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Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1999

1999, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1999 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 93.1; Somalia is lowest, at 2.9. The middle country reads 56.0. Against 1998, 191 values changed (177 up, 14 down), the same countries are covered.

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Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods · Data for 1999

HighestChina

93.1

LowestSomalia

2.9

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
1999the year it describes
174distinct 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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	93.1	85.6	95.9	Interpolation
2	CanadaCANNorthern America	90.7	82.6	94.5	Projection
3	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	90.0	86.4	92.7	Interpolation
4	FranceFRAWestern Europe	89.2	76.9	93.0	Interpolation
5	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	87.7	77.1	92.6	Projection
6	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	87.4	74.6	92.7	Projection
7	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	86.8	76.4	91.0	Projection
8	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	86.6	73.3	92.0	Projection
9	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	86.2	72.0	92.2	Projection
10	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	85.7	71.6	91.6	Projection
11	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	85.5	70.6	91.7	Projection
12	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	85.3	73.7	90.0	Projection
=13	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	85.1	70.9	92.9	Projection
=13	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	85.1	70.6	92.0	Projection
15	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	84.4	77.2	89.2	Projection
16	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	84.2	69.4	90.4	Projection
17	CubaCUBCaribbean	84.0	74.8	90.1	Projection
18	UruguayURYSouth America	83.5	72.0	90.2	Projection
=19	BrazilBRASouth America	82.3	77.2	86.5	Interpolation
=19	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	82.3	65.4	89.5	Projection
=21	SpainESPSouthern Europe	81.9	76.3	86.0	Projection
=21	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	81.9	69.5	89.2	Projection
23	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	81.5	66.4	88.8	Projection
24	Costa RicaCRICentral America	80.8	72.1	86.5	Interpolation
25	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	80.2	76.1	83.7	Interpolation
26	United StatesUSANorthern America	79.5	69.9	86.2	Interpolation
27	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	78.6	75.7	81.2	Interpolation
28	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	78.5	73.2	83.1	Interpolation
29	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	78.2	64.3	86.3	Projection
30	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	77.0	73.9	79.9	Interpolation
31	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	76.8	62.1	84.9	Interpolation
32	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	76.5	62.9	85.1	Projection
33	NicaraguaNICCentral America	75.9	72.7	78.7	Interpolation
34	United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	75.6	56.0	86.4	Projection
35	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	75.4	61.4	84.4	Projection
36	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	75.2	66.0	81.9	Interpolation
37	MexicoMEXCentral America	75.1	68.5	80.1	Interpolation
38	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	74.7	58.6	83.1	Interpolation
39	ColombiaCOLSouth America	73.9	69.2	77.8	Interpolation
40	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	73.8	54.5	86.4	Projection
41	VenezuelaVENSouth America	73.6	64.3	79.8	Projection
42	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	73.5	68.0	76.5	Interpolation
43	ArgentinaARGSouth America	73.1	59.4	82.1	Projection
=44	BahamasBHSCaribbean	73.0	50.5	86.8	Projection
=44	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	73.0	55.5	84.6	Projection
46	ChileCHLSouth America	71.8	56.4	82.7	Projection
47	MontserratMSRCaribbean	71.7	48.2	86.3	Projection
=48	DominicaDMACaribbean	71.6	50.6	85.3	Projection
=48	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	71.6	60.1	81.4	Projection
=50	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	71.3	58.7	80.4	Interpolation
=50	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	71.3	66.9	75.0	Interpolation
=50	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	71.3	68.1	74.3	Interpolation
53	PanamaPANCentral America	71.2	58.3	81.1	Interpolation
54	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	70.9	60.4	78.4	Projection
55	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	70.6	63.5	76.6	Interpolation
56	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	70.3	54.1	82.1	Projection
57	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	70.2	63.8	75.4	Interpolation
58	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	69.6	62.9	75.1	Projection
=59	IranIRNSouthern Asia	69.5	60.9	76.6	Projection
=59	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	69.5	58.4	77.6	Projection
61	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	69.4	58.9	77.0	Projection
62	GuamGUMMicronesia	69.1	49.6	80.9	Projection
63	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	68.9	47.2	84.1	Projection
=64	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	68.6	54.7	75.9	Interpolation
=64	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	68.6	63.5	73.3	Interpolation
66	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	68.4	44.2	83.8	Projection
67	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	67.5	45.9	82.7	Projection
