Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1989

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In the year 1989, the world had a total fertility rate of 3.3456 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇾🇪Yemen with a rate of 8.7128 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇸🇸South Sudan with a fertility rate of 7.9932 births per woman, and 🇳🇪Niger with 7.8184 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with 1.0042 births per woman. Followed by 🇸🇲San Marino with a fertility rate of 1.1768 births per woman, and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 1.3166 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 6.0185 births per woman. Closely followed by Asia with a fertility rate of 3.3589 births per woman, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 3.3315 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.736 births per woman. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a fertility rate of 6.6914 births per woman, and Western Africa with 6.5814 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 6.5506 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 1.8286.

Similar Population Metrics for 1989

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1989

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇾🇪Yemen	8.7128
2	🇸🇸South Sudan	7.9932
3	🇳🇪Niger	7.8184
4	🇦🇫Afghanistan	7.5334
5	🇸🇴Somalia	7.4242
6	🇧🇮Burundi	7.3869
7	🇦🇴Angola	7.3275
8	🇲🇱Mali	7.2747
9	🇪🇹Ethiopia	7.2707
10	🇹🇩Chad	7.1863
11	🇺🇬Uganda	7.0721
12	🇷🇼Rwanda	7.0581
13	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	7.0467
14	🇲🇼Malawi	6.9075
15	🇴🇲Oman	6.8741
16	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	6.8436
17	🇵🇸State of Palestine	6.8072
18	🇧🇯Benin	6.7968
19	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.7352
20	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	6.6634
21	🇬🇳Guinea	6.6549
22	🇰🇲Comoros	6.6178
23	🇿🇲Zambia	6.6051
24	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	6.5711
25	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.4935
26	🇸🇳Senegal	6.4789
27	🇨🇲Cameroon	6.4371
28	🇱🇷Liberia	6.4342
29	🇵🇰Pakistan	6.4247
30	🇪🇷Eritrea	6.4125
31	🇲🇻Maldives	6.3762
32	🇰🇪Kenya	6.3229
33	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	6.2888
34	🇲🇿Mozambique	6.2748
35	🇾🇹Mayotte	6.2555
36	🇬🇲Gambia	6.2379
37	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	6.2378
38	🇸🇩Sudan	6.2308
39	🇹🇬Togo	6.2187
40	🇲🇬Madagascar	6.1766
41	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.153
42	🇲🇷Mauritania	6.0761
43	🇨🇫Central African Republic	6.0598
44	🇩🇯Djibouti	6.0553
45	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	5.9966
46	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.9859
47	🇮🇶Iraq	5.9439
48	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	5.8841
49	🇬🇭Ghana	5.8287
50	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	5.7753
51	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	5.7619
52	🇧🇹Bhutan	5.7571
53	🇯🇴Jordan	5.7312
54	🇰🇭Cambodia	5.7227
55	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	5.6282
56	🇬🇹Guatemala	5.5593
57	🇬🇦Gabon	5.5499
58	🇭🇹Haiti	5.5325
59	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	5.5043
60	🇳🇦Namibia	5.4697
61	🇹🇯Tajikistan	5.4596
62	🇸🇿Eswatini	5.4139
63	🇭🇳Honduras	5.3949
64	🇨🇬Congo	5.3051
65	🇱🇾Libya	5.2562
66	🇳🇵Nepal	5.2534
67	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	5.2434
68	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	5.108
69	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	5.0808
70	🇻🇺Vanuatu	5.0757
71	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	5.0522
72	🇼🇸Samoa	4.9897
73	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.9628
74	🇱🇸Lesotho	4.9035
75	🇪🇭Western Sahara	4.8789
76	🇩🇿Algeria	4.8261
77	🇧🇿Belize	4.7623
78	🇳🇮Nicaragua	4.7622
79	🇰🇮Kiribati	4.7002
80	🇹🇴Tonga	4.6907
81	🇪🇬Egypt	4.6849
82	🇧🇩Bangladesh	4.6765
83	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	4.6715
84	🇧🇼Botswana	4.6508
85	🇵🇾Paraguay	4.6393
86	🇹🇰Tokelau	4.5308
87	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	4.4869
88	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	4.4472
89	🇲🇳Mongolia	4.4445
90	🇦🇸American Samoa	4.4122
91	🇵🇭Philippines	4.3765
92	🇶🇦Qatar	4.3735
93	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	4.1713
94	🇳🇺Niue	4.1593
95	🇲🇦Morocco	4.1392
96	🇮🇳India	4.1325
97	🇵🇪Peru	4.0264
98	🇸🇻El Salvador	4.0221
99	🇿🇦South Africa	3.9827
100	🇳🇷Nauru	3.9615
101	🇹🇻Tuvalu	3.925
102	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	3.9057
103	🇧🇭Bahrain	3.8967
104	🇪🇨Ecuador	3.829
105	🇨🇰Cook Islands	3.8284
106	🇻🇳Viet Nam	3.7016
107	🇬🇫French Guiana	3.6472
108	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	3.6395
109	🇲🇲Myanmar	3.6367
110	🇹🇳Tunisia	3.5845
111	🇬🇩Grenada	3.5829
112	🇲🇽Mexico	3.5505
113	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.5244
114	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	3.5055
115	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	3.4946
116	🇵🇫French Polynesia	3.4883
117	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	3.4752
118	🇰🇼Kuwait	3.4651
119	🇫🇯Fiji	3.4268
120	🇲🇾Malaysia	3.3986
121	🇱🇧Lebanon	3.3911
122	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	3.3631
