Afghanistan - Fertility Rate 2011
6.09
−0.10 from 2010
Afghanistan's fertility rate was 6.09 in 2011, decreased +0.10 from 6.20 in 2010. This was the 209th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2011▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Macao SAR, China | 1.15 | 7.5% |
| 2nd | Singapore | 1.20 | 4.3% |
| 3rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.20 | 6.8% |
| 4th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.21 | -4.0% |
| 5th | Hungary | 1.23 | -1.6% |
| 6th | Korea | 1.24 | 1.5% |
| 7th | British Virgin Islands | 1.27 | 7.2% |
| 8th | Andorra | 1.32 | 3.6% |
| 9th | Latvia | 1.33 | -2.2% |
| 10th | Poland | 1.33 | -5.7% |
| 11th | Spain | 1.34 | -2.2% |
| 12th | Portugal | 1.35 | -2.9% |
| 13th | Cyprus | 1.36 | -5.2% |
| 14th | Germany | 1.39 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Japan | 1.39 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Greece | 1.40 | -5.4% |
| 17th | Serbia | 1.40 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Croatia | 1.41 | -3.4% |
| 19th | Italy | 1.42 | -1.4% |
| 20th | Austria | 1.43 | -0.7% |
| 21st | Czechia | 1.43 | -5.3% |
| 22nd | Malta | 1.45 | 6.6% |
| 23rd | Slovak Republic | 1.45 | 1.4% |
| 24th | San Marino | 1.46 | -0.2% |
| 25th | North Macedonia | 1.46 | -8.8% |
| 26th | Ukraine | 1.46 | 1.9% |
| 27th | Romania | 1.47 | -7.5% |
| 28th | Armenia | 1.50 | 0.0% |
| 29th | St. Lucia | 1.50 | -10.3% |
| 30th | Bulgaria | 1.51 | -3.8% |
| 31st | Belarus | 1.52 | 1.4% |
| 32nd | Switzerland | 1.52 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Luxembourg | 1.52 | -6.7% |
| 34th | European Union | 1.53 | -2.2% |
| 35th | United Arab Emirates | 1.54 | -1.7% |
| 36th | Lithuania | 1.55 | 3.3% |
| 37th | Mauritius | 1.55 | -1.3% |
| 38th | Slovenia | 1.56 | -0.6% |
| 39th | Bermuda | 1.57 | -11.2% |
| 40th | Thailand | 1.57 | 0.6% |
| 41st | Russian Federation | 1.58 | 1.0% |
| 42nd | Channel Islands | 1.59 | 0.6% |
| 43rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.60 | -1.7% |
| 44th | Estonia | 1.61 | -6.4% |
| 45th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.61 | -0.2% |
| 46th | Canada | 1.63 | -1.2% |
| 47th | Cayman Islands | 1.64 | -3.4% |
| 48th | Moldova | 1.65 | -3.1% |
| 49th | Montenegro | 1.65 | -2.9% |
| 50th | China | 1.67 | -1.1% |
| 51st | Albania | 1.68 | 1.5% |
| 52nd | Liechtenstein | 1.69 | 20.7% |
| 53rd | Jamaica | 1.72 | -4.6% |
| 54th | Cuba | 1.73 | 3.6% |
| 55th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.74 | -1.2% |
| 56th | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.75 | -2.2% |
| 57th | Denmark | 1.75 | -6.4% |
| 58th | Barbados | 1.76 | -1.5% |
| 59th | Netherlands | 1.76 | -1.7% |
| 60th | Brazil | 1.78 | -0.5% |
| 61st | Bahamas, The | 1.79 | -2.5% |
| 62nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.79 | 2.5% |
| 63rd | Belgium | 1.81 | -2.7% |
| 64th | Chile | 1.82 | -1.1% |
| 65th | Finland | 1.83 | -2.1% |
| 66th | Aruba | 1.86 | 0.2% |
| 67th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.86 | -2.5% |
| 68th | Dominica | 1.86 | -1.4% |
| 69th | Costa Rica | 1.88 | 2.7% |
| 70th | Norway | 1.88 | -3.6% |
| 71st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.88 | -0.4% |
| 72nd | United States | 1.89 | -1.9% |
