Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1963

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In the year 1963, the world had a total fertility rate of 5.3169 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇲🇭Marshall Islands with a rate of 8.3089 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇷🇼Rwanda with a fertility rate of 8.1984 births per woman, and 🇾🇪Yemen with 7.9815 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with 1.0033 births per woman. Followed by 🇭🇺Hungary with a fertility rate of 1.8186 births per woman, and 🇱🇻Latvia with 1.8702 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 6.7112 births per woman. Closely followed by Asia with a fertility rate of 6.3182 births per woman, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 5.8193 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 7.0398 births per woman. Closely followed by Northern Africa with a fertility rate of 6.9398 births per woman, and Central America with 6.8141 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 6.527 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 2.9398.

Similar Population Metrics for 1963

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1963

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	8.3089
2	🇷🇼Rwanda	8.1984
3	🇾🇪Yemen	7.9815
4	🇯🇴Jordan	7.9189
5	🇰🇪Kenya	7.8636
6	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	7.7806
7	🇵🇸State of Palestine	7.7806
8	🇱🇾Libya	7.6973
9	🇼🇸Samoa	7.6561
10	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	7.6536
11	🇩🇿Algeria	7.6493
12	🇨🇳China	7.513
13	🇳🇪Niger	7.4887
14	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	7.4413
15	🇭🇳Honduras	7.4413
16	🇲🇳Mongolia	7.3826
17	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.3335
18	🇲🇬Madagascar	7.3054
19	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	7.3031
20	🇦🇫Afghanistan	7.3016
21	🇰🇼Kuwait	7.2955
22	🇸🇴Somalia	7.258
23	🇴🇲Oman	7.2558
24	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	7.2534
25	🇿🇲Zambia	7.2494
26	🇾🇹Mayotte	7.2245
27	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7.1812
28	🇲🇼Malawi	7.1249
29	🇸🇳Senegal	7.1196
30	🇳🇮Nicaragua	7.1083
31	🇨🇰Cook Islands	7.0882
32	🇧🇭Bahrain	7.068
33	🇧🇮Burundi	7.0666
34	🇲🇱Mali	7.0306
35	🇺🇬Uganda	7.0232
36	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.0219
37	🇹🇳Tunisia	7.0086
38	🇲🇦Morocco	7.0003
39	🇬🇭Ghana	6.9805
40	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	6.9756
41	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	6.9651
42	🇦🇮Anguilla	6.9609
43	🇦🇴Angola	6.9539
44	🇵🇭Philippines	6.9466
45	🇲🇻Maldives	6.943
46	🇰🇲Comoros	6.9391
47	🇳🇺Niue	6.9284
48	🇮🇶Iraq	6.9012
49	🇪🇹Ethiopia	6.8718
50	🇬🇹Guatemala	6.8688
51	🇵🇪Peru	6.858
52	🇸🇿Eswatini	6.8548
53	🇹🇬Togo	6.8502
54	🇹🇯Tajikistan	6.8437
55	🇧🇩Bangladesh	6.841
56	🇩🇯Djibouti	6.8375
57	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	6.8215
58	🇲🇽Mexico	6.8168
59	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	6.8077
60	🇵🇰Pakistan	6.8
61	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	6.7881
62	🇹🇴Tonga	6.7743
63	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	6.7703
64	🇸🇸South Sudan	6.763
65	🇸🇩Sudan	6.7499
66	🇬🇱Greenland	6.736
67	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.7348
68	🇻🇺Vanuatu	6.7289
69	🇪🇬Egypt	6.7181
70	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.7122
71	🇸🇻El Salvador	6.6901
72	🇶🇦Qatar	6.6881
73	🇧🇹Bhutan	6.6871
74	🇪🇨Ecuador	6.6461
75	🇧🇼Botswana	6.6319
76	🇦🇸American Samoa	6.6253
77	🇵🇼Palau	6.6217
78	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6.6193
79	🇨🇴Colombia	6.5839
80	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	6.5715
81	🇱🇷Liberia	6.5559
82	🇧🇯Benin	6.5102
83	🇷🇪Réunion	6.5064
84	🇪🇭Western Sahara	6.4991
85	🇸🇷Suriname	6.4973
86	🇲🇿Mozambique	6.4916
87	🇰🇮Kiribati	6.4857
88	🇲🇷Mauritania	6.4839
89	🇪🇷Eritrea	6.4815
90	🇵🇾Paraguay	6.4469
91	🇧🇿Belize	6.44
92	🇳🇦Namibia	6.4015
93	🇨🇷Costa Rica	6.3893
94	🇻🇳Viet Nam	6.3846
95	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	6.3564
96	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.3491
97	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.3182
98	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	6.306
99	🇹🇩Chad	6.3009
100	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	6.2963
101	🇹🇭Thailand	6.2907
102	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.2794
103	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	6.2607
104	🇹🇷Türkiye	6.2225
105	🇬🇲Gambia	6.2021
106	🇬🇩Grenada	6.1964
107	🇭🇹Haiti	6.1823
108	🇲🇾Malaysia	6.1819
109	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.1565
110	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	6.1552
111	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	6.1547
112	🇬🇳Guinea	6.1534
113	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	6.1532
114	🇨🇬Congo	6.1466
115	🇬🇾Guyana	6.1403
116	🇿🇦South Africa	6.0767
117	🇳🇵Nepal	6.0654
118	🇦🇱Albania	6.0474
119	🇲🇺Mauritius	5.9929
120	🇲🇲Myanmar	5.9908
121	🇮🇳India	5.9691
122	🇫🇯Fiji	5.9581
123	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	5.9507
124	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	5.9452
