Malaysia - Fertility Rate 1999
3.07
−0.05 from 1998
Malaysia's fertility rate was 3.07 in 1999, decreased +0.05 from 3.12 in 1998. This was the 130th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1999▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.98 | -3.4% |
| 2nd | Macao SAR, China | 1.03 | -7.9% |
| 3rd | Ukraine | 1.13 | -6.6% |
| 4th | Czechia | 1.13 | -2.6% |
| 5th | Russian Federation | 1.16 | -6.1% |
| 6th | Latvia | 1.16 | 6.4% |
| 7th | Spain | 1.17 | 3.5% |
| 8th | Slovenia | 1.21 | -1.6% |
| 9th | Bulgaria | 1.23 | 10.8% |
| 10th | Greece | 1.23 | -0.8% |
| 11th | Italy | 1.23 | 0.8% |
| 12th | Hungary | 1.28 | -3.0% |
| 13th | San Marino | 1.29 | 2.0% |
| 14th | Estonia | 1.30 | 1.6% |
| 15th | Romania | 1.30 | -1.5% |
| 16th | Belarus | 1.31 | 0.8% |
| 17th | Slovak Republic | 1.33 | -2.9% |
| 18th | Austria | 1.34 | -2.2% |
| 19th | Japan | 1.34 | -2.9% |
| 20th | Serbia | 1.35 | -1.2% |
| 21st | Germany | 1.36 | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.37 | -12.5% |
| 23rd | Poland | 1.37 | -4.9% |
| 24th | Croatia | 1.38 | -4.8% |
| 25th | European Union | 1.41 | 0.2% |
| 26th | Andorra | 1.42 | 2.7% |
| 27th | Korea | 1.43 | -2.7% |
| 28th | Lithuania | 1.46 | 0.0% |
| 29th | Singapore | 1.47 | -0.7% |
| 30th | Switzerland | 1.48 | 0.7% |
| 31st | Portugal | 1.50 | 2.0% |
| 32nd | Sweden | 1.50 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Channel Islands | 1.51 | 0.0% |
| 34th | China | 1.53 | 0.5% |
| 35th | Armenia | 1.53 | -15.2% |
| 36th | Canada | 1.55 | -0.6% |
| 37th | Moldova | 1.56 | -5.7% |
| 38th | Northern Mariana Islands | 1.61 | -4.2% |
| 39th | Belgium | 1.62 | 1.3% |
| 40th | Liechtenstein | 1.63 | 2.8% |
| 41st | Cuba | 1.64 | 1.4% |
| 42nd | Georgia | 1.64 | -3.5% |
| 43rd | Netherlands | 1.65 | 1.2% |
| 44th | Cyprus | 1.67 | -5.1% |
| 45th | United Kingdom | 1.68 | -1.8% |
| 46th | Cayman Islands | 1.71 | 0.4% |
| 47th | Denmark | 1.73 | 0.6% |
| 48th | Finland | 1.73 | 1.8% |
| 49th | Malta | 1.73 | -6.0% |
| 50th | Luxembourg | 1.74 | 3.6% |
| 51st | Australia | 1.76 | -0.4% |
| 52nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.76 | -1.3% |
| 53rd | Thailand | 1.77 | -2.6% |
| 54th | North Macedonia | 1.77 | -6.3% |
| 55th | Barbados | 1.78 | 9.8% |
| 56th | British Virgin Islands | 1.79 | 17.3% |
| 57th | Bermuda | 1.79 | 0.0% |
| 58th | France | 1.81 | 1.7% |
| 59th | Norway | 1.85 | 2.2% |
| 60th | Isle of Man | 1.86 | -2.3% |
| 61st | Montenegro | 1.88 | -0.5% |
| 62nd | Aruba | 1.90 | -5.2% |
| 63rd | Ireland | 1.90 | -2.1% |
| 64th | Kazakhstan | 1.90 | -1.9% |
| 65th | Palau | 1.91 | -5.0% |
| 66th | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.96 | -3.0% |
| 67th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.97 | -1.3% |
| 68th | New Zealand | 1.97 | 4.2% |
| 69th | Iceland | 1.99 | -2.9% |
| 70th | Viet Nam | 2.00 | -4.7% |
| 71st | Puerto Rico (US) | 2.00 | 5.3% |
| 72nd | Monaco | 2.01 | 2.7% |
| 73rd | United States | 2.01 | 0.4% |
| 74th | Seychelles | 2.04 | 0.0% |
| 75th | Mauritius | 2.05 | 4.1% |
| 76th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.07 | -3.5% |
| 77th | Azerbaijan | 2.07 | 3.5% |
| 78th | Chile | 2.07 | -3.5% |
| 79th | Tunisia | 2.08 | -5.2% |
