South Africa - Fertility Rate 1982
4.70
−0.02 from 1981
South Africa's fertility rate was 4.70 in 1982, decreased +0.02 from 4.71 in 1981. This was the 124th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1982▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | San Marino | 1.30 | -7.6% |
| 2nd | Channel Islands | 1.39 | -2.1% |
| 3rd | Germany | 1.41 | -1.4% |
| 4th | Denmark | 1.43 | -0.7% |
| 5th | Luxembourg | 1.49 | -3.9% |
| 6th | Netherlands | 1.50 | -3.8% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 1.56 | 0.6% |
| 8th | Italy | 1.56 | -1.3% |
| 9th | Liechtenstein | 1.61 | -4.9% |
| 10th | Belgium | 1.61 | -3.0% |
| 11th | Sweden | 1.62 | -0.6% |
| 12th | Bermuda | 1.64 | 2.9% |
| 13th | Austria | 1.66 | -0.6% |
| 14th | Canada | 1.69 | -0.6% |
| 15th | Finland | 1.71 | 4.3% |
| 16th | Norway | 1.71 | 0.6% |
| 17th | Andorra | 1.73 | -4.0% |
| 18th | Singapore | 1.74 | -2.2% |
| 19th | Japan | 1.77 | 1.7% |
| 20th | Cuba | 1.78 | 11.6% |
| 21st | United Kingdom | 1.78 | -2.2% |
| 22nd | European Union | 1.80 | -1.3% |
| 23rd | Hungary | 1.80 | -4.3% |
| 24th | United States | 1.83 | 0.9% |
| 25th | Serbia | 1.84 | -0.5% |
| 26th | Barbados | 1.86 | 0.7% |
| 27th | France | 1.86 | 0.5% |
| 28th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.86 | -3.8% |
| 29th | Croatia | 1.90 | -1.3% |
| 30th | Malta | 1.90 | 1.6% |
| 31st | Isle of Man | 1.92 | -1.3% |
| 32nd | Australia | 1.93 | -0.3% |
| 33rd | Slovenia | 1.93 | -1.6% |
| 34th | Spain | 1.94 | -4.9% |
| 35th | New Zealand | 1.95 | -3.0% |
| 36th | Ukraine | 1.95 | 1.9% |
| 37th | Lithuania | 1.97 | -0.5% |
| 38th | Latvia | 1.97 | 4.8% |
| 39th | Macao SAR, China | 1.99 | 7.7% |
| 40th | Czechia | 2.00 | 0.0% |
| 41st | Cayman Islands | 2.01 | -15.8% |
| 42nd | Bulgaria | 2.01 | 0.5% |
| 43rd | Greece | 2.03 | -2.9% |
| 44th | Russian Federation | 2.04 | 6.8% |
| 45th | Belarus | 2.05 | 1.5% |
| 46th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.05 | 1.4% |
| 47th | Estonia | 2.07 | 0.0% |
| 48th | Portugal | 2.07 | -2.8% |
| 49th | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.09 | -3.6% |
| 50th | Aruba | 2.14 | -0.9% |
| 51st | Romania | 2.17 | -8.1% |
| 52nd | Montenegro | 2.19 | -0.3% |
| 53rd | Monaco | 2.20 | -0.9% |
| 54th | Curaçao | 2.24 | -0.6% |
| 55th | Greenland | 2.24 | -4.1% |
| 56th | British Virgin Islands | 2.27 | -2.8% |
| 57th | Iceland | 2.27 | -2.6% |
| 58th | Slovak Republic | 2.28 | -0.4% |
| 59th | North Macedonia | 2.29 | -0.3% |
| 60th | Georgia | 2.31 | -0.8% |
| 61st | Poland | 2.34 | 4.5% |
| 62nd | Faroe Islands | 2.35 | -4.8% |
| 63rd | Korea | 2.39 | -7.0% |
| 64th | Moldova | 2.45 | 2.0% |
| 65th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.49 | -2.4% |
| 66th | Cyprus | 2.49 | 15.5% |
| 67th | Gibraltar | 2.49 | -1.7% |
| 68th | Armenia | 2.50 | 0.9% |
| 69th | Uruguay | 2.51 | -0.9% |
| 70th | Mauritius | 2.53 | -5.0% |
| 71st | Puerto Rico (US) | 2.61 | -3.6% |
| 72nd | Chile | 2.65 | -1.5% |
| 73rd | Bahamas, The | 2.71 | -2.3% |
| 74th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 2.85 | -2.3% |
| 75th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.90 | -11.1% |
| 76th | Guam | 2.91 | -1.9% |
| 77th | Ireland | 2.94 | -3.6% |
| 78th | Thailand | 2.94 | -5.9% |
| 79th | China | 2.97 | 6.4% |
| 80th | Kazakhstan | 3.02 | -1.0% |
| 81st | Virgin Islands (US) | 3.08 | 2.6% |
| 82nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.11 | -0.8% |
| 83rd | Israel | 3.13 | -1.8% |
