Ireland - Fertility Rate 1989
2.08
−0.09 from 1988
Ireland's fertility rate was 2.08 in 1989, decreased +0.09 from 2.17 in 1988. This was the 53rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1989▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | San Marino | 1.15 | 0.4% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.30 | -7.4% |
| 3rd | Italy | 1.33 | -2.2% |
| 4th | Andorra | 1.40 | 2.2% |
| 5th | Spain | 1.40 | -3.4% |
| 6th | Greece | 1.40 | -6.7% |
| 7th | Germany | 1.42 | -2.7% |
| 8th | Austria | 1.45 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Channel Islands | 1.49 | 0.7% |
| 10th | Liechtenstein | 1.50 | 0.3% |
| 11th | Luxembourg | 1.52 | 0.7% |
| 12th | Slovenia | 1.52 | -6.7% |
| 13th | Netherlands | 1.55 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Switzerland | 1.56 | -0.6% |
| 15th | Korea | 1.56 | 0.6% |
| 16th | Japan | 1.57 | -5.4% |
| 17th | Portugal | 1.57 | -2.5% |
| 18th | Belgium | 1.58 | 0.6% |
| 19th | Denmark | 1.62 | 3.8% |
| 20th | Croatia | 1.63 | -8.9% |
| 21st | Barbados | 1.64 | 3.7% |
| 22nd | European Union | 1.65 | -2.1% |
| 23rd | Serbia | 1.69 | -2.0% |
| 24th | Finland | 1.71 | 1.2% |
| 25th | Singapore | 1.75 | -10.7% |
| 26th | Cayman Islands | 1.76 | 7.7% |
| 27th | Bermuda | 1.76 | -2.1% |
| 28th | British Virgin Islands | 1.77 | 3.4% |
| 29th | Canada | 1.77 | 5.4% |
| 30th | France | 1.79 | -1.1% |
| 31st | United Kingdom | 1.79 | -1.6% |
| 32nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.79 | -3.1% |
| 33rd | Macao SAR, China | 1.81 | -2.8% |
| 34th | Hungary | 1.82 | 0.6% |
| 35th | Cuba | 1.83 | -1.1% |
| 36th | Australia | 1.84 | 0.4% |
| 37th | Czechia | 1.87 | -3.6% |
| 38th | Norway | 1.89 | 2.7% |
| 39th | Bulgaria | 1.90 | -3.6% |
| 40th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.90 | -3.1% |
| 41st | Isle of Man | 1.93 | 0.3% |
| 42nd | Ukraine | 1.93 | -5.6% |
| 43rd | Monaco | 1.93 | -3.8% |
| 44th | Montenegro | 1.94 | -3.4% |
| 45th | Lithuania | 1.98 | -2.0% |
| 46th | Russian Federation | 2.01 | -5.2% |
| 47th | Sweden | 2.01 | 2.6% |
| 48th | United States | 2.01 | 4.1% |
| 49th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.02 | -6.6% |
| 50th | Belarus | 2.03 | -0.2% |
| 51st | Latvia | 2.05 | -2.8% |
| 52nd | Slovak Republic | 2.07 | -2.8% |
| 53rd | Ireland | 2.08 | -4.1% |
| 54th | Poland | 2.08 | -2.3% |
| 55th | Malta | 2.10 | 1.9% |
| 56th | New Zealand | 2.12 | 1.0% |
| 57th | Thailand | 2.14 | -1.6% |
| 58th | Iceland | 2.19 | -3.1% |
| 59th | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.20 | 3.1% |
| 60th | Estonia | 2.22 | -2.2% |
| 61st | Romania | 2.22 | -3.5% |
| 62nd | Mauritius | 2.23 | 4.2% |
| 63rd | North Macedonia | 2.25 | -3.2% |
| 64th | Curaçao | 2.27 | 0.7% |
| 65th | Greenland | 2.30 | -0.8% |
| 66th | Aruba | 2.31 | 1.5% |
| 67th | Georgia | 2.32 | 0.2% |
| 68th | Gibraltar | 2.35 | 0.3% |
| 69th | Cyprus | 2.37 | -4.1% |
| 70th | Puerto Rico (US) | 2.39 | 3.4% |
| 71st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 2.41 | -2.3% |
| 72nd | Moldova | 2.46 | -6.3% |
| 73rd | Uruguay | 2.50 | -0.2% |
| 74th | China | 2.52 | -0.7% |
| 75th | Bahamas, The | 2.52 | 0.2% |
