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Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1995

1995, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1995 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 92.1; Somalia is lowest, at 2.5. The middle country reads 54.2. Against 1994, 191 values changed (184 up, 7 down), the same countries are covered.

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Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods · Data for 1995

HighestChina

92.1

LowestSomalia

2.5

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

196countries
3measures per country
1995the year it describes
176distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1995, 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.

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Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1995: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	92.1	83.7	95.2	Interpolation
2	CanadaCANNorthern America	90.1	82.3	94.0	Projection
3	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	88.5	85.2	91.3	Interpolation
4	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	87.7	77.2	92.0	Projection
5	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	87.5	75.6	92.4	Projection
=6	FranceFRAWestern Europe	87.0	75.4	91.4	Interpolation
=6	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	87.0	75.8	92.2	Projection
8	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	86.8	74.1	91.9	Projection
9	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	85.6	72.3	91.5	Projection
=10	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	85.1	70.3	91.1	Projection
=10	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	85.1	77.2	90.1	Projection
12	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	84.7	71.6	92.0	Projection
13	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	84.5	69.3	91.8	Projection
14	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	84.2	69.7	90.8	Projection
15	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	84.0	69.1	90.1	Projection
16	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	83.7	70.6	89.8	Projection
=17	CubaCUBCaribbean	82.7	72.4	89.6	Projection
=17	UruguayURYSouth America	82.7	71.4	89.5	Projection
19	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	81.4	63.6	89.0	Projection
20	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	80.7	67.9	88.0	Projection
21	United StatesUSANorthern America	80.2	69.8	87.1	Interpolation
22	BrazilBRASouth America	79.3	74.9	82.9	Interpolation
23	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	79.1	63.4	87.3	Projection
24	Costa RicaCRICentral America	79.0	69.9	85.2	Interpolation
25	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	77.3	63.9	85.6	Interpolation
26	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	77.1	70.2	82.7	Projection
27	SpainESPSouthern Europe	76.9	69.5	82.4	Interpolation
28	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	75.4	62.7	84.1	Projection
=29	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	75.3	71.8	78.5	Interpolation
=29	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	75.3	72.6	77.9	Interpolation
31	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	75.0	62.0	83.4	Projection
32	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	73.6	67.9	78.6	Projection
33	United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	73.5	52.6	85.9	Projection
=34	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	72.9	58.4	81.0	Interpolation
=34	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	72.9	55.1	84.9	Projection
=36	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	72.8	63.2	80.0	Interpolation
=36	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	72.8	57.4	81.1	Interpolation
38	BahamasBHSCaribbean	72.1	50.1	85.6	Projection
39	ColombiaCOLSouth America	71.3	67.1	75.0	Interpolation
40	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	71.0	55.7	81.8	Interpolation
=41	MexicoMEXCentral America	70.7	64.6	75.2	Interpolation
=41	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	70.7	60.9	79.2	Projection
43	PanamaPANCentral America	70.4	56.9	80.5	Interpolation
44	DominicaDMACaribbean	70.2	50.7	83.7	Projection
45	MontserratMSRCaribbean	70.1	47.3	85.1	Projection
46	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	69.8	61.2	76.9	Projection
47	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	69.7	53.6	81.2	Projection
48	VenezuelaVENSouth America	69.6	60.5	76.2	Projection
49	NicaraguaNICCentral America	69.5	63.4	74.9	Interpolation
50	ArgentinaARGSouth America	69.2	51.7	81.2	Projection
51	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	68.2	56.8	77.1	Projection
52	ChileCHLSouth America	68.0	48.9	81.7	Projection
53	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	67.8	57.2	76.0	Projection
54	IranIRNSouthern Asia	67.4	60.5	73.3	Projection
55	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	67.3	54.8	77.6	Projection
56	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	67.2	46.3	82.1	Projection
57	Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	67.0	44.0	79.1	Projection
58	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	66.6	55.6	74.7	Projection
59	GuamGUMMicronesia	66.5	45.5	80.6	Projection
60	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	66.4	61.3	69.6	Interpolation
61	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	66.1	53.5	75.9	Interpolation
62	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	65.5	48.8	78.5	Projection
63	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	65.4	45.4	80.1	Projection
64	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	65.3	60.9	69.4	Interpolation
65	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	64.6	56.0	71.9	Projection
66	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	64.2	51.6	74.7	Projection
67	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	64.0	58.8	68.8	Interpolation
=68	IsraelISRWestern Asia	63.9	42.9	78.2	Projection
=68	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	63.9	57.4	69.9	Interpolation
=68	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	63.9	40.9	80.1	Projection
=68	SurinameSURSouth America	63.9	50.5	75.5	Projection
72	JapanJPNEastern Asia	63.2	45.9	76.0	Projection
73	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	63.1	41.5	80.0	Projection
74	EcuadorECUSouth America	62.9	54.2	70.4	Interpolation
75	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	62.4	56.4	68.2	Interpolation
76	BelizeBLZCentral America	62.1	49.4	72.8	Interpolation
=77	HondurasHNDCentral America	61.8	51.4	71.1	Interpolation
=77	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	61.8	45.1	76.8	Interpolation
79	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	61.4	50.1	70.9	Interpolation
80	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	61.0	47.4	69.6	Projection
81	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	60.8	54.3	66.1	Interpolation
=82	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	60.6	46.5	71.7	Projection
=82	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	60.6	50.9	68.1	Projection
84	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	60.5	45.8	73.2	Projection
85	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	60.2	50.5	68.4	Projection
86	AnguillaAIACaribbean	59.7	37.9	77.9	Projection
87	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	59.6	41.9	74.5	Projection
88	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	59.4	26.7	86.8	Projection
89	BelarusBLREastern Europe	59.1	48.1	68.5	Projection
90	ParaguayPRYSouth America	59.0	51.0	66.4	Interpolation
91	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	57.3	45.3	67.3	Interpolation
92	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	56.9	51.9	61.4	Interpolation
=93	CuraçaoCUWCaribbean	55.6	32.8	76.5	Projection
=93	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	55.6	50.9	60.1	Interpolation
