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Total Fertility Rate, 1988

1988, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 1988 covers 222 countries. Yemen is highest, at 8.7859; Vatican City is lowest, at 1.0000. The middle country reads 3.4999. Against 1987, 220 values changed (56 up, 164 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 1988

HighestYemen

8.7859

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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia8.7859
NigerNERWestern Africa7.8405
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7.5510
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.3983
BurundiBDIEastern Africa7.3828
South SudanSSDEastern Africa7.3765
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa7.3731
MaliMLIWestern Africa7.3238
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa7.2622
RwandaRWAEastern Africa7.2340
ChadTCDMiddle Africa7.1540
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa7.1091
UgandaUGAEastern Africa7.1015
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa6.9687
OmanOMNWestern Asia6.9530
MalawiMWIEastern Africa6.8757
BeninBENWestern Africa6.8711
PalestinePSEWestern Asia6.8659
ComorosCOMEastern Africa6.7641
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa6.7032
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa6.6934
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa6.6559
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa6.5883
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia6.5829
SenegalSENWestern Africa6.5775

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Yemen8.7859
  2. Niger7.8405
  3. Afghanistan7.5510
  4. Somalia7.3983
  5. Burundi7.3828

Lowest

  1. Vatican City1.0000
  2. San Marino1.1398
  3. Italy1.3552
  4. Andorra1.3651
  5. Hong Kong1.4034

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3.4999. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 56 · 164rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Grenada3.5814 → 3.1929−0.3885
  • Libya5.7183 → 5.4103−0.3080
  • Iran5.7186 → 5.4337−0.2849
  • Algeria5.2980 → 5.0227−0.2753
  • Tunisia4.1039 → 3.8333−0.2706

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 1988.

  • 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 (1988). Total Fertility Rate, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/1988

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07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 1988: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 1988?

Yemen, at 8.7859, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 1988 describe?

1988.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 1988 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 1988?

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, 1988 the newest?

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

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