Fertility rate: births per woman in Ukraine
Ukraine: Fertility rate: births per woman was 0.977 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Ukraine, 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 Ukraine stood at 0.977 live births per woman.
That represents a change of up 8.9% on the previous year and down 35.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Ukraine peaked at 2.45 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.897 live births per woman, in 2022.
That places Ukraine 229th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.34 live births per woman | 2.29 live births per woman | 2.45 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.08 live births per woman | 1.94 live births per woman | 2.29 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.04 live births per woman | 1.96 live births per woman | 2.13 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.02 live births per woman | 1.92 live births per woman | 2.12 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.47 live births per woman | 1.13 live births per woman | 1.84 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.25 live births per woman | 1.09 live births per woman | 1.47 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.39 live births per woman | 1.22 live births per woman | 1.53 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.06 live births per woman | 0.897 live births per woman | 1.21 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
More reference data data for Ukraine
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0128 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 0.977 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 0.977 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.779 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 44.57 0-100 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.7202 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -0.111 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 54.91 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -0.4323 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 58.51 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Ukraine?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Ukraine was 0.977 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 Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 2.45 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.897 live births per woman in 2022.
- How does Ukraine rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Ukraine ranks 229th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ukraine 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.