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| Table 2c. Child- bearing |
Last update: June 2011 |
| Country or area |
|
Year |
|
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| Afghanistan |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
99.6 |
|
|
5.97 |
|
|
| Albania |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
14.9 |
|
|
1.53 |
|
|
| Algeria |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
6.1 |
|
|
2.14 |
|
|
| American Samoa |
|
2000 |
|
a |
54 |
|
|
4.0 |
|
|
| Angola |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
148.1 |
|
|
5.14 |
|
|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
|
1995 |
|
* |
70 |
|
b |
… |
|
|
| Argentina |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
54.2 |
|
|
2.17 |
|
|
| Armenia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
33.2 |
|
|
1.74 |
|
|
| Aruba |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
26.5 |
|
|
1.67 |
|
|
| Australia1 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
12.5 |
|
|
1.95 |
|
|
| Austria |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
9.7 |
|
|
1.35 |
|
|
| Azerbaijan2 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
31.4 |
|
|
2.15 |
|
|
| Bahamas |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
28.3 |
|
|
1.88 |
|
|
| Bahrain |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
14.8 |
|
|
2.43 |
|
|
| Bangladesh |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
68.2 |
|
|
2.16 |
|
|
| Barbados |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
40.8 |
|
|
1.58 |
|
|
| Belarus |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
20.5 |
|
|
1.48 |
|
|
| Belgium |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
11.2 |
|
|
1.84 |
|
|
| Belize |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
70.8 |
|
|
2.68 |
|
|
| Benin |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
97.0 |
|
|
5.08 |
|
|
| Bermuda |
|
2008 |
|
* |
18 |
|
c |
1.8 |
|
d |
| Bhutan |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
44.9 |
|
|
2.26 |
|
|
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
74.7 |
|
|
3.23 |
|
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
13.4 |
|
|
1.13 |
|
|
| Botswana |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
43.8 |
|
|
2.62 |
|
|
| Brazil |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
76.0 |
|
|
1.80 |
|
|
| Brunei Darussalam |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
22.7 |
|
|
1.98 |
|
|
| Bulgaria |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
36.2 |
|
|
1.55 |
|
|
| Burkina Faso |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
117.4 |
|
|
5.75 |
|
|
| Burundi |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
20.9 |
|
|
4.05 |
|
|
| Cambodia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
32.9 |
|
|
2.42 |
|
|
| Cameroon |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
115.1 |
|
|
4.29 |
|
|
| Canada |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
11.3 |
|
|
1.69 |
|
|
| Cape Verde |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
69.2 |
|
|
2.28 |
|
|
| Central African Republic |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
98.6 |
|
|
4.42 |
|
|
| Chad |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
138.1 |
|
|
5.74 |
|
|
| Channel Islands3 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
8.4 |
|
|
1.51 |
|
|
| Chile |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
56.0 |
|
|
1.83 |
|
|
| China4 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
9.1 |
|
|
1.56 |
|
|
| China, Hong Kong SAR5 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
4.2 |
|
|
1.14 |
|
|
| China, Macao SAR6 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
4.9 |
|
|
1.16 |
|
|
| Colombia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
68.1 |
|
|
2.29 |
|
|
| Comoros |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
51.1 |
|
|
4.74 |
|
|
| Congo |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
112.6 |
|
|
4.44 |
|
|
| Cook Islands |
|
2005-2006 |
|
a |
62 |
|
|
2.5 |
|
|
| Costa Rica |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
61.9 |
|
|
1.81 |
|
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| Côte d'Ivoire |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
105.7 |
|
|
4.22 |
|
|
| Croatia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
12.8 |
|
|
1.50 |
|
|
| Cuba |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
43.9 |
|
|
1.45 |
|
|
| Cyprus7 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
5.5 |
|
|
1.46 |
|
|
| Czech Republic |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
9.2 |
|
|
1.50 |
|
|
| Dem. People's Republic of Korea |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
1.99 |
|
|
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
170.6 |
|
|
5.49 |
|
|
| Denmark |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
5.1 |
|
|
1.89 |
|
|
| Djibouti |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
19.5 |
|
|
3.59 |
|
|
| Dominican Republic |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
103.6 |
|
|
2.49 |
|
|
| Ecuador |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
80.6 |
|
|
2.39 |
|
|
| Egypt |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
40.6 |
|
|
2.64 |
|
|
| El Salvador |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
76.2 |
|
|
2.17 |
|
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
114.6 |
|
|
4.98 |
|
|
| Eritrea |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
53.7 |
