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Indicators on childbearing
Last update: June 2009
 
Country or area
Year
Year
Afghanistan
2005-2010
121
6.6
2005
1800
 +
Albania
2005-2010
14
1.9
2005
92
 +
Algeria
2005-2010
7
2.4
2005
180
 +
American Samoa
2000
   a
54
    
4.0
…
...
Angola
2005-2010
124
5.8
2005
1400
 +
Antigua and Barbuda
1995
   *
72
   b
...
…
…
Argentina
2005-2010
57
2.3
2005
77
Armenia
2005-2010
36
1.7
2005
76
 +
Aruba
2005-2010
33
1.7
…
…
Australia (1)
2005-2010
15
1.8
2005
4
Austria
2005-2010
13
1.4
2005
4
Azerbaijan
2005-2010
34
2.2
2005
82
 +
Bahamas
2005-2010
53
2.0
2005
16
Bahrain
2005-2010
17
2.3
2005
32
Bangladesh
2005-2010
72
2.4
2005
570
Barbados
2005-2010
43
1.5
2005
16
Belarus
2005-2010
21
1.3
2005
18
Belgium
2005-2010
8
1.8
2005
8
Belize
2005-2010
79
2.9
2005
52
Benin
2005-2010
112
5.5
2005
840
 +
Bermuda
2003
   *
42
    
1.6
…
…
Bhutan
2005-2010
38
2.7
2005
440
Bolivia
2005-2010
78
3.5
2005
290
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2005-2010
16
1.2
2005
3
Botswana
2005-2010
52
2.9
2005
380
 +
Brazil
2005-2010
76
1.9
2005
110
Brunei Darussalam
2005-2010
25
2.1
2005
13
 +
Bulgaria
2005-2010
42
1.4
2005
11
Burkina Faso
2005-2010
131
5.9
2005
700
Burundi
2005-2010
19
4.7
2005
1100
 +
Cambodia
2005-2010
39
3.0
2005
540
Cameroon
2005-2010
128
4.7
2005
1000
Canada
2005-2010
13
1.6
2005
7
Cape Verde
2005-2010
95
2.8
2005
210
 +
Central African Republic
2005-2010
107
4.8
2005
980
 +
Chad
2005-2010
164
6.2
2005
1500
Channel Islands (2)
2005-2010
10
1.4
…
...
Chile
2005-2010
60
1.9
2005
16
China (3)
2005-2010
10
1.8
2005
45
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
2005
130
 +
Comoros (6)
2005-2010
46
4.0
2005
400
 +
Congo
2005-2010
113
4.4
2005
740
Cook Islands
1996-2001
   a
68
    
2.9
…
...
Costa Rica
2005-2010
67
2.0
2005
30
Côte d'Ivoire
2005-2010
130
4.6
2005
810
 +
Croatia
2005-2010
14
1.4
2005
7
Cuba
2005-2010
45
1.5
2005
45
Cyprus
2005-2010
6
1.5
2005
10
Czech Republic
2005-2010
11
1.4
2005
4
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
2005-2010
0
1.9
2005
370
 +
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2005-2010
201
6.1
2005
1100
 +
Denmark
2005-2010
6
1.8
2005
3
Djibouti
2005-2010
23
3.9
2005
650
 +
Dominican Republic
2005-2010
109
2.7
2005
150
Ecuador
2005-2010
83
2.6
2005
210
 +
Egypt
2005-2010
39
2.9
2005
130
El Salvador
2005-2010
83
2.3
2005
170
 +
Equatorial Guinea
2005-2010
123
5.4
2005
680
 +
Eritrea
2005-2010
67
4.7
2005
450
 +
Estonia
2005-2010
21
1.6
2005
25
Ethiopia
2005-2010
104
5.4
2005
720
Fiji
2005-2010
32
2.8
2005
210
 +
Finland (7)
2005-2010
11
1.8
2005
7
France
2005-2010
7
1.9
2005
8
French Guiana
2005-2010
83
3.3
…
...
French Polynesia
2005-2010
52
2.2
…
...
Gabon
2005-2010
90
3.4
2005
520
Gambia
2005-2010
88
5.1
2005
690
 +
Georgia
2005-2010
45
1.6
2005
66
 +
Germany
2005-2010
8
1.3
2005
4
Ghana
2005-2010
64
4.3
2005
560
 +
Greece
2005-2010
9
1.4
2005
3
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
2005
290
 +
Guinea
2005-2010
152
5.5
2005
910
Guinea-Bissau
2005-2010
129
5.7
2005
1100
 +
Guyana
2005-2010
63
2.3
2005
470
 +
Haiti
2005-2010
46
3.5
2005
670
Honduras
2005-2010
93
3.3
2005
280
Hungary
2005-2010
20
1.4
2005
6
Iceland
2005-2010
15
2.1
2005
4
India
2005-2010
68
2.8
2005
450
Indonesia
2005-2010
40
2.2
2005
420
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2005-2010
18
1.8
2005
140
Iraq
2005-2010
86
4.1
2005
300
 +
Ireland
2005-2010
16
2.0
2005
1
Israel
2005-2010
14
2.8
2005
4
Italy
2005-2010
5
1.4
2005
3
Jamaica
2005-2010
77
2.4
2005
170
 +
Japan
2005-2010
5
1.3
2005
6
Jordan
2005-2010
25
3.1
2005
62
Kazakhstan
2005-2010
31
2.3
2005
140
 +
Kenya
2005-2010
104
5.0
2005
560
Kiribati
2004-2005
   a
39
    
