Japan Fertility Rate 1960-2025
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.
- Japan fertility rate for 2022 was 1.26, a 3.08% decline from 2021.
- Japan fertility rate for 2021 was 1.30, a 2.26% decline from 2020.
- Japan fertility rate for 2020 was 1.33, a 2.21% decline from 2019.
- Japan fertility rate for 2019 was 1.36, a 4.23% decline from 2018.
| Japan Fertility Rate - Historical Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Births per Woman | Annual % Change |
| 2022 | 1.26 | -3.08% |
| 2021 | 1.30 | -2.26% |
| 2020 | 1.33 | -2.21% |
| 2019 | 1.36 | -4.23% |
| 2018 | 1.42 | -0.70% |
| 2017 | 1.43 | -0.69% |
| 2016 | 1.44 | -0.69% |
| 2015 | 1.45 | 2.11% |
| 2014 | 1.42 | -0.70% |
| 2013 | 1.43 | 1.42% |
| 2012 | 1.41 | 1.44% |
| 2011 | 1.39 | 0.00% |
| 2010 | 1.39 | 1.46% |
| 2009 | 1.37 | 0.00% |
| 2008 | 1.37 | 2.24% |
| 2007 | 1.34 | 1.52% |
| 2006 | 1.32 | 4.76% |
| 2005 | 1.26 | -2.33% |
| 2004 | 1.29 | 0.00% |
| 2003 | 1.29 | -2.27% |
| 2002 | 1.32 | -0.75% |
| 2001 | 1.33 | -2.21% |
| 2000 | 1.36 | 1.49% |
| 1999 | 1.34 | -2.90% |
| 1998 | 1.38 | -0.72% |
| 1997 | 1.39 | -2.80% |
| 1996 | 1.43 | 0.70% |
| 1995 | 1.42 | -5.33% |
| 1994 | 1.50 | 2.74% |
| 1993 | 1.46 | -2.67% |
| 1992 | 1.50 | -1.96% |
| 1991 | 1.53 | -0.65% |
| 1990 | 1.54 | -1.91% |
| 1989 | 1.57 | -5.42% |
| 1988 | 1.66 | -1.78% |
| 1987 | 1.69 | -1.74% |
| 1986 | 1.72 | -2.27% |
| 1985 | 1.76 | -2.76% |
| 1984 | 1.81 | 0.56% |
| 1983 | 1.80 | 1.69% |
| 1982 | 1.77 | 1.72% |
| 1981 | 1.74 | -0.57% |
| 1980 | 1.75 | -1.13% |
| 1979 | 1.77 | -1.12% |
| 1978 | 1.79 | -0.56% |
| 1977 | 1.80 | -2.70% |
| 1976 | 1.85 | -3.14% |
| 1975 | 1.91 | -6.83% |
| 1974 | 2.05 | -4.21% |
| 1973 | 2.14 | 0.00% |
| 1972 | 2.14 | -0.93% |
| 1971 | 2.16 | 1.41% |
| 1970 | 2.13 | 0.00% |
| 1969 | 2.13 | 0.00% |
| 1968 | 2.13 | -4.48% |
| 1967 | 2.23 | 41.14% |
| 1966 | 1.58 | -26.17% |
| 1965 | 2.14 | 4.39% |
| 1964 | 2.05 | 2.50% |
| 1963 | 2.00 | 1.01% |
| 1962 | 1.98 | 1.02% |
| 1961 | 1.96 | -2.00% |
| 1960 | 2.00 | -2.00% |