Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1983

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8.828

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data source: UN WPP

In the year 1983, the world had a total fertility rate of 3.58 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇾🇪Yemen, with a rate of 8.83 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇷🇼Rwanda with a total fertility rate of 8, and 🇳🇪Niger with 7.9 children born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 1 births per woman. Followed by 🇸🇲San Marino with a total fertility rate of 1.25, and 🇯🇪Jersey with 1.33 children born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility was Africa with a rate of 6.46 births per woman. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a total fertility rate of 3.86, and Asia with 3.67 children born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 7 people. Closely followed by Western Africa with a total fertility rate of 6.85, and Middle Africa with 6.69 children born per woman.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-income countries had the highest total fertility rate of 6.65. While the lowest fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 1.88

Similar Population Metrics for 1983

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1983

Rank	Flag	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇾🇪	Yemen	8.8278
2	🇷🇼	Rwanda	8.0013
3	🇳🇪	Niger	7.9025
4	🇴🇲	Oman	7.7482
5	🇦🇫	Afghanistan	7.5705
6	🇦🇴	Angola	7.4617
7	🇨🇮	Côte d'Ivoire	7.4165
8	🇲🇼	Malawi	7.3608
9	🇪🇹	Ethiopia	7.351
10	🇸🇸	South Sudan	7.3422
11	🇧🇮	Burundi	7.298
12	🇸🇴	Somalia	7.2773
13	🇲🇱	Mali	7.2763
14	🇧🇫	Burkina Faso	7.2507
15	🇰🇪	Kenya	7.218
16	🇸🇳	Senegal	7.1893
17	🇰🇲	Comoros	7.1101
18	🇲🇻	Maldives	7.0925
19	🇲🇭	Marshall Islands	7.0834
20	🇺🇬	Uganda	7.0678
21	🇧🇯	Benin	7.0454
22	🇵🇸	State of Palestine	7.0416
23	🇿🇲	Zambia	7.0073
24	🇹🇩	Chad	6.979
25	🇾🇹	Mayotte	6.9673
26	🇱🇾	Libya	6.9104
27	🇸🇦	Saudi Arabia	6.8752
28	🇯🇴	Jordan	6.8124
29	🇹🇿	United Republic of Tanzania	6.805
30	🇳🇬	Nigeria	6.7747
31	🇱🇷	Liberia	6.7598
32	🇬🇼	Guinea-Bissau	6.6937
33	🇸🇾	Syrian Arab Republic	6.6919
34	🇪🇷	Eritrea	6.6462
35	🇵🇰	Pakistan	6.6443
36	🇹🇬	Togo	6.6333
37	🇲🇬	Madagascar	6.6262
38	🇨🇲	Cameroon	6.5752
39	🇸🇱	Sierra Leone	6.5725
40	🇸🇧	Solomon Islands	6.5687
41	🇨🇩	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.5636
42	🇲🇷	Mauritania	6.5408
43	🇮🇷	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.5285
44	🇩🇿	Algeria	6.4958
45	🇬🇳	Guinea	6.4875
46	🇲🇿	Mozambique	6.4336
47	🇸🇿	Eswatini	6.4322
48	🇸🇩	Sudan	6.4129
49	🇬🇲	Gambia	6.3929
50	🇮🇶	Iraq	6.3868
51	🇱🇦	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.376
52	🇧🇹	Bhutan	6.336
53	🇩🇯	Djibouti	6.2981
54	🇰🇭	Cambodia	6.2964
55	🇬🇭	Ghana	6.2273
56	🇸🇹	Sao Tome and Principe	6.2169
57	🇿🇼	Zimbabwe	6.1973
58	🇨🇫	Central African Republic	6.1509
59	🇨🇻	Cabo Verde	6.0684
60	🇭🇳	Honduras	6.0586
61	🇫🇲	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.0318
62	🇳🇦	Namibia	5.9951
63	🇹🇯	Tajikistan	5.9812
64	🇬🇹	Guatemala	5.9765
65	🇧🇩	Bangladesh	5.906
66	🇬🇶	Equatorial Guinea	5.9033
67	🇧🇼	Botswana	5.7849
68	🇬🇦	Gabon	5.7591
69	🇨🇬	Congo	5.7576
70	🇲🇳	Mongolia	5.6282
71	🇼🇸	Samoa	5.6166
72	🇳🇮	Nicaragua	5.611
73	🇹🇱	Timor-Leste	5.5856
74	🇵🇬	Papua New Guinea	5.5629
75	🇱🇸	Lesotho	5.5601
76	🇻🇺	Vanuatu	5.5472
77	🇳🇵	Nepal	5.536
78	🇪🇭	Western Sahara	5.5204
79	🇭🇹	Haiti	5.5127
80	🇼🇫	Wallis and Futuna Islands	5.5072
81	🇦🇪	United Arab Emirates	5.4816
82	🇹🇴	Tonga	5.4497
83	🇲🇦	Morocco	5.4096
84	🇧🇿	Belize	5.3091
85	🇪🇬	Egypt	5.3085
86	🇧🇴	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.2894
87	🇵🇾	Paraguay	5.0872
88	🇹🇲	Turkmenistan	4.9666
89	🇰🇮	Kiribati	4.9142
90	🇶🇦	Qatar	4.8984
91	🇵🇭	Philippines	4.8672
92	🇹🇳	Tunisia	4.7707
93	🇺🇿	Uzbekistan	4.714
94	🇵🇪	Peru	4.6796
95	🇰🇼	Kuwait	4.6585
96	🇳🇺	Niue	4.6549
97	🇸🇻	El Salvador	4.6499
98	🇲🇲	Myanmar	4.6331
99	🇿🇦	South Africa	4.6261
