Iraq - Fertility Rate 2002
4.67
−0.13 from 2001
Iraq's fertility rate was 4.67 in 2002, decreased +0.13 from 4.80 in 2001. This was the 174th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2002▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Macao SAR, China | 0.81 | -0.6% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.94 | 1.1% |
| 3rd | Ukraine | 1.13 | 3.2% |
| 4th | Czechia | 1.17 | 1.7% |
| 5th | Korea | 1.18 | -10.0% |
| 6th | Slovak Republic | 1.19 | -0.8% |
| 7th | Armenia | 1.20 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Slovenia | 1.21 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Bulgaria | 1.23 | 1.7% |
| 10th | Lithuania | 1.23 | -4.7% |
| 11th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.23 | 0.1% |
| 12th | Belarus | 1.24 | -3.6% |
| 13th | British Virgin Islands | 1.25 | -17.8% |
| 14th | Spain | 1.25 | 1.6% |
| 15th | Poland | 1.25 | -4.6% |
| 16th | Latvia | 1.26 | 3.3% |
| 17th | Andorra | 1.27 | -3.1% |
| 18th | Italy | 1.27 | 1.6% |
| 19th | Romania | 1.27 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Greece | 1.28 | 2.4% |
| 21st | Russian Federation | 1.29 | 5.2% |
| 22nd | Hungary | 1.30 | -0.8% |
| 23rd | Japan | 1.32 | -0.8% |
| 24th | Germany | 1.34 | -0.7% |
| 25th | Estonia | 1.36 | 3.0% |
| 26th | Singapore | 1.37 | -2.8% |
| 27th | Austria | 1.39 | 4.5% |
| 28th | Switzerland | 1.39 | 0.7% |
| 29th | Croatia | 1.42 | -2.7% |
| 30th | European Union | 1.42 | -0.1% |
| 31st | San Marino | 1.43 | -5.7% |
| 32nd | Moldova | 1.45 | -1.6% |
| 33rd | Malta | 1.45 | -2.0% |
| 34th | Portugal | 1.46 | 0.7% |
| 35th | Channel Islands | 1.47 | -0.7% |
| 36th | Liechtenstein | 1.47 | -3.3% |
| 37th | Cyprus | 1.50 | -4.4% |
| 38th | Canada | 1.52 | -1.3% |
| 39th | China | 1.57 | 0.2% |
| 40th | Serbia | 1.57 | -0.6% |
| 41st | Georgia | 1.57 | -0.5% |
| 42nd | United Kingdom | 1.63 | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Luxembourg | 1.63 | -1.8% |
| 44th | Cuba | 1.65 | 3.1% |
| 45th | Belgium | 1.65 | -1.2% |
| 46th | Sweden | 1.65 | 5.1% |
| 47th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.67 | -1.9% |
| 48th | Northern Mariana Islands | 1.68 | -3.3% |
| 49th | Cayman Islands | 1.68 | -0.9% |
| 50th | Gibraltar | 1.68 | -20.0% |
| 51st | Thailand | 1.69 | -1.3% |
| 52nd | Denmark | 1.72 | -1.1% |
| 53rd | Finland | 1.72 | -0.6% |
| 54th | Netherlands | 1.73 | 1.2% |
| 55th | Norway | 1.75 | -1.7% |
| 56th | Australia | 1.76 | 1.0% |
| 57th | North Macedonia | 1.79 | 3.3% |
| 58th | Aruba | 1.80 | -0.7% |
| 59th | Azerbaijan | 1.80 | 0.0% |
| 60th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.81 | -4.4% |
| 61st | Montenegro | 1.81 | -2.3% |
| 62nd | Bermuda | 1.82 | -2.5% |
| 63rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.83 | -5.3% |
| 64th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.84 | -4.3% |
| 65th | Barbados | 1.86 | -4.8% |
| 66th | Isle of Man | 1.86 | -0.4% |
| 67th | France | 1.88 | -1.1% |
| 68th | New Zealand | 1.89 | -4.1% |
| 69th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.92 | -1.1% |
| 70th | Palau | 1.92 | 2.8% |
| 71st | Iceland | 1.93 | -1.0% |
| 72nd | Chile | 1.93 | -3.6% |
| 73rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.94 | -3.9% |
| 74th | Mauritius | 1.94 | 1.6% |
