Total Fertility Rate by Country in 2002

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0.806

7.797

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data source: UN WPP

In the year 2002, the world had a total fertility rate of 2.68 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇳🇪Niger, with a rate of 7.8 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇸🇴Somalia with a total fertility rate of 7.63, and 🇦🇫Afghanistan with 7.32 children born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with only 0.81 births per woman. Followed by 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with a total fertility rate of 0.93, and 🇻🇦Holy See with 1 children born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility was Africa with a rate of 5.11 births per woman. Closely followed by Asia with a total fertility rate of 2.49, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 2.48 children born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.35 people. Closely followed by Western Africa with a total fertility rate of 5.97, and Eastern Africa with 5.87 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 5.94. While the lowest fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 1.65

Similar Population Metrics for 2002

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2002

Rank	Flag	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇳🇪	Niger	7.7967
2	🇸🇴	Somalia	7.626
3	🇦🇫	Afghanistan	7.3203
4	🇹🇩	Chad	7.2014
5	🇲🇱	Mali	6.8191
6	🇧🇮	Burundi	6.8187
7	🇺🇬	Uganda	6.7354
8	🇨🇩	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.6058
9	🇦🇴	Angola	6.5668
10	🇸🇸	South Sudan	6.5154
11	🇪🇹	Ethiopia	6.4991
12	🇧🇫	Burkina Faso	6.3388
13	🇸🇱	Sierra Leone	6.2296
14	🇳🇬	Nigeria	6.1163
15	🇾🇪	Yemen	5.9713
16	🇲🇼	Malawi	5.9034
17	🇹🇱	Timor-Leste	5.8993
18	🇷🇼	Rwanda	5.8161
19	🇧🇯	Benin	5.7933
20	🇨🇫	Central African Republic	5.7854
21	🇬🇳	Guinea	5.7806
22	🇿🇲	Zambia	5.7742
23	🇬🇶	Equatorial Guinea	5.7311
24	🇲🇿	Mozambique	5.6671
25	🇬🇲	Gambia	5.6561
26	🇱🇷	Liberia	5.6528
27	🇨🇮	Côte d'Ivoire	5.6408
28	🇬🇼	Guinea-Bissau	5.6344
29	🇹🇿	United Republic of Tanzania	5.5696
30	🇸🇩	Sudan	5.531
31	🇨🇲	Cameroon	5.4347
32	🇲🇬	Madagascar	5.4115
33	🇲🇷	Mauritania	5.3728
34	🇸🇳	Senegal	5.301
35	🇪🇷	Eritrea	5.2329
36	🇵🇸	State of Palestine	5.2158
37	🇰🇲	Comoros	5.1553
38	🇹🇬	Togo	5.0919
39	🇸🇹	Sao Tome and Principe	5.0621
40	🇰🇪	Kenya	5.0269
41	🇵🇰	Pakistan	5.0123
42	🇨🇬	Congo	4.6967
43	🇬🇭	Ghana	4.6865
44	🇮🇶	Iraq	4.668
45	🇾🇹	Mayotte	4.66
46	🇸🇧	Solomon Islands	4.6016
47	🇲🇭	Marshall Islands	4.4881
48	🇼🇸	Samoa	4.4443
49	🇵🇬	Papua New Guinea	4.4195
50	🇩🇯	Djibouti	4.4097
51	🇻🇺	Vanuatu	4.3816
52	🇬🇹	Guatemala	4.3706
53	🇬🇦	Gabon	4.3604
54	🇹🇴	Tonga	4.1375
55	🇱🇦	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4.1317
56	🇭🇹	Haiti	4.1252
57	🇭🇳	Honduras	3.9997
58	🇫🇲	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	3.9335
59	🇿🇼	Zimbabwe	3.9249
60	🇦🇸	American Samoa	3.8663
61	🇸🇾	Syrian Arab Republic	3.8651
62	🇸🇿	Eswatini	3.8536
63	🇰🇮	Kiribati	3.8136
64	🇯🇴	Jordan	3.8052
65	🇧🇴	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.8016
66	🇬🇫	French Guiana	3.717
