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Total Fertility Rate, 2002

2002, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 2002 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 7.7967; Macau is lowest, at 0.8061. The middle country reads 2.5322. Against 2001, 221 values changed (37 up, 184 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 2002

HighestNiger

7.7967

LowestMacau

0.8061

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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa7.7967
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.6260
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7.3203
ChadTCDMiddle Africa7.2014
MaliMLIWestern Africa6.8191
BurundiBDIEastern Africa6.8187
UgandaUGAEastern Africa6.7354
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa6.6058
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa6.5668
South SudanSSDEastern Africa6.5154
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa6.4991
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa6.3388
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa6.2296
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6.1163
YemenYEMWestern Asia5.9713
MalawiMWIEastern Africa5.9034
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia5.8993
RwandaRWAEastern Africa5.8161
BeninBENWestern Africa5.7933
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa5.7854
GuineaGINWestern Africa5.7806
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa5.7742
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa5.7311
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa5.6671
GambiaGMBWestern Africa5.6561

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger7.7967
  2. Somalia7.6260
  3. Afghanistan7.3203
  4. Chad7.2014
  5. Mali6.8191

Lowest

  1. Macau0.8061
  2. Hong Kong0.9316
  3. Vatican City1.0000
  4. Ukraine1.1267
  5. Czechia1.1669

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.5322. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 37 · 184rose · 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 2002.

  • 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 (2002). Total Fertility Rate, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/2002

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07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 2002?

Niger, at 7.7967, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 2002 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 2002?

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, 2002 the newest?

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

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