| 73rd | Sweden | 1.90 | -4.0% |
| 74th | Isle of Man | 1.90 | -1.3% |
| 75th | United Kingdom | 1.91 | -0.5% |
| 76th | Georgia | 1.92 | -2.9% |
| 77th | Australia | 1.93 | -0.1% |
| 78th | Viet Nam | 1.93 | 1.1% |
| 79th | Colombia | 1.94 | -3.6% |
| 80th | Kuwait | 1.96 | -4.3% |
| 81st | Brunei Darussalam | 1.96 | 1.0% |
| 82nd | Azerbaijan | 1.96 | 2.1% |
| 83rd | Palau | 1.97 | 1.4% |
| 84th | Gibraltar | 1.97 | 1.0% |
| 85th | Uruguay | 1.99 | -1.2% |
| 86th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.99 | 7.7% |
| 87th | Grenada | 2.01 | -1.6% |
| 88th | France | 2.01 | -1.0% |
| 89th | Iceland | 2.02 | -8.2% |
| 90th | Bahrain | 2.03 | 1.9% |
| 91st | Ireland | 2.03 | -1.0% |
| 92nd | Kosovo | 2.04 | -8.3% |
| 93rd | Türkiye | 2.05 | -1.4% |
| 94th | French Polynesia | 2.06 | -4.8% |
| 95th | Qatar | 2.07 | -3.1% |
| 96th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.08 | -3.2% |
| 97th | New Zealand | 2.09 | -3.7% |
| 98th | Curaçao | 2.10 | -4.5% |
| 99th | Greenland | 2.12 | -3.6% |
| 100th | Sri Lanka | 2.14 | 0.5% |
| 101st | Malaysia | 2.15 | 0.4% |
| 102nd | Bhutan | 2.16 | -4.3% |
| 103rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.16 | -6.1% |
| 104th | Tunisia | 2.19 | 5.5% |
| 105th | New Caledonia | 2.20 | 0.6% |
| 106th | Monaco | 2.22 | -6.9% |
| 107th | El Salvador | 2.22 | -0.7% |
| 108th | Myanmar | 2.31 | -1.2% |
| 109th | Maldives | 2.31 | -1.8% |
| 110th | Bangladesh | 2.31 | -3.0% |
| 111th | Faroe Islands | 2.31 | -8.1% |
| 112th | Mexico | 2.32 | -1.0% |
| 113th | Lebanon | 2.32 | 2.8% |
| 114th | Cabo Verde | 2.33 | 0.0% |
| 115th | Seychelles | 2.33 | 7.9% |
| 116th | Uzbekistan | 2.35 | -3.6% |
| 117th | Argentina | 2.39 | -0.7% |
| 118th | Peru | 2.41 | -0.3% |
| 119th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.42 | 1.0% |
| 120th | South Africa | 2.44 | -0.4% |
| 121st | Nepal | 2.46 | -3.1% |
| 122nd | Indonesia | 2.52 | 2.2% |
| 123rd | Dominican Republic | 2.53 | -1.1% |
| 124th | Belize | 2.53 | -0.8% |
| 125th | India | 2.53 | -2.5% |
| 126th | Nicaragua | 2.56 | -1.5% |
| 127th | Morocco | 2.60 | -1.3% |
| 128th | Mongolia | 2.60 | 8.3% |
| 129th | Panama | 2.60 | 0.7% |
| 130th | Ecuador | 2.61 | -0.4% |
| 131st | Kazakhstan | 2.61 | -0.2% |
| 132nd | Fiji | 2.63 | -2.4% |
| 133rd | Libya | 2.65 | 1.7% |
| 134th | Paraguay | 2.67 | -1.0% |
| 135th | Suriname | 2.67 | -0.8% |
| 136th | Guyana | 2.69 | 0.4% |
| 137th | Cambodia | 2.78 | -2.7% |
| 138th | Saudi Arabia | 2.80 | -0.4% |
| 139th | Guam | 2.88 | -3.3% |
| 140th | Algeria | 2.90 | 0.8% |
| 141st | Turkmenistan | 2.90 | 1.8% |
| 142nd | Oman | 2.96 | -0.6% |
| 143rd | Israel | 2.98 | -1.7% |
| 144th | Honduras | 3.00 | -2.6% |
| 145th | Lao PDR | 3.05 | -2.8% |
| 146th | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.10 | 0.0% |
| 147th | Botswana | 3.10 | -1.0% |
| 148th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.14 | -2.2% |
| 149th | American Samoa | 3.17 | -3.7% |
| 150th | Northern Mariana Islands | 3.21 | 7.6% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 3.22 | -1.5% |
| 152nd | Philippines | 3.24 | -2.4% |
| 153rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.29 | -2.1% |
| 154th | Guatemala | 3.29 | -2.5% |
| 155th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 3.31 | 0.5% |
