Fertility rate: births per woman in Israel
Israel: Fertility rate: births per woman was 2.83 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Israel, 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 Israel stood at 2.83 live births per woman.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Israel peaked at 4.74 live births per woman in 1952 and was at its lowest, 2.79 live births per woman, in 2005.
Israel ranks 61st of 236 countries on this measure, 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 | 4.49 live births per woman | 4.33 live births per woman | 4.74 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 4.01 live births per woman | 3.68 live births per woman | 4.37 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 3.58 live births per woman | 3.2 live births per woman | 3.85 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.03 live births per woman | 2.84 live births per woman | 3.15 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.86 live births per woman | 2.82 live births per woman | 2.92 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.88 live births per woman | 2.79 live births per woman | 2.94 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.07 live births per woman | 3.01 live births per woman | 3.12 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.93 live births per woman | 2.83 live births per woman | 3.02 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 58 Tajikistan 3.07 live births per woman compare
- 59 Kazakhstan 3.01 live births per woman compare
- 60 Marshall Islands 2.92 live births per woman compare
- 62 Kyrgyzstan 2.8 live births per woman compare
- 63 Guam 2.78 live births per woman compare
- 64 Algeria 2.77 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Israel
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0093 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.83 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.83 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.919 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.5997 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 67.29 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 62.02 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.2952 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -1.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 48.17 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Israel?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Israel was 2.83 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 Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 4.74 live births per woman in 1952.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.79 live births per woman in 2005.
- How does Israel rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Israel ranks 61st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Israel 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.