Total Fertility Rate by Country in 2012

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In the year 2012, the world had a total fertility rate of 2.5904 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇳🇪Niger with a rate of 7.4 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇸🇴Somalia with a fertility rate of 7.1984 births per woman, and 🇹🇩Chad with 6.9055 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with 0.9955 births per woman. Followed by 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands with a fertility rate of 1.1031 births per woman, and 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China with 1.1345 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 4.7709 births per woman. Closely followed by Oceania with a fertility rate of 2.4849 births per woman, and Asia with 2.3146 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.1108 births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a fertility rate of 5.5906 births per woman, and Eastern Africa with 4.941 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 5.2112 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 1.7014.

Similar Population Metrics for 2012

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2012

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇳🇪Niger	7.4
2	🇸🇴Somalia	7.1984
3	🇹🇩Chad	6.9055
4	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.559
5	🇲🇱Mali	6.5235
6	🇦🇴Angola	6.0388
7	🇨🇫Central African Republic	6.0056
8	🇧🇮Burundi	5.9909
9	🇳🇬Nigeria	5.8319
10	🇦🇫Afghanistan	5.8302
11	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	5.7929
12	🇺🇬Uganda	5.784
13	🇬🇲Gambia	5.5861
14	🇲🇿Mozambique	5.4511
15	🇧🇯Benin	5.3466
16	🇸🇸South Sudan	5.1966
17	🇬🇳Guinea	5.1945
18	🇿🇲Zambia	5.1458
19	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	5.0985
20	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	5.0642
21	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.0396
22	🇸🇳Senegal	5.0046
23	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	5.0026
24	🇨🇲Cameroon	4.9889
25	🇲🇷Mauritania	4.9864
26	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	4.9736
27	🇲🇼Malawi	4.9244
28	🇸🇩Sudan	4.8949
29	🇪🇹Ethiopia	4.8833
30	🇱🇷Liberia	4.8809
31	🇹🇬Togo	4.8057
32	🇨🇬Congo	4.7497
33	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	4.6667
34	🇰🇲Comoros	4.641
35	🇾🇪Yemen	4.6337
36	🇼🇸Samoa	4.6064
37	🇮🇶Iraq	4.4773
38	🇲🇬Madagascar	4.4664
39	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	4.4436
40	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	4.4116
41	🇪🇷Eritrea	4.4069
42	🇾🇹Mayotte	4.291
43	🇷🇼Rwanda	4.2333
44	🇬🇭Ghana	4.1826
45	🇵🇰Pakistan	4.1693
46	🇵🇸State of Palestine	4.1598
47	🇻🇺Vanuatu	4.1243
48	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	4.0958
49	🇰🇪Kenya	4.0876
50	🇬🇦Gabon	4.0864
51	🇳🇷Nauru	3.9283
52	🇹🇴Tonga	3.7808
53	🇰🇮Kiribati	3.7735
54	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	3.7463
55	🇳🇦Namibia	3.6762
56	🇯🇴Jordan	3.5588
57	🇹🇻Tuvalu	3.4671
58	🇬🇫French Guiana	3.4497
59	🇹🇯Tajikistan	3.4212
60	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	3.3887
61	🇪🇬Egypt	3.3348
62	🇱🇸Lesotho	3.3053
63	🇭🇹Haiti	3.3025
64	🇸🇿Eswatini	3.2553
65	🇩🇯Djibouti	3.237
66	🇬🇹Guatemala	3.2186
67	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	3.2151
68	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	3.1647
69	🇹🇰Tokelau	3.1506
70	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	3.1297
71	🇵🇭Philippines	3.1267
72	🇬🇺Guam	3.1153
73	🇦🇸American Samoa	3.082
74	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.0759
75	🇮🇱Israel	3.0485
76	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	2.9853
77	🇧🇼Botswana	2.9809
78	🇩🇿Algeria	2.9557
79	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.9525
80	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	2.9358
81	🇴🇲Oman	2.929
82	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2.8365
83	🇳🇺Niue	2.7912
84	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	2.7797
85	🇭🇳Honduras	2.774
86	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	2.7476
87	🇲🇳Mongolia	2.7386
88	🇱🇾Libya	2.6804
89	🇫🇯Fiji	2.6656
90	🇰🇭Cambodia	2.6639
91	🇵🇦Panama	2.6364
92	🇵🇾Paraguay	2.6248
93	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	2.6185
94	🇬🇾Guyana	2.6057
95	🇲🇦Morocco	2.5983
96	🇸🇷Suriname	2.5653
97	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	2.5605
98	🇧🇿Belize	2.5554
99	🇨🇰Cook Islands	2.5543
100	🇳🇮Nicaragua	2.55
101	🇪🇨Ecuador	2.5169
102	🇮🇩Indonesia	2.4903
103	🇵🇪Peru	2.4866
104	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	2.4851
105	🇮🇳India	2.4667
106	🇿🇦South Africa	2.4474
107	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.4165
108	🇸🇨Seychelles	2.4148
109	🇷🇪Réunion	2.408
110	🇳🇵Nepal	2.3872
111	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	2.3435
112	🇦🇷Argentina	2.3304
113	🇲🇽Mexico	2.2943
114	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	2.2822
115	🇲🇲Myanmar	2.2738
116	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	2.2542
117	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2.2173
118	🇹🇳Tunisia	2.2163
119	🇧🇩Bangladesh	2.2095
120	🇲🇻Maldives	2.2017
121	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	2.1964
122	🇳🇨New Caledonia	2.1942
