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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2005

2005, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The share of all women aged 15 to 49, married or not, who are using any method of contraception, modern or traditional. It is the broadest measure of contraceptive use, and the gap between it and modern-method use shows how far a country relies on traditional methods such as withdrawal or periodic abstinence.

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2005 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. United Kingdom is highest, at 74.0; Chad is lowest, at 3.6. The middle country reads 36.6. Against 2004, 178 values changed (127 up, 51 down), the same countries are covered.

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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method) · Data for 2005

HighestUnited Kingdom

74.0

LowestChad

3.6

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2005, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 196 countries · select a heading to sort

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2005: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe74.066.979.6Interpolation
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe72.963.380.3Interpolation
FinlandFINNorthern Europe72.761.678.2Interpolation
CanadaCANNorthern America72.261.780.1Interpolation
NorwayNORNorthern Europe70.556.685.3Interpolation
BulgariaBGREastern Europe66.956.078.0Interpolation
ChinaCHNEastern Asia66.560.479.4Interpolation
CubaCUBCaribbean65.256.673.0Interpolation
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe64.145.183.5Projection
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe64.052.070.4Interpolation
BrazilBRASouth America63.959.468.4Interpolation
FranceFRAWestern Europe63.457.569.5Interpolation
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe63.056.068.5Interpolation
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand61.949.376.1Interpolation
United StatesUSANorthern America61.655.168.0Interpolation
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe61.050.070.3Interpolation
SpainESPSouthern Europe60.955.266.4Interpolation
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe60.849.874.1Interpolation
AustriaAUTWestern Europe60.748.272.0Interpolation
SwedenSWENorthern Europe59.243.777.4Interpolation
LatviaLVANorthern Europe57.736.980.9Projection
GermanyDEUWestern Europe56.248.165.9Interpolation
BelgiumBELWestern Europe56.047.864.1Interpolation
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand55.745.861.1Interpolation
ItalyITASouthern Europe55.543.067.4Interpolation

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. United Kingdom74.0
  2. Switzerland72.9
  3. Finland72.7
  4. Canada72.2
  5. Norway70.5

Lowest

  1. Chad3.6
  2. South Sudan4.0
  3. Somaliashared5.8
  4. Eritreashared5.8
  5. Sudan6.3

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 36.6. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestUnited Kingdom66.9

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 29.0

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestNorway85.3

    LowestChad4.7

    Middle country: 45.6

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 178values changed, of 196 in both
  • 127 · 51rose · fell
  • 18unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2005.

  • 172 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 4 countries share 44.4. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 196 countries has every column.

  • Some readings carry a flag

    UN DESA Population Division marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Interpolation, Projection.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (2005). Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/contraceptive-prevalence/2005

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