Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1960

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In the year 1960, the world had a total fertility rate of 4.6963 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇷🇼Rwanda with a rate of 8.2829 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇲🇭Marshall Islands with a fertility rate of 8.0774 births per woman, and 🇾🇪Yemen with 7.9881 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 1.9414 births per woman, and 🇯🇵Japan with 1.9808 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 6.6454 births per woman. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a fertility rate of 5.8657 births per woman, and Asia with 5.1828 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Northern Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.9286 births per woman. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a fertility rate of 6.866 births per woman, and Polynesia with 6.8491 child born per woman.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-income countries has the highest total fertility rate of 6.4367 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 3.0013.

Similar Population Metrics for 1960

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1960

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇷🇼Rwanda	8.2829
2	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	8.0774
3	🇾🇪Yemen	7.9881
4	🇵🇸State of Palestine	7.793
5	🇼🇸Samoa	7.7794
6	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	7.6911
7	🇰🇪Kenya	7.6512
8	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	7.6261
9	🇯🇴Jordan	7.5985
10	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	7.5545
11	🇳🇪Niger	7.5296
12	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7.5189
13	🇱🇾Libya	7.5088
14	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	7.5053
15	🇩🇿Algeria	7.5026
16	🇭🇳Honduras	7.4584
17	🇲🇬Madagascar	7.343
18	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	7.3222
19	🇦🇫Afghanistan	7.2817
20	🇴🇲Oman	7.2775
21	🇨🇰Cook Islands	7.2653
22	🇧🇭Bahrain	7.2617
23	🇸🇴Somalia	7.2504
24	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.2472
25	🇰🇼Kuwait	7.2229
26	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	7.1945
27	🇵🇼Palau	7.1889
28	🇸🇸South Sudan	7.161
29	🇳🇮Nicaragua	7.1586
30	🇹🇳Tunisia	7.1568
31	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	7.0645
32	🇲🇼Malawi	7.0424
33	🇲🇱Mali	7.0186
34	🇧🇮Burundi	7.0026
35	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.0012
36	🇬🇹Guatemala	6.9993
37	🇵🇭Philippines	6.9965
38	🇸🇳Senegal	6.9963
39	🇾🇹Mayotte	6.9849
40	🇳🇺Niue	6.9545
41	🇿🇲Zambia	6.9468
42	🇵🇪Peru	6.9413
43	🇦🇮Anguilla	6.9246
44	🇺🇬Uganda	6.9051
45	🇬🇭Ghana	6.8905
46	🇲🇦Morocco	6.8867
47	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	6.8846
48	🇩🇯Djibouti	6.8472
49	🇲🇳Mongolia	6.8175
50	🇵🇰Pakistan	6.8
51	🇹🇬Togo	6.7967
52	🇪🇬Egypt	6.7929
53	🇰🇲Comoros	6.7917
54	🇻🇺Vanuatu	6.7843
55	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	6.7668
56	🇲🇽Mexico	6.7626
57	🇸🇿Eswatini	6.7521
58	🇬🇩Grenada	6.7433
59	🇧🇩Bangladesh	6.7421
60	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.7417
61	🇨🇴Colombia	6.7352
62	🇪🇨Ecuador	6.7205
63	🇲🇻Maldives	6.7133
64	🇨🇷Costa Rica	6.7118
65	🇦🇴Angola	6.7085
66	🇧🇹Bhutan	6.7041
67	🇬🇱Greenland	6.6863
68	🇸🇩Sudan	6.6629
69	🇹🇴Tonga	6.6508
70	🇸🇻El Salvador	6.6177
71	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	6.6128
72	🇧🇼Botswana	6.5954
73	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	6.5896
74	🇸🇷Suriname	6.5895
75	🇦🇸American Samoa	6.5778
76	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.5408
77	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	6.5364
78	🇶🇦Qatar	6.5309
79	🇪🇹Ethiopia	6.5139
80	🇧🇿Belize	6.5
81	🇵🇾Paraguay	6.4997
82	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6.4986
83	🇪🇷Eritrea	6.4826
84	🇰🇮Kiribati	6.4412
85	🇲🇾Malaysia	6.4121
86	🇪🇭Western Sahara	6.4074
87	🇱🇷Liberia	6.391
88	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	6.389
89	🇦🇱Albania	6.3834
90	🇹🇷Türkiye	6.3831
91	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	6.3825
92	🇫🇯Fiji	6.3643
93	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.3636
94	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	6.3593
95	🇬🇾Guyana	6.331
96	🇹🇭Thailand	6.325
97	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	6.3193
98	🇰🇭Cambodia	6.3134
99	🇲🇿Mozambique	6.3121
100	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.2918
101	🇧🇯Benin	6.2825
102	🇻🇳Viet Nam	6.2731
103	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.2727
104	🇹🇩Chad	6.2496
105	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	6.2484
106	🇬🇲Gambia	6.2462
107	🇳🇦Namibia	6.2431
108	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	6.242
109	🇹🇯Tajikistan	6.2355
110	🇩🇲Dominica	6.1781
111	🇭🇹Haiti	6.178
112	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	6.1748
113	🇲🇷Mauritania	6.1495
114	🇬🇳Guinea	6.1122
115	🇷🇪Réunion	6.1055
116	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.1053
117	🇿🇦South Africa	6.105
118	🇨🇬Congo	6.0848
119	🇳🇵Nepal	6.0686
120	🇧🇷Brazil	6.0513
121	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	6.0182
122	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	5.9942
123	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	5.9907