68	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	67.4	50.9	80.0	Projection
69	EcuadorECUSouth America	67.3	58.7	74.2	Interpolation
70	Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	67.2	45.7	78.1	Projection
71	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	67.1	58.6	73.4	Interpolation
72	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	67.0	55.3	76.5	Projection
73	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	66.8	63.1	70.3	Interpolation
74	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	66.7	59.2	72.8	Interpolation
75	ParaguayPRYSouth America	66.2	57.5	74.0	Interpolation
76	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	65.4	42.6	82.3	Projection
=77	HondurasHNDCentral America	65.3	56.2	73.3	Interpolation
=77	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	65.3	45.5	80.3	Projection
=79	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	65.0	44.8	81.6	Projection
=79	SurinameSURSouth America	65.0	53.6	75.1	Projection
81	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	64.7	50.5	76.1	Projection
=82	BelizeBLZCentral America	64.4	54.2	73.2	Interpolation
=82	IsraelISRWestern Asia	64.4	41.5	80.1	Projection
84	JapanJPNEastern Asia	63.9	48.3	75.5	Projection
85	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	63.8	53.9	72.0	Interpolation
86	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	63.1	51.6	71.8	Projection
87	BelarusBLREastern Europe	63.0	51.3	72.7	Projection
=88	AnguillaAIACaribbean	61.7	41.3	78.0	Projection
=88	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	61.7	29.2	88.2	Projection
90	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	60.5	56.1	64.6	Interpolation
91	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	59.6	45.3	70.0	Projection
92	UkraineUKREastern Europe	59.0	45.9	70.2	Interpolation
93	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	58.0	43.2	70.3	Projection
94	CuraçaoCUWCaribbean	57.5	35.9	76.6	Projection
95	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	56.9	34.8	77.4	Projection
96	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	56.7	44.8	67.3	Interpolation
97	QatarQATWestern Asia	56.1	42.4	69.3	Projection
98	PeruPERSouth America	56.0	49.1	62.1	Interpolation
99	Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia	55.9	30.7	78.0	Projection
100	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	55.4	45.7	64.5	Projection
101	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	55.0	43.9	64.6	Interpolation
102	ItalyITASouthern Europe	54.9	37.9	70.2	Projection
103	PalauPLWMicronesia	54.5	35.8	72.8	Projection
104	JordanJORWestern Asia	54.3	46.8	60.9	Interpolation
=105	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	54.0	42.2	64.8	Projection
=105	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	54.0	46.7	61.5	Interpolation
=107	GuyanaGUYSouth America	53.3	43.9	62.8	Projection
=107	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	53.3	37.6	67.3	Interpolation
109	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	53.2	40.8	65.2	Projection
110	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	53.0	42.4	63.1	Projection
111	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	52.8	36.1	66.8	Projection
112	PolandPOLEastern Europe	52.0	36.1	66.7	Projection
113	FijiFJIMelanesia	51.8	32.7	70.1	Projection
114	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	51.6	40.4	62.9	Projection
115	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	51.2	37.8	61.9	Projection
116	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	50.9	39.7	62.9	Projection
117	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	50.5	43.9	56.9	Projection
118	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	49.9	43.8	56.1	Interpolation
119	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	49.4	40.5	57.6	Interpolation
120	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	49.2	43.7	54.7	Interpolation
121	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	48.4	31.3	64.0	Projection
122	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	48.0	41.0	55.0	Projection
123	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	47.6	33.4	61.8	Projection
124	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	47.3	33.7	61.8	Interpolation
125	KenyaKENEastern Africa	47.2	42.7	51.6	Interpolation
126	NauruNRUMicronesia	47.0	30.9	64.3	Projection
127	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	46.7	34.3	59.0	Projection
128	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	46.5	29.3	65.1	Projection
129	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	46.0	34.8	57.3	Projection
130	IraqIRQWestern Asia	45.5	33.7	57.4	Projection
131	TongaTONPolynesia	44.4	27.0	63.8	Projection
132	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	43.8	29.9	59.3	Projection
133	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	43.5	37.4	49.9	Interpolation
134	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	43.3	39.0	47.4	Interpolation
135	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	43.1	36.6	50.3	Projection
136	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	40.3	26.3	56.1	Projection
137	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	40.2	28.5	54.3	Projection
=138	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	39.7	30.1	50.2	Projection
=138	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	39.7	28.4	52.6	Projection
140	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	38.9	34.9	42.8	Interpolation
141	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	38.5	34.2	42.7	Interpolation
142	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	37.8	26.6	50.6	Projection
143	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	37.2	15.6	70.8	Projection
