Pakistan
Fertility rate in Pakistan
Fertility rate in Pakistan: 6.8 births per woman in 1950 and 3.61 births per woman in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 3.61 births per woman
- Since 1950
- −3.2 births per woman
- Rank, 2023
- 42 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 2.25 births per woman
- Projected, 2100
- 1.93 births per woman
- UN projection (medium variant)
births per woman · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 1.93 births per woman in 2100, between 1.17 births per woman and 3.13 births per woman (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 6.81 births per woman in 1975, the lowest 3.61 births per woman in 2023.
Every year
births per woman · UN
| Year | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.61 | 2.25 |
| 2022 | 3.66 | 2.27 |
| 2021 | 3.72 | 2.29 |
| 2020 | 3.77 | 2.32 |
| 2019 | 3.81 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | 3.86 | 2.44 |
| 2017 | 3.9 | 2.5 |
| 2016 | 3.9 | 2.54 |
| 2015 | 3.99 | 2.54 |
| 2014 | 4.06 | 2.56 |
| 2013 | 4.13 | 2.57 |
| 2012 | 4.2 | 2.61 |
| 2011 | 4.31 | 2.59 |
| 2010 | 4.4 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 4.47 | 2.62 |
| 2008 | 4.52 | 2.63 |
| 2007 | 4.55 | 2.62 |
| 2006 | 4.59 | 2.63 |
| 2005 | 4.6 | 2.63 |
| 2004 | 4.69 | 2.65 |
| 2003 | 4.89 | 2.66 |
| 2002 | 5.01 | 2.68 |
| 2001 | 5.18 | 2.71 |
| 2000 | 5.35 | 2.75 |
| 1999 | 5.46 | 2.75 |
| 1998 | 5.51 | 2.78 |
| 1997 | 5.64 | 2.81 |
| 1996 | 5.77 | 2.85 |
| 1995 | 5.89 | 2.89 |
| 1994 | 6.01 | 2.93 |
| 1993 | 6.11 | 2.98 |
| 1992 | 6.21 | 3.04 |
| 1991 | 6.29 | 3.13 |
| 1990 | 6.36 | 3.31 |
| 1989 | 6.43 | 3.35 |
| 1988 | 6.48 | 3.39 |
| 1987 | 6.52 | 3.48 |
| 1986 | 6.55 | 3.5 |
| 1985 | 6.59 | 3.51 |
| 1984 | 6.62 | 3.55 |
| 1983 | 6.64 | 3.58 |
| 1982 | 6.67 | 3.71 |
| 1981 | 6.7 | 3.71 |
| 1980 | 6.73 | 3.74 |
| 1979 | 6.76 | 3.77 |
| 1978 | 6.78 | 3.79 |
| 1977 | 6.8 | 3.85 |
| 1976 | 6.81 | 3.97 |
| 1975 | 6.81 | 4.08 |
| 1974 | 6.81 | 4.26 |
| 1973 | 6.81 | 4.42 |
| 1972 | 6.81 | 4.55 |
| 1971 | 6.8 | 4.68 |
| 1970 | 6.8 | 4.83 |
| 1969 | 6.8 | 4.87 |
| 1968 | 6.8 | 4.96 |
| 1967 | 6.8 | 4.85 |
| 1966 | 6.8 | 4.96 |
| 1965 | 6.8 | 5.07 |
| 1964 | 6.8 | 5.12 |
| 1963 | 6.8 | 5.31 |
| 1962 | 6.8 | 5.02 |
| 1961 | 6.8 | 4.57 |
| 1960 | 6.8 | 4.7 |
| 1959 | 6.8 | 4.74 |
| 1958 | 6.8 | 4.93 |
| 1957 | 6.8 | 5.07 |
| 1956 | 6.8 | 4.93 |
| 1955 | 6.8 | 5 |
| 1954 | 6.8 | 5 |
| 1953 | 6.8 | 4.92 |
| 1952 | 6.8 | 5 |
| 1951 | 6.8 | 4.82 |
| 1950 | 6.8 | 4.85 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.553.1–4.06 | 2.25 |
| 2025 | 3.52.98–4.08 | 2.24 |
| 2026 | 3.442.86–4.08 | 2.23 |
| 2027 | 3.392.76–4.08 | 2.22 |
| 2028 | 3.342.65–4.08 | 2.21 |