| 76th | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.53 | -4.5% |
| 77th | Sri Lanka | 2.58 | 0.5% |
| 78th | Chile | 2.59 | -0.1% |
| 79th | Seychelles | 2.67 | -4.2% |
| 80th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.69 | 2.6% |
| 81st | Armenia | 2.71 | 1.1% |
| 82nd | Faroe Islands | 2.71 | 5.2% |
| 83rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.73 | -0.8% |
| 84th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.79 | -1.3% |
| 85th | Azerbaijan | 2.80 | 0.0% |
| 86th | Kazakhstan | 2.87 | -4.5% |
| 87th | Israel | 2.89 | -2.1% |
| 88th | Palau | 2.92 | 0.4% |
| 89th | Jamaica | 2.93 | -1.7% |
| 90th | Guam | 3.00 | 0.5% |
| 91st | Brazil | 3.01 | -3.4% |
| 92nd | Colombia | 3.01 | -0.9% |
| 93rd | Argentina | 3.02 | -0.8% |
| 94th | Virgin Islands (US) | 3.02 | 6.6% |
| 95th | Albania | 3.03 | -1.3% |
| 96th | New Caledonia | 3.06 | -0.8% |
| 97th | Dominica | 3.06 | 0.1% |
| 98th | Panama | 3.12 | -1.6% |
| 99th | Guyana | 3.19 | -1.3% |
| 100th | Grenada | 3.23 | 1.3% |
| 101st | Costa Rica | 3.24 | -2.3% |
| 102nd | Indonesia | 3.25 | -3.2% |
| 103rd | Malaysia | 3.31 | -5.4% |
| 104th | St. Lucia | 3.31 | -3.5% |
| 105th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.34 | -4.7% |
| 106th | Türkiye | 3.34 | -3.2% |
| 107th | Lebanon | 3.36 | -0.9% |
| 108th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.36 | -2.1% |
| 109th | Suriname | 3.39 | -2.1% |
| 110th | Fiji | 3.40 | -1.0% |
| 111th | Dominican Republic | 3.48 | -0.7% |
| 112th | French Polynesia | 3.49 | -6.9% |
| 113th | Mexico | 3.53 | -3.0% |
| 114th | Tunisia | 3.57 | -6.9% |
| 115th | Kuwait | 3.59 | -2.9% |
| 116th | Myanmar | 3.59 | -2.1% |
| 117th | Viet Nam | 3.64 | 0.5% |
| 118th | Kosovo | 3.67 | -7.4% |
| 119th | Ecuador | 3.74 | -1.3% |
| 120th | Tuvalu | 3.80 | -2.2% |
| 121st | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.88 | -3.9% |
| 122nd | Bahrain | 3.96 | -2.1% |
| 123rd | South Africa | 3.98 | -4.7% |
| 124th | Peru | 4.03 | -2.7% |
| 125th | El Salvador | 4.03 | -1.7% |
| 126th | Nauru | 4.07 | -1.1% |
| 127th | Uzbekistan | 4.10 | -3.8% |
| 128th | India | 4.13 | -2.1% |
| 129th | Morocco | 4.22 | -4.0% |
| 130th | Philippines | 4.37 | -1.9% |
| 131st | American Samoa | 4.41 | 2.2% |
| 132nd | Qatar | 4.41 | -2.3% |
| 133rd | Mongolia | 4.42 | -4.9% |
| 134th | Turkmenistan | 4.46 | -4.5% |
| 135th | United Arab Emirates | 4.65 | -2.5% |
| 136th | Botswana | 4.67 | -4.3% |
| 137th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 4.68 | -3.2% |
| 138th | Paraguay | 4.68 | -1.9% |
| 139th | Kiribati | 4.69 | -0.8% |
| 140th | Bangladesh | 4.70 | -3.2% |
| 141st | Algeria | 4.76 | -5.2% |
| 142nd | Nicaragua | 4.76 | -3.4% |
| 143rd | Belize | 4.86 | -0.1% |
| 144th | Lesotho | 4.96 | -2.7% |
| 145th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.97 | -1.2% |
| 146th | Tonga | 5.01 | -1.9% |
| 147th | Zimbabwe | 5.07 | -3.9% |
| 148th | Libya | 5.09 | -5.9% |
| 149th | Samoa | 5.11 | -1.9% |
| 150th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 5.17 | -4.8% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 5.18 | -2.6% |
| 152nd | Vanuatu | 5.21 | -1.1% |
| 153rd | Papua New Guinea | 5.24 | -1.1% |