100	🇮🇳	India	4.5651
101	🇻🇳	Viet Nam	4.5236
102	🇽🇰	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	4.4621
103	🇧🇭	Bahrain	4.4057
104	🇪🇨	Ecuador	4.3946
105	🇲🇽	Mexico	4.2962
106	🇦🇸	American Samoa	4.2667
107	🇰🇬	Kyrgyzstan	4.1649
108	🇮🇩	Indonesia	4.1086
109	🇹🇰	Tokelau	4.0918
110	🇹🇨	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.0853
111	🇱🇨	Saint Lucia	4.0821
112	🇳🇷	Nauru	4.0562
113	🇹🇷	Türkiye	4.0561
114	🇩🇴	Dominican Republic	3.9471
115	🇨🇰	Cook Islands	3.9461
116	🇻🇪	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.9333
117	🇲🇾	Malaysia	3.9278
118	🇹🇻	Tuvalu	3.9121
119	🇫🇯	Fiji	3.8775
120	🇸🇷	Suriname	3.8652
121	🇧🇳	Brunei Darussalam	3.7512
122	🇵🇫	French Polynesia	3.7434
123	🇱🇧	Lebanon	3.7341
124	🇧🇷	Brazil	3.7229
125	🇬🇾	Guyana	3.6369
126	🇵🇦	Panama	3.6006
127	🇻🇨	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.5608
128	🇨🇷	Costa Rica	3.5247
129	🇨🇴	Colombia	3.5007
130	🇬🇫	French Guiana	3.4595
131	🇯🇲	Jamaica	3.4111
132	🇳🇨	New Caledonia	3.3533
133	🇦🇿	Azerbaijan	3.3202
134	🇦🇱	Albania	3.3188
135	🇬🇩	Grenada	3.3057
136	🇸🇨	Seychelles	3.2181
137	🇩🇲	Dominica	3.1776
138	🇲🇫	Saint Martin (French part)	3.1495
139	🇦🇷	Argentina	3.148
140	🇵🇼	Palau	3.1435
141	🇮🇱	Israel	3.1433
142	🇱🇰	Sri Lanka	3.1143
143	🇰🇳	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.0977
144	🇻🇮	United States Virgin Islands	3.0967
145	🇹🇹	Trinidad and Tobago	3.0699
146	🇰🇿	Kazakhstan	3.0681
147	🇬🇺	Guam	3.0287
148	🇦🇮	Anguilla	3.0169
149	🇰🇵	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.7771
150	🇹🇭	Thailand	2.7548
151	🇮🇪	Ireland	2.7494
152	🇧🇶	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.7074
153	🇸🇭	Saint Helena	2.6702
154	🇧🇸	Bahamas	2.6516
155	🇨🇱	Chile	2.6191
156	🇲🇵	Northern Mariana Islands	2.5807
157	🇲🇩	Republic of Moldova	2.5776
158	🇷🇪	Réunion	2.5632
159	🇨🇳	China	2.559
160	🇦🇲	Armenia	2.5583
161	🇨🇾	Cyprus	2.493
162	🇲🇸	Montserrat	2.4916
163	🇺🇾	Uruguay	2.4859
164	🇬🇵	Guadeloupe	2.4643
165	🇬🇮	Gibraltar	2.4363
166	🇵🇱	Poland	2.4164
167	🇸🇽	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.3983
168	🇲🇺	Mauritius	2.3955
169	🇵🇲	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.3661
170	🇬🇪	Georgia	2.3388
171	🇵🇷	Puerto Rico	2.3293
172	🇸🇰	Slovakia	2.2788
173	🇲🇰	North Macedonia	2.2499
174	🇮🇸	Iceland	2.2464
175	🇨🇼	Curaçao	2.2379
176	🇲🇨	Monaco	2.1841
177	🇹🇼	China, Taiwan Province of China	2.179
178	🇫🇴	Faroe Islands	2.168
179	🇪🇪	Estonia	2.1676
180	🇲🇪	Montenegro	2.1663
181	🇦🇼	Aruba	2.1479
182	🇲🇶	Martinique	2.1437
183	🇷🇺	Russian Federation	2.1349
184	🇧🇾	Belarus	2.1336
185	🇻🇬	British Virgin Islands	2.1215
186	🇱🇹	Lithuania	2.116
187	🇦🇬	Antigua and Barbuda	2.1155
188	🇰🇷	Republic of Korea	2.1023
189	🇺🇦	Ukraine	2.0986
190	🇲🇴	China, Macao SAR	2.0981
191	🇱🇻	Latvia	2.0966
192	🇬🇱	Greenland	2.086
193	🇷🇴	Romania	2.0766
194	🇧🇦	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.0494
195	🇧🇬	Bulgaria	2.0056
196	🇲🇹	Malta	2.0011
197	🇬🇷	Greece	1.9889
198	🇨🇿	Czechia	1.9672
199	🇫🇰	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.9551
200	🇵🇹	Portugal	1.955
201	🇦🇺	Australia	1.9306
202	🇳🇿	New Zealand	1.9205
203	🇭🇷	Croatia	1.8906
204	🇮🇲	Isle of Man	1.888
205	🇧🇧	Barbados	1.8565
206	🇰🇾	Cayman Islands	1.8321
207	🇷🇸	Serbia	1.8317
208	🇺🇸	United States of America	1.8271
209	🇸🇮	Slovenia	1.8124
210	🇧🇲	Bermuda	1.8119
211	🇨🇺	Cuba	1.8011
212	🇪🇸	Spain	1.7994
213	🇫🇷	France	1.7895
214	🇯🇵	Japan	1.7701
215	🇬🇧	United Kingdom	1.7662
216	🇭🇺	Hungary	1.7453
217	🇭🇰	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.7449
218	🇫🇮	Finland	1.7301
219	🇳🇴	Norway	1.6565
220	🇬🇬	Guernsey	1.6189
221	🇧🇱	Saint Barthélemy	1.6146
222	🇸🇪	Sweden	1.6125
223	🇨🇦	Canada	1.6073
224	🇦🇩	Andorra	1.5741
225	🇦🇹	Austria	1.5628
226	🇧🇪	Belgium	1.5621
227	🇸🇬	Singapore	1.5399
228	🇱🇮	Liechtenstein	1.5285
229	🇨🇭	Switzerland	1.5175
230	🇮🇹	Italy	1.5062
231	🇳🇱	Netherlands	1.4666
232	🇱🇺	Luxembourg	1.4392
233	🇩🇪	Germany	1.4302
234	🇩🇰	Denmark	1.3784
235	🇯🇪	Jersey	1.3267
236	🇸🇲	San Marino	1.2483
237	🇻🇦	Holy See	1

