Total Fertility Rate by Country in 2004

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In the year 2004, the world had a total fertility rate of 2.6363 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇳🇪Niger with a rate of 7.6342 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇸🇴Somalia with a fertility rate of 7.5224 births per woman, and 🇹🇩Chad with 7.16 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with 0.7999 births per woman. Followed by 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with a fertility rate of 0.9158 births per woman, and 🇻🇦Holy See with 1.0029 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 5.0211 births per woman. Closely followed by Oceania with a fertility rate of 2.4552 births per woman, and Asia with 2.4236 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.3232 births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a fertility rate of 5.9033 births per woman, and Eastern Africa with 5.6925 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 5.7823 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 1.6755.

Similar Population Metrics for 2004

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2004

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇳🇪Niger	7.6342
2	🇸🇴Somalia	7.5224
3	🇹🇩Chad	7.16
4	🇦🇫Afghanistan	7.0686
5	🇧🇮Burundi	6.7464
6	🇲🇱Mali	6.7409
7	🇺🇬Uganda	6.6533
8	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.6177
9	🇸🇸South Sudan	6.5172
10	🇦🇴Angola	6.4987
11	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	6.2156
12	🇪🇹Ethiopia	6.1067
13	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.0852
14	🇲🇼Malawi	5.9298
15	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	5.9188
16	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	5.8496
17	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.8271
18	🇧🇯Benin	5.7214
19	🇬🇳Guinea	5.7188
20	🇿🇲Zambia	5.7153
21	🇾🇪Yemen	5.7124
22	🇬🇲Gambia	5.7047
23	🇲🇿Mozambique	5.6667
24	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.6183
25	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	5.6069
26	🇷🇼Rwanda	5.5727
27	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	5.545
28	🇱🇷Liberia	5.5062
29	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	5.5005
30	🇨🇲Cameroon	5.4501
31	🇲🇷Mauritania	5.1924
32	🇸🇳Senegal	5.1844
33	🇲🇬Madagascar	5.1328
34	🇰🇲Comoros	5.0951
35	🇸🇩Sudan	5.0941
36	🇹🇬Togo	5.0753
37	🇪🇷Eritrea	5.0356
38	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	5.0071
39	🇵🇸State of Palestine	4.942
40	🇰🇪Kenya	4.8301
41	🇾🇹Mayotte	4.7589
42	🇵🇰Pakistan	4.7544
43	🇨🇬Congo	4.6875
44	🇮🇶Iraq	4.5747
45	🇬🇭Ghana	4.5306
46	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	4.5182
47	🇼🇸Samoa	4.3815
48	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	4.2832
49	🇬🇦Gabon	4.252
50	🇻🇺Vanuatu	4.2259
51	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	4.2086
52	🇹🇴Tonga	4.2056
53	🇬🇹Guatemala	4.1339
54	🇩🇯Djibouti	4.1131
55	🇭🇹Haiti	3.9388
56	🇦🇸American Samoa	3.9248
57	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	3.8567
58	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.8085
59	🇯🇴Jordan	3.801
60	🇰🇮Kiribati	3.7806
61	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	3.7383
62	🇸🇿Eswatini	3.7314
63	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	3.7059
64	🇭🇳Honduras	3.6772
65	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.6333
66	🇹🇻Tuvalu	3.6202
67	🇬🇫French Guiana	3.6132
68	🇳🇦Namibia	3.5801
69	🇹🇰Tokelau	3.5662
70	🇵🇭Philippines	3.5427
71	🇹🇯Tajikistan	3.529
72	🇱🇸Lesotho	3.5194
73	🇳🇷Nauru	3.4867
74	🇰🇭Cambodia	3.3451
75	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	3.3369
76	🇳🇵Nepal	3.3115
77	🇪🇭Western Sahara	3.2165
78	🇧🇿Belize	3.2073
79	🇴🇲Oman	3.2001
80	🇪🇬Egypt	3.1813
81	🇵🇾Paraguay	3.1188
82	🇧🇼Botswana	3.0735
83	🇮🇳India	3.0464
84	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3.0377
85	🇫🇯Fiji	2.9242
86	🇧🇩Bangladesh	2.9144
87	🇬🇺Guam	2.9127
88	🇮🇱Israel	2.9007
89	🇧🇹Bhutan	2.8934
90	🇬🇾Guyana	2.8831
91	🇳🇺Niue	2.8537
92	🇨🇰Cook Islands	2.8529
93	🇪🇨Ecuador	2.8527
94	🇳🇮Nicaragua	2.8162
95	🇱🇾Libya	2.808
96	🇸🇷Suriname	2.7809
97	🇶🇦Qatar	2.749
98	🇧🇭Bahrain	2.7104
99	🇵🇦Panama	2.6913
100	🇰🇼Kuwait	2.6864
101	🇵🇪Peru	2.6735
102	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.6642
103	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	2.6641
104	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	2.6588
105	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	2.6479
106	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	2.631
107	🇲🇲Myanmar	2.6208
108	🇲🇦Morocco	2.5983
109	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	2.5899
110	🇸🇻El Salvador	2.5463
111	🇲🇽Mexico	2.5362
112	🇩🇿Algeria	2.5124
113	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.4614
114	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	2.4606
115	🇷🇪Réunion	2.45
116	🇿🇦South Africa	2.436
117	🇦🇷Argentina	2.4304
118	🇮🇩Indonesia	2.4178
119	🇲🇾Malaysia	2.4145
120	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	2.3839
121	🇬🇱Greenland	2.3797
122	🇬🇩Grenada	2.3729
123	🇨🇴Colombia	2.33
124	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	2.311
125	🇲🇻Maldives	2.2842
126	🇱🇧Lebanon	2.2705
127	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	2.267
