Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1985

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8.864

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data source: UN WPP

In the year 1985, the world had a total fertility rate of 3.51 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇾🇪Yemen, with a rate of 8.86 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇳🇪Niger with a total fertility rate of 7.93, and 🇷🇼Rwanda with 7.79 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 1.17, and 🇯🇪Jersey with 1.3 children born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility was Africa with a rate of 6.32 births per woman. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a total fertility rate of 3.67, and Asia with 3.59 children born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.9 people. Closely followed by Western Africa with a total fertility rate of 6.74, and Middle Africa with 6.71 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 6.63. While the lowest fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 1.83

Similar Population Metrics for 1985

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1985

Rank	Flag	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇾🇪	Yemen	8.8637
2	🇳🇪	Niger	7.9317
3	🇷🇼	Rwanda	7.7858
4	🇦🇫	Afghanistan	7.5498
5	🇴🇲	Oman	7.5123
6	🇦🇴	Angola	7.451
7	🇸🇸	South Sudan	7.3574
8	🇪🇹	Ethiopia	7.3381
9	🇸🇴	Somalia	7.3269
10	🇧🇮	Burundi	7.2937
11	🇨🇮	Côte d'Ivoire	7.2726
12	🇲🇱	Mali	7.2612
13	🇧🇫	Burkina Faso	7.2422
14	🇲🇼	Malawi	7.17
15	🇺🇬	Uganda	7.0369
16	🇹🇩	Chad	7.0368
17	🇰🇲	Comoros	7.021
18	🇸🇳	Senegal	7.0134
19	🇧🇯	Benin	7.0032
20	🇰🇪	Kenya	6.9599
21	🇵🇸	State of Palestine	6.943
22	🇲🇻	Maldives	6.9395
23	🇿🇲	Zambia	6.928
24	🇲🇭	Marshall Islands	6.8661
25	🇬🇼	Guinea-Bissau	6.7392
26	🇱🇷	Liberia	6.6925
27	🇾🇹	Mayotte	6.6876
28	🇸🇦	Saudi Arabia	6.6488
29	🇳🇬	Nigeria	6.6164
30	🇨🇩	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.6116
31	🇹🇿	United Republic of Tanzania	6.598
32	🇸🇱	Sierra Leone	6.5917
33	🇪🇷	Eritrea	6.5868
34	🇵🇰	Pakistan	6.5854
35	🇨🇲	Cameroon	6.5639
36	🇯🇴	Jordan	6.5338
37	🇬🇳	Guinea	6.5273
38	🇸🇾	Syrian Arab Republic	6.4836
39	🇹🇬	Togo	6.4574
40	🇲🇬	Madagascar	6.4558
41	🇲🇿	Mozambique	6.4305
42	🇲🇷	Mauritania	6.4231
43	🇸🇧	Solomon Islands	6.3749
44	🇬🇲	Gambia	6.3575
45	🇱🇦	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.3278
46	🇱🇾	Libya	6.3276
47	🇰🇭	Cambodia	6.3134
48	🇸🇿	Eswatini	6.2819
49	🇸🇩	Sudan	6.2791
50	🇮🇶	Iraq	6.2456
51	🇮🇷	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.2416
52	🇩🇯	Djibouti	6.192
53	🇧🇹	Bhutan	6.176
54	🇬🇭	Ghana	6.1192
55	🇨🇫	Central African Republic	6.1191
56	🇸🇹	Sao Tome and Principe	6.1009
57	🇩🇿	Algeria	6.0352
58	🇬🇶	Equatorial Guinea	5.9457
59	🇹🇯	Tajikistan	5.9442
60	🇨🇻	Cabo Verde	5.9207
61	🇳🇦	Namibia	5.8766
62	🇿🇼	Zimbabwe	5.8708
63	🇭🇳	Honduras	5.8162
64	🇫🇲	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	5.7495
65	🇬🇹	Guatemala	5.7294
66	🇬🇦	Gabon	5.7133
67	🇹🇱	Timor-Leste	5.65
68	🇨🇬	Congo	5.5866
69	🇧🇩	Bangladesh	5.5394
70	🇭🇹	Haiti	5.4953
71	🇼🇸	Samoa	5.4886
