Morocco vs Western Sahara: Fertility rate

Fertility rate in 2023: 2.23 births per woman in Morocco and 2.16 births per woman in Western Sahara, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Morocco, by 0.07 births per woman, or 1.03 times that in Western Sahara.

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births per woman · UN

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What the numbers say

Morocco has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Western Sahara.
In 2023, Morocco ranked 94 and Western Sahara ranked 97 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Morocco at 1.74 births per woman and Western Sahara at 1.72 births per woman in 2100.
The world as a whole: 2.25 births per woman in 2023.

Every year

births per woman · UN

Year	Morocco	Western Sahara	World
2023	2.23	2.16	2.25
2022	2.26	2.19	2.27
2021	2.29	2.22	2.29
2020	2.32	2.25	2.32
2019	2.34	2.28	2.4
2018	2.35	2.32	2.44
2017	2.38	2.35	2.5
2016	2.4	2.38	2.54
2015	2.41	2.42	2.54
2014	2.43	2.46	2.56
2013	2.48	2.5	2.57
2012	2.54	2.55	2.61
2011	2.6	2.59	2.59
2010	2.63	2.64	2.6
2009	2.62	2.68	2.62
2008	2.61	2.72	2.63
2007	2.62	2.78	2.62
2006	2.61	2.83	2.63
2005	2.61	2.89	2.63
2004	2.61	2.97	2.65
2003	2.61	3.07	2.66
2002	2.62	3.19	2.68
2001	2.69	3.34	2.71
2000	2.77	3.49	2.75
1999	2.88	3.61	2.75
1998	3.04	3.72	2.78
1997	3.15	3.83	2.81
1996	3.23	3.94	2.85
1995	3.3	4.05	2.89
1994	3.41	4.15	2.93
1993	3.55	4.27	2.98
1992	3.76	4.4	3.04
1991	3.95	4.54	3.13
1990	4.06	4.69	3.31
1989	4.22	4.81	3.35
1988	4.39	4.94	3.39
1987	4.58	5.08	3.48
1986	4.77	5.22	3.5
1985	4.99	5.36	3.51
1984	5.2	5.44	3.55
1983	5.41	5.52	3.58
1982	5.6	5.6	3.71
1981	5.71	5.71	3.71
1980	5.78	5.86	3.74
1979	5.85	5.96	3.77
1978	5.91	6.06	3.79
1977	6.04	6.12	3.85
1976	6.18	6.18	3.97
1975	6.3	6.2	4.08
1974	6.4	6.22	4.26
1973	6.48	6.25	4.42
1972	6.55	6.29	4.55
1971	6.62	6.32	4.68
1970	6.68	6.37	4.83
1969	6.73	6.43	4.87
1968	6.79	6.48	4.96
1967	6.85	6.51	4.85
1966	6.89	6.53	4.96
1965	6.93	6.52	5.07
1964	6.97	6.52	5.12
1963	7.01	6.52	5.31
1962	7.05	6.51	5.02
1961	6.97	6.46	4.57
1960	6.89	6.41	4.7
1959	6.8	6.35	4.74
1958	6.71	6.3	4.93
1957	6.63	6.24	5.07
1956	6.56	6.22	4.93
1955	6.5	6.19	5
1954	6.44	6.15	5
1953	6.39	6.12	4.92
1952	6.31	6.08	5
1951	6.22	6.05	4.82
1950	6.14	6.01	4.85

