Europe & Central Asia (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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Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
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Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
1960 3.10368319
1961 3.04809089
1962 2.9877782
1963 2.93198437
1964 2.85735416
1965 2.82575712
1966 2.78538369
1967 2.84251189
1968 2.80346851
1969 2.76784959
1970 2.75656633
1971 2.76154826
1972 2.74571105
1973 2.71398624
1974 2.714661
1975 2.67957329
1976 2.65439479
1977 2.61244773
1978 2.5817798
1979 2.56243578
1980 2.53495789
1981 2.51885807
1982 2.56614794
1983 2.59720955
1984 2.58208514
1985 2.55269744
1986 2.57883726
1987 2.57320583
1988 2.50684474
1989 2.41499017
1990 2.30841603
1991 2.21906243
1992 2.08993754
1993 1.97215453
1994 1.92582506
1995 1.85968515
1996 1.79494503
1997 1.72871768
1998 1.68457351
1999 1.62566626
2000 1.61915668
2001 1.61479209
2002 1.60899349
2003 1.61040964
2004 1.6467379
2005 1.62956889
2006 1.66098155
2007 1.72451372
2008 1.79975719
2009 1.81518693
2010 1.81207251
2011 1.8016548
2012 1.85835915
2013 1.87368792
2014 1.91936028
2015 1.93500179
2016 1.92953867
2017 1.86550171
2018 1.85203716
2019 1.82281203
2020 1.82390333
2021 1.83461899
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Europe & Central Asia (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
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source