Wednesday, December 13, 2017

World fertility rates


For a country to sustain its population the rate must be 2.1 or more. Less than 2.1 and immigration is the means by which population will grow.


First column 1960, second 2015




( 1 ) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, ( 2 ) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, ( 3 ) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, ( 4 ) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vita


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Country
1960
2015
Afghanistan
7.5
4.8
Albania
6.5
1.7
Algeria
7.5
2.8
American Samoa

Andorra
Angola
7.5
5.8
Antigua and Barbuda
4.4
2.1
Argentina
3.1
2.3
Armenia
4.8
1.6
Aruba
4.8
1.8
Australia
3.5
1.8
Austria
2.7
1.5
Azerbaijan
5.9
2.0
Bahamas, The
4.5
1.8
Bahrain
7.1
2.1
Bangladesh
6.7
2.1
Barbados
4.3
1.8
Belarus
2.7
1.7
Belgium
2.5
1.7
Belize
6.5
2.5
Benin
6.3
5.0
Bermuda
1.6
Bhutan
6.7
2.1
Bolivia
6.7
2.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3.8
1.3
Botswana
6.6
2.8
Brazil
6.1
1.7
British Virgin Islands

Brunei Darussalam
6.8
1.9
Bulgaria
2.3
1.5
Burkina Faso
6.3
5.4
Burundi
7.0
5.8
Cabo Verde
6.9
2.4
Cambodia
7.0
2.6
Cameroon
5.6
4.8
Canada
3.8
1.6
Cayman Islands

Central African Republic
5.8
4.9
Chad
6.3
6.0
Channel Islands
2.4
1.5
Chile
5.1
1.8
China
5.7
1.6
Colombia
6.8
1.9
Comoros
6.8
4.4
Congo, Dem. Rep.
6.0
6.2
Congo, Rep.
5.9
4.7
Costa Rica
6.5
1.8
Cote d'Ivoire
7.7
5.0
Croatia
2.3
1.5
Cuba
4.2
1.7
Curacao
1.9
Cyprus
3.5
1.4
Czech Republic
2.1
1.5
Denmark
2.6
1.7
Djibouti
6.5
2.9
Dominica
Dominican Republic
7.6
2.5
Ecuador
6.7
2.5
Egypt, Arab Rep.
6.7
3.3
El Salvador
6.7
2.1
Equatorial Guinea
5.7
4.8
Eritrea
6.9
4.2
Estonia
2.0
1.5
Ethiopia
6.9
4.3
Faroe Islands
2.4
Fiji
6.5
2.5
Finland
2.7
1.7
France
2.9
2.0
French Polynesia
5.7
2.0
Gabon
4.4
3.9
Gambia, The
5.6
5.5
Georgia
2.9
2.0
Germany
2.4
1.5
Ghana
6.7
4.0
Gibraltar

Greece
2.2
1.3
Greenland
2.0
Grenada
6.7
2.1
Guam
6.1
2.4
Guatemala
6.9
3.0
Guinea
6.1
4.9
Guinea-Bissau
5.9
4.7
Guyana
6.4
2.5
Haiti
6.3
3.0
Honduras
7.5
2.5
Hong Kong SAR, China
5.0
1.2
Hungary
2.0
1.4
Iceland
4.3
1.9
India
5.9
2.4
Indonesia
5.7
2.4
Iran, Islamic Rep.
6.9
1.7
Iraq
6.3
4.4
Ireland
3.8
1.9
Isle of Man
Israel
3.9
3.1
Italy
2.4
1.4
Jamaica
5.4
2.0
Japan
2.0
1.5
Jordan
7.7
3.4
Kazakhstan
4.6
2.7
Kenya
7.9
3.9
Kiribati
6.8
3.7
Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.
4.6
1.9
Korea, Rep.
6.1
1.2
Kosovo
2.1
Kuwait
7.2
2.0
Kyrgyz Republic
5.5
3.2
Lao PDR
6.0
2.8
Latvia
1.9
1.6
Lebanon
5.7
1.7
Lesotho
5.8
3.1
Liberia
6.4
4.7
Libya
7.2
2.3
Liechtenstein
1.6
Lithuania
2.6
1.6
Luxembourg
2.3
1.5
Macao SAR, China
4.8
1.3
Macedonia, FYR
3.8
1.5
Madagascar
7.3
4.2
Malawi
6.9
4.6
Malaysia
6.5
2.1
Maldives
7.0
2.1
Mali
7.0
6.1
Malta
3.6
1.4
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
6.8
4.7
Mauritius
6.2
1.4
Mexico
6.8
2.2
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
6.9
3.2
Moldova
3.3
1.2
Monaco

