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Total Fertility Rate, 2021

2021, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 2021 covers 222 countries. Somalia is highest, at 6.3532; Macau is lowest, at 0.7721. The middle country reads 1.9827. Against 2020, 220 values changed (47 up, 173 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 2021

HighestSomalia

6.3532

LowestMacau

0.7721

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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa6.3532
ChadTCDMiddle Africa6.2549
NigerNERWestern Africa6.2000
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa6.1564
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa6.0522
MaliMLIWestern Africa5.7786
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa5.3044
BurundiBDIEastern Africa5.0779
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia5.0391
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa4.9051
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa4.8476
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa4.7340
BeninBENWestern Africa4.7067
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa4.6362
YemenYEMWestern Asia4.5967
UgandaUGAEastern Africa4.5103
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa4.4680
SudanSDNNorthern Africa4.4574
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa4.4107
GuineaGINWestern Africa4.3987
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa4.3613
TogoTGOWestern Africa4.3239
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa4.2802
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa4.2660
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa4.2456

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Somalia6.3532
  2. Chad6.2549
  3. Niger6.2000
  4. DR Congo6.1564
  5. Central African Republic6.0522

Lowest

  1. Macau0.7721
  2. Hong Kong0.7785
  3. South Korea0.7829
  4. Singapore0.9439
  5. Puerto Rico0.9441

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.9827. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 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

  • Kuwait2.0987 → 1.8196−0.2791
  • Monaco2.3795 → 2.1219−0.2576
  • Belize2.0396 → 1.8374−0.2022
  • Tunisia2.0000 → 1.8000−0.2000
  • Niger6.3685 → 6.2000−0.1685

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 2021.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 1.3779. 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 (2021). Total Fertility Rate, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/2021

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07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 2021?

Somalia, at 6.3532, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 2021 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 2021?

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, 2021 the newest?

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

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