Jordan vs Palestinian Territories: Fertility rate

Fertility rate in 2023: 2.64 births per woman in Jordan and 3.31 births per woman in Palestinian Territories, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Palestinian Territories, by 0.67 births per woman, or 1.25 times that in Jordan.

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births per woman · UN

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What the numbers say

Palestinian Territories has been higher since 1981, when it overtook Jordan.
In 2023, Jordan ranked 74 and Palestinian Territories ranked 48 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Jordan at 1.73 births per woman and Palestinian Territories at 1.82 births per woman in 2100.
The world as a whole: 2.25 births per woman in 2023.

Every year

births per woman · UN

Year	Jordan	Palestinian Territories	World
2023	2.64	3.31	2.25
2022	2.68	3.38	2.27
2021	2.74	3.44	2.29
2020	2.79	3.51	2.32
2019	2.86	3.59	2.4
2018	2.92	3.67	2.44
2017	2.99	3.77	2.5
2016	3.07	3.89	2.54
2015	3.14	3.98	2.54
2014	3.3	4	2.56
2013	3.45	4.05	2.57
2012	3.57	4.15	2.61
2011	3.69	4.31	2.59
2010	3.78	4.43	2.6
2009	3.84	4.44	2.62
2008	3.88	4.51	2.63
2007	3.8	4.63	2.62
2006	3.71	4.74	2.63
2005	3.65	4.87	2.63
2004	3.73	4.97	2.65
2003	3.82	5.06	2.66
2002	3.81	5.22	2.68
2001	3.8	5.34	2.71
2000	3.86	5.46	2.75
1999	3.97	5.58	2.75
1998	4.11	5.69	2.78
1997	4.32	5.82	2.81
1996	4.51	5.99	2.85
1995	4.68	6.16	2.89
1994	4.82	6.33	2.93
1993	4.97	6.5	2.98
1992	5.14	6.65	3.04
1991	5.33	6.75	3.13
1990	5.54	6.81	3.31
1989	5.8	6.84	3.35
1988	6.01	6.87	3.39
1987	6.2	6.89	3.48
1986	6.39	6.91	3.5
1985	6.53	6.94	3.51
1984	6.67	7	3.55
1983	6.81	7.04	3.58
1982	6.96	7.09	3.71
1981	7.12	7.13	3.71
1980	7.29	7.18	3.74
1979	7.45	7.28	3.77
1978	7.59	7.33	3.79
1977	7.72	7.38	3.85
1976	7.83	7.44	3.97
1975	7.93	7.48	4.08
1974	8	7.52	4.26
1973	8.06	7.55	4.42
1972	8.12	7.59	4.55
1971	8.15	7.61	4.68
1970	8.18	7.65	4.83
1969	8.19	7.68	4.87
1968	8.14	7.71	4.96
1967	8.06	7.74	4.85
1966	7.99	7.75	4.96
1965	7.93	7.77	5.07
1964	7.91	7.78	5.12
1963	7.85	7.78	5.31
1962	7.79	7.79	5.02
1961	7.7	7.79	4.57
1960	7.6	7.79	4.7
1959	7.51	7.8	4.74
1958	7.48	7.81	4.93
1957	7.46	7.81	5.07
1956	7.44	7.82	4.93
1955	7.42	7.82	5
1954	7.4	7.83	5
1953	7.41	7.83	4.92
1952	7.42	7.84	5
1951	7.44	7.84	4.82
1950	7.44	7.84	4.85

