Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1990

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8.607

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data source: UN WPP

In the year 1990, the world had a total fertility rate of 3.31 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇾🇪Yemen, with a rate of 8.61 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇳🇪Niger with a total fertility rate of 7.81, and 🇦🇫Afghanistan with 7.58 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 1.16, and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 1.28 children born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility was Africa with a rate of 5.91 births per woman. Closely followed by Asia with a total fertility rate of 3.31, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 3.24 children born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.68 people. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a total fertility rate of 6.58, and Western Africa with 6.53 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 6.48. While the lowest fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 1.82

Similar Population Metrics for 1990

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1990

Rank	Flag	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇾🇪	Yemen	8.6065
2	🇳🇪	Niger	7.8064
3	🇦🇫	Afghanistan	7.5758
4	🇸🇴	Somalia	7.4403
5	🇸🇸	South Sudan	7.3772
6	🇧🇮	Burundi	7.3651
7	🇲🇱	Mali	7.3113
8	🇦🇴	Angola	7.2723
9	🇹🇩	Chad	7.2192
10	🇪🇹	Ethiopia	7.1961
11	🇺🇬	Uganda	7.0136
12	🇧🇫	Burkina Faso	7.0091
13	🇵🇸	State of Palestine	6.8095
14	🇷🇼	Rwanda	6.8031
15	🇧🇯	Benin	6.7407
16	🇲🇼	Malawi	6.7402
17	🇨🇮	Côte d'Ivoire	6.7186
18	🇨🇩	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.6494
19	🇸🇱	Sierra Leone	6.5673
20	🇿🇲	Zambia	6.5667
21	🇬🇳	Guinea	6.5148
22	🇰🇲	Comoros	6.5046
23	🇬🇼	Guinea-Bissau	6.501
24	🇳🇬	Nigeria	6.4588
25	🇴🇲	Oman	6.4558
26	🇸🇳	Senegal	6.3963
27	🇱🇷	Liberia	6.3699
28	🇵🇰	Pakistan	6.3637
29	🇨🇲	Cameroon	6.3624
30	🇪🇷	Eritrea	6.3379
31	🇲🇿	Mozambique	6.3191
32	🇬🇲	Gambia	6.2457
33	🇹🇿	United Republic of Tanzania	6.2012
34	🇲🇷	Mauritania	6.1749
35	🇲🇬	Madagascar	6.1395
36	🇰🇪	Kenya	6.1355
37	🇲🇻	Maldives	6.1298
38	🇸🇩	Sudan	6.0742
39	🇹🇬	Togo	6.0671
40	🇱🇦	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.0574
41	🇾🇹	Mayotte	6.0512
42	🇨🇫	Central African Republic	6.0494
43	🇬🇶	Equatorial Guinea	5.9865
44	🇲🇭	Marshall Islands	5.9703
45	🇩🇯	Djibouti	5.931
46	🇮🇶	Iraq	5.9294
47	🇸🇹	Sao Tome and Principe	5.8284
48	🇹🇱	Timor-Leste	5.8106
49	🇸🇦	Saudi Arabia	5.8036
50	🇸🇧	Solomon Islands	5.7403
51	🇬🇭	Ghana	5.7369
52	🇰🇭	Cambodia	5.642
53	🇧🇹	Bhutan	5.6041
54	🇸🇾	Syrian Arab Republic	5.561
55	🇯🇴	Jordan	5.5439
56	🇬🇹	Guatemala	5.4803
57	🇬🇦	Gabon	5.4587
58	🇹🇯	Tajikistan	5.4557
59	🇭🇹	Haiti	5.4144
60	🇳🇦	Namibia	5.3978
61	🇨🇻	Cabo Verde	5.3604
62	🇸🇿	Eswatini	5.2947
63	🇭🇳	Honduras	5.2712
64	🇨🇬	Congo	5.2665
65	🇳🇵	Nepal	5.2106
66	🇵🇬	Papua New Guinea	5.1796
67	🇻🇺	Vanuatu	5.1664
68	🇫🇲	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	5.0491
69	🇼🇸	Samoa	5.0075
