Net Reproduction Rate by Country in 1988

In the year 1988, the world had a net reproduction rate of 1.4236 (female births per woman).

The country with the highest net reproduction rate was 🇾🇪Yemen with a rate of 3.4946 female births per woman. Closely followed by 🇴🇲Oman with a net reproduction rate of 3.2687 female births per woman, and 🇵🇸State of Palestine with 3.0875 female children born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual net reproduction rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with 0.4839 female births per woman. Followed by 🇸🇲San Marino with a net reproduction rate of 0.5492 female births per woman, and 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with 0.6269 female children born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest net reproduction rate was Africa with a rate of 2.2213 female births per woman. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a net reproduction rate of 1.5325 female births per woman, and Asia with 1.4334 female children born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest net reproduction rate of 2.376 female births per woman. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a net reproduction rate of 2.3388 female births per woman, and Western Africa with 2.2619 female children born per woman.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-income countries has the highest net reproduction rate of 2.2381 children born per woman. While the lowest net reproduction rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 0.8715.