Fertility rate: births per woman in Brazil
Brazil: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.62 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Brazil, 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
Brazil recorded 1.62 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 0.6% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Brazil peaked at 6.12 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1.62 live births per woman, in 2023.
Brazil ranks 150th of 236 countries on this measure, 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 | 6.09 live births per woman | 6.08 live births per woman | 6.12 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 5.65 live births per woman | 5.04 live births per woman | 6.05 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 4.5 live births per woman | 4.12 live births per woman | 4.93 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.53 live births per woman | 3.01 live births per woman | 4.04 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.6 live births per woman | 2.33 live births per woman | 2.9 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.98 live births per woman | 1.8 live births per woman | 2.25 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.76 live births per woman | 1.71 live births per woman | 1.79 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.63 live births per woman | 1.62 live births per woman | 1.65 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 147 Saint Helena 1.64 live births per woman compare
- 148 Turkey 1.62 live births per woman compare
- 149 United States 1.62 live births per woman compare
- 151 Aruba 1.6 live births per woman compare
- 152 Ireland 1.6 live births per woman compare
- 153 Antigua and Barbuda 1.58 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Brazil
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0233 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.62 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.62 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.786 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.4462 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 49.28 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 62.39 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.3165 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 57 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -0.5206 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Brazil?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Brazil was 1.62 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 6.12 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.62 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Brazil rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Brazil ranks 150th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil 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.