Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1954

-1 year 1954 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1954, the world had a total fertility rate of 5.0098 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇷🇼Rwanda with a rate of 8.0588 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇾🇪Yemen with a fertility rate of 7.8979 births per woman, and 🇲🇭Marshall Islands with 7.8842 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with 0.9872 births per woman. Followed by 🇱🇻Latvia with a fertility rate of 1.9728 births per woman, and 🇯🇪Jersey with 1.9815 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 6.6096 births per woman. Closely followed by Asia with a fertility rate of 5.876 births per woman, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 5.8273 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Northern Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.9169 births per woman. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a fertility rate of 6.906 births per woman, and Central America with 6.7577 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 6.596 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 2.9592.

Similar Population Metrics for 1954

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1954

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇷🇼Rwanda	8.0588
2	🇾🇪Yemen	7.8979
3	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	7.8842
4	🇵🇸State of Palestine	7.829
5	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	7.6564
6	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	7.615
7	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	7.6023
8	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	7.5866
9	🇼🇸Samoa	7.5566
10	🇳🇪Niger	7.5545
11	🇭🇳Honduras	7.5125
12	🇰🇪Kenya	7.4538
13	🇵🇭Philippines	7.3937
14	🇯🇴Jordan	7.3906
15	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.3475
16	🇩🇿Algeria	7.3111
17	🇲🇬Madagascar	7.3006
18	🇦🇫Afghanistan	7.2542
19	🇴🇲Oman	7.2527
20	🇸🇴Somalia	7.2509
21	🇧🇭Bahrain	7.1683
22	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	7.1331
23	🇳🇮Nicaragua	7.1053
24	🇻🇺Vanuatu	7.0961
25	🇾🇹Mayotte	7.0825
26	🇱🇾Libya	7.078
27	🇦🇮Anguilla	7.0737
28	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.0589
29	🇪🇹Ethiopia	7.0479
30	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7.0051
31	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	7.0024
32	🇰🇼Kuwait	6.9938
33	🇪🇬Egypt	6.9685
34	🇬🇹Guatemala	6.9579
35	🇵🇪Peru	6.9573
36	🇲🇱Mali	6.9436
37	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	6.9171
38	🇧🇮Burundi	6.917
39	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6.8786
40	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.8665
41	🇩🇯Djibouti	6.8476
42	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	6.8328
43	🇫🇯Fiji	6.8242
44	🇸🇳Senegal	6.8149
45	🇵🇰Pakistan	6.8
46	🇹🇴Tonga	6.7931
47	🇲🇼Malawi	6.7862
48	🇧🇹Bhutan	6.7753
49	🇪🇨Ecuador	6.7646
50	🇿🇲Zambia	6.763
51	🇷🇪Réunion	6.7587
52	🇮🇶Iraq	6.7579
53	🇬🇭Ghana	6.7534
54	🇲🇽Mexico	6.7448
55	🇨🇰Cook Islands	6.735
56	🇺🇬Uganda	6.7339
57	🇵🇼Palau	6.731
58	🇹🇳Tunisia	6.7182
59	🇲🇦Morocco	6.7006
60	🇰🇭Cambodia	6.6876
61	🇸🇩Sudan	6.6859
62	🇸🇿Eswatini	6.6822
63	🇸🇸South Sudan	6.6661
64	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	6.6377
65	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	6.6209
66	🇧🇿Belize	6.62
67	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.6105
68	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	6.6024
69	🇸🇬Singapore	6.5896
70	🇨🇴Colombia	6.5824
71	🇳🇺Niue	6.5801
72	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	6.577
73	🇶🇦Qatar	6.5741
74	🇹🇬Togo	6.5701
75	🇸🇷Suriname	6.5499
76	🇨🇷Costa Rica	6.5403
77	🇧🇼Botswana	6.5328
78	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	6.5086
79	🇵🇾Paraguay	6.5062
80	🇪🇷Eritrea	6.5052
81	🇪🇭Western Sahara	6.4999
82	🇹🇷Türkiye	6.4679
83	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	6.4446
84	🇧🇩Bangladesh	6.441
85	🇸🇻El Salvador	6.4299
86	🇲🇾Malaysia	6.4141
87	🇦🇱Albania	6.4017
88	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.3962
89	🇹🇭Thailand	6.3659
90	🇬🇲Gambia	6.3442
91	🇰🇮Kiribati	6.325
92	🇲🇻Maldives	6.3197
93	🇨🇳China	6.278
94	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.278
95	🇬🇾Guyana	6.273
96	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.2454
97	🇭🇹Haiti	6.2231
98	🇰🇲Comoros	6.2226
99	🇬🇩Grenada	6.2214
100	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	6.1848
101	🇦🇴Angola	6.1662
102	🇿🇦South Africa	6.162
103	🇱🇷Liberia	6.1609
104	🇲🇷Mauritania	6.1557
105	🇹🇩Chad	6.129
106	🇲🇿Mozambique	6.1113
107	🇬🇱Greenland	6.0978
108	🇧🇷Brazil	6.087
109	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	6.0753
110	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	6.0737
111	🇦🇸American Samoa	6.0631
112	🇨🇬Congo	6.0543
113	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	6.0482
114	🇳🇵Nepal	6.0434
115	🇬🇳Guinea	6.022
116	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	6.0115
117	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.9837
118	🇲🇲Myanmar	5.9725
119	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	5.9516
120	🇧🇯Benin	5.9376
121	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	5.9278
