Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1964

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In the year 1964, the world had a total fertility rate of 5.123 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇷🇼Rwanda with a rate of 8.2662 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇲🇭Marshall Islands with a fertility rate of 8.143 births per woman, and 🇾🇪Yemen with 8.0707 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 1.8133 births per woman, and 🇭🇺Hungary with 1.8145 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 6.68 births per woman. Closely followed by Asia with a fertility rate of 5.9943 births per woman, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 5.7635 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.9623 births per woman. Closely followed by Northern Africa with a fertility rate of 6.8903 births per woman, and Central America with 6.8164 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 6.5019 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 2.9126.

Similar Population Metrics for 1964

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1964

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇷🇼Rwanda	8.2662
2	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	8.143
3	🇾🇪Yemen	8.0707
4	🇯🇴Jordan	7.9126
5	🇰🇪Kenya	7.8691
6	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	7.811
7	🇵🇸State of Palestine	7.7754
8	🇱🇾Libya	7.7523
9	🇼🇸Samoa	7.7028
10	🇩🇿Algeria	7.672
11	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	7.6716
12	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	7.5245
13	🇳🇪Niger	7.4797
14	🇭🇳Honduras	7.4426
15	🇴🇲Oman	7.37
16	🇲🇳Mongolia	7.3292
17	🇦🇫Afghanistan	7.3043
18	🇰🇼Kuwait	7.2863
19	🇸🇴Somalia	7.2608
20	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7.2373
21	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	7.2295
22	🇸🇸South Sudan	7.2202
23	🇲🇬Madagascar	7.1878
24	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	7.1864
25	🇹🇳Tunisia	7.1664
26	🇸🇳Senegal	7.1571
27	🇨🇰Cook Islands	7.1156
28	🇲🇼Malawi	7.114
29	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.1007
30	🇧🇭Bahrain	7.0913
31	🇧🇮Burundi	7.0897
32	🇿🇲Zambia	7.0846
33	🇾🇹Mayotte	7.0807
34	🇵🇼Palau	7.0762
35	🇳🇮Nicaragua	7.0641
36	🇲🇱Mali	7.0549
37	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	7.0471
38	🇦🇴Angola	7.0358
39	🇺🇬Uganda	7.0121
40	🇮🇶Iraq	7.0105
41	🇲🇻Maldives	7.0029
42	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	6.9888
43	🇲🇦Morocco	6.97
44	🇰🇲Comoros	6.9377
45	🇹🇬Togo	6.9159
46	🇬🇭Ghana	6.9017
47	🇵🇭Philippines	6.8861
48	🇩🇯Djibouti	6.8718
49	🇬🇹Guatemala	6.8707
50	🇳🇺Niue	6.8648
51	🇲🇽Mexico	6.8333
52	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.8277
53	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	6.8228
54	🇵🇪Peru	6.8097
55	🇸🇩Sudan	6.8037
56	🇵🇰Pakistan	6.8
57	🇸🇿Eswatini	6.7895
58	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	6.787
59	🇧🇩Bangladesh	6.7848
60	🇦🇸American Samoa	6.7798
61	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	6.7729
62	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	6.758
63	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.7375
64	🇸🇻El Salvador	6.684
65	🇧🇹Bhutan	6.6817
66	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	6.6801
67	🇹🇯Tajikistan	6.6801
68	🇨🇳China	6.672
69	🇬🇱Greenland	6.6537
70	🇦🇮Anguilla	6.6413
71	🇧🇼Botswana	6.6133
72	🇪🇹Ethiopia	6.6116
73	🇪🇨Ecuador	6.6097
74	🇱🇷Liberia	6.5849
75	🇻🇺Vanuatu	6.5677
76	🇧🇯Benin	6.565
77	🇪🇬Egypt	6.5411
78	🇶🇦Qatar	6.5246
79	🇪🇭Western Sahara	6.5158
80	🇲🇿Mozambique	6.5131
81	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6.494
82	🇪🇷Eritrea	6.4871
83	🇨🇴Colombia	6.4747
84	🇹🇴Tonga	6.4638
85	🇳🇦Namibia	6.4284
86	🇸🇷Suriname	6.4258
87	🇵🇾Paraguay	6.4209
88	🇧🇿Belize	6.42
89	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	6.419
90	🇲🇷Mauritania	6.3702
91	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.362
92	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	6.3541
93	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	6.3275
94	🇹🇩Chad	6.3176
95	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.3126
96	🇹🇭Thailand	6.3093
97	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	6.2938
98	🇹🇷Türkiye	6.2909
99	🇰🇮Kiribati	6.2889
100	🇰🇭Cambodia	6.2877
101	🇻🇳Viet Nam	6.2852
102	🇬🇾Guyana	6.2315
103	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.2098
104	🇬🇲Gambia	6.1953
105	🇨🇷Costa Rica	6.1933
106	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	6.1905
107	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.188
108	🇨🇬Congo	6.1832
109	🇷🇪Réunion	6.1716
110	🇬🇳Guinea	6.1661
111	🇭🇹Haiti	6.1637
112	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	6.1122
113	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.0843
114	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	6.0842
115	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	6.0709
116	🇳🇵Nepal	6.0427
117	🇲🇾Malaysia	6.0299
118	🇩🇲Dominica	6.0273
119	🇨🇫Central African Republic	6.0053
120	🇵🇫French Polynesia	5.9801
121	🇮🇳India	5.9794
122	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	5.9607
123	🇫🇯Fiji	5.9603
124	🇲🇺Mauritius	5.9562
125	🇿🇦South Africa	5.9552
