Japan vs Poland: Fertility rate, total

Japan
1.15 births per woman
in 2024
Poland
1.14 births per woman
in 2024
Japan rank
204th
Poland rank
205th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Japan
  • Poland
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Poland ahead.

Japan ranks 204th and Poland ranks 205th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Poland in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Poland Difference Ahead
1960s 2.02 births per woman 2.54 births per woman 0.523 births per woman Poland
1970s 1.97 births per woman 2.25 births per woman 0.276 births per woman Poland
1980s 1.73 births per woman 2.26 births per woman 0.529 births per woman Poland
1990s 1.45 births per woman 1.73 births per woman 0.28 births per woman Poland
2000s 1.32 births per woman 1.3 births per woman 0.026 births per woman Japan
2010s 1.41 births per woman 1.38 births per woman 0.037 births per woman Japan
2020s 1.25 births per woman 1.27 births per woman 0.022 births per woman Poland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Japan or Poland?
Japan, at 1.15 births per woman against 1.14 births per woman in Poland as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Japan and Poland?
0.01 births per woman, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Poland?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Japan and Poland rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Japan ranks 204th and Poland ranks 205th of 218 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
266 places, 17,258 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.