Japan vs Spain: Fertility rate: births per woman
Japan
1.21 live births per woman
in 2023
Spain
1.21 live births per woman
in 2023
Japan rank
216th
Spain rank
214th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Japan
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 1.21 live births per woman against 1.21 live births per woman in Japan, a difference of 0 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 77 shared years of data; in 1947 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 216th and Spain ranks 214th of 236 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Spain in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 4.48 live births per woman | 2.73 live births per woman | 1.75 live births per woman | Japan |
| 1950s | 2.57 live births per woman | 2.56 live births per woman | 0.003 live births per woman | Japan |
| 1960s | 1.98 live births per woman | 2.89 live births per woman | 0.9142 live births per woman | Spain |
| 1970s | 1.96 live births per woman | 2.75 live births per woman | 0.7906 live births per woman | Spain |
| 1980s | 1.7 live births per woman | 1.72 live births per woman | 0.0215 live births per woman | Spain |
| 1990s | 1.43 live births per woman | 1.22 live births per woman | 0.2131 live births per woman | Japan |
| 2000s | 1.3 live births per woman | 1.32 live births per woman | 0.0144 live births per woman | Spain |
| 2010s | 1.38 live births per woman | 1.31 live births per woman | 0.0709 live births per woman | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.26 live births per woman | 1.2 live births per woman | 0.0628 live births per woman | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Japan or Spain?
- Spain, at 1.21 live births per woman against 1.21 live births per woman in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Japan and Spain?
- 0 live births per woman, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Spain?
- 77 years are reported by both, from 1947 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Spain rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Japan ranks 216th and Spain ranks 214th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.