| 75th | Tunisia | 1.94 | -1.7% |
| 76th | Kazakhstan | 1.96 | 2.6% |
| 77th | Ireland | 1.97 | 1.5% |
| 78th | Bahamas, The | 1.98 | -1.8% |
| 79th | Albania | 2.00 | -6.5% |
| 80th | Monaco | 2.01 | -7.8% |
| 81st | Viet Nam | 2.01 | -0.8% |
| 82nd | United States | 2.02 | -0.5% |
| 83rd | St. Lucia | 2.03 | -4.4% |
| 84th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.04 | -2.1% |
| 85th | Seychelles | 2.04 | 3.0% |
| 86th | Brazil | 2.08 | -3.7% |
| 87th | Mongolia | 2.10 | -4.5% |
| 88th | Dominica | 2.16 | -10.0% |
| 89th | Uruguay | 2.16 | 0.0% |
| 90th | Costa Rica | 2.16 | -6.5% |
| 91st | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.21 | 16.3% |
| 92nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.22 | -3.6% |
| 93rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.24 | -4.3% |
| 94th | Brunei Darussalam | 2.26 | -3.1% |
| 95th | Türkiye | 2.27 | -5.2% |
| 96th | Jamaica | 2.27 | -1.1% |
| 97th | Curaçao | 2.30 | -4.4% |
| 98th | Sri Lanka | 2.31 | 1.2% |
| 99th | South Africa | 2.32 | -2.1% |
| 100th | New Caledonia | 2.35 | -3.1% |
| 101st | Grenada | 2.38 | -1.8% |
| 102nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.40 | 0.0% |
| 103rd | Maldives | 2.43 | -4.2% |
| 104th | French Polynesia | 2.43 | -3.9% |
| 105th | Algeria | 2.43 | -3.6% |
| 106th | Indonesia | 2.44 | -1.2% |
| 107th | Colombia | 2.49 | -1.3% |
| 108th | Argentina | 2.49 | -1.5% |
| 109th | Lebanon | 2.52 | -2.1% |
| 110th | United Arab Emirates | 2.54 | -3.1% |
| 111th | Faroe Islands | 2.56 | 9.4% |
| 112th | Greenland | 2.57 | 2.2% |
| 113th | Uzbekistan | 2.58 | -1.3% |
| 114th | Guam | 2.58 | -8.3% |
| 115th | Morocco | 2.62 | -2.6% |
| 116th | Mexico | 2.63 | -1.4% |
| 117th | Malaysia | 2.66 | -5.3% |
| 118th | Peru | 2.69 | -1.9% |
| 119th | Panama | 2.70 | -0.8% |
| 120th | Bahrain | 2.70 | 1.7% |
| 121st | Turkmenistan | 2.71 | -3.7% |
| 122nd | Dominican Republic | 2.76 | -2.2% |
| 123rd | Myanmar | 2.77 | -1.0% |
| 124th | El Salvador | 2.78 | -5.3% |
| 125th | Kosovo | 2.79 | 0.9% |
| 126th | Kuwait | 2.80 | -1.5% |
| 127th | Libya | 2.83 | -1.2% |
| 128th | Guyana | 2.84 | -3.9% |
| 129th | Nicaragua | 2.89 | -3.6% |
| 130th | Israel | 2.89 | -1.0% |
| 131st | St. Martin (French part) | 2.90 | 0.0% |
| 132nd | Suriname | 2.96 | -3.3% |
| 133rd | Fiji | 2.97 | -0.2% |
| 134th | Ecuador | 2.97 | -2.1% |
| 135th | Qatar | 3.01 | -2.2% |
| 136th | Bhutan | 3.01 | -5.5% |
| 137th | Bangladesh | 3.13 | -2.4% |
| 138th | Botswana | 3.18 | -2.2% |
| 139th | Cabo Verde | 3.19 | -5.2% |
| 140th | India | 3.22 | -2.6% |
| 141st | Paraguay | 3.23 | -3.8% |
| 142nd | Nauru | 3.40 | -1.8% |
| 143rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 3.41 | -1.4% |
| 144th | Belize | 3.43 | -2.7% |
| 145th | Tajikistan | 3.47 | -0.6% |
| 146th | Oman | 3.51 | -4.2% |
| 147th | Cambodia | 3.57 | -3.2% |
| 148th | Nepal | 3.60 | -5.0% |
| 149th | Tuvalu | 3.64 | -3.0% |
| 150th | Philippines | 3.65 | -1.8% |
| 151st | Lesotho | 3.68 | 1.4% |
| 152nd | Namibia | 3.69 | -3.5% |
| 153rd | Saudi Arabia | 3.71 | -6.4% |
| 154th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.80 | -2.3% |
| 155th | Jordan | 3.81 | 0.1% |
| 156th | Kiribati | 3.81 | -3.6% |
| 157th | Eswatini | 3.85 | -2.3% |
