Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1974

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In the year 1974, the world had a total fertility rate of 4.2591 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇾🇪Yemen with a rate of 8.3258 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇷🇼Rwanda with a fertility rate of 8.1022 births per woman, and 🇱🇾Libya with 8.0203 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with 1.0 births per woman. Followed by 🇯🇪Jersey with a fertility rate of 1.4725 births per woman, and 🇩🇪Germany with 1.5209 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 6.6881 births per woman. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a fertility rate of 4.7495 births per woman, and Asia with 4.7161 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 7.1112 births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a fertility rate of 6.8546 births per woman, and Middle Africa with 6.5657 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 6.6534 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 2.2077.

Similar Population Metrics for 1974

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1974

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇾🇪Yemen	8.3258
2	🇷🇼Rwanda	8.1022
3	🇱🇾Libya	8.0203
4	🇯🇴Jordan	7.9967
5	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	7.9289
6	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	7.8994
7	🇰🇪Kenya	7.8223
8	🇴🇲Oman	7.6718
9	🇩🇿Algeria	7.5447
10	🇳🇪Niger	7.5394
11	🇦🇫Afghanistan	7.5258
12	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	7.5197
13	🇵🇸State of Palestine	7.5195
14	🇦🇴Angola	7.4995
15	🇾🇹Mayotte	7.4956
16	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	7.4263
17	🇲🇻Maldives	7.3769
18	🇿🇲Zambia	7.3641
19	🇲🇼Malawi	7.344
20	🇸🇸South Sudan	7.3142
21	🇸🇳Senegal	7.2521
22	🇲🇱Mali	7.2282
23	🇧🇮Burundi	7.2222
24	🇺🇬Uganda	7.1915
25	🇲🇳Mongolia	7.1735
26	🇰🇲Comoros	7.1631
27	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	7.1234
28	🇹🇬Togo	7.0898
29	🇸🇴Somalia	7.0571
30	🇪🇹Ethiopia	7.0182
31	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	7.0097
32	🇲🇬Madagascar	6.9931
33	🇮🇶Iraq	6.9521
34	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.9276
35	🇭🇳Honduras	6.9128
36	🇸🇩Sudan	6.9085
37	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	6.8964
38	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	6.879
39	🇹🇩Chad	6.8642
40	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	6.8419
41	🇬🇭Ghana	6.8221
42	🇧🇯Benin	6.8219
43	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	6.8177
44	🇵🇰Pakistan	6.8113
45	🇩🇯Djibouti	6.7801
46	🇧🇩Bangladesh	6.7783
47	🇹🇯Tajikistan	6.7724
48	🇼🇸Samoa	6.7472
49	🇲🇷Mauritania	6.7295
50	🇸🇿Eswatini	6.7097
51	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.7034
52	🇱🇷Liberia	6.6906
53	🇲🇿Mozambique	6.6711
54	🇧🇹Bhutan	6.6181
55	🇧🇼Botswana	6.6144
56	🇪🇷Eritrea	6.567
57	🇳🇦Namibia	6.5518
58	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	6.5341
59	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	6.5336
60	🇳🇮Nicaragua	6.5208
61	🇬🇹Guatemala	6.4585
62	🇬🇲Gambia	6.4153
63	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6.4105
64	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.4039
65	🇲🇦Morocco	6.3975
66	🇨🇬Congo	6.3905
67	🇨🇲Cameroon	6.3606
68	🇬🇳Guinea	6.3363
69	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.2887
70	🇧🇿Belize	6.2865
71	🇰🇼Kuwait	6.2332
72	🇪🇭Western Sahara	6.2227
73	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	6.1201
74	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	6.1139
75	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	6.0868
76	🇻🇺Vanuatu	6.0568
77	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	6.0531
78	🇹🇳Tunisia	6.0478
79	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	6.0201
80	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	5.9684
81	🇲🇽Mexico	5.9468
82	🇶🇦Qatar	5.9347
83	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.899
84	🇵🇪Peru	5.8407
85	🇸🇻El Salvador	5.8222
86	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.7959
87	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.7949
88	🇧🇭Bahrain	5.7866
89	🇪🇬Egypt	5.7843
90	🇭🇹Haiti	5.7814
91	🇻🇳Viet Nam	5.7812
92	🇹🇴Tonga	5.765
93	🇱🇸Lesotho	5.7534
94	🇳🇵Nepal	5.7496
95	🇵🇭Philippines	5.6935
96	🇪🇨Ecuador	5.5772
97	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	5.5711
98	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	5.4405
99	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	5.3882
100	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.3788
101	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	5.3732
102	🇲🇲Myanmar	5.3414
103	🇬🇦Gabon	5.3273
104	🇮🇳India	5.3248
105	🇿🇦South Africa	5.2977
106	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	5.2871
107	🇳🇺Niue	5.275
108	🇵🇾Paraguay	5.2724
109	🇵🇼Palau	5.2577
110	🇹🇷Türkiye	5.2433
111	🇨🇰Cook Islands	5.1987
112	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	5.1831
113	🇦🇸American Samoa	5.1393
114	🇸🇨Seychelles	5.0991
115	🇰🇮Kiribati	5.0938
116	🇮🇩Indonesia	5.0894
117	🇵🇫French Polynesia	4.9063
118	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	4.8913
119	🇸🇷Suriname	4.8114
120	🇰🇭Cambodia	4.7967
121	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	4.7933
