Based on data from 1990 to 2021.
* Lifetime prevalence is defined as the
proportion of a population who have
ever experienced infertility in their life.
** Period prevalence is defined as the proportion of a
population with infertility at a given point or interval
in time, which may be current or in the past.
Based on data from 1990 to 2021, it is estimated that the lifetime prevalence of infertility worldwide is around 17.5 percent. Furthermore, it was also estimated that at any given point or interval in time, around 12.6 percent of people worldwide are suffering from infertility.
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