3.4
…
...
Kuwait
2005-2010
13
2.2
2005
4
Kyrgyzstan
2005-2010
32
2.6
2005
150
 +
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2005-2010
37
3.5
2005
660
 +
Latvia
2005-2010
15
1.4
2005
10
Lebanon
2005-2010
16
1.9
2005
150
 +
Lesotho
2005-2010
73
3.4
2005
960
Liberia
2005-2010
142
5.1
2005
1200
 +
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
2005-2010
3
2.7
2005
97
 +
Liechtenstein
2005
   *
7
   c
1.5
…
…
Lithuania
2005-2010
22
1.3
2005
11
Luxembourg
2005-2010
12
1.7
2005
12
Madagascar
2005-2010
133
4.8
2005
510
Malawi
2005-2010
135
5.6
2005
1100
Malaysia
2005-2010
13
2.6
2005
62
Maldives
2005-2010
13
2.1
2005
120
 +
Mali
2005-2010
163
5.5
2005
970
Malta
2005-2010
11
1.3
2005
8
Marshall Islands
2006-2007
   a
127
    
4.4
…
…
Martinique
2005-2010
30
1.9
…
…
Mauritania
2005-2010
90
4.5
2005
820
Mauritius (8)
2005-2010
39
1.8
2005
15
Mayotte
2005-2010
44
3.2
…
…
Mexico
2005-2010
65
2.2
2005
60
Micronesia (Federated States of)
2005-2010
25
3.6
…
…
Mongolia
2005-2010
17
2.0
2005
46
Montenegro
2005-2010
15
1.6
…
…
Morocco
2005-2010
19
2.4
2005
240
Mozambique
2005-2010
149
5.1
2005
520
Myanmar
2005-2010
18
2.3
2005
380
Namibia
2005-2010
74
3.4
2005
210
Nauru
2006-2007
   a
78
3.3
…
…
Nepal
2005-2010
101
2.9
2005
830
 +
Netherlands
2005-2010
4
1.7
2005
6
Netherlands Antilles
2005-2010
32
2.0
…
…
New Caledonia
2005-2010
26
2.1
…
...
New Zealand
2005-2010
23
2.0
2005
9
Nicaragua
2005-2010
113
2.8
2005
170
Niger
2005-2010
157
7.1
2005
1800
 +
Nigeria
2005-2010
127
5.3
2005
1100
 +
Niue
2001-2006
   a
28
    
2.6
…
...
Northern Mariana Islands
2000
   a
69
    
1.6
…
...
Norway (9)
2005-2010
9
1.9
2005
7
Occupied Palestinian Territory
2005-2010
79
5.1
…
...
Oman
2005-2010
10
3.1
2005
64
 +
Pakistan
2005-2010
46
4.0
2005
320
 +
Palau
2003-2005
   a
29
    
2.0
…
...
Panama
2005-2010
83
2.6
2005
130
 +
Papua New Guinea
2005-2010
55
4.1
2005
470
Paraguay
2005-2010
72
3.1
2005
150
Peru
2005-2010
55
2.6
2005
240
Philippines
2005-2010
45
3.1
2005
230
 +
Poland
2005-2010
14
1.3
2005
8
Portugal
2005-2010
16
1.4
2005
11
 +
Puerto Rico
2005-2010
54
1.8
2005
18
Qatar
2005-2010
16
2.4
2005
12
Republic of Korea
2005-2010
5
1.2
2005
14
 +
Republic of Moldova
2000-2005
34
    
1.5
2005
22
Réunion
2005-2010
34
2.4
…
…
Romania
2005-2010
31
1.3
2005
24
Russian Federation
2005-2010
25
1.4
2005
28
Rwanda
2005-2010
37
5.4
2005
1300
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
2005
18
Senegal
2005-2010
104
5.0
2005
980
Serbia
2005-2010
22
1.6
2005
14
Seychelles
2006
   *
...
    