122	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	4.7906
123	🇦🇱Albania	4.7
124	🇳🇨New Caledonia	4.6865
125	🇯🇲Jamaica	4.6653
126	🇱🇧Lebanon	4.6544
127	🇬🇾Guyana	4.6383
128	🇲🇾Malaysia	4.6187
129	🇹🇭Thailand	4.598
130	🇵🇦Panama	4.5762
131	🇨🇴Colombia	4.5273
132	🇹🇰Tokelau	4.5173
133	🇧🇷Brazil	4.5016
134	🇦🇮Anguilla	4.3929
135	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	4.3143
136	🇨🇳China	4.17
137	🇫🇯Fiji	4.0677
138	🇳🇷Nauru	4.0674
139	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	3.988
140	🇬🇩Grenada	3.9196
141	🇨🇷Costa Rica	3.8928
142	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	3.8726
143	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	3.8546
144	🇩🇲Dominica	3.8425
145	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.8064
146	🇬🇫French Guiana	3.7796
147	🇬🇺Guam	3.7639
148	🇷🇪Réunion	3.7267
149	🇮🇱Israel	3.6415
150	🇹🇻Tuvalu	3.633
151	🇮🇪Ireland	3.5878
152	🇧🇸Bahamas	3.5723
153	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	3.5551
154	🇲🇶Martinique	3.5235
155	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	3.453
156	🇲🇺Mauritius	3.4526
157	🇸🇭Saint Helena	3.3805
158	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	3.3332
159	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	3.3185
160	🇨🇱Chile	3.2927
161	🇦🇷Argentina	3.2156
162	🇨🇺Cuba	3.1637
163	🇲🇸Montserrat	3.1637
164	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.1421
165	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	3.0886
166	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	3.0662
167	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3.0095
168	🇦🇲Armenia	2.9841
169	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	2.9576
170	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.9568
171	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	2.9536
172	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.9535
173	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	2.9321
174	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	2.8712
175	🇪🇸Spain	2.8708
176	🇨🇼Curaçao	2.7733
177	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.7522
178	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.7508
179	🇦🇩Andorra	2.7347
180	🇲🇰North Macedonia	2.6985
181	🇵🇹Portugal	2.6955
182	🇮🇸Iceland	2.6611
183	🇷🇴Romania	2.6602
184	🇧🇧Barbados	2.6523
185	🇸🇰Slovakia	2.6057
186	🇬🇮Gibraltar	2.5963
187	🇳🇿New Zealand	2.5736
188	🇦🇼Aruba	2.573
189	🇬🇪Georgia	2.5646
190	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	2.5636
191	🇨🇿Czechia	2.4566
192	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.4535
193	🇬🇱Greenland	2.4496
194	🇲🇪Montenegro	2.4338
195	🇬🇷Greece	2.4284
196	🇲🇨Monaco	2.3766
197	🇦🇺Australia	2.3764
198	🇸🇬Singapore	2.351
199	🇮🇹Italy	2.2922
200	🇧🇬Bulgaria	2.2901
201	🇭🇺Hungary	2.284
202	🇨🇾Cyprus	2.2802
203	🇵🇱Poland	2.2647
204	🇮🇲Isle of Man	2.2633
205	🇱🇹Lithuania	2.206
206	🇧🇾Belarus	2.191
207	🇸🇲San Marino	2.1337
208	🇳🇴Norway	2.1335
209	🇫🇷France	2.1247
210	🇸🇮Slovenia	2.1161
211	🇪🇪Estonia	2.0803
212	🇲🇹Malta	2.0783
213	🇯🇵Japan	2.0651
214	🇺🇦Ukraine	2.064
215	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2.0274
216	🇧🇲Bermuda	2.0227
217	🇭🇷Croatia	1.9828
218	🇱🇻Latvia	1.9775
219	🇷🇸Serbia	1.9296
220	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1.9149
221	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	1.9037
222	🇦🇹Austria	1.9018
223	🇩🇰Denmark	1.8976
224	🇺🇸United States of America	1.8723
225	🇸🇪Sweden	1.8672
226	🇧🇪Belgium	1.8383
227	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	1.8146
228	🇨🇦Canada	1.806
229	🇳🇱Netherlands	1.7743
230	🇬🇬Guernsey	1.7339
231	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1.7312
232	🇨🇭Switzerland	1.7291
233	🇫🇮Finland	1.6086
234	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.5853
235	🇩🇪Germany	1.5209
236	🇯🇪Jersey	1.4725
237	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1974

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	6.6881
2	Latin America and the Caribbean	4.7495
3	Asia	4.7161
4	Americas	3.456
5	Oceania	3.0889
6	Europe	2.128
7	Northern America	1.866

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1974

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Eastern Africa	7.1112
2	Western Africa	6.8546
3	Middle Africa	6.5657
4	Northern Africa	6.3943
5	Central America	5.9448
6	Melanesia	5.7952
7	Polynesia	5.6874
8	Western Asia	5.6461
9	Southern Asia	5.6165
10	Southern Africa	5.4127
11	Micronesia	5.2456
12	South-Eastern Asia	5.1491
13	Central Asia	4.9064
14	South America	4.4293
15	Caribbean	4.1136
16	Eastern Asia	3.8426
17	Southern Europe	2.526
18	Australia/New Zealand	2.4126
19	Eastern Europe	2.1638
20	Northern Europe	1.9702
21	Western Europe	1.7804

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1974

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	6.6534
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	5.7813
3	Lower-middle-income countries	5.6404
4	Low-and-middle-income countries	4.9138
5	No income group available	4.7957
6	Middle-income countries	4.7946
7	Upper-middle-income countries	4.1641
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	3.4242
9	High-income countries	2.2077

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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