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World Total Fertility Rate
Latest
2.19births per woman
Methodology
## What this measures
Total fertility rate for the world: births per woman.
## Why it matters
The world as a whole is approaching replacement.
## How to read it
Annual, dated December 31 of the reference year. Compare countries by trend, not by single years.
## What it does not say
Annual, lagged; a population-weighted aggregate.
## Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators (`SP.DYN.TFRT.IN`), via api.worldbank.org. CC BY 4.0.
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