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Total Fertility Rate, 2008

2008, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 2008 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 7.7023; Macau is lowest, at 0.9831. The middle country reads 2.3872. Against 2007, 220 values changed (103 up, 117 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 2008

HighestNiger

7.7023

LowestMacau

0.9831

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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa7.7023
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.4146
ChadTCDMiddle Africa7.0634
MaliMLIWestern Africa6.6242
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa6.5795
BurundiBDIEastern Africa6.5149
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia6.3916
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa6.3195
UgandaUGAEastern Africa6.2023
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa6.0501
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6.0245
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa5.9024
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa5.6948
GambiaGMBWestern Africa5.6254
MalawiMWIEastern Africa5.6087
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa5.5978
GuineaGINWestern Africa5.5958
South SudanSSDEastern Africa5.5691
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa5.5629
BeninBENWestern Africa5.5478
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa5.5305
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa5.4363
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa5.3626
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa5.3568
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa5.3281

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger7.7023
  2. Somalia7.4146
  3. Chad7.0634
  4. Mali6.6242
  5. DR Congo6.5795

Lowest

  1. Macau0.9831
  2. Vatican City1.0000
  3. Singapore1.0440
  4. Hong Kong1.0536
  5. Taiwan1.0624

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.3872. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 103 · 117rose · 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 2008.

  • 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 (2008). Total Fertility Rate, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/2008

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07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 2008?

Niger, at 7.7023, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 2008 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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