| 80th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.09 | -4.6% |
| 81st | Bahamas, The | 2.13 | -4.4% |
| 82nd | Sri Lanka | 2.14 | 0.3% |
| 83rd | Gibraltar | 2.19 | -0.7% |
| 84th | Uruguay | 2.25 | -1.0% |
| 85th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.26 | -2.3% |
| 86th | Curaçao | 2.29 | -1.3% |
| 87th | Mongolia | 2.30 | 0.0% |
| 88th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.31 | -1.6% |
| 89th | Albania | 2.31 | -4.6% |
| 90th | Faroe Islands | 2.33 | -0.5% |
| 91st | Brazil | 2.34 | -3.4% |
| 92nd | Grenada | 2.39 | -4.1% |
| 93rd | Greenland | 2.42 | -1.7% |
| 94th | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.45 | -8.5% |
| 95th | Dominica | 2.46 | 6.2% |
| 96th | Brunei Darussalam | 2.46 | -2.8% |
| 97th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.46 | -2.2% |
| 98th | Jamaica | 2.47 | -4.2% |
| 99th | Costa Rica | 2.48 | -1.8% |
| 100th | New Caledonia | 2.48 | -2.5% |
| 101st | St. Lucia | 2.50 | 4.1% |
| 102nd | South Africa | 2.56 | -2.7% |
| 103rd | Indonesia | 2.57 | -3.5% |
| 104th | French Polynesia | 2.58 | 3.7% |
| 105th | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.60 | -3.7% |
| 106th | Algeria | 2.62 | -2.6% |
| 107th | Türkiye | 2.63 | -2.8% |
| 108th | Lebanon | 2.63 | -0.6% |
| 109th | Kosovo | 2.63 | 12.1% |
| 110th | Colombia | 2.64 | -2.9% |
| 111th | Argentina | 2.64 | -0.7% |
| 112th | Mexico | 2.76 | -1.8% |
| 113th | Panama | 2.77 | -0.8% |
| 114th | United Arab Emirates | 2.79 | 1.0% |
| 115th | Uzbekistan | 2.83 | -5.2% |
| 116th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.84 | 1.6% |
| 117th | Dominican Republic | 2.85 | 0.4% |
| 118th | Myanmar | 2.85 | -2.1% |
| 119th | Morocco | 2.88 | -5.1% |
| 120th | Bahrain | 2.90 | 0.3% |
| 121st | Maldives | 2.90 | -8.6% |
| 122nd | Peru | 2.92 | -2.8% |
| 123rd | Kuwait | 2.95 | -2.9% |
| 124th | Israel | 2.97 | -0.5% |
| 125th | Guam | 2.97 | -1.3% |
| 126th | Libya | 2.97 | -2.3% |
| 127th | Turkmenistan | 2.98 | -3.2% |
| 128th | Suriname | 3.02 | 1.0% |
| 129th | Fiji | 3.05 | -2.1% |
| 130th | Malaysia | 3.07 | -1.7% |
| 131st | Qatar | 3.12 | -2.9% |
| 132nd | Guyana | 3.13 | -1.8% |
| 133rd | Ecuador | 3.17 | -1.9% |
| 134th | El Salvador | 3.22 | -3.7% |
| 135th | Nicaragua | 3.22 | -3.6% |
| 136th | Botswana | 3.31 | -1.5% |
| 137th | Bangladesh | 3.36 | -2.0% |
| 138th | India | 3.38 | -1.8% |
| 139th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 3.60 | -2.2% |
| 140th | Bhutan | 3.61 | -6.4% |
| 141st | Nauru | 3.64 | -1.3% |
| 142nd | Lesotho | 3.67 | -3.8% |
| 143rd | Paraguay | 3.67 | -3.4% |
| 144th | Belize | 3.73 | -0.7% |
| 145th | Cabo Verde | 3.73 | -4.4% |
| 146th | Philippines | 3.83 | -1.5% |
| 147th | Tajikistan | 3.85 | -5.4% |
| 148th | American Samoa | 3.89 | 0.3% |
| 149th | Tuvalu | 3.92 | -0.8% |
| 150th | Cambodia | 3.93 | -4.8% |
| 151st | Jordan | 3.97 | -3.4% |
| 152nd | Zimbabwe | 4.06 | -0.3% |
| 153rd | Oman | 4.06 | -4.9% |
| 154th | Eswatini | 4.09 | -0.9% |
| 155th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.09 | -1.4% |
| 156th | Nepal | 4.13 | -3.4% |
| 157th | Namibia | 4.14 | -0.9% |
| 158th | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.14 | -2.5% |
