Fertility rate: births per woman in Czechia
Czechia: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.45 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Czechia, 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 Czechia is 1.45 live births per woman, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 10.5% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Czechia peaked at 2.82 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1.14 live births per woman, in 1999.
That places Czechia 182nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 | 2.56 live births per woman | 2.1 live births per woman | 2.82 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.08 live births per woman | 1.85 live births per woman | 2.34 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.25 live births per woman | 1.92 live births per woman | 2.46 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.96 live births per woman | 1.87 live births per woman | 2.08 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.44 live births per woman | 1.14 live births per woman | 1.89 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.29 live births per woman | 1.15 live births per woman | 1.51 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.58 live births per woman | 1.43 live births per woman | 1.75 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.66 live births per woman | 1.45 live births per woman | 1.82 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
- 179 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.46 live births per woman compare
- 180 Bhutan 1.46 live births per woman compare
- 181 Russia 1.45 live births per woman compare
- 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
More reference data data for Czechia
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0043 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.45 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.45 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.915 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 1.19 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 77.41 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 78.81 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 1.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 0.9719 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 82.5 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Czechia?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Czechia was 1.45 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 Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.82 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.14 live births per woman in 1999.
- How does Czechia rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Czechia ranks 182nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Czechia 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.