Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1993

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In the year 1993, the world had a total fertility rate of 2.9804 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇾🇪Yemen with a rate of 8.048 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇳🇪Niger with a fertility rate of 7.7901 births per woman, and 🇦🇫Afghanistan with 7.7614 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with 1.0 births per woman. Followed by 🇸🇲San Marino with a fertility rate of 1.1229 births per woman, and 🇮🇹Italy with 1.2489 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 5.6633 births per woman. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a fertility rate of 3.0381 births per woman, and Asia with 2.8597 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.602 births per woman. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a fertility rate of 6.3763 births per woman, and Western Africa with 6.3662 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 6.3831 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 1.7382.

Similar Population Metrics for 1993

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1993

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇾🇪Yemen	8.048
2	🇳🇪Niger	7.7901
3	🇦🇫Afghanistan	7.7614
4	🇸🇴Somalia	7.5258
5	🇸🇸South Sudan	7.3599
6	🇹🇩Chad	7.3368
7	🇧🇮Burundi	7.2724
8	🇲🇱Mali	7.1798
9	🇪🇹Ethiopia	7.0881
10	🇦🇴Angola	7.0645
11	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	6.8888
12	🇺🇬Uganda	6.8856
13	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.6413
14	🇲🇼Malawi	6.5726
15	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	6.5686
16	🇧🇯Benin	6.5097
17	🇵🇸State of Palestine	6.5005
18	🇷🇼Rwanda	6.4789
19	🇬🇳Guinea	6.4086
20	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	6.369
21	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.3539
22	🇿🇲Zambia	6.2979
23	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	6.2702
24	🇱🇷Liberia	6.2461
25	🇨🇲Cameroon	6.1547
26	🇲🇿Mozambique	6.1535
27	🇵🇰Pakistan	6.1124
28	🇲🇷Mauritania	6.0934
29	🇪🇷Eritrea	6.0695
30	🇲🇬Madagascar	6.062
31	🇸🇳Senegal	6.0486
32	🇬🇲Gambia	6.0341
33	🇰🇲Comoros	6.0216
34	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	5.9967
35	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.9812
36	🇸🇩Sudan	5.9698
37	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.9262
38	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	5.8792
39	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	5.7983
40	🇹🇬Togo	5.7822
41	🇾🇹Mayotte	5.7559
42	🇴🇲Oman	5.6383
43	🇩🇯Djibouti	5.6382
44	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	5.6351
45	🇮🇶Iraq	5.6092
46	🇰🇪Kenya	5.5687
47	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	5.4532
48	🇰🇭Cambodia	5.4332
49	🇬🇭Ghana	5.4138
50	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	5.3821
51	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	5.3263
52	🇬🇹Guatemala	5.2537
53	🇬🇦Gabon	5.1859
54	🇨🇬Congo	5.1336
55	🇭🇹Haiti	5.0989
56	🇧🇹Bhutan	5.0718
57	🇲🇻Maldives	5.0633
58	🇳🇵Nepal	5.0416
59	🇭🇳Honduras	5.0279
60	🇻🇺Vanuatu	5.0227
61	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	4.994
62	🇯🇴Jordan	4.9717
63	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	4.9615
64	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	4.9532
65	🇹🇯Tajikistan	4.9213
66	🇳🇦Namibia	4.9053
67	🇼🇸Samoa	4.8265
68	🇸🇿Eswatini	4.8149
69	🇹🇴Tonga	4.7256
70	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	4.6779
71	🇦🇸American Samoa	4.6052
72	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.5921
73	🇹🇰Tokelau	4.5794
74	🇰🇮Kiribati	4.4866
75	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	4.391
76	🇱🇸Lesotho	4.3646
77	🇵🇾Paraguay	4.2815
78	🇪🇭Western Sahara	4.2705
79	🇧🇿Belize	4.2058
80	🇧🇼Botswana	4.1523
81	🇳🇮Nicaragua	4.1018
82	🇵🇭Philippines	4.0976
83	🇩🇿Algeria	4.0763
84	🇪🇬Egypt	3.9926
85	🇹🇻Tuvalu	3.9224
86	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	3.9158
87	🇳🇷Nauru	3.887
88	🇱🇾Libya	3.8829
89	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	3.8625
90	🇨🇰Cook Islands	3.8605
91	🇬🇫French Guiana	3.8555
92	🇧🇩Bangladesh	3.8317
93	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	3.8188
94	🇮🇳India	3.7986
95	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	3.7782
96	🇶🇦Qatar	3.765
97	🇸🇻El Salvador	3.6906
98	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	3.6744
99	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	3.6363
100	🇳🇺Niue	3.5953
101	🇵🇪Peru	3.5518
102	🇲🇦Morocco	3.5477
103	🇪🇨Ecuador	3.4905
104	🇧🇭Bahrain	3.4611
105	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	3.4095
106	🇿🇦South Africa	3.3719
107	🇲🇾Malaysia	3.3639
108	🇰🇼Kuwait	3.3128
109	🇫🇯Fiji	3.2928
110	🇲🇲Myanmar	3.2813
111	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	3.2259
112	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	3.2258
113	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.2177
114	🇲🇽Mexico	3.2114
115	🇩🇲Dominica	3.2005
116	🇬🇾Guyana	3.1991
117	🇻🇳Viet Nam	3.1722
118	🇵🇫French Polynesia	3.0835
119	🇹🇳Tunisia	3.0584
120	🇬🇺Guam	3.0539
121	🇲🇳Mongolia	3.0166
122	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	3.0073
123	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	2.9986
124	🇯🇲Jamaica	2.987
125	🇨🇴Colombia	2.9779
