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Total Fertility Rate, 1966

1966, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 1966 covers 222 countries. Rwanda is highest, at 8.2302; Vatican City is lowest, at 1.0000. The middle country reads 5.9577. Against 1965, 220 values changed (67 up, 153 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 1966

HighestRwanda

8.2302

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, 1966, 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, 1966: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
RwandaRWAEastern Africa8.2302
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia8.1986
YemenYEMWestern Asia8.1420
JordanJORWestern Asia7.9918
KenyaKENEastern Africa7.9554
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa7.8906
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa7.8682
PalestinePSEWestern Asia7.7533
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa7.7096
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia7.6550
SamoaWSMPolynesia7.5962
SyriaSYRWestern Asia7.5521
NigerNERWestern Africa7.4813
OmanOMNWestern Asia7.4123
HondurasHNDCentral America7.4101
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia7.4089
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia7.3396
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7.3203
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.2574
South SudanSSDEastern Africa7.2535
SenegalSENWestern Africa7.2167
IranIRNSouthern Asia7.2136
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa7.1957
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa7.1942
MalawiMWIEastern Africa7.1738

02In 1966

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Rwanda8.2302
  2. Marshall Islands8.1986
  3. Yemen8.1420
  4. Jordan7.9918
  5. Kenya7.9554

Lowest

  1. Vatican City1.0000
  2. Japan1.6321
  3. Latvia1.7864
  4. Romania1.8737
  5. Estonia1.8842

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5.9577. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 67 · 153rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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 1966.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The 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 (1966). Total Fertility Rate, 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/1966

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 1966: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 1966?

Rwanda, at 8.2302, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 1966 describe?

1966.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 1966 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 1966?

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, 1966 the newest?

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

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