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| Table 2c. Child-bearing |
Last update: June 2009 |
| Country or area |
Year |
|
|
| Afghanistan |
2005-2010 |
|
|
121 |
|
|
6.6 |
| Albania |
2005-2010 |
|
|
14 |
|
|
1.9 |
| Algeria |
2005-2010 |
|
|
7 |
|
|
2.4 |
| American Samoa |
2000 |
|
a |
54 |
|
|
4.0 |
| Angola |
2005-2010 |
|
|
124 |
|
|
5.8 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
1995 |
|
* |
72 |
|
b |
... |
| Argentina |
2005-2010 |
|
|
57 |
|
|
2.3 |
| Armenia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
36 |
|
|
1.7 |
| Aruba |
2005-2010 |
|
|
33 |
|
|
1.7 |
| Australia (1) |
2005-2010 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
1.8 |
| Austria |
2005-2010 |
|
|
13 |
|
|
1.4 |
| Azerbaijan |
2005-2010 |
|
|
34 |
|
|
2.2 |
| Bahamas |
2005-2010 |
|
|
53 |
|
|
2.0 |
| Bahrain |
2005-2010 |
|
|
17 |
|
|
2.3 |
| Bangladesh |
2005-2010 |
|
|
72 |
|
|
2.4 |
| Barbados |
2005-2010 |
|
|
43 |
|
|
1.5 |
| Belarus |
2005-2010 |
|
|
21 |
|
|
1.3 |
| Belgium |
2005-2010 |
|
|
8 |
|
|
1.8 |
| Belize |
2005-2010 |
|
|
79 |
|
|
2.9 |
| Benin |
2005-2010 |
|
|
112 |
|
|
5.5 |
| Bermuda |
2003 |
|
* |
42 |
|
|
1.6 |
| Bhutan |
2005-2010 |
|
|
38 |
|
|
2.7 |
| Bolivia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
78 |
|
|
3.5 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2005-2010 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
1.2 |
| Botswana |
2005-2010 |
|
|
52 |
|
|
2.9 |
| Brazil |
2005-2010 |
|
|
76 |
|
|
1.9 |
| Brunei Darussalam |
2005-2010 |
|
|
25 |
|
|
2.1 |
| Bulgaria |
2005-2010 |
|
|
42 |
|
|
1.4 |
| Burkina Faso |
2005-2010 |
|
|
131 |
|
|
5.9 |
| Burundi |
2005-2010 |
|
|
19 |
|
|
4.7 |
| Cambodia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
39 |
|
|
3.0 |
| Cameroon |
2005-2010 |
|
|
128 |
|
|
4.7 |
| Canada |
2005-2010 |
|
|
13 |
|
|
1.6 |
| Cape Verde |
2005-2010 |
|
|
95 |
|
|
2.8 |
| Central African Republic |
2005-2010 |
|
|
107 |
|
|
4.8 |
| Chad |
2005-2010 |
|
|
164 |
|
|
6.2 |
| Channel Islands (2) |
2005-2010 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
1.4 |
| Chile |
2005-2010 |
|
|
60 |
|
|
1.9 |
| China (3) |
2005-2010 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
1.8 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR (4) |
2005-2010 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
1.0 |
| China, Macao SAR (5) |
2005-2010 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
1.0 |
| Colombia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
74 |
|
|
2.5 |
| Comoros (6) |
2005-2010 |
|
|
46 |
|
|
4.0 |
| Congo |
2005-2010 |
|
|
113 |
|
|
4.4 |
| Cook Islands |
1996-2001 |
|
a |
68 |
|
|
2.9 |
| Costa Rica |
2005-2010 |
|
|
67 |
|
|
2.0 |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
2005-2010 |
|
|
130 |
|
|
4.6 |
| Croatia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
14 |
|
|
1.4 |
| Cuba |
2005-2010 |
|
|
45 |
|
|
1.5 |
| Cyprus |
2005-2010 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
1.5 |
| Czech Republic |
2005-2010 |
|
|
11 |
|
|
1.4 |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
2005-2010 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
1.9 |
| Democratic Republic of the Cong |
2005-2010 |
|
|
201 |
|
|
6.1 |
| Denmark |
2005-2010 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
1.8 |
| Djibouti |
2005-2010 |
|
|
23 |
|
|
3.9 |
| Dominican Republic |
2005-2010 |
|
|
109 |
|
|
2.7 |
| Ecuador |
