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Total Fertility Rate, 2016

2016, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 2016 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 7.0426; Singapore is lowest, at 0.9431. The middle country reads 2.1969. Against 2015, 220 values changed (47 up, 173 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 2016

HighestNiger

7.0426

LowestSingapore

0.9431

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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa7.0426
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa6.8783
ChadTCDMiddle Africa6.6234
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa6.3920
MaliMLIWestern Africa6.3192
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa6.1265
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa5.6857
BurundiBDIEastern Africa5.5865
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia5.5417
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa5.3425
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa5.3310
BeninBENWestern Africa5.2544
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa5.1879
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa5.1572
UgandaUGAEastern Africa5.1125
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa5.0061
GuineaGINWestern Africa4.9155
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa4.8729
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa4.8415
SudanSDNNorthern Africa4.8295
GambiaGMBWestern Africa4.8087
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa4.6862
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa4.6687
SenegalSENWestern Africa4.6476
TogoTGOWestern Africa4.6339

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger7.0426
  2. Somalia6.8783
  3. Chad6.6234
  4. DR Congo6.3920
  5. Mali6.3192

Lowest

  1. Singapore0.9431
  2. British Virgin Islands0.9874
  3. Vatican City1.0000
  4. San Marino1.1272
  5. Macau1.1380

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.1969. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 47 · 173rose · 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 2016.

  • 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 (2016). Total Fertility Rate, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/2016

0674 held

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07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 2016?

Niger, at 7.0426, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 2016 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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