Iceland - Fertility Rate 1972
3.09
+0.17 from 1971
Iceland's fertility rate was 3.09 in 1972, increased +0.17 from 2.92 in 1971. This was the 60th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1972▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 1.58 | -6.0% |
| 2nd | Germany | 1.71 | -10.9% |
| 3rd | Luxembourg | 1.75 | -10.3% |
| 4th | Channel Islands | 1.76 | -9.7% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 1.91 | -6.4% |
| 6th | Sweden | 1.91 | -2.6% |
| 7th | Hungary | 1.93 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Macao SAR, China | 1.94 | -2.7% |
| 9th | Serbia | 1.95 | -0.4% |
| 10th | Canada | 1.98 | -7.5% |
| 11th | Liechtenstein | 1.98 | -2.5% |
| 12th | Latvia | 2.00 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Croatia | 2.01 | 1.7% |
| 14th | Malta | 2.01 | -2.4% |
| 15th | United States | 2.01 | -11.3% |
| 16th | Bulgaria | 2.03 | -3.3% |
| 17th | Denmark | 2.03 | -0.5% |
| 18th | Russian Federation | 2.04 | 0.5% |
| 19th | Austria | 2.08 | -5.5% |
| 20th | Belgium | 2.09 | -5.4% |
| 21st | Czechia | 2.09 | 4.5% |
| 22nd | Ukraine | 2.13 | 0.7% |
| 23rd | Estonia | 2.13 | -2.7% |
| 24th | Japan | 2.14 | -0.9% |
| 25th | Netherlands | 2.15 | -8.9% |
| 26th | Slovenia | 2.17 | 0.4% |
| 27th | United Kingdom | 2.20 | -8.7% |
| 28th | Bermuda | 2.23 | -2.3% |
| 29th | European Union | 2.23 | -3.7% |
| 30th | Poland | 2.24 | -0.4% |
| 31st | Belarus | 2.28 | -1.3% |
| 32nd | San Marino | 2.29 | -1.7% |
| 33rd | Greece | 2.32 | 0.0% |
| 34th | Lithuania | 2.34 | -2.9% |
| 35th | Italy | 2.35 | -2.1% |
| 36th | France | 2.38 | -3.6% |
| 37th | Norway | 2.38 | -4.4% |
| 38th | Monaco | 2.44 | -1.2% |
| 39th | Isle of Man | 2.45 | -2.3% |
| 40th | Slovak Republic | 2.49 | 2.5% |
| 41st | Romania | 2.55 | -4.5% |
| 42nd | Moldova | 2.56 | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Montenegro | 2.61 | -2.3% |
| 44th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.67 | -2.8% |
| 45th | Georgia | 2.67 | -1.2% |
| 46th | Australia | 2.74 | -7.3% |
| 47th | Aruba | 2.76 | -3.7% |
| 48th | Uruguay | 2.78 | 0.5% |
| 49th | Gibraltar | 2.79 | -5.3% |
| 50th | Portugal | 2.86 | -4.7% |
| 51st | North Macedonia | 2.87 | -2.1% |
| 52nd | Spain | 2.87 | -1.0% |
| 53rd | Andorra | 2.91 | 2.6% |
| 54th | Cyprus | 2.99 | -1.6% |
| 55th | Curaçao | 2.99 | -5.9% |
| 56th | New Zealand | 3.00 | -5.7% |
| 57th | Greenland | 3.01 | -5.9% |
| 58th | Singapore | 3.04 | 0.7% |
| 59th | Puerto Rico (US) | 3.06 | -7.1% |
| 60th | Iceland | 3.09 | 5.8% |
| 61st | Argentina | 3.14 | 0.9% |
| 62nd | Barbados | 3.15 | -1.4% |
| 63rd | Armenia | 3.20 | -2.7% |
| 64th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3.23 | -3.3% |
| 65th | Faroe Islands | 3.26 | 1.3% |
| 66th | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.29 | -4.9% |
| 67th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.32 | -4.2% |
| 68th | Mauritius | 3.41 | -2.9% |
| 69th | Chile | 3.53 | -3.4% |
| 70th | British Virgin Islands | 3.54 | -2.7% |
| 71st | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.55 | -1.7% |
| 72nd | Kazakhstan | 3.55 | 0.5% |
| 73rd | Cuba | 3.61 | -4.9% |
| 74th | Israel | 3.77 | -0.1% |
