League Table: FALLING FERTILITY

Change in the number of births per woman 1963-1993 (figures in parentheses show average births per woman in 1963) [view other world regions] [return to text]

World average: -1.8 fall in births per woman 1963-1993


SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA	    MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA	  SOUTH ASIA		   EAST ASIA & PACIFIC
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Mauritius(5.6)	     -3.3   Kuwait(7.3) 	   -4.2   Sri Lanka(5.1)    -2.6   Thailand(6.4)	 -4.3
Zimbabwe(7.5)	     -2.5   Tunisia(7.1)	   -4.0   Bangladesh(6.7)   -2.4   Hong Kong(5.2)	 -4.0
South Africa(6.4)    -2.3   Algeria(7.4)	   -3.6   India(5.8)	    -2.1   China(5.6)		 -3.6
Botswana(6.9)	     -2.1   Morocco(7.1)	   -3.4   Regional average  -1.9   Korea, Rep.(5.3)	    -3.6
Kenya(8.1)	     -1.9   Egypt(7.0)		   -3.2   Pakistan(7.0)     -0.9   Korea, Dem.(5.9)	 -3.5
Rwanda(7.7)	     -1.2   Lebanon(6.3)	   -3.2   Nepal(5.7)	    -0.3   Regional average	    -3.4
Mauritania(6.5)      -1.1   Turkey(6.1) 	   -2.8   Afghanistan(7.0)  -0.2   Singapore(4.8)	 -3.1
Ghana(6.9)	     -1.0   U. Arab Emirates(6.9)  -2.7   Bhutan(5.9)	    -0.1   Malaysia(6.6)	 -3.0
Senegal(7.0)	     -1.0   Jordan(8.0) 	   -2.5 			   Philippines(6.6)	 -2.7
Tanzania(6.8)	     -0.9   Regional average       -2.4				  Indonesia(5.4)	-2.5
Namibia(6.0)	     -0.8   Iran(7.2)		   -2.2 			   Mongolia(6.0)	 -2.5
Eritrea(6.5)	     -0.7   Syria(7.5)		   -1.7 			   Viet Nam(6.0)	 -2.2
Zambia(6.6)	     -0.7   Iraq(7.2)		   -1.5 			   Myanmar(6.0) 	 -1.9
Lesotho(5.8)	     -0.6   Saudi Arabia(7.3)	   -1.0 			   Papua N. Guinea(6.3)  -1.3
Madagascar(6.6)      -0.5   Sudan(6.7)		   -1.0 			   Cambodia(6.3)	 -1.1
Regional average     -0.4   Libya(7.2)		  -0.9				  Lao Rep.(6.2) 	+0.4
Cameroon(5.9)	     -0.2   Oman(7.2)		   -0.1
Burundi(6.8)	     -0.1   Yemen(7.6)		    0.0
Chad(6.0)	     -0.1
Nigeria(6.5)	     -0.1
Togo(6.6)	     -0.1
C. African Rep.(5.7)  0.0
Guinea(7.0)	      0.0
Mali(7.1)	      0.0
Niger(7.4)	      0.0
Somalia(7.0)	      0.0
Benin(7.0)	     +0.1
Burkina Faso(6.4)    +0.1
Cote d'Ivoire(7.3)   +0.1
Ethiopia(6.9)	     +0.1
Liberia(6.7)	     +0.1
Malawi(7.0)	     +0.1
Mozambique(6.4)      +0.1
Congo(6.0)	     +0.2
Sierra Leone(6.3)    +0.2
Uganda(6.9)	     +0.3
Angola(6.4)	     +0.7
Guinea-Bissau(5.1)   +0.7
Zaire(6.0)	     +0.7
Gabon(4.1)	     +1.3
Regional averages are weighted for population size.

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