72	🇧🇼	Botswana	5.4824
73	🇵🇬	Papua New Guinea	5.4704
74	🇳🇵	Nepal	5.4569
75	🇼🇫	Wallis and Futuna Islands	5.4434
76	🇻🇺	Vanuatu	5.433
77	🇱🇸	Lesotho	5.4008
78	🇪🇭	Western Sahara	5.3632
79	🇳🇮	Nicaragua	5.3592
80	🇹🇴	Tonga	5.3444
81	🇲🇳	Mongolia	5.2618
82	🇧🇴	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.1533
83	🇦🇪	United Arab Emirates	5.1252
84	🇪🇬	Egypt	5.1157
85	🇧🇿	Belize	4.9971
86	🇲🇦	Morocco	4.9877
87	🇵🇾	Paraguay	4.9739
88	🇹🇲	Turkmenistan	4.966
89	🇰🇮	Kiribati	4.9111
90	🇺🇿	Uzbekistan	4.6907
91	🇵🇭	Philippines	4.6639
92	🇶🇦	Qatar	4.6419
93	🇹🇳	Tunisia	4.5211
94	🇿🇦	South Africa	4.4951
95	🇳🇺	Niue	4.4768
96	🇵🇪	Peru	4.4603
97	🇮🇳	India	4.4316
98	🇸🇻	El Salvador	4.3165
99	🇲🇲	Myanmar	4.3159
100	🇧🇭	Bahrain	4.2808
101	🇦🇸	American Samoa	4.2555
102	🇰🇼	Kuwait	4.2178
103	🇻🇳	Viet Nam	4.2059
104	🇰🇬	Kyrgyzstan	4.2026
105	🇽🇰	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	4.1965
106	🇹🇰	Tokelau	4.1937
107	🇪🇨	Ecuador	4.1449
108	🇳🇷	Nauru	4.1444
109	🇲🇽	Mexico	4.0874
110	🇹🇻	Tuvalu	3.9731
111	🇱🇨	Saint Lucia	3.97
112	🇹🇨	Turks and Caicos Islands	3.9081
113	🇵🇫	French Polynesia	3.8623
114	🇨🇰	Cook Islands	3.8411
115	🇲🇾	Malaysia	3.8042
116	🇻🇪	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.7939
117	🇹🇷	Türkiye	3.7786
118	🇮🇩	Indonesia	3.7251
119	🇸🇷	Suriname	3.711
120	🇩🇴	Dominican Republic	3.6856
121	🇫🇯	Fiji	3.6634
122	🇧🇳	Brunei Darussalam	3.6125
123	🇱🇧	Lebanon	3.5332
124	🇨🇷	Costa Rica	3.5108
125	🇧🇷	Brazil	3.4804
126	🇬🇩	Grenada	3.4783
127	🇬🇾	Guyana	3.4698
128	🇵🇦	Panama	3.4273
129	🇬🇫	French Guiana	3.3745
130	🇨🇴	Colombia	3.2247
131	🇦🇱	Albania	3.2141
132	🇯🇲	Jamaica	3.212
133	🇰🇿	Kazakhstan	3.2076
134	🇦🇿	Azerbaijan	3.2011
135	🇩🇲	Dominica	3.1162
136	🇸🇨	Seychelles	3.0914
137	🇻🇨	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.0812
138	🇦🇷	Argentina	3.0661
139	🇳🇨	New Caledonia	3.0458
140	🇮🇱	Israel	3.0387
141	🇵🇼	Palau	3.0103
142	🇹🇹	Trinidad and Tobago	2.9878
143	🇲🇫	Saint Martin (French part)	2.9518
144	🇬🇺	Guam	2.9046
145	🇱🇰	Sri Lanka	2.8946
146	🇻🇮	United States Virgin Islands	2.8314
147	🇰🇳	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.82
148	🇦🇮	Anguilla	2.7334
149	🇲🇩	Republic of Moldova	2.6742
150	🇰🇵	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.6459
151	🇦🇲	Armenia	2.6436
152	🇨🇳	China	2.633
153	🇧🇶	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.6151
154	🇨🇱	Chile	2.5917
155	🇧🇸	Bahamas	2.5459
156	🇷🇪	Réunion	2.5098
157	🇮🇪	Ireland	2.4921
158	🇺🇾	Uruguay	2.4702
159	🇹🇭	Thailand	2.4496
160	🇬🇵	Guadeloupe	2.4323
161	🇨🇾	Cyprus	2.4322
162	🇸🇭	Saint Helena	2.4205
163	🇬🇪	Georgia	2.3985
164	🇵🇲	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.3825
165	🇬🇮	Gibraltar	2.3714
166	🇲🇸	Montserrat	2.3585
167	🇵🇱	Poland	2.3229
168	🇷🇴	Romania	2.3086
169	🇫🇴	Faroe Islands	2.2819
170	🇲🇰	North Macedonia	2.2523
171	🇸🇰	Slovakia	2.2507
172	🇨🇼	Curaçao	2.2417
173	🇲🇴	China, Macao SAR	2.2354
174	🇵🇷	Puerto Rico	2.2215
175	🇦🇼	Aruba	2.1884
176	🇸🇽	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.1813
177	🇬🇱	Greenland	2.171
178	🇦🇬	Antigua and Barbuda	2.1512
179	🇲🇵	Northern Mariana Islands	2.1455
