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Total Fertility Rate, 1989

1989, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 1989 covers 222 countries. Yemen is highest, at 8.71280; Vatican City is lowest, at 1.00000. The middle country reads 3.39280. Against 1988, 221 values changed (51 up, 170 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 1989

HighestYemen

8.71280

LowestVatican City

1.00000

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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia8.71280
NigerNERWestern Africa7.81840
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7.55880
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.42420
BurundiBDIEastern Africa7.38690
South SudanSSDEastern Africa7.37450
MaliMLIWestern Africa7.33130
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa7.32750
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa7.22910
ChadTCDMiddle Africa7.18630
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa7.04670
UgandaUGAEastern Africa7.04460
RwandaRWAEastern Africa7.02910
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa6.85040
PalestinePSEWestern Asia6.83640
BeninBENWestern Africa6.81470
MalawiMWIEastern Africa6.80290
OmanOMNWestern Asia6.71660
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa6.66340
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa6.65020
ComorosCOMEastern Africa6.64600
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa6.63510
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa6.57110
GuineaGINWestern Africa6.54780
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6.49350

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Yemen8.71280
  2. Niger7.81840
  3. Afghanistan7.55880
  4. Somalia7.42420
  5. Burundi7.38690

Lowest

  1. Vatican City1.00000
  2. San Marino1.14530
  3. Hong Kong1.31650
  4. Italy1.32820
  5. Andorra1.39460

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3.39280. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 51 · 170rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Libya5.41030 → 5.09120−0.31910
  • Kosovo3.96710 → 3.67160−0.29550
  • Tunisia3.83330 → 3.56930−0.26400
  • Cambodia5.94410 → 5.68080−0.26330
  • Iran5.43370 → 5.17190−0.26180

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 1989.

  • 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 (1989). Total Fertility Rate, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/1989

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07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 1989: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 1989?

Yemen, at 8.71280, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 1989 describe?

1989.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 1989 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 1989?

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, 1989 the newest?

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

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