Fertility rate, total in Myanmar
Myanmar: Fertility rate, total was 2.1 births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate, total in Myanmar, 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 Myanmar stood at 2.1 births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate, total in Myanmar peaked at 5.91 births per woman in 1965 and was at its lowest, 2.1 births per woman, in 2024.
Myanmar ranks 99th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.87 births per woman | 5.75 births per woman | 5.91 births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.3 births per woman | 4.9 births per woman | 5.68 births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.28 births per woman | 3.59 births per woman | 4.79 births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.17 births per woman | 2.85 births per woman | 3.5 births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.58 births per woman | 2.37 births per woman | 2.81 births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.27 births per woman | 2.21 births per woman | 2.33 births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.14 births per woman | 2.1 births per woman | 2.18 births per woman | 5 |
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More health data for Myanmar
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 461,090 (2025)
- Population, male 49.8% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 18.77 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 13.21 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 433,375 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 457,876 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 435,647 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 459,896 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 437,112 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 449,224 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate, total in Myanmar?
- Fertility rate, total in Myanmar was 2.1 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 Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 5.91 births per woman in 1965.
- What is the lowest fertility rate, total recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1 births per woman in 2024.
- How does Myanmar rank for fertility rate, total?
- Myanmar ranks 99th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate, total rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Myanmar 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.