East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | Fertility rate, total (births per woman)

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year. Development relevance: Reproductive health is a state of physical and mental well-being in relation to the reproductive system and its functions and processes. Means of achieving reproductive health include education and services during pregnancy and childbirth, safe and effective contraception, and prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Complications of pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death and disability among women of reproductive age in developing countries. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: Total fertility rates are based on data on registered live births from vital registration systems or, in the absence of such systems, from censuses or sample surveys. The estimated rates are generally considered reliable measures of fertility in the recent past. Where no empirical information on age-specific fertility rates is available, a model is used to estimate the share of births to adolescents. For countries without vital registration systems fertility rates are generally based on extrapolations from trends observed in censuses or surveys from earlier years.
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The World Bank
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East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
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East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
1960 4.86422906
1961 4.40756294
1962 6.07371321
1963 7.12362865
1964 6.49794677
1965 6.43797556
1966 6.20223316
1967 5.81830234
1968 6.3254077
1969 6.06390367
1970 5.98049228
1971 5.54546518
1972 5.22068409
1973 4.90798076
1974 4.45291961
1975 3.98337576
1976 3.70322016
1977 3.38154328
1978 3.25837394
1979 3.25208077
1980 3.22005478
1981 3.22602486
1982 3.33101472
1983 2.99565327
1984 2.99473649
1985 2.96760499
1986 2.99277969
1987 2.99256167
1988 2.80502128
1989 2.76613853
1990 2.73914331
1991 2.30186059
1992 2.16425165
1993 2.08369656
1994 2.01865811
1995 1.97045338
1996 1.92935348
1997 1.89397914
1998 1.86876273
1999 1.8546895
2000 1.91244717
2001 1.85903697
2002 1.85257628
2003 1.84637608
2004 1.86424615
2005 1.87343046
2006 1.88594312
2007 1.90602781
2008 1.92859023
2009 1.93239136
2010 1.90684451
2011 1.89429176
2012 1.98414832
2013 1.918936
2014 1.94976746
2015 1.87404995
2016 1.93470646
2017 1.95385838
2018 1.77675885
2019 1.73651229
2020 1.59451189
2021 1.51684617
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East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | Fertility rate, total (births per woman)

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year. Development relevance: Reproductive health is a state of physical and mental well-being in relation to the reproductive system and its functions and processes. Means of achieving reproductive health include education and services during pregnancy and childbirth, safe and effective contraception, and prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Complications of pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death and disability among women of reproductive age in developing countries. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: Total fertility rates are based on data on registered live births from vital registration systems or, in the absence of such systems, from censuses or sample surveys. The estimated rates are generally considered reliable measures of fertility in the recent past. Where no empirical information on age-specific fertility rates is available, a model is used to estimate the share of births to adolescents. For countries without vital registration systems fertility rates are generally based on extrapolations from trends observed in censuses or surveys from earlier years.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source