Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1979

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In the year 1979, the world had a total fertility rate of 3.7712 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇾🇪Yemen with a rate of 8.6712 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇷🇼Rwanda with a fertility rate of 8.1302 births per woman, and 🇴🇲Oman with 7.8497 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with 1.0 births per woman. Followed by 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with a fertility rate of 1.3737 births per woman, and 🇯🇪Jersey with 1.396 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 6.6204 births per woman. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a fertility rate of 4.2491 births per woman, and Asia with 3.9449 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 7.1116 births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a fertility rate of 6.952 births per woman, and Middle Africa with 6.6436 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 6.6775 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 1.9985.

Similar Population Metrics for 1979

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1979

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇾🇪Yemen	8.6712
2	🇷🇼Rwanda	8.1302
3	🇴🇲Oman	7.8497
4	🇳🇪Niger	7.7221
5	🇱🇾Libya	7.6799
6	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	7.6254
7	🇦🇫Afghanistan	7.6123
8	🇰🇪Kenya	7.5985
9	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	7.4729
10	🇲🇼Malawi	7.4652
11	🇦🇴Angola	7.4611
12	🇯🇴Jordan	7.4477
13	🇾🇹Mayotte	7.4146
14	🇲🇱Mali	7.3476
15	🇸🇸South Sudan	7.3195
16	🇧🇮Burundi	7.3071
17	🇸🇳Senegal	7.2897
18	🇵🇸State of Palestine	7.2825
19	🇪🇹Ethiopia	7.2481
20	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	7.2474
21	🇲🇻Maldives	7.2333
22	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	7.227
23	🇿🇲Zambia	7.2219
24	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	7.1942
25	🇰🇲Comoros	7.1622
26	🇸🇴Somalia	7.1612
27	🇺🇬Uganda	7.1417
28	🇩🇿Algeria	7.119
29	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	7.0428
30	🇹🇬Togo	6.935
31	🇱🇷Liberia	6.9187
32	🇹🇩Chad	6.9054
33	🇧🇯Benin	6.9047
34	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.8871
35	🇲🇬Madagascar	6.872
36	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	6.8224
37	🇵🇰Pakistan	6.761
38	🇲🇷Mauritania	6.7025
39	🇮🇶Iraq	6.662
40	🇸🇩Sudan	6.6511
41	🇪🇷Eritrea	6.6207
42	🇸🇿Eswatini	6.6068
43	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	6.5904
44	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	6.5819
45	🇨🇲Cameroon	6.5807
46	🇲🇿Mozambique	6.5637
47	🇧🇹Bhutan	6.5529
48	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.5486
49	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.5449
50	🇭🇳Honduras	6.5313
51	🇩🇯Djibouti	6.5232
52	🇬🇭Ghana	6.5132
53	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.4787
54	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	6.4755
55	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	6.4733
56	🇬🇳Guinea	6.4495
57	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	6.4338
58	🇲🇳Mongolia	6.4243
59	🇧🇩Bangladesh	6.4208
60	🇬🇲Gambia	6.4109
61	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	6.4012
62	🇧🇼Botswana	6.3947
63	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.3139
64	🇳🇦Namibia	6.3137
65	🇹🇯Tajikistan	6.3106
66	🇬🇹Guatemala	6.2162
67	🇨🇬Congo	6.1434
68	🇨🇫Central African Republic	6.0901
69	🇳🇮Nicaragua	6.0692
70	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6.0589
71	🇧🇿Belize	5.9924
72	🇼🇸Samoa	5.9906
73	🇪🇭Western Sahara	5.9625
74	🇲🇦Morocco	5.8485
75	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.8173
76	🇱🇸Lesotho	5.7885
77	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	5.7852
78	🇻🇺Vanuatu	5.7329
79	🇹🇴Tonga	5.6474
80	🇳🇵Nepal	5.644
81	🇬🇦Gabon	5.6083
82	🇭🇹Haiti	5.5944
83	🇪🇬Egypt	5.5685
84	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.5424
85	🇶🇦Qatar	5.4614
86	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	5.4567
87	🇰🇼Kuwait	5.3329
88	🇵🇭Philippines	5.2552
89	🇸🇻El Salvador	5.234
90	🇹🇳Tunisia	5.1838
91	🇵🇪Peru	5.1709
92	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	5.1592
93	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	5.1424
94	🇵🇾Paraguay	5.062
95	🇰🇮Kiribati	4.9651
96	🇲🇽Mexico	4.9641
97	🇻🇳Viet Nam	4.9396
98	🇧🇭Bahrain	4.937
99	🇲🇲Myanmar	4.8973
100	🇪🇨Ecuador	4.8554
101	🇿🇦South Africa	4.8178
102	🇮🇳India	4.8077
103	🇦🇸American Samoa	4.7564
104	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	4.6967
105	🇳🇺Niue	4.6797
106	🇮🇩Indonesia	4.6245
107	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	4.5833
108	🇹🇷Türkiye	4.5786
109	🇰🇭Cambodia	4.5559
110	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	4.4732
111	🇨🇰Cook Islands	4.4655
112	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	4.4302
113	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	4.3769
114	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	4.2985
115	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.2906
116	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	4.2161
117	🇧🇷Brazil	4.12
118	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	4.1113
119	🇹🇰Tokelau	4.0966
120	🇲🇾Malaysia	4.0913
121	🇫🇯Fiji	4.0779
122	🇱🇧Lebanon	4.0768
