Taiwan
Fertility rate in Taiwan
Fertility rate in Taiwan: 6.48 births per woman in 1950 and 0.87 births per woman in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 0.87 births per woman
- Since 1950
- −5.61 births per woman
- Rank, 2023
- 225 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 2.25 births per woman
- Projected, 2100
- 1.33 births per woman
- UN projection (medium variant)
births per woman · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 1.33 births per woman in 2100, between 0.63 births per woman and 2.01 births per woman (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 6.69 births per woman in 1952, the lowest 0.87 births per woman in 2022.
Every year
births per woman · UN
| Year | Taiwan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.87 | 2.25 |
| 2022 | 0.87 | 2.27 |
| 2021 | 0.98 | 2.29 |
| 2020 | 0.99 | 2.32 |
| 2019 | 1.04 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | 1.08 | 2.44 |
| 2017 | 1.12 | 2.5 |
| 2016 | 1.17 | 2.54 |
| 2015 | 1.19 | 2.54 |
| 2014 | 1.16 | 2.56 |
| 2013 | 1.13 | 2.57 |
| 2012 | 1.19 | 2.61 |
| 2011 | 1.06 | 2.59 |
| 2010 | 0.92 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 1.01 | 2.62 |
| 2008 | 1.06 | 2.63 |
| 2007 | 1.1 | 2.62 |
| 2006 | 1.12 | 2.63 |
| 2005 | 1.13 | 2.63 |
| 2004 | 1.19 | 2.65 |
| 2003 | 1.25 | 2.66 |
| 2002 | 1.33 | 2.68 |
| 2001 | 1.4 | 2.71 |
| 2000 | 1.47 | 2.75 |
| 1999 | 1.53 | 2.75 |
| 1998 | 1.54 | 2.78 |
| 1997 | 1.74 | 2.81 |
| 1996 | 1.78 | 2.85 |
| 1995 | 1.78 | 2.89 |
| 1994 | 1.77 | 2.93 |
| 1993 | 1.77 | 2.98 |
| 1992 | 1.74 | 3.04 |
| 1991 | 1.75 | 3.13 |
| 1990 | 1.79 | 3.31 |
| 1989 | 1.74 | 3.35 |
| 1988 | 1.8 | 3.39 |
| 1987 | 1.72 | 3.48 |
| 1986 | 1.72 | 3.5 |
| 1985 | 1.88 | 3.51 |
| 1984 | 2.05 | 3.55 |
| 1983 | 2.18 | 3.58 |
| 1982 | 2.33 | 3.71 |
| 1981 | 2.45 | 3.71 |
| 1980 | 2.53 | 3.74 |
| 1979 | 2.65 | 3.77 |
| 1978 | 2.68 | 3.79 |
| 1977 | 2.74 | 3.85 |
| 1976 | 3 | 3.97 |
| 1975 | 2.97 | 4.08 |
| 1974 | 3.09 | 4.26 |
| 1973 | 3.25 | 4.42 |
| 1972 | 3.44 | 4.55 |
| 1971 | 3.72 | 4.68 |
| 1970 | 3.98 | 4.83 |
| 1969 | 4.18 | 4.87 |
| 1968 | 4.37 | 4.96 |
| 1967 | 4.53 | 4.85 |
| 1966 | 4.78 | 4.96 |
| 1965 | 4.99 | 5.07 |
| 1964 | 5.2 | 5.12 |
| 1963 | 5.39 | 5.31 |
| 1962 | 5.54 | 5.02 |
| 1961 | 5.67 | 4.57 |
| 1960 | 5.79 | 4.7 |
| 1959 | 5.94 | 4.74 |
| 1958 | 6.15 | 4.93 |
| 1957 | 6.34 | 5.07 |
| 1956 | 6.49 | 4.93 |
| 1955 | 6.59 | 5 |
| 1954 | 6.66 | 5 |
| 1953 | 6.68 | 4.92 |
| 1952 | 6.69 | 5 |
| 1951 | 6.64 | 4.82 |
