Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1953

-1 year 1953 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1953, the world had a total fertility rate of 4.9366 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇷🇼Rwanda with a rate of 8.023 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇾🇪Yemen with a fertility rate of 7.8988 births per woman, and 🇲🇭Marshall Islands with 7.8393 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with 0.986 births per woman. Followed by 🇱🇻Latvia with a fertility rate of 1.8921 births per woman, and 🇯🇪Jersey with 1.9936 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 6.6072 births per woman. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a fertility rate of 5.8161 births per woman, and Asia with 5.7682 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Northern Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.9272 births per woman. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a fertility rate of 6.9125 births per woman, and Central America with 6.745 child born per woman.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that No income group available has the highest total fertility rate of 6.5999 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 2.9526.

Similar Population Metrics for 1953

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1953

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇷🇼Rwanda	8.023
2	🇾🇪Yemen	7.8988
3	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	7.8393
4	🇵🇸State of Palestine	7.8276
5	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	7.6287
6	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	7.61
7	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	7.6044
8	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	7.5882
9	🇳🇪Niger	7.5522
10	🇼🇸Samoa	7.5218
11	🇭🇳Honduras	7.5069
12	🇰🇪Kenya	7.4184
13	🇵🇭Philippines	7.4157
14	🇯🇴Jordan	7.3949
15	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.3211
16	🇲🇬Madagascar	7.3004
17	🇩🇿Algeria	7.2913
18	🇦🇫Afghanistan	7.2662
19	🇴🇲Oman	7.2527
20	🇸🇴Somalia	7.2506
21	🇧🇭Bahrain	7.163
22	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	7.1195
23	🇪🇹Ethiopia	7.1177
24	🇻🇺Vanuatu	7.1029
25	🇳🇮Nicaragua	7.0963
26	🇾🇹Mayotte	7.0888
27	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.0395
28	🇱🇾Libya	7.0285
29	🇪🇬Egypt	7.0248
30	🇦🇮Anguilla	7.0247
31	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	7.0088
32	🇰🇼Kuwait	6.997
33	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.9802
34	🇵🇪Peru	6.9533
35	🇲🇱Mali	6.9464
36	🇬🇹Guatemala	6.9454
37	🇧🇮Burundi	6.9146
38	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	6.9099
39	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	6.9063
40	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6.8872
41	🇩🇯Djibouti	6.8577
42	🇷🇪Réunion	6.852
43	🇲🇼Malawi	6.8446
44	🇮🇶Iraq	6.844
45	🇸🇳Senegal	6.8008
46	🇵🇰Pakistan	6.8
47	🇧🇹Bhutan	6.7876
48	🇹🇴Tonga	6.7827
49	🇪🇨Ecuador	6.7583
50	🇲🇽Mexico	6.7339
51	🇫🇯Fiji	6.7307
52	🇬🇭Ghana	6.7298
53	🇵🇼Palau	6.7274
54	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.7247
55	🇿🇲Zambia	6.7166
56	🇺🇬Uganda	6.7114
57	🇸🇿Eswatini	6.689
58	🇨🇰Cook Islands	6.6843
59	🇸🇩Sudan	6.6811
60	🇹🇳Tunisia	6.6742
61	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	6.668
62	🇰🇭Cambodia	6.6573
63	🇸🇸South Sudan	6.6559
64	🇧🇿Belize	6.64
65	🇲🇦Morocco	6.6385
66	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.6263
67	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	6.6065
68	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	6.5822
69	🇸🇬Singapore	6.5691
70	🇹🇬Togo	6.5645
71	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	6.5593
72	🇶🇦Qatar	6.5555
73	🇸🇷Suriname	6.5511
74	🇨🇴Colombia	6.5366
75	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	6.5362
76	🇪🇷Eritrea	6.5258
77	🇪🇭Western Sahara	6.5105
78	🇨🇷Costa Rica	6.5076
79	🇳🇺Niue	6.5062
80	🇵🇾Paraguay	6.5028
81	🇧🇼Botswana	6.485
82	🇹🇷Türkiye	6.4771
83	🇲🇾Malaysia	6.3962
84	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.396
85	🇸🇻El Salvador	6.3942
86	🇹🇭Thailand	6.3927
87	🇧🇩Bangladesh	6.3771
88	🇬🇲Gambia	6.351
89	🇦🇱Albania	6.325
90	🇰🇮Kiribati	6.2894
91	🇲🇻Maldives	6.2807
92	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.2653
93	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.2535
94	🇭🇹Haiti	6.2335
95	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	6.1914
96	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	6.1909
97	🇿🇦South Africa	6.1682
98	🇬🇾Guyana	6.1472
99	🇲🇷Mauritania	6.1321
100	🇱🇷Liberia	6.1243
101	🇹🇩Chad	6.1093
102	🇧🇷Brazil	6.093
103	🇲🇿Mozambique	6.0864
