Share of the adult population experiencing infertility, worldwide
17.5%
percent of adults, worldwide
“Around 17.5% of the adult population – roughly 1 in 6 worldwide – experience infertility”
WHO news release, 1 in 6 people globally affected by infertility, 2023-04-04
- Kind of source
- Registry or statistics office
- Read on
- 2026-11-06
- Daily check
- Quote found at the source on 2026-11-06
- What to know
- Lifetime prevalence of infertility as published by WHO; a share of adults, not a count of people.
- About
- Infertility
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Kept as evidence; no figure on the platform is computed from it yet.