Portugal vs United Kingdom

Portugal vs United Kingdom: Fertility rate

Fertility rate in 2023: 1.51 births per woman in Portugal and 1.56 births per woman in United Kingdom, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 0.05 births per woman, or 1.03 times that in Portugal.

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births per woman · UN

Portugal vs United Kingdom: Fertility rateFertility rate in 2023: 1.51 births per woman in Portugal and 1.56 births per woman in United Kingdom, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 0.05 births per woman, or 1.03 times that in Portugal.
PortugalUnited KingdomUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

  • United Kingdom has been higher since 1985, when it overtook Portugal.
  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts Portugal at 1.61 births per woman and United Kingdom 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

YearPortugalUnited KingdomWorld
20231.511.562.25
20221.451.562.27
20211.331.582.29
20201.411.572.32
20191.421.632.4
20181.411.682.44
20171.381.742.5
20161.361.782.54
20151.31.82.54
20141.231.812.56
20131.211.832.57
20121.281.912.61
20111.341.912.59
20101.381.922.6
20091.351.892.62
20081.381.912.63
20071.351.862.62
20061.371.812.63
20051.411.762.63
20041.411.752.65
20031.441.72.66
20021.461.632.68
20011.461.622.71
20001.541.642.75
19991.51.682.75
19981.471.712.78
19971.471.722.81
19961.441.722.85
19951.411.712.89
19941.451.742.93
19931.511.762.98
19921.541.793.04
19911.561.823.13
19901.561.833.31
19891.571.793.35
19881.611.823.39
19871.621.813.48
19861.661.783.5
19851.731.793.51
19841.91.773.55
19831.961.773.58
19822.071.783.71
19812.131.823.71
19802.251.893.74
19792.321.863.77
19782.451.753.79
19772.681.693.85
19762.811.743.97
19752.751.814.08
19742.71.924.26
19732.772.044.42
19722.862.184.55
197132.344.68
19703.012.424.83
19693.112.54.87
19683.122.594.96
19673.162.684.85
19663.162.784.96
19653.162.875.07
19643.222.935.12
19633.142.915.31
19623.232.875.02
19613.212.794.57
19603.162.74.7
19593.142.64.74
19583.152.554.93
19573.142.475.07
19563.032.384.93
19553.132.285
19542.962.255
19533.042.234.92
19523.22.195
19513.182.194.82
19503.162.224.85
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearPortugalUnited KingdomWorld
20241.511.34–1.691.551.28–1.832.25
20251.521.31–1.721.541.21–1.862.24
20261.521.29–1.761.531.16–1.882.23
20271.531.27–1.771.531.13–1.892.22
20281.531.26–1.791.531.11–1.922.21
20291.531.25–1.81.521.08–1.942.2
20301.531.23–1.831.531.07–1.952.2
20311.541.21–1.831.521.04–1.952.19
20321.541.19–1.851.531.02–1.962.18
20331.541.19–1.861.531.03–1.982.17
20341.551.18–1.881.531.02–22.16
20351.551.17–1.891.531.02–22.15
20361.551.17–1.891.531.01–22.15
20371.551.17–1.91.530.99–1.992.14
20381.561.17–1.911.530.98–2.022.13
20391.561.15–1.931.530.98–2.022.13
20401.561.15–1.931.530.98–2.022.13
20411.561.16–1.961.541–2.042.12
20421.561.14–1.951.540.98–2.042.12
20431.561.14–1.971.540.99–2.042.12
20441.571.14–1.991.540.98–2.062.12
20451.571.11–1.991.540.98–2.042.12
20461.571.11–1.991.540.96–2.052.11
20471.571.1–21.540.96–2.062.11
20481.571.12–2.011.540.98–2.062.11
20491.571.12–2.011.550.96–2.072.1
20501.571.11–2.011.550.98–2.12.1
20511.581.11–2.011.550.99–2.092.09
20521.581.1–2.021.550.99–2.112.09
20531.581.09–2.021.560.98–2.122.08
20541.581.1–2.021.560.99–2.132.07
20551.581.08–2.031.560.99–2.122.07
20561.581.07–2.041.560.97–2.132.06
20571.581.08–2.031.560.98–2.142.05
20581.581.08–2.041.560.96–2.152.04
20591.581.08–2.041.560.97–2.152.04
20601.581.06–2.031.560.98–2.152.03
20611.581.06–2.041.560.97–2.172.02
20621.591.08–2.041.560.95–2.172.02
20631.591.07–2.061.560.96–2.192.01
20641.591.05–2.071.570.95–2.192
20651.591.05–2.081.570.96–2.182
20661.591.05–2.081.570.95–2.171.99
20671.591.06–2.081.570.97–2.171.98
20681.591.06–2.11.570.97–2.161.98
20691.591.07–2.11.570.96–2.171.97
20701.591.05–2.111.570.94–2.181.97
20711.591.05–2.131.570.94–2.181.96
20721.61.05–2.131.570.94–2.191.96
20731.61.05–2.121.580.94–2.21.95
20741.61.05–2.121.570.93–2.221.95
20751.61.03–2.131.580.91–2.221.94
20761.61.03–2.131.580.91–2.231.94
20771.61.04–2.141.580.91–2.241.94
20781.61.03–2.131.580.92–2.231.93
20791.61.03–2.141.580.92–2.251.93
20801.61.01–2.131.580.92–2.231.92
20811.61–2.121.580.91–2.241.92
20821.61.01–2.131.580.92–2.231.91
20831.610.99–2.121.580.93–2.251.91
20841.60.99–2.141.580.9–2.241.91
20851.611–2.161.580.9–2.261.9
20861.611–2.161.580.89–2.251.9
20871.611–2.151.590.9–2.241.89
20881.611.01–2.141.590.9–2.271.89
20891.610.98–2.141.590.91–2.281.88
20901.610.98–2.161.590.91–2.261.88
20911.610.98–2.151.590.92–2.261.88
20921.60.99–2.161.590.92–2.271.87
20931.610.98–2.161.590.93–2.271.87
20941.610.98–2.161.590.92–2.261.86
20951.610.97–2.161.590.91–2.271.86
20961.610.96–2.21.590.91–2.271.85
20971.610.95–2.191.590.9–2.271.85
20981.610.97–2.191.590.9–2.311.85
20991.611–2.181.590.91–2.271.84
21001.610.96–2.181.60.91–2.281.84

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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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