Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1977

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In the year 1977, the world had a total fertility rate of 3.8523 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇾🇪Yemen with a rate of 8.5038 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇷🇼Rwanda with a fertility rate of 8.2405 births per woman, and 🇴🇲Oman with 7.9385 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with 1.0041 births per woman. Followed by 🇯🇪Jersey with a fertility rate of 1.4589 births per woman, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 1.4634 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 6.6713 births per woman. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a fertility rate of 4.4657 births per woman, and Asia with 4.0608 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 7.1496 births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a fertility rate of 6.9482 births per woman, and Middle Africa with 6.6011 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 6.6715 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 2.0519.

Similar Population Metrics for 1977

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1977

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇾🇪Yemen	8.5038
2	🇷🇼Rwanda	8.2405
3	🇴🇲Oman	7.9385
4	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	7.8276
5	🇱🇾Libya	7.815
6	🇰🇪Kenya	7.8028
7	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	7.7401
8	🇯🇴Jordan	7.708
9	🇳🇪Niger	7.5953
10	🇦🇫Afghanistan	7.5913
11	🇦🇴Angola	7.4755
12	🇾🇹Mayotte	7.4655
13	🇲🇼Malawi	7.4599
14	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	7.4102
15	🇵🇸State of Palestine	7.384
16	🇿🇲Zambia	7.3327
17	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	7.2952
18	🇲🇱Mali	7.282
19	🇸🇳Senegal	7.2676
20	🇪🇹Ethiopia	7.2552
21	🇧🇮Burundi	7.2453
22	🇩🇿Algeria	7.2302
23	🇺🇬Uganda	7.2086
24	🇲🇻Maldives	7.1452
25	🇹🇬Togo	7.1108
26	🇰🇲Comoros	7.1006
27	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	7.0464
28	🇸🇴Somalia	7.0044
29	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	6.9868
30	🇲🇬Madagascar	6.9755
31	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	6.945
32	🇸🇸South Sudan	6.9129
33	🇹🇩Chad	6.8955
34	🇸🇩Sudan	6.8713
35	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.8621
36	🇧🇯Benin	6.8535
37	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	6.8451
38	🇱🇷Liberia	6.8407
39	🇲🇳Mongolia	6.8225
40	🇵🇰Pakistan	6.7989
41	🇮🇶Iraq	6.7537
42	🇭🇳Honduras	6.7007
43	🇸🇿Eswatini	6.6948
44	🇩🇯Djibouti	6.694
45	🇬🇭Ghana	6.6794
46	🇲🇷Mauritania	6.6762
47	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	6.6447
48	🇲🇿Mozambique	6.6427
49	🇪🇷Eritrea	6.6083
50	🇧🇹Bhutan	6.605
51	🇧🇩Bangladesh	6.5931
52	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	6.5682
53	🇨🇲Cameroon	6.5198
54	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	6.5037
55	🇧🇼Botswana	6.4945
56	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.4901
57	🇳🇦Namibia	6.4455
58	🇬🇳Guinea	6.434
59	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.4293
60	🇬🇲Gambia	6.429
61	🇹🇯Tajikistan	6.3885
62	🇼🇸Samoa	6.3784
63	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	6.3529
64	🇬🇹Guatemala	6.3186
65	🇳🇮Nicaragua	6.3009
66	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.2925
67	🇨🇬Congo	6.2707
68	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	6.2488
69	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.2026
70	🇧🇿Belize	6.195
71	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6.1546
72	🇲🇦Morocco	5.9976
73	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.9678
74	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	5.9571
75	🇻🇺Vanuatu	5.9361
76	🇶🇦Qatar	5.9106
77	🇪🇭Western Sahara	5.8996
78	🇱🇸Lesotho	5.8979
79	🇰🇼Kuwait	5.8461
80	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.7954
81	🇹🇳Tunisia	5.7717
82	🇪🇬Egypt	5.739
83	🇳🇵Nepal	5.7264
84	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	5.6826
85	🇭🇹Haiti	5.6807
86	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.6733
87	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	5.5359
88	🇬🇦Gabon	5.5162
89	🇹🇴Tonga	5.4709
90	🇸🇻El Salvador	5.4626
91	🇵🇭Philippines	5.4422
92	🇵🇪Peru	5.4401
93	🇲🇽Mexico	5.4135
94	🇳🇺Niue	5.3413
95	🇧🇭Bahrain	5.3057
96	🇻🇳Viet Nam	5.2624
97	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	5.216
98	🇪🇨Ecuador	5.13
99	🇲🇲Myanmar	5.1184
100	🇵🇾Paraguay	5.1172
101	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	5.0854
102	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	5.029
103	🇮🇳India	5.0074
104	🇰🇮Kiribati	4.9903
105	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	4.9613
106	🇦🇸American Samoa	4.9518
107	🇿🇦South Africa	4.9416
108	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	4.8421
109	🇮🇩Indonesia	4.8092
110	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	4.758
111	🇹🇷Türkiye	4.7576
112	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	4.706
113	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	4.5802
114	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	4.577
115	🇨🇰Cook Islands	4.5346
116	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.4984
117	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	4.4937