125	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	5.9399
126	🇧🇷Brazil	5.9294
127	🇵🇫French Polynesia	5.8843
128	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.8678
129	🇵🇦Panama	5.8655
130	🇰🇭Cambodia	5.8519
131	🇨🇲Cameroon	5.8284
132	🇱🇸Lesotho	5.7958
133	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	5.7932
134	🇱🇧Lebanon	5.7794
135	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	5.7193
136	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	5.7065
137	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.6904
138	🇸🇨Seychelles	5.6491
139	🇮🇩Indonesia	5.6045
140	🇬🇺Guam	5.5592
141	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	5.5098
142	🇯🇲Jamaica	5.5094
143	🇲🇶Martinique	5.4374
144	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	5.4065
145	🇹🇰Tokelau	5.3907
146	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	5.3848
147	🇳🇨New Caledonia	5.2891
148	🇳🇷Nauru	5.2842
149	🇩🇲Dominica	5.2723
150	🇸🇬Singapore	5.2633
151	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	5.2111
152	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	5.0893
153	🇸🇭Saint Helena	5.0649
154	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	5.0581
155	🇬🇫French Guiana	5.0543
156	🇲🇸Montserrat	4.8432
157	🇧🇸Bahamas	4.7293
158	🇬🇦Gabon	4.649
159	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	4.6484
160	🇹🇻Tuvalu	4.5785
161	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	4.5717
162	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	4.5711
163	🇨🇺Cuba	4.5593
164	🇨🇱Chile	4.5363
165	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	4.5357
166	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	4.5248
167	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	4.4887
168	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	4.3929
169	🇨🇼Curaçao	4.3808
170	🇦🇲Armenia	4.3447
171	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	4.3412
172	🇦🇼Aruba	4.2714
173	🇧🇧Barbados	4.1961
174	🇳🇿New Zealand	4.0475
175	🇮🇪Ireland	4.0146
176	🇬🇮Gibraltar	3.9995
177	🇮🇸Iceland	3.9906
178	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3.9178
179	🇮🇱Israel	3.8828
180	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3.7938
181	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	3.7584
182	🇨🇦Canada	3.667
183	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.6438
184	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.6257
185	🇲🇰North Macedonia	3.6109
186	🇨🇾Cyprus	3.4943
187	🇧🇲Bermuda	3.4678
188	🇲🇪Montenegro	3.3681
189	🇦🇺Australia	3.3401
190	🇺🇸United States of America	3.2699
191	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3.2282
192	🇳🇱Netherlands	3.177
193	🇵🇹Portugal	3.1343
194	🇦🇷Argentina	3.1015
195	🇲🇹Malta	3.0524
196	🇬🇪Georgia	2.9486
197	🇬🇧United Kingdom	2.9291
198	🇳🇴Norway	2.9241
199	🇸🇰Slovakia	2.9199
200	🇲🇨Monaco	2.9185
201	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	2.8902
202	🇫🇷France	2.8855
203	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.8844
204	🇪🇸Spain	2.8438
205	🇦🇹Austria	2.818
206	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	2.8098
207	🇵🇱Poland	2.7214
208	🇮🇲Isle of Man	2.69
209	🇫🇮Finland	2.6802
210	🇧🇪Belgium	2.6755
211	🇯🇪Jersey	2.6714
212	🇩🇰Denmark	2.6603
213	🇨🇭Switzerland	2.6477
214	🇦🇩Andorra	2.6312
215	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	2.5914
216	🇩🇪Germany	2.515
217	🇮🇹Italy	2.5138
218	🇧🇾Belarus	2.5011
219	🇸🇲San Marino	2.486
220	🇱🇹Lithuania	2.3728
221	🇸🇪Sweden	2.3156
222	🇱🇺Luxembourg	2.3134
223	🇬🇬Guernsey	2.3126
224	🇨🇿Czechia	2.3054
225	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2.301
226	🇸🇮Slovenia	2.2694
227	🇬🇷Greece	2.2617
228	🇧🇬Bulgaria	2.2099
229	🇭🇷Croatia	2.1713
230	🇺🇦Ukraine	2.0575
231	🇯🇵Japan	2.0298
232	🇷🇸Serbia	2.0286
233	🇷🇴Romania	1.9961
234	🇪🇪Estonia	1.9022
235	🇱🇻Latvia	1.8702
236	🇭🇺Hungary	1.8186
237	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0033

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1963

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	6.7112
2	Asia	6.3182
3	Latin America and the Caribbean	5.8193
4	Oceania	4.0294
5	Northern America	3.3091
6	Europe	2.5167

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1963

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Eastern Africa	7.0398
2	Northern Africa	6.9398
3	Central America	6.8141
4	Polynesia	6.7978
5	Western Africa	6.585
6	Eastern Asia	6.5311
7	Micronesia	6.3148
8	Western Asia	6.2522
9	Middle Africa	6.2018
10	Melanesia	6.1663
11	Southern Asia	6.1557
12	Southern Africa	6.1025
13	South-Eastern Asia	6.0524
14	Central Asia	5.6661
15	South America	5.5557
16	Caribbean	5.4018
17	Australia/New Zealand	3.4712
18	Northern Europe	2.7956
19	Southern Europe	2.7
20	Western Europe	2.6833
21	Eastern Europe	2.2992

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1963

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	6.527
2	Upper-middle-income countries	6.2252
3	No income group available	6.1552
4	Middle-income countries	6.1322
5	Lower-middle-income countries	6.0228
6	High-income countries	2.9398

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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