Fertility rate: births per woman in Tajikistan
Tajikistan: Fertility rate: births per woman was 3.07 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Tajikistan, 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 Tajikistan stood at 3.07 live births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Tajikistan peaked at 6.91 live births per woman in 1968 and was at its lowest, 3.07 live births per woman, in 2023.
Tajikistan ranks 58th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.79 live births per woman | 5.6 live births per woman | 6.13 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.66 live births per woman | 6.24 live births per woman | 6.91 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.68 live births per woman | 6.31 live births per woman | 6.91 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.94 live births per woman | 5.61 live births per woman | 6.21 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.61 live births per woman | 3.85 live births per woman | 5.46 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.43 live births per woman | 3.34 live births per woman | 3.51 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.39 live births per woman | 3.28 live births per woman | 3.46 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.15 live births per woman | 3.07 live births per woman | 3.21 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tajikistan
- 55 Kiribati 3.15 live births per woman compare
- 56 Tonga 3.13 live births per woman compare
- 57 Papua New Guinea 3.1 live births per woman compare
- 59 Kazakhstan 3.01 live births per woman compare
- 60 Marshall Islands 2.92 live births per woman compare
- 61 Israel 2.83 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Tajikistan
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural Soil 1,053 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 10.19 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on Pa 626.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2516 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 66.67 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.9802 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3081 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Tajikistan?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Tajikistan was 3.07 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 Tajikistan?
- The highest recorded value was 6.91 live births per woman in 1968.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Tajikistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.07 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Tajikistan rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Tajikistan ranks 58th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Tajikistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tajikistan 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.