Mongolia
7.0
2.8
Montenegro
3.6
1.7
Morocco
7.0
2.5
Mozambique
7.0
5.3
Myanmar
6.1
2.2
Namibia
6.1
3.5
Nauru

Nepal
6.0
2.2
Netherlands
3.1
1.7
New Caledonia
6.3
2.2
New Zealand
4.0
2.0
Nicaragua
7.3
2.2
Niger
7.5
7.3
Nigeria
6.4
5.6
Northern Mariana Islands

Norway
2.9
1.8
Oman
7.2
2.7
Pakistan
6.6
3.5
Palau
2.2
Panama
5.9
2.5
Papua New Guinea
6.3
3.7
Paraguay
6.5
2.5
Peru
7.0
2.4
Philippines
7.1
3.0
Poland
3.0
1.3
Portugal
3.2
1.2
Puerto Rico
4.7
1.4
Qatar
7.0
1.9
Romania
2.3
1.5
Russian Federation
2.5
1.8
Rwanda
8.2
4.0
Samoa
7.7
4.0
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
6.2
4.5
Saudi Arabia
7.2
2.6
Senegal
7.0
4.8
Serbia
1.5
Seychelles
2.3
Sierra Leone
6.1
4.6
Singapore
5.8
1.2
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovak Republic
3.0
1.4
Slovenia
2.3
1.6
Solomon Islands
6.4
3.9
Somalia
7.3
6.4
South Africa
6.0
2.5
South Sudan
6.7
4.9
Spain
2.9
1.3
Sri Lanka
5.5
2.1
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
7.0
1.5
St. Martin (French part)
1.8
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
7.2
2.0
Sudan
6.7
4.6
Suriname
6.6
2.4
Swaziland
6.7
3.1
Sweden
2.2
1.9
Switzerland
2.4
1.5
Syrian Arab Republic
7.5
3.0
Tajikistan
6.5
3.4
Tanzania
6.8
5.1
Thailand
6.1
1.5
Timor-Leste
6.4
5.6
Togo
6.5
4.5
Tonga
7.4
3.7
Trinidad and Tobago
5.3
1.8
Tunisia
6.9
2.2
Turkey
6.4
2.1
Turkmenistan
6.6
2.9
Turks and Caicos Islands

Tuvalu

Uganda
7.0
5.7
Ukraine
2.2
1.5
United Arab Emirates
6.9
1.8
United Kingdom
2.7
1.8
United States
3.7
1.8
Uruguay
2.9
2.0
Uzbekistan
6.3
2.5
Vanuatu
7.2
3.3
Venezuela, RB
6.6
2.3
Vietnam
6.3
2.0
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
5.6
1.7
West Bank and Gaza
4.1
Yemen, Rep.
7.5
4.1
Zambia
7.1
5.0
Zimbabwe
7.2
3.8
World
5.0
2.5
Arab World
6.9
3.4
Caribbean small states
5.6
2.1
Central Europe and the Baltics
2.5
1.4
East Asia & Pacific
5.4
1.8
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
5.8
1.8
Euro area
2.6
1.6
Europe & Central Asia
2.8
1.8
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
3.1
1.9
European Union
2.6
1.6
Fragile and conflict affected situations
6.6
4.5
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
6.7
4.9
Latin America & Caribbean
5.9
2.1
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
6.0
2.1
Least developed countries: UN classification
6.7
4.2
Middle East & North Africa
6.9
2.8
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)
6.9
2.9
North America
3.7
1.8
OECD members
3.2
1.7
Other small states
5.1
3.1
Pacific island small states
6.8
3.2
Small states
5.3
2.9
South Asia
6.0
2.5
Sub-Saharan Africa
6.6
4.9
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
6.6
4.9
High income
3.0
1.7

Low & middle income
5.7
2.6

Low income
6.5
4.8

Lower middle income
5.9
2.8

Middle income
5.6
2.4

Upper middle income
5.3
1.8

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