Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Vatican
Vatican: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 1 live births per woman in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
1 live births per woman
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
228th
of 236 countries
All-time high
1 live births per woman
in 1950
All-time low
1 live births per woman
in 1950
Years of data
75
1950–2024
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Vatican, 1950–2024
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
In 2024, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Vatican stood at 1 live births per woman. That is the highest value across all 75 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Vatican peaked at 1 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1 live births per woman, in 1950.
Vatican ranks 228th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Vatican, year by year
| Year | live births per woman | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1 live births per woman | — |
| 1951 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1955 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1958 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1959 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1961 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1 live births per woman | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vatican
- 225 Curacao 1.07 live births per woman compare
- 226 British Virgin Islands 1.05 live births per woman compare
- 227 China 1.01 live births per woman compare
- 229 Ukraine 0.988 live births per woman compare
- 230 Singapore 0.952 live births per woman compare
- 231 Puerto Rico 0.939 live births per woman compare
More education data for Vatican
- Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 1 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 1 live births per woman (2023)
- Womens educational attainment vs fertility, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Vatican?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Vatican was 1 live births per woman in 2024, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Vatican?
- The highest recorded value was 1 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Vatican?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 live births per woman in 1950.
- How does Vatican rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Vatican ranks 228th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Vatican?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Vatican data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.