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Choose one measure and up to 12 places. Every place then uses the same published series, unit and source, although national definitions can still differ where the source says so. 2024 is the most recent period with a value for every selected place.
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Values for 2024
Portugal, 2024
1.41 births per woman
−9.0% since 2000
European Union, 2024
1.34 births per woman
aggregate · −7.0% since 2000
Spain, 2024
1.10 births per woman
−9.8% since 2000
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Births per woman. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | Spain | European Union |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.41 births per woman | 1.10 births per woman | 1.34 births per woman |
| 2023 | 1.45 births per woman | 1.12 births per woman | 1.38 births per woman |
| 2022 | 1.43 births per woman | 1.16 births per woman | 1.45 births per woman |
| 2021 | 1.35 births per woman | 1.18 births per woman | 1.52 births per woman |
| 2020 | 1.42 births per woman | 1.18 births per woman | 1.50 births per woman |
| 2019 | 1.44 births per woman | 1.23 births per woman | 1.53 births per woman |
| 2018 | 1.42 births per woman | 1.26 births per woman | 1.55 births per woman |
| 2017 | 1.38 births per woman | 1.31 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| 2016 | 1.37 births per woman | 1.33 births per woman | 1.57 births per woman |
| 2015 | 1.31 births per woman | 1.33 births per woman | 1.54 births per woman |
| 2014 | 1.24 births per woman | 1.32 births per woman | 1.54 births per woman |
| 2013 | 1.21 births per woman | 1.27 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| 2012 | 1.28 births per woman | 1.32 births per woman | 1.53 births per woman |
| 2011 | 1.35 births per woman | 1.34 births per woman | 1.53 births per woman |
| 2010 | 1.39 births per woman | 1.37 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| 2009 | 1.34 births per woman | 1.38 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| 2008 | 1.39 births per woman | 1.45 births per woman | 1.57 births per woman |
| 2007 | 1.35 births per woman | 1.38 births per woman | 1.52 births per woman |
| 2006 | 1.37 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman | 1.49 births per woman |
| 2005 | 1.41 births per woman | 1.33 births per woman | 1.47 births per woman |
| 2004 | 1.40 births per woman | 1.31 births per woman | 1.46 births per woman |
| 2003 | 1.44 births per woman | 1.30 births per woman | 1.43 births per woman |
| 2002 | 1.46 births per woman | 1.25 births per woman | 1.42 births per woman |
| 2001 | 1.45 births per woman | 1.23 births per woman | 1.42 births per woman |
| 2000 | 1.55 births per woman | 1.22 births per woman | 1.44 births per woman |
A dash means no value was published for that period.