Fertility rate: births per woman in Uganda
Uganda: Fertility rate: births per woman was 4.28 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Uganda, 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
Uganda recorded 4.28 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 2.4% on the previous year and down 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Uganda peaked at 7.2 live births per woman in 1975 and was at its lowest, 4.28 live births per woman, in 2023.
Uganda ranks 19th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.74 live births per woman | 6.65 live births per woman | 6.88 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.02 live births per woman | 6.91 live births per woman | 7.13 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 7.18 live births per woman | 7.14 live births per woman | 7.2 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.08 live births per woman | 7.02 live births per woman | 7.12 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.89 live births per woman | 6.83 live births per woman | 7.01 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.52 live births per woman | 6.12 live births per woman | 6.79 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.36 live births per woman | 4.74 live births per woman | 6.02 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.45 live births per woman | 4.28 live births per woman | 4.62 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More reference data data for Uganda
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.2387 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 4.28 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 4.28 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.582 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 44.25 0-100 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.7385 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 39.12 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 48.43 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -1.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Uganda?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Uganda was 4.28 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 7.2 live births per woman in 1975.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.28 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Uganda rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Uganda ranks 19th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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.