Poland
2.98→1.14
- Total change
- −1.84 children per woman
- Period
- 1960–2024
Poland: 2.98 (1960) → 1.14 (2024). Difference: −1.84 children per woman. Peak value of 2.98 in 1960; lowest value of 1.14 in 2024.
Fertility
Average number of children per woman. In Poland the rate stands at 1.14 and remains below the replacement level, similar to Germany and the US.
1.14 children per womanPoland · 2024
World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-07-13
Saved data version: retrieved 2026-09-15, ID 4b707a4e343fWarehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
- Poland: 1960–2024; observations: 65; missing years: 0
Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.
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65 rows for Poland
Time range:
Year
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Period statistics
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Format:
| Year | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Poland | 1.14 children per woman |
| 2023 | Poland | 1.2 children per woman |
| 2022 | Poland | 1.29 children per woman |
| 2021 | Poland | 1.33 children per woman |
| 2020 | Poland | 1.39 children per woman |
| 2019 | Poland | 1.44 children per woman |
| 2018 | Poland | 1.46 children per woman |
| 2017 | Poland | 1.48 children per woman |
| 2016 | Poland | 1.39 children per woman |
| 2015 | Poland | 1.32 children per woman |
| 2014 | Poland | 1.32 children per woman |
| 2013 | Poland | 1.29 children per woman |
| 2012 | Poland | 1.33 children per woman |
| 2011 | Poland | 1.33 children per woman |
| 2010 | Poland | 1.41 children per woman |
| 2009 | Poland | 1.4 children per woman |
| 2008 | Poland | 1.39 children per woman |
| 2007 | Poland | 1.31 children per woman |
| 2006 | Poland | 1.27 children per woman |
| 2005 | Poland | 1.24 children per woman |
- Source
- World Bank Open Data
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Published by source
- 2026-07-13
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-15
- Indicator code in source
- SP.DYN.TFRT.IN
- Unit of measure
- children per woman
- Data version
- v45
Cite
Longseries, “Fertility”. World Bank Open Data (SP.DYN.TFRT.IN), 1960–2024, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: 4b707a4e343ff77b5cb80939e699ffa132590d262ef97aa5576e0777c25d20bd. https://longseries.com/en/d/fertility/Embed chart
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Latest values
Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2024: highest — India; lowest — China
Only the first rows are shown here. Use “Remaining locations” below for the full list.
| Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| World | 2024 | 2.19 children per woman2.2 children per woman↓−0.01 children per woman (−0.3%) |
| ↑Highest value in the comparable yearmaxIndia | 2024 | 1.96 children per woman2 children per woman↓−0.01 children per woman (−0.7%) |
| United States | 2024 | 1.63 children per woman1.6 children per woman↑+0.01 children per woman (+0.6%) |
| Brazil | 2024 | 1.61 children per woman1.6 children per woman→0 children per woman (−0.3%) |
| France | 2024 | 1.61 children per woman1.6 children per woman↓−0.05 children per woman (−3.0%) |
| United Kingdom | 2024 | 1.55 children per woman1.6 children per woman↓−0.01 children per woman (−0.6%) |
| Sweden | 2024 | 1.43 children per woman1.4 children per woman↓−0.02 children per woman (−1.4%) |
| Netherlands | 2024 | 1.43 children per woman1.4 children per woman→0 children per woman (0.0%) |
Remaining locations (7)
About this series
Total fertility rate, children per woman, annual from 1960.
Indicator definition
Total fertility rate representing the hypothetical average number of children per woman, rather than the absolute number of births in a single year. For population stock see Population.
How to read the data
Replacement is about 2.1. Poland fell from ~3.0 to 1.14; Germany 1.36; US 1.63; world 2.19. That is the main future drag, before Net migration.
Indicator comparisons
Fertility and population
Fertility rate and total population: comparing demographic trends with population size.
Fertility · Population
World Bank and GUS: fertility
Children per woman: World Bank and GUS. Poland in both, different release calendar.
Fertility · Fertility (GUS)
Birth rate and fertility
Births per 1,000 people beside children per woman. Two ways to count new people — not interchangeable.
Fertility · Birth rate
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