Wanted fertility rate (births per woman) - Reproductive health - Health - World Development Indicators



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Wanted fertility rate is an estimate of what the total fertility rate would be if all unwanted births were avoided.
Wanted fertility rate (births per woman) - Reproductive health - Health - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Niger (2006)6.8
2Chad (2004)6.1
3Mali (2006)6
4Burundi (1987)5.8
5Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)5.6
6Nigeria (2003)5.3
7Zambia (2007)5.2
8Uganda (2006)5.1
9Burkina Faso (2003)5.1
10Guinea (2005)5.1
11Mozambique (2003)4.9
12Tanzania (2005)4.9
13Malawi (2004)4.9
14Benin (2006)4.8
15Central African Republic (1995)4.7
16Rwanda (2005)4.6
17Liberia (2007)4.6
18Madagascar (2004)4.6
19Yemen (1997)4.6
20Ivory Coast (1999)4.5
21Cameroon (2004)4.5
22Senegal (2005)4.5
23Republic of the Congo (2005)4.4
24Eritrea (2002)4.4
25Sudan (1990)4.2
26Togo (1998)4.2
27Mauritania (2001)4.1
28Guatemala (1999)4.1
29Paraguay (1990)4
30Ethiopia (2005)4
31Botswana (1988)3.9
32Comoros (1996)3.7
33Ghana (2003)3.7
34Kenya (2003)3.6
35Gabon (2000)3.5
36Zimbabwe (2006)3.3
37Pakistan (2007)3.1
38Kyrgyzstan (1997)3.1
39Uzbekistan (1996)3.1
40Tunisia (1988)2.9
41Mexico (1987)2.8
42Jordan (2007)2.8
43Cambodia (2005)2.8
44Ecuador (1987)2.8
45Namibia (2007)2.7
46Turkmenistan (2000)2.7
47Philippines (2003)2.5
48Lesotho (2004)2.5
49Haiti (2006)2.4
50Egypt (2005)2.3
51Honduras (2006)2.3
52Nicaragua (2001)2.3
53South Africa (1998)2.3
54Indonesia (2007)2.2
55Trinidad and Tobago (1987)2.2
56Sri Lanka (1987)2.2
57Swaziland (2007)2.1
58Bolivia (2003)2.1
59Nepal (2006)2
60India (2006)1.9
61Bangladesh (2007)1.9
62Turkey (1998)1.9
63South Asia (2006)1.9
64Dominican Republic (2007)1.9
65Kazakhstan (1999)1.9
66Morocco (2004)1.8
67Peru (2000)1.8
68Thailand (1987)1.8
69Brazil (1996)1.8
70Azerbaijan (2006)1.8
71Colombia (2005)1.7
72Armenia (2005)1.6
73Vietnam (2002)1.6
74Ukraine (2007)1.1
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