Between 10 and 13 million babies have been born via IVF in the 40 years since the world's first IVF infant was born

Total IVF births soar to more than 13 million

A world-first estimate shows assisted reproductive technology (ART) is now part of everyday life for millions of families across the globe, with one ART-conceived baby born every 35 seconds.

unsw.edu.au

Total IVF births have shot through the roof: a recent global tally in Fertility and Sterility counts between 10 and 13 million babies conceived via IVF in the 40 years since the first test‐tube baby in 1978—meaning there’s now one ART‐conceived infant born roughly every 35 seconds.

Even more eye-popping, preliminary numbers suggest an extra 3–4 million arrived after 2018, pushing the 2024 total up to an estimated 13–17 million. According to Prof. Georgina Chambers, this marks the first time anyone’s used a consistent worldwide method to capture just how big a role IVF plays in today’s families—and the growth curve is nothing short of exponential.