|
|
4.24 |
|
|
| Estonia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
17.2 |
|
|
1.70 |
|
|
| Ethiopia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
48.3 |
|
|
3.85 |
|
|
| Fiji |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
42.8 |
|
|
2.60 |
|
|
| Finland8 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
9.3 |
|
|
1.88 |
|
|
| France |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
6.0 |
|
|
1.99 |
|
|
| French Guiana |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
71.1 |
|
|
3.14 |
|
|
| French Polynesia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
48.1 |
|
|
2.03 |
|
|
| Gabon |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
81.0 |
|
|
3.20 |
|
|
| Gambia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
66.9 |
|
|
4.69 |
|
|
| Georgia9 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
39.5 |
|
|
1.53 |
|
|
| Germany |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
6.8 |
|
|
1.46 |
|
|
| Ghana |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
62.4 |
|
|
3.99 |
|
|
| Greece |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
9.6 |
|
|
1.54 |
|
|
| Greenland |
|
2008 |
|
* |
… |
|
|
2.2 |
|
|
| Grenada |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
35.4 |
|
|
2.17 |
|
|
| Guadeloupe10 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
15.8 |
|
|
2.06 |
|
|
| Guam |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
50.0 |
|
|
2.42 |
|
|
| Guatemala |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
102.4 |
|
|
3.84 |
|
|
| Guinea |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
133.7 |
|
|
5.03 |
|
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
96.2 |
|
|
4.88 |
|
|
| Guyana |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
53.9 |
|
|
2.19 |
|
|
| Haiti |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
41.3 |
|
|
3.16 |
|
|
| Honduras |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
85.9 |
|
|
3.00 |
|
|
| Hungary |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
13.6 |
|
|
1.43 |
|
|
| Iceland |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
11.6 |
|
|
2.10 |
|
|
| India |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
74.7 |
|
|
2.54 |
|
|
| Indonesia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
42.3 |
|
|
2.06 |
|
|
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
25.0 |
|
|
1.59 |
|
|
| Iraq |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
85.9 |
|
|
4.54 |
|
|
| Ireland |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
8.8 |
|
|
2.10 |
|
|
| Israel |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
14.0 |
|
|
2.91 |
|
|
| Italy |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
4.0 |
|
|
1.48 |
|
|
| Jamaica |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
69.7 |
|
|
2.26 |
|
|
| Japan |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
6.0 |
|
|
1.42 |
|
|
| Jordan |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
23.7 |
|
|
2.89 |
|
|
| Kazakhstan |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
25.5 |
|
|
2.48 |
|
|
| Kenya |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
98.1 |
|
|
4.62 |
|
|
| Kiribati |
|
2004-2005 |
|
a |
39 |
|
|
3.5 |
|
|
| Kuwait |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
14.4 |
|
|
2.25 |
|
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
33.0 |
|
|
2.62 |
|
|
| Lao People's Democratic Republic |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
30.1 |
|
|
2.54 |
|
|
| Latvia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
12.8 |
|
|
1.51 |
|
|
| Lebanon |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
15.4 |
|
|
1.76 |
|
|
| Lesotho |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
60.8 |
|
|
3.05 |
|
|
| Liberia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
123.0 |
|
|
5.04 |
|
|
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
2.6 |
|
|
2.41 |
|
|
| Liechtenstein |
|
2008 |
|
* |
4 |
|
e |
1.4 |
|
|
| Lithuania |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
16.1 |
|
|
1.50 |
|
|
| Luxembourg |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
8.4 |
|
|
1.68 |
|
|
| Madagascar |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
122.7 |
|
|
4.49 |
|
|
| Malawi |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
105.6 |
|
|
5.97 |
|
|
| Malaysia11 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
9.8 |
|
|
2.57 |
|
|
| Maldives |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
10.2 |
|
|
1.67 |
|
|
| Mali |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
168.9 |
|
|
6.12 |
|
|
| Malta |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
11.8 |
|
|
1.28 |
|
|
| Marshall Islands |
|
2002-2007 |
|
a |
127 |
|
|
4.4 |
|
|
| Martinique |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
20.6 |
|
|
1.82 |
|
|
| Mauritania |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
71.3 |
|
|
4.36 |
|
|
| Mauritius12 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
31.8 |
|
|
1.59 |
|
|
| Mayotte |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
99.8 |
|
|
4.18 |
|
|
| Mexico |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
65.5 |
|
|
2.23 |
|
|
| Micronesia (Fed. States of) |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
18.5 |
|
|
3.31 |
|
|
| Mongolia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
18.7 |
|
|
2.45 |
|
|
| Montenegro |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
14.8 |
|
|
1.63 |
|
|
| Morocco |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
