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Total Fertility Rate, 1985

1985, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 1985 covers 222 countries. Yemen is highest, at 8.8637; Vatican City is lowest, at 1.0000. The middle country reads 3.7991. Against 1984, 221 values changed (49 up, 172 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 1985

HighestYemen

8.8637

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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia8.8637
NigerNERWestern Africa7.9317
RwandaRWAEastern Africa7.7858
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7.5498
OmanOMNWestern Asia7.5123
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa7.4510
South SudanSSDEastern Africa7.3574
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa7.3381
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.3269
BurundiBDIEastern Africa7.2937
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa7.2726
MaliMLIWestern Africa7.2612
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa7.2422
MalawiMWIEastern Africa7.1700
UgandaUGAEastern Africa7.0369
ChadTCDMiddle Africa7.0368
ComorosCOMEastern Africa7.0210
SenegalSENWestern Africa7.0134
BeninBENWestern Africa7.0032
KenyaKENEastern Africa6.9599
PalestinePSEWestern Asia6.9430
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia6.9395
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa6.9280
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia6.8661
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa6.7392

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Yemen8.8637
  2. Niger7.9317
  3. Rwanda7.7858
  4. Afghanistan7.5498
  5. Oman7.5123

Lowest

  1. Vatican City1.0000
  2. San Marino1.1699
  3. Germany1.3780
  4. Luxembourg1.3863
  5. Italy1.4155

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3.7991. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 49 · 172rose · 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 1985.

  • 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 (1985). Total Fertility Rate, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/1985

0674 held

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07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 1985?

Yemen, at 8.8637, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 1985 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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