Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1959

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In the year 1959, the world had a total fertility rate of 4.7395 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇷🇼Rwanda with a rate of 8.2881 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇲🇭Marshall Islands with a fertility rate of 8.0233 births per woman, and 🇾🇪Yemen with 7.9837 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with 1.0 births per woman. Followed by 🇱🇻Latvia with a fertility rate of 1.9221 births per woman, and 🇪🇪Estonia with 1.9542 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 6.6315 births per woman. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a fertility rate of 5.8658 births per woman, and Asia with 5.2737 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Northern Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.919 births per woman. Closely followed by Polynesia with a fertility rate of 6.8628 births per woman, and Eastern Africa with 6.844 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 6.4412 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 3.0148.

Similar Population Metrics for 1959

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1959

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇷🇼Rwanda	8.2881
2	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	8.0233
3	🇾🇪Yemen	7.9837
4	🇵🇸State of Palestine	7.8045
5	🇼🇸Samoa	7.7872
6	🇰🇪Kenya	7.6428
7	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	7.616
8	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	7.6061
9	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	7.6061
10	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7.5715
11	🇳🇪Niger	7.5283
12	🇯🇴Jordan	7.5118
13	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	7.5062
14	🇭🇳Honduras	7.4714
15	🇱🇾Libya	7.4549
16	🇩🇿Algeria	7.4539
17	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	7.4207
18	🇲🇬Madagascar	7.3597
19	🇧🇭Bahrain	7.2868
20	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.284
21	🇦🇫Afghanistan	7.2759
22	🇴🇲Oman	7.2531
23	🇸🇴Somalia	7.2496
24	🇨🇰Cook Islands	7.2187
25	🇰🇼Kuwait	7.2032
26	🇵🇼Palau	7.1908
27	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	7.1727
28	🇳🇮Nicaragua	7.1632
29	🇸🇸South Sudan	7.1502
30	🇹🇳Tunisia	7.15
31	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	7.0684
32	🇲🇼Malawi	7.0105
33	🇲🇱Mali	7.0074
34	🇬🇹Guatemala	7.0064
35	🇵🇭Philippines	7.0001
36	🇦🇮Anguilla	6.9848
37	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	6.9832
38	🇧🇮Burundi	6.9792
39	🇳🇺Niue	6.9621
40	🇸🇳Senegal	6.9567
41	🇵🇪Peru	6.9529
42	🇾🇹Mayotte	6.95
43	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.9487
44	🇿🇲Zambia	6.9029
45	🇺🇬Uganda	6.8827
46	🇬🇭Ghana	6.8738
47	🇻🇺Vanuatu	6.8432
48	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	6.842
49	🇩🇯Djibouti	6.8301
50	🇪🇬Egypt	6.828
51	🇲🇦Morocco	6.8041
52	🇵🇰Pakistan	6.8
53	🇬🇩Grenada	6.7921
54	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	6.7788
55	🇹🇬Togo	6.7648
56	🇲🇽Mexico	6.7584
57	🇨🇴Colombia	6.7372
58	🇪🇨Ecuador	6.7372
59	🇸🇿Eswatini	6.7312
60	🇨🇷Costa Rica	6.7306
61	🇰🇲Comoros	6.7253
62	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.7145
63	🇧🇹Bhutan	6.7082
64	🇲🇳Mongolia	6.6814
65	🇧🇩Bangladesh	6.6779
66	🇸🇩Sudan	6.6634
67	🇹🇴Tonga	6.6438
68	🇦🇴Angola	6.6262
69	🇧🇼Botswana	6.6206
70	🇸🇻El Salvador	6.5905
71	🇬🇱Greenland	6.5753
72	🇲🇻Maldives	6.5577
73	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	6.5572
74	🇸🇷Suriname	6.5536
75	🇦🇸American Samoa	6.5373
76	🇶🇦Qatar	6.5315
77	🇧🇿Belize	6.52
78	🇪🇷Eritrea	6.507
79	🇵🇾Paraguay	6.506
80	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	6.5005
81	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6.5004
82	🇪🇹Ethiopia	6.4939
83	🇫🇯Fiji	6.4704
84	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	6.446
85	🇲🇾Malaysia	6.4414
86	🇹🇷Türkiye	6.4159
87	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	6.4095
88	🇰🇮Kiribati	6.4001
89	🇦🇱Albania	6.3968
90	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.3747
91	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	6.3739
92	🇰🇭Cambodia	6.3612
93	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	6.3587
94	🇱🇷Liberia	6.3529
95	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	6.3496
96	🇪🇭Western Sahara	6.3488
97	🇹🇭Thailand	6.3324
98	🇬🇾Guyana	6.3143
99	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.2887
100	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.2758
101	🇬🇲Gambia	6.2658
102	🇲🇿Mozambique	6.2525
103	🇻🇳Viet Nam	6.2496
104	🇹🇩Chad	6.2304
105	🇧🇯Benin	6.2246
106	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	6.2234
107	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	6.2197
108	🇭🇹Haiti	6.1981
109	🇳🇦Namibia	6.1856
110	🇩🇲Dominica	6.1827
111	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	6.1457
112	🇹🇯Tajikistan	6.1312
113	🇿🇦South Africa	6.1256
114	🇸🇬Singapore	6.1208
115	🇷🇪Réunion	6.1061
116	🇬🇳Guinea	6.0974
117	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	6.0958
118	🇲🇷Mauritania	6.0916
119	🇨🇬Congo	6.0907
120	🇧🇷Brazil	6.0768
121	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.0652
122	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	6.0602
123	🇬🇺Guam	6.0471
124	🇳🇵Nepal	6.0317
125	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	5.9906
