Brazil vs Colombia

Brazil vs Colombia: Fertility rate

Fertility rate in 2023: 1.62 births per woman in Brazil and 1.65 births per woman in Colombia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Colombia, by 0.03 births per woman, or 1.02 times that in Brazil.

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births per woman · UN

Brazil vs Colombia: Fertility rateFertility rate in 2023: 1.62 births per woman in Brazil and 1.65 births per woman in Colombia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Colombia, by 0.03 births per woman, or 1.02 times that in Brazil.
BrazilColombiaUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

  • Colombia has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Brazil.
  • In 2023, Brazil ranked 143 and Colombia ranked 137 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts Brazil at 1.58 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

YearBrazilColombiaWorld
20231.621.652.25
20221.631.662.27
20211.641.682.29
20201.651.692.32
20191.711.712.4
20181.741.712.44
20171.741.722.5
20161.731.722.54
20151.781.772.54
20141.781.822.56
20131.761.862.57
20121.771.92.61
20111.781.942.59
20101.792.012.6
20091.82.12.62
20081.822.162.63
20071.862.22.62
20061.92.242.63
20051.942.312.63
20041.972.382.65
20032.012.452.66
20022.082.492.68
20012.162.522.71
20002.252.572.75
19992.342.642.75
19982.422.722.78
19972.472.742.81
19962.512.772.85
19952.572.852.89
19942.62.942.93
19932.662.982.98
19922.712.983.04
19912.82.983.13
19902.933.31
19893.013.013.35
19883.113.043.39
19873.233.093.48
19863.363.153.5
19853.483.233.51
19843.63.353.55
19833.723.53.58
19823.843.623.71
19813.943.713.71
19804.043.83.74
19794.123.893.77
19784.243.79
19774.274.163.85
19764.344.293.97
19754.424.44.08
19744.54.534.26
19734.644.684.42
19724.744.864.55
19714.845.064.68
19704.935.284.83
19695.045.514.87
19685.175.744.96
19675.345.964.85
19665.526.164.96
19655.686.335.07
19645.826.485.12
19635.936.585.31
19625.986.665.02
19616.026.714.57
19606.056.744.7
19596.086.744.74
19586.086.724.93
19576.086.75.07
19566.086.664.93
19556.086.635
19546.096.585
19536.096.544.92
19526.16.495
19516.126.444.82
19506.126.414.85
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearBrazilColombiaWorld
20241.611.36–1.871.631.29–22.25
20251.61.31–1.891.621.25–2.042.24
20261.591.26–1.911.611.19–2.022.23
20271.581.22–1.921.61.14–2.032.22
20281.581.18–1.941.591.11–2.022.21
20291.581.15–1.951.591.08–2.042.2
20301.581.13–1.951.581.07–2.042.2
20311.571.1–1.961.581.06–2.042.19
20321.571.09–1.971.581.04–2.042.18
20331.571.07–1.981.571.01–2.052.17
20341.571.07–21.571.02–2.062.16
20351.571.05–2.021.571–2.062.15
20361.571.06–2.031.570.99–2.052.15
20371.571.04–2.031.571–2.062.14
20381.571.05–2.031.571–2.082.13
20391.571.04–2.061.571–2.082.13
20401.571.05–2.051.571–2.082.13
20411.571.03–2.071.571–2.092.12
20421.571.01–2.081.570.99–2.12.12
20431.571.02–2.091.570.98–2.12.12
20441.571.02–2.061.570.97–2.112.12
20451.571.01–2.081.570.97–2.12.12
20461.570.99–2.091.570.96–2.12.11
20471.560.99–2.081.580.98–2.122.11
20481.561–2.091.580.96–2.142.11
20491.560.99–2.081.580.97–2.142.1
20501.560.99–2.11.580.95–2.142.1
20511.560.98–2.11.580.96–2.142.09
20521.560.98–2.091.580.96–2.152.09
20531.560.98–2.11.580.95–2.162.08
20541.560.97–2.11.580.95–2.172.07
20551.560.96–2.11.580.92–2.172.07
20561.560.97–2.111.580.91–2.172.06
20571.560.97–2.131.580.93–2.182.05
20581.560.96–2.111.580.96–2.182.04
20591.560.93–2.121.580.94–2.182.04
20601.570.95–2.131.580.93–2.192.03
20611.570.95–2.131.580.93–2.22.02
20621.560.94–2.121.580.94–2.192.02
20631.570.93–2.141.590.92–2.22.01
20641.570.94–2.141.590.93–2.22
20651.570.93–2.141.590.92–2.222
20661.570.94–2.141.590.93–2.21.99
20671.570.94–2.151.590.94–2.21.98
20681.570.93–2.171.590.93–2.21.98
20691.570.93–2.171.590.93–2.191.97
20701.570.91–2.171.590.93–2.21.97
20711.570.92–2.191.590.92–2.211.96
20721.570.92–2.191.590.91–2.21.96
20731.570.93–2.171.590.92–2.21.95
20741.570.93–2.181.590.89–2.211.95
20751.580.93–2.181.590.91–2.231.94
20761.580.94–2.171.590.89–2.231.94
20771.580.94–2.181.590.9–2.231.94
20781.580.94–2.181.590.88–2.241.93
20791.580.94–2.21.60.89–2.251.93
20801.570.93–2.191.590.89–2.241.92
20811.570.93–2.21.60.88–2.261.92
20821.570.92–2.181.60.88–2.241.91
20831.580.92–2.191.60.87–2.241.91
20841.580.92–2.21.60.9–2.261.91
20851.580.92–2.221.60.88–2.261.9
20861.570.91–2.211.60.87–2.281.9
20871.570.9–2.21.60.88–2.271.89
20881.570.91–2.21.590.86–2.271.89
20891.580.91–2.211.60.87–2.271.88
20901.580.91–2.221.60.89–2.261.88
20911.580.91–2.211.60.87–2.271.88
20921.580.89–2.211.60.85–2.271.87
20931.580.89–2.211.60.86–2.251.87
20941.580.87–2.221.60.88–2.241.86
20951.580.86–2.221.60.87–2.251.86
20961.580.87–2.221.60.87–2.261.85
20971.580.87–2.231.60.89–2.281.85
20981.580.86–2.231.60.87–2.271.85
20991.580.86–2.231.60.87–2.281.84
21001.580.84–2.241.60.87–2.281.84

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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