Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1969

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In the year 1969, the world had a total fertility rate of 4.8657 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇾🇪Yemen with a rate of 8.2159 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇯🇴Jordan with a fertility rate of 8.1918 births per woman, and 🇷🇼Rwanda with 8.176 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 1.8804 births per woman, and 🇨🇿Czechia with 1.8824 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 6.6873 births per woman. Closely followed by Asia with a fertility rate of 5.6544 births per woman, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 5.2667 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 7.0358 births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a fertility rate of 6.6904 births per woman, and Northern Africa with 6.6657 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 6.6487 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 2.5766.

Similar Population Metrics for 1969

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1969

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇾🇪Yemen	8.2159
2	🇯🇴Jordan	8.1918
3	🇷🇼Rwanda	8.176
4	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	8.1118
5	🇱🇾Libya	8.0111
6	🇰🇪Kenya	7.9474
7	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	7.9268
8	🇩🇿Algeria	7.7087
9	🇵🇸State of Palestine	7.6809
10	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	7.6226
11	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	7.5972
12	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	7.5856
13	🇳🇪Niger	7.5056
14	🇴🇲Oman	7.4888
15	🇼🇸Samoa	7.432
16	🇦🇫Afghanistan	7.3887
17	🇦🇴Angola	7.3884
18	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.3473
19	🇲🇳Mongolia	7.3371
20	🇲🇻Maldives	7.327
21	🇾🇹Mayotte	7.3055
22	🇸🇸South Sudan	7.2813
23	🇲🇼Malawi	7.2739
24	🇸🇳Senegal	7.2588
25	🇭🇳Honduras	7.2276
26	🇧🇮Burundi	7.2148
27	🇸🇴Somalia	7.2095
28	🇰🇼Kuwait	7.1808
29	🇿🇲Zambia	7.1797
30	🇲🇱Mali	7.1746
31	🇲🇬Madagascar	7.1179
32	🇺🇬Uganda	7.1146
33	🇮🇶Iraq	7.0834
34	🇰🇲Comoros	7.0731
35	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	7.0364
36	🇹🇬Togo	7.0149
37	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7.007
38	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	6.9744
39	🇸🇩Sudan	6.9665
40	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	6.954
41	🇬🇭Ghana	6.9539
42	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	6.9537
43	🇹🇯Tajikistan	6.9105
44	🇩🇯Djibouti	6.878
45	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.8768
46	🇳🇮Nicaragua	6.8246
47	🇧🇩Bangladesh	6.806
48	🇵🇰Pakistan	6.8
49	🇸🇿Eswatini	6.7613
50	🇲🇦Morocco	6.7259
51	🇪🇹Ethiopia	6.7187
52	🇧🇯Benin	6.7047
53	🇲🇿Mozambique	6.6724
54	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	6.6636
55	🇧🇹Bhutan	6.6584
56	🇬🇹Guatemala	6.6463
57	🇱🇷Liberia	6.6437
58	🇲🇷Mauritania	6.6434
59	🇲🇽Mexico	6.6262
60	🇹🇳Tunisia	6.6229
61	🇵🇼Palau	6.5759
62	🇧🇭Bahrain	6.5701
63	🇧🇼Botswana	6.5594
64	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6.524
65	🇨🇰Cook Islands	6.5148
66	🇳🇦Namibia	6.5079
67	🇪🇷Eritrea	6.5026
68	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	6.4825
69	🇹🇩Chad	6.477
70	🇳🇺Niue	6.473
71	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	6.4436
72	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.4378
73	🇪🇭Western Sahara	6.4255
74	🇵🇪Peru	6.418
75	🇻🇺Vanuatu	6.4099
76	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	6.3934
77	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	6.3658
78	🇨🇬Congo	6.3501
79	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	6.3382
80	🇵🇭Philippines	6.3335
81	🇧🇿Belize	6.3164
82	🇶🇦Qatar	6.3107
83	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.3037
84	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.3007
85	🇸🇻El Salvador	6.2781
86	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.2754
87	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	6.2581
88	🇪🇨Ecuador	6.2518
89	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	6.249
90	🇬🇲Gambia	6.2457
91	🇬🇳Guinea	6.2278
92	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	6.1864
93	🇨🇳China	6.175
94	🇹🇴Tonga	6.1665
95	🇨🇲Cameroon	6.1442
96	🇰🇭Cambodia	6.1238
97	🇦🇸American Samoa	6.1223
98	🇪🇬Egypt	6.1204
99	🇨🇫Central African Republic	6.0631
100	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.0578
101	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	6.0237
102	🇻🇳Viet Nam	6.0134
103	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	6.0076
104	🇭🇹Haiti	5.9569
105	🇳🇵Nepal	5.8931
106	🇹🇷Türkiye	5.8724
107	🇰🇮Kiribati	5.848
108	🇵🇾Paraguay	5.8365
109	🇵🇫French Polynesia	5.8179
110	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.8022
111	🇲🇲Myanmar	5.7472
112	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	5.7306
113	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	5.7219
114	🇿🇦South Africa	5.719
115	🇱🇸Lesotho	5.7045
116	🇹🇭Thailand	5.7036
117	🇸🇷Suriname	5.6962
118	🇮🇳India	5.6842
119	🇬🇾Guyana	5.5808
120	🇦🇮Anguilla	5.5796
121	🇮🇩Indonesia	5.5526
122	🇨🇴Colombia	5.5058
123	🇸🇨Seychelles	5.4786
124	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	5.4694
