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Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 2009

2009, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 2009 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 92.7; Somalia is lowest, at 4.3. The middle country reads 63.6. Against 2008, 184 values changed (166 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods · Data for 2009

HighestChina

92.7

LowestSomalia

4.3

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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1ChinaCHNEastern Asia92.785.595.7Projection
2CanadaCANNorthern America92.282.496.1Projection
=3FranceFRAWestern Europe90.879.194.0Projection
=3ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia90.887.593.3Interpolation
5BelgiumBELWestern Europe89.475.694.1Projection
6GermanyDEUWestern Europe89.273.794.0Projection
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe88.681.092.6Projection
8IrelandIRLNorthern Europe88.177.492.2Projection
=9BrazilBRASouth America87.983.191.0Projection
=9NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe87.975.093.2Projection
11NorwayNORNorthern Europe87.873.993.8Projection
=12CubaCUBCaribbean87.080.991.1Projection
=12FinlandFINNorthern Europe87.076.591.3Projection
14New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand86.971.792.7Projection
15AustriaAUTWestern Europe86.873.891.9Projection
16SpainESPSouthern Europe86.681.490.5Projection
17DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe86.268.494.7Projection
18NicaraguaNICCentral America85.982.089.0Interpolation
=19SwedenSWENorthern Europe85.072.491.7Projection
=19UruguayURYSouth America85.073.591.4Projection
21United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe84.677.389.6Projection
22BotswanaBWASouthern Africa84.570.091.5Projection
23Hong KongHKGEastern Asia84.370.891.2Projection
24Costa RicaCRICentral America84.076.388.8Interpolation
25AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand83.968.889.7Projection

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1China92.7
  2. 2Canada92.2
  3. 3Franceshared90.8
  4. 3Thailandshared90.8
  5. 5Belgium89.4

Lowest

  1. 196Somalia4.3
  2. 195South Sudan14.5
  3. 194Chad15.4
  4. 193DR Congo16.6
  5. 192Albania17.5

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 63.6. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestThailand87.5

    LowestSomalia1.3

    Middle country: 49.0

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestCanada96.1

    LowestSomalia14.5

    Middle country: 75.3

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 184values changed, of 196 in both
  • 166 · 18rose · fell
  • 12unchanged

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 2009.

  • 171 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 79.3. 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: 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 (2009). Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/family-planning-demand-satisfied/2009

0634 held

Other years

07Questions

Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest demand for family planning satisfied in Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 2009?

China, at 92.7, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 2009 cover?

196.

Where can I download Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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