Fertility rate: births per woman in Cyprus
Cyprus: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.39 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Cyprus, 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
In 2023, fertility rate: births per woman in Cyprus stood at 1.39 live births per woman.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Cyprus peaked at 3.87 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1.3 live births per woman, in 2013.
Cyprus ranks 195th 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 | 3.51 live births per woman | 3.38 live births per woman | 3.87 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 3.41 live births per woman | 3.19 live births per woman | 3.62 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.45 live births per woman | 2.08 live births per woman | 3.06 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.41 live births per woman | 2.15 live births per woman | 2.51 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.09 live births per woman | 1.67 live births per woman | 2.46 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.51 live births per woman | 1.45 live births per woman | 1.64 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.34 live births per woman | 1.3 live births per woman | 1.43 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.38 live births per woman | 1.36 live births per woman | 1.39 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More reference data data for Cyprus
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0068 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.39 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.39 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.913 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.6892 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 68.83 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.8873 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 72.38 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 0.3859 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 72.49 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Cyprus?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Cyprus was 1.39 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 Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 3.87 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3 live births per woman in 2013.
- How does Cyprus rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Cyprus ranks 195th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.