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Jordan	Palestinian Territories	World
2024	2.62.26–2.95	3.252.58–3.97	2.25
2025	2.572.17–3	3.192.45–3.95	2.24
2026	2.542.08–3.01	3.132.36–3.92	2.23
2027	2.512–3.02	3.072.26–3.9	2.22
2028	2.481.94–3.01	3.022.21–3.91	2.21
2029	2.451.89–3.03	2.982.14–3.91	2.2
2030	2.421.83–3.04	2.932.07–3.89	2.2
2031	2.391.76–3.09	2.892.03–3.88	2.19
2032	2.361.71–3.09	2.851.98–3.86	2.18
2033	2.331.68–3.08	2.811.92–3.85	2.17
2034	2.31.64–3.08	2.781.9–3.81	2.16
2035	2.281.6–3.06	2.751.86–3.83	2.15
2036	2.251.56–3.05	2.711.8–3.81	2.15
2037	2.231.51–3.08	2.681.77–3.81	2.14
2038	2.211.49–3.08	2.651.74–3.78	2.13
2039	2.191.46–3.05	2.621.7–3.75	2.13
2040	2.161.43–3.04	2.591.66–3.72	2.13
2041	2.141.41–3.01	2.561.64–3.71	2.12
2042	2.121.38–3.03	2.541.61–3.7	2.12
2043	2.11.35–3.01	2.511.57–3.71	2.12
2044	2.081.32–2.98	2.481.53–3.69	2.12
2045	2.071.3–2.95	2.451.49–3.67	2.12
2046	2.051.27–2.96	2.431.46–3.68	2.11
2047	2.041.26–2.94	2.411.46–3.63	2.11
2048	2.021.21–2.95	2.381.45–3.62	2.11
2049	2.011.22–2.94	2.361.42–3.61	2.1
2050	1.991.22–2.92	2.341.38–3.57	2.1
2051	1.981.2–2.92	2.321.37–3.53	2.09
2052	1.971.18–2.9	2.31.38–3.53	2.09
2053	1.961.17–2.85	2.281.35–3.53	2.08
2054	1.951.19–2.82	2.261.35–3.48	2.07
2055	1.941.17–2.83	2.241.36–3.41	2.07
2056	1.931.17–2.83	2.221.32–3.41	2.06
2057	1.921.17–2.83	2.21.29–3.42	2.05
2058	1.911.18–2.82	2.191.3–3.41	2.04
2059	1.91.16–2.83	2.171.27–3.38	2.04
2060	1.891.15–2.82	2.151.25–3.38	2.03
2061	1.881.13–2.83	2.141.24–3.37	2.02
2062	1.881.11–2.8	2.121.23–3.33	2.02
2063	1.871.1–2.79	2.111.23–3.28	2.01
2064	1.861.11–2.79	2.091.19–3.28	2
2065	1.861.09–2.75	2.081.18–3.26	2
2066	1.851.08–2.77	2.071.19–3.27	1.99
2067	1.851.09–2.78	2.061.2–3.25	1.98
2068	1.841.09–2.77	2.051.18–3.26	1.98
2069	1.831.08–2.75	2.031.17–3.21	1.97
2070	1.831.08–2.73	2.021.15–3.19	1.97
2071	1.821.09–2.71	2.011.15–3.16	1.96
2072	1.821.08–2.69	21.16–3.12	1.96
2073	1.811.09–2.66	1.991.14–3.09	1.95
2074	1.811.09–2.64	1.981.16–3.07	1.95
2075	1.811.08–2.65	1.971.15–3.06	1.94
2076	1.81.08–2.62	1.961.14–3.06	1.94
2077	1.81.07–2.63	1.951.15–3.06	1.94
2078	1.81.07–2.62	1.941.16–3.07	1.93
2079	1.791.07–2.6	1.941.15–3.07	1.93
2080	1.791.07–2.61	1.931.13–3.05	1.92
2081	1.791.06–2.59	1.921.12–3.05	1.92
2082	1.781.04–2.58	1.921.12–3.06	1.91
2083	1.781.04–2.6	1.911.12–3.01	1.91
2084	1.781.04–2.55	1.91.11–2.98	1.91
2085	1.771.04–2.56	1.91.1–2.98	1.9
2086	1.771.04–2.57	1.891.11–2.96	1.9
2087	1.771.04–2.56	1.891.11–2.97	1.89
2088	1.761.03–2.54	1.881.11–2.99	1.89
2089	1.761.03–2.57	1.871.11–2.99	1.88
2090	1.761.03–2.54	1.871.12–2.95	1.88
2091	1.751–2.52	1.861.13–2.94	1.88
2092	1.750.99–2.53	1.861.12–2.93	1.87
2093	1.751–2.52	1.851.11–2.94	1.87
2094	1.751.01–2.53	1.851.12–2.94	1.86
2095	1.740.99–2.52	1.841.12–2.89	1.86
2096	1.741.01–2.49	1.841.12–2.93	1.85
2097	1.741.01–2.5	1.831.09–2.88	1.85
2098	1.741.01–2.5	1.831.1–2.86	1.85
2099	1.741.01–2.5	1.831.1–2.86	1.84
2100	1.731.02–2.53	1.821.1–2.89	1.84

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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