Fertility rate: births per woman in Greece
Greece: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.33 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Greece, 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 Greece is 1.33 live births per woman, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Greece peaked at 2.57 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1.29 live births per woman, in 2013.
That places Greece 207th 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 | 2.4 live births per woman | 2.31 live births per woman | 2.57 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.35 live births per woman | 2.24 live births per woman | 2.48 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.4 live births per woman | 2.36 live births per woman | 2.44 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.84 live births per woman | 1.49 live births per woman | 2.3 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.4 live births per woman | 1.33 live births per woman | 1.47 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.38 live births per woman | 1.33 live births per woman | 1.51 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.36 live births per woman | 1.29 live births per woman | 1.49 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.36 live births per woman | 1.31 live births per woman | 1.43 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More reference data data for Greece
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0051 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.33 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.33 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.908 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.2983 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 62.1 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 70.53 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.7819 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 0.1394 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 68.28 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Greece?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Greece was 1.33 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 2.57 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.29 live births per woman in 2013.
- How does Greece rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Greece ranks 207th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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.