IDA & IBRD total | 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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IDA & IBRD total
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63
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IDA & IBRD total | Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
1960 5.25116197
1961 5.08919617
1962 5.71057802
1963 6.09544689
1964 5.85429063
1965 5.81571356
1966 5.70671228
1967 5.5557085
1968 5.71876708
1969 5.5951164
1970 5.54244994
1971 5.3585248
1972 5.20774767
1973 5.06041078
1974 4.86433287
1975 4.65057614
1976 4.52474611
1977 4.36755333
1978 4.28488679
1979 4.25284045
1980 4.21550721
1981 4.1864678
1982 4.20204894
1983 4.04442673
1984 4.01204175
1985 3.95948415
1986 3.94088551
1987 3.89851667
1988 3.77378502
1989 3.70825031
1990 3.64537026
1991 3.42384603
1992 3.31795275
1993 3.23751887
1994 3.1715901
1995 3.10851846
1996 3.04810856
1997 2.99437288
1998 2.94932109
1999 2.91323558
2000 2.91496507
2001 2.87358785
2002 2.84140103
2003 2.80905533
2004 2.79481997
2005 2.77171001
2006 2.75329264
2007 2.74622509
2008 2.74324034
2009 2.73051241
2010 2.70184454
2011 2.67777312
2012 2.69310184
2013 2.65546844
2014 2.64322519
2015 2.60863519
2016 2.61250941
2017 2.59160665
2018 2.52290083
2019 2.48369085
2020 2.41892626
2021 2.3845571
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IDA & IBRD total | 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
IDA & IBRD total
Records
63
Source