Fertility rate: births per woman in Maldives
Maldives: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.57 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Maldives, 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
Maldives recorded 1.57 live births per woman for fertility rate: births per woman in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Maldives peaked at 7.4 live births per woman in 1973 and was at its lowest, 1.57 live births per woman, in 2023.
That places Maldives 155th 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 | 6.33 live births per woman | 6.18 live births per woman | 6.56 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.04 live births per woman | 6.71 live births per woman | 7.33 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 7.33 live births per woman | 7.23 live births per woman | 7.4 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.92 live births per woman | 6.39 live births per woman | 7.23 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.48 live births per woman | 2.9 live births per woman | 6.13 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.37 live births per woman | 2.2 live births per woman | 2.69 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.02 live births per woman | 1.64 live births per woman | 2.35 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.59 live births per woman | 1.57 live births per woman | 1.61 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 152 Ireland 1.6 live births per woman compare
- 153 Antigua and Barbuda 1.58 live births per woman compare
- 154 Slovenia 1.58 live births per woman compare
- 156 Slovakia 1.56 live births per woman compare
- 156 United Kingdom 1.56 live births per woman compare
- 158 Malaysia 1.55 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Maldives
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.01 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.57 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.57 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.766 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 57.73 0-100 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.0443 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 49.64 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -0.4119 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 64.96 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -0.0545 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Maldives?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Maldives was 1.57 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 Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 7.4 live births per woman in 1973.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.57 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Maldives rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Maldives ranks 155th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives 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.