123	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	4.0471
124	🇵🇫French Polynesia	3.941
125	🇸🇷Suriname	3.9252
126	🇨🇴Colombia	3.8882
127	🇵🇦Panama	3.8842
128	🇬🇾Guyana	3.8596
129	🇳🇷Nauru	3.8472
130	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	3.8218
131	🇦🇱Albania	3.782
132	🇳🇨New Caledonia	3.7487
133	🇯🇲Jamaica	3.7185
134	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	3.7024
135	🇸🇨Seychelles	3.6605
136	🇨🇷Costa Rica	3.6509
137	🇹🇻Tuvalu	3.645
138	🇵🇼Palau	3.4855
139	🇹🇭Thailand	3.4506
140	🇦🇮Anguilla	3.3714
141	🇬🇫French Guiana	3.3577
142	🇬🇩Grenada	3.3441
143	🇦🇷Argentina	3.3387
144	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.23
145	🇮🇪Ireland	3.214
146	🇮🇱Israel	3.2028
147	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	3.1374
148	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	3.1259
149	🇷🇪Réunion	3.1162
150	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	3.0665
151	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	3.0401
152	🇬🇺Guam	3.0335
153	🇩🇲Dominica	2.9595
154	🇧🇸Bahamas	2.9374
155	🇲🇺Mauritius	2.9137
156	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.8488
157	🇨🇱Chile	2.8122
158	🇸🇭Saint Helena	2.8056
159	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	2.766
160	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	2.7481
161	🇨🇳China	2.745
162	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.7371
163	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.7113
164	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	2.6838
165	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	2.6447
166	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	2.6318
167	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.6289
168	🇦🇲Armenia	2.5301
169	🇬🇮Gibraltar	2.5235
170	🇷🇴Romania	2.4898
171	🇮🇸Iceland	2.487
172	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2.4626
173	🇸🇰Slovakia	2.4469
174	🇲🇰North Macedonia	2.4014
175	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	2.3842
176	🇬🇪Georgia	2.3815
177	🇪🇸Spain	2.3683
178	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	2.3682
179	🇬🇷Greece	2.3561
180	🇲🇸Montserrat	2.3172
181	🇵🇹Portugal	2.3146
182	🇨🇼Curaçao	2.3119
183	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.3075
184	🇵🇱Poland	2.2772
185	🇨🇿Czechia	2.2686
186	🇲🇨Monaco	2.2642
187	🇦🇼Aruba	2.2566
188	🇲🇶Martinique	2.2493
189	🇸🇮Slovenia	2.2096
190	🇬🇱Greenland	2.2084
191	🇲🇪Montenegro	2.197
192	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.1808
193	🇧🇬Bulgaria	2.1502
194	🇨🇾Cyprus	2.1362
195	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	2.1166
196	🇳🇿New Zealand	2.1133
197	🇲🇹Malta	2.0925
198	🇱🇹Lithuania	2.0452
199	🇭🇺Hungary	2.0181
200	🇪🇪Estonia	2.0082
201	🇧🇾Belarus	1.996
202	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.993
203	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1.9601
204	🇺🇦Ukraine	1.9567
205	🇭🇷Croatia	1.9467
206	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1.9198
207	🇦🇺Australia	1.9125
208	🇷🇸Serbia	1.8745
209	🇫🇷France	1.8634
210	🇧🇧Barbados	1.8623
211	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1.8574
212	🇱🇻Latvia	1.8499
213	🇺🇸United States of America	1.8429
214	🇦🇩Andorra	1.7953
215	🇸🇬Singapore	1.7892
216	🇨🇺Cuba	1.7709
217	🇯🇵Japan	1.7691
218	🇳🇴Norway	1.7512
219	🇮🇹Italy	1.7333
220	🇧🇪Belgium	1.7066
221	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	1.6734
222	🇨🇦Canada	1.6734
223	🇧🇲Bermuda	1.6614
224	🇸🇪Sweden	1.6501
225	🇫🇮Finland	1.6343
226	🇸🇲San Marino	1.6337
227	🇩🇰Denmark	1.6007
228	🇦🇹Austria	1.5969
229	🇬🇬Guernsey	1.5927
230	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1.5795
231	🇳🇱Netherlands	1.5652
232	🇨🇭Switzerland	1.5193
233	🇩🇪Germany	1.494
234	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.4786
235	🇯🇪Jersey	1.396
236	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	1.3737
237	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1979

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	6.6204
2	Latin America and the Caribbean	4.2491
3	Asia	3.9449
4	Americas	3.1742
5	Oceania	2.6428
6	Europe	1.9419
7	Northern America	1.8259

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1979

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Eastern Africa	7.1116
2	Western Africa	6.952
3	Middle Africa	6.6436
4	Northern Africa	6.0514
5	Melanesia	5.492
6	Western Asia	5.2556
7	Southern Asia	5.2204
8	Central America	5.1075
9	Polynesia	5.0141
10	Southern Africa	4.9726
11	Micronesia	4.6158
12	South-Eastern Asia	4.5676
13	Central Asia	4.3703
14	South America	4.0652
15	Caribbean	3.3404
16	Eastern Asia	2.6396
17	Southern Europe	2.0978
18	Eastern Europe	2.0453
19	Australia/New Zealand	1.9491
20	Northern Europe	1.8646
21	Western Europe	1.6415

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1979

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	6.6775
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	5.4937
3	Lower-middle-income countries	5.3018
4	No income group available	4.308
5	Low-and-middle-income countries	4.3003
6	Middle-income countries	4.1363
7	Upper-middle-income countries	3.2475
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	2.7976
9	High-income countries	1.9985

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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