Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1966

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In the year 1966, the world had a total fertility rate of 4.9634 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇲🇭Marshall Islands with a rate of 8.3558 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇷🇼Rwanda with a fertility rate of 8.1982 births per woman, and 🇾🇪Yemen with 8.1271 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with 1.0064 births per woman. Followed by 🇯🇵Japan with a fertility rate of 1.6299 births per woman, and 🇱🇻Latvia with 1.7874 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 6.7156 births per woman. Closely followed by Asia with a fertility rate of 5.7688 births per woman, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 5.5892 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 7.0783 births per woman. Closely followed by Northern Africa with a fertility rate of 6.8406 births per woman, and Central America with 6.7524 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 6.596 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 2.668.

Similar Population Metrics for 1966

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1966

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	8.3558
2	🇷🇼Rwanda	8.1982
3	🇾🇪Yemen	8.1271
4	🇯🇴Jordan	8.0914
5	🇰🇪Kenya	8.0557
6	🇱🇾Libya	7.9937
7	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	7.8682
8	🇵🇸State of Palestine	7.7533
9	🇩🇿Algeria	7.672
10	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	7.655
11	🇼🇸Samoa	7.6252
12	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	7.5535
13	🇲🇳Mongolia	7.5446
14	🇳🇪Niger	7.4813
15	🇭🇳Honduras	7.3837
16	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.3834
17	🇰🇼Kuwait	7.3433
18	🇦🇫Afghanistan	7.3203
19	🇾🇹Mayotte	7.3121
20	🇲🇬Madagascar	7.3075
21	🇿🇲Zambia	7.3039
22	🇴🇲Oman	7.2773
23	🇸🇴Somalia	7.2574
24	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	7.24
25	🇸🇳Senegal	7.2167
26	🇦🇴Angola	7.1942
27	🇲🇼Malawi	7.1608
28	🇧🇮Burundi	7.1349
29	🇺🇬Uganda	7.1161
30	🇲🇱Mali	7.0988
31	🇲🇻Maldives	7.0947
32	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7.0747
33	🇹🇳Tunisia	7.0522
34	🇰🇲Comoros	7.0273
35	🇹🇯Tajikistan	6.9994
36	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	6.9904
37	🇳🇮Nicaragua	6.9881
38	🇮🇶Iraq	6.9702
39	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	6.9493
40	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	6.941
41	🇹🇬Togo	6.9348
42	🇧🇭Bahrain	6.9218
43	🇸🇩Sudan	6.9015
44	🇲🇦Morocco	6.895
45	🇬🇭Ghana	6.8746
46	🇪🇹Ethiopia	6.8672
47	🇩🇯Djibouti	6.8537
48	🇧🇩Bangladesh	6.8238
49	🇸🇸South Sudan	6.8195
50	🇸🇿Eswatini	6.8145
51	🇳🇺Niue	6.8046
52	🇵🇰Pakistan	6.8
53	🇬🇹Guatemala	6.7993
54	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	6.7907
55	🇲🇽Mexico	6.7904
56	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.7799
57	🇨🇰Cook Islands	6.7794
58	🇶🇦Qatar	6.7362
59	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.71
60	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	6.7028
61	🇧🇼Botswana	6.6915
62	🇵🇪Peru	6.68
63	🇧🇹Bhutan	6.6741
64	🇵🇭Philippines	6.6674
65	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	6.6599
66	🇲🇷Mauritania	6.6417
67	🇧🇯Benin	6.6378
68	🇱🇷Liberia	6.6279
69	🇻🇺Vanuatu	6.6125
70	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	6.6071
71	🇹🇴Tonga	6.596
72	🇲🇿Mozambique	6.5921
73	🇸🇻El Salvador	6.5749
74	🇦🇮Anguilla	6.5713
75	🇦🇸American Samoa	6.5303
76	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	6.5267
77	🇪🇨Ecuador	6.5067
78	🇪🇷Eritrea	6.4966
79	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6.4941
80	🇳🇦Namibia	6.4878
81	🇪🇭Western Sahara	6.4674
82	🇵🇼Palau	6.4506
83	🇪🇬Egypt	6.4332
84	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.3855
85	🇧🇿Belize	6.3793
86	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	6.3711
87	🇹🇩Chad	6.3618
88	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	6.345
89	🇰🇮Kiribati	6.3075
90	🇨🇳China	6.307
91	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.3068
92	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.2734
93	🇨🇬Congo	6.2668
94	🇵🇾Paraguay	6.2583
95	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.2368
96	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	6.2322
97	🇬🇳Guinea	6.1902
98	🇬🇲Gambia	6.1831
99	🇸🇷Suriname	6.1822
100	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.1679
101	🇨🇴Colombia	6.1587
102	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	6.1562
103	🇹🇭Thailand	6.1082
104	🇭🇹Haiti	6.0708
105	🇷🇪Réunion	6.0375
106	🇨🇲Cameroon	6.0044
107	🇳🇵Nepal	6.0007
108	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.9833
109	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	5.9816
110	🇻🇳Viet Nam	5.9683
111	🇲🇲Myanmar	5.9556
112	🇬🇱Greenland	5.9358
113	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	5.9319
114	🇹🇷Türkiye	5.9251
115	🇿🇦South Africa	5.9074
116	🇸🇨Seychelles	5.8945
117	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	5.8918
118	🇮🇳India	5.8806
119	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	5.8695
120	🇬🇾Guyana	5.8602
121	🇩🇲Dominica	5.8582
122	🇵🇫French Polynesia	5.8563
123	🇯🇲Jamaica	5.8301
