40 industrially developed countries of the world 


7. Total fertility rate, 1960-2000

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Country

Year

1960

1965

1970

1975

1980

1985

1990

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Australia

3.45

2.98

2.86

2.15

1.89

1.89

1.91

1.83

1.80

1.78

1.76

1.75

1.75

Austria

2.69

2.71

2.29

1.83

1.65

1.47

1.45

1.40

1.42

1.37

1.34

1.32

1.34

Belarus

2.80

2.27

2.30

2.20

2.04

2.08

1.90

1.38

1.31

1.23

1.26

1.29

1.31

Belgium

2.56

2.62

2.25

1.74

1.68

1.51

1.62

1.55

1.59

1.60

1.59

1.61

1.66

Bulgaria

2.30

2.09

2.17

2.22

2.05

1.98

1.82

1.23

1.23

1.09

1.11

1.23

1.26

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3.95

3.50

2.71

2.38

1.93

1.89

1.71

1.25

1.54

1.82

1.78

1.75

1.71

United Kingdom

2.72

2.86

2.43

1.81

1.89

1.79

1.83

1.71

1.73

1.72

1.71

1.68

1.65

Hungary

2.02

1.82

1.98

2.35

1.91

1.85

1.87

1.57

1.46

1.38

1.33

1.29

1.32

Germany

2.37

2.50

2.03

1.48

1.56

1.37

1.45

1.25

1.32

1.37

1.36

1.36

1.36

Greece

2.22

2.25

2.40

2.32

2.22

1.67

1.39

1.32

1.30

1.31

1.29

1.28

1.29

Denmark

2.57

2.61

1.95

1.92

1.55

1.45

1.67

1.80

1.75

1.75

1.72

1.73

1.77

Ireland

3.76

4.03

3.87

3.43

3.24

2.48

2.11

1.84

1.88

1.93

1.93

1.88

1.89

Spain

2.86

2.94

2.88

2.79

2.20

1.64

1.36

1.18

1.17

1.18

1.16

1.20

1.24

Italy

2.41

2.66

2.43

2.21

1.64

1.42

1.33

1.20

1.19

1.20

1.20

1.23

1.23

Canada

3.90

3.16

2.34

1.87

1.67

1.61

1.71

1.64

1.62

1.55

1.60

1.52

1.60

Republic of Korea

5.37

4.49

4.53

3.47

2.83

1.67

1.59

1.65

1.58

1.54

1.47

1.42

1.47

Latvia

1.94

1.74

2.02

1.96

1.90

2.09

2.01

1.26

1.16

1.11

1.10

1.18

1.24

Lithuania

2.59

2.21

2.39

2.18

1.99

2.09

2.02

1.49

1.43

1.39

1.36

1.35

1.27

Macedonia

4.11

3.71

2.98

2.71

2.47

2.31

2.06

2.13

2.06

1.93

1.90

1.76

1.88

Moldova

 

2.68

2.56

2.52

2.41

2.75

2.39

1.74

1.59

1.65

1.67

1.39

1.30

Netherlands

3.12

3.04

2.57

1.66

1.60

1.51

1.62

1.53

1.53

1.56

1.63

1.65

1.72

New Zealand

4.19

3.54

3.16

2.37

2.03

1.93

2.18

1.99

1.96

1.97

1.91

2.00

2.01

Norway

2.91

2.95

2.50

1.98

1.72

1.68

1.93

1.87

1.89

1.86

1.81

1.84

1.85

Poland

2.98

2.69

2.26

2.26

2.26

2.32

2.05

1.62

1.59

1.52

1.44

1.37

1.34

Portugal

3.16

3.15

3.01

2.75

2.25

1.72

1.57

1.40

1.44

1.46

1.46

1.47

1.50

Russia

2.56

2.12

2.00

1.97

1.86

2.05

1.89

1.34

1.28

1.23

1.24

1.17

1.21

Romania

2.34

1.94

2.89

2.60

2.43

2.32

1.84

1.34

1.30

1.32

1.32

1.30

1.31

Slovakia

3.04

2.80

2.41

2.53

2.31

2.26

2.09

1.52

1.47

1.43

1.38

1.33

1.29

Slovenia

2.18

2.46

2.12

2.17

2.10

1.71

1.46

1.29

1.28

1.25

1.23

1.21

1.26

USA

3.65

2.91

2.48

1.77

1.84

1.84

2.08

2.02

2.04

2.04

2.06

2.08

2.13

Ukraine

2.23

1.99

2.09

2.02

1.95

2.02

1.89

1.38

1.31

1.25

1.19

1.10

1.20

Finland

2.72

2.48

1.83

1.68

1.63

1.64

1.78

1.81

1.76

1.75

1.70

1.74

1.73

France

2.73

2.84

2.47

1.93

1.95

1.81

1.78

1.71

1.73

1.73

1.76

1.79

1.89

Croatia

2.20

2.21

1.83

1.92

1.92

1.81

1.67

1.48

1.67

1.69

1.45

1.38

1.39

Czech republic

2.12

2.18

1.90

2.40

2.10

1.96

1.90

1.28

1.18

1.17

1.16

1.13

1.14

Switzerland

2.44

2.61

2.10

1.61

1.55

1.52

1.58

1.48

1.50

1.48

1.47

1.48

1.50

Sweden

2.20

2.42

1.92

1.77

1.68

1.74

2.13

1.73

1.60

1.52

1.50

1.50

1.54

Estonia

1.96

1.93

2.16

2.04

2.02

2.12

2.04

1.32

1.30

1.24

1.21

1.24

1.39

Yugoslavia

2.60

2.53

2.30

2.33

2.29

2.22

2.09

1.90

1.85

1.76

1.69

1.62

1.63

Japan

1.98

2.14

2.14

1.91

1.75

1.76

1.54

1.42

1.43

1.39

1.38

1.40

1.41

Sources:

See also detailed dynamics of the indicator for the last 50 years in EXCEL file.

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