2005-2010 |
|
|
83 |
|
|
2.6 |
| Egypt |
2005-2010 |
|
|
39 |
|
|
2.9 |
| El Salvador |
2005-2010 |
|
|
83 |
|
|
2.3 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
2005-2010 |
|
|
123 |
|
|
5.4 |
| Eritrea |
2005-2010 |
|
|
67 |
|
|
4.7 |
| Estonia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
21 |
|
|
1.6 |
| Ethiopia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
104 |
|
|
5.4 |
| Fiji |
2005-2010 |
|
|
32 |
|
|
2.8 |
| Finland (7) |
2005-2010 |
|
|
11 |
|
|
1.8 |
| France |
2005-2010 |
|
|
7 |
|
|
1.9 |
| French Guiana |
2005-2010 |
|
|
83 |
|
|
3.3 |
| French Polynesia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
52 |
|
|
2.2 |
| Gabon |
2005-2010 |
|
|
90 |
|
|
3.4 |
| Gambia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
88 |
|
|
5.1 |
| Georgia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
45 |
|
|
1.6 |
| Germany |
2005-2010 |
|
|
8 |
|
|
1.3 |
| Ghana |
2005-2010 |
|
|
64 |
|
|
4.3 |
| Greece |
2005-2010 |
|
|
9 |
|
|
1.4 |
| Greenland |
2006 |
|
* |
56 |
|
b |
2.2 |
| Grenada |
2005-2010 |
|
|
42 |
|
|
2.3 |
| Guadeloupe |
2005-2010 |
|
|
19 |
|
|
2.1 |
| Guam |
2005-2010 |
|
|
52 |
|
|
2.5 |
| Guatemala |
2005-2010 |
|
|
107 |
|
|
4.2 |
| Guinea |
2005-2010 |
|
|
152 |
|
|
5.5 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
2005-2010 |
|
|
129 |
|
|
5.7 |
| Guyana |
2005-2010 |
|
|
63 |
|
|
2.3 |
| Haiti |
2005-2010 |
|
|
46 |
|
|
3.5 |
| Honduras |
2005-2010 |
|
|
93 |
|
|
3.3 |
| Hungary |
2005-2010 |
|
|
20 |
|
|
1.4 |
| Iceland |
2005-2010 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
2.1 |
| India |
2005-2010 |
|
|
68 |
|
|
2.8 |
| Indonesia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
40 |
|
|
2.2 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
2005-2010 |
|
|
18 |
|
|
1.8 |
| Iraq |
2005-2010 |
|
|
86 |
|
|
4.1 |
| Ireland |
2005-2010 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
2.0 |
| Israel |
2005-2010 |
|
|
14 |
|
|
2.8 |
| Italy |
2005-2010 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
1.4 |
| Jamaica |
2005-2010 |
|
|
77 |
|
|
2.4 |
| Japan |
2005-2010 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
1.3 |
| Jordan |
2005-2010 |
|
|
25 |
|
|
3.1 |
| Kazakhstan |
2005-2010 |
|
|
31 |
|
|
2.3 |
| Kenya |
2005-2010 |
|
|
104 |
|
|
5.0 |
| Kiribati |
2004-2005 |
|
a |
39 |
|
|
3.4 |
| Kuwait |
2005-2010 |
|
|
13 |
|
|
2.2 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
2005-2010 |
|
|
32 |
|
|
2.6 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic |
2005-2010 |
|
|
37 |
|
|
3.5 |
| Latvia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
1.4 |
| Lebanon |
2005-2010 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
1.9 |
| Lesotho |
2005-2010 |
|
|
73 |
|
|
3.4 |
| Liberia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
142 |
|
|
5.1 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
2005-2010 |
|
|
3 |
|
|
2.7 |
| Liechtenstein |
2005 |
|
* |
7 |
|
c |
1.5 |
| Lithuania |
2005-2010 |
|
|
22 |
|
|
1.3 |
| Luxembourg |
2005-2010 |
|
|
12 |
|
|
1.7 |
| Madagascar |
2005-2010 |
|
|
133 |
|
|
4.8 |
| Malawi |
2005-2010 |
|
|
135 |
|
|
5.6 |
| Malaysia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
13 |
|
|
2.6 |
| Maldives |
2005-2010 |
|
|
13 |
|
|
2.1 |
| Mali |
2005-2010 |
|
|
163 |
|
|
5.5 |
| Malta |
2005-2010 |
|
|
11 |
|
|
1.3 |
| Marshall Islands |
2006-2007 |
|
a |
127 |
|
|
4.4 |
| Martinique |
2005-2010 |
|
|