118	🇹🇰Tokelau	4.4562
119	🇵🇫French Polynesia	4.3665
120	🇸🇷Suriname	4.3325
121	🇱🇧Lebanon	4.308
122	🇲🇾Malaysia	4.306
123	🇧🇷Brazil	4.2668
124	🇨🇴Colombia	4.1794
125	🇬🇾Guyana	4.1687
126	🇦🇱Albania	4.1361
127	🇵🇦Panama	4.1321
128	🇯🇲Jamaica	4.1148
129	🇦🇮Anguilla	4.1129
130	🇫🇯Fiji	4.0692
131	🇳🇨New Caledonia	4.05
132	🇳🇷Nauru	3.9956
133	🇵🇼Palau	3.9257
134	🇹🇭Thailand	3.8971
135	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	3.8689
136	🇸🇨Seychelles	3.8458
137	🇬🇩Grenada	3.7503
138	🇨🇷Costa Rica	3.7009
139	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	3.676
140	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.6463
141	🇬🇺Guam	3.6363
142	🇬🇫French Guiana	3.5586
143	🇹🇻Tuvalu	3.4991
144	🇮🇱Israel	3.4769
145	🇷🇪Réunion	3.3665
146	🇦🇷Argentina	3.3593
147	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	3.2682
148	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	3.2676
149	🇮🇪Ireland	3.2439
150	🇩🇲Dominica	3.2153
151	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	3.1993
152	🇧🇸Bahamas	3.1704
153	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	3.1688
154	🇸🇭Saint Helena	3.1463
155	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	3.1116
156	🇲🇺Mauritius	3.0612
157	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	2.9993
158	🇨🇱Chile	2.9808
159	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	2.923
160	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.8961
161	🇨🇳China	2.844
162	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.7853
163	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	2.7838
164	🇲🇸Montserrat	2.7834
165	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	2.779
166	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.7707
167	🇦🇲Armenia	2.7604
168	🇰🇭Cambodia	2.7155
169	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	2.6812
170	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.6773
171	🇵🇹Portugal	2.6762
172	🇪🇸Spain	2.6543
173	🇬🇮Gibraltar	2.6351
174	🇲🇶Martinique	2.5872
175	🇷🇴Romania	2.5657
176	🇸🇰Slovakia	2.4891
177	🇲🇰North Macedonia	2.4869
178	🇨🇼Curaçao	2.4579
179	🇦🇼Aruba	2.4456
180	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.4393
181	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	2.4357
182	🇬🇪Georgia	2.4274
183	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	2.4173
184	🇬🇷Greece	2.3916
185	🇨🇿Czechia	2.3423
186	🇮🇸Iceland	2.32
187	🇲🇪Montenegro	2.2911
188	🇬🇱Greenland	2.2625
189	🇵🇱Poland	2.2404
190	🇨🇺Cuba	2.2132
191	🇳🇿New Zealand	2.2072
192	🇧🇬Bulgaria	2.2055
193	🇧🇧Barbados	2.198
194	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	2.1906
195	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.1755
196	🇭🇺Hungary	2.1668
197	🇸🇮Slovenia	2.1664
198	🇲🇹Malta	2.1412
199	🇱🇹Lithuania	2.135
200	🇧🇾Belarus	2.1163
201	🇨🇾Cyprus	2.0893
202	🇪🇪Estonia	2.0576
203	🇦🇺Australia	2.0154
204	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1.9832
205	🇦🇩Andorra	1.9728
206	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1.9634
207	🇺🇦Ukraine	1.9472
208	🇭🇷Croatia	1.9457
209	🇮🇹Italy	1.9348
210	🇲🇨Monaco	1.8855
211	🇱🇻Latvia	1.8851
212	🇸🇲San Marino	1.8817
213	🇫🇷France	1.88
214	🇷🇸Serbia	1.873
215	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	1.8729
216	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.8335
217	🇸🇬Singapore	1.8332
218	🇯🇵Japan	1.8085
219	🇨🇦Canada	1.8012
220	🇺🇸United States of America	1.7786
221	🇳🇴Norway	1.7645
222	🇧🇪Belgium	1.7086
223	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1.6898
224	🇫🇮Finland	1.6785
225	🇩🇰Denmark	1.6635
226	🇧🇲Bermuda	1.651
227	🇸🇪Sweden	1.6414
228	🇦🇹Austria	1.6304
229	🇬🇬Guernsey	1.6213
230	🇳🇱Netherlands	1.5909
231	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1.536
232	🇨🇭Switzerland	1.5326
233	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.4989
234	🇩🇪Germany	1.4957
235	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	1.4634
236	🇯🇪Jersey	1.4589
237	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0041

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1977

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	6.6713
2	Latin America and the Caribbean	4.4657
3	Asia	4.0608
4	Oceania	2.7538
5	Europe	1.9923
6	Northern America	1.7813

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1977

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Eastern Africa	7.1496
2	Western Africa	6.9482
3	Middle Africa	6.6011
4	Northern Africa	6.2354
5	Melanesia	5.6475
6	Central America	5.4857
7	Western Asia	5.4177
8	Southern Asia	5.3537
9	Polynesia	5.2498
10	Southern Africa	5.0972
11	Micronesia	4.9456
12	South-Eastern Asia	4.7611
13	Central Asia	4.6424
14	South America	4.2205
15	Caribbean	3.621
16	Eastern Asia	2.726
17	Southern Europe	2.294
18	Eastern Europe	2.0879
19	Australia/New Zealand	2.0515
20	Northern Europe	1.7704
21	Western Europe	1.6508

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1977

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	6.6715
2	Lower-middle-income countries	5.3438
3	No income group available	4.4977
4	Middle-income countries	4.2419
5	Upper-middle-income countries	3.227
6	High-income countries	2.0519

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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