This is a list of countries showing past fertility rate, ranging from 1950 to 2015 in five-year periods, as estimated by the 2017 revision of the World Population Prospects database by the

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fertility rate The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if: # she were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through her lifetime # she were ...

equals the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years.

List of countries 1950 to 2015

List of regions

References

{{Population country lists

External links

''United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division – World Population Prospects, the 2017 Revision''
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