| 154th | Nepal | 5.26 | -0.9% |
| 155th | Congo, Republic of | 5.33 | -1.2% |
| 156th | Honduras | 5.35 | -2.1% |
| 157th | Haiti | 5.44 | -0.5% |
| 158th | Cabo Verde | 5.45 | -1.8% |
| 159th | Eswatini | 5.48 | -3.8% |
| 160th | Namibia | 5.52 | -1.6% |
| 161st | Gabon | 5.55 | -1.3% |
| 162nd | Guatemala | 5.56 | -1.1% |
| 163rd | Tajikistan | 5.61 | -2.5% |
| 164th | Cambodia | 5.68 | -4.4% |
| 165th | Bhutan | 5.76 | -2.1% |
| 166th | Timor-Leste | 5.76 | 0.8% |
| 167th | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.78 | -3.7% |
| 168th | Jordan | 5.80 | -3.5% |
| 169th | Ghana | 5.82 | -1.8% |
| 170th | Solomon Islands | 5.87 | -2.1% |
| 171st | São Tomé and Principe | 5.88 | -0.9% |
| 172nd | Djibouti | 5.97 | -0.9% |
| 173rd | Saudi Arabia | 5.98 | -2.8% |
| 174th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.99 | 0.1% |
| 175th | Iraq | 5.99 | -1.1% |
| 176th | Central African Republic | 6.07 | -0.4% |
| 177th | Lao PDR | 6.10 | -0.9% |
| 178th | Sudan | 6.11 | -0.4% |
| 179th | Madagascar | 6.15 | -0.5% |
| 180th | Togo | 6.15 | -1.3% |
| 181st | Marshall Islands | 6.18 | -3.1% |
| 182nd | Mauritania | 6.20 | -0.3% |
| 183rd | Gambia, The | 6.25 | -0.1% |
| 184th | Tanzania | 6.30 | -1.2% |
| 185th | Kenya | 6.33 | -2.8% |
| 186th | Mozambique | 6.35 | -0.3% |
| 187th | Maldives | 6.39 | -3.0% |
| 188th | Eritrea | 6.41 | -0.8% |
| 189th | Cameroon | 6.41 | -1.0% |
| 190th | Pakistan | 6.43 | -0.8% |
| 191st | Liberia | 6.43 | -1.1% |
| 192nd | Senegal | 6.48 | -1.5% |
| 193rd | Nigeria | 6.49 | -0.1% |
| 194th | Guinea | 6.55 | -0.2% |
| 195th | Sierra Leone | 6.57 | -0.3% |
| 196th | Zambia | 6.64 | -1.0% |
| 197th | Comoros | 6.65 | -1.7% |
| 198th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.65 | -0.1% |
| 199th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.66 | -0.4% |
| 200th | Oman | 6.72 | -3.4% |
| 201st | Malawi | 6.80 | -1.1% |
| 202nd | Benin | 6.82 | -0.8% |
| 203rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.85 | -1.7% |
| 204th | Rwanda | 7.03 | -2.8% |
| 205th | Uganda | 7.05 | -0.8% |
| 206th | Burkina Faso | 7.05 | -0.9% |
| 207th | Chad | 7.19 | 0.4% |
| 208th | Angola | 7.33 | -0.6% |
| 209th | Mali | 7.33 | 0.1% |
| 210th | South Sudan | 7.37 | 0.0% |
| 211th | Burundi | 7.39 | 0.1% |
| 212th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.42 | 0.4% |
| 213th | Afghanistan | 7.56 | 0.1% |
| 214th | Niger | 7.82 | -0.3% |
| 215th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.71 | -0.8% |
FAQ
What was Ireland's fertility rate in 1989?▾
Ireland's fertility rate in 1989 was 2.08. This ranked 53rd globally.
How did Ireland's fertility rate change in 1989?▾
Ireland's fertility rate decreased by 4.1% in 1989 compared to 1988.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1989?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1989 at 8.71.
What is the fertility rate of Ireland in 1989?▾
The fertility rate of Ireland in 1989 was 2.08. This ranked 53rd globally.
How does 1989 compare to 1988 for Ireland's fertility rate?▾
Ireland's fertility rate went from 2.17 in 1988 to 2.08 in 1989, a 4.1% decrease.
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