122	🇳🇦Namibia	5.9264
123	🇮🇳India	5.9061
124	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	5.8922
125	🇵🇫French Polynesia	5.8737
126	🇲🇳Mongolia	5.8702
127	🇻🇳Viet Nam	5.827
128	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	5.8213
129	🇲🇺Mauritius	5.8156
130	🇱🇸Lesotho	5.8108
131	🇱🇧Lebanon	5.8049
132	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	5.7781
133	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.7657
134	🇲🇶Martinique	5.7488
135	🇵🇦Panama	5.7399
136	🇬🇺Guam	5.7038
137	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	5.6822
138	🇹🇯Tajikistan	5.665
139	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.6591
140	🇹🇰Tokelau	5.6545
141	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	5.602
142	🇸🇭Saint Helena	5.5884
143	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	5.5705
144	🇦🇼Aruba	5.5295
145	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	5.5263
146	🇨🇲Cameroon	5.4645
147	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	5.4546
148	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	5.4483
149	🇩🇲Dominica	5.4317
150	🇮🇩Indonesia	5.3474
151	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	5.3044
152	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	5.2683
153	🇨🇼Curaçao	5.193
154	🇳🇨New Caledonia	5.1895
155	🇲🇸Montserrat	5.1583
156	🇹🇻Tuvalu	5.1349
157	🇲🇰North Macedonia	5.0673
158	🇳🇷Nauru	5.0025
159	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	4.9684
160	🇬🇫French Guiana	4.9564
161	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	4.9165
162	🇸🇨Seychelles	4.9115
163	🇦🇲Armenia	4.7955
164	🇨🇱Chile	4.7696
165	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.7579
166	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	4.7575
167	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	4.7562
168	🇧🇸Bahamas	4.6533
169	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4.6064
170	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	4.5824
171	🇲🇪Montenegro	4.4888
172	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	4.483
173	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	4.4657
174	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	4.4405
175	🇯🇲Jamaica	4.3873
176	🇧🇧Barbados	4.3549
177	🇲🇹Malta	4.0759
178	🇮🇱Israel	4.0718
179	🇬🇦Gabon	4.0249
180	🇨🇺Cuba	3.9175
181	🇮🇸Iceland	3.9116
182	🇨🇦Canada	3.8249
183	🇳🇿New Zealand	3.7789
184	🇵🇱Poland	3.5617
185	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	3.546
186	🇨🇾Cyprus	3.5314
187	🇧🇲Bermuda	3.5313
188	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	3.5111
189	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.4963
190	🇮🇪Ireland	3.4641
191	🇸🇰Slovakia	3.4212
192	🇺🇸United States of America	3.39
193	🇦🇺Australia	3.1928
194	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3.1635
195	🇦🇷Argentina	3.141
196	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	3.077
197	🇷🇴Romania	3.0374
198	🇳🇱Netherlands	3.0326
199	🇸🇲San Marino	3.0026
200	🇵🇹Portugal	2.9843
201	🇭🇺Hungary	2.9601
202	🇫🇮Finland	2.93
203	🇲🇨Monaco	2.9035
204	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2.8916
205	🇬🇪Georgia	2.8164
206	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.76
207	🇫🇷France	2.7112
208	🇱🇹Lithuania	2.6836
209	🇧🇾Belarus	2.6808
210	🇳🇴Norway	2.676
211	🇭🇷Croatia	2.6295
212	🇷🇸Serbia	2.6171
213	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	2.6147
214	🇸🇮Slovenia	2.5947
215	🇨🇿Czechia	2.581
216	🇩🇰Denmark	2.5444
217	🇬🇮Gibraltar	2.5213
218	🇯🇵Japan	2.4834
219	🇪🇸Spain	2.4479
220	🇬🇷Greece	2.4122
221	🇧🇪Belgium	2.3688
222	🇧🇬Bulgaria	2.3642
223	🇺🇦Ukraine	2.3378
224	🇮🇹Italy	2.3261
225	🇦🇩Andorra	2.3151
226	🇨🇭Switzerland	2.2793
227	🇬🇧United Kingdom	2.271
228	🇱🇺Luxembourg	2.229
229	🇪🇪Estonia	2.2132
230	🇸🇪Sweden	2.1897
231	🇩🇪Germany	2.1587
232	🇦🇹Austria	2.1532
233	🇬🇬Guernsey	2.1511
234	🇮🇲Isle of Man	2.0342
235	🇯🇪Jersey	1.9815
236	🇱🇻Latvia	1.9728
237	🇻🇦Holy See	0.9872

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1954

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	6.6096
2	Asia	5.876
3	Latin America and the Caribbean	5.8273
4	Oceania	3.8329
5	Northern America	3.4263
6	Europe	2.6424

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1954

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Northern Africa	6.9169
2	Eastern Africa	6.906
3	Central America	6.7577
4	Polynesia	6.7084
5	Western Africa	6.4905
6	Micronesia	6.2649
7	Western Asia	6.253
8	Southern Africa	6.1591
9	Southern Asia	6.0657
10	Melanesia	5.9642
11	South-Eastern Asia	5.9511
12	Middle Africa	5.897
13	Eastern Asia	5.6982
14	South America	5.6269
15	Caribbean	5.197
16	Central Asia	5.0423
17	Australia/New Zealand	3.2994
18	Eastern Europe	2.8591
19	Southern Europe	2.6262
20	Western Europe	2.3994
21	Northern Europe	2.3718

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1954

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	No income group available	6.596
2	Low-income countries	6.436
3	Lower-middle-income countries	5.8924
4	Middle-income countries	5.7441
5	Upper-middle-income countries	5.6016
6	High-income countries	2.9592

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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