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Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1991

1991, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1991 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 89.7; Somalia is lowest, at 2.2. The middle country reads 51.4. Against 1990, 193 values changed (190 up, 3 down), the same countries are covered.

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Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods · Data for 1991

HighestChina

89.7

LowestSomalia

2.2

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1991, as published. UN DESA Population Division ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 196 countries · select a heading to sort

Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1991: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1ChinaCHNEastern Asia89.779.593.7Projection
2CanadaCANNorthern America89.380.893.6Projection
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe87.978.292.0Projection
4NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe87.376.491.8Projection
5BelgiumBELWestern Europe86.974.591.9Interpolation
=6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe85.772.991.6Projection
=6ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia85.781.589.2Interpolation
=8AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand84.770.090.6Projection
=8GermanyDEUWestern Europe84.772.090.4Projection
10FranceFRAWestern Europe84.172.489.4Projection
11DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe84.070.991.3Projection
12New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand83.968.690.3Projection
=13Hong KongHKGEastern Asia82.967.091.0Projection
=13United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe82.972.689.3Projection
15NorwayNORNorthern Europe82.367.689.6Projection
16UruguayURYSouth America81.870.788.4Projection
17IrelandIRLNorthern Europe81.666.289.3Projection
18CubaCUBCaribbean81.371.088.5Projection
19SwedenSWENorthern Europe80.266.388.2Projection
20United StatesUSANorthern America79.768.586.8Interpolation
21TaiwanTWNEastern Asia79.360.787.4Projection
22AustriaAUTWestern Europe77.258.287.4Projection
23Costa RicaCRICentral America76.667.083.4Projection
24BrazilBRASouth America76.368.582.6Interpolation
25Puerto RicoPRICaribbean76.162.384.9Projection

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1China89.7
  2. 2Canada89.3
  3. 3Finland87.9
  4. 4Netherlands87.3
  5. 5Belgium86.9

Lowest

  1. 196Somalia2.2
  2. 195Chad4.3
  3. 194Benin5.4
  4. 193Mauritania6.2
  5. 192Guinea7.2

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 51.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestThailand81.5

    LowestSomalia0.5

    Middle country: 34.8

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestChina93.7

    LowestSomalia7.3

    Middle country: 65.1

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 193values changed, of 196 in both
  • 190 · 3rose · fell
  • 3unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1991.

  • 179 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 2 countries share 85.7. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    UN DESA Population Division publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 196 countries has every column.

  • Some readings carry a flag

    UN DESA Population Division marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Projection, Interpolation.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1991). Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/family-planning-demand-satisfied/1991

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07Questions

Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1991: questions and answers

Which country has the highest demand for family planning satisfied in Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1991?

China, at 89.7, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1991 describe?

1991.

How many countries does Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1991 cover?

196.

Where can I download Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1991?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1991 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 2023.

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