Fertility rate: births per woman in Turkey
Turkey: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.62 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Turkey, 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 Turkey stood at 1.62 live births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Turkey peaked at 6.48 live births per woman in 1953 and was at its lowest, 1.62 live births per woman, in 2022.
Turkey ranks 148th 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 | 6.46 live births per woman | 6.42 live births per woman | 6.48 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.21 live births per woman | 5.87 live births per woman | 6.42 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.17 live births per woman | 4.58 live births per woman | 5.78 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.87 live births per woman | 3.34 live births per woman | 4.45 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.85 live births per woman | 2.63 live births per woman | 3.11 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.24 live births per woman | 2.15 live births per woman | 2.49 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.08 live births per woman | 1.89 live births per woman | 2.19 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.68 live births per woman | 1.62 live births per woman | 1.77 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More reference data data for Turkey
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0184 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.62 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.62 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.853 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 42.45 0-100 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.8434 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 37.69 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -0.9707 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 49.31 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Turkey?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Turkey was 1.62 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 Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 6.48 live births per woman in 1953.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.62 live births per woman in 2022.
- How does Turkey rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Turkey ranks 148th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Turkey 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.