Japan vs Spain: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Japan
1.22 live births per woman
in 2024
Spain
1.22 live births per woman
in 2024
Japan rank
215th
Spain rank
214th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Japan
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 1.22 live births per woman against 1.22 live births per woman in Japan, a difference of 0 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 78 shared years of data; in 1947 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 215th and Spain ranks 214th of 236 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Spain in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 4.48 live births per woman | 2.73 live births per woman | 1.75 live births per woman | Japan |
| 1950s | 2.57 live births per woman | 2.56 live births per woman | 0.003 live births per woman | Japan |
| 1960s | 1.98 live births per woman | 2.89 live births per woman | 0.9142 live births per woman | Spain |
| 1970s | 1.96 live births per woman | 2.75 live births per woman | 0.7906 live births per woman | Spain |
| 1980s | 1.7 live births per woman | 1.72 live births per woman | 0.0215 live births per woman | Spain |
| 1990s | 1.43 live births per woman | 1.22 live births per woman | 0.2131 live births per woman | Japan |
| 2000s | 1.3 live births per woman | 1.32 live births per woman | 0.0144 live births per woman | Spain |
| 2010s | 1.38 live births per woman | 1.31 live births per woman | 0.0709 live births per woman | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.25 live births per woman | 1.2 live births per woman | 0.0494 live births per woman | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Japan or Spain?
- Spain, at 1.22 live births per woman against 1.22 live births per woman in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Japan and Spain?
- 0 live births per woman, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Spain?
- 78 years are reported by both, from 1947 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Spain rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Japan ranks 215th and Spain ranks 214th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.