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Total Fertility Rate, 1992

1992, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 1992 covers 222 countries. Yemen is highest, at 8.2717; Vatican City is lowest, at 1.0000. The middle country reads 3.1883. Against 1991, 221 values changed (34 up, 187 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 1992

HighestYemen

8.2717

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, 1992, 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, 1992: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia8.2717
NigerNERWestern Africa7.7948
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7.7031
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.4998
South SudanSSDEastern Africa7.3696
BurundiBDIEastern Africa7.3005
ChadTCDMiddle Africa7.2964
MaliMLIWestern Africa7.2367
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa7.1380
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa7.1245
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa6.9364
UgandaUGAEastern Africa6.9129
PalestinePSEWestern Asia6.6499
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa6.6393
MalawiMWIEastern Africa6.6299
BeninBENWestern Africa6.5933
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa6.5554
RwandaRWAEastern Africa6.5391
GuineaGINWestern Africa6.4528
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa6.4345
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa6.4260
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6.3906
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa6.3490
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa6.2772
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa6.2561

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Yemen8.2717
  2. Niger7.7948
  3. Afghanistan7.7031
  4. Somalia7.4998
  5. South Sudan7.3696

Lowest

  1. Vatican City1.0000
  2. San Marino1.1500
  3. Italy1.2955
  4. Germany1.3050
  5. Spain1.3057

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3.1883. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 34 · 187rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Kosovo3.3730 → 2.7651−0.6079
  • Iran4.5683 → 4.0988−0.4695
  • Mongolia3.8584 → 3.4258−0.4326
  • Maldives5.7962 → 5.4349−0.3613
  • Libya4.4614 → 4.1618−0.2996

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 1992.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 2.9499. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 (1992). Total Fertility Rate, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/1992

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07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 1992: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 1992?

Yemen, at 8.2717, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 1992 describe?

1992.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 1992 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 1992?

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, 1992 the newest?

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

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