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Total Fertility Rate, 2001

2001, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 2001 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 7.8102; Macau is lowest, at 0.8454. The middle country reads 2.5386. Against 2000, 220 values changed (31 up, 189 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 2001

HighestNiger

7.8102

LowestMacau

0.8454

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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa7.8102
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.6356
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7.4526
ChadTCDMiddle Africa7.2315
MaliMLIWestern Africa6.8524
BurundiBDIEastern Africa6.8490
UgandaUGAEastern Africa6.7569
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa6.6631
South SudanSSDEastern Africa6.6541
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa6.6013
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa6.5790
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa6.4310
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa6.3055
YemenYEMWestern Asia6.1426
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6.1278
MalawiMWIEastern Africa5.9427
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia5.9175
RwandaRWAEastern Africa5.8927
BeninBENWestern Africa5.8483
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa5.8480
GuineaGINWestern Africa5.8343
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa5.8074
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa5.7846
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa5.7739
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa5.7553

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger7.8102
  2. Somalia7.6356
  3. Afghanistan7.4526
  4. Chad7.2315
  5. Mali6.8524

Lowest

  1. Macau0.8454
  2. Hong Kong0.9411
  3. Vatican City1.0000
  4. Ukraine1.0916
  5. Czechia1.1459

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.5386. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 31 · 189rose · 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 2001.

  • 219 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 5 decimals. 2 countries share 2.8656. 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 (2001). Total Fertility Rate, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/2001

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07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 2001: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 2001?

Niger, at 7.8102, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 2001 describe?

2001.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 2001 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 2001?

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, 2001 the newest?

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

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