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Published in final edited form as: Popul Dev Rev. 2011;37(1):29–56. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2011.00389.x

APPENDIX TABLE A2.

Total fertility rate by country and survey year

Country Year TFR Country Year TFR Country Year TFR
Albania 1998 2.40 Germany, Westb 1981 1.43 Philippines 2001 3.52
2002 2.29 1990 1.45 Poland 1990 2.04
Algeria 2002 2.53 1997 1.39 1997 1.51
Andorraa 2005 1.31 1999 1.39 1999 1.37
Argentina 1991 2.93 Ghana 2005 4.40 2005 1.24
1995 2.74 Hungary 1991 1.86 Portugal 1990 1.43
1999 2.52 1999 1.29 Romania 1998 1.32
Armenia 1997 1.75 India 1990 3.80 2005 1.32
Australia 1995 1.82 1995 3.39 Russia 1995 1.34
2005 1.79 2001 3.00 Rwanda 2005 5.58
Austria 1990 1.45 2005 2.68 Saudi Arabia 2003 4.09
1999 1.34 Indonesia 2001 2.39 Slovakia 1991 2.05
Azerbaijan 1997 2.07 2005 2.26 1998 1.38
Bangladesh 1996 3.66 Iran 2000 2.29 1999 1.33
2002 3.00 Ireland 1981 3.07 Slovenia 1992 1.34
Belarus 1996 1.31 1990 2.12 2005 1.26
Belgium 1981 1.67 Italy 1981 1.62 South Africa 1990 3.32
1990 1.62 1990 1.26 1996 3.04
1999 1.61 1999 1.23 2001 2.86
Brazil 1991 2.70 2005 1.32 2005 2.78
1997 2.45 Japan 1990 1.54 Spain 1981 2.03
2005 2.04 1995 1.42 1990 1.33
Bulgaria 1990 1.81 2000 1.36 1995 1.18
1997 1.09 2005 1.26 1999 1.20
2005 1.31 Jordan 2001 3.69 2000 1.24
Burkina Faso 2005 6.15 Korea, South 1996 1.58 2005 1.35
Canada 1990 1.83 2005 1.08 Sweden 1996 1.60
2000 1.49 Kyrgyzstan 2003 2.50 1999 1.50
Chile 1990 2.59 Latvia 1996 1.16 2005 1.77
1996 2.28 1999 1.16 Switzerland 1996 1.50
2000 2.08 Lithuania 1997 1.47 2005 1.42
2005 1.97 Luxembourg 1999 1.73 Taiwanc 1994 1.75
China 1995 1.92 Macedonia 1998 1.90 2005 1.11
2001 1.88 2001 1.75 Tanzania 2001 5.62
2005 1.71 Malaysia 2005 2.71 Thailand 2005 1.81
Colombia 1998 2.77 Mali 2005 6.59 Trinidad and Tobago 2005 1.62
Croatia 1996 1.67 Malta 1991 2.04 Turkey 1990 3.00
1999 1.38 1999 1.71 1996 2.76
Cyprus 2005 1.42 Mexico 1990 3.31 2001 2.52
Czech Rep. 1991 1.86 1996 2.75 2005 2.17
1998 1.16 2000 2.41 Uganda 2001 6.90
1999 1.13 2005 2.20 Ukraine 1996 1.30
Denmark 1981 1.43 Moldova 1996 1.67 2005 1.20
Dominican Rep. 1996 3.08 2002 1.28 United Kingdom 1981 1.81
Egypt 2000 3.43 2005 1.50 1990 1.83
2005 2.99 Morocco 2001 2.50 1998 1.71
El Salvador 1999 3.05 2005 2.43 United States 1990 2.08
Estonia 1996 1.33 Netherlands 1981 1.56 1995 1.98
Ethiopia 2005 5.57 1990 1.62 1999 2.01
Finland 1996 1.76 New Zealand 1998 1.97 Uruguay 1996 2.50
2005 1.80 Nigeria 1990 6.71 Venezuela 1996 3.04
France 1981 1.94 1995 6.40 2000 2.83
1990 1.78 2000 5.92 Vietnam 2001 1.88
1999 1.79 Norway 1996 1.89 2005 2.21
Georgia 1996 1.65 Pakistan 1997 5.00 Zambia 2005 5.96
Germany, Eastb 1990 1.45 2001 4.59 Zimbabwe 2001 3.66
1997 1.05 Peru 1996 3.30
1999 1.17 2001 2.93
2005 2.67

SOURCES: World Bank 2010 except as follows: