Fertility rate estimates and projections in Colombia
The total fertility rate in Colombia was 1.65 births per woman in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1950.
Colombia, 2023 (latest estimate)
1.65
Change from 2022
−1.1%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023
1.43 births per woman
Projection for 2030
1.58 births per woman
Projection for 2050
1.58 births per woman
Projection for 2100
1.60 births per woman
Position in 2023
134th of 216
Fertility rate estimates and projections in Colombia over time
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Colombia
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Live births per woman. Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Colombia |
|---|---|
| 2100 | 1.60 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2095 | 1.60 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2090 | 1.60 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2085 | 1.59 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2080 | 1.59 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2075 | 1.59 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2070 | 1.59 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2065 | 1.59 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2060 | 1.58 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2055 | 1.58 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2050 | 1.58 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2045 | 1.57 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2040 | 1.57 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2035 | 1.57 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2030 | 1.58 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2025 | 1.62 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2023 | 1.65 births per woman |
| 2022 | 1.66 births per woman |
| 2021 | 1.68 births per woman |
| 2020 | 1.69 births per woman |
| 2019 | 1.71 births per woman |
| 2018 | 1.71 births per woman |
| 2017 | 1.72 births per woman |
| 2016 | 1.72 births per woman |
| 2015 | 1.77 births per woman |
| 2014 | 1.82 births per woman |
Flags: f Projection (medium variant) . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −1.1% from 1.66 births per woman in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 1.86 births per woman, the figure has changed by −11.6%.
- Among the 216 countries with data for 2023, Colombia has the 134th highest value.
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52,321,152 people
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Population aged 65 and over
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