Fertility rate: births per woman in Morocco
Morocco: Fertility rate: births per woman was 2.23 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Morocco, 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
Morocco recorded 2.23 live births per woman for fertility rate: births per woman in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Morocco peaked at 7.05 live births per woman in 1962 and was at its lowest, 2.23 live births per woman, in 2023.
Morocco ranks 97th 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 | 6.47 live births per woman | 6.14 live births per woman | 6.8 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.91 live births per woman | 6.73 live births per woman | 7.05 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.3 live births per woman | 5.85 live births per woman | 6.68 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.07 live births per woman | 4.22 live births per woman | 5.78 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.43 live births per woman | 2.88 live births per woman | 4.06 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.64 live births per woman | 2.61 live births per woman | 2.77 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.45 live births per woman | 2.34 live births per woman | 2.63 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.27 live births per woman | 2.23 live births per woman | 2.32 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 94 Dominican Republic 2.24 live births per woman compare
- 95 Faroe Islands 2.24 live births per woman compare
- 96 Lebanon 2.24 live births per woman compare
- 98 Nicaragua 2.22 live births per woman compare
- 99 South Africa 2.22 live births per woman compare
- 100 Reunion 2.17 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Morocco
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0354 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.23 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.23 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.71 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 50.63 0-100 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.3678 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 44.13 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -0.7267 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 58.36 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -0.4408 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Morocco?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Morocco was 2.23 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 7.05 live births per woman in 1962.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.23 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Morocco rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Morocco ranks 97th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco 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.