125	🇯🇲Jamaica	5.4684
126	🇩🇲Dominica	5.4116
127	🇱🇧Lebanon	5.3157
128	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	5.3115
129	🇵🇦Panama	5.2875
130	🇦🇱Albania	5.2874
131	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	5.1825
132	🇹🇰Tokelau	5.1618
133	🇲🇾Malaysia	5.1592
134	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	5.0531
135	🇬🇦Gabon	5.0488
136	🇷🇪Réunion	5.0445
137	🇧🇷Brazil	5.0414
138	🇳🇨New Caledonia	5.0082
139	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	4.9786
140	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.9667
141	🇳🇷Nauru	4.9421
142	🇫🇯Fiji	4.9052
143	🇨🇷Costa Rica	4.8345
144	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	4.8124
145	🇬🇫French Guiana	4.7822
146	🇸🇭Saint Helena	4.7449
147	🇲🇶Martinique	4.743
148	🇬🇩Grenada	4.6902
149	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	4.4991
150	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	4.4466
151	🇬🇺Guam	4.4401
152	🇧🇸Bahamas	4.3796
153	🇹🇻Tuvalu	4.2268
154	🇬🇱Greenland	4.2086
155	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	4.1838
156	🇨🇺Cuba	4.1243
157	🇲🇺Mauritius	3.9654
158	🇨🇱Chile	3.9018
159	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.8596
160	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	3.8563
161	🇲🇸Montserrat	3.8562
162	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	3.8287
163	🇮🇪Ireland	3.8241
164	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	3.8074
165	🇮🇱Israel	3.6758
166	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3.6337
167	🇨🇼Curaçao	3.6075
168	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	3.5994
169	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	3.5641
170	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	3.5221
171	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	3.509
172	🇦🇲Armenia	3.4881
173	🇧🇧Barbados	3.3416
174	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	3.2976
175	🇳🇿New Zealand	3.2728
176	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	3.2427
177	🇸🇬Singapore	3.222
178	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3.2077
179	🇨🇾Cyprus	3.1882
180	🇵🇹Portugal	3.1135
181	🇷🇴Romania	3.1121
182	🇦🇼Aruba	3.1107
183	🇲🇰North Macedonia	3.1009
184	🇦🇷Argentina	3.0486
185	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3.0403
186	🇮🇸Iceland	2.984
187	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.9536
188	🇬🇮Gibraltar	2.9487
189	🇪🇸Spain	2.9005
190	🇦🇺Australia	2.8891
191	🇲🇪Montenegro	2.7913
192	🇦🇩Andorra	2.769
193	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.7686
194	🇳🇱Netherlands	2.7374
195	🇳🇴Norway	2.6975
196	🇬🇪Georgia	2.6871
197	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	2.5659
198	🇲🇨Monaco	2.536
199	🇫🇷France	2.5259
200	🇮🇲Isle of Man	2.5123
201	🇺🇸United States of America	2.504
202	🇬🇧United Kingdom	2.5016
203	🇦🇹Austria	2.4836
204	🇮🇹Italy	2.4698
205	🇸🇰Slovakia	2.4348
206	🇬🇷Greece	2.4338
207	🇧🇲Bermuda	2.3608
208	🇨🇦Canada	2.3561
209	🇱🇹Lithuania	2.3276
210	🇸🇲San Marino	2.3125
211	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	2.3074
212	🇧🇪Belgium	2.2778
213	🇧🇬Bulgaria	2.2736
214	🇵🇱Poland	2.2592
215	🇧🇾Belarus	2.2315
216	🇩🇪Germany	2.1997
217	🇨🇭Switzerland	2.1915
218	🇸🇮Slovenia	2.1772
219	🇬🇬Guernsey	2.1643
220	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	2.1537
221	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	2.1354
222	🇪🇪Estonia	2.1162
223	🇯🇪Jersey	2.105
224	🇭🇺Hungary	2.0412
225	🇯🇵Japan	2.0258
226	🇲🇹Malta	2.0253
227	🇱🇺Luxembourg	2.0196
228	🇺🇦Ukraine	2.0123
229	🇩🇰Denmark	1.9982
230	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1.9882
231	🇷🇸Serbia	1.9864
232	🇭🇷Croatia	1.951
233	🇸🇪Sweden	1.9312
234	🇫🇮Finland	1.9298
235	🇨🇿Czechia	1.8824
236	🇱🇻Latvia	1.8804
237	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1969

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	6.6873
2	Asia	5.6544
3	Latin America and the Caribbean	5.2667
4	Americas	4.0119
5	Oceania	3.6124
6	Northern America	2.4902
7	Europe	2.3262

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1969

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Eastern Africa	7.0358
2	Western Africa	6.6904
3	Northern Africa	6.6657
4	Central America	6.5576
5	Polynesia	6.4609
6	Middle Africa	6.4391
7	Melanesia	6.0686
8	Western Asia	6.0073
9	Southern Asia	5.9291
10	Micronesia	5.8223
11	Southern Africa	5.7829
12	South-Eastern Asia	5.7016
13	Eastern Asia	5.4404
14	Central Asia	5.0879
15	South America	4.9
16	Caribbean	4.7951
17	Australia/New Zealand	2.9581
18	Southern Europe	2.6597
19	Northern Europe	2.3968
20	Western Europe	2.3441
21	Eastern Europe	2.1463

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1969

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	6.6487
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	5.9827
3	Lower-middle-income countries	5.8791
4	Low-and-middle-income countries	5.6381
5	Middle-income countries	5.5713
6	No income group available	5.4753
7	Upper-middle-income countries	5.3444
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	4.2632
9	High-income countries	2.5766

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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