Bolivia vs Colombia: Fertility rate

Fertility rate in 2023: 2.55 births per woman in Bolivia and 1.65 births per woman in Colombia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Bolivia, by 0.9 births per woman, or 1.55 times that in Colombia.

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births per woman · UN

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What the numbers say

Bolivia has been higher since 1967, when it overtook Colombia.
In 2023, Bolivia ranked 77 and Colombia ranked 137 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Bolivia at 1.79 births per woman and Colombia at 1.6 births per woman in 2100.
The world as a whole: 2.25 births per woman in 2023.

Every year

births per woman · UN

Year	Bolivia	Colombia	World
2023	2.55	1.65	2.25
2022	2.58	1.66	2.27
2021	2.62	1.68	2.29
2020	2.65	1.69	2.32
2019	2.69	1.71	2.4
2018	2.73	1.71	2.44
2017	2.78	1.72	2.5
2016	2.83	1.72	2.54
2015	2.89	1.77	2.54
2014	2.95	1.82	2.56
2013	3.01	1.86	2.57
2012	3.08	1.9	2.61
2011	3.14	1.94	2.59
2010	3.21	2.01	2.6
2009	3.29	2.1	2.62
2008	3.37	2.16	2.63
2007	3.45	2.2	2.62
2006	3.53	2.24	2.63
2005	3.56	2.31	2.63
2004	3.63	2.38	2.65
2003	3.72	2.45	2.66
2002	3.8	2.49	2.68
2001	3.89	2.52	2.71
2000	3.99	2.57	2.75
1999	4.09	2.64	2.75
1998	4.15	2.72	2.78
1997	4.22	2.74	2.81
1996	4.34	2.77	2.85
1995	4.41	2.85	2.89
1994	4.49	2.94	2.93
1993	4.59	2.98	2.98
1992	4.71	2.98	3.04
1991	4.85	2.98	3.13
1990	4.9	3	3.31
1989	4.97	3.01	3.35
1988	5.03	3.04	3.39
1987	5.06	3.09	3.48
1986	5.12	3.15	3.5
1985	5.15	3.23	3.51
1984	5.24	3.35	3.55
1983	5.29	3.5	3.58
1982	5.35	3.62	3.71
1981	5.41	3.71	3.71
1980	5.47	3.8	3.74
1979	5.54	3.89	3.77
1978	5.61	4	3.79
1977	5.67	4.16	3.85
1976	5.74	4.29	3.97
1975	5.75	4.4	4.08
1974	5.8	4.53	4.26
1973	5.85	4.68	4.42
1972	5.89	4.86	4.55
1971	5.95	5.06	4.68
1970	6	5.28	4.83
1969	6.06	5.51	4.87
1968	6.1	5.74	4.96
1967	6.13	5.96	4.85
1966	6.16	6.16	4.96
1965	6.18	6.33	5.07
1964	6.21	6.48	5.12
1963	6.23	6.58	5.31
1962	6.25	6.66	5.02
1961	6.26	6.71	4.57
1960	6.27	6.74	4.7
1959	6.28	6.74	4.74
1958	6.27	6.72	4.93
1957	6.26	6.7	5.07
1956	6.25	6.66	4.93
1955	6.24	6.63	5
1954	6.21	6.58	5
1953	6.2	6.54	4.92
1952	6.18	6.49	5
1951	6.19	6.44	4.82
1950	6.19	6.41	4.85