126	🇵🇫French Polynesia	5.9662
127	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	5.9569
128	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	5.942
129	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.9395
130	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	5.9118
131	🇲🇲Myanmar	5.9107
132	🇮🇳India	5.8918
133	🇲🇺Mauritius	5.8763
134	🇱🇧Lebanon	5.841
135	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	5.7952
136	🇵🇦Panama	5.7939
137	🇱🇸Lesotho	5.7872
138	🇨🇲Cameroon	5.7295
139	🇹🇰Tokelau	5.7063
140	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.6487
141	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	5.6315
142	🇲🇶Martinique	5.6194
143	🇮🇩Indonesia	5.4761
144	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	5.4142
145	🇳🇨New Caledonia	5.4071
146	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	5.3478
147	🇸🇭Saint Helena	5.3469
148	🇯🇲Jamaica	5.3232
149	🇸🇨Seychelles	5.3016
150	🇮🇶Iraq	5.3
151	🇳🇷Nauru	5.2733
152	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	5.2293
153	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	5.219
154	🇬🇫French Guiana	5.2184
155	🇹🇻Tuvalu	5.1912
156	🇨🇼Curaçao	5.1759
157	🇧🇸Bahamas	5.0339
158	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	4.9979
159	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	4.9446
160	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	4.9256
161	🇦🇲Armenia	4.8667
162	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	4.845
163	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	4.7828
164	🇨🇱Chile	4.7284
165	🇨🇳China	4.718
166	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	4.6595
167	🇦🇼Aruba	4.6488
168	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	4.6188
169	🇲🇸Montserrat	4.6009
170	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	4.5693
171	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	4.5544
172	🇮🇱Israel	4.3645
173	🇬🇦Gabon	4.3362
174	🇧🇧Barbados	4.2764
175	🇮🇸Iceland	4.2129
176	🇳🇿New Zealand	4.1794
177	🇨🇺Cuba	3.9996
178	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.9921
179	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	3.9837
180	🇲🇰North Macedonia	3.9153
181	🇨🇦Canada	3.8553
182	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3.8235
183	🇺🇸United States of America	3.7469
184	🇧🇲Bermuda	3.629
185	🇮🇪Ireland	3.6019
186	🇲🇹Malta	3.5763
187	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.5594
188	🇲🇪Montenegro	3.5312
189	🇦🇺Australia	3.4411
190	🇨🇾Cyprus	3.4022
191	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	3.3726
192	🇵🇱Poland	3.248
193	🇳🇱Netherlands	3.1584
194	🇵🇹Portugal	3.1441
195	🇦🇷Argentina	3.1409
196	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3.1179
197	🇸🇰Slovakia	3.0046
198	🇬🇮Gibraltar	2.9964
199	🇬🇪Georgia	2.9358
200	🇳🇴Norway	2.8825
201	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	2.8672
202	🇲🇨Monaco	2.849
203	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.8162
204	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	2.7864
205	🇧🇾Belarus	2.763
206	🇪🇸Spain	2.7541
207	🇫🇷France	2.7462
208	🇫🇮Finland	2.7374
209	🇦🇹Austria	2.6775
210	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2.6629
211	🇱🇹Lithuania	2.6299
212	🇬🇧United Kingdom	2.6044
213	🇧🇪Belgium	2.5588
214	🇦🇩Andorra	2.5517
215	🇩🇰Denmark	2.4929
216	🇨🇭Switzerland	2.4235
217	🇷🇴Romania	2.4225
218	🇮🇲Isle of Man	2.4201
219	🇮🇹Italy	2.3872
220	🇸🇲San Marino	2.3855
221	🇩🇪Germany	2.3595
222	🇬🇷Greece	2.3266
223	🇺🇦Ukraine	2.2955
224	🇭🇷Croatia	2.2696
225	🇯🇪Jersey	2.2626
226	🇸🇪Sweden	2.2258
227	🇸🇮Slovenia	2.2236
228	🇧🇬Bulgaria	2.2114
229	🇱🇺Luxembourg	2.2084
230	🇬🇬Guernsey	2.1871
231	🇷🇸Serbia	2.1835
232	🇨🇿Czechia	2.0957
233	🇭🇺Hungary	2.079
234	🇯🇵Japan	2.0348
235	🇪🇪Estonia	1.9542
236	🇱🇻Latvia	1.9221
237	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1959

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	6.6315
2	Latin America and the Caribbean	5.8658
3	Asia	5.2737
4	Americas	4.8119
5	Oceania	4.1013
6	Northern America	3.7559
7	Europe	2.6035

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1959

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Northern Africa	6.919
2	Polynesia	6.8628
3	Eastern Africa	6.844
4	Central America	6.7847
5	Western Africa	6.54
6	Micronesia	6.4611
7	Southern Africa	6.1373
8	Western Asia	6.1258
9	Southern Asia	6.1037
10	Melanesia	6.0912
11	Middle Africa	6.0902
12	South-Eastern Asia	6.0136
13	South America	5.6573
14	Central Asia	5.4981
15	Caribbean	5.2495
16	Eastern Asia	4.3714
17	Australia/New Zealand	3.5767
18	Southern Europe	2.6641
19	Eastern Europe	2.603
20	Northern Europe	2.5797
21	Western Europe	2.564

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1959

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	No income group available	6.4412
2	Low-income countries	6.4206
3	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	6.0604
4	Lower-middle-income countries	6.0079
5	Low-and-middle-income countries	5.3731
6	Middle-income countries	5.3041
7	Upper-middle-income countries	4.7712
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	4.048
9	High-income countries	3.0148

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 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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