| 2029 | 3.32.56–4.09 | 2.2 |
| 2030 | 3.252.48–4.07 | 2.2 |
| 2031 | 3.212.42–4.07 | 2.19 |
| 2032 | 3.162.33–4.09 | 2.18 |
| 2033 | 3.122.25–4.06 | 2.17 |
| 2034 | 3.082.18–4.06 | 2.16 |
| 2035 | 3.042.12–4.05 | 2.15 |
| 2036 | 3.012.07–4.02 | 2.15 |
| 2037 | 2.972.04–4.02 | 2.14 |
| 2038 | 2.941.98–4.02 | 2.13 |
| 2039 | 2.91.93–4.01 | 2.13 |
| 2040 | 2.871.9–3.97 | 2.13 |
| 2041 | 2.831.87–3.96 | 2.12 |
| 2042 | 2.81.83–3.95 | 2.12 |
| 2043 | 2.771.8–3.95 | 2.12 |
| 2044 | 2.741.77–3.97 | 2.12 |
| 2045 | 2.721.74–3.93 | 2.12 |
| 2046 | 2.691.71–3.92 | 2.11 |
| 2047 | 2.661.66–3.91 | 2.11 |
| 2048 | 2.631.64–3.9 | 2.11 |
| 2049 | 2.611.64–3.83 | 2.1 |
| 2050 | 2.581.6–3.82 | 2.1 |
| 2051 | 2.561.59–3.84 | 2.09 |
| 2052 | 2.541.54–3.82 | 2.09 |
| 2053 | 2.521.56–3.79 | 2.08 |
| 2054 | 2.51.52–3.79 | 2.07 |
| 2055 | 2.481.5–3.74 | 2.07 |
| 2056 | 2.461.48–3.69 | 2.06 |
| 2057 | 2.431.47–3.71 | 2.05 |
| 2058 | 2.411.47–3.7 | 2.04 |
| 2059 | 2.391.45–3.65 | 2.04 |
| 2060 | 2.371.41–3.65 | 2.03 |
| 2061 | 2.351.41–3.63 | 2.02 |
| 2062 | 2.331.39–3.61 | 2.02 |
| 2063 | 2.321.38–3.6 | 2.01 |
| 2064 | 2.31.39–3.57 | 2 |
| 2065 | 2.281.38–3.51 | 2 |
| 2066 | 2.271.37–3.5 | 1.99 |
| 2067 | 2.251.38–3.49 | 1.98 |
| 2068 | 2.241.35–3.47 | 1.98 |
| 2069 | 2.221.34–3.49 | 1.97 |
| 2070 | 2.211.33–3.47 | 1.97 |
| 2071 | 2.191.33–3.45 | 1.96 |
| 2072 | 2.181.32–3.44 | 1.96 |
| 2073 | 2.171.32–3.41 | 1.95 |
| 2074 | 2.151.31–3.39 | 1.95 |
| 2075 | 2.141.31–3.42 | 1.94 |
| 2076 | 2.131.28–3.41 | 1.94 |
| 2077 | 2.121.25–3.36 | 1.94 |
| 2078 | 2.111.26–3.32 | 1.93 |
| 2079 | 2.11.24–3.36 | 1.93 |
| 2080 | 2.091.25–3.37 | 1.92 |
| 2081 | 2.081.23–3.37 | 1.92 |
| 2082 | 2.071.23–3.35 | 1.91 |
| 2083 | 2.061.23–3.32 | 1.91 |
| 2084 | 2.051.23–3.33 | 1.91 |
| 2085 | 2.041.23–3.33 | 1.9 |
| 2086 | 2.031.23–3.31 | 1.9 |
| 2087 | 2.021.23–3.25 | 1.89 |
| 2088 | 2.011.22–3.24 | 1.89 |
| 2089 | 2.011.22–3.22 | 1.88 |
| 2090 | 21.19–3.21 | 1.88 |
| 2091 | 1.991.2–3.17 | 1.88 |
| 2092 | 1.991.2–3.19 | 1.87 |
| 2093 | 1.981.19–3.18 | 1.87 |
| 2094 | 1.971.19–3.16 | 1.86 |
| 2095 | 1.961.19–3.15 | 1.86 |
| 2096 | 1.961.18–3.13 | 1.85 |
| 2097 | 1.951.19–3.13 | 1.85 |
| 2098 | 1.941.15–3.09 | 1.85 |
| 2099 | 1.941.17–3.13 | 1.84 |
| 2100 | 1.931.17–3.13 | 1.84 |
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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- Military spending2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$47 in 2025
- Military share of state spending13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel943,000 people in 2020
- National power1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports127 million TIV in 2025