128	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	2.2656
129	🇨🇼Curaçao	2.2419
130	🇳🇨New Caledonia	2.2404
131	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2.2255
132	🇹🇷Türkiye	2.224
133	🇵🇫French Polynesia	2.2015
134	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	2.1567
135	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	2.1278
136	🇯🇲Jamaica	2.1268
137	🇩🇲Dominica	2.1246
138	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.0924
139	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.0899
140	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.0873
141	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	2.0861
142	🇨🇷Costa Rica	2.0784
143	🇺🇸United States of America	2.0479
144	🇸🇨Seychelles	2.0383
145	🇮🇸Iceland	2.0376
146	🇲🇳Mongolia	2.0169
147	🇻🇳Viet Nam	2.0145
148	🇧🇷Brazil	2.0023
149	🇵🇼Palau	1.9842
150	🇹🇳Tunisia	1.9763
151	🇳🇿New Zealand	1.9759
152	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.9637
153	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.9621
154	🇲🇨Monaco	1.9556
155	🇧🇸Bahamas	1.9318
156	🇲🇺Mauritius	1.9273
157	🇮🇪Ireland	1.9263
158	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	1.9243
159	🇲🇶Martinique	1.9211
160	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.8991
161	🇫🇷France	1.8982
162	🇦🇱Albania	1.8898
163	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.8807
164	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	1.8557
165	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	1.8518
166	🇳🇴Norway	1.8281
167	🇨🇱Chile	1.8262
168	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.7965
169	🇫🇮Finland	1.7963
170	🇧🇧Barbados	1.7953
171	🇦🇺Australia	1.7848
172	🇩🇰Denmark	1.781
173	🇧🇲Bermuda	1.7801
174	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1.762
175	🇲🇪Montenegro	1.751
176	🇸🇪Sweden	1.7504
177	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1.7466
178	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1.7396
179	🇳🇱Netherlands	1.7254
180	🇧🇪Belgium	1.72
181	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.7022
182	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	1.6854
183	🇦🇼Aruba	1.6828
184	🇬🇮Gibraltar	1.6782
185	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.6575
186	🇸🇭Saint Helena	1.638
187	🇨🇳China	1.605
188	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	1.6035
189	🇬🇪Georgia	1.5923
190	🇯🇪Jersey	1.5698
191	🇹🇭Thailand	1.5657
192	🇦🇲Armenia	1.5412
193	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	1.5389
194	🇲🇰North Macedonia	1.5292
195	🇨🇦Canada	1.5281
196	🇨🇾Cyprus	1.5175
197	🇨🇺Cuba	1.5172
198	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	1.5055
199	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.5036
200	🇦🇮Anguilla	1.4878
201	🇪🇪Estonia	1.4682
202	🇬🇬Guernsey	1.4657
203	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	1.4518
204	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	1.4472
205	🇭🇷Croatia	1.4316
206	🇦🇹Austria	1.4153
207	🇨🇭Switzerland	1.412
208	🇸🇲San Marino	1.4095
209	🇵🇹Portugal	1.4061
210	🇲🇹Malta	1.3987
211	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1.3594
212	🇩🇪Germany	1.356
213	🇷🇸Serbia	1.3554
214	🇮🇹Italy	1.3377
215	🇬🇷Greece	1.3316
216	🇲🇸Montserrat	1.3261
217	🇧🇬Bulgaria	1.3231
218	🇷🇴Romania	1.3213
219	🇪🇸Spain	1.3178
220	🇱🇻Latvia	1.2988
221	🇯🇵Japan	1.2878
222	🇭🇺Hungary	1.2844
223	🇱🇹Lithuania	1.2746
224	🇦🇩Andorra	1.2714
225	🇸🇬Singapore	1.2589
226	🇸🇰Slovakia	1.2477
227	🇧🇾Belarus	1.2463
228	🇸🇮Slovenia	1.2458
229	🇨🇿Czechia	1.2314
230	🇵🇱Poland	1.2277
231	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.2191
232	🇺🇦Ukraine	1.2144
233	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	1.1934
234	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	1.1364
235	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0029
236	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	0.9158
237	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	0.7999

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2004

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	5.0211
2	Oceania	2.4552
3	Asia	2.4236
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	2.3871
5	Northern America	1.9982
6	Europe	1.4685

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2004

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Middle Africa	6.3232
2	Western Africa	5.9033
3	Eastern Africa	5.6925
4	Melanesia	4.0724
5	Polynesia	3.2465
6	Micronesia	3.1674
7	Southern Asia	3.1651
8	Western Asia	3.1601
9	Northern Africa	3.1338
10	Central America	2.7154
11	Southern Africa	2.5546
12	Central Asia	2.5371
13	South-Eastern Asia	2.455
14	Caribbean	2.4014
15	South America	2.2555
16	Australia/New Zealand	1.8181
17	Northern Europe	1.7339
18	Western Europe	1.6007
19	Eastern Asia	1.5641
20	Southern Europe	1.381
21	Eastern Europe	1.3101

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2004

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	5.7823
2	Lower-middle-income countries	3.2452
3	No income group available	2.6687
4	Middle-income countries	2.572
5	Upper-middle-income countries	1.8222
6	High-income countries	1.6755

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 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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