| 84th | Seychelles | 3.13 | -14.6% |
| 85th | Grenada | 3.15 | 5.5% |
| 86th | Dominica | 3.17 | 1.7% |
| 87th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 3.18 | -3.7% |
| 88th | Argentina | 3.20 | -1.5% |
| 89th | Palau | 3.22 | -1.7% |
| 90th | Sri Lanka | 3.32 | -9.0% |
| 91st | Azerbaijan | 3.34 | -2.0% |
| 92nd | St. Martin (French part) | 3.36 | -7.6% |
| 93rd | Albania | 3.42 | -1.5% |
| 94th | Jamaica | 3.46 | -1.5% |
| 95th | New Caledonia | 3.48 | -2.8% |
| 96th | Costa Rica | 3.54 | -0.4% |
| 97th | Colombia | 3.62 | -2.4% |
| 98th | Panama | 3.66 | -1.7% |
| 99th | Guyana | 3.68 | -1.1% |
| 100th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.74 | -2.7% |
| 101st | French Polynesia | 3.80 | -3.5% |
| 102nd | Suriname | 3.82 | 1.8% |
| 103rd | Brazil | 3.84 | -2.7% |
| 104th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.84 | -2.6% |
| 105th | Lebanon | 3.86 | -2.5% |
| 106th | Tuvalu | 3.88 | 1.9% |
| 107th | Fiji | 3.94 | -1.3% |
| 108th | Malaysia | 3.97 | -0.9% |
| 109th | Nauru | 3.99 | 1.5% |
| 110th | Dominican Republic | 4.01 | -3.3% |
| 111th | St. Lucia | 4.17 | -2.5% |
| 112th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.19 | -2.3% |
| 113th | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.20 | 0.2% |
| 114th | Türkiye | 4.21 | -3.4% |
| 115th | Indonesia | 4.25 | -2.5% |
| 116th | American Samoa | 4.37 | -2.8% |
| 117th | Mexico | 4.43 | -3.3% |
| 118th | Kosovo | 4.49 | -0.2% |
| 119th | Ecuador | 4.50 | -2.4% |
| 120th | Bahrain | 4.51 | -2.1% |
| 121st | Viet Nam | 4.59 | -1.5% |
| 122nd | India | 4.62 | -1.7% |
| 123rd | Myanmar | 4.66 | -0.6% |
| 124th | South Africa | 4.70 | -0.3% |
| 125th | Peru | 4.80 | -2.4% |
| 126th | Uzbekistan | 4.82 | -1.8% |
| 127th | El Salvador | 4.83 | -3.2% |
| 128th | Kuwait | 4.85 | -3.4% |
| 129th | Tunisia | 4.89 | -2.6% |
| 130th | Philippines | 4.92 | -1.1% |
| 131st | Kiribati | 4.95 | -0.2% |
| 132nd | Turkmenistan | 5.04 | -2.3% |
| 133rd | Qatar | 5.04 | -2.9% |
| 134th | Paraguay | 5.13 | -0.5% |
| 135th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.33 | -0.7% |
| 136th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.35 | -1.1% |
| 137th | Belize | 5.50 | -3.3% |
| 138th | Tonga | 5.50 | -1.0% |
| 139th | Haiti | 5.53 | -0.1% |
| 140th | Nepal | 5.55 | -0.5% |
| 141st | Timor-Leste | 5.56 | 0.5% |
| 142nd | Papua New Guinea | 5.59 | -1.0% |
| 143rd | Vanuatu | 5.60 | -0.8% |
| 144th | Morocco | 5.60 | -1.9% |
| 145th | Lesotho | 5.63 | -1.1% |
| 146th | United Arab Emirates | 5.66 | -2.7% |
| 147th | Samoa | 5.68 | -1.3% |
| 148th | Nicaragua | 5.74 | -1.8% |
| 149th | Gabon | 5.74 | 0.2% |
| 150th | Mongolia | 5.80 | -3.0% |
| 151st | Congo, Republic of | 5.85 | -2.2% |
| 152nd | Equatorial Guinea | 5.88 | 0.4% |
| 153rd | Botswana | 5.97 | -3.1% |
| 154th | Tajikistan | 6.03 | -1.4% |
| 155th | Guatemala | 6.06 | -1.0% |
| 156th | Namibia | 6.08 | -1.3% |
| 157th | Bangladesh | 6.12 | -1.9% |
| 158th | Central African Republic | 6.16 | -0.1% |
| 159th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.16 | -2.0% |
| 160th | Cabo Verde | 6.17 | -1.6% |
| 161st | Honduras | 6.18 | -1.9% |
| 162nd | Cambodia | 6.19 | 2.5% |
| 163rd | São Tomé and Principe | 6.28 | -0.9% |
| 164th | Ghana | 6.31 | -1.6% |
| 165th | Zimbabwe | 6.33 | -1.7% |
| 166th | Djibouti | 6.34 | -0.9% |
| 167th | Lao PDR | 6.37 | 0.3% |
| 168th | Gambia, The | 6.40 | 0.0% |
| 169th | Bhutan | 6.40 | -0.9% |
| 170th | Mozