Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1975

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In the year 1975, the world had a total fertility rate of 4.0797 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇾🇪Yemen with a rate of 8.3734 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇷🇼Rwanda with a fertility rate of 8.0961 births per woman, and 🇱🇾Libya with 7.977 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 1.416 births per woman, and 🇩🇪Germany with 1.4772 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 6.686 births per woman. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a fertility rate of 4.6439 births per woman, and Asia with 4.43 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 7.1202 births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a fertility rate of 6.8932 births per woman, and Middle Africa with 6.5793 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 6.6553 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 2.1199.

Similar Population Metrics for 1975

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1975

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇾🇪Yemen	8.3734
2	🇷🇼Rwanda	8.0961
3	🇱🇾Libya	7.977
4	🇯🇴Jordan	7.9251
5	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	7.9096
6	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	7.8317
7	🇰🇪Kenya	7.7953
8	🇴🇲Oman	7.7111
9	🇦🇫Afghanistan	7.542
10	🇳🇪Niger	7.539
11	🇾🇹Mayotte	7.5329
12	🇦🇴Angola	7.4942
13	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	7.4865
14	🇩🇿Algeria	7.4848
15	🇵🇸State of Palestine	7.4799
16	🇿🇲Zambia	7.4215
17	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	7.3703
18	🇲🇼Malawi	7.3591
19	🇸🇸South Sudan	7.3262
20	🇲🇻Maldives	7.3209
21	🇲🇱Mali	7.2528
22	🇸🇳Senegal	7.2523
23	🇧🇮Burundi	7.2442
24	🇺🇬Uganda	7.2015
25	🇰🇲Comoros	7.1625
26	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	7.1006
27	🇹🇬Togo	7.0883
28	🇪🇹Ethiopia	7.0789
29	🇲🇳Mongolia	7.066
30	🇸🇴Somalia	7.0332
31	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	6.9877
32	🇲🇬Madagascar	6.9713
33	🇮🇶Iraq	6.9129
34	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	6.9126
35	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.879
36	🇹🇩Chad	6.8756
37	🇭🇳Honduras	6.8661
38	🇸🇩Sudan	6.8658
39	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	6.8325
40	🇧🇯Benin	6.8296
41	🇵🇰Pakistan	6.8119
42	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.7727
43	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	6.7713
44	🇬🇭Ghana	6.762
45	🇱🇷Liberia	6.7439
46	🇩🇯Djibouti	6.7366
47	🇧🇩Bangladesh	6.7276
48	🇲🇷Mauritania	6.7128
49	🇸🇿Eswatini	6.707
50	🇹🇯Tajikistan	6.6917
51	🇲🇿Mozambique	6.659
52	🇧🇹Bhutan	6.6198
53	🇧🇼Botswana	6.6129
54	🇼🇸Samoa	6.606
55	🇪🇷Eritrea	6.5864
56	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	6.546
57	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	6.5339
58	🇳🇦Namibia	6.5328
59	🇳🇮Nicaragua	6.4454
60	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	6.4388
61	🇬🇲Gambia	6.4276
62	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.4192
63	🇬🇹Guatemala	6.4101
64	🇨🇲Cameroon	6.4013
65	🇬🇳Guinea	6.3672
66	🇨🇬Congo	6.3555
67	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6.3531
68	🇲🇦Morocco	6.2986
69	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.2873
70	🇧🇿Belize	6.2784
71	🇪🇭Western Sahara	6.2019
72	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	6.1496
73	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	6.0645
74	🇰🇼Kuwait	6.0594
75	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	6.004
76	🇻🇺Vanuatu	5.9758
77	🇹🇳Tunisia	5.9719
78	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	5.9472
79	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	5.9179
80	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.8771
81	🇶🇦Qatar	5.8607
82	🇱🇸Lesotho	5.8247
83	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.7914
84	🇪🇬Egypt	5.7491
85	🇭🇹Haiti	5.7483
86	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.7479
87	🇹🇴Tonga	5.7458
88	🇲🇽Mexico	5.7393
89	🇳🇵Nepal	5.733
90	🇵🇪Peru	5.7095
91	🇸🇻El Salvador	5.7052
92	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	5.6251
93	🇻🇳Viet Nam	5.6215
94	🇧🇭Bahrain	5.6184
95	🇵🇭Philippines	5.596
96	🇪🇨Ecuador	5.4258
97	🇬🇦Gabon	5.3907
98	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	5.3581
99	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	5.2834
100	🇲🇲Myanmar	5.2485
101	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	5.2348
102	🇮🇳India	5.1945
103	🇿🇦South Africa	5.1912
104	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	5.1902
105	🇵🇾Paraguay	5.1771
106	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.1648
107	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	5.0995
108	🇳🇺Niue	5.0875
109	🇹🇷Türkiye	5.087
110	🇮🇩Indonesia	5.0316
111	🇰🇮Kiribati	5.019
112	🇦🇸American Samoa	5.0131
113	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	4.9899
114	🇨🇰Cook Islands	4.9611
115	🇵🇼Palau	4.9026
116	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	4.764
117	🇸🇨Seychelles	4.7518
118	🇵🇫French Polynesia	4.7134
119	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	4.6866
120	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	4.686