70	🇮🇷	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	4.9338
71	🇹🇴	Tonga	4.9294
72	🇧🇴	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.8995
73	🇿🇼	Zimbabwe	4.8762
74	🇱🇸	Lesotho	4.8134
75	🇧🇿	Belize	4.8021
76	🇱🇾	Libya	4.7763
77	🇪🇭	Western Sahara	4.6907
78	🇰🇮	Kiribati	4.6684
79	🇳🇮	Nicaragua	4.5963
80	🇼🇫	Wallis and Futuna Islands	4.5818
81	🇵🇾	Paraguay	4.5655
82	🇹🇰	Tokelau	4.5644
83	🇪🇬	Egypt	4.5121
84	🇧🇼	Botswana	4.5095
85	🇩🇿	Algeria	4.5092
86	🇧🇩	Bangladesh	4.5062
87	🇦🇪	United Arab Emirates	4.5061
88	🇦🇸	American Samoa	4.4721
89	🇵🇭	Philippines	4.3224
90	🇹🇲	Turkmenistan	4.2884
91	🇶🇦	Qatar	4.2298
92	🇲🇳	Mongolia	4.2061
93	🇺🇿	Uzbekistan	4.1217
94	🇲🇦	Morocco	4.0599
95	🇮🇳	India	4.0446
96	🇳🇺	Niue	4.0242
97	🇳🇷	Nauru	4.0198
98	🇨🇰	Cook Islands	3.9711
99	🇸🇻	El Salvador	3.964
100	🇵🇪	Peru	3.9119
101	🇧🇭	Bahrain	3.8167
102	🇰🇬	Kyrgyzstan	3.7978
103	🇹🇻	Tuvalu	3.7501
104	🇬🇫	French Guiana	3.7357
105	🇿🇦	South Africa	3.7243
106	🇪🇨	Ecuador	3.6795
107	🇽🇰	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	3.6662
108	🇻🇳	Viet Nam	3.6019
109	🇲🇲	Myanmar	3.5035
110	🇰🇼	Kuwait	3.4865
111	🇻🇪	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.4483
112	🇲🇽	Mexico	3.4436
113	🇹🇳	Tunisia	3.4407
114	🇵🇫	French Polynesia	3.4341
115	🇩🇴	Dominican Republic	3.4109
116	🇫🇯	Fiji	3.3857
117	🇲🇾	Malaysia	3.3041
118	🇧🇳	Brunei Darussalam	3.2903
119	🇱🇧	Lebanon	3.268
120	🇱🇨	Saint Lucia	3.238
121	🇸🇷	Suriname	3.2248
122	🇹🇨	Turks and Caicos Islands	3.1891
123	🇬🇾	Guyana	3.1806
124	🇨🇷	Costa Rica	3.1675
125	🇮🇩	Indonesia	3.1137
126	🇹🇷	Türkiye	3.1075
127	🇻🇮	United States Virgin Islands	3.1064
128	🇳🇨	New Caledonia	3.1001
129	🇩🇲	Dominica	3.0921
130	🇵🇦	Panama	3.072
131	🇬🇩	Grenada	3.0575
132	🇦🇷	Argentina	3.0342
133	🇬🇺	Guam	3.0152
134	🇦🇱	Albania	3.0137
135	🇨🇴	Colombia	2.9951
136	🇦🇿	Azerbaijan	2.9826
137	🇯🇲	Jamaica	2.9546
138	🇧🇷	Brazil	2.8964
139	🇵🇼	Palau	2.8813
140	🇮🇱	Israel	2.8398
141	🇫🇴	Faroe Islands	2.7821
142	🇲🇫	Saint Martin (French part)	2.7452
143	🇰🇿	Kazakhstan	2.7448
144	🇻🇨	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.7305
145	🇰🇳	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.7253
146	🇦🇲	Armenia	2.7083
147	🇸🇨	Seychelles	2.6066
148	🇨🇱	Chile	2.5787
149	🇷🇪	Réunion	2.5707
150	🇱🇰	Sri Lanka	2.5406
151	🇧🇸	Bahamas	2.52
152	🇨🇳	China	2.514
153	🇺🇾	Uruguay	2.4767
154	🇬🇱	Greenland	2.418
155	🇧🇶	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.4041
156	🇨🇾	Cyprus	2.4023
157	🇹🇹	Trinidad and Tobago	2.3939
158	🇲🇩	Republic of Moldova	2.3925
159	🇬🇮	Gibraltar	2.3897
160	🇰🇵	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.3879
161	🇦🇼	Aruba	2.3446
162	🇲🇵	Northern Mariana Islands	2.338
163	🇬🇪	Georgia	2.3061
164	🇨🇼	Curaçao	2.3033
165	🇮🇸	Iceland	2.3022
166	🇲🇺	Mauritius	2.2962
167	🇵🇷	Puerto Rico	2.2909
168	🇲🇰	North Macedonia	2.2688
169	🇦🇬	Antigua and Barbuda	2.2492
170	🇬🇵	Guadeloupe	2.2423
171	🇵🇲	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.2262
172	🇦🇮	Anguilla	2.1852
173	🇳🇿	New Zealand	2.167
174	🇲🇸	Montserrat	2.163
175	🇸🇭	Saint Helena	2.1437
176	🇸🇪	Sweden	2.1213
177	🇮🇪	Ireland	2.1103
178	🇸🇰	Slovakia	2.076
179	🇺🇸	United States of America	2.0719
