Fertility rate: births per woman in Cuba
Cuba: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.44 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Cuba, 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
The most recent figure for fertility rate: births per woman in Cuba is 1.44 live births per woman, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Cuba peaked at 4.56 live births per woman in 1963 and was at its lowest, 1.4 live births per woman, in 2006.
Cuba ranks 186th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.93 live births per woman | 3.89 live births per woman | 4.03 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 4.34 live births per woman | 4.12 live births per woman | 4.56 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.92 live births per woman | 1.77 live births per woman | 3.98 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.76 live births per woman | 1.59 live births per woman | 1.85 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.58 live births per woman | 1.46 live births per woman | 1.81 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.56 live births per woman | 1.4 live births per woman | 1.68 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.64 live births per woman | 1.54 live births per woman | 1.73 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.44 live births per woman | 1.41 live births per woman | 1.49 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 183 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.45 live births per woman compare
- 184 Montserrat 1.44 live births per woman compare
- 185 Germany 1.44 live births per woman compare
- 187 Switzerland 1.43 live births per woman compare
- 188 Netherlands 1.43 live births per woman compare
- 188 Sweden 1.43 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Cuba
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0148 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.44 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.44 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.762 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.6236 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 46.23 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 34.65 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -1.27 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 0.3155 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 71.28 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Cuba?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Cuba was 1.44 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 Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 4.56 live births per woman in 1963.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4 live births per woman in 2006.
- How does Cuba rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Cuba ranks 186th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cuba 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.