World Fertility Rate Map — Live World Bank Data
Quick answer: This is a live world fertility rate map: births per woman for every country with a World Bank observation, from 1990 to the latest year, loaded straight from the World Bank API.
About this dataset
Fertility rate (births per woman) for every country on an interactive map, read live from the World Bank Indicators API since 1990.
Map how many children women have around the world, and how fast that number has fallen. Values are births per woman from the World Bank Indicators API, joined to country boundaries in the browser, so nothing is downloaded or hosted. Scrub the timeline to watch the global fertility decline since 1990, compare it with life expectancy on the same country, and click any country for its full history curve.
Data source: World Bank Indicators API
How to download
- 1 This dataset has no hosted file: the map reads the World Bank API directly in your browser.
- 2 Use the indicator API link for the raw JSON series, or the World Bank page for CSV and bulk download.
- 3 Country boundaries come from Natural Earth 50m and are joined on ISO 3166-1 alpha-3.
- 4 Open any of those URLs in GeoDataViewer Studio to explore them as layers.
FAQ
Does this dataset need to be downloaded?
No. The World Bank Indicators API allows cross-origin requests, so the map reads it live in your browser and joins it to Natural Earth boundaries. Nothing is hosted by GeoDataViewer and there is no file to download.
How current is the data?
The map requests every year from 1990 to 2026 on each load, so it shows the latest revision the World Bank has published.
What is the fertility rate?
The average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime at current age-specific fertility rates (World Bank indicator SP.DYN.TFRT.IN). Roughly 2.1 is the level at which a population replaces itself without migration.
Which countries have the highest fertility?
Sub-Saharan Africa leads, with several countries above five births per woman, while much of Europe and East Asia is now well below the replacement level of 2.1.