| 158th | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.87 | -2.8% |
| 159th | American Samoa | 3.87 | -0.1% |
| 160th | Zimbabwe | 3.93 | -1.5% |
| 161st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 3.93 | -3.7% |
| 162nd | Honduras | 4.00 | -3.7% |
| 163rd | Haiti | 4.13 | -2.9% |
| 164th | Lao PDR | 4.13 | -3.7% |
| 165th | Tonga | 4.14 | 0.3% |
| 166th | Gabon | 4.36 | -1.3% |
| 167th | Guatemala | 4.37 | -2.9% |
| 168th | Vanuatu | 4.38 | -2.5% |
| 169th | Djibouti | 4.41 | -2.4% |
| 170th | Papua New Guinea | 4.42 | -1.1% |
| 171st | Samoa | 4.44 | -0.7% |
| 172nd | Marshall Islands | 4.49 | -2.1% |
| 173rd | Solomon Islands | 4.60 | -1.5% |
| 174th | Iraq | 4.67 | -2.7% |
| 175th | Ghana | 4.69 | -1.7% |
| 176th | Congo, Republic of | 4.70 | 0.6% |
| 177th | Pakistan | 5.01 | -3.3% |
| 178th | Kenya | 5.03 | -1.3% |
| 179th | São Tomé and Principe | 5.06 | -0.7% |
| 180th | Togo | 5.09 | -0.7% |
| 181st | Comoros | 5.16 | -0.8% |
| 182nd | West Bank and Gaza | 5.22 | -2.4% |
| 183rd | Eritrea | 5.23 | -1.4% |
| 184th | Senegal | 5.30 | -1.8% |
| 185th | Mauritania | 5.37 | -0.6% |
| 186th | Madagascar | 5.41 | -2.1% |
| 187th | Cameroon | 5.44 | -0.1% |
| 188th | Sudan | 5.53 | -0.6% |
| 189th | Tanzania | 5.57 | -0.8% |
| 190th | Guinea-Bissau | 5.63 | -0.9% |
| 191st | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.64 | -1.1% |
| 192nd | Liberia | 5.65 | -2.1% |
| 193rd | Gambia, The | 5.66 | -0.2% |
| 194th | Mozambique | 5.67 | -1.5% |
| 195th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.73 | -0.9% |
| 196th | Zambia | 5.77 | -1.3% |
| 197th | Guinea | 5.78 | -0.9% |
| 198th | Central African Republic | 5.79 | -0.4% |
| 199th | Benin | 5.79 | -0.9% |
| 200th | Rwanda | 5.82 | -1.3% |
| 201st | Timor-Leste | 5.90 | -0.3% |
| 202nd | Malawi | 5.90 | -0.7% |
| 203rd | Yemen, Republic of | 5.97 | -2.8% |
| 204th | Nigeria | 6.12 | -0.2% |
| 205th | Sierra Leone | 6.23 | -1.2% |
| 206th | Burkina Faso | 6.34 | -1.4% |
| 207th | South Sudan | 6.52 | -2.1% |
| 208th | Angola | 6.57 | -0.5% |
| 209th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.61 | -0.9% |
| 210th | Uganda | 6.74 | -0.3% |
| 211th | Burundi | 6.82 | -0.4% |
| 212th | Mali | 6.82 | -0.5% |
| 213th | Chad | 7.20 | -0.4% |
| 214th | Afghanistan | 7.32 | -1.8% |
| 215th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.63 | -0.1% |
| 216th | Niger | 7.80 | -0.2% |
FAQ
What was Iraq's fertility rate in 2002?▾
Iraq's fertility rate in 2002 was 4.67. This ranked 174th globally.
How did Iraq's fertility rate change in 2002?▾
Iraq's fertility rate decreased by 2.7% in 2002 compared to 2001.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 2002?▾
Niger had the highest fertility rate in 2002 at 7.80.
What is the fertility rate of Iraq in 2002?▾
The fertility rate of Iraq in 2002 was 4.67. This ranked 174th globally.
How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Iraq's fertility rate?▾
Iraq's fertility rate went from 4.80 in 2001 to 4.67 in 2002, a 2.7% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Iraq matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 2002. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 27.0%. View full analysis →
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