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Total Fertility Rate, 1975

1975, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 1975 covers 222 countries. Yemen is highest, at 8.3734; Vatican City is lowest, at 1.0000. The middle country reads 4.9319. Against 1974, 221 values changed (38 up, 183 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 1975

HighestYemen

8.3734

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, 1975, 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, 1975: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia8.3734
RwandaRWAEastern Africa8.0961
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa7.9770
JordanJORWestern Asia7.9251
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa7.9096
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia7.8317
KenyaKENEastern Africa7.7953
OmanOMNWestern Asia7.7111
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7.5420
NigerNERWestern Africa7.5390
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa7.4942
SyriaSYRWestern Asia7.4865
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa7.4848
PalestinePSEWestern Asia7.4799
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa7.4215
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia7.3703
MalawiMWIEastern Africa7.3591
South SudanSSDEastern Africa7.3262
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia7.3209
MaliMLIWestern Africa7.2528
SenegalSENWestern Africa7.2523
BurundiBDIEastern Africa7.2442
UgandaUGAEastern Africa7.2015
ComorosCOMEastern Africa7.1625
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa7.1006

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Yemen8.3734
  2. Rwanda8.0961
  3. Libya7.9770
  4. Jordan7.9251
  5. Côte d’Ivoire7.9096

Lowest

  1. Vatican City1.0000
  2. Germany1.4772
  3. Macau1.5541
  4. Luxembourg1.5613
  5. Switzerland1.6137

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.9319. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

What changed between 1974 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 38 · 183rose · 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 1975.

  • 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 (1975). Total Fertility Rate, 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/1975

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 1975: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 1975?

Yemen, at 8.3734, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 1975 describe?

1975.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 1975 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 1975?

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, 1975 the newest?

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

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