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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2005

2005, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The share of all women aged 15 to 49, married or not, who are using a modern method of contraception. It describes how widely modern family planning is used, which depends both on access and on how many women want to avoid a pregnancy at all.

Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2005 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Canada is highest, at 69.9; Somalia is lowest, at 0.8. The middle country reads 29.6. Against 2004, 174 values changed (148 up, 26 down), the same countries are covered.

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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence · Data for 2005

HighestCanada

69.9

LowestSomalia

0.8

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2005, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 196 countries · select a heading to sort

Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2005: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
CanadaCANNorthern America69.959.477.9Interpolation
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe68.058.775.6Interpolation
FinlandFINNorthern Europe67.053.873.1Interpolation
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe66.357.773.1Interpolation
ChinaCHNEastern Asia64.859.476.6Interpolation
NorwayNORNorthern Europe64.549.179.3Interpolation
CubaCUBCaribbean63.955.471.6Interpolation
FranceFRAWestern Europe61.255.467.3Interpolation
BrazilBRASouth America61.156.465.6Interpolation
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe60.548.166.9Interpolation
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe60.352.765.9Interpolation
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe59.441.078.5Projection
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand58.045.472.1Interpolation
SpainESPSouthern Europe57.451.962.8Interpolation
AustriaAUTWestern Europe57.145.168.2Interpolation
BelgiumBELWestern Europe55.347.263.3Interpolation
GermanyDEUWestern Europe54.646.664.0Interpolation
SwedenSWENorthern Europe54.640.172.6Interpolation
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand53.843.959.2Interpolation
United StatesUSANorthern America53.245.960.1Interpolation
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa51.345.557.1Interpolation
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe50.739.663.2Interpolation
Costa RicaCRICentral America49.942.359.4Interpolation
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa49.839.362.6Interpolation
UruguayURYSouth America49.841.762.6Interpolation

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Canada69.9
  2. Switzerland68.0
  3. Finland67.0
  4. United Kingdom66.3
  5. China64.8

Lowest

  1. Somalia0.8
  2. Chad2.3
  3. South Sudan3.4
  4. Eritrea5.1
  5. Mauritania5.2

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 29.6. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    Highest2 share it

    LowestSomalia0.2

    Middle country: 21.1

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestNorway79.3

    LowestSomalia3.0

    Middle country: 37.8

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 174values changed, of 196 in both
  • 148 · 26rose · fell
  • 22unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

04Caveats

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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, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2005.

  • 166 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 37.8. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 196 countries has every column.

  • Some readings carry a flag

    UN DESA Population Division marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Interpolation, Projection.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (2005). Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/modern-contraceptive-prevalence/2005

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