2.2
…
…
Sierra Leone
2005-2010
126
5.2
2005
2100
 +
Singapore
2005-2010
5
1.3
2005
14
Slovakia
2005-2010
21
1.3
2005
6
Slovenia
2005-2010
5
1.4
2005
6
Solomon Islands
2005-2010
42
3.9
2005
220
 +
Somalia
2005-2010
70
6.4
2005
1400
 +
South Africa
2005-2010
59
2.6
2005
400
Spain
2005-2010
12
1.4
2005
4
Sri Lanka
2005-2010
30
2.3
2005
58
Sudan
2005-2010
57
4.2
2005
450
 +
Suriname
2005-2010
39
2.4
2005
72
Swaziland
2005-2010
84
3.6
2005
390
 +
Sweden
2005-2010
8
1.9
2005
3
Switzerland
2005-2010
6
1.5
2005
5
Syrian Arab Republic
2005-2010
61
3.3
2005
130
 +
Tajikistan
2005-2010
28
3.5
2005
170
 +
TFYR of Macedonia (10)
2005-2010
22
1.4
2005
10
Thailand
2005-2010
37
1.8
2005
110
Timor-Leste
2005-2010
54
6.5
2005
380
 +
Togo
2005-2010
65
4.3
2005
510
Tokelau
1997-2001
   a
43
    
4.5
…
…
Tonga
2005-2010
23
4.0
…
…
Trinidad and Tobago
2005-2010
35
1.6
2005
45
Tunisia
2005-2010
7
1.9
2005
100
 +
Turkey
2005-2010
39
2.1
2005
44
Turkmenistan
2005-2010
20
2.5
2005
130
 +
Tuvalu
2000-2003
   a
40
    
3.7
…
...
Uganda
2005-2010
150
6.4
2005
550
Ukraine
2005-2010
28
1.3
2005
18
United Arab Emirates
2005-2010
16
1.9
2005
37
 +
United Kingdom (11)
2005-2010
24
1.8
2005
8
United Republic of Tanzania
2005-2010
130
5.6
2005
950
United States of America
2005-2010
36
2.1
2005
11
United States Virgin Islands
2005-2010
31
2.1
…
...
Uruguay
2005-2010
61
2.1
2005
20
Uzbekistan
2005-2010
13
2.3
2005
24
 +
Vanuatu
2005-2010
47
4.0
…
...
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2005-2010
90
2.5
2005
57
Viet Nam
2005-2010
17
2.1
2005
150
 +
Wallis and Futuna Islands
2000-2003
   a
12
    
2.6
…
…
Western Sahara
2005-2010
21
2.7
…
…
Yemen
2005-2010
68
5.3
2005
430
 +
Zambia
2005-2010
142
5.9
2000
830
 +
Zimbabwe
2005-2010
65
3.5
2000
880
 

Sources:

Estimated maternal mortality ratio

World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund and United Nations Population Fund, Maternal mortality in 2005: Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank (accessed June 2009).

Infant mortality 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 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.
+ For countries lacking complete vital registration or other acceptable national estimates of maternal mortality, the estimates were developed as follows: For each country, a regression model was used to predict the proportion of maternal deaths among deaths of women of reproductive age (PMDF). To estimate the number of maternal deaths, the prediction was then applied to the WHO estimated envelope of HIV-adjusted deaths of women of reproductive age in 2000. The MMR was then obtained by dividing the number of maternal deaths by an estimate of the number of births in 2000.
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.

Maternal mortality ratio is defined as the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in a given year. Maternal deaths are defined as those caused by deliveries and complications of pregnancy, child-birth and the puerperium. However, the exact definition varies from source to source and is not always clear in the original, particularly as regards the inclusion of abortion-related deaths.

Furthermore, the World Health Organization observes that most maternal deaths go unregistered in areas where maternal mortality rates are highest. To address this information gap, WHO and the United Nations Children's Fund developed the above estimates of maternal mortality using a dual strategy. The strategy involved: (1) using available data, wherever possible, adjusted to account for under-reporting and misclassification of maternal deaths, and (2) developing a simple model to predict values for countries with no reliable national data. The estimates derived from this approach are considered to be more reliable than earlier ones and are the ones shown here.