Children per Woman in Israel: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

Behind every statistical rate lies the rhythm of human existence, measured here by the average number of children a woman would bear over her lifetime. For Israel, the story across three centuries is below — every value is a statistical fact about the lives actually lived there. These figures map how families grow, how communities adapt across generations, and how the fundamental architecture of human society shifts quietly decade by decade.

The historical arc moves through remarkable transformations across the centuries. In the 1800s estimate it stood at 6.89, shifting slightly through the 1810s estimate at 6.86, the 1820s estimate at 6.83, the 1830s estimate at 6.8, the 1840s estimate at 6.78, the 1850s estimate at 6.75, the 1860s estimate at 6.72, the 1870s estimate at 6.69, the 1880s estimate at 6.67, and the 1890s estimate at 6.64. By the 1900s estimate it was 6.61 births, before rising through the 1910s estimate at 6.68, the 1920s estimate at 6.75, the 1930s estimate at 6.81, the 1940s estimate at 6.88, and the 1950s at 6.95. The trajectory then descended through the 1960s at 6.69, the 1970s at 6.42, the 1980s at 6.16, the 1990s at 4.78, the 2000s at 3.4, and the 2010s at 3.15. In the 2020s, children per woman in Israel stands at 2.9 births — ranking #43 of 157 countries.

Looking toward the future, projections trace a continued path downward: the 2030s projection at 2.54, the 2040s projection at 2.29, the 2050s projection at 2.11, the 2060s projection at 1.99, the 2070s projection at 1.9, the 2080s projection at 1.84, the 2090s projection at 1.8, and the 2100s projection at 1.77. For someone living through these changing decades, the scope of family and community alters in tandem with these numbers. Where do YOU rank among everyone ever born? →