Fertility rate: births per woman in Uruguay
Uruguay: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.41 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Uruguay, 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
Uruguay recorded 1.41 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 1.1% on the previous year and down 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Uruguay peaked at 3.02 live births per woman in 1975 and was at its lowest, 1.41 live births per woman, in 2023.
That places Uruguay 191st 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 | 2.76 live births per woman | 2.69 live births per woman | 2.82 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.83 live births per woman | 2.77 live births per woman | 2.88 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.86 live births per woman | 2.71 live births per woman | 3.02 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.5 live births per woman | 2.47 live births per woman | 2.59 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.38 live births per woman | 2.25 live births per woman | 2.48 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.1 live births per woman | 2.02 live births per woman | 2.2 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.91 live births per woman | 1.57 live births per woman | 2.04 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.44 live births per woman | 1.41 live births per woman | 1.5 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 188 Netherlands 1.43 live births per woman compare
- 188 Sweden 1.43 live births per woman compare
- 190 Wallis and Futuna 1.41 live births per woman compare
- 192 Norway 1.41 live births per woman compare
- 193 Bermuda 1.4 live births per woman compare
- 194 Luxembourg 1.4 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Uruguay
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0143 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.41 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.41 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.862 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.9506 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 73.32 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 78.34 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 1.28 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 87.72 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Uruguay?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Uruguay was 1.41 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 3.02 live births per woman in 1975.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.41 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Uruguay rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Uruguay ranks 191st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.