67	🇸🇦	Saudi Arabia	3.7088
68	🇳🇦	Namibia	3.6927
69	🇱🇸	Lesotho	3.6821
70	🇵🇭	Philippines	3.6507
71	🇹🇻	Tuvalu	3.6374
72	🇳🇵	Nepal	3.604
73	🇰🇭	Cambodia	3.5704
74	🇹🇰	Tokelau	3.5698
75	🇴🇲	Oman	3.5096
76	🇹🇯	Tajikistan	3.47
77	🇧🇿	Belize	3.4305
78	🇪🇬	Egypt	3.4116
79	🇳🇷	Nauru	3.4002
80	🇵🇾	Paraguay	3.2329
81	🇮🇳	India	3.2169
82	🇪🇭	Western Sahara	3.1925
83	🇨🇻	Cabo Verde	3.1925
84	🇧🇼	Botswana	3.1749
85	🇧🇩	Bangladesh	3.1257
86	🇧🇹	Bhutan	3.0119
87	🇶🇦	Qatar	3.0107
88	🇪🇨	Ecuador	2.9723
89	🇨🇰	Cook Islands	2.9686
90	🇫🇯	Fiji	2.9683
91	🇸🇷	Suriname	2.9559
92	🇲🇫	Saint Martin (French part)	2.8961
93	🇳🇮	Nicaragua	2.8873
94	🇮🇱	Israel	2.877
95	🇳🇺	Niue	2.8591
96	🇬🇾	Guyana	2.8437
97	🇱🇾	Libya	2.8314
98	🇰🇼	Kuwait	2.7947
99	🇽🇰	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.7908
100	🇸🇻	El Salvador	2.7748
101	🇲🇲	Myanmar	2.7646
102	🇩🇴	Dominican Republic	2.7638
103	🇻🇪	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.7392
104	🇹🇲	Turkmenistan	2.7097
105	🇧🇭	Bahrain	2.699
106	🇵🇦	Panama	2.6981
107	🇵🇪	Peru	2.6932
108	🇲🇾	Malaysia	2.658
109	🇲🇽	Mexico	2.6327
110	🇲🇦	Morocco	2.6166
111	🇬🇺	Guam	2.5819
112	🇺🇿	Uzbekistan	2.5747
113	🇰🇬	Kyrgyzstan	2.5656
114	🇫🇴	Faroe Islands	2.544
115	🇦🇪	United Arab Emirates	2.5412
116	🇱🇧	Lebanon	2.5232
117	🇦🇷	Argentina	2.4929
118	🇬🇱	Greenland	2.4922
119	🇨🇴	Colombia	2.4889
120	🇮🇩	Indonesia	2.4358
121	🇩🇿	Algeria	2.4286
122	🇲🇻	Maldives	2.4254
123	🇵🇫	French Polynesia	2.425
124	🇻🇮	United States Virgin Islands	2.4154
125	🇷🇪	Réunion	2.4114
126	🇬🇩	Grenada	2.3777
127	🇼🇫	Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.3761
128	🇳🇨	New Caledonia	2.347
129	🇿🇦	South Africa	2.3235
130	🇱🇰	Sri Lanka	2.3104
131	🇨🇼	Curaçao	2.3004
132	🇯🇲	Jamaica	2.2707
133	🇹🇷	Türkiye	2.2677
134	🇧🇳	Brunei Darussalam	2.2638
135	🇹🇨	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.2421
136	🇻🇨	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.2181
137	🇬🇵	Guadeloupe	2.2178
138	🇨🇷	Costa Rica	2.1624
139	🇺🇾	Uruguay	2.1604
140	🇩🇲	Dominica	2.1603
141	🇲🇳	Mongolia	2.1033
142	🇧🇷	Brazil	2.0814
143	🇰🇳	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.0376
144	🇱🇨	Saint Lucia	2.0321
145	🇸🇨	Seychelles	2.0273
146	🇲🇨	Monaco	2.0063
147	🇻🇳	Viet Nam	2.006
148	🇺🇸	United States of America	2.0028
149	🇦🇱	Albania	2.0016
150	🇧🇸	Bahamas	1.9844
151	🇮🇪	Ireland	1.9707
152	🇵🇲	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.9567
153	🇰🇿	Kazakhstan	1.9562
154	🇹🇳	Tunisia	1.941
155	🇦🇬	Antigua and Barbuda	1.9403
156	🇮🇸	Iceland	1.9359
157	🇨🇱	Chile	1.9341
158	🇵🇼	Palau	1.9228
159	🇰🇵	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.9185
160	🇲🇺	Mauritius	1.916
161	🇲🇶	Martinique	1.8931
162	🇳🇿	New Zealand	1.8916
163	🇫🇷	France	1.8653
164	🇮🇲	Isle of Man	1.8633
165	🇧🇧	Barbados	1.8625
166	🇵🇷	Puerto Rico	1.8562
167	🇮🇷	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.8359
168	🇧🇲	Bermuda	1.8146
169	🇲🇪	Montenegro	1.8132
170	🇸🇽	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.8087
171	🇦🇼	Aruba	1.8001
172	🇲🇰	North Macedonia	1.7857
173	🇦🇺	Australia	1.7648
174	🇳🇴	Norway	1.7574
175	🇦🇮	Anguilla	1.7403
176	🇳🇱	Netherlands	1.7294
177	🇩🇰	Denmark	1.7262
178	🇫🇮	Finland	1.7175