95	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	55.5	32.6	77.8	Projection
96	UkraineUKREastern Europe	54.6	35.6	70.7	Projection
97	QatarQATWestern Asia	54.4	40.4	67.7	Projection
98	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	54.3	39.1	68.2	Projection
99	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	54.0	40.0	66.6	Interpolation
100	Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia	53.6	30.0	75.6	Projection
=101	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	53.2	37.1	67.8	Interpolation
=101	PalauPLWMicronesia	53.2	33.0	72.7	Projection
103	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	52.8	40.4	64.6	Projection
104	GuyanaGUYSouth America	52.7	41.5	64.2	Projection
105	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	51.6	35.5	66.9	Projection
106	FijiFJIMelanesia	51.3	32.2	69.5	Projection
107	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	50.3	34.6	64.3	Projection
108	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	50.2	31.3	67.0	Projection
109	ItalyITASouthern Europe	50.1	33.9	65.8	Interpolation
110	JordanJORWestern Asia	49.0	41.6	56.1	Interpolation
111	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	48.8	38.9	58.9	Projection
112	PeruPERSouth America	48.6	41.9	54.9	Interpolation
113	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	48.3	36.8	60.3	Projection
114	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	48.0	36.9	59.3	Projection
115	PolandPOLEastern Europe	47.2	32.4	61.8	Projection
116	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	46.9	34.1	60.1	Projection
117	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	46.6	38.8	55.0	Interpolation
118	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	46.4	38.1	53.9	Projection
=119	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	46.3	31.9	60.9	Projection
=119	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	46.3	37.3	54.9	Interpolation
121	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	45.8	41.5	50.3	Interpolation
122	NauruNRUMicronesia	45.6	28.1	64.6	Projection
123	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	44.6	33.8	55.5	Projection
124	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	43.9	32.0	57.4	Projection
125	TongaTONPolynesia	43.3	24.4	64.3	Projection
=126	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	43.2	28.3	60.6	Projection
=126	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	43.2	32.1	54.7	Projection
128	KenyaKENEastern Africa	43.1	38.1	48.1	Interpolation
=129	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	41.5	32.8	50.7	Projection
=129	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	41.5	36.0	47.1	Interpolation
131	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	41.3	28.4	56.4	Projection
132	IraqIRQWestern Asia	40.9	28.7	54.2	Projection
133	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	40.4	25.2	58.2	Projection
134	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	39.3	23.3	57.7	Projection
135	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	38.6	34.1	43.0	Interpolation
136	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	36.4	23.3	52.3	Interpolation
137	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	36.3	25.8	47.4	Projection
138	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	35.1	26.9	44.4	Projection
139	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	34.5	22.6	48.3	Projection
140	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	34.1	27.6	41.7	Projection
141	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	34.0	20.8	50.1	Projection
142	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	33.3	20.9	49.2	Projection
143	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	33.2	22.8	45.3	Projection
144	SamoaWSMPolynesia	33.1	22.7	45.7	Projection
145	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	32.8	13.3	65.5	Projection
146	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	32.3	18.7	47.1	Projection
147	OmanOMNWestern Asia	31.9	21.9	44.3	Projection
148	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	29.6	25.6	33.8	Interpolation
149	BoliviaBOLSouth America	28.0	22.8	33.3	Interpolation
150	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	27.9	23.6	33.1	Interpolation
151	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	27.2	22.8	31.9	Interpolation
152	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	25.7	14.7	40.9	Projection
153	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	25.4	17.3	35.9	Projection
154	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	25.2	21.2	29.6	Interpolation
155	HaitiHTICaribbean	24.2	20.7	28.0	Interpolation
156	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	24.0	16.7	33.3	Interpolation
157	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	23.2	18.0	29.0	Interpolation
158	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	22.2	18.5	26.1	Interpolation
159	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	21.6	16.9	27.1	Projection
160	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	21.3	15.9	28.0	Projection
161	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	21.2	18.5	24.1	Interpolation
162	GabonGABMiddle Africa	20.8	11.4	33.2	Projection
163	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	20.7	15.2	27.4	Projection
164	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	19.8	10.3	33.0	Projection
165	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	19.6	10.9	33.5	Projection
166	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	18.0	10.5	29.7	Projection
167	SenegalSENWestern Africa	17.9	14.9	21.3	Interpolation
=168	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	17.0	13.4	21.4	Interpolation
=168	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	17.0	11.4	25.0	Interpolation
170	YemenYEMWestern Asia	16.9	13.2	21.6	Interpolation
171	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	16.7	7.8	33.7	Projection
=172	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	16.3	12.1	21.6	Interpolation
=172	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	16.3	7.7	31.4	Projection
174	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	16.2	12.9	20.0	Interpolation
175	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	15.7	10.2	23.5	Projection
176	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	15.5	11.6	20.2	Interpolation
=177	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	15.1	6.7	29.7	Projection
=177	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	15.1	11.5	19.3	Interpolation
179	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	15.0	7.2	26.9	Projection
180	NigerNERWestern Africa	14.9	11.2	19.3	Interpolation
181	TogoTGOWestern Africa	14.7	9.8	21.0	Interpolation
182	MaliMLIWestern Africa	14.5	12.0	17.3	Interpolation
183	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	13.3	4.9	30.0	Projection
184	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	13.1	2.9	37.7	Projection
185	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	12.6	10.0	15.6	Interpolation
186	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	12.4	7.0	20.4	Projection
187	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	12.1	7.0	18.7	Interpolation
188	EritreaERIEastern Africa	11.9	9.8	14.6	Interpolation
189	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	10.7	6.6	16.8	Projection
190	GuineaGINWestern Africa	10.6	7.6	14.3	Interpolation
191	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	10.2	7.3	14.3	Projection
192	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	9.2	3.8	20.6	Projection
193	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	9.0	5.4	14.8	Projection
194	BeninBENWestern Africa	8.2	6.1	11.0	Projection
195	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	6.1	3.9	9.1	Projection
196	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	2.5	0.6	8.4	Projection

