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Total Fertility Rate, 1997

1997, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 1997 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 7.8022; Vatican City is lowest, at 1.0000. The middle country reads 2.8064. Against 1996, 221 values changed (35 up, 186 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 1997

HighestNiger

7.8022

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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa7.8022
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7.7321
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.6623
ChadTCDMiddle Africa7.2741
South SudanSSDEastern Africa7.1988
BurundiBDIEastern Africa7.0404
MaliMLIWestern Africa6.9715
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa6.8692
UgandaUGAEastern Africa6.8560
YemenYEMWestern Asia6.8196
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa6.7885
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa6.7238
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa6.6904
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa6.5310
RwandaRWAEastern Africa6.2346
MalawiMWIEastern Africa6.2308
BeninBENWestern Africa6.2300
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6.1382
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa6.1236
GuineaGINWestern Africa6.1226
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa6.0786
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa6.0602
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa6.0230
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia5.9555
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa5.9411

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger7.8022
  2. Afghanistan7.7321
  3. Somalia7.6623
  4. Chad7.2741
  5. South Sudan7.1988

Lowest

  1. Vatican City1.0000
  2. Bulgaria1.1130
  3. Latvia1.1172
  4. Hong Kong1.1226
  5. Spain1.1446

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.8064. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 35 · 186rose · 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 1997.

  • 218 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 5.7434. 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 (1997). Total Fertility Rate, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/1997

0674 held

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07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 1997?

Niger, at 7.8022, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 1997 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

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

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