126	🇲🇲Myanmar	5.9075
127	🇬🇩Grenada	5.9055
128	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	5.8882
129	🇱🇧Lebanon	5.8511
130	🇧🇷Brazil	5.8184
131	🇵🇦Panama	5.8076
132	🇯🇲Jamaica	5.7898
133	🇱🇸Lesotho	5.7651
134	🇨🇲Cameroon	5.7386
135	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	5.7162
136	🇦🇱Albania	5.7142
137	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.7111
138	🇸🇨Seychelles	5.6945
139	🇹🇰Tokelau	5.621
140	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	5.6083
141	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	5.5802
142	🇮🇩Indonesia	5.5682
143	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	5.4743
144	🇳🇷Nauru	5.4726
145	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	5.4333
146	🇲🇶Martinique	5.408
147	🇬🇺Guam	5.393
148	🇳🇨New Caledonia	5.3684
149	🇬🇫French Guiana	5.2863
150	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	5.2024
151	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	5.0851
152	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	5.0815
153	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	5.0676
154	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	5.0569
155	🇸🇭Saint Helena	4.9939
156	🇸🇬Singapore	4.9713
157	🇧🇸Bahamas	4.9688
158	🇹🇻Tuvalu	4.8264
159	🇬🇦Gabon	4.7135
160	🇨🇼Curaçao	4.6415
161	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	4.6088
162	🇨🇺Cuba	4.5285
163	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	4.4844
164	🇨🇱Chile	4.4567
165	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	4.4108
166	🇲🇸Montserrat	4.3761
167	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	4.3539
168	🇬🇮Gibraltar	4.2598
169	🇧🇧Barbados	4.2139
170	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	4.1936
171	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	4.1774
172	🇮🇱Israel	4.1631
173	🇦🇲Armenia	4.1501
174	🇮🇪Ireland	4.0786
175	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	4.0715
176	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	3.9748
177	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	3.9428
178	🇦🇼Aruba	3.9404
179	🇮🇸Iceland	3.8696
180	🇳🇿New Zealand	3.7757
181	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3.6091
182	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.6001
183	🇲🇰North Macedonia	3.5595
184	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.5472
185	🇨🇦Canada	3.4235
186	🇨🇾Cyprus	3.4089
187	🇲🇪Montenegro	3.2793
188	🇺🇸United States of America	3.2582
189	🇧🇲Bermuda	3.2306
190	🇵🇹Portugal	3.2146
191	🇳🇱Netherlands	3.1533
192	🇦🇺Australia	3.1463
193	🇦🇷Argentina	3.0748
194	🇪🇸Spain	2.9977
195	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.9768
196	🇳🇴Norway	2.9618
197	🇬🇧United Kingdom	2.9307
198	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	2.9188
199	🇬🇪Georgia	2.8911
200	🇸🇰Slovakia	2.8882
201	🇫🇷France	2.8804
202	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.8632
203	🇯🇪Jersey	2.7862
204	🇦🇹Austria	2.7793
205	🇲🇹Malta	2.7357
206	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	2.7098
207	🇧🇪Belgium	2.7016
208	🇲🇨Monaco	2.6904
209	🇦🇩Andorra	2.6886
210	🇮🇹Italy	2.6625
211	🇨🇭Switzerland	2.6532
212	🇮🇲Isle of Man	2.6267
213	🇵🇱Poland	2.6026
214	🇩🇰Denmark	2.6006
215	🇫🇮Finland	2.5886
216	🇩🇪Germany	2.5251
217	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	2.5231
218	🇬🇬Guernsey	2.4749
219	🇸🇪Sweden	2.4481
220	🇸🇲San Marino	2.3683
221	🇱🇺Luxembourg	2.3621
222	🇨🇿Czechia	2.3424
223	🇸🇮Slovenia	2.3231
224	🇬🇷Greece	2.3128
225	🇱🇹Lithuania	2.3044
226	🇧🇾Belarus	2.2795
227	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2.1764
228	🇧🇬Bulgaria	2.1755
229	🇭🇷Croatia	2.1422
230	🇷🇸Serbia	2.067
231	🇺🇦Ukraine	2.0135
232	🇯🇵Japan	1.9979
233	🇷🇴Romania	1.95
234	🇪🇪Estonia	1.9496
235	🇭🇺Hungary	1.8145
236	🇱🇻Latvia	1.8133
237	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1964

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	6.68
2	Asia	5.9943
3	Latin America and the Caribbean	5.7635
4	Americas	4.6019
5	Oceania	3.8876
6	Northern America	3.2743
7	Europe	2.4926

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1964

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Eastern Africa	6.9623
2	Northern Africa	6.8903
3	Central America	6.8164
4	Polynesia	6.781
5	Western Africa	6.5973
6	Western Asia	6.2785
7	Middle Africa	6.2416
8	Micronesia	6.2103
9	Melanesia	6.1981
10	Southern Asia	6.1611
11	Southern Africa	5.9933
12	South-Eastern Asia	5.9863
13	Eastern Asia	5.8409
14	Central Asia	5.5202
15	South America	5.4759
16	Caribbean	5.3373
17	Australia/New Zealand	3.2629
18	Northern Europe	2.8018
19	Southern Europe	2.8003
20	Western Europe	2.6813
21	Eastern Europe	2.2042

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1964

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	6.5019
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	6.1176
3	No income group available	6.0708
4	Lower-middle-income countries	6.0613
5	Low-and-middle-income countries	5.9088
6	Middle-income countries	5.8697
7	Upper-middle-income countries	5.7141
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	4.5868
9	High-income countries	2.9126

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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