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Total Fertility Rate, 1981

1981, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 1981 covers 222 countries. Yemen is highest, at 8.7519; Vatican City is lowest, at 1.0000. The middle country reads 4.0528. Against 1980, 221 values changed (41 up, 180 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 1981

HighestYemen

8.7519

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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia8.7519
RwandaRWAEastern Africa8.1021
OmanOMNWestern Asia7.9040
NigerNERWestern Africa7.8219
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7.6172
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa7.5394
MalawiMWIEastern Africa7.4928
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa7.4592
KenyaKENEastern Africa7.4535
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa7.3708
MaliMLIWestern Africa7.3647
South SudanSSDEastern Africa7.3319
BurundiBDIEastern Africa7.3288
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa7.3134
SenegalSENWestern Africa7.2789
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia7.2690
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa7.2556
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.2275
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia7.1908
ComorosCOMEastern Africa7.1434
PalestinePSEWestern Asia7.1330
JordanJORWestern Asia7.1210
UgandaUGAEastern Africa7.1181
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa7.0725
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia7.0670

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Yemen8.7519
  2. Rwanda8.1021
  3. Oman7.9040
  4. Niger7.8219
  5. Afghanistan7.6172

Lowest

  1. Vatican City1.0000
  2. San Marino1.4116
  3. Denmark1.4404
  4. Germany1.5292
  5. Switzerland1.5428

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.0528. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 41 · 180rose · 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 1981.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 2.5340. 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 (1981). Total Fertility Rate, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/1981

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 1981?

Yemen, at 8.7519, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 1981 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 1981?

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, 1981 the newest?

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

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