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Total Fertility Rate, 2011

2011, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 2011 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 7.5922; Singapore is lowest, at 0.9638. The middle country reads 2.3130. Against 2010, 221 values changed (58 up, 163 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 2011

HighestNiger

7.5922

LowestSingapore

0.9638

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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa7.5922
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.2678
ChadTCDMiddle Africa6.9481
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa6.5823
MaliMLIWestern Africa6.5447
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa6.1196
BurundiBDIEastern Africa6.1081
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia6.0940
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa6.0086
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa5.8932
UgandaUGAEastern Africa5.8848
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa5.8689
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa5.5993
GambiaGMBWestern Africa5.5421
BeninBENWestern Africa5.4362
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa5.3796
GuineaGINWestern Africa5.3370
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa5.2556
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa5.2438
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa5.2087
South SudanSSDEastern Africa5.1926
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa5.1408
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa5.1257
SenegalSENWestern Africa5.0989
SudanSDNNorthern Africa5.0873

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger7.5922
  2. Somalia7.2678
  3. Chad6.9481
  4. DR Congo6.5823
  5. Mali6.5447

Lowest

  1. Singapore0.9638
  2. Vatican City1.0000
  3. Taiwan1.0586
  4. Macau1.1288
  5. Hong Kong1.1362

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.3130. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 58 · 163rose · 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 2011.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 2.5951. 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 (2011). Total Fertility Rate, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/2011

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Other years

07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 2011?

Niger, at 7.5922, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 2011 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 2011?

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, 2011 the newest?

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

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