Fertility rate, total (births per woman)

Dataset SP.DYN.TFRT.IN published by World Bank, World Development Indicators. This page describes the source table. The measures below are the specific selections this site takes from it.

About the source table

Publisher: World Bank, World Development Indicators
Original producer: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Code: SP.DYN.TFRT.IN
Last update by provider: 8 October 2026
Last checked here: 9 November 2026
Licence (series metadata): CC BY-4.0
Source note: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT)

Definition published with the series

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.

Measures taken from this dataset

Measure	Fixed selection	Unit
Fertility rate (UN estimates)	SP.DYN.TFRT.IN	births per woman