124	🇬🇺Guam	5.9688
125	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	5.9578
126	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.9478
127	🇵🇫French Polynesia	5.9312
128	🇮🇳India	5.9211
129	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	5.9209
130	🇲🇲Myanmar	5.9005
131	🇲🇺Mauritius	5.8968
132	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	5.8783
133	🇱🇧Lebanon	5.8775
134	🇵🇦Panama	5.8291
135	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	5.7868
136	🇱🇸Lesotho	5.7843
137	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	5.7709
138	🇸🇬Singapore	5.7652
139	🇹🇰Tokelau	5.7277
140	🇨🇲Cameroon	5.7248
141	🇲🇶Martinique	5.6734
142	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.6527
143	🇯🇲Jamaica	5.5382
144	🇮🇩Indonesia	5.5055
145	🇳🇨New Caledonia	5.4357
146	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	5.4049
147	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	5.3517
148	🇳🇷Nauru	5.3369
149	🇸🇨Seychelles	5.3132
150	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	5.3087
151	🇮🇶Iraq	5.3
152	🇸🇭Saint Helena	5.285
153	🇬🇫French Guiana	5.2164
154	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	5.1488
155	🇹🇻Tuvalu	5.1461
156	🇨🇼Curaçao	5.1296
157	🇧🇸Bahamas	5.0935
158	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	5.0846
159	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	4.9574
160	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	4.8124
161	🇦🇲Armenia	4.7865
162	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	4.7668
163	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	4.7617
164	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	4.7131
165	🇧🇧Barbados	4.7057
166	🇨🇱Chile	4.6965
167	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4.6024
168	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	4.6022
169	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	4.5933
170	🇦🇼Aruba	4.5666
171	🇲🇸Montserrat	4.5507
172	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	4.4945
173	🇨🇳China	4.451
174	🇬🇦Gabon	4.4221
175	🇮🇱Israel	4.3661
176	🇮🇸Iceland	4.2589
177	🇳🇿New Zealand	4.241
178	🇨🇺Cuba	4.1287
179	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.963
180	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	3.8543
181	🇲🇰North Macedonia	3.8261
182	🇨🇦Canada	3.8203
183	🇮🇪Ireland	3.7554
184	🇺🇸United States of America	3.7324
185	🇧🇲Bermuda	3.6302
186	🇲🇹Malta	3.6258
187	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.5683
188	🇲🇪Montenegro	3.5323
189	🇦🇺Australia	3.4528
190	🇨🇾Cyprus	3.3931
191	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	3.3147
192	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3.2269
193	🇵🇹Portugal	3.1601
194	🇦🇷Argentina	3.1363
195	🇳🇱Netherlands	3.1179
196	🇬🇮Gibraltar	3.1024
197	🇸🇰Slovakia	3.0245
198	🇵🇱Poland	3.0044
199	🇬🇪Georgia	2.9424
200	🇳🇴Norway	2.8468
201	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.8271
202	🇲🇨Monaco	2.8121
203	🇪🇸Spain	2.8077
204	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	2.8024
205	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	2.7787
206	🇧🇾Belarus	2.7572
207	🇫🇷France	2.7352
208	🇫🇮Finland	2.7186
209	🇬🇧United Kingdom	2.7036
210	🇦🇹Austria	2.689
211	🇮🇲Isle of Man	2.6822
212	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2.633
213	🇱🇹Lithuania	2.6224
214	🇩🇰Denmark	2.5605
215	🇦🇩Andorra	2.5446
216	🇧🇪Belgium	2.5326
217	🇨🇭Switzerland	2.4407
218	🇸🇲San Marino	2.4279
219	🇯🇪Jersey	2.412
220	🇮🇹Italy	2.3843
221	🇩🇪Germany	2.3807
222	🇷🇴Romania	2.3183
223	🇧🇬Bulgaria	2.3094
224	🇬🇷Greece	2.2936
225	🇺🇦Ukraine	2.2847
226	🇱🇺Luxembourg	2.2796
227	🇭🇷Croatia	2.2394
228	🇬🇬Guernsey	2.2357
229	🇸🇮Slovenia	2.1863
230	🇸🇪Sweden	2.1697
231	🇷🇸Serbia	2.1554
232	🇨🇿Czechia	2.088
233	🇭🇺Hungary	2.0214
234	🇪🇪Estonia	1.984
235	🇯🇵Japan	1.9808
236	🇱🇻Latvia	1.9414
237	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1960

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	6.6454
2	Latin America and the Caribbean	5.8657
3	Asia	5.1828
4	Americas	4.8164
5	Oceania	4.1265
6	Northern America	3.7402
7	Europe	2.5916

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1960

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Northern Africa	6.9286
2	Eastern Africa	6.866
3	Polynesia	6.8491
4	Central America	6.7884
5	Western Africa	6.5496
6	Micronesia	6.4603
7	Western Asia	6.1323
8	Southern Asia	6.1296
9	Middle Africa	6.1277
10	Melanesia	6.1268
11	Southern Africa	6.1199
12	South-Eastern Asia	6.0206
13	South America	5.6444
14	Central Asia	5.5696
15	Caribbean	5.3156
16	Eastern Asia	4.1474
17	Australia/New Zealand	3.5973
18	Southern Europe	2.6709
19	Northern Europe	2.645
20	Western Europe	2.5645
21	Eastern Europe	2.5572

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1960

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	6.4367
2	No income group available	6.3792
3	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	6.0868
4	Lower-middle-income countries	6.0359
5	Low-and-middle-income countries	5.3149
6	Middle-income countries	5.2405
7	Upper-middle-income countries	4.636
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	3.9634
9	High-income countries	3.0013

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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