Fertility rate, total in Chile
Chile: Fertility rate, total was 1.14 births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate, total in Chile, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in births per woman.
Analysis
In 2024, fertility rate, total in Chile stood at 1.14 births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate, total in Chile peaked at 4.7 births per woman in 1960 and was at its lowest, 1.14 births per woman, in 2024.
Chile ranks 202nd of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.36 births per woman | 3.9 births per woman | 4.7 births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 3.26 births per woman | 2.81 births per woman | 3.78 births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.63 births per woman | 2.59 births per woman | 2.74 births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.35 births per woman | 2.07 births per woman | 2.58 births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.89 births per woman | 1.8 births per woman | 2.05 births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.7 births per woman | 1.43 births per woman | 1.84 births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.21 births per woman | 1.14 births per woman | 1.31 births per woman | 5 |
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- Population ages 0-14, male 17.0% (2025)
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- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 122,641 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 13.68 million (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate, total in Chile?
- Fertility rate, total in Chile was 1.14 births per woman in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest fertility rate, total recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 4.7 births per woman in 1960.
- What is the lowest fertility rate, total recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.14 births per woman in 2024.
- How does Chile rank for fertility rate, total?
- Chile ranks 202nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate, total rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.