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Indicators on child-bearing
Last update: 22 April 2005

 

Total fertility rate, 2000-2005

Estimated maternal mortality ratio, around 2000

Contraceptive prevalence among married women of childbearing age (%)

 

 

 

 

 

Year

Any method

 

Modern method

 

Afghanistan

7.48

 

1900

 +

2000

5

 

4

 

Albania

2.29

 

55

 +

2002

75

 a

8

 a

Algeria

2.53

 

140

 +

2000

64

 

50

 

Angola

6.75

 

1700

 +

2001

6

 

5

 

Antigua and Barbuda

...

 

...

 

1988

53

 c

51

 c

Argentina

2.35

 

82

 

...

...

 

...

 

Armenia

1.33

 

55

 +

2000

61

 s

22

 

Australia

1.75

 

8

 

1986

76

 

72

 

Austria

1.39

 

4

 

1995/96

47

 v

43

 v

Azerbaijan

1.85

 

94

 +

2001

55

 

12

 

Bahamas

2.30

 

60

 +

1988

62

 c

60

 c

Bahrain

2.47

 

28

 

1995

62

 d s

31

 d

Bangladesh

3.25

 

380

 

1999/00

54

 

44

 

Barbados

1.50

 

95

 

1988

55

 c

53

 c

Belarus

1.24

 

35

 

1995

50

 

42

 

Belgium

1.66

 

10

 

1991/92

78

 n t

74

 n t

Belize

3.20

 

140

 

1991

47

 c

42

 c

Benin

5.87

 

850

 

2001

19

 

7

 

Bermuda

1.67

r

...

 

...

...

 

...

 

Bhutan

4.40

 

420

 +

1994

19

 h

19

 h

Bolivia

3.96

 

420

 +

2000

53

 

27

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1.32

 

31

 

2000

48

 

16

 

Botswana

3.20

 

100

 +

2000

40

 

39

 

Brazil

2.35

 

260

 

1996

77

 

70

 

Brunei Darussalam

2.50

 

37

 

...

...

 

...

 

Bulgaria

1.24

 

32

 

1999

42

 

25

 

Burkina Faso

6.67

 

1000

 

2003

14

 

9

 

Burundi

6.80

 

1000

 +

2000

16

 

10

 

Cambodia

4.14

 

450

 

2000

24

 s

19

 

Cameroon

4.65

 

730

 

1998

19

 

7

 

Canada

1.51

 

6

 

1995

75

 v

73

 v

Cape Verde

3.77

 

150

 +

1998

53

 

46

 

Central African Repulic

4.96

 

1100

 

2000

28

 

7

 

Chad

6.65

 

1100

 

2000

8

 

2

 

Chile

2.00

 

31

 

1990

30

 

...

 

China e

1.70

 

56

 

1997

84

 

83

 

China, Hong Kong SAR

0.94

 

...

 

1992

86

 

80

 

China, Macao SAR

0.84

 

20

 

...

...

 

...

 

Colombia

2.62

 

130

 

2000

77

 

64

 

Comoros

4.89

 

480

 +

2000

26

 

19

 

Congo

6.29

 

510

 +

...

...

 

...

 

Cook Islands

...

 

...

 

1996

63

 

60

 

Costa Rica

2.28

 

43

 

1999

80

 

...

 

Côte d'Ivoire

5.06

 

690

 +

1998/99

15

 

7

 

Croatia

1.35

 

8