Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1994

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In the year 1994, the world had a total fertility rate of 2.9334 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇾🇪Yemen with a rate of 7.7953 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇳🇪Niger with a fertility rate of 7.786 births per woman, and 🇦🇫Afghanistan with 7.767 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 1.1377 births per woman, and 🇪🇸Spain with 1.1903 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 5.5888 births per woman. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a fertility rate of 2.9769 births per woman, and Asia with 2.802 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.5668 births per woman. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a fertility rate of 6.3122 births per woman, and Western Africa with 6.3057 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 6.3476 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 1.7176.

Similar Population Metrics for 1994

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1994

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇾🇪Yemen	7.7953
2	🇳🇪Niger	7.786
3	🇦🇫Afghanistan	7.767
4	🇸🇴Somalia	7.544
5	🇸🇸South Sudan	7.3455
6	🇹🇩Chad	7.3101
7	🇧🇮Burundi	7.2302
8	🇲🇱Mali	7.1189
9	🇪🇹Ethiopia	7.0505
10	🇦🇴Angola	6.9903
11	🇺🇬Uganda	6.8987
12	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	6.8434
13	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.6434
14	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	6.5567
15	🇲🇼Malawi	6.4877
16	🇧🇯Benin	6.4192
17	🇷🇼Rwanda	6.4151
18	🇬🇳Guinea	6.3584
19	🇵🇸State of Palestine	6.3338
20	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.3193
21	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	6.2993
22	🇿🇲Zambia	6.2597
23	🇱🇷Liberia	6.2097
24	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	6.1283
25	🇲🇿Mozambique	6.0821
26	🇲🇷Mauritania	6.0581
27	🇨🇲Cameroon	6.0432
28	🇲🇬Madagascar	6.0422
29	🇬🇲Gambia	6.0349
30	🇵🇰Pakistan	6.0079
31	🇪🇷Eritrea	6.0049
32	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.9778
33	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.9192
34	🇸🇳Senegal	5.9154
35	🇸🇩Sudan	5.9123
36	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	5.912
37	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	5.8944
38	🇰🇲Comoros	5.8644
39	🇹🇬Togo	5.6723
40	🇾🇹Mayotte	5.6698
41	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	5.5981
42	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	5.5619
43	🇩🇯Djibouti	5.5075
44	🇮🇶Iraq	5.488
45	🇰🇪Kenya	5.4379
46	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	5.3976
47	🇴🇲Oman	5.3594
48	🇰🇭Cambodia	5.2814
49	🇬🇭Ghana	5.2544
50	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	5.2321
51	🇬🇹Guatemala	5.1909
52	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	5.1606
53	🇨🇬Congo	5.1026
54	🇬🇦Gabon	5.0437
55	🇭🇹Haiti	4.9912
56	🇳🇵Nepal	4.964
57	🇻🇺Vanuatu	4.9367
58	🇭🇳Honduras	4.9349
59	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	4.8702
60	🇧🇹Bhutan	4.8659
61	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	4.8557
62	🇯🇴Jordan	4.8189
63	🇼🇸Samoa	4.7922
64	🇹🇯Tajikistan	4.7918
65	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	4.7232
66	🇲🇻Maldives	4.688
67	🇳🇦Namibia	4.6763
68	🇸🇿Eswatini	4.6623
69	🇹🇴Tonga	4.6578
70	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	4.575
71	🇹🇰Tokelau	4.5208
72	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.4937
73	🇰🇮Kiribati	4.4416
74	🇦🇸American Samoa	4.3841
75	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	4.2843
76	🇱🇸Lesotho	4.2096
77	🇵🇾Paraguay	4.1958
78	🇪🇭Western Sahara	4.1488
79	🇵🇭Philippines	4.0794
80	🇧🇼Botswana	4.0212
81	🇧🇿Belize	3.9728
82	🇳🇮Nicaragua	3.9369
83	🇹🇻Tuvalu	3.9232
84	🇩🇿Algeria	3.9144
85	🇪🇬Egypt	3.8651
86	🇳🇷Nauru	3.8369
87	🇬🇫French Guiana	3.8218
88	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	3.7612
89	🇨🇰Cook Islands	3.7612
90	🇧🇩Bangladesh	3.7372
91	🇮🇳India	3.7232
92	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	3.682
93	🇶🇦Qatar	3.6646
94	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	3.6602
95	🇱🇾Libya	3.6494
96	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	3.6405
97	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	3.6229
98	🇸🇻El Salvador	3.6132
99	🇳🇺Niue	3.4616
100	🇵🇪Peru	3.4318
101	🇪🇨Ecuador	3.4195
102	🇲🇦Morocco	3.4129
103	🇲🇾Malaysia	3.3456
104	🇧🇭Bahrain	3.2908
105	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	3.2831
106	🇰🇼Kuwait	3.2719
107	🇿🇦South Africa	3.258
108	🇫🇯Fiji	3.2577
109	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	3.2437
110	🇬🇾Guyana	3.2263
111	🇲🇲Myanmar	3.2042
112	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	3.1633
113	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.1474
114	🇲🇽Mexico	3.1317
115	🇬🇺Guam	3.0444
116	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	3.0281
117	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	2.9778
118	🇩🇲Dominica	2.9642
119	🇵🇫French Polynesia	2.9425
120	🇻🇳Viet Nam	2.9409
121	🇨🇴Colombia	2.9373
122	🇦🇷Argentina	2.9354
123	🇯🇲Jamaica	2.9304
124	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	2.9008
125	🇸🇷Suriname	2.8985
126	🇵🇦Panama	2.8773
127	🇹🇷Türkiye	2.8739