179	🇧🇶	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.6945
180	🇹🇭	Thailand	1.6884
181	🇬🇮	Gibraltar	1.6831
182	🇰🇾	Cayman Islands	1.6812
183	🇲🇵	Northern Mariana Islands	1.6775
184	🇹🇹	Trinidad and Tobago	1.6716
185	🇸🇪	Sweden	1.6481
186	🇨🇺	Cuba	1.6451
187	🇧🇪	Belgium	1.645
188	🇬🇧	United Kingdom	1.6333
189	🇱🇺	Luxembourg	1.6288
190	🇸🇭	Saint Helena	1.6213
191	🇦🇿	Azerbaijan	1.5765
192	🇬🇪	Georgia	1.5706
193	🇨🇳	China	1.5658
194	🇫🇰	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.5454
195	🇧🇱	Saint Barthélemy	1.5378
196	🇨🇦	Canada	1.5134
197	🇨🇾	Cyprus	1.4969
198	🇯🇪	Jersey	1.477
199	🇱🇮	Liechtenstein	1.468
200	🇵🇹	Portugal	1.4596
201	🇲🇹	Malta	1.4581
202	🇬🇬	Guernsey	1.45
203	🇲🇸	Montserrat	1.4478
204	🇲🇩	Republic of Moldova	1.4477
205	🇸🇲	San Marino	1.4317
206	🇭🇷	Croatia	1.4276
207	🇦🇲	Armenia	1.405
208	🇦🇹	Austria	1.389
209	🇨🇭	Switzerland	1.383
210	🇷🇸	Serbia	1.3627
211	🇪🇪	Estonia	1.3532
212	🇩🇪	Germany	1.3445
213	🇬🇷	Greece	1.3352
214	🇹🇼	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.3267
215	🇯🇵	Japan	1.3076
216	🇭🇺	Hungary	1.3026
217	🇷🇺	Russian Federation	1.2872
218	🇷🇴	Romania	1.2702
219	🇦🇩	Andorra	1.2646
220	🇮🇹	Italy	1.2643
221	🇱🇻	Latvia	1.2575
222	🇵🇱	Poland	1.2518
223	🇪🇸	Spain	1.2514
224	🇻🇬	British Virgin Islands	1.2473
225	🇱🇹	Lithuania	1.2314
226	🇧🇦	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.2307
227	🇰🇷	Republic of Korea	1.2271
228	🇧🇬	Bulgaria	1.2238
229	🇸🇮	Slovenia	1.2101
230	🇧🇾	Belarus	1.202
231	🇸🇰	Slovakia	1.1851
232	🇸🇬	Singapore	1.1721
233	🇨🇿	Czechia	1.1669
234	🇺🇦	Ukraine	1.1267
235	🇻🇦	Holy See	1
236	🇭🇰	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.9316
237	🇲🇴	China, Macao SAR	0.8061

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2002

Rank	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	5.1147
2	Asia	2.4896
3	Latin America and the Caribbean	2.4825
4	Oceania	2.4407
5	Americas	2.3144
6	Northern America	1.9552
7	Europe	1.4175

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2002

Rank	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Middle Africa	6.3474
2	Western Africa	5.9736
3	Eastern Africa	5.8654
4	Melanesia	4.1806
5	Polynesia	3.3593
6	Southern Asia	3.3328
7	Northern Africa	3.2902
8	Western Asia	3.2164
9	Micronesia	3.0092
10	Central America	2.8325
11	South-Eastern Asia	2.5191
12	Central Asia	2.5156
13	Caribbean	2.495
14	Southern Africa	2.4635
15	South America	2.3419
16	Australia/New Zealand	1.7865
17	Northern Europe	1.6389
18	Western Europe	1.576
19	Eastern Asia	1.5302
20	Southern Europe	1.3455
21	Eastern Europe	1.2471

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2002

Rank	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	5.9363
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	3.812
3	Lower-middle-income countries	3.4786
4	Low-and-middle-income countries	2.8674
5	No income group available	2.7419
6	Middle-income countries	2.6441
7	Upper-middle-income countries	1.8749
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	1.8138
9	High-income countries	1.6479

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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