Fertility rate: births per woman in Bolivia
Bolivia: Fertility rate: births per woman was 2.55 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Bolivia, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
Bolivia recorded 2.55 live births per woman for fertility rate: births per woman in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Bolivia peaked at 6.28 live births per woman in 1959 and was at its lowest, 2.55 live births per woman, in 2023.
That places Bolivia 80th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.23 live births per woman | 6.18 live births per woman | 6.28 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.19 live births per woman | 6.06 live births per woman | 6.27 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.78 live births per woman | 5.54 live births per woman | 6 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.21 live births per woman | 4.96 live births per woman | 5.47 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.47 live births per woman | 4.09 live births per woman | 4.9 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.62 live births per woman | 3.29 live births per woman | 3.99 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.93 live births per woman | 2.69 live births per woman | 3.21 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.6 live births per woman | 2.55 live births per woman | 2.65 live births per woman | 4 |
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More reference data data for Bolivia
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0408 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.55 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.55 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.733 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -1.27 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 35.15 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 49.15 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -0.4398 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -0.546 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 56.57 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Bolivia?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Bolivia was 2.55 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.28 live births per woman in 1959.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.55 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Bolivia rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Bolivia ranks 80th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bolivia data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.