Total Fertility Rate
average number of children a woman would bear in her lifetime
|
1970 |
1975 |
1980 |
1985 |
1990 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
2000 |
2010 |
||
|
Anguilla |
.. |
.. |
.. |
2.9 |
2.4 |
2.1 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
|
|
Antigua & Barbuda |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1.7 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
|
|
Aruba |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1.9 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
|
|
Bahamas |
.. |
.. |
2.8 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
2.3 |
2.1 |
|
|
Barbados |
.. |
.. |
2.1 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
|
|
Belize |
6.6 |
.. |
6.2 |
5.6 |
5.0 |
4.3 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
3.6 |
2.7 |
|
|
Cuba |
3.8 |
2.7 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
|
|
Dominica |
.. |
.. |
.. |
2.8 |
2.1 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
|
|
Dominican Republic |
6.7 |
.. |
4.3 |
3.7 |
3.3 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
2.7 |
|
|
French Guiana |
.. |
.. |
.. |
3.7 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
2.9 |
|
|
Grenada |
.. |
.. |
.. |
4.2 |
4.2 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
2.9 |
|
|
Guadeloupe |
.. |
.. |
.. |
2.4 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
|
|
Guyana |
5.1 |
.. |
3.7 |
3.0 |
2.5 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
2.1 |
1.9 |
|
|
Haiti |
.. |
.. |
.. |
6.3 |
5.7 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.5 |
3.5 |
|
|
Jamaica |
5.3 |
4.5 |
.. |
3.1 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
|
|
Martinique |
.. |
.. |
.. |
2.0 |
2.0 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
|
|
Netherlands Antilles |
.. |
.. |
.. |
2.3 |
2.1 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
1.8 |
|
|
St. Kitts & Nevis |
.. |
.. |
3.3 |
3.1 |
2.8 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
2.1 |
|
|
St. Lucia |
.. |
.. |
4.5 |
3.7 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
|
|
St. Vincent & the Grenadines |
.. |
.. |
4.2 |
3.3 |
2.7 |
2.1 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
|
|
Suriname |
.. |
.. |
3.8 |
3.4 |
3.0 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.2 |
|
|
Trinidad & Tobago |
.. |
.. |
3.2 |
3.3 |
2.4 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
2.1 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
|
|
Turks & Caicos Islands |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
3.6 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
2.9 |
|
|
British Virgin Islands |
.. |
.. |
2.4 |
.. |
2.3 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
|
|
Caribbean |
.. |
.. |
3.4 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
|
|
Costa Rica |
.. |
.. |
.. |
3.4 |
3.2 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
2.7 |
2.4 |
|
|
El Salvador |
.. |
6.2 |
5.3 |
4.6 |
3.8 |
3.3 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
2.5 |
|
|
Guatemala |
6.5 |
6.4 |
6.0 |
5.7 |
5.3 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
4.9 |
4.7 |
3.9 |
|
|
Honduras |
.. |
.. |
6.4 |
- |
5.2 |
4.6 |
4.4 |
4.3 |
3.8 |
2.8 |
|
|
Nicaragua |
.. |
6.5 |
6.1 |
5.7 |
4.9 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.4 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
|
|
Panama |
.. |
4.5 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
3.1 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.2 |
|
|
Central America |
.. |
5.9 |
4.9 |
4.2 |
4.5 |
4.2 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
3.7 |
3.1 |
|
|
Argentina |
.. |
.. |
3.4 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
|
|
Bolivia |
6.5 |
6.2 |
5.5 |
5.2 |
4.9 |
4.4 |
4.3 |
4.2 |
3.8 |
2.9 |
|
|
Brazil |
5.3 |
4.7 |
4.1 |
3.2 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
|
|
Chile |
.. |
3.0 |
.. |
2.5 |
2.7 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
2.3 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
|
|
Colombia |
.. |
4.4 |
3.6 |
3.2 |
2.9 |
3.0 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
2.6 |
|
|
Ecuador |
6.1 |
5.4 |
.. |
- |
4.0 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
2.9 |
2.5 |
2.1 |
|
|
Paraguay |
- |
5.4 |
5.1 |
4.9 |
4.6 |
4.4 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.2 |
3.8 |
|
|
Peru |
6.0 |
5.4 |
.. |
4.3 |
4.1 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
3.1 |
2.6 |
|
|
Uruguay |
.. |
2.9 |
.. |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.2 |
|
|
Venezuela |
5.0 |
4.4 |
.. |
.. |
3.5 |
3.0 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
2.5 |
2.2 |
|
|
South America |
4.9 |
4.4 |
4.0 |
3.4 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
2.2 |
|
|
Mexico |
.. |
.. |
4.6 |
3.9 |
3.5 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
2.8 |
2.4 |
|
|
LAC |
5.3 |
4.7 |
4.1 |
3.6 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.6 |
2.3 |
Sources Center for International Health Information (CIHI). Country estimates compiled from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base, 1998.
Definition Total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear in her lifetime at current age-specific fertility rates.
Notes Regional averages are weighted according to the female population ages 15-49. The female population for 1990-2010 is based on U.S. Bureau of the Census estimates. The female population for 1970-85 is based on United Nati ons estimates.
U.S. Agency for International
Development
Washington D.C., 1998