Fertility rate in South Asia
The fertility rate in South Asia was 1.98 births per woman in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2024
1.98
Change from 2023
−0.7%
World, 2024
2.19 births per woman
Fertility rate in South Asia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Births per woman. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.98 births per woman | 2.19 births per woman |
| 2023 | 2.00 births per woman | 2.20 births per woman |
| 2022 | 2.01 births per woman | 2.22 births per woman |
| 2021 | 2.03 births per woman | 2.25 births per woman |
| 2020 | 2.06 births per woman | 2.28 births per woman |
| 2019 | 2.12 births per woman | 2.35 births per woman |
| 2018 | 2.18 births per woman | 2.39 births per woman |
| 2017 | 2.19 births per woman | 2.46 births per woman |
| 2016 | 2.27 births per woman | 2.49 births per woman |
| 2015 | 2.28 births per woman | 2.49 births per woman |
| 2014 | 2.28 births per woman | 2.52 births per woman |
| 2013 | 2.38 births per woman | 2.52 births per woman |
| 2012 | 2.44 births per woman | 2.56 births per woman |
| 2011 | 2.50 births per woman | 2.55 births per woman |
| 2010 | 2.57 births per woman | 2.57 births per woman |
| 2009 | 2.64 births per woman | 2.59 births per woman |
| 2008 | 2.69 births per woman | 2.60 births per woman |
| 2007 | 2.76 births per woman | 2.60 births per woman |
| 2006 | 2.85 births per woman | 2.61 births per woman |
| 2005 | 2.94 births per woman | 2.61 births per woman |
| 2004 | 3.03 births per woman | 2.63 births per woman |
| 2003 | 3.10 births per woman | 2.64 births per woman |
| 2002 | 3.20 births per woman | 2.66 births per woman |
| 2001 | 3.28 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman |
| 2000 | 3.33 births per woman | 2.73 births per woman |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.7% from 2.00 births per woman in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 2.28 births per woman, the figure has changed by −13.3%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 2.19 births per woman.
More for South Asia
All statistics for South Asia
Crude birth rate
16.4 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank
Population
1,692,252,900 people
2025 · World Bank
Population growth
0.88%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 65 and over
7.4%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 0 to 14
24.6%
2025 · World Bank
Crude death rate
6.5 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank