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Total Fertility Rate, 1950

1950, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 1950 covers 222 countries. Rwanda is highest, at 8.1524; Vatican City is lowest, at 1.0000. The middle country reads 5.8740.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 1950

HighestRwanda

8.1524

LowestVatican City

1.0000

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Total Fertility Rate, 1950, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Total Fertility Rate, 1950: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
RwandaRWAEastern Africa8.1524
YemenYEMWestern Asia7.9706
PalestinePSEWestern Asia7.8376
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia7.7562
SyriaSYRWestern Asia7.6181
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa7.6096
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia7.5771
NigerNERWestern Africa7.5593
SamoaWSMPolynesia7.5529
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean7.5073
HondurasHNDCentral America7.4688
JordanJORWestern Asia7.4444
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa7.4309
KenyaKENEastern Africa7.3887
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa7.3243
BahrainBHRWestern Asia7.2901
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean7.2853
OmanOMNWestern Asia7.2612
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7.2484
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.2484
PalauPLWMicronesia7.1527
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia7.1500
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia7.1287
South SudanSSDEastern Africa7.1239
NicaraguaNICCentral America7.1205

02In 1950

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Rwanda8.1524
  2. Yemen7.9706
  3. Palestine7.8376
  4. Marshall Islands7.7562
  5. Syria7.6181

Lowest

  1. Vatican City1.0000
  2. Luxembourg1.9602
  3. Latvia2.0752
  4. Austria2.0893
  5. Andorra2.1120

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5.8740. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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. It can differ from what was first published for 1950.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 7.2484. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1950). Total Fertility Rate, 1950 [data set], describing 1950. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/1950

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06Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 1950: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 1950?

Rwanda, at 8.1524, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 1950 describe?

1950.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 1950 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 1950?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Total Fertility Rate, 1950 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Total Fertility Rate, 2023.

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