Fertility rate, total in Spain
Spain: Fertility rate, total was 1.1 births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate, total in Spain, 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 Spain stood at 1.1 births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate, total in Spain peaked at 3.01 births per woman in 1964 and was at its lowest, 1.1 births per woman, in 2024.
Spain ranks 205th 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 | 2.88 births per woman | 2.77 births per woman | 3.01 births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.74 births per woman | 2.37 births per woman | 2.9 births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.73 births per woman | 1.4 births per woman | 2.22 births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.22 births per woman | 1.13 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.32 births per woman | 1.22 births per woman | 1.45 births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.31 births per woman | 1.23 births per woman | 1.37 births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.15 births per woman | 1.1 births per woman | 1.18 births per woman | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate, total in Spain?
- Fertility rate, total in Spain was 1.1 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 3.01 births per woman in 1964.
- What is the lowest fertility rate, total recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1 births per woman in 2024.
- How does Spain rank for fertility rate, total?
- Spain ranks 205th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate, total rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain 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.