30 |
|
|
1.9 |
| Mauritania |
2005-2010 |
|
|
90 |
|
|
4.5 |
| Mauritius (8) |
2005-2010 |
|
|
39 |
|
|
1.8 |
| Mayotte |
2005-2010 |
|
|
44 |
|
|
3.2 |
| Mexico |
2005-2010 |
|
|
65 |
|
|
2.2 |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) |
2005-2010 |
|
|
25 |
|
|
3.6 |
| Mongolia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
17 |
|
|
2.0 |
| Montenegro |
2005-2010 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
1.6 |
| Morocco |
2005-2010 |
|
|
19 |
|
|
2.4 |
| Mozambique |
2005-2010 |
|
|
149 |
|
|
5.1 |
| Myanmar |
2005-2010 |
|
|
18 |
|
|
2.3 |
| Namibia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
74 |
|
|
3.4 |
| Nauru |
2006-2007 |
|
a |
78 |
|
|
3.3 |
| Nepal |
2005-2010 |
|
|
101 |
|
|
2.9 |
| Netherlands |
2005-2010 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
1.7 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
2005-2010 |
|
|
32 |
|
|
2.0 |
| New Caledonia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
26 |
|
|
2.1 |
| New Zealand |
2005-2010 |
|
|
23 |
|
|
2.0 |
| Nicaragua |
2005-2010 |
|
|
113 |
|
|
2.8 |
| Niger |
2005-2010 |
|
|
157 |
|
|
7.1 |
| Nigeria |
2005-2010 |
|
|
127 |
|
|
5.3 |
| Niue |
2001-2006 |
|
a |
28 |
|
|
2.6 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
2000 |
|
a |
69 |
|
|
1.6 |
| Norway (9) |
2005-2010 |
|
|
9 |
|
|
1.9 |
| Occupied Palestinian Territory |
2005-2010 |
|
|
79 |
|
|
5.1 |
| Oman |
2005-2010 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
3.1 |
| Pakistan |
2005-2010 |
|
|
46 |
|
|
4.0 |
| Palau |
2003-2005 |
|
a |
29 |
|
|
2.0 |
| Panama |
2005-2010 |
|
|
83 |
|
|
2.6 |
| Papua New Guinea |
2005-2010 |
|
|
55 |
|
|
4.1 |
| Paraguay |
2005-2010 |
|
|
72 |
|
|
3.1 |
| Peru |
2005-2010 |
|
|
55 |
|
|
2.6 |
| Philippines |
2005-2010 |
|
|
45 |
|
|
3.1 |
| Poland |
2005-2010 |
|
|
14 |
|
|
1.3 |
| Portugal |
2005-2010 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
1.4 |
| Puerto Rico |
2005-2010 |
|
|
54 |
|
|
1.8 |
| Qatar |
2005-2010 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
2.4 |
| Republic of Korea |
2005-2010 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
1.2 |
| Republic of Moldova |
2000-2005 |
|
|
34 |
|
|
1.5 |
| Réunion |
2005-2010 |
|
|
34 |
|
|
2.4 |
| Romania |
2005-2010 |
|
|
31 |
|
|
1.3 |
| Russian Federation |
2005-2010 |
|
|
25 |
|
|
1.4 |
| Rwanda |
2005-2010 |
|
|
37 |
|
|
5.4 |
| Saint Lucia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
62 |
|
|
2.0 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
2005-2010 |
|
|
59 |
|
|
2.1 |
| Samoa |
2005-2010 |
|
|
28 |
|
|
4.0 |
| San Marino |
2004 |
|
* |
2 |
|
b,c |
1.3 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
2005-2010 |
|
|
66 |
|
|
3.9 |
| Saudi Arabia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
26 |
|
|
3.2 |
| Senegal |
2005-2010 |
|
|
104 |
|
|
5.0 |
| Serbia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
22 |
|
|
1.6 |
| Seychelles |
2006 |
|
* |
... |
|
|
2.2 |
| Sierra Leone |
2005-2010 |
|
|
126 |
|
|
5.2 |
| Singapore |
2005-2010 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
1.3 |
| Slovakia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
21 |
|
|
1.3 |
| Slovenia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
1.4 |
| Solomon Islands |
2005-2010 |
|
|
42 |
|
|
3.9 |
| Somalia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
70 |
|
|
6.4 |
| South Africa |
2005-2010 |
|
|
59 |
|
|
2.6 |
