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The replacement fertility rate is 2.1 births per female for most developed countries (in the United Kingdom, for example), but can be as high as 3.5 in undeveloped countries because of higher mortality rates, especially child mortality. [9]
A 2023 map of countries by fertility rate. Blue indicates negative fertility rates. Red indicates positive rates. The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime, if they were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through their lifetime, and they were to live from birth until the end of ...
The following list sorts countries and dependent territories by their net reproduction rate. The net reproduction rate (R 0) is the number of surviving daughters per woman and an important indicator of the population's reproductive rate.
As life expectancies increase and fertility rates decrease, the world’s population will grow older. Projections show that those 65 and older will outnumber children younger than 18 by 2080.
In this article, we will be taking a look at the 25 countries with highest fertility rates. To skip our detailed analysis, you can go directly to see 10 Countries With Highest Fertility Rates.
This is a list of countries showing past fertility rate, ranging from 1950 to 2015 in five-year periods, as estimated by the 2017 revision of the World Population Prospects database by the United Nations Population Division. The fertility rate equals the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years.
Japan's fertility rate hit a record low of 1.26 in 2022, while China recorded 1.09, also a record low. ($1 = 1,331.2100 won) (Reporting by Jihoon Lee and Cynthia Kim; Editing by Ed Davies, Jamie ...
Total fertility rate in Korea. South Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world at 0.78. [58] A variety of explanations have been proposed, ranging from investment in education [59] to birth control, abortion, a decline in the marriage rate, divorce, female participation in the labor force, and the 1997 Asian financial crisis. [60]