Fertility rate: births per woman in Grenada
Grenada: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.49 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Grenada, 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 Grenada stood at 1.49 live births per woman.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Grenada peaked at 6.79 live births per woman in 1959 and was at its lowest, 1.44 live births per woman, in 2017.
That places Grenada 172nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 | 6.17 live births per woman | 5.18 live births per woman | 6.79 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 5.74 live births per woman | 4.69 live births per woman | 6.74 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 3.84 live births per woman | 3.34 live births per woman | 4.46 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.3 live births per woman | 2.99 live births per woman | 3.58 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.81 live births per woman | 2.39 live births per woman | 3.11 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.26 live births per woman | 2.08 live births per woman | 2.44 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.76 live births per woman | 1.44 live births per woman | 2.04 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.51 live births per woman | 1.49 live births per woman | 1.53 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Grenada
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- 170 Serbia 1.5 live births per woman compare
- 173 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.49 live births per woman compare
- 173 Hungary 1.49 live births per woman compare
- 175 Dominica 1.48 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Grenada
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.035 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.49 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.49 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.791 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.5409 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 66.27 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 63.48 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.3787 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 86.38 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 1.2 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Grenada?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Grenada was 1.49 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 Grenada?
- The highest recorded value was 6.79 live births per woman in 1959.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Grenada?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.44 live births per woman in 2017.
- How does Grenada rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Grenada ranks 172nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Grenada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Grenada 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.