Bulgaria vs Romania

Bulgaria vs Romania: Fertility rate

Fertility rate in 2023: 1.75 births per woman in Bulgaria and 1.71 births per woman in Romania, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Bulgaria, by 0.04 births per woman, or 1.02 times that in Romania.

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births per woman · UN

Bulgaria vs Romania: Fertility rateFertility rate in 2023: 1.75 births per woman in Bulgaria and 1.71 births per woman in Romania, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Bulgaria, by 0.04 births per woman, or 1.02 times that in Romania.
BulgariaRomaniaUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

  • Bulgaria has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Romania.
  • In 2023, Bulgaria ranked 126 and Romania ranked 131 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts Bulgaria at 1.68 births per woman and Romania at 1.67 births per woman in 2100.
  • The world as a whole: 2.25 births per woman in 2023.

Every year

births per woman · UN

YearBulgariaRomaniaWorld
20231.751.712.25
20221.771.722.27
20211.591.722.29
20201.561.732.32
20191.581.712.4
20181.561.752.44
20171.561.772.5
20161.541.692.54
20151.531.622.54
20141.531.562.56
20131.481.472.57
20121.51.512.61
20111.511.482.59
20101.571.572.6
20091.641.642.62
20081.551.582.63
20071.481.452.62
20061.431.422.63
20051.361.392.63
20041.321.342.65
20031.251.32.66
20021.221.272.68
20011.231.272.71
20001.291.32.75
19991.261.32.75
19981.141.322.78
19971.111.322.81
19961.241.32.85
19951.251.342.89
19941.371.42.93
19931.461.442.98
19921.541.513.04
19911.651.63.13
19901.81.843.31
19891.892.23.35
19881.972.313.39
19871.962.383.48
198622.393.5
19851.972.313.51
198422.253.55
19832.012.083.58
19822.012.173.71
19812.012.353.71
19802.062.443.74
19792.152.493.77
19782.152.523.79
19772.212.573.85
19762.252.553.97
19752.242.64.08
19742.292.664.26
19732.152.394.42
19722.042.484.55
19712.112.64.68
19702.182.814.83
19692.273.114.87
19682.273.544.96
19672.033.594.85
19662.021.874.96
19652.091.95.07
19642.181.955.12
19632.21.995.31
19622.232.025.02
19612.282.164.57
19602.312.324.7
19592.212.424.74
19582.212.574.93
19572.242.715.07
19562.332.884.93
19552.373.015
19542.352.995
19532.412.994.92
19522.443.025
19512.453.054.82
19502.483.084.85
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearBulgariaRomaniaWorld
20241.751.6–1.891.711.52–1.892.25
20251.741.57–1.921.711.5–1.92.24
20261.741.54–1.941.711.49–1.932.23
20271.741.52–1.951.71.47–1.932.22
20281.741.5–1.981.71.46–1.952.21
20291.731.48–21.71.43–1.972.2
20301.731.46–2.011.71.42–1.992.2
20311.731.44–2.021.71.42–2.012.19
20321.731.44–2.031.71.38–22.18
20331.731.42–2.061.71.38–2.022.17
20341.731.42–2.071.71.38–2.022.16
20351.721.41–2.081.691.38–2.032.15
20361.721.39–2.081.691.36–2.042.15
20371.721.37–2.071.691.35–2.042.14
20381.711.37–2.071.691.34–2.052.13
20391.711.36–2.081.691.32–2.062.13
20401.711.35–2.091.691.32–2.072.13
20411.711.34–2.11.691.31–2.062.12
20421.711.34–2.11.691.31–2.062.12
20431.711.32–2.11.691.29–2.082.12
20441.71.3–2.111.691.29–2.092.12
20451.71.3–2.121.691.28–2.092.12
20461.71.28–2.111.691.29–2.092.11
20471.71.27–2.121.691.26–2.092.11
20481.71.27–2.121.681.25–2.12.11
20491.71.27–2.141.691.25–2.12.1
20501.71.27–2.151.681.24–2.122.1
20511.71.25–2.171.681.25–2.112.09
20521.71.27–2.151.681.23–2.122.09
20531.71.25–2.161.681.24–2.122.08
20541.71.26–2.171.681.24–2.132.07
20551.71.23–2.171.681.25–2.112.07
20561.71.23–2.171.681.25–2.132.06
20571.71.22–2.181.681.22–2.122.05
20581.71.24–2.191.681.22–2.142.04
20591.71.22–2.181.681.22–2.142.04
20601.71.23–2.191.681.21–2.142.03
20611.71.22–2.161.681.21–2.142.02
20621.691.21–2.171.681.21–2.142.02
20631.691.21–2.171.681.21–2.152.01
20641.691.19–2.191.681.2–2.152
20651.691.19–2.171.681.2–2.162
20661.691.18–2.191.681.2–2.161.99
20671.691.17–2.191.681.19–2.181.98
20681.691.18–2.21.681.17–2.171.98
20691.691.19–2.21.681.18–2.181.97
20701.691.19–2.21.671.18–2.21.97
20711.691.18–2.211.671.18–2.181.96
20721.691.16–2.231.671.18–2.171.96
20731.691.16–2.221.671.19–2.171.95
20741.691.17–2.221.671.2–2.191.95
20751.691.17–2.221.671.19–2.171.94
20761.691.16–2.221.671.17–2.161.94
20771.691.16–2.211.671.17–2.171.94
20781.691.17–2.221.671.16–2.181.93
20791.691.18–2.231.671.16–2.181.93
20801.691.16–2.211.671.16–2.171.92
20811.691.18–2.221.671.15–2.181.92
20821.691.17–2.231.671.17–2.21.91
20831.691.15–2.241.671.16–2.191.91
20841.691.13–2.251.671.14–2.191.91
20851.691.15–2.251.671.14–2.191.9
20861.691.16–2.251.671.13–2.211.9
20871.691.15–2.251.671.13–2.211.89
20881.691.14–2.261.671.13–2.21.89
20891.691.13–2.261.671.14–2.211.88
20901.691.13–2.261.671.13–2.21.88
20911.691.14–2.271.671.15–2.211.88
20921.691.13–2.261.671.14–2.221.87
20931.691.14–2.261.671.14–2.221.87
20941.691.13–2.251.671.14–2.211.86
20951.691.13–2.281.671.12–2.211.86
20961.691.11–2.271.671.12–2.221.85
20971.691.12–2.281.671.14–2.221.85
20981.681.14–2.261.671.12–2.231.85
20991.691.14–2.251.671.13–2.231.84
21001.681.14–2.241.671.14–2.221.84

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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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