Total Fertility Rate by Country in 1999

In the year 1999, the world had a total fertility rate of 2.7302 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇳🇪Niger with a rate of 7.752 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇸🇸South Sudan with a fertility rate of 7.6724 births per woman, and 🇸🇴Somalia with 7.6316 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇲🇸Montserrat with 0.962 births per woman. Followed by 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with a fertility rate of 0.9903 births per woman, and 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with 0.9912 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 5.2221 births per woman. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a fertility rate of 2.6707 births per woman, and Asia with 2.5553 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.4658 births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a fertility rate of 6.0398 births per woman, and Eastern Africa with 6.0271 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 6.0809 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 1.6813.