126	🇦🇷Argentina	2.9661
127	🇸🇷Suriname	2.9425
128	🇱🇧Lebanon	2.9369
129	🇨🇷Costa Rica	2.9279
130	🇹🇷Türkiye	2.916
131	🇵🇦Panama	2.9095
132	🇮🇩Indonesia	2.9002
133	🇮🇱Israel	2.8658
134	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	2.8422
135	🇳🇨New Caledonia	2.8227
136	🇦🇱Albania	2.8113
137	🇬🇩Grenada	2.8051
138	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	2.7472
139	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.7374
140	🇵🇼Palau	2.7271
141	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	2.6646
142	🇧🇷Brazil	2.6599
143	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.6497
144	🇧🇸Bahamas	2.61
145	🇸🇨Seychelles	2.5822
146	🇬🇱Greenland	2.5652
147	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	2.5034
148	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	2.4827
149	🇨🇼Curaçao	2.4381
150	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	2.4379
151	🇨🇱Chile	2.4303
152	🇬🇮Gibraltar	2.42
153	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.4197
154	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.4082
155	🇷🇪Réunion	2.3859
156	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.3747
157	🇦🇼Aruba	2.3306
158	🇲🇺Mauritius	2.3116
159	🇦🇲Armenia	2.2858
160	🇲🇰North Macedonia	2.2598
161	🇨🇾Cyprus	2.2466
162	🇮🇸Iceland	2.2213
163	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.2179
164	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	2.2099
165	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2.1563
166	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.1521
167	🇲🇸Montserrat	2.1426
168	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	2.1285
169	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	2.1121
170	🇳🇿New Zealand	2.0376
171	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	2.0363
172	🇺🇸United States of America	2.0101
173	🇦🇮Anguilla	1.9965
174	🇸🇪Sweden	1.9872
175	🇲🇶Martinique	1.9693
176	🇹🇭Thailand	1.9671
177	🇲🇹Malta	1.9576
178	🇲🇪Montenegro	1.9551
179	🇸🇭Saint Helena	1.9544
180	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1.9459
181	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.942
182	🇬🇪Georgia	1.9121
183	🇮🇪Ireland	1.9041
184	🇵🇱Poland	1.8701
185	🇳🇴Norway	1.8651
186	🇦🇺Australia	1.8642
187	🇸🇰Slovakia	1.8591
188	🇫🇮Finland	1.8148
189	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	1.8103
190	🇧🇧Barbados	1.7689
191	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	1.7672
192	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1.7581
193	🇩🇰Denmark	1.7503
194	🇲🇨Monaco	1.7487
195	🇱🇹Lithuania	1.7414
196	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.7291
197	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.7065
198	🇧🇲Bermuda	1.6999
199	🇨🇦Canada	1.6929
200	🇨🇳China	1.6909
201	🇭🇺Hungary	1.6858
202	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	1.6827
203	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	1.6689
204	🇫🇷France	1.661
205	🇨🇿Czechia	1.6517
206	🇧🇪Belgium	1.6056
207	🇧🇾Belarus	1.5768
208	🇳🇱Netherlands	1.5734
209	🇺🇦Ukraine	1.5636
210	🇷🇸Serbia	1.5436
211	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.5159
212	🇵🇹Portugal	1.5125
213	🇦🇹Austria	1.5122
214	🇨🇭Switzerland	1.5096
215	🇭🇷Croatia	1.5081
216	🇱🇻Latvia	1.5026
217	🇸🇬Singapore	1.4979
218	🇨🇺Cuba	1.489
219	🇪🇪Estonia	1.486
220	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1.4706
221	🇧🇬Bulgaria	1.4603
222	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	1.4544
223	🇯🇵Japan	1.4401
224	🇷🇴Romania	1.4369
225	🇬🇬Guernsey	1.4358
226	🇬🇷Greece	1.4256
227	🇯🇪Jersey	1.4139
228	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1.3932
229	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	1.374
230	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	1.3587
231	🇦🇩Andorra	1.3341
232	🇸🇮Slovenia	1.3292
233	🇩🇪Germany	1.2885
234	🇪🇸Spain	1.2532
235	🇮🇹Italy	1.2489
236	🇸🇲San Marino	1.1229
237	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1993

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	5.6633
2	Latin America and the Caribbean	3.0381
3	Asia	2.8597
4	Americas	2.6491
5	Oceania	2.4995
6	Northern America	1.9787
7	Europe	1.5159

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1993

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Middle Africa	6.602
2	Eastern Africa	6.3763
3	Western Africa	6.3662
4	Melanesia	4.6485
5	Northern Africa	4.1332
6	Southern Asia	4.0397
7	Western Asia	4.0108
8	Polynesia	3.9942
9	Micronesia	3.8326
10	Southern Africa	3.501
11	Central America	3.4727
12	Central Asia	3.4675
13	South-Eastern Asia	3.091
14	South America	2.9072
15	Caribbean	2.7571
16	Australia/New Zealand	1.8942
17	Northern Europe	1.7769
18	Eastern Asia	1.6903
19	Eastern Europe	1.525
20	Western Europe	1.4624
21	Southern Europe	1.3933

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1993

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	6.3831
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	4.4413
3	Lower-middle-income countries	4.1501
4	Low-and-middle-income countries	3.2437
5	No income group available	3.2281
6	Middle-income countries	3.0366
7	Upper-middle-income countries	2.1527
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	2.0461
9	High-income countries	1.7382

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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