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Total Fertility Rate, 1990

1990, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 1990 covers 222 countries. Yemen is highest, at 8.6065; Vatican City is lowest, at 1.0000. The middle country reads 3.3449. Against 1989, 220 values changed (60 up, 160 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 1990

HighestYemen

8.6065

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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia8.6065
NigerNERWestern Africa7.8064
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7.5758
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.4403
South SudanSSDEastern Africa7.3772
BurundiBDIEastern Africa7.3651
MaliMLIWestern Africa7.3113
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa7.2723
ChadTCDMiddle Africa7.2192
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa7.1961
UgandaUGAEastern Africa7.0136
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa7.0091
PalestinePSEWestern Asia6.8095
RwandaRWAEastern Africa6.8031
BeninBENWestern Africa6.7407
MalawiMWIEastern Africa6.7402
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa6.7186
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa6.6494
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa6.5673
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa6.5667
GuineaGINWestern Africa6.5148
ComorosCOMEastern Africa6.5046
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa6.5010
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6.4588
OmanOMNWestern Asia6.4558

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Yemen8.6065
  2. Niger7.8064
  3. Afghanistan7.5758
  4. Somalia7.4403
  5. South Sudan7.3772

Lowest

  1. Vatican City1.0000
  2. San Marino1.1625
  3. Hong Kong1.2830
  4. Italy1.3314
  5. Spain1.3576

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3.3449. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 60 · 160rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

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 1990.

  • 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 (1990). Total Fertility Rate, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/1990

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 1990?

Yemen, at 8.6065, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 1990 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 1990?

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, 1990 the newest?

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

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