Fertility rate in Southern
The total fertility rate in Southern was 1.50 children per woman in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2013.
Southern, 2024
1.50
Change from 2023
−2.2%
Ireland, 2024
1.47 children per woman
Position in 2024
69th of 294
Fertility rate in Southern over time
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Children per woman. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Southern | Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.50 children per woman | 1.47 children per woman |
| 2023 | 1.54 children per woman | 1.50 children per woman |
| 2022 | 1.58 children per woman | 1.51 children per woman |
| 2021 | 1.81 children per woman | 1.72 children per woman |
| 2020 | 1.69 children per woman | 1.60 children per woman |
| 2019 | 1.74 children per woman | 1.69 children per woman |
| 2018 | 1.83 children per woman | 1.74 children per woman |
| 2017 | 1.83 children per woman | 1.76 children per woman |
| 2016 | 1.86 children per woman | 1.81 children per woman |
| 2015 | 1.93 children per woman | 1.85 children per woman |
| 2014 | 1.93 children per woman | 1.89 children per woman |
| 2013 | 1.96 children per woman | 1.93 children per woman |
| 2012 | – | 1.98 children per woman |
| 2011 | – | 2.03 children per woman |
| 2010 | – | 2.05 children per woman |
| 2009 | – | 2.06 children per woman |
| 2008 | – | 2.06 children per woman |
| 2007 | – | 2.01 children per woman |
| 2006 | – | 1.92 children per woman |
| 2005 | – | 1.86 children per woman |
| 2004 | – | 1.93 children per woman |
| 2003 | – | 1.96 children per woman |
| 2002 | – | 1.97 children per woman |
| 2001 | – | 1.94 children per woman |
| 2000 | – | 1.89 children per woman |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.2% from 1.54 children per woman in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 1.93 children per woman, the figure has changed by −22.0%.
- Among the 294 regions with data for 2024, Southern has the 69th highest value.
- The figure for Ireland in 2024 was 1.47 children per woman.