Thailand 1.2 10 1960 - 2024
Singapore 0.97 11 1960 - 2024


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Definition: 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 age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.

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1. Cambodia
2. Laos
3. Indonesia
4. Burma
5. India
6. Philippines
7. Vietnam
8. Brunei
9. Malaysia
10. Thailand
11. Singapore
2.55
2.40
2.12
2.10
1.96
1.89
1.89
1.73
1.54
1.20
0.97
0
0.6
1.3
1.9
2.55


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