| 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 | |||||||
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| LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN | INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES | COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION | |||||
| Dominican Rep.(7.3) | -4.2 | Ireland(4.0) | -1.9 | Azerbaijan(5.6) | -3.1 | ||
| Colombia(6.7) | -4.0 | Spain(2.9) | -1.7 | Albania(5.7) | -2.9 | ||
| Costa Rica(6.8) | -3.7 | Canada(3.5) | -1.6 | Turkmenistan(6.7) | -2.7 | ||
| Mexico(6.7) | -3.5 | Netherlands(3.1) | -1.5 | Uzbekistan(6.6) | -2.7 | ||
| Jamaica(5.7) | -3.4 | New Zealand(3.7) | -1.5 | Bosnia/Herz.(3.7) | -2.1 | ||
| Peru(6.8) | -3.4 | Portugal(3.1) | -1.5 | Macedonia(3.9) | -1.9 | ||
| Venezuela(6.6) | -3.3 | Australia(3.2) | -1.3 | Armenia(4.4) | -1.8 | ||
| Brazil(6.1) | -3.2 | Austria(2.8) | -1.3 | Kazakhstan(4.3) | -1.8 | ||
| Ecuador(6.7) | -3.2 | Germany(2.5) | -1.2 | Kyrgyzstan(5.4) | -1.7 | ||
| Panama(5.9) | -3.0 | Italy(2.5) | -1.2 | Tajikistan(6.3) | -1.4 | ||
| Cuba(4.6) | -2.8 | France(2.8) | -1.1 | Moldova(3.1) | -1.0 | ||
| El Salvador(6.8) | -2.8 | United States(3.2) | -1.1 | Slovakia(2.9) | -1.0 | ||
| Regional average | -2.8 | Regional average | -1.1 | Belarus(2.6) | -0.9 | ||
| Chile(5.2) | -2.7 | Belgium(2.6) | -1.0 | Russian Fed.(2.4) | -0.9 | ||
| Honduras(7.4) | -2.5 | Norway(2.9) | -1.0 | Georgia(2.9) | -0.8 | ||
| Paraguay(6.8) | -2.5 | United Kingdom(2.8) | -1.0 | Slovenia(2.3) | -0.8 | ||
| Trinidad/Tobago(4.9) | -2.5 | Denmark(2.6) | -0.9 | Regional average | -0.8 | ||
| Nicaragua(7.4) | -2.4 | Israel(3.8) | -0.9 | Bulgaria(2.2) | -0.7 | ||
| Bolivia(6.6) | -1.8 | Switzerland(2.5) | -0.9 | Poland(2.6) | -0.7 | ||
| Guatemala(6.8) | -1.5 | Greece(2.2) | -0.8 | Lithuania(2.4) | -0.6 | ||
| Haiti(6.3) | -1.5 | Finland(2.5) | -0.6 | Romania(2.1) | -0.6 | ||
| Uruguay(2.9) | -0.6 | Japan(2.0) | -0.5 | Yugoslavia(2.6) | -0.6 | ||
| Argentina(3.1) | -0.3 | Sweden(2.3) | -0.2 | Croatia(2.2) | -0.5 | ||
| Ukraine(2.1) | -0.5 | ||||||
| Czech Rep.(2.2) | -0.4 | ||||||
| Estonia(1.9) | -0.3 | ||||||
| Latvia(1.8) | -0.2 | ||||||
| Hungary(1.8) | -0.1 | ||||||
Since 1970, the developing world has progressed, on average, about halfway towards the replacement fertility level of just over two births per woman.
Regional averages are weighted for population size.
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