128	🇹🇳Tunisia	2.8736
129	🇨🇷Costa Rica	2.8569
130	🇮🇩Indonesia	2.8512
131	🇮🇱Israel	2.8371
132	🇱🇧Lebanon	2.8234
133	🇲🇳Mongolia	2.8193
134	🇦🇱Albania	2.7982
135	🇬🇩Grenada	2.7945
136	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	2.7561
137	🇳🇨New Caledonia	2.715
138	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.6781
139	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	2.6693
140	🇵🇼Palau	2.6608
141	🇧🇷Brazil	2.6034
142	🇸🇨Seychelles	2.5973
143	🇬🇱Greenland	2.5349
144	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.5237
145	🇧🇸Bahamas	2.4715
146	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	2.445
147	🇨🇼Curaçao	2.4298
148	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.4245
149	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	2.4053
150	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	2.3986
151	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.3967
152	🇬🇮Gibraltar	2.3804
153	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	2.3783
154	🇨🇱Chile	2.3768
155	🇷🇪Réunion	2.3292
156	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.3101
157	🇦🇼Aruba	2.2983
158	🇲🇺Mauritius	2.2435
159	🇲🇰North Macedonia	2.2318
160	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.1829
161	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	2.1751
162	🇨🇾Cyprus	2.163
163	🇮🇸Iceland	2.1435
164	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2.1338
165	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.119
166	🇲🇸Montserrat	2.0844
167	🇦🇲Armenia	2.0842
168	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	2.069
169	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	2.0645
170	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.0543
171	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	1.9927
172	🇺🇸United States of America	1.988
173	🇳🇿New Zealand	1.9817
174	🇲🇶Martinique	1.9471
175	🇲🇪Montenegro	1.9362
176	🇦🇮Anguilla	1.9324
177	🇹🇭Thailand	1.9278
178	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1.9152
179	🇸🇭Saint Helena	1.8813
180	🇸🇪Sweden	1.8776
181	🇳🇴Norway	1.8691
182	🇦🇺Australia	1.8518
183	🇮🇪Ireland	1.8476
184	🇲🇹Malta	1.84
185	🇫🇮Finland	1.8395
186	🇬🇪Georgia	1.8347
187	🇵🇱Poland	1.8008
188	🇩🇰Denmark	1.8008
189	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	1.771
190	🇲🇨Monaco	1.7563
191	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1.7371
192	🇧🇧Barbados	1.7333
193	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.7251
194	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.6976
195	🇨🇦Canada	1.693
196	🇧🇲Bermuda	1.6836
197	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	1.6705
198	🇸🇰Slovakia	1.6665
199	🇫🇷France	1.6653
200	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	1.6601
201	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	1.6594
202	🇭🇺Hungary	1.6398
203	🇨🇳China	1.6285
204	🇱🇹Lithuania	1.5771
205	🇳🇱Netherlands	1.5691
206	🇧🇪Belgium	1.5631
207	🇭🇷Croatia	1.5203
208	🇷🇸Serbia	1.5048
209	🇯🇪Jersey	1.4956
210	🇨🇭Switzerland	1.4875
211	🇧🇾Belarus	1.4864
212	🇦🇹Austria	1.474
213	🇸🇬Singapore	1.4713
214	🇺🇦Ukraine	1.4711
215	🇯🇵Japan	1.4676
216	🇨🇺Cuba	1.4666
217	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.4613
218	🇵🇹Portugal	1.4448
219	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	1.4418
220	🇨🇿Czechia	1.4357
221	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1.4307
222	🇬🇬Guernsey	1.4187
223	🇬🇷Greece	1.4136
224	🇪🇪Estonia	1.4103
225	🇷🇴Romania	1.4004
226	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1.3981
227	🇱🇻Latvia	1.3838
228	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	1.3721
229	🇧🇬Bulgaria	1.3705
230	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	1.3681
231	🇦🇩Andorra	1.3172
232	🇸🇮Slovenia	1.3154
233	🇩🇪Germany	1.2539
234	🇮🇹Italy	1.2082
235	🇪🇸Spain	1.1903
236	🇸🇲San Marino	1.1377
237	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1994

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	5.5888
2	Latin America and the Caribbean	2.9769
3	Asia	2.802
4	Americas	2.61
5	Oceania	2.4826
6	Northern America	1.9588
7	Europe	1.486

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1994

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Middle Africa	6.5668
2	Eastern Africa	6.3122
3	Western Africa	6.3057
4	Melanesia	4.5736
5	Northern Africa	4.0025
6	Southern Asia	3.9496
7	Western Asia	3.9242
8	Polynesia	3.8859
9	Micronesia	3.768
10	Central America	3.3933
11	Southern Africa	3.3848
12	Central Asia	3.3289
13	South-Eastern Asia	3.0181
14	South America	2.8492
15	Caribbean	2.7113
16	Australia/New Zealand	1.8744
17	Northern Europe	1.746
18	Eastern Asia	1.634
19	Eastern Europe	1.4793
20	Western Europe	1.4425
21	Southern Europe	1.3484

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 1994

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	6.3476
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	4.3548
3	Lower-middle-income countries	4.0548
4	Low-and-middle-income countries	3.1854
5	No income group available	3.1572
6	Middle-income countries	2.9749
7	Upper-middle-income countries	2.103
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	2.0043
9	High-income countries	1.7176

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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