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Total Fertility Rate, 1979

1979, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 1979 covers 222 countries. Yemen is highest, at 8.6712; Vatican City is lowest, at 1.0000. The middle country reads 4.2946. Against 1978, 221 values changed (59 up, 162 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 1979

HighestYemen

8.6712

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, 1979, 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, 1979: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia8.6712
RwandaRWAEastern Africa8.1302
OmanOMNWestern Asia7.8497
NigerNERWestern Africa7.7221
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa7.6799
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa7.6254
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7.6123
KenyaKENEastern Africa7.5985
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia7.4729
MalawiMWIEastern Africa7.4652
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa7.4611
JordanJORWestern Asia7.4477
MaliMLIWestern Africa7.3476
South SudanSSDEastern Africa7.3195
BurundiBDIEastern Africa7.3071
SenegalSENWestern Africa7.2897
PalestinePSEWestern Asia7.2825
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa7.2481
SyriaSYRWestern Asia7.2474
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia7.2333
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia7.2270
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa7.2219
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa7.1942
ComorosCOMEastern Africa7.1622
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.1612

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Yemen8.6712
  2. Rwanda8.1302
  3. Oman7.8497
  4. Niger7.7221
  5. Libya7.6799

Lowest

  1. Vatican City1.0000
  2. Luxembourg1.4786
  3. Germany1.4940
  4. Switzerland1.5193
  5. Netherlands1.5652

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.2946. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 59 · 162rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

  • Cambodia3.3381 → 4.5559+1.2178
  • Iran6.3442 → 6.5486+0.2044
  • Yemen8.5007 → 8.6712+0.1705
  • Macau1.4249 → 1.5795+0.1546
  • Iceland2.3516 → 2.4870+0.1354

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 1979.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 1.6734. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 (1979). Total Fertility Rate, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/1979

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07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 1979: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 1979?

Yemen, at 8.6712, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 1979 describe?

1979.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 1979 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 1979?

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, 1979 the newest?

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

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