121	🇸🇷Suriname	4.6295
122	🇦🇱Albania	4.5657
123	🇱🇧Lebanon	4.5208
124	🇲🇾Malaysia	4.5008
125	🇳🇨New Caledonia	4.4563
126	🇬🇾Guyana	4.4497
127	🇯🇲Jamaica	4.4356
128	🇧🇷Brazil	4.4152
129	🇵🇦Panama	4.4145
130	🇹🇰Tokelau	4.4096
131	🇨🇴Colombia	4.3976
132	🇹🇭Thailand	4.3638
133	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	4.2148
134	🇦🇮Anguilla	4.1968
135	🇫🇯Fiji	4.1036
136	🇰🇭Cambodia	4.103
137	🇳🇷Nauru	3.9722
138	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	3.8159
139	🇨🇷Costa Rica	3.8036
140	🇬🇩Grenada	3.7542
141	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	3.7518
142	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.6748
143	🇬🇺Guam	3.6577
144	🇷🇪Réunion	3.6471
145	🇮🇱Israel	3.614
146	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	3.5951
147	🇹🇻Tuvalu	3.5785
148	🇨🇳China	3.571
149	🇬🇫French Guiana	3.5675
150	🇩🇲Dominica	3.4605
151	🇧🇸Bahamas	3.4237
152	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	3.3979
153	🇮🇪Ireland	3.3716
154	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	3.3126
155	🇦🇷Argentina	3.2706
156	🇸🇭Saint Helena	3.261
157	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	3.2536
158	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	3.214
159	🇲🇺Mauritius	3.1969
160	🇨🇱Chile	3.1818
161	🇲🇶Martinique	3.1245
162	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.047
163	🇺🇾Uruguay	3.0166
164	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	2.9726
165	🇲🇸Montserrat	2.9526
166	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.9457
167	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.9212
168	🇦🇲Armenia	2.9209
169	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	2.9023
170	🇨🇺Cuba	2.8244
171	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	2.8028
172	🇪🇸Spain	2.7734
173	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	2.7703
174	🇵🇹Portugal	2.7501
175	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	2.7153
176	🇲🇰North Macedonia	2.6922
177	🇨🇼Curaçao	2.6623
178	🇮🇸Iceland	2.6401
179	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.6366
180	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	2.6273
181	🇷🇴Romania	2.5948
182	🇬🇪Georgia	2.5523
183	🇸🇰Slovakia	2.5442
184	🇬🇮Gibraltar	2.5266
185	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	2.5215
186	🇦🇼Aruba	2.4987
187	🇦🇩Andorra	2.458
188	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.4544
189	🇧🇧Barbados	2.447
190	🇨🇿Czechia	2.4304
191	🇬🇷Greece	2.4189
192	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.3886
193	🇲🇪Montenegro	2.3808
194	🇭🇺Hungary	2.3633
195	🇳🇿New Zealand	2.3566
196	🇲🇨Monaco	2.351
197	🇬🇱Greenland	2.33
198	🇵🇱Poland	2.282
199	🇧🇬Bulgaria	2.2353
200	🇦🇺Australia	2.2075
201	🇮🇹Italy	2.1774
202	🇱🇹Lithuania	2.1747
203	🇸🇮Slovenia	2.172
204	🇮🇲Isle of Man	2.1603
205	🇲🇹Malta	2.1515
206	🇧🇾Belarus	2.1327
207	🇨🇾Cyprus	2.1071
208	🇸🇬Singapore	2.0802
209	🇸🇲San Marino	2.053
210	🇺🇦Ukraine	2.0495
211	🇪🇪Estonia	2.044
212	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2.0019
213	🇳🇴Norway	1.9861
214	🇭🇷Croatia	1.9513
215	🇱🇻Latvia	1.9477
216	🇫🇷France	1.9346
217	🇷🇸Serbia	1.9233
218	🇯🇵Japan	1.9206
219	🇩🇰Denmark	1.9078
220	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	1.8971
221	🇧🇲Bermuda	1.8881
222	🇦🇹Austria	1.823
223	🇺🇸United States of America	1.8146
224	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1.8068
225	🇨🇦Canada	1.7993
226	🇸🇪Sweden	1.7667
227	🇧🇪Belgium	1.7487
228	🇫🇮Finland	1.6776
229	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	1.6671
230	🇳🇱Netherlands	1.6657
231	🇬🇬Guernsey	1.6519
232	🇨🇭Switzerland	1.6137
233	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.5613
234	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1.5541
235	🇩🇪Germany	1.4772
236	🇯🇪Jersey	1.416
237	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1975

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	6.686
2	Latin America and the Caribbean	4.6439
3	Asia	4.43
4	Americas	3.3756
5	Oceania	2.932
6	Europe	2.0688
7	Northern America	1.8133

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1975

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Eastern Africa	7.1202
2	Western Africa	6.8932
3	Middle Africa	6.5793
4	Northern Africa	6.3399
5	Central America	5.7694
6	Melanesia	5.7502
7	Western Asia	5.566
8	Polynesia	5.5413
9	Southern Asia	5.5142
10	Southern Africa	5.3206
11	Micronesia	5.1342
12	South-Eastern Asia	5.0308
13	Central Asia	4.8186
14	South America	4.3559
15	Caribbean	3.9216
16	Eastern Asia	3.3381
17	Southern Europe	2.4531
18	Australia/New Zealand	2.2355
19	Eastern Europe	2.1409
20	Northern Europe	1.8842
21	Western Europe	1.6786

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1975

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	6.6553
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	5.7112
3	Lower-middle-income countries	5.5583
4	Low-and-middle-income countries	4.6981
5	No income group available	4.6909
6	Middle-income countries	4.5633
7	Upper-middle-income countries	3.8162
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	3.1793
9	High-income countries	2.1199

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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