Australia vs Colombia: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index

Australia

1.64 live births per woman

in 2023

Colombia

1.65 live births per woman

in 2023

Australia rank

146th

Colombia rank

144th

Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index over time

Australia
Colombia

How they compare

Colombia currently reports 1.65 live births per woman against 1.64 live births per woman in Australia, a difference of 0.007 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Colombia ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 146th and Colombia ranks 144th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index
Unit: live births per woman
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.