Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1970

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In the year 1970, the world had a total fertility rate of 4.8251 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇾🇪Yemen with a rate of 8.2344 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇯🇴Jordan with a fertility rate of 8.1808 births per woman, and 🇷🇼Rwanda with 8.1455 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with 1.0 births per woman. Followed by 🇫🇮Finland with a fertility rate of 1.8218 births per woman, and 🇭🇷Croatia with 1.8815 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 6.6879 births per woman. Closely followed by Asia with a fertility rate of 5.5909 births per woman, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 5.1699 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 7.0567 births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a fertility rate of 6.7105 births per woman, and Northern Africa with 6.6229 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 6.6714 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 2.5358.

Similar Population Metrics for 1970

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1970

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇾🇪Yemen	8.2344
2	🇯🇴Jordan	8.1808
3	🇷🇼Rwanda	8.1455
4	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	8.0753
5	🇱🇾Libya	8.0476
6	🇰🇪Kenya	7.943
7	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	7.936
8	🇩🇿Algeria	7.7043
9	🇵🇸State of Palestine	7.6513
10	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	7.6208
11	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	7.5831
12	🇴🇲Oman	7.5233
13	🇳🇪Niger	7.5142
14	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	7.439
15	🇦🇴Angola	7.4339
16	🇦🇫Afghanistan	7.3996
17	🇲🇻Maldives	7.3914
18	🇾🇹Mayotte	7.3678
19	🇼🇸Samoa	7.3375
20	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.3158
21	🇲🇳Mongolia	7.3144
22	🇲🇼Malawi	7.2955
23	🇸🇸South Sudan	7.286
24	🇸🇳Senegal	7.2617
25	🇿🇲Zambia	7.224
26	🇧🇮Burundi	7.2145
27	🇸🇴Somalia	7.1821
28	🇲🇱Mali	7.1815
29	🇭🇳Honduras	7.1719
30	🇺🇬Uganda	7.1486
31	🇰🇲Comoros	7.0985
32	🇲🇬Madagascar	7.0962
33	🇮🇶Iraq	7.0712
34	🇹🇬Togo	7.035
35	🇰🇼Kuwait	7.0254
36	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	7.0005
37	🇸🇩Sudan	6.9865
38	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	6.9831
39	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	6.9821
40	🇬🇭Ghana	6.9525
41	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	6.9348
42	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.9282
43	🇹🇯Tajikistan	6.9109
44	🇩🇯Djibouti	6.8786
45	🇧🇩Bangladesh	6.8392
46	🇵🇰Pakistan	6.8005
47	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.7981
48	🇪🇹Ethiopia	6.7818
49	🇳🇮Nicaragua	6.7726
50	🇸🇿Eswatini	6.7489
51	🇧🇯Benin	6.7354
52	🇲🇿Mozambique	6.6994
53	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	6.6854
54	🇲🇦Morocco	6.6825
55	🇲🇷Mauritania	6.6767
56	🇧🇹Bhutan	6.6501
57	🇬🇹Guatemala	6.6002
58	🇱🇷Liberia	6.5784
59	🇧🇼Botswana	6.5504
60	🇪🇷Eritrea	6.5407
61	🇲🇽Mexico	6.5295
62	🇹🇩Chad	6.5277
63	🇳🇦Namibia	6.5197
64	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6.5189
65	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	6.4678
66	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.4664
67	🇧🇭Bahrain	6.428
68	🇹🇳Tunisia	6.4259
69	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	6.4106
70	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	6.4036
71	🇵🇼Palau	6.3873
72	🇨🇬Congo	6.3763
73	🇪🇭Western Sahara	6.3706
74	🇻🇺Vanuatu	6.3462
75	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.3291
76	🇵🇪Peru	6.3161
77	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	6.3132
78	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.3102
79	🇧🇿Belize	6.2986
80	🇨🇰Cook Islands	6.2962
81	🇬🇲Gambia	6.2566
82	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	6.2497
83	🇬🇳Guinea	6.2432
84	🇳🇺Niue	6.2357
85	🇶🇦Qatar	6.2285
86	🇵🇭Philippines	6.2179
87	🇨🇲Cameroon	6.1975
88	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	6.1838
89	🇸🇻El Salvador	6.1778
90	🇪🇨Ecuador	6.1384
91	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.1155
92	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	6.1007
93	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	6.0893
94	🇨🇳China	6.085
95	🇹🇴Tonga	6.0713
96	🇰🇭Cambodia	6.0706
97	🇪🇬Egypt	6.059
98	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	6.0414
99	🇨🇫Central African Republic	6.0273
100	🇻🇳Viet Nam	6.0192
101	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.0039
102	🇦🇸American Samoa	5.953
103	🇭🇹Haiti	5.9114
104	🇳🇵Nepal	5.8688
105	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.8076
106	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	5.8012
107	🇹🇷Türkiye	5.775
108	🇵🇾Paraguay	5.7177
109	🇰🇮Kiribati	5.7064
110	🇱🇸Lesotho	5.6977
111	🇲🇲Myanmar	5.6819
112	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	5.6551
113	🇿🇦South Africa	5.6344
114	🇵🇫French Polynesia	5.6277
115	🇮🇳India	5.624
116	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	5.6237
117	🇸🇷Suriname	5.5288
118	🇮🇩Indonesia	5.488
119	🇹🇭Thailand	5.4524
120	🇬🇾Guyana	5.4111
121	🇯🇲Jamaica	5.3493
122	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	5.3207
