Wanted fertility rate (births per woman)

Name: Wanted fertility rate (births per woman)
Creator: World Development Indicators

Last updated time

08/10/2026 02:00

Source name

Indicator

Wanted fertility rate (births per woman)

Country/Region

Uzbekistan

19961996

Wanted fertility rate by country in 2012 (wanted fertility rate (births per woman))

In 2012, Niger had the highest value (7.4) among 6 countries.

#	Country	Value	Change
1	Niger	7.4	+8.8%
1	Chad (2015)	6.1	0.0%
1	Congo, Dem. Rep. (2014)	5.7	+1.8%
1	Mali (2018)	5.5	+3.8%
1	Angola (2016)	5.2	–
1	Mauritania (2021)	4.5	+9.8%
1	Tanzania (2022)	4.4	-2.2%
1	Mozambique (2023)	4.2	-19.2%
1	Gambia, The (2020)	4	-18.4%
1	Burundi (2017)	3.6	-20.0%
1	Yemen, Rep. (2013)	3.1	-32.6%
1	Mexico (1987)	2.8	–
1	Ecuador (1987)	2.8	–
2	Benin (2018)	4.9	+22.5%
2	Congo, Rep.	4.8	+9.1%
2	Afghanistan (2015)	4.4	–
2	Uganda (2016)	4.3	-8.5%
2	Burkina Faso (2021)	4.2	-22.2%
2	Togo (2014)	4.1	-2.4%
2	Liberia (2020)	3.7	-11.9%
2	Senegal (2023)	3.6	-18.2%
2	Tajikistan (2017)	3.5	+6.1%
2	Ghana (2022)	3.4	-5.6%
2	Namibia (2013)	2.9	+7.4%
3	Nigeria (2018)	4.8	-7.7%
3	Cote d'Ivoire (2021)	3.9	-13.3%
3	Comoros	3.8	+2.7%
3	Ethiopia (2016)	3.6	-5.3%
3	Zimbabwe (2015)	3.6	+2.9%
3	Rwanda (2020)	3.1	0.0%
3	Kenya (2022)	2.9	-3.3%