In the year 1998, the world had a total fertility rate of 2.78 (births per woman).
The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇳🇪Niger, with a rate of 7.84 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇦🇫Afghanistan with a total fertility rate of 7.69, and 🇸🇴Somalia with 7.66 children born per woman.
The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 1 births per woman. Followed by 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with a total fertility rate of 1.03, and 🇱🇻Latvia with 1.1 children born per woman.
The geographic region with the highest total fertility was Africa with a rate of 5.3 births per woman. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a total fertility rate of 2.74, and Asia with 2.61 children born per woman.
When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.48 people. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a total fertility rate of 6.13, and Western Africa with 6.05 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 6.17. While the lowest fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 1.67
| Rank | Location | Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Africa | 5.2956 |
| 2 | Latin America and the Caribbean | 2.7387 |
| 3 | Asia | 2.607 |
| 4 | Americas | 2.4691 |
| 5 | Oceania | 2.4271 |
| 6 | Northern America | 1.9377 |
| 7 | Europe | 1.4146 |
| Rank | Location | Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Africa | 6.4818 |
| 2 | Eastern Africa | 6.1286 |
| 3 | Western Africa | 6.0488 |
| 4 | Melanesia | 4.3681 |
| 5 | Southern Asia | 3.6115 |
| 6 | Western Asia | 3.589 |
| 7 | Northern Africa | 3.5487 |
| 8 | Polynesia | 3.5065 |
| 9 | Micronesia | 3.3581 |
| 10 | Central America | 3.0685 |
| 11 | Central Asia | 2.7889 |
| 12 | Southern Africa | 2.7622 |
| 13 | South-Eastern Asia | 2.7164 |
| 14 | South America | 2.6254 |
| 15 | Caribbean | 2.5941 |
| 16 | Australia/New Zealand | 1.7877 |
| 17 | Northern Europe | 1.6758 |
| 18 | Western Europe | 1.5308 |
| 19 | Eastern Asia | 1.5107 |
| 20 | Southern Europe | 1.3097 |
| 21 | Eastern Europe | 1.2673 |
| Rank | Location | Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low-income countries | 6.1651 |
| 2 | Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries | 4.0357 |
| 3 | Lower-middle-income countries | 3.7083 |
| 4 | Low-and-middle-income countries | 2.9869 |
| 5 | No income group available | 2.9192 |
| 6 | Middle-income countries | 2.767 |
| 7 | Upper-middle-income countries | 1.9559 |
| 8 | High-and-upper-middle-income countries | 1.8809 |
| 9 | High-income countries | 1.6702 |
Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.
Data Published: 2024-07-11Source data made available by UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024 under CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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