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Total Fertility Rate, 2012

2012, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 2012 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 7.5267; Vatican City is lowest, at 1.0000. The middle country reads 2.2767. Against 2011, 220 values changed (73 up, 147 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 2012

HighestNiger

7.5267

LowestVatican City

1.0000

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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa7.5267
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.2111
ChadTCDMiddle Africa6.9055
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa6.5590
MaliMLIWestern Africa6.5235
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa6.0465
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa6.0388
BurundiBDIEastern Africa5.9909
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia5.9845
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa5.7974
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa5.7929
UgandaUGAEastern Africa5.7288
GambiaGMBWestern Africa5.5194
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa5.5176
BeninBENWestern Africa5.4293
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa5.3519
GuineaGINWestern Africa5.2317
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa5.1900
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa5.1371
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa5.1359
SenegalSENWestern Africa5.1291
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa5.0642
South SudanSSDEastern Africa5.0612
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa5.0396
SudanSDNNorthern Africa5.0306

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger7.5267
  2. Somalia7.2111
  3. Chad6.9055
  4. DR Congo6.5590
  5. Mali6.5235

Lowest

  1. Vatican City1.0000
  2. Singapore1.0269
  3. British Virgin Islands1.1030
  4. Taiwan1.1877
  5. Macau1.1932

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.2767. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 73 · 147rose · 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 2012.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 3.7684. 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 (2012). Total Fertility Rate, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/2012

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07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 2012?

Niger, at 7.5267, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 2012 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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