123	🇸🇨Seychelles	5.3072
124	🇦🇮Anguilla	5.2986
125	🇨🇴Colombia	5.2756
126	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	5.2539
127	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	5.2287
128	🇩🇲Dominica	5.2148
129	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	5.2032
130	🇱🇧Lebanon	5.1876
131	🇵🇦Panama	5.1752
132	🇦🇱Albania	5.1583
133	🇬🇦Gabon	5.0967
134	🇳🇨New Caledonia	5.0696
135	🇹🇰Tokelau	5.0374
136	🇲🇾Malaysia	5.0351
137	🇧🇷Brazil	4.9345
138	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	4.8995
139	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	4.7579
140	🇳🇷Nauru	4.7395
141	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.7278
142	🇬🇫French Guiana	4.7162
143	🇫🇯Fiji	4.7077
144	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	4.6617
145	🇨🇷Costa Rica	4.5846
146	🇲🇶Martinique	4.5312
147	🇬🇩Grenada	4.4603
148	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	4.4586
149	🇸🇭Saint Helena	4.4123
150	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	4.3868
151	🇬🇺Guam	4.3428
152	🇷🇪Réunion	4.299
153	🇧🇸Bahamas	4.212
154	🇹🇻Tuvalu	4.081
155	🇨🇺Cuba	3.9808
156	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	3.9755
157	🇮🇪Ireland	3.8496
158	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.8476
159	🇲🇺Mauritius	3.8201
160	🇮🇱Israel	3.7864
161	🇨🇱Chile	3.7777
162	🇲🇸Montserrat	3.7424
163	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	3.7387
164	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	3.7093
165	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	3.6277
166	🇬🇱Greenland	3.5411
167	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	3.5048
168	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3.4804
169	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	3.4151
170	🇨🇼Curaçao	3.3967
171	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	3.3862
172	🇦🇲Armenia	3.3281
173	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3.2588
174	🇳🇿New Zealand	3.1684
175	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	3.1672
176	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	3.1563
177	🇦🇷Argentina	3.0848
178	🇧🇧Barbados	3.079
179	🇸🇬Singapore	3.0682
180	🇨🇾Cyprus	3.0651
181	🇲🇰North Macedonia	3.0116
182	🇵🇹Portugal	3.0075
183	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.9998
184	🇦🇼Aruba	2.9729
185	🇬🇮Gibraltar	2.9479
186	🇪🇸Spain	2.8841
187	🇦🇺Australia	2.8596
188	🇮🇸Iceland	2.8155
189	🇷🇴Romania	2.8116
190	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.7914
191	🇦🇩Andorra	2.787
192	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.7721
193	🇬🇪Georgia	2.6954
194	🇲🇪Montenegro	2.6875
195	🇳🇱Netherlands	2.5726
196	🇮🇲Isle of Man	2.5659
197	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	2.5647
198	🇺🇸United States of America	2.5148
199	🇳🇴Norway	2.5121
200	🇲🇨Monaco	2.5002
201	🇫🇷France	2.4805
202	🇬🇷Greece	2.4352
203	🇬🇧United Kingdom	2.4213
204	🇸🇰Slovakia	2.4147
205	🇱🇹Lithuania	2.3961
206	🇮🇹Italy	2.3959
207	🇸🇲San Marino	2.3162
208	🇧🇲Bermuda	2.3084
209	🇦🇹Austria	2.2937
210	🇧🇾Belarus	2.2935
211	🇨🇦Canada	2.2665
212	🇵🇱Poland	2.2538
213	🇧🇪Belgium	2.2536
214	🇧🇬Bulgaria	2.1788
215	🇪🇪Estonia	2.1707
216	🇸🇮Slovenia	2.1135
217	🇬🇬Guernsey	2.1051
218	🇨🇭Switzerland	2.103
219	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	2.0932
220	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	2.0891
221	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	2.0828
222	🇺🇦Ukraine	2.0778
223	🇲🇹Malta	2.0718
224	🇯🇵Japan	2.035
225	🇩🇪Germany	2.0242
226	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2.0067
227	🇭🇺Hungary	1.9797
228	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.9729
229	🇷🇸Serbia	1.9728
230	🇱🇻Latvia	1.9645
231	🇩🇰Denmark	1.9559
232	🇯🇪Jersey	1.9328
233	🇸🇪Sweden	1.9208
234	🇨🇿Czechia	1.9202
235	🇭🇷Croatia	1.8815
236	🇫🇮Finland	1.8218
237	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1970

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	6.6879
2	Asia	5.5909
3	Latin America and the Caribbean	5.1699
4	Americas	3.9617
5	Oceania	3.5659
6	Northern America	2.4912
7	Europe	2.2826

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1970

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Eastern Africa	7.0567
2	Western Africa	6.7105
3	Northern Africa	6.6229
4	Middle Africa	6.4675
5	Central America	6.463
6	Polynesia	6.3189
7	Melanesia	6.0307
8	Western Asia	5.9555
9	Southern Asia	5.8789
10	Micronesia	5.7308
11	Southern Africa	5.7075
12	South-Eastern Asia	5.6128
13	Eastern Asia	5.3737
14	Central Asia	5.074
15	South America	4.8041
16	Caribbean	4.6752
17	Australia/New Zealand	2.9149
18	Southern Europe	2.6085
19	Northern Europe	2.3362
20	Western Europe	2.2287
21	Eastern Europe	2.1387

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1970

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	6.6714
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	5.9587
3	Lower-middle-income countries	5.8466
4	Low-and-middle-income countries	5.5896
5	Middle-income countries	5.5177
6	No income group available	5.3277
7	Upper-middle-income countries	5.2769
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	4.2129
9	High-income countries	2.5358

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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