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1983

Rank	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	6.4604
2	Latin America and the Caribbean	3.8642
3	Asia	3.6706
4	Americas	2.977
5	Oceania	2.5843
6	Europe	1.8839
7	Northern America	1.8045

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1983

Rank	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Eastern Africa	6.9984
2	Western Africa	6.8538
3	Middle Africa	6.6922
4	Northern Africa	5.6805
5	Melanesia	5.2606
6	Southern Asia	4.9721
7	Western Asia	4.9485
8	Southern Africa	4.7573
9	Polynesia	4.6812
10	Central America	4.5119
11	Micronesia	4.3328
12	South-Eastern Asia	4.1541
13	Central Asia	4.1407
14	South America	3.7186
15	Caribbean	3.169
16	Eastern Asia	2.4655
17	Eastern Europe	2.1463
18	Australia/New Zealand	1.9303
19	Northern Europe	1.7918
20	Southern Europe	1.7897
21	Western Europe	1.569

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1983

Rank	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	6.6523
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	5.2977
3	Lower-middle-income countries	5.086
4	Low-and-middle-income countries	4.0518
5	No income group available	3.9475
6	Middle-income countries	3.8789
7	Upper-middle-income countries	2.98
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	2.6018
9	High-income countries	1.8754

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)

Source data made available by UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024 under CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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