10.8 |
|
|
2.18 |
|
|
| Mozambique |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
124.4 |
|
|
4.71 |
|
|
| Myanmar |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
12.0 |
|
|
1.94 |
|
|
| Namibia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
54.4 |
|
|
3.06 |
|
|
| Nauru |
|
2006-2007 |
|
a |
78 |
|
|
3.3 |
|
|
| Nepal |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
86.2 |
|
|
2.59 |
|
|
| Netherlands |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
4.3 |
|
|
1.79 |
|
|
| Netherlands Antilles13 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
27.6 |
|
|
1.90 |
|
|
| New Caledonia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
20.2 |
|
|
2.09 |
|
|
| New Zealand |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
18.6 |
|
|
2.14 |
|
|
| Nicaragua |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
104.9 |
|
|
2.50 |
|
|
| Niger |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
193.6 |
|
|
6.93 |
|
|
| Nigeria |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
111.3 |
|
|
5.43 |
|
|
| Niue |
|
2001-2006 |
|
a |
28 |
|
|
2.6 |
|
|
| Northern Mariana Islands |
|
1999-2001 |
|
a |
69 |
|
|
1.6 |
|
|
| Norway14 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
7.4 |
|
|
1.95 |
|
|
| Occupied Palestinian Territory15 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
48.3 |
|
|
4.27 |
|
|
| Oman |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
9.3 |
|
|
2.15 |
|
|
| Pakistan |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
28.1 |
|
|
3.20 |
|
|
| Palau |
|
2003-2005 |
|
a |
29 |
|
|
2.0 |
|
|
| Panama |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
75.9 |
|
|
2.41 |
|
|
| Papua New Guinea |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
62.0 |
|
|
3.80 |
|
|
| Paraguay |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
66.7 |
|
|
2.86 |
|
|
| Peru |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
48.7 |
|
|
2.41 |
|
|
| Philippines |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
46.5 |
|
|
3.05 |
|
|
| Poland |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
12.2 |
|
|
1.42 |
|
|
| Portugal |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
12.5 |
|
|
1.31 |
|
|
| Puerto Rico |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
50.6 |
|
|
1.76 |
|
|
| Qatar |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
15.5 |
|
|
2.20 |
|
|
| Republic of Korea |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
5.8 |
|
|
1.39 |
|
|
| Republic of Moldova16 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
29.1 |
|
|
1.45 |
|
|
| Réunion |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
43.4 |
|
|
2.25 |
|
|
| Romania |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
28.8 |
|
|
1.43 |
|
|
| Russian Federation |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
23.2 |
|
|
1.53 |
|
|
| Rwanda |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
35.5 |
|
|
5.28 |
|
|
| Saint Lucia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
55.9 |
|
|
1.91 |
|
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
54.1 |
|
|
2.00 |
|
|
| Samoa |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
25.5 |
|
|
3.76 |
|
|
| San Marino |
|
2004 |
|
* |
2 |
|
b,e |
1.3 |
|
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| Sao Tome and Principe |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
55.4 |
|
|
3.49 |
|
|
| Saudi Arabia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
22.1 |
|
|
2.64 |
|
|
| Senegal |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
89.7 |
|
|
4.61 |
|
|
| Serbia17 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
19.2 |
|
|
1.56 |
|
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| Seychelles |
|
2008 |
|
* |
64 |
|
|
2.3 |
|
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| Sierra Leone |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
104.2 |
|
|
4.73 |
|
|
| Singapore |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
6.7 |
|
|
1.37 |
|
|
| Slovakia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
16.7 |
|
|
1.37 |
|
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| Slovenia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
4.5 |
|
|
1.48 |
|
|
| Solomon Islands |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
64.6 |
|
|
4.04 |
|
|
| Somalia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
68.0 |
|
|
6.28 |
|
|
| South Africa |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
50.4 |
|
|
2.38 |
|
|
| Spain18 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
10.7 |
|
|
1.50 |
|
|
| Sri Lanka |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
22.1 |
|
|
2.24 |
|
|
| Sudan19 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
53.0 |
|
|
4.23 |
|
|
| Suriname |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
34.9 |
|
|
2.27 |
|
|
| Swaziland |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
67.9 |
|
|
3.17 |
|
|
| Sweden |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
6.5 |
|
|
1.93 |
|
|
| Switzerland |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
3.9 |
|
|
1.54 |
|
|
| Syrian Arab Republic |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
36.5 |
|
|
2.77 |
|
|
| Tajikistan |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
25.7 |
|
|
3.16 |
|
|
| TFYR of Macedonia20 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
17.8 |
|
|
1.40 |
|
|
| Thailand |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
37.0 |
