Fertility rate, total in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Fertility rate, total was 1.25 births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate, total in Luxembourg, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in births per woman.
Analysis
Luxembourg recorded 1.25 births per woman for fertility rate, total in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate, total in Luxembourg peaked at 2.42 births per woman in 1965 and was at its lowest, 1.25 births per woman, in 2023.
Luxembourg ranks 190th of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.27 births per woman | 2.02 births per woman | 2.42 births per woman | 8 |
| 1970s | 1.63 births per woman | 1.48 births per woman | 1.97 births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.46 births per woman | 1.38 births per woman | 1.55 births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.69 births per woman | 1.6 births per woman | 1.77 births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.64 births per woman | 1.59 births per woman | 1.76 births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.48 births per woman | 1.34 births per woman | 1.63 births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.31 births per woman | 1.25 births per woman | 1.38 births per woman | 5 |
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- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 3,710 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 3,502 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 3,709 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 108,626 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 15.8% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 470,174 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 3,484 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 3,580 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 3,779 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 69.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate, total in Luxembourg?
- Fertility rate, total in Luxembourg was 1.25 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 2.42 births per woman in 1965.
- What is the lowest fertility rate, total recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.25 births per woman in 2023.
- How does Luxembourg rank for fertility rate, total?
- Luxembourg ranks 190th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate, total rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.