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Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 2003

2003, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 2003 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 93.2; Somalia is lowest, at 3.4. The middle country reads 58.2. Against 2002, 188 values changed (173 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods · Data for 2003

HighestChina

93.2

LowestSomalia

3.4

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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1ChinaCHNEastern Asia93.285.896.0Projection
2CanadaCANNorthern America91.282.695.0Projection
3FranceFRAWestern Europe90.677.893.9Interpolation
4ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia90.587.492.9Interpolation
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe88.178.492.7Projection
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe87.674.592.8Projection
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe87.574.092.8Projection
8NorwayNORNorthern Europe86.872.792.4Projection
9GermanyDEUWestern Europe86.671.992.4Projection
=10FinlandFINNorthern Europe86.275.290.9Projection
=10IrelandIRLNorthern Europe86.275.390.3Projection
12New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand86.171.292.2Projection
13United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe85.778.990.1Projection
14DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe85.670.093.7Projection
15CubaCUBCaribbean85.276.890.7Projection
=16BrazilBRASouth America85.179.989.2Interpolation
=16Hong KongHKGEastern Asia85.171.291.9Projection
18AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand84.369.290.2Projection
19UruguayURYSouth America84.173.290.5Projection
20AustriaAUTWestern Europe83.969.490.4Projection
21SpainESPSouthern Europe83.777.788.1Projection
22SwedenSWENorthern Europe83.370.690.5Projection
23South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa82.477.086.4Interpolation
24Costa RicaCRICentral America82.373.488.0Interpolation
25UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia81.676.286.0Interpolation

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1China93.2
  2. 2Canada91.2
  3. 3France90.6
  4. 4Thailand90.5
  5. 5Switzerland88.1

Lowest

  1. 196Somalia3.4
  2. 195Chad10.8
  3. 194South Sudan11.8
  4. 193DR Congo15.5
  5. 192Kosovo15.9

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 58.2. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestThailand87.4

    LowestSomalia0.9

    Middle country: 45.8

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestChina96.0

    LowestSomalia11.5

    Middle country: 72.2

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 188values changed, of 196 in both
  • 173 · 15rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

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 2003.

  • 169 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 56.2. 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 (2003). Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/family-planning-demand-satisfied/2003

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07Questions

Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest demand for family planning satisfied in Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 2003?

China, at 93.2, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 2003 cover?

196.

Where can I download Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 2003?

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, 2003 the newest?

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

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