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Bolivia	Colombia	World
2024	2.521.84–3.25	1.631.29–2	2.25
2025	2.51.8–3.25	1.621.25–2.04	2.24
2026	2.471.74–3.25	1.611.19–2.02	2.23
2027	2.451.72–3.25	1.61.14–2.03	2.22
2028	2.421.67–3.24	1.591.11–2.02	2.21
2029	2.41.65–3.22	1.591.08–2.04	2.2
2030	2.381.61–3.22	1.581.07–2.04	2.2
2031	2.361.59–3.23	1.581.06–2.04	2.19
2032	2.341.57–3.21	1.581.04–2.04	2.18
2033	2.321.54–3.21	1.571.01–2.05	2.17
2034	2.31.53–3.21	1.571.02–2.06	2.16
2035	2.281.52–3.21	1.571–2.06	2.15
2036	2.261.49–3.21	1.570.99–2.05	2.15
2037	2.241.47–3.19	1.571–2.06	2.14
2038	2.231.47–3.17	1.571–2.08	2.13
2039	2.211.44–3.17	1.571–2.08	2.13
2040	2.191.44–3.2	1.571–2.08	2.13
2041	2.181.42–3.18	1.571–2.09	2.12
2042	2.161.4–3.18	1.570.99–2.1	2.12
2043	2.151.38–3.19	1.570.98–2.1	2.12
2044	2.131.37–3.18	1.570.97–2.11	2.12
2045	2.121.34–3.18	1.570.97–2.1	2.12
2046	2.111.33–3.18	1.570.96–2.1	2.11
2047	2.11.32–3.13	1.580.98–2.12	2.11
2048	2.081.32–3.11	1.580.96–2.14	2.11
2049	2.071.3–3.11	1.580.97–2.14	2.1
2050	2.061.29–3.07	1.580.95–2.14	2.1
2051	2.051.28–3.12	1.580.96–2.14	2.09
2052	2.041.29–3.13	1.580.96–2.15	2.09
2053	2.031.28–3.08	1.580.95–2.16	2.08
2054	2.021.27–3.06	1.580.95–2.17	2.07
2055	2.011.25–3.04	1.580.92–2.17	2.07
2056	21.26–3.02	1.580.91–2.17	2.06
2057	1.991.25–2.99	1.580.93–2.18	2.05
2058	1.981.23–2.99	1.580.96–2.18	2.04
2059	1.971.24–2.96	1.580.94–2.18	2.04
2060	1.961.24–2.99	1.580.93–2.19	2.03
2061	1.961.21–2.98	1.580.93–2.2	2.02
2062	1.951.23–2.97	1.580.94–2.19	2.02
2063	1.951.21–2.98	1.590.92–2.2	2.01
2064	1.941.22–3.01	1.590.93–2.2	2
2065	1.931.22–2.98	1.590.92–2.22	2
2066	1.931.21–2.99	1.590.93–2.2	1.99
2067	1.921.21–2.98	1.590.94–2.2	1.98
2068	1.911.2–2.99	1.590.93–2.2	1.98
2069	1.911.19–2.96	1.590.93–2.19	1.97
2070	1.911.19–2.99	1.590.93–2.2	1.97
2071	1.91.19–2.95	1.590.92–2.21	1.96
2072	1.91.2–2.96	1.590.91–2.2	1.96
2073	1.891.17–2.96	1.590.92–2.2	1.95
2074	1.891.18–2.99	1.590.89–2.21	1.95
2075	1.881.17–2.93	1.590.91–2.23	1.94
2076	1.881.15–2.88	1.590.89–2.23	1.94
2077	1.871.15–2.87	1.590.9–2.23	1.94
2078	1.861.14–2.83	1.590.88–2.24	1.93
2079	1.861.15–2.81	1.60.89–2.25	1.93
2080	1.851.13–2.77	1.590.89–2.24	1.92
2081	1.851.11–2.79	1.60.88–2.26	1.92
2082	1.851.12–2.79	1.60.88–2.24	1.91
2083	1.851.12–2.77	1.60.87–2.24	1.91
2084	1.841.11–2.77	1.60.9–2.26	1.91
2085	1.841.13–2.76	1.60.88–2.26	1.9
2086	1.841.13–2.74	1.60.87–2.28	1.9
2087	1.831.11–2.76	1.60.88–2.27	1.89
2088	1.831.1–2.78	1.590.86–2.27	1.89
2089	1.831.11–2.76	1.60.87–2.27	1.88
2090	1.831.1–2.75	1.60.89–2.26	1.88
2091	1.821.09–2.75	1.60.87–2.27	1.88
2092	1.821.1–2.75	1.60.85–2.27	1.87
2093	1.821.08–2.76	1.60.86–2.25	1.87
2094	1.811.09–2.71	1.60.88–2.24	1.86
2095	1.811.08–2.7	1.60.87–2.25	1.86
2096	1.81.09–2.66	1.60.87–2.26	1.85
2097	1.81.07–2.65	1.60.89–2.28	1.85
2098	1.81.09–2.65	1.60.87–2.27	1.85
2099	1.81.08–2.66	1.60.87–2.28	1.84
2100	1.791.06–2.66	1.60.87–2.28	1.84

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The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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