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Total Fertility Rate, 1969

1969, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 1969 covers 222 countries. Yemen is highest, at 8.2159; Vatican City is lowest, at 1.0000. The middle country reads 5.7118. Against 1968, 219 values changed (60 up, 159 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 1969

HighestYemen

8.2159

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, 1969, 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, 1969: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia8.2159
JordanJORWestern Asia8.1918
RwandaRWAEastern Africa8.1760
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia8.1118
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa8.0111
KenyaKENEastern Africa7.9474
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa7.9268
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa7.7087
PalestinePSEWestern Asia7.6809
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia7.6226
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia7.5972
SyriaSYRWestern Asia7.5856
NigerNERWestern Africa7.5056
OmanOMNWestern Asia7.4888
SamoaWSMPolynesia7.4320
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7.3887
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa7.3884
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia7.3371
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia7.3270
South SudanSSDEastern Africa7.2813
MalawiMWIEastern Africa7.2739
SenegalSENWestern Africa7.2588
HondurasHNDCentral America7.2276
BurundiBDIEastern Africa7.2148
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.2095

02In 1969

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Yemen8.2159
  2. Jordan8.1918
  3. Rwanda8.1760
  4. Marshall Islands8.1118
  5. Libya8.0111

Lowest

  1. Vatican City1.0000
  2. Latvia1.8804
  3. Czechia1.8824
  4. Finland1.9298
  5. Sweden1.9312

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5.7118. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031968 → 1969

Since 1968

What changed between 1968 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 219values changed, of 222 in both
  • 60 · 159rose · fell
  • 3unchanged

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 1969.

  • 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 (1969). Total Fertility Rate, 1969 [data set], describing 1969. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/1969

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 1969: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 1969?

Yemen, at 8.2159, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 1969 describe?

1969.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 1969 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 1969?

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, 1969 the newest?

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

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