| 1950 | 6.48 | 4.85 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Taiwan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.860.64–1.08 | 2.25 |
| 2025 | 0.860.6–1.11 | 2.24 |
| 2026 | 0.860.57–1.14 | 2.23 |
| 2027 | 0.870.55–1.17 | 2.22 |
| 2028 | 0.880.55–1.2 | 2.21 |
| 2029 | 0.880.54–1.22 | 2.2 |
| 2030 | 0.890.55–1.24 | 2.2 |
| 2031 | 0.90.55–1.26 | 2.19 |
| 2032 | 0.910.55–1.29 | 2.18 |
| 2033 | 0.920.56–1.32 | 2.17 |
| 2034 | 0.930.57–1.34 | 2.16 |
| 2035 | 0.940.58–1.35 | 2.15 |
| 2036 | 0.950.57–1.38 | 2.15 |
| 2037 | 0.960.57–1.38 | 2.14 |
| 2038 | 0.970.57–1.41 | 2.13 |
| 2039 | 0.990.58–1.42 | 2.13 |
| 2040 | 10.58–1.43 | 2.13 |
| 2041 | 10.57–1.45 | 2.12 |
| 2042 | 1.010.57–1.47 | 2.12 |
| 2043 | 1.020.59–1.49 | 2.12 |
| 2044 | 1.030.59–1.5 | 2.12 |
| 2045 | 1.040.59–1.52 | 2.12 |
| 2046 | 1.050.58–1.53 | 2.11 |
| 2047 | 1.050.57–1.55 | 2.11 |
| 2048 | 1.060.56–1.56 | 2.11 |
| 2049 | 1.070.58–1.57 | 2.1 |
| 2050 | 1.080.58–1.59 | 2.1 |
| 2051 | 1.080.58–1.61 | 2.09 |
| 2052 | 1.090.58–1.61 | 2.09 |
| 2053 | 1.10.59–1.63 | 2.08 |
| 2054 | 1.10.59–1.64 | 2.07 |
| 2055 | 1.110.6–1.66 | 2.07 |
| 2056 | 1.120.6–1.67 | 2.06 |
| 2057 | 1.130.61–1.69 | 2.05 |
| 2058 | 1.130.59–1.7 | 2.04 |
| 2059 | 1.140.59–1.71 | 2.04 |
| 2060 | 1.140.6–1.7 | 2.03 |
| 2061 | 1.150.59–1.71 | 2.02 |
| 2062 | 1.160.59–1.73 | 2.02 |
| 2063 | 1.160.59–1.73 | 2.01 |
| 2064 | 1.170.58–1.74 | 2 |
| 2065 | 1.170.59–1.76 | 2 |
| 2066 | 1.180.6–1.77 | 1.99 |
| 2067 | 1.180.59–1.78 | 1.98 |
| 2068 | 1.190.59–1.78 | 1.98 |
| 2069 | 1.190.59–1.8 | 1.97 |
| 2070 | 1.20.6–1.81 | 1.97 |
| 2071 | 1.20.61–1.79 | 1.96 |
| 2072 | 1.210.6–1.8 | 1.96 |
| 2073 | 1.210.6–1.8 | 1.95 |
| 2074 | 1.220.6–1.8 | 1.95 |
| 2075 | 1.220.59–1.81 | 1.94 |
| 2076 | 1.230.59–1.82 | 1.94 |
| 2077 | 1.230.59–1.83 | 1.94 |
| 2078 | 1.240.59–1.84 | 1.93 |
| 2079 | 1.240.6–1.84 | 1.93 |
| 2080 | 1.250.6–1.85 | 1.92 |
| 2081 | 1.260.61–1.86 | 1.92 |
| 2082 | 1.260.61–1.88 | 1.91 |
| 2083 | 1.270.61–1.89 | 1.91 |
| 2084 | 1.270.61–1.9 | 1.91 |
| 2085 | 1.280.6–1.9 | 1.9 |
| 2086 | 1.280.6–1.92 | 1.9 |
| 2087 | 1.280.6–1.92 | 1.89 |
| 2088 | 1.290.6–1.92 | 1.89 |
| 2089 | 1.290.6–1.93 | 1.88 |
| 2090 | 1.30.6–1.92 | 1.88 |
| 2091 | 1.30.6–1.91 | 1.88 |
| 2092 | 1.30.6–1.93 | 1.87 |
| 2093 | 1.310.6–1.94 | 1.87 |
| 2094 | 1.310.6–1.95 | 1.86 |
| 2095 | 1.310.6–1.97 | 1.86 |
| 2096 | 1.320.61–1.96 | 1.85 |
| 2097 | 1.320.61–1.98 | 1.85 |
| 2098 | 1.320.61–1.99 | 1.85 |
| 2099 | 1.320.62–2 | 1.84 |
| 2100 | 1.330.63–2.01 | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Taiwan in numbers
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