| 159th | Kiribati | 4.19 | -2.4% |
| 160th | Tonga | 4.23 | -1.9% |
| 161st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 4.27 | -0.7% |
| 162nd | Saudi Arabia | 4.35 | -3.8% |
| 163rd | Honduras | 4.37 | -2.4% |
| 164th | Haiti | 4.45 | -2.4% |
| 165th | Gabon | 4.50 | -1.6% |
| 166th | Vanuatu | 4.56 | -1.0% |
| 167th | Samoa | 4.57 | -1.6% |
| 168th | Papua New Guinea | 4.59 | -1.0% |
| 169th | Lao PDR | 4.64 | -3.2% |
| 170th | Djibouti | 4.69 | -2.3% |
| 171st | Guatemala | 4.69 | -2.4% |
| 172nd | Marshall Islands | 4.78 | -1.7% |
| 173rd | Congo, Republic of | 4.81 | -2.1% |
| 174th | Ghana | 4.82 | -0.1% |
| 175th | Solomon Islands | 4.86 | -2.3% |
| 176th | Iraq | 5.04 | -1.5% |
| 177th | Kenya | 5.18 | -1.3% |
| 178th | Togo | 5.23 | -1.2% |
| 179th | São Tomé and Principe | 5.23 | -1.4% |
| 180th | Comoros | 5.28 | -2.1% |
| 181st | Pakistan | 5.46 | -0.8% |
| 182nd | Eritrea | 5.52 | -2.1% |
| 183rd | Mauritania | 5.52 | -1.8% |
| 184th | Senegal | 5.57 | -0.1% |
| 185th | West Bank and Gaza | 5.58 | -1.9% |
| 186th | Cameroon | 5.60 | -0.9% |
| 187th | Sudan | 5.62 | -0.4% |
| 188th | Tanzania | 5.75 | -1.1% |
| 189th | Gambia, The | 5.77 | -0.8% |
| 190th | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.81 | -0.8% |
| 191st | Madagascar | 5.84 | -2.6% |
| 192nd | Guinea-Bissau | 5.87 | -1.7% |
| 193rd | Central African Republic | 5.88 | -0.2% |
| 194th | Mozambique | 5.88 | -0.5% |
| 195th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.88 | -0.6% |
| 196th | Liberia | 5.95 | -1.1% |
| 197th | Timor-Leste | 5.97 | 0.1% |
| 198th | Guinea | 5.99 | -1.1% |
| 199th | Zambia | 6.00 | -1.1% |
| 200th | Benin | 6.03 | -1.7% |
| 201st | Rwanda | 6.06 | -1.8% |
| 202nd | Nigeria | 6.08 | 0.2% |
| 203rd | Malawi | 6.12 | -1.3% |
| 204th | Sierra Leone | 6.42 | -1.1% |
| 205th | Yemen, Republic of | 6.49 | -2.3% |
| 206th | Burkina Faso | 6.59 | -1.1% |
| 207th | Angola | 6.68 | -0.7% |
| 208th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.69 | -0.1% |
| 209th | Uganda | 6.83 | -0.2% |
| 210th | Burundi | 6.90 | -0.9% |
| 211th | Mali | 6.91 | -0.4% |
| 212th | South Sudan | 6.94 | -2.0% |
| 213th | Chad | 7.26 | -0.1% |
| 214th | Afghanistan | 7.64 | -0.7% |
| 215th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.66 | 0.0% |
| 216th | Niger | 7.84 | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was Malaysia's fertility rate in 1999?▾
Malaysia's fertility rate in 1999 was 3.07. This ranked 130th globally.
How did Malaysia's fertility rate change in 1999?▾
Malaysia's fertility rate decreased by 1.7% in 1999 compared to 1998.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1999?▾
Niger had the highest fertility rate in 1999 at 7.84.
What is the fertility rate of Malaysia in 1999?▾
The fertility rate of Malaysia in 1999 was 3.07. This ranked 130th globally.
How does 1999 compare to 1998 for Malaysia's fertility rate?▾
Malaysia's fertility rate went from 3.12 in 1998 to 3.07 in 1999, a 1.7% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Malaysia matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 1999. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 0.5%. View full analysis →
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