The CIA World Factbook Edition 1997 People

Total fertility rate In 36 editions of 36.

Total fertility rate was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1997 edition carries it in 233 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1997 edition
233
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Total fertility rate” (1990 to 2025).

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Entries with Total fertility rate in each edition

19902000201020202025

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World

1 entry

World

2.9 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

3.48 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Angola

6.27 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Benin

6.56 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Botswana

4.14 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Burkina Faso

6.72 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Burundi

6.48 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

5.2 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Cameroon

5.93 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Central African Republic

5.35 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Chad

5.79 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Comoros

5.54 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

6.58 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

5.06 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

6.06 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Djibouti

6.01 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Egypt

3.5 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

5.11 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Eritrea

6.47 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

6.01 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Ethiopia

6.94 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Gabon

3.85 children born/woman (1997 est.)

The Gambia

5.98 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Ghana

4.43 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Guinea

5.66 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

5.26 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Kenya

4.26 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Lesotho

4.22 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Liberia

6.16 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Libya

6.19 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Madagascar

5.83 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Malawi

5.77 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Mali

7.09 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Mauritania

6.76 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Mauritius

2.23 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Mayotte

6.56 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Morocco

3.47 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Mozambique

6.11 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Namibia

5.05 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Niger

7.37 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Nigeria

6.17 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Reunion

2.69 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Rwanda

5.93 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

1.5 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

4.22 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Senegal

6.24 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Seychelles

2.06 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Sierra Leone

6.29 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Somalia

6.76 children born/woman (1997 est.)

South Africa

3.22 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Sudan

5.79 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Tanzania

5.58 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Togo

6.68 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Tunisia

2.52 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Uganda

6.52 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Western Sahara

6.8 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Zambia

6.48 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Zimbabwe

3.94 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

2.19 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Iceland

2.05 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Svalbard

NA children born/woman

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

6.07 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Armenia

1.71 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Azerbaijan

2.77 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Bangladesh

3.45 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Bhutan

5.27 children born/woman (1997 est.)

China

1.81 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Georgia

1.56 children born/woman (1997 est.)

India

3.29 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Japan

1.44 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Kazakstan now Kazakhstan

2.14 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

2.29 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

1.78 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

2.73 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Maldives

5.95 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Mongolia

2.89 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Nepal

4.96 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Pakistan

5.08 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Russia

1.35 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Sri Lanka

2.15 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Tajikistan

3.58 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Turkmenistan

3.31 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Uzbekistan

2.92 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

2.01 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

1.76 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Aruba

1.81 children born/woman (1997 est.)

The Bahamas

2.36 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Barbados

1.88 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Belize

3.99 children born/woman (1997 est.)

British Virgin Islands

2.25 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Cayman Islands

1.37 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Costa Rica

2.85 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Cuba

1.54 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Dominica

1.92 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Dominican Republic

3.1 children born/woman (1997 est.)

El Salvador

3.13 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Grenada

3.71 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Guadeloupe

1.86 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Guatemala

4.89 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Haiti

4.76 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Honduras

4.26 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Jamaica

2.39 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Martinique

1.81 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Montserrat

1.86 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

1.86 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Nicaragua

3.9 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Panama

2.6 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Puerto Rico

2.08 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

2.49 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Saint Lucia

2.44 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

2.01 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

2.13 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

1.78 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Virgin Islands

2.18 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Europe

45 entries

Albania

2.64 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Andorra

1.21 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Austria

1.37 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Belarus

1.35 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Belgium

1.5 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1.09 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Bulgaria

1.14 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Croatia

1.56 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

1.17 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Denmark

1.75 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Estonia

1.29 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Faroe Islands

2.37 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Finland

1.78 children born/woman (1997 est.)

France

1.66 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Germany

1.24 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Gibraltar

2.23 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Greece

1.33 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Guernsey

1.62 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Hungary

1.47 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Ireland

1.83 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

1.67 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Italy

1.16 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Jersey

1.5 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Latvia

1.21 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Liechtenstein

1.62 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Lithuania

1.47 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Luxembourg

1.7 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Malta

1.84 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Moldova

1.89 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Monaco

1.7 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Netherlands

1.5 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Macedonia, now North Macedonia

2.07 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Norway

1.83 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Poland

1.43 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Portugal

1.36 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Romania

1.23 children born/woman (1997 est.)

San Marino

1.51 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

Montenegro - 1.80 children born/woman; Serbia - 1.76 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Slovakia

1.34 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Slovenia

1.22 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Spain

1.18 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Sweden

1.7 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Switzerland

1.45 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Ukraine

1.36 children born/woman (1997 est.)

United Kingdom

1.65 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

3.04 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Cyprus

2.17 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Gaza Strip

7.68 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Iran

4.52 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Iraq

6.26 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Israel

2.74 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Jordan

4.94 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Kuwait

3.54 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Lebanon

2.32 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Oman

6.02 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Qatar

3.57 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Saudi Arabia

6.41 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Syria

5.73 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

2.52 children born/woman (1997 est.)

United Arab Emirates

3.62 children born/woman (1997 est.)

West Bank

5.06 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Yemen

7.18 children born/woman (1997 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

1.79 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Canada

1.66 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Mexico

2.97 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

1.62 children born/woman (1997 est.)

United States

2.06 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Oceania

23 entries

American Samoa

4.16 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Australia

1.83 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Cook Islands

3.22 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Fiji

2.78 children born/woman (1997 est.)

French Polynesia

2.77 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Guam

2.16 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Kiribati

3.17 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Marshall Islands

6.78 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

3.93 children born/woman (1997 est.)

New Caledonia

2.5 children born/woman (1997 est.)

New Zealand

1.96 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Niue

NA children born/woman

Norfolk Island

NA children born/woman

Palau

2.71 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Papua New Guinea

4.36 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

NA children born/woman

Western Samoa now Samoa

3.82 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Solomon Islands

5.27 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Tokelau

NA children born/woman

Tonga

3.7 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Tuvalu

3.11 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Vanuatu

3.88 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

2.89 children born/woman (1997 est.)

South America

14 entries

Argentina

2.69 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Bolivia

4.18 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Brazil

2.29 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Chile

2.17 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Colombia

2.31 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Ecuador

2.87 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA children born/woman

French Guiana

3.38 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Guyana

2.16 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Paraguay

4.08 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Peru

3.4 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Suriname

2.64 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Uruguay

2.3 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Venezuela

2.78 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

3.37 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

3.76 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Cambodia

5.81 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Christmas Island

NA children born/woman

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA children born/woman

Hong Kong

1.33 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Indonesia

2.66 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Laos

5.76 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Macau

1.53 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Malaysia

3.4 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Philippines

3.62 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Singapore

1.46 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Taiwan

1.77 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Thailand

1.86 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Vietnam

2.6 children born/woman (1997 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1997, “Total fertility rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/total-fertility-rate/1997.

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