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Countries Ranked by Fertility rate in 2024
Compare fertility rate across 20 selected countries in the Americas using World Bank data for 2024. Values are measured in Births per woman.
Data year: 2024 Source: World Bank Last refreshed:
The latest sufficiently complete World Bank data for the selected countries is from 2024. Retrieval date and data year are different; no newer values are inferred.
Key findings
- Bolivia has the highest observed value at 2.52 births/woman.
- Chile has the lowest observed value at 1.14 births/woman.
- The median across 20 reporting countries is 1.79 births/woman.
- The difference between the highest and lowest values is 1.38 births/woman.
Values in Births per woman. Bar lengths start at zero; the table below provides the same observations.
Top 10 countries
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolivia | 2.52 births/woman |
| 2 | Honduras | 2.48 births/woman |
| 3 | Paraguay | 2.42 births/woman |
| 4 | Guatemala | 2.29 births/woman |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 2.22 births/woman |
| 6 | Nicaragua | 2.21 births/woman |
| 7 | Panama | 2.11 births/woman |
| 8 | Peru | 1.97 births/woman |
| 9 | Mexico | 1.89 births/woman |
| 10 | Ecuador | 1.81 births/woman |
Complete selected-country ranking
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolivia | 2.52 births/woman |
| 2 | Honduras | 2.48 births/woman |
| 3 | Paraguay | 2.42 births/woman |
| 4 | Guatemala | 2.29 births/woman |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 2.22 births/woman |
| 6 | Nicaragua | 2.21 births/woman |
| 7 | Panama | 2.11 births/woman |
| 8 | Peru | 1.97 births/woman |
| 9 | Mexico | 1.89 births/woman |
| 10 | Ecuador | 1.81 births/woman |
| 11 | El Salvador | 1.77 births/woman |
| 12 | Colombia | 1.63 births/woman |
| 13 | United States | 1.63 births/woman |
| 14 | Brazil | 1.61 births/woman |
| 15 | Argentina | 1.5 births/woman |
| 16 | Cuba | 1.45 births/woman |
| 17 | Uruguay | 1.4 births/woman |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 1.32 births/woman |
| 19 | Canada | 1.25 births/woman |
| 20 | Chile | 1.14 births/woman |
What the data shows
The unweighted country mean is 1.83 births/woman, compared with a median of 1.79 births/woman. Each reporting country has equal weight; this is not a population-weighted or regional aggregate. The gap between the two highest observed values is 0.05 births/woman. These comparisons describe the observations and do not establish causes.
Methodology
- Provider
- World Bank
- Dataset
- Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
- Indicator ID
- SP.DYN.TFRT.IN
- Data year
- 2024
- Retrieved / last refreshed
- 2026-10-05T14:10:10Z
- Units
- Births per woman
- Coverage
- 20 of 20 configured countries; minimum 18.
- Countries included
- Bolivia, Honduras, Paraguay, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Mexico, Ecuador, El Salvador, Colombia, United States, Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Canada, Chile
- Countries excluded (missing observations; ISO3 codes)
- None
- Ranking direction
- descending
- Sorting
- Exact source values; equal values share competition rank. Ties display by ascending country ID, then record ID.
- Statistics
- Unweighted arithmetic mean, median, and highest minus lowest. Derived decimals use half-up rounding; source values remain exact.
Source: World Bank: Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (2024)
Rankings use the cited source values without imputation or interpolation. Display rounding does not affect rank.
Why a newer year was not selected
- 2026: 0 available observations; 18 required.
- 2025: 0 available observations; 18 required.
Caveats
This is a selected-country comparison, not a global ranking. Missing countries may affect the distribution. A higher value does not necessarily imply a better outcome. Source observations may be revised.