104	🇰🇲Comoros	6.0848
105	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	6.0819
106	🇨🇬Congo	6.0634
107	🇦🇸American Samoa	6.0606
108	🇦🇴Angola	6.0599
109	🇨🇳China	6.042
110	🇳🇵Nepal	6.0399
111	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	6.034
112	🇬🇳Guinea	6.0072
113	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	6.0026
114	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.9825
115	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	5.9747
116	🇬🇩Grenada	5.9741
117	🇲🇲Myanmar	5.9609
118	🇬🇱Greenland	5.9586
119	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	5.9418
120	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	5.8953
121	🇳🇦Namibia	5.8863
122	🇧🇯Benin	5.8829
123	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	5.8764
124	🇮🇳India	5.8653
125	🇲🇺Mauritius	5.8382
126	🇵🇫French Polynesia	5.8376
127	🇱🇧Lebanon	5.8032
128	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	5.793
129	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	5.7877
130	🇲🇳Mongolia	5.7655
131	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.7617
132	🇱🇸Lesotho	5.76
133	🇲🇶Martinique	5.7327
134	🇵🇦Panama	5.7309
135	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	5.6701
136	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.6635
137	🇬🇺Guam	5.6616
138	🇦🇼Aruba	5.6159
139	🇸🇭Saint Helena	5.6089
140	🇹🇰Tokelau	5.6003
141	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	5.509
142	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	5.4946
143	🇹🇯Tajikistan	5.4934
144	🇨🇲Cameroon	5.4713
145	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	5.4203
146	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	5.4054
147	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	5.3828
148	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	5.3764
149	🇩🇲Dominica	5.3282
150	🇮🇩Indonesia	5.3106
151	🇻🇳Viet Nam	5.2736
152	🇲🇰North Macedonia	5.2329
153	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	5.226
154	🇹🇻Tuvalu	5.1881
155	🇳🇨New Caledonia	5.182
156	🇨🇼Curaçao	5.1422
157	🇲🇸Montserrat	5.1277
158	🇸🇨Seychelles	4.9896
159	🇳🇷Nauru	4.9576
160	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	4.9547
161	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	4.9271
162	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.8893
163	🇬🇫French Guiana	4.8743
164	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	4.8576
165	🇦🇲Armenia	4.7923
166	🇨🇱Chile	4.7862
167	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	4.7011
168	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	4.6731
169	🇧🇸Bahamas	4.6312
170	🇲🇪Montenegro	4.5806
171	🇮🇱Israel	4.4986
172	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	4.4889
173	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	4.4569
174	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	4.4348
175	🇧🇧Barbados	4.386
176	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4.3292
177	🇯🇲Jamaica	4.2177
178	🇲🇹Malta	4.1289
179	🇬🇦Gabon	3.9924
180	🇮🇸Iceland	3.9345
181	🇨🇺Cuba	3.9242
182	🇨🇦Canada	3.7199
183	🇳🇿New Zealand	3.6522
184	🇵🇱Poland	3.6098
185	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	3.5917
186	🇧🇲Bermuda	3.5429
187	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	3.5104
188	🇮🇪Ireland	3.5002
189	🇨🇾Cyprus	3.4768
190	🇸🇰Slovakia	3.4668
191	🇺🇸United States of America	3.2774
192	🇦🇺Australia	3.1914
193	🇦🇷Argentina	3.1516
194	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	3.1178
195	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3.1006
196	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.0824
197	🇷🇴Romania	3.0794
198	🇵🇹Portugal	3.0645
199	🇸🇲San Marino	3.0407
200	🇳🇱Netherlands	3.0377
201	🇫🇮Finland	2.9621
202	🇲🇨Monaco	2.9494
203	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2.8893
204	🇬🇪Georgia	2.8478
205	🇸🇮Slovenia	2.7987
206	🇭🇺Hungary	2.754
207	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.739
208	🇱🇹Lithuania	2.7261
209	🇫🇷France	2.7132
210	🇯🇵Japan	2.6833
211	🇭🇷Croatia	2.6694
212	🇷🇸Serbia	2.6654
213	🇧🇾Belarus	2.642
214	🇳🇴Norway	2.6388
215	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	2.6198
216	🇨🇿Czechia	2.6117
217	🇩🇰Denmark	2.5822
218	🇬🇮Gibraltar	2.5225
219	🇪🇸Spain	2.508
220	🇧🇬Bulgaria	2.4115
221	🇬🇷Greece	2.3989
222	🇺🇦Ukraine	2.3626
223	🇧🇪Belgium	2.3335
224	🇦🇩Andorra	2.305
225	🇨🇭Switzerland	2.29
226	🇮🇹Italy	2.272
227	🇬🇧United Kingdom	2.2712
228	🇸🇪Sweden	2.2596
229	🇬🇬Guernsey	2.2081
230	🇱🇺Luxembourg	2.1719
231	🇪🇪Estonia	2.1707
232	🇩🇪Germany	2.1344
233	🇮🇲Isle of Man	2.1208
234	🇦🇹Austria	2.0914
235	🇯🇪Jersey	1.9936
236	🇱🇻Latvia	1.8921
237	🇻🇦Holy See	0.986