|
|
1.53 |
|
|
| Timor-Leste |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
52.3 |
|
|
5.92 |
|
|
| Togo |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
54.3 |
|
|
3.86 |
|
|
| Tokelau |
|
1997-2001 |
|
a |
42 |
|
|
4.5 |
|
|
| Tonga |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
18.0 |
|
|
3.78 |
|
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
31.6 |
|
|
1.63 |
|
|
| Tunisia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
4.4 |
|
|
1.91 |
|
|
| Turkey |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
30.5 |
|
|
2.02 |
|
|
| Turkmenistan |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
16.9 |
|
|
2.32 |
|
|
| Tuvalu |
|
2002-2007 |
|
a |
44 |
|
|
3.7 |
|
|
| Uganda |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
126.4 |
|
|
5.90 |
|
|
| Ukraine |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
26.1 |
|
|
1.48 |
|
|
| United Arab Emirates |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
23.4 |
|
|
1.71 |
|
|
| United Kingdom |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
29.7 |
|
|
1.87 |
|
|
| United Republic of Tanzania21 |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
128.7 |
|
|
5.50 |
|
|
| United States of America |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
27.4 |
|
|
2.08 |
|
|
| United States Virgin Islands |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
21.4 |
|
|
1.94 |
|
|
| Uruguay |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
59.0 |
|
|
2.04 |
|
|
| Uzbekistan |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
12.8 |
|
|
2.26 |
|
|
| Vanuatu |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
50.6 |
|
|
3.75 |
|
|
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
87.3 |
|
|
2.39 |
|
|
| Viet Nam |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
22.7 |
|
d |
1.75 |
|
|
| Wallis and Futuna |
|
2008 |
|
a |
9 |
|
|
2.0 |
|
|
| Western Sahara |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
16.1 |
|
|
2.45 |
|
|
| Yemen |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
66.1 |
|
|
4.94 |
|
|
| Zambia |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
138.5 |
|
|
6.30 |
|
|
| Zimbabwe |
|
2010-2015 |
|
|
53.4 |
|
|
3.11 |
|
|
|
Sources:
Adolescent fertility rate and total fertility rate
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2011), World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision. available in http://www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm; supplemented by official national statistics published in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, available from the United Nations Statistics Division website, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/default.htm (accessed June 2011); and data compiled by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Statistics and Demography Programme, available from the SPC website, http://www.spc.int/sdp/ (accessed June 2011).
Footnotes:
… |
Not available. |
* |
Data compiled by the United Nations Demographic Yearbook system. |
a |
Data published by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. |
b |
Data tabulated by date of registration rather than occurrence. |
c |
Data refers for the ages of 0-19. |
d |
Data refers to 2010. |
e |
Rate based on 30 or fewer events. |
1 |
Including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island. |
2 |
Including Nagorno-Karabakh. |
3 |
Refers to Guernsey, and Jersey. |
4 |
For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China. |
5 |
As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. |
6 |
As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. |
7 |
Including Northern-Cyprus. |
8 |
Including Åland Islands. |
9 |
Including Abkhazia and South Ossetia. |
10 |
Including Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin (French part). |
11 |
Including Sabah and Sarawak. |
12 |
Including Agalega, Rodrigues, and Saint Brandon. |
13 |
Refers to Curaçao, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius. |
14 |
Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands. |
15 |
Including East Jerusalem. |
16 |
Including Transnistria. |
17 |
Including Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha. |
18 |
Including Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla. |
19 |
Including Southern Sudan which voted in favor of independence, but was not an official UN Member State as of May 2011. |
20 |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. |
21 |
Including Zanzibar. |
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Technical notes:
The adolescent fertility rate is defined as the annual number of live births born to women aged 15 to 19 years per 1,000 women in the same age group. The indicator is used to monitor adolescent reproductive behaviour and to assess the relative contribution of adolescent fertility to the total fertility rate.
The total fertility rate is a widely used summary indicator of fertility. It refers to the number of children a woman would bear if her child-bearing follows the current fertility patterns and she lives through her entire child-bearing years. It is a synthetic measure that provides a good picture of how many children women are currently having.
Total fertility rates and age-specific fertility rates are estimated by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat using the latest available demographic data from countries and given as five-year averages.
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