Fertility rate: births per woman in El Salvador
El Salvador: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.77 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in El Salvador, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
In 2023, fertility rate: births per woman in El Salvador stood at 1.77 live births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in El Salvador peaked at 6.69 live births per woman in 1963 and was at its lowest, 1.77 live births per woman, in 2023.
El Salvador ranks 131st of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.45 live births per woman | 6.3 live births per woman | 6.59 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.57 live births per woman | 6.28 live births per woman | 6.69 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.75 live births per woman | 5.23 live births per woman | 6.18 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.49 live births per woman | 4.03 live births per woman | 5.11 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.59 live births per woman | 3.22 live births per woman | 3.96 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.57 live births per woman | 2.26 live births per woman | 3.08 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.05 live births per woman | 1.84 live births per woman | 2.24 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.8 live births per woman | 1.77 live births per woman | 1.82 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 128 Georgia 1.81 live births per woman compare
- 129 Montenegro 1.8 live births per woman compare
- 130 North Korea 1.78 live births per woman compare
- 131 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.77 live births per woman compare
- 133 Bulgaria 1.75 live births per woman compare
- 134 Brunei 1.75 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for El Salvador
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2714 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.6267 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0909 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3176 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 8.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4948 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in El Salvador?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in El Salvador was 1.77 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 6.69 live births per woman in 1963.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.77 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does El Salvador rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- El Salvador ranks 131st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.