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1953

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	6.6072
2	Latin America and the Caribbean	5.8161
3	Asia	5.7682
4	Oceania	3.8055
5	Northern America	3.3136
6	Europe	2.6438

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1953

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Northern Africa	6.9272
2	Eastern Africa	6.9125
3	Central America	6.745
4	Polynesia	6.6789
5	Western Africa	6.4802
6	Western Asia	6.2749
7	Micronesia	6.2392
8	Southern Africa	6.1601
9	Southern Asia	6.0277
10	Melanesia	5.9621
11	Middle Africa	5.8763
12	South-Eastern Asia	5.8447
13	South America	5.6201
14	Eastern Asia	5.5314
15	Caribbean	5.163
16	Central Asia	4.9655
17	Australia/New Zealand	3.2742
18	Eastern Europe	2.8655
19	Southern Europe	2.6339
20	Northern Europe	2.3805
21	Western Europe	2.3801

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1953

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	No income group available	6.5999
2	Low-income countries	6.4004
3	Lower-middle-income countries	5.8457
4	Middle-income countries	5.6487
5	Upper-middle-income countries	5.4646
6	High-income countries	2.9526

How is Total Fertility Rate calculated?

A population's fertility rate is most commonly calculated as Total Total Fertility Rate or TFR for short. The Total Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is a standard demographic indicator that is used internationally to estimate the average number of children born per woman in a population. It is calculated by adding up all the age-specific fertility rates, multiplying this sum by X (the width of the age-group interval), and then dividing by 1,000.

Population Total Fertility Rate Formula

Total Total Fertility Rate = (Sum of ASFR x 5 ) / 1000

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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