Table 1.
Six Regions and 141 Countries used in the Analyses, with Fertility Rates (TFR) for each Country 2010–2015 (in ascending order of TFR)
Region | TFR |
---|---|
Western Europe and related countries | |
Portugal | 1,28 |
Spain | 1,33 |
Greece | 1,34 |
Cyprus | 1,38 |
Malta | 1,41 |
Germany | 1,43 |
Italy | 1,43 |
Austria | 1,45 |
Switzerland | 1,53 |
Luxembourg | 1,55 |
Canada | 1,61 |
Denmark | 1,73 |
Netherlands | 1,73 |
Finland | 1,77 |
Belgium | 1,78 |
Norway | 1,82 |
USA | 1,88 |
UK | 1,88 |
Australia | 1,89 |
Sweden | 1,90 |
France | 1,98 |
Iceland | 1,98 |
Ireland | 2,00 |
New Zeeland | 2,04 |
Israel | 3,04 |
Eastern Europe | |
Bosnia-Herzegovina | 1,31 |
Hungary | 1,33 |
Poland | 1,33 |
Slovakia | 1,39 |
Czech Republic | 1,48 |
Rumania | 1,48 |
Croatia | 1,49 |
Ukraine | 1,49 |
Latvia | 1,50 |
Bulgaria | 1,51 |
Slovenia | 1,58 |
Estonia | 1,59 |
Serbia | 1,59 |
Lithuania | 1,59 |
Belarus | 1,64 |
Armenia | 1,65 |
Montenegro | 1,71 |
Albania | 1,71 |
Georgia | 2,00 |
Turkey | 2,12 |
Latin America and the Caribbean | |
Brazil | 1,78 |
Trinidad & Tobago | 1,80 |
Chile | 1,82 |
Costa Rica | 1,85 |
Columbia | 1,93 |
Uruguay | 2,04 |
Jamaica | 2,08 |
El Salvador | 2,17 |
Mexico | 2,29 |
Nicaragua | 2,32 |
Argentina | 2,35 |
Venezuela | 2,40 |
Peru | 2,50 |
Dominican Republic | 2,53 |
Ecuador | 2,59 |
Paraguay | 2,60 |
Guyana | 2,60 |
Panama | 2,60 |
Belize | 2,64 |
Honduras | 2,65 |
Bolivia | 3,04 |
Haiti | 3,13 |
Guatemala | 3,19 |
Arab States | |
Lebanon | 1,72 |
United Arab Emirates | 1,82 |
Qatar | 2,00 |
Kuwait | 2,05 |
Bahrain | 2,12 |
Tunisia | 2,25 |
Libya | 2,40 |
Morocco | 2,60 |
Saudi Arabia | 2,73 |
Algeria | 2,96 |
Egypt | 3,38 |
Jordan | 3,60 |
Palestinian Terr. | 4,25 |
Yemen | 4,40 |
Iraq | 4,55 |
Comoros | 4,60 |
Sudan | 4,75 |
Mauretania | 4,88 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | |
South Africa | 2,55 |
Botswana | 2,88 |
Swaziland | 3,30 |
Namibia | 3,60 |
Zimbabwe | 4,00 |
Kenya | 4,10 |
Ghana | 4,18 |
Rwanda | 4,20 |
Madagascar | 4,40 |
Togo | 4,69 |
Liberia | 4,83 |
Sierra Leone | 4,84 |
Congo Brazzaville | 4,86 |
Malawi | 4,88 |
Cameroon | 4,95 |
Senegal | 5,00 |
Central African Republic | 5,10 |
Guinea | 5,13 |
Ivory Coast | 5,14 |
Zambia | 5,20 |
Benin | 5,22 |
Tanzania | 5,24 |
Mozambique | 5,45 |
Burkina Faso | 5,65 |
Nigeria | 5,74 |
Uganda | 5,91 |
Burundi | 6,00 |
Chad | 6,31 |
Mali | 6,35 |
Congo Kinshasa | 6,40 |
Niger | 7,40 |
Asia | |
Hong Kong (China) | 1,20 |
Singapore | 1,23 |
South Korea | 1,23 |
Japan | 1,41 |
Thailand | 1,53 |
Iran | 1,75 |
Vietnam | 1,96 |
Azerbaijan | 2,10 |
Malaysia | 2,11 |
Bangladesh | 2,22 |
Myanmar | 2,30 |
Nepal | 2,32 |
Uzbekistan | 2,38 |
India | 2,44 |
Indonesia | 2,45 |
Cambodia | 2,70 |
Kazakstan | 2,70 |
Mongolia | 2,83 |
Laos | 2,93 |
Philippines | 3,05 |
Kyrgyzstan | 3,12 |
Tajikistan | 3,50 |
Pakistan | 3,72 |
Afghanistan | 5,26 |
Source: TFR based on [54]