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. 2020 Feb 22;20:265. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-8331-7

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]