Chile vs Japan: Fertility rate, total

Chile
1.14 births per woman
in 2024
Japan
1.15 births per woman
in 2024
Chile rank
204th
Japan rank
203rd

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Chile
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 1.15 births per woman against 1.14 births per woman in Chile, a difference of 0.01 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 204th and Japan ranks 203rd of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 6 and Japan in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile Japan Difference Ahead
1960s 4.36 births per woman 2.02 births per woman 2.34 births per woman Chile
1970s 3.26 births per woman 1.97 births per woman 1.29 births per woman Chile
1980s 2.63 births per woman 1.73 births per woman 0.8982 births per woman Chile
1990s 2.35 births per woman 1.45 births per woman 0.8994 births per woman Chile
2000s 1.89 births per woman 1.32 births per woman 0.562 births per woman Chile
2010s 1.7 births per woman 1.41 births per woman 0.2844 births per woman Chile
2020s 1.21 births per woman 1.25 births per woman 0.039 births per woman Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Chile or Japan?
Japan, at 1.15 births per woman against 1.14 births per woman in Chile as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Chile and Japan?
0.01 births per woman, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Japan?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Chile and Japan rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Chile ranks 204th and Japan ranks 203rd of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
265 places, 17,193 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.