| 75th | Tuvalu | 3.81 | -3.5% |
| 76th | Ireland | 3.84 | -2.3% |
| 77th | Bahamas, The | 3.89 | -4.2% |
| 78th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 3.89 | 4.0% |
| 79th | Guam | 4.05 | -3.7% |
| 80th | Korea | 4.12 | -9.3% |
| 81st | Sri Lanka | 4.16 | -2.6% |
| 82nd | Costa Rica | 4.16 | -4.7% |
| 83rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 4.16 | -7.7% |
| 84th | Grenada | 4.18 | -3.1% |
| 85th | Fiji | 4.32 | -4.3% |
| 86th | Nauru | 4.36 | -4.1% |
| 87th | Azerbaijan | 4.62 | -3.2% |
| 88th | Dominica | 4.67 | -6.3% |
| 89th | Brazil | 4.74 | -2.1% |
| 90th | Virgin Islands (US) | 4.78 | -5.6% |
| 91st | Malaysia | 4.82 | -2.1% |
| 92nd | Colombia | 4.86 | -4.0% |
| 93rd | Cayman Islands | 4.89 | 41.0% |
| 94th | Panama | 4.91 | -2.9% |
| 95th | Lebanon | 4.91 | -2.7% |
| 96th | Albania | 4.98 | -2.0% |
| 97th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.03 | -2.2% |
| 98th | New Caledonia | 5.05 | -0.1% |
| 99th | Jamaica | 5.06 | -2.9% |
| 100th | Guyana | 5.08 | -3.4% |
| 101st | Thailand | 5.08 | -3.4% |
| 102nd | China | 5.11 | -7.4% |
| 103rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.14 | -0.8% |
| 104th | Seychelles | 5.16 | -9.4% |
| 105th | Suriname | 5.18 | -3.4% |
| 106th | Gabon | 5.24 | 1.4% |
| 107th | French Polynesia | 5.27 | -3.2% |
| 108th | Indonesia | 5.32 | -1.5% |
| 109th | Kiribati | 5.37 | -3.2% |
| 110th | Paraguay | 5.46 | -2.4% |
| 111th | India | 5.48 | -1.5% |
| 112th | Kosovo | 5.49 | -1.2% |
| 113th | South Africa | 5.49 | -1.4% |
| 114th | Timor-Leste | 5.49 | -1.6% |
| 115th | Brunei Darussalam | 5.50 | -2.1% |
| 116th | American Samoa | 5.52 | -4.3% |
| 117th | Myanmar | 5.53 | -1.6% |
| 118th | Türkiye | 5.55 | -2.2% |
| 119th | Lesotho | 5.69 | 0.0% |
| 120th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.77 | -2.9% |
| 121st | Nepal | 5.80 | -0.8% |
| 122nd | Equatorial Guinea | 5.81 | -0.1% |
| 123rd | St. Lucia | 5.81 | -2.4% |
| 124th | St. Martin (French part) | 5.84 | -2.2% |
| 125th | Dominican Republic | 5.84 | -2.8% |
| 126th | Haiti | 5.85 | -0.5% |
| 127th | Tonga | 5.86 | -1.6% |
| 128th | Ecuador | 5.87 | -2.3% |
| 129th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.89 | -1.0% |
| 130th | Palau | 5.90 | -4.3% |
| 131st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.93 | -1.0% |
| 132nd | Philippines | 5.94 | -2.4% |
| 133rd | Cambodia | 5.94 | -1.1% |
| 134th | Central African Republic | 5.96 | -0.6% |
| 135th | El Salvador | 6.03 | -1.6% |
| 136th | Qatar | 6.07 | -1.2% |
| 137th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.08 | 0.3% |
| 138th | Peru | 6.09 | -1.9% |
| 139th | Viet Nam | 6.10 | 0.5% |
| 140th | Bahrain | 6.14 | -2.3% |
| 141st | Tunisia | 6.19 | -1.6% |
| 142nd | Papua New Guinea | 6.20 | -0.5% |
| 143rd | Turkmenistan | 6.20 | -1.9% |
| 144th | Vanuatu | 6.23 | -1.0% |
| 145th | Uzbekistan | 6.25 | -0.6% |
| 146th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.26 | -4.5% |
| 147th | Mexico | 6.28 | -2.1% |
| 148th | Guinea | 6.28 | 0.3% |
| 149th | Belize | 6.28 | -0.1% |
| 150th | Lao PDR | 6.28 | -0.2% |
| 151st | Cameroon | 6.29 | 0.5% |
| 152nd | Gambia, The | 6.37 | 0.6% |
