Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1955

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In the year 1955, the world had a total fertility rate of 5.0115 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇷🇼Rwanda with a rate of 8.0904 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇲🇭Marshall Islands with a fertility rate of 7.9357 births per woman, and 🇾🇪Yemen with 7.8941 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with 0.9866 births per woman. Followed by 🇱🇻Latvia with a fertility rate of 1.9281 births per woman, and 🇯🇪Jersey with 1.9462 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 6.6175 births per woman. Closely followed by Asia with a fertility rate of 5.8619 births per woman, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 5.8367 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Northern Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.9138 births per woman. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a fertility rate of 6.9091 births per woman, and Central America with 6.7529 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 6.5933 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 2.9658.

Similar Population Metrics for 1955

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1955

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇷🇼Rwanda	8.0904
2	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	7.9357
3	🇾🇪Yemen	7.8941
4	🇵🇸State of Palestine	7.8192
5	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	7.672
6	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	7.62
7	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	7.5975
8	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	7.5925
9	🇼🇸Samoa	7.5812
10	🇳🇪Niger	7.5512
11	🇭🇳Honduras	7.5125
12	🇰🇪Kenya	7.4747
13	🇯🇴Jordan	7.4183
14	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.3795
15	🇵🇭Philippines	7.3665
16	🇩🇿Algeria	7.3364
17	🇲🇬Madagascar	7.3005
18	🇦🇫Afghanistan	7.2621
19	🇴🇲Oman	7.2523
20	🇸🇴Somalia	7.2508
21	🇧🇭Bahrain	7.1568
22	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	7.1375
23	🇱🇾Libya	7.1356
24	🇳🇮Nicaragua	7.1233
25	🇦🇮Anguilla	7.115
26	🇻🇺Vanuatu	7.0771
27	🇾🇹Mayotte	7.0688
28	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.0657
29	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7.0382
30	🇰🇼Kuwait	6.9933
31	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.9919
32	🇪🇹Ethiopia	6.9916
33	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	6.9886
34	🇬🇹Guatemala	6.9717
35	🇵🇪Peru	6.9603
36	🇲🇱Mali	6.9425
37	🇧🇮Burundi	6.9301
38	🇪🇬Egypt	6.9273
39	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	6.9236
40	🇫🇯Fiji	6.8707
41	🇩🇯Djibouti	6.8539
42	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6.8514
43	🇸🇳Senegal	6.8341
44	🇲🇼Malawi	6.827
45	🇿🇲Zambia	6.8145
46	🇹🇴Tonga	6.8067
47	🇵🇰Pakistan	6.8
48	🇨🇰Cook Islands	6.7869
49	🇬🇭Ghana	6.7738
50	🇪🇨Ecuador	6.7669
51	🇲🇦Morocco	6.763
52	🇧🇹Bhutan	6.7622
53	🇹🇳Tunisia	6.7605
54	🇺🇬Uganda	6.7586
55	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	6.741
56	🇵🇼Palau	6.7323
57	🇲🇽Mexico	6.7298
58	🇰🇭Cambodia	6.7253
59	🇷🇪Réunion	6.6896
60	🇸🇩Sudan	6.689
61	🇸🇿Eswatini	6.6815
62	🇸🇸South Sudan	6.6757
63	🇳🇺Niue	6.6744
64	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	6.6621
65	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	6.6464
66	🇨🇴Colombia	6.625
67	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.6172
68	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	6.6137
69	🇧🇿Belize	6.6
70	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	6.5993
71	🇶🇦Qatar	6.5977
72	🇨🇷Costa Rica	6.5709
73	🇹🇬Togo	6.5681
74	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	6.5663
75	🇧🇼Botswana	6.5643
76	🇸🇷Suriname	6.5551
77	🇪🇭Western Sahara	6.5344
78	🇵🇾Paraguay	6.5087
79	🇦🇱Albania	6.4932
80	🇧🇩Bangladesh	6.4886
81	🇪🇷Eritrea	6.4876
82	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	6.481
83	🇸🇻El Salvador	6.4749
84	🇹🇷Türkiye	6.4632
85	🇸🇬Singapore	6.4369
86	🇲🇾Malaysia	6.4359
87	🇬🇩Grenada	6.4275
88	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.402
89	🇲🇻Maldives	6.381
90	🇬🇾Guyana	6.3653
91	🇰🇲Comoros	6.3476
92	🇹🇭Thailand	6.3459
93	🇬🇲Gambia	6.334
94	🇰🇮Kiribati	6.3298
95	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.2898
96	🇦🇴Angola	6.2674
97	🇨🇳China	6.263
98	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.2577
99	🇬🇱Greenland	6.2496
100	🇭🇹Haiti	6.2299
101	🇱🇷Liberia	6.1913
102	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	6.1836
103	🇲🇷Mauritania	6.1831
104	🇿🇦South Africa	6.1664
105	🇹🇩Chad	6.1491
106	🇲🇿Mozambique	6.1378
107	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	6.1127
108	🇦🇸American Samoa	6.1048
109	🇧🇷Brazil	6.0842
110	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	6.0731
111	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	6.0684
112	🇨🇬Congo	6.0646
113	🇲🇳Mongolia	6.0569
114	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	6.055
115	🇬🇳Guinea	6.0369
116	🇳🇵Nepal	6.0279
117	🇮🇶Iraq	6.0
118	🇧🇯Benin	5.9934
119	🇬🇺Guam	5.9828
120	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.9819
121	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	5.9751
122	🇲🇲Myanmar	5.969
123	🇳🇦Namibia	5.9664