180	🇹🇭	Thailand	2.065
181	🇵🇱	Poland	2.0649
182	🇪🇪	Estonia	2.0418
183	🇲🇹	Malta	2.0413
184	🇱🇹	Lithuania	2.0308
185	🇲🇶	Martinique	2.0226
186	🇱🇻	Latvia	1.9874
187	🇮🇲	Isle of Man	1.9588
188	🇲🇪	Montenegro	1.9446
189	🇳🇴	Norway	1.9317
190	🇷🇺	Russian Federation	1.91
191	🇦🇺	Australia	1.908
192	🇨🇿	Czechia	1.8848
193	🇧🇾	Belarus	1.8599
194	🇭🇺	Hungary	1.8571
195	🇲🇨	Monaco	1.8484
196	🇸🇽	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.8479
197	🇺🇦	Ukraine	1.8447
198	🇧🇧	Barbados	1.8416
199	🇷🇴	Romania	1.8372
200	🇬🇧	United Kingdom	1.8289
201	🇨🇺	Cuba	1.8059
202	🇧🇬	Bulgaria	1.7948
203	🇹🇼	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.7874
204	🇧🇦	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.7858
205	🇰🇾	Cayman Islands	1.7827
206	🇫🇷	France	1.7822
207	🇻🇬	British Virgin Islands	1.7785
208	🇫🇮	Finland	1.776
209	🇲🇴	China, Macao SAR	1.7092
210	🇧🇲	Bermuda	1.6993
211	🇨🇦	Canada	1.6963
212	🇩🇰	Denmark	1.6644
213	🇷🇸	Serbia	1.649
214	🇭🇷	Croatia	1.6283
215	🇧🇪	Belgium	1.6252
216	🇳🇱	Netherlands	1.614
217	🇬🇬	Guernsey	1.6052
218	🇫🇰	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.6034
219	🇰🇷	Republic of Korea	1.6025
220	🇱🇺	Luxembourg	1.6023
221	🇸🇬	Singapore	1.5829
222	🇨🇭	Switzerland	1.5775
223	🇵🇹	Portugal	1.5554
224	🇯🇵	Japan	1.5087
225	🇱🇮	Liechtenstein	1.5008
226	🇦🇹	Austria	1.4666
227	🇬🇷	Greece	1.4663
228	🇸🇮	Slovenia	1.4621
229	🇩🇪	Germany	1.4605
230	🇯🇪	Jersey	1.4522
231	🇧🇱	Saint Barthélemy	1.4111
232	🇦🇩	Andorra	1.4008
233	🇪🇸	Spain	1.3576
234	🇮🇹	Italy	1.3314
235	🇭🇰	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.283
236	🇸🇲	San Marino	1.1625
237	🇻🇦	Holy See	1

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1990

Rank	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	5.9092
2	Asia	3.3137
3	Latin America and the Caribbean	3.2421
4	Americas	2.7739
5	Oceania	2.5522
6	Northern America	2.0344
7	Europe	1.7216

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1990

Rank	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Middle Africa	6.6761
2	Eastern Africa	6.5766
3	Western Africa	6.5265
4	Melanesia	4.8353
5	Northern Africa	4.5786
6	Southern Asia	4.3595
7	Western Asia	4.2877
8	Polynesia	4.2319
9	Southern Africa	3.8612
10	Micronesia	3.834
11	Central Asia	3.7474
12	Central America	3.7128
13	South-Eastern Asia	3.3101
14	South America	3.1025
15	Caribbean	2.9641
16	Eastern Asia	2.4161
17	Australia/New Zealand	1.9518
18	Eastern Europe	1.9128
19	Northern Europe	1.8698
20	Western Europe	1.5872
21	Southern Europe	1.4934

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1990

Rank	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	6.4839
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	4.726
3	Lower-middle-income countries	4.4632
4	Low-and-middle-income countries	3.6498
5	Middle-income countries	3.4658
6	No income group available	3.4601
7	Upper-middle-income countries	2.7012
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	2.4524
9	High-income countries	1.8214

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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