| 153rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.37 | 0.4% |
| 154th | Congo, Republic of | 6.44 | 0.4% |
| 155th | Sierra Leone | 6.45 | 0.3% |
| 156th | United Arab Emirates | 6.50 | -0.3% |
| 157th | São Tomé and Principe | 6.51 | 0.3% |
| 158th | Guatemala | 6.51 | -0.5% |
| 159th | Namibia | 6.53 | 0.2% |
| 160th | Eritrea | 6.54 | 0.0% |
| 161st | Morocco | 6.55 | -1.1% |
| 162nd | Botswana | 6.56 | 0.3% |
| 163rd | Nigeria | 6.58 | 0.7% |
| 164th | Liberia | 6.60 | 0.9% |
| 165th | Kuwait | 6.64 | -3.0% |
| 166th | Bhutan | 6.64 | -0.1% |
| 167th | Nicaragua | 6.65 | -0.9% |
| 168th | Mozambique | 6.70 | 0.0% |
| 169th | Mauritania | 6.71 | 0.1% |
| 170th | Burkina Faso | 6.72 | 0.3% |
| 171st | Eswatini | 6.72 | -0.3% |
| 172nd | Northern Mariana Islands | 6.78 | -5.0% |
| 173rd | Benin | 6.80 | 0.5% |
| 174th | Pakistan | 6.81 | 0.0% |
| 175th | Bangladesh | 6.82 | -0.2% |
| 176th | Chad | 6.85 | 4.1% |
| 177th | Djibouti | 6.85 | -0.5% |
| 178th | Cabo Verde | 6.89 | -0.4% |
| 179th | Tajikistan | 6.89 | -0.3% |
| 180th | Ghana | 6.92 | -0.4% |
| 181st | Zimbabwe | 6.94 | 0.0% |
| 182nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.96 | 0.3% |
| 183rd | Sudan | 6.98 | -0.5% |
| 184th | Solomon Islands | 6.99 | 0.1% |
| 185th | Iraq | 7.02 | -0.4% |
| 186th | Madagascar | 7.04 | -0.4% |
| 187th | Tanzania | 7.05 | 0.1% |
| 188th | Honduras | 7.06 | -0.8% |
| 189th | Togo | 7.07 | 0.1% |
| 190th | Samoa | 7.07 | -2.1% |
| 191st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.12 | -0.5% |
| 192nd | Comoros | 7.14 | 0.4% |
| 193rd | Uganda | 7.19 | 0.1% |
| 194th | Burundi | 7.21 | 0.0% |
| 195th | Mali | 7.22 | 0.2% |
| 196th | Senegal | 7.26 | 0.0% |
| 197th | Mongolia | 7.28 | -0.2% |
| 198th | Zambia | 7.30 | 0.6% |
| 199th | South Sudan | 7.31 | 0.2% |
| 200th | Malawi | 7.33 | 0.2% |
| 201st | Maldives | 7.37 | -0.1% |
| 202nd | Afghanistan | 7.45 | 0.3% |
| 203rd | Angola | 7.49 | 0.3% |
| 204th | Niger | 7.52 | 0.1% |
| 205th | Saudi Arabia | 7.54 | -0.2% |
| 206th | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.57 | -0.4% |
| 207th | Oman | 7.59 | 0.4% |
| 208th | Algeria | 7.63 | -0.5% |
| 209th | Kenya | 7.89 | -0.4% |
| 210th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.94 | 0.0% |
| 211th | Marshall Islands | 8.00 | -0.5% |
| 212th | Libya | 8.07 | -0.3% |
| 213th | Rwanda | 8.09 | 0.0% |
| 214th | Jordan | 8.12 | -0.4% |
| 215th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.27 | 0.2% |
FAQ
What was Iceland's fertility rate in 1972?▾
Iceland's fertility rate in 1972 was 3.09. This ranked 60th globally.
How did Iceland's fertility rate change in 1972?▾
Iceland's fertility rate increased by 5.8% in 1972 compared to 1971.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1972?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1972 at 8.27.
What is the fertility rate of Iceland in 1972?▾
The fertility rate of Iceland in 1972 was 3.09. This ranked 60th globally.
How does 1972 compare to 1971 for Iceland's fertility rate?▾
Iceland's fertility rate went from 2.92 in 1971 to 3.09 in 1972, a 5.8% increase.
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