124	🇱🇸Lesotho	5.7696
125	🇰🇭Cambodia	5.7686
126	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.7559
127	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	5.7374
128	🇨🇷Costa Rica	5.6972
129	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	5.663
130	🇵🇦Panama	5.6491
131	🇲🇾Malaysia	5.6271
132	🇮🇩Indonesia	5.601
133	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	5.5903
134	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	5.5892
135	🇱🇧Lebanon	5.5704
136	🇧🇷Brazil	5.5294
137	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	5.4728
138	🇦🇱Albania	5.4652
139	🇫🇯Fiji	5.447
140	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	5.3007
141	🇬🇩Grenada	5.3001
142	🇳🇨New Caledonia	5.278
143	🇳🇷Nauru	5.2131
144	🇲🇺Mauritius	5.187
145	🇬🇺Guam	5.185
146	🇹🇰Tokelau	5.1846
147	🇲🇶Martinique	5.1811
148	🇬🇫French Guiana	4.9797
149	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	4.8843
150	🇬🇦Gabon	4.8612
151	🇸🇭Saint Helena	4.8308
152	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	4.8097
153	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	4.7718
154	🇲🇸Montserrat	4.6048
155	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	4.5677
156	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4.5348
157	🇸🇬Singapore	4.5033
158	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	4.459
159	🇧🇸Bahamas	4.4384
160	🇨🇺Cuba	4.3776
161	🇹🇻Tuvalu	4.3487
162	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	4.3224
163	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	4.2923
164	🇨🇱Chile	4.2586
165	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	4.097
166	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	4.0812
167	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	4.0263
168	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	4.0078
169	🇨🇼Curaçao	3.983
170	🇮🇱Israel	3.9808
171	🇮🇪Ireland	3.9357
172	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	3.8554
173	🇦🇲Armenia	3.8291
174	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	3.8167
175	🇧🇧Barbados	3.8071
176	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.7093
177	🇦🇼Aruba	3.6251
178	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3.6212
179	🇮🇸Iceland	3.5741
180	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	3.4734
181	🇲🇰North Macedonia	3.4317
182	🇳🇿New Zealand	3.413
183	🇨🇾Cyprus	3.3955
184	🇬🇮Gibraltar	3.3486
185	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.3079
186	🇵🇹Portugal	3.1558
187	🇲🇪Montenegro	3.051
188	🇦🇷Argentina	3.0482
189	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.9137
190	🇳🇴Norway	2.9014
191	🇳🇱Netherlands	2.891
192	🇦🇺Australia	2.8849
193	🇪🇸Spain	2.8684
194	🇧🇲Bermuda	2.8258
195	🇲🇨Monaco	2.8221
196	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.8186
197	🇨🇦Canada	2.8131
198	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	2.7999
199	🇬🇧United Kingdom	2.797
200	🇫🇷France	2.7742
201	🇦🇩Andorra	2.7521
202	🇬🇪Georgia	2.7289
203	🇦🇹Austria	2.6605
204	🇸🇰Slovakia	2.6604
205	🇺🇸United States of America	2.658
206	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	2.6567
207	🇩🇰Denmark	2.6157
208	🇮🇲Isle of Man	2.588
209	🇮🇹Italy	2.5782
210	🇧🇪Belgium	2.5174
211	🇨🇭Switzerland	2.4971
212	🇩🇪Germany	2.4953
213	🇯🇪Jersey	2.4811
214	🇸🇮Slovenia	2.4653
215	🇸🇲San Marino	2.4202
216	🇵🇱Poland	2.4198
217	🇬🇷Greece	2.4167
218	🇫🇮Finland	2.4018
219	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	2.3631
220	🇸🇪Sweden	2.3624
221	🇱🇺Luxembourg	2.3512
222	🇲🇹Malta	2.3204
223	🇱🇹Lithuania	2.271
224	🇧🇾Belarus	2.2607
225	🇭🇷Croatia	2.1931
226	🇬🇬Guernsey	2.1655
227	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2.1098
228	🇧🇬Bulgaria	2.0302
229	🇨🇿Czechia	2.0239
230	🇺🇦Ukraine	2.0193
231	🇷🇸Serbia	1.9979
232	🇷🇴Romania	1.9475
233	🇭🇺Hungary	1.8891
234	🇪🇪Estonia	1.875
235	🇱🇻Latvia	1.7874
236	🇯🇵Japan	1.6299
237	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0064

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1966

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	6.7156
2	Asia	5.7688
3	Latin America and the Caribbean	5.5892
4	Oceania	3.6437
5	Northern America	2.6737
6	Europe	2.4156

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1966

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Eastern Africa	7.0783
2	Northern Africa	6.8406
3	Central America	6.7524
4	Polynesia	6.6877
5	Western Africa	6.6307
6	Middle Africa	6.32
7	Melanesia	6.1369
8	Micronesia	6.1365
9	Western Asia	6.0967
10	Southern Asia	6.0753
11	Southern Africa	5.9558
12	South-Eastern Asia	5.8775
13	Eastern Asia	5.5035
14	Central Asia	5.4774
15	South America	5.2704
16	Caribbean	5.1548
17	Australia/New Zealand	2.9824
18	Southern Europe	2.7198
19	Northern Europe	2.6884
20	Western Europe	2.594
21	Eastern Europe	2.1357

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1966

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	6.596
2	Lower-middle-income countries	5.9488
3	No income group available	5.8721
4	Middle-income countries	5.6933
5	Upper-middle-income countries	5.4713
6	High-income countries	2.668

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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