144	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	37.0	28.6	46.0	Projection
145	OmanOMNWestern Asia	36.7	26.7	48.5	Projection
146	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	36.2	25.4	47.8	Projection
147	BoliviaBOLSouth America	35.6	30.0	41.2	Interpolation
=148	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	34.9	29.7	40.9	Interpolation
=148	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	34.9	30.0	39.9	Interpolation
150	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	34.0	22.6	45.3	Interpolation
151	SamoaWSMPolynesia	33.5	25.1	43.1	Projection
152	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	32.3	24.9	40.1	Projection
153	HaitiHTICaribbean	32.2	28.0	36.4	Interpolation
=154	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	30.7	26.9	34.9	Projection
=154	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	30.7	26.1	35.4	Interpolation
156	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	30.0	22.4	39.3	Projection
157	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	28.5	23.2	34.3	Interpolation
158	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	27.6	21.8	34.0	Interpolation
159	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	27.3	24.1	30.7	Interpolation
160	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	26.2	23.1	29.6	Interpolation
161	GabonGABMiddle Africa	26.0	19.4	33.1	Projection
162	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	25.9	17.3	36.6	Projection
163	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	25.7	18.4	35.3	Interpolation
164	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	25.2	17.0	36.0	Projection
165	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	24.1	20.4	28.1	Interpolation
166	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	23.2	19.5	27.4	Interpolation
167	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	22.7	14.5	34.1	Projection
=168	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	22.6	18.2	27.6	Interpolation
=168	NigerNERWestern Africa	22.6	18.5	27.2	Interpolation
170	SenegalSENWestern Africa	21.4	18.3	24.8	Interpolation
171	YemenYEMWestern Asia	21.0	16.4	26.8	Interpolation
172	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	20.9	13.4	31.8	Projection
173	TogoTGOWestern Africa	20.8	16.5	25.6	Interpolation
174	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	19.7	11.1	33.7	Projection
175	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	19.3	9.9	36.0	Projection
176	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	19.1	13.3	26.2	Interpolation
177	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	19.0	13.8	25.8	Projection
=178	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	18.4	10.7	28.6	Projection
=178	MaliMLIWestern Africa	18.4	14.9	22.5	Interpolation
=180	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	17.8	15.3	20.6	Interpolation
=180	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	17.8	12.8	23.8	Interpolation
182	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	17.5	8.3	32.4	Projection
183	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	17.2	11.7	25.5	Interpolation
184	EritreaERIEastern Africa	17.0	13.3	21.5	Interpolation
185	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	16.7	9.8	26.9	Projection
186	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	16.1	10.8	23.0	Projection
187	GuineaGINWestern Africa	15.9	13.7	18.4	Interpolation
=188	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	14.4	3.7	37.4	Projection
=188	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	14.4	11.6	17.6	Interpolation
190	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	13.9	11.5	16.9	Projection
191	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	13.6	9.1	19.6	Projection
192	BeninBENWestern Africa	13.4	10.5	17.2	Interpolation
193	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	12.9	9.4	18.5	Projection
194	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	10.5	5.0	21.1	Projection
195	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	9.6	7.1	12.8	Interpolation
196	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	2.9	0.8	10.1	Projection

02In 1999

At either end

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

Highest

1China93.1
2Canada90.7
3Thailand90.0
4France89.2
5Switzerland87.7

Lowest

196Somalia2.9
195Chad9.6
194South Sudan10.5
193Mauritania12.9
192Benin13.4

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 56.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)
HighestThailand86.4
LowestSomalia0.8
Middle country: 43.5
Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)
HighestChina95.9
LowestSomalia10.1
Middle country: 70.1

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
191values changed, of 196 in both
177 · 14rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Malawi35.1 → 38.5+3.4
Romania44.5 → 47.3+2.8
Mozambique25.8 → 28.5+2.7
Niger20.0 → 22.6+2.6
Egypt71.1 → 73.5+2.4

Fell most

Timor-Leste48.1 → 43.5−4.6
Rwanda14.9 → 14.4−0.5
Saudi Arabia40.7 → 40.2−0.5
Trinidad and Tobago55.5 → 55.0−0.5
Kuwait60.0 → 59.6−0.4

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.

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 1999.
174 distinct values among 196
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 71.3. 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: Interpolation, Projection.

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07Questions

Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest demand for family planning satisfied in Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1999?

China, at 93.1, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 1999 cover?

196.

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