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Total Fertility Rate, 1982

1982, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 1982 covers 222 countries. Yemen is highest, at 8.7928; Vatican City is lowest, at 1.0000. The middle country reads 4.0032. Against 1981, 220 values changed (49 up, 171 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 1982

HighestYemen

8.7928

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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia8.7928
RwandaRWAEastern Africa8.0644
NigerNERWestern Africa7.8616
OmanOMNWestern Asia7.8369
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7.6000
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa7.4882
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa7.4611
MalawiMWIEastern Africa7.4510
KenyaKENEastern Africa7.3449
South SudanSSDEastern Africa7.3434
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa7.3370
MaliMLIWestern Africa7.3202
BurundiBDIEastern Africa7.3142
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa7.2527
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.2517
SenegalSENWestern Africa7.2454
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia7.1789
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa7.1621
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia7.1456
ComorosCOMEastern Africa7.1342
UgandaUGAEastern Africa7.1102
PalestinePSEWestern Asia7.0889
BeninBENWestern Africa7.0554
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa7.0388
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia6.9785

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Yemen8.7928
  2. Rwanda8.0644
  3. Niger7.8616
  4. Oman7.8369
  5. Afghanistan7.6000

Lowest

  1. Vatican City1.0000
  2. San Marino1.3037
  3. Denmark1.4202
  4. Luxembourg1.4900
  5. Netherlands1.4939

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.0032. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 49 · 171rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

Rose most

  • Cyprus2.1537 → 2.4874+0.3337
  • Montserrat2.2531 → 2.4996+0.2465
  • Cuba1.5911 → 1.7762+0.1851
  • China2.7920 → 2.9720+0.1800
  • Malta1.8952 → 2.0677+0.1725

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 1982.

  • 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 (1982). Total Fertility Rate, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/1982

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07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 1982: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 1982?

Yemen, at 8.7928, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 1982 describe?

1982.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 1982 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 1982?

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, 1982 the newest?

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

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