02In 1995

At either end

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

Highest

1China92.1
2Canada90.1
3Thailand88.5
4Finland87.7
5Netherlands87.5

Lowest

196Somalia2.5
195Chad6.1
194Benin8.2
193Mauritania9.0
192South Sudan9.2

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 54.2. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)
HighestThailand85.2
LowestSomalia0.6
Middle country: 39.6
Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)
HighestChina95.2
LowestSomalia8.4
Middle country: 67.2

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
191values changed, of 196 in both
184 · 7rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Malawi22.3 → 25.2+2.9
Myanmar43.8 → 46.6+2.8
Romania33.8 → 36.4+2.6
Cabo Verde58.6 → 61.0+2.4
Bulgaria42.3 → 44.6+2.3

Fell most

Timor-Leste56.7 → 55.6−1.1
Rwanda18.0 → 17.0−1.0
Trinidad and Tobago57.9 → 57.3−0.6
Belgium87.1 → 86.8−0.3
Armenia33.3 → 33.2−0.1

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

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

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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 1995.
176 distinct values among 196
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 4 countries share 63.9. 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
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07Questions

Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1995: questions and answers

Which country has the highest demand for family planning satisfied in Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1995?

China, at 92.1, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1995 describe?

1995.

How many countries does Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1995 cover?

196.

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