124	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	5.9477
125	🇮🇳India	5.9106
126	🇵🇫French Polynesia	5.9092
127	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	5.8916
128	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	5.8452
129	🇹🇯Tajikistan	5.8304
130	🇲🇺Mauritius	5.8282
131	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	5.8167
132	🇱🇸Lesotho	5.8115
133	🇱🇧Lebanon	5.8072
134	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	5.7927
135	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.7748
136	🇵🇦Panama	5.7637
137	🇲🇶Martinique	5.7533
138	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	5.7302
139	🇹🇰Tokelau	5.7208
140	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	5.6777
141	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.6552
142	🇸🇭Saint Helena	5.6021
143	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	5.5536
144	🇻🇳Viet Nam	5.5355
145	🇩🇲Dominica	5.5176
146	🇨🇲Cameroon	5.4692
147	🇦🇼Aruba	5.4357
148	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	5.4237
149	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	5.3928
150	🇮🇩Indonesia	5.3718
151	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	5.3552
152	🇳🇨New Caledonia	5.2358
153	🇨🇼Curaçao	5.2067
154	🇲🇸Montserrat	5.1884
155	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	5.1341
156	🇳🇷Nauru	5.074
157	🇹🇻Tuvalu	5.069
158	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	5.0597
159	🇬🇫French Guiana	4.9502
160	🇸🇨Seychelles	4.9062
161	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4.8843
162	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	4.8663
163	🇲🇰North Macedonia	4.859
164	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	4.8214
165	🇦🇲Armenia	4.7982
166	🇨🇱Chile	4.7774
167	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	4.7388
168	🇧🇸Bahamas	4.6965
169	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	4.643
170	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.5635
171	🇯🇲Jamaica	4.5464
172	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	4.5037
173	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	4.4755
174	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	4.3675
175	🇧🇧Barbados	4.3357
176	🇲🇪Montenegro	4.2388
177	🇮🇱Israel	4.0809
178	🇮🇸Iceland	4.0688
179	🇬🇦Gabon	4.0659
180	🇲🇹Malta	4.0143
181	🇨🇺Cuba	3.9017
182	🇳🇿New Zealand	3.879
183	🇨🇦Canada	3.8304
184	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.6735
185	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	3.5987
186	🇵🇱Poland	3.5749
187	🇧🇲Bermuda	3.5232
188	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	3.5038
189	🇨🇾Cyprus	3.4775
190	🇺🇸United States of America	3.4356
191	🇸🇰Slovakia	3.4311
192	🇮🇪Ireland	3.3949
193	🇦🇺Australia	3.2742
194	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3.2132
195	🇵🇹Portugal	3.144
196	🇦🇷Argentina	3.1393
197	🇳🇱Netherlands	3.0424
198	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	3.0373
199	🇷🇴Romania	2.9638
200	🇸🇲San Marino	2.9593
201	🇫🇮Finland	2.9283
202	🇲🇨Monaco	2.8975
203	🇬🇪Georgia	2.8511
204	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2.8327
205	🇭🇺Hungary	2.8165
206	🇳🇴Norway	2.7592
207	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.7567
208	🇧🇾Belarus	2.7095
209	🇫🇷France	2.7087
210	🇱🇹Lithuania	2.6696
211	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	2.6133
212	🇸🇮Slovenia	2.5874
213	🇨🇿Czechia	2.5782
214	🇩🇰Denmark	2.5728
215	🇭🇷Croatia	2.5719
216	🇪🇸Spain	2.5189
217	🇬🇮Gibraltar	2.5177
218	🇬🇷Greece	2.4315
219	🇷🇸Serbia	2.3935
220	🇧🇬Bulgaria	2.3831
221	🇧🇪Belgium	2.3828
222	🇯🇵Japan	2.3749
223	🇦🇩Andorra	2.3296
224	🇮🇹Italy	2.3188
225	🇺🇦Ukraine	2.3123
226	🇨🇭Switzerland	2.2996
227	🇦🇹Austria	2.2915
228	🇬🇧United Kingdom	2.2788
229	🇸🇪Sweden	2.2573
230	🇱🇺Luxembourg	2.2119
231	🇩🇪Germany	2.1634
232	🇪🇪Estonia	2.1606
233	🇬🇬Guernsey	2.1183
234	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1.9831
235	🇯🇪Jersey	1.9462
236	🇱🇻Latvia	1.9281
237	🇻🇦Holy See	0.9866

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1955

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	6.6175
2	Asia	5.8619
3	Latin America and the Caribbean	5.8367
4	Oceania	3.9109
5	Northern America	3.4691
6	Europe	2.6291

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1955

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Northern Africa	6.9138
2	Eastern Africa	6.9091
3	Central America	6.7529
4	Polynesia	6.7375
5	Western Africa	6.5036
6	Micronesia	6.364
7	Western Asia	6.1771
8	Southern Africa	6.1649
9	Southern Asia	6.0749
10	Melanesia	6.0042
11	Middle Africa	5.9181
12	South-Eastern Asia	5.9136
13	Eastern Asia	5.6721
14	South America	5.6372
15	Caribbean	5.2266
16	Central Asia	5.1355
17	Australia/New Zealand	3.3845
18	Eastern Europe	2.8158
19	Southern Europe	2.6347
20	Western Europe	2.4116
21	Northern Europe	2.3828

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1955

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	No income group available	6.5933
2	Low-income countries	6.4531
3	Lower-middle-income countries	5.8938
4	Middle-income countries	5.7343
5	Upper-middle-income countries	5.5804
6	High-income countries	2.9658

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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