| Spain |
2005-2010 |
|
|
12 |
|
|
1.4 |
| Sri Lanka |
2005-2010 |
|
|
30 |
|
|
2.3 |
| Sudan |
2005-2010 |
|
|
57 |
|
|
4.2 |
| Suriname |
2005-2010 |
|
|
39 |
|
|
2.4 |
| Swaziland |
2005-2010 |
|
|
84 |
|
|
3.6 |
| Sweden |
2005-2010 |
|
|
8 |
|
|
1.9 |
| Switzerland |
2005-2010 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
1.5 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
2005-2010 |
|
|
61 |
|
|
3.3 |
| Tajikistan |
2005-2010 |
|
|
28 |
|
|
3.5 |
| TFYR of Macedonia (10) |
2005-2010 |
|
|
22 |
|
|
1.4 |
| Thailand |
2005-2010 |
|
|
37 |
|
|
1.8 |
| Timor-Leste |
2005-2010 |
|
|
54 |
|
|
6.5 |
| Togo |
2005-2010 |
|
|
65 |
|
|
4.3 |
| Tokelau |
1997-2001 |
|
a |
43 |
|
|
4.5 |
| Tonga |
2005-2010 |
|
|
23 |
|
|
4.0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
2005-2010 |
|
|
35 |
|
|
1.6 |
| Tunisia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
7 |
|
|
1.9 |
| Turkey |
2005-2010 |
|
|
39 |
|
|
2.1 |
| Turkmenistan |
2005-2010 |
|
|
20 |
|
|
2.5 |
| Tuvalu |
2000-2003 |
|
a |
40 |
|
|
3.7 |
| Uganda |
2005-2010 |
|
|
150 |
|
|
6.4 |
| Ukraine |
2005-2010 |
|
|
28 |
|
|
1.3 |
| United Arab Emirates |
2005-2010 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
1.9 |
| United Kingdom (11) |
2005-2010 |
|
|
24 |
|
|
1.8 |
| United Republic of Tanzania |
2005-2010 |
|
|
130 |
|
|
5.6 |
| United States of America |
2005-2010 |
|
|
36 |
|
|
2.1 |
| United States Virgin Islands |
2005-2010 |
|
|
31 |
|
|
2.1 |
| Uruguay |
2005-2010 |
|
|
61 |
|
|
2.1 |
| Uzbekistan |
2005-2010 |
|
|
13 |
|
|
2.3 |
| Vanuatu |
2005-2010 |
|
|
47 |
|
|
4.0 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
2005-2010 |
|
|
90 |
|
|
2.5 |
| Viet Nam |
2005-2010 |
|
|
17 |
|
|
2.1 |
| Wallis and Futuna Islands |
2000-2003 |
|
a |
12 |
|
|
2.6 |
| Western Sahara |
2005-2010 |
|
|
21 |
|
|
2.7 |
| Yemen |
2005-2010 |
|
|
68 |
|
|
5.3 |
| Zambia |
2005-2010 |
|
|
142 |
|
|
5.9 |
| Zimbabwe |
2005-2010 |
|
|
65 |
|
|
3.5 |
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Sources:
Adolescent fertility rate and total fertility rate
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2009), World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision. CD-ROM Edition; supplemented by official national statistics published in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2004, 2005 and 2006, available from the United Nations Statistics Division website, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/default.htm (accessed June 2009); 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 2009).
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 based on 30 or fewer events. |
1 |
Including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island. |
2 |
Including the islands of Guernsey and Jersey. |
3 |
For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China. |
4 |
As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. |
5 |
As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. |
6 |
Including the island of Mayotte. |
7 |
Including Åland Islands. |
8 |
Including Agalega, Rodrigues and Saint Brandon. |
9 |
Including Savalbard and Jan Mayen islands. |
10 |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. |
11 |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. |
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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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