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Total Fertility Rate, 1971

1971, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 1971 covers 222 countries. Yemen is highest, at 8.2598; Vatican City is lowest, at 1.0000. The middle country reads 5.5548. Against 1970, 221 values changed (71 up, 150 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 1971

HighestYemen

8.2598

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, 1971, 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, 1971: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia8.2598
JordanJORWestern Asia8.1502
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa8.0955
RwandaRWAEastern Africa8.0919
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia8.0359
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa7.9410
KenyaKENEastern Africa7.9220
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa7.6714
PalestinePSEWestern Asia7.6140
SyriaSYRWestern Asia7.6004
OmanOMNWestern Asia7.5581
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia7.5563
NigerNERWestern Africa7.5176
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa7.4669
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7.4320
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia7.3844
MalawiMWIEastern Africa7.3105
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia7.2972
South SudanSSDEastern Africa7.2964
SenegalSENWestern Africa7.2608
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa7.2599
SamoaWSMPolynesia7.2241
BurundiBDIEastern Africa7.2133
MaliMLIWestern Africa7.2031
UgandaUGAEastern Africa7.1814

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Yemen8.2598
  2. Jordan8.1502
  3. Libya8.0955
  4. Rwanda8.0919
  5. Marshall Islands8.0359

Lowest

  1. Vatican City1.0000
  2. Finland1.6849
  3. Hungary1.9306
  4. Luxembourg1.9475
  5. Germany1.9511

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5.5548. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 71 · 150rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

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 1971.

  • 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 (1971). Total Fertility Rate, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/1971

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 1971: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 1971?

Yemen, at 8.2598, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 1971 describe?

1971.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 1971 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 1971?

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, 1971 the newest?

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

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