| 156th | Eswatini | 3.32 | -1.7% |
| 157th | Djibouti | 3.34 | -2.6% |
| 158th | Lesotho | 3.34 | 2.9% |
| 159th | Haiti | 3.43 | -1.9% |
| 160th | Tajikistan | 3.46 | 0.0% |
| 161st | Tuvalu | 3.46 | 0.6% |
| 162nd | Marshall Islands | 3.53 | -4.0% |
| 163rd | Namibia | 3.66 | 0.0% |
| 164th | Jordan | 3.69 | -2.4% |
| 165th | Papua New Guinea | 3.82 | -1.7% |
| 166th | Tonga | 3.83 | -1.3% |
| 167th | Kiribati | 3.88 | -0.5% |
| 168th | Vanuatu | 4.09 | -0.8% |
| 169th | Nauru | 4.12 | 2.4% |
| 170th | Zimbabwe | 4.13 | 2.1% |
| 171st | Gabon | 4.15 | 0.0% |
| 172nd | Ghana | 4.18 | -0.1% |
| 173rd | Kenya | 4.28 | -3.6% |
| 174th | Pakistan | 4.31 | -2.1% |
| 175th | West Bank and Gaza | 4.31 | -2.9% |
| 176th | Rwanda | 4.33 | -4.2% |
| 177th | Solomon Islands | 4.34 | -0.1% |
| 178th | Eritrea | 4.49 | -1.9% |
| 179th | Samoa | 4.56 | 0.9% |
| 180th | Iraq | 4.59 | 2.9% |
| 181st | Timor-Leste | 4.61 | -4.2% |
| 182nd | Yemen, Republic of | 4.63 | -3.7% |
| 183rd | São Tomé and Principe | 4.72 | -1.1% |
| 184th | Comoros | 4.72 | -0.7% |
| 185th | Madagascar | 4.74 | -3.2% |
| 186th | Congo, Republic of | 4.83 | -0.5% |
| 187th | Liberia | 4.97 | -1.7% |
| 188th | Togo | 4.98 | -2.0% |
| 189th | Cameroon | 5.05 | -2.0% |
| 190th | Guinea-Bissau | 5.07 | -0.9% |
| 191st | Malawi | 5.08 | -3.4% |
| 192nd | Sudan | 5.09 | -1.1% |
| 193rd | Senegal | 5.10 | 0.9% |
| 194th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.13 | -1.6% |
| 195th | Tanzania | 5.14 | -1.6% |
| 196th | South Sudan | 5.19 | -2.4% |
| 197th | Sierra Leone | 5.21 | -2.2% |
| 198th | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.24 | -0.9% |
| 199th | Zambia | 5.26 | -1.9% |
| 200th | Guinea | 5.34 | -1.8% |
| 201st | Mauritania | 5.38 | -0.1% |
| 202nd | Benin | 5.44 | -0.3% |
| 203rd | Gambia, The | 5.54 | -0.3% |
| 204th | Mozambique | 5.60 | -1.1% |
| 205th | Burkina Faso | 5.87 | -1.1% |
| 206th | Uganda | 5.89 | -2.2% |
| 207th | Nigeria | 5.89 | -0.9% |
| 208th | Central African Republic | 6.01 | 0.8% |
| 209th | Afghanistan | 6.09 | -1.6% |
| 210th | Burundi | 6.11 | -2.4% |
| 211th | Angola | 6.12 | -1.2% |
| 212th | Mali | 6.55 | -0.5% |
| 213th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.58 | -0.1% |
| 214th | Chad | 6.95 | -0.6% |
| 215th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.27 | -0.7% |
| 216th | Niger | 7.59 | -0.6% |
FAQ
What was Afghanistan's fertility rate in 2011?▾
Afghanistan's fertility rate in 2011 was 6.09. This ranked 209th globally.
How did Afghanistan's fertility rate change in 2011?▾
Afghanistan's fertility rate decreased by 1.6% in 2011 compared to 2010.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 2011?▾
Niger had the highest fertility rate in 2011 at 7.59.
What is the fertility rate of Afghanistan in 2011?▾
The fertility rate of Afghanistan in 2011 was 6.09. This ranked 209th globally.
How does 2011 compare to 2010 for Afghanistan's fertility rate?▾
Afghanistan's fertility rate went from 6.20 in 2010 to 6.09 in 2011, a 1.6% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Afghanistan matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2011. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 7.4%. View full analysis →
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