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Total Fertility Rate, 2005

2005, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 2005 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 7.7687; Macau is lowest, at 0.8620. The middle country reads 2.4393. Against 2004, 221 values changed (70 up, 151 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 2005

HighestNiger

7.7687

LowestMacau

0.8620

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Total Fertility Rate, 2005, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Total Fertility Rate, 2005: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa7.7687
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.5267
ChadTCDMiddle Africa7.1343
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia6.8575
MaliMLIWestern Africa6.7084
BurundiBDIEastern Africa6.7076
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa6.5264
UgandaUGAEastern Africa6.5252
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa6.4614
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa6.1936
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa6.1824
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6.0627
South SudanSSDEastern Africa6.0217
MalawiMWIEastern Africa5.8483
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa5.8120
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa5.8072
GuineaGINWestern Africa5.7269
GambiaGMBWestern Africa5.7082
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa5.6975
BeninBENWestern Africa5.6916
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia5.6107
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa5.5791
YemenYEMWestern Asia5.5634
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa5.5595
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa5.5192

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger7.7687
  2. Somalia7.5267
  3. Chad7.1343
  4. Afghanistan6.8575
  5. Mali6.7084

Lowest

  1. Macau0.8620
  2. Hong Kong0.9574
  3. Vatican City1.0000
  4. Singapore1.0721
  5. South Korea1.1151

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.4393. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 70 · 151rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

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 2005.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 5.5003. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

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 (2005). Total Fertility Rate, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/2005

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07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 2005?

Niger, at 7.7687, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 2005 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 2005?

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

Is Total Fertility Rate, 2005 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Total Fertility Rate, 2023.

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