123	🇸🇷Suriname	3.3042
124	🇹🇷Türkiye	3.282
125	🇨🇷Costa Rica	3.2665
126	🇮🇩Indonesia	3.2228
127	🇮🇱Israel	3.1754
128	🇵🇦Panama	3.1482
129	🇨🇴Colombia	3.117
130	🇬🇾Guyana	3.0888
131	🇬🇺Guam	3.0647
132	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	3.0559
133	🇳🇨New Caledonia	3.0556
134	🇦🇷Argentina	3.0219
135	🇧🇷Brazil	3.0102
136	🇯🇲Jamaica	3.0031
137	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	2.9519
138	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	2.9499
139	🇩🇲Dominica	2.9477
140	🇦🇱Albania	2.9416
141	🇵🇼Palau	2.919
142	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	2.9158
143	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.8364
144	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.7797
145	🇸🇨Seychelles	2.7337
146	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	2.7063
147	🇦🇲Armenia	2.706
148	🇨🇱Chile	2.5887
149	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	2.5582
150	🇷🇪Réunion	2.5552
151	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	2.5229
152	🇨🇳China	2.5204
153	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.5162
154	🇧🇸Bahamas	2.4839
155	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	2.4666
156	🇬🇮Gibraltar	2.4213
157	🇦🇮Anguilla	2.4069
158	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	2.3863
159	🇨🇾Cyprus	2.3709
160	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.35
161	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.3346
162	🇬🇱Greenland	2.3313
163	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.3243
164	🇨🇼Curaçao	2.3037
165	🇦🇼Aruba	2.2722
166	🇬🇪Georgia	2.2592
167	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2.2554
168	🇪🇪Estonia	2.213
169	🇲🇺Mauritius	2.2043
170	🇮🇸Iceland	2.2024
171	🇲🇰North Macedonia	2.2019
172	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	2.1992
173	🇷🇴Romania	2.1954
174	🇹🇭Thailand	2.1517
175	🇳🇿New Zealand	2.1222
176	🇲🇶Martinique	2.1218
177	🇸🇭Saint Helena	2.103
178	🇲🇹Malta	2.0954
179	🇮🇪Ireland	2.0802
180	🇵🇱Poland	2.0756
181	🇲🇸Montserrat	2.0728
182	🇸🇰Slovakia	2.0695
183	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.055
184	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	2.0485
185	🇱🇻Latvia	2.0445
186	🇧🇾Belarus	2.0319
187	🇷🇺Russian Federation	2.0311
188	🇸🇪Sweden	2.0188
189	🇺🇸United States of America	2.0051
190	🇱🇹Lithuania	1.9867
191	🇲🇪Montenegro	1.9505
192	🇺🇦Ukraine	1.9372
193	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1.9086
194	🇧🇬Bulgaria	1.9035
195	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	1.8957
196	🇳🇴Norway	1.8868
197	🇨🇿Czechia	1.8771
198	🇦🇺Australia	1.8437
199	🇨🇺Cuba	1.8274
200	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.8207
201	🇭🇺Hungary	1.8193
202	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1.8135
203	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1.7955
204	🇲🇨Monaco	1.7938
205	🇫🇷France	1.792
206	🇨🇦Canada	1.7585
207	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	1.7505
208	🇧🇧Barbados	1.7505
209	🇧🇲Bermuda	1.7337
210	🇷🇸Serbia	1.7331
211	🇫🇮Finland	1.7105
212	🇭🇷Croatia	1.6322
213	🇩🇰Denmark	1.6189
214	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.5938
215	🇧🇪Belgium	1.5818
216	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	1.5761
217	🇵🇹Portugal	1.5725
218	🇯🇵Japan	1.5716
219	🇨🇭Switzerland	1.565
220	🇬🇬Guernsey	1.563
221	🇸🇬Singapore	1.5611
222	🇳🇱Netherlands	1.5572
223	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.5262
224	🇸🇮Slovenia	1.5258
225	🇬🇷Greece	1.5128
226	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	1.4984
227	🇯🇪Jersey	1.4957
228	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	1.4629
229	🇦🇹Austria	1.4463
230	🇩🇪Germany	1.442
231	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	1.4409
232	🇪🇸Spain	1.3968
233	🇦🇩Andorra	1.359
234	🇮🇹Italy	1.3286
235	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	1.3166
236	🇸🇲San Marino	1.1768
237	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0042

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1989

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	6.0185
2	Asia	3.3589
3	Latin America and the Caribbean	3.3315
4	Oceania	2.5044
5	Northern America	1.9817
6	Europe	1.7587

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1989

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Middle Africa	6.736
2	Eastern Africa	6.6914
3	Western Africa	6.5814
4	Melanesia	4.8777
5	Northern Africa	4.7588
6	Southern Asia	4.4487
7	Western Asia	4.4276
8	Polynesia	4.1868
9	Southern Africa	4.0921
10	Micronesia	3.8582
11	Central Asia	3.8414
12	Central America	3.8192
13	South-Eastern Asia	3.412
14	South America	3.1927
15	Caribbean	3.0265
16	Eastern Asia	2.4195
17	Eastern Europe	2.0223
18	Australia/New Zealand	1.8917
19	Northern Europe	1.8327
20	Western Europe	1.5745
21	Southern Europe	1.5082

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1989

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	6.5506
2	Lower-middle-income countries	4.4138
3	No income group available	3.5363
4	Middle-income countries	3.516
5	Upper-middle-income countries	2.6992
6	High-income countries	1.8286

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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