123	🇬🇩Grenada	2.1938
124	🇨🇼Curaçao	2.1934
125	🇸🇻El Salvador	2.187
126	🇱🇧Lebanon	2.1692
127	🇰🇼Kuwait	2.1677
128	🇧🇭Bahrain	2.1608
129	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	2.1583
130	🇲🇨Monaco	2.1509
131	🇹🇷Türkiye	2.1489
132	🇧🇹Bhutan	2.1377
133	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.1202
134	🇲🇾Malaysia	2.1159
135	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.1112
136	🇳🇿New Zealand	2.0904
137	🇵🇼Palau	2.083
138	🇮🇸Iceland	2.0356
139	🇦🇼Aruba	2.0276
140	🇵🇫French Polynesia	2.026
141	🇬🇱Greenland	2.025
142	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.0058
143	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.0015
144	🇫🇷France	1.9897
145	🇮🇪Ireland	1.9847
146	🇲🇶Martinique	1.9789
147	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1.9729
148	🇶🇦Qatar	1.9689
149	🇬🇪Georgia	1.9385
150	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.9302
151	🇨🇴Colombia	1.9297
152	🇦🇺Australia	1.9286
153	🇻🇳Viet Nam	1.9272
154	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1.9091
155	🇸🇪Sweden	1.9027
156	🇬🇮Gibraltar	1.8927
157	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.8862
158	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1.8845
159	🇺🇸United States of America	1.8779
160	🇨🇷Costa Rica	1.8758
161	🇳🇴Norway	1.8493
162	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.836
163	🇩🇲Dominica	1.8242
164	🇫🇮Finland	1.8027
165	🇨🇳China	1.7984
166	🇨🇱Chile	1.798
167	🇧🇪Belgium	1.7968
168	🇧🇷Brazil	1.7669
169	🇧🇸Bahamas	1.7441
170	🇩🇰Denmark	1.7247
171	🇳🇱Netherlands	1.7212
172	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1.7184
173	🇲🇪Montenegro	1.7156
174	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.7129
175	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	1.7109
176	🇯🇲Jamaica	1.6962
177	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	1.6939
178	🇦🇱Albania	1.6919
179	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.6864
180	🇨🇺Cuba	1.6813
181	🇦🇮Anguilla	1.6684
182	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	1.6664
183	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	1.6589
184	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	1.6554
185	🇯🇪Jersey	1.6491
186	🇧🇧Barbados	1.6454
187	🇸🇭Saint Helena	1.637
188	🇧🇾Belarus	1.6219
189	🇨🇦Canada	1.6164
190	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.6048
191	🇦🇲Armenia	1.6004
192	🇱🇹Lithuania	1.5922
193	🇹🇭Thailand	1.5858
194	🇸🇮Slovenia	1.5798
195	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.5711
196	🇧🇲Bermuda	1.57
197	🇪🇪Estonia	1.5615
198	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	1.5536
199	🇬🇬Guernsey	1.5491
200	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	1.5391
201	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.5389
202	🇲🇺Mauritius	1.5303
203	🇺🇦Ukraine	1.5269
204	🇨🇭Switzerland	1.523
205	🇷🇴Romania	1.5165
206	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	1.5151
207	🇲🇸Montserrat	1.5122
208	🇭🇷Croatia	1.5083
209	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1.5083
210	🇲🇰North Macedonia	1.5063
211	🇧🇬Bulgaria	1.4994
212	🇨🇿Czechia	1.4519
213	🇷🇸Serbia	1.4454
214	🇱🇻Latvia	1.4396
215	🇦🇹Austria	1.4389
216	🇲🇹Malta	1.4275
217	🇮🇹Italy	1.4235
218	🇩🇪Germany	1.4095
219	🇯🇵Japan	1.4081
220	🇨🇾Cyprus	1.3859
221	🇸🇰Slovakia	1.3525
222	🇭🇺Hungary	1.3328
223	🇵🇱Poland	1.3311
224	🇬🇷Greece	1.3292
225	🇪🇸Spain	1.3254
226	🇦🇩Andorra	1.302
227	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.2903
228	🇸🇲San Marino	1.2872
229	🇵🇹Portugal	1.2784
230	🇸🇬Singapore	1.2758
231	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	1.2618
232	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	1.238
233	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	1.2028
234	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1.1838
235	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	1.1345
236	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	1.1031
237	🇻🇦Holy See	0.9955

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2012

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	4.7709
2	Oceania	2.4849
3	Asia	2.3146
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	2.1417
5	Northern America	1.8535
6	Europe	1.6149

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2012

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Middle Africa	6.1108
2	Western Africa	5.5906
3	Eastern Africa	4.941
4	Melanesia	3.647
5	Northern Africa	3.317
6	Micronesia	3.2459
7	Polynesia	3.0651
8	Western Asia	2.9497
9	Central Asia	2.6682
10	Southern Asia	2.6246
11	Southern Africa	2.5501
12	Central America	2.4003
13	South-Eastern Asia	2.3679
14	Caribbean	2.2764
15	South America	2.0215
16	Australia/New Zealand	1.9554
17	Northern Europe	1.8694
18	Eastern Asia	1.7657
19	Western Europe	1.6615
20	Eastern Europe	1.5938
21	Southern Europe	1.412

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2012

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	5.2112
2	Lower-middle-income countries	2.9174
3	Middle-income countries	2.495
4	No income group available	2.4229
5	Upper-middle-income countries	1.9555
6	High-income countries	1.7014

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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