180	🇲🇨	Monaco	2.1409
181	🇲🇪	Montenegro	2.1292
182	🇪🇪	Estonia	2.1267
183	🇱🇹	Lithuania	2.0972
184	🇷🇺	Russian Federation	2.0944
185	🇲🇶	Martinique	2.0793
186	🇱🇻	Latvia	2.0614
187	🇲🇺	Mauritius	2.0538
188	🇧🇾	Belarus	2.0406
189	🇺🇦	Ukraine	2.0328
190	🇧🇬	Bulgaria	1.9669
191	🇧🇦	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.9596
192	🇨🇿	Czechia	1.9495
193	🇲🇹	Malta	1.9479
194	🇮🇸	Iceland	1.9416
195	🇳🇿	New Zealand	1.9296
196	🇻🇬	British Virgin Islands	1.9193
197	🇦🇺	Australia	1.8991
198	🇹🇼	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.8839
199	🇮🇲	Isle of Man	1.8797
200	🇺🇸	United States of America	1.8545
201	🇭🇺	Hungary	1.8474
202	🇫🇰	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.8353
203	🇭🇷	Croatia	1.8282
204	🇫🇷	France	1.8165
205	🇷🇸	Serbia	1.8
206	🇬🇧	United Kingdom	1.7882
207	🇧🇲	Bermuda	1.7736
208	🇨🇺	Cuba	1.7725
209	🇧🇧	Barbados	1.7692
210	🇰🇾	Cayman Islands	1.7521
211	🇬🇷	Greece	1.7436
212	🇯🇵	Japan	1.7365
213	🇸🇪	Sweden	1.7343
214	🇵🇹	Portugal	1.7294
215	🇸🇮	Slovenia	1.7192
216	🇰🇷	Republic of Korea	1.7051
217	🇳🇴	Norway	1.6747
218	🇫🇮	Finland	1.6402
219	🇪🇸	Spain	1.6374
220	🇨🇦	Canada	1.5945
221	🇧🇱	Saint Barthélemy	1.5641
222	🇬🇬	Guernsey	1.5509
223	🇸🇬	Singapore	1.5328
224	🇨🇭	Switzerland	1.513
225	🇳🇱	Netherlands	1.5092
226	🇧🇪	Belgium	1.5044
227	🇭🇰	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.5041
228	🇱🇮	Liechtenstein	1.4946
229	🇦🇹	Austria	1.4789
230	🇩🇰	Denmark	1.4434
231	🇦🇩	Andorra	1.434
232	🇮🇹	Italy	1.4155
233	🇱🇺	Luxembourg	1.3863
234	🇩🇪	Germany	1.378
235	🇯🇪	Jersey	1.2992
236	🇸🇲	San Marino	1.1699
237	🇻🇦	Holy See	1

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1985

Rank	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	6.3219
2	Latin America and the Caribbean	3.6699
3	Asia	3.5913
4	Americas	2.8957
5	Oceania	2.5519
6	Europe	1.834
7	Northern America	1.8281

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1985

Rank	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Eastern Africa	6.8956
2	Western Africa	6.7408
3	Middle Africa	6.7116
4	Northern Africa	5.3949
5	Melanesia	5.1292
6	Southern Asia	4.8202
7	Western Asia	4.7801
8	Polynesia	4.6497
9	Southern Africa	4.6193
10	Central America	4.2964
11	Central Asia	4.201
12	Micronesia	4.1384
13	South-Eastern Asia	3.8533
14	South America	3.5181
15	Caribbean	3.0695
16	Eastern Asia	2.5192
17	Eastern Europe	2.1229
18	Australia/New Zealand	1.9059
19	Northern Europe	1.8014
20	Southern Europe	1.6649
21	Western Europe	1.55

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1985

Rank	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	6.625
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	5.1526
3	Lower-middle-income countries	4.9252
4	Low-and-middle-income countries	3.9552
5	No income group available	3.8081
6	Middle-income countries	3.7791
7	Upper-middle-income countries	2.9278
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	2.5706
9	High-income countries	1.8309

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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