Fertility rate: births per woman in Vatican
Vatican: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1 live births per woman in 2023. ▬ Flat
Fertility rate: births per woman in Vatican, 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
The most recent figure for fertility rate: births per woman in Vatican is 1 live births per woman, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Vatican peaked at 1 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1 live births per woman, in 1950.
That places Vatican 227th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Vatican
More reference data data for Vatican
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1 live births per woman (2023)
- Median age 59.62 years (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Vatican?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Vatican was 1 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 Vatican?
- The highest recorded value was 1 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Vatican?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 live births per woman in 1950.
- How does Vatican rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Vatican ranks 227th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Vatican?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Vatican 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.