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Total Fertility Rate, 1999

1999, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 1999 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 7.8400; Hong Kong is lowest, at 0.9939. The middle country reads 2.6400. Against 1998, 221 values changed (44 up, 177 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 1999

HighestNiger

7.8400

LowestHong Kong

0.9939

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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa7.8400
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.6575
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7.6411
ChadTCDMiddle Africa7.2620
South SudanSSDEastern Africa6.9373
MaliMLIWestern Africa6.9114
BurundiBDIEastern Africa6.8974
UgandaUGAEastern Africa6.8251
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa6.7211
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa6.6924
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa6.6826
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa6.5857
YemenYEMWestern Asia6.4891
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa6.4226
MalawiMWIEastern Africa6.1239
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6.0819
RwandaRWAEastern Africa6.0591
BeninBENWestern Africa6.0324
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa5.9977
GuineaGINWestern Africa5.9852
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia5.9702
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa5.9535
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa5.8779
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa5.8746
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa5.8746

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger7.8400
  2. Somalia7.6575
  3. Afghanistan7.6411
  4. Chad7.2620
  5. South Sudan6.9373

Lowest

  1. Hong Kong0.9939
  2. Vatican City1.0000
  3. Macau1.0248
  4. Ukraine1.1268
  5. Czechia1.1356

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.6400. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 44 · 177rose · 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 1999.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 5.8746. 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 (1999). Total Fertility Rate, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/1999

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 1999?

Niger, at 7.8400, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 1999 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 1999?

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, 1999 the newest?

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

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