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Morocco	Western Sahara	World
2024	2.211.8–2.63	2.181.55–2.92	2.25
2025	2.181.73–2.64	2.151.52–2.94	2.24
2026	2.161.68–2.67	2.131.48–2.94	2.23
2027	2.141.64–2.67	2.111.43–2.93	2.22
2028	2.121.6–2.69	2.091.39–2.92	2.21
2029	2.11.56–2.69	2.071.38–2.87	2.2
2030	2.081.55–2.7	2.061.37–2.86	2.2
2031	2.061.49–2.7	2.041.35–2.83	2.19
2032	2.051.47–2.68	2.031.34–2.86	2.18
2033	2.031.42–2.69	2.011.32–2.84	2.17
2034	2.021.4–2.7	21.32–2.86	2.16
2035	21.38–2.7	1.981.32–2.83	2.15
2036	1.991.35–2.71	1.971.3–2.84	2.15
2037	1.981.32–2.67	1.961.28–2.85	2.14
2038	1.971.3–2.69	1.941.28–2.83	2.13
2039	1.951.3–2.68	1.931.27–2.79	2.13
2040	1.941.28–2.68	1.921.25–2.8	2.13
2041	1.931.27–2.66	1.911.22–2.78	2.12
2042	1.921.28–2.64	1.911.23–2.77	2.12
2043	1.911.25–2.66	1.91.24–2.76	2.12
2044	1.911.23–2.65	1.891.21–2.75	2.12
2045	1.91.22–2.65	1.881.21–2.73	2.12
2046	1.891.21–2.62	1.871.2–2.72	2.11
2047	1.881.18–2.61	1.871.19–2.71	2.11
2048	1.881.19–2.61	1.861.19–2.72	2.11
2049	1.871.2–2.59	1.861.17–2.71	2.1
2050	1.871.2–2.59	1.851.15–2.72	2.1
2051	1.861.19–2.6	1.841.14–2.68	2.09
2052	1.861.2–2.59	1.841.14–2.68	2.09
2053	1.851.2–2.57	1.841.15–2.66	2.08
2054	1.851.19–2.57	1.831.12–2.63	2.07
2055	1.841.16–2.56	1.821.13–2.62	2.07
2056	1.841.18–2.56	1.821.1–2.61	2.06
2057	1.831.17–2.57	1.811.12–2.61	2.05
2058	1.831.16–2.56	1.811.1–2.6	2.04
2059	1.821.16–2.55	1.81.08–2.55	2.04
2060	1.821.16–2.53	1.81.1–2.56	2.03
2061	1.821.17–2.54	1.81.1–2.56	2.02
2062	1.811.15–2.52	1.81.1–2.54	2.02
2063	1.811.17–2.52	1.791.09–2.54	2.01
2064	1.811.17–2.51	1.791.08–2.53	2
2065	1.81.17–2.5	1.781.09–2.54	2
2066	1.81.16–2.51	1.781.08–2.57	1.99
2067	1.81.15–2.51	1.781.06–2.53	1.98
2068	1.81.12–2.5	1.771.05–2.51	1.98
2069	1.791.12–2.49	1.771.06–2.51	1.97
2070	1.791.13–2.49	1.771.04–2.51	1.97
2071	1.791.13–2.5	1.771.06–2.51	1.96
2072	1.781.14–2.49	1.771.06–2.5	1.96
2073	1.781.15–2.48	1.761.06–2.48	1.95
2074	1.781.13–2.47	1.761.07–2.5	1.95
2075	1.781.13–2.5	1.761.07–2.5	1.94
2076	1.781.12–2.51	1.751.07–2.52	1.94
2077	1.771.12–2.51	1.751.07–2.54	1.94
2078	1.771.11–2.49	1.751.09–2.54	1.93
2079	1.771.1–2.47	1.751.06–2.54	1.93
2080	1.771.09–2.5	1.751.05–2.54	1.92
2081	1.771.11–2.51	1.741.03–2.53	1.92
2082	1.761.12–2.52	1.741.04–2.53	1.91
2083	1.761.1–2.53	1.741.04–2.52	1.91
2084	1.761.1–2.5	1.741.06–2.54	1.91
2085	1.751.11–2.51	1.741.04–2.53	1.9
2086	1.751.08–2.52	1.731.03–2.54	1.9
2087	1.751.09–2.51	1.731.03–2.53	1.89
2088	1.751.07–2.49	1.731.04–2.54	1.89
2089	1.751.08–2.5	1.730.98–2.54	1.88
2090	1.741.07–2.49	1.731.01–2.53	1.88
2091	1.741.07–2.46	1.730.99–2.52	1.88
2092	1.741.1–2.49	1.730.99–2.51	1.87
2093	1.741.09–2.49	1.721.01–2.53	1.87
2094	1.741.09–2.48	1.721–2.54	1.86
2095	1.741.09–2.49	1.721–2.53	1.86
2096	1.741.08–2.48	1.721.02–2.52	1.85
2097	1.741.07–2.49	1.721.02–2.51	1.85
2098	1.741.08–2.52	1.721.02–2.5	1.85
2099	1.741.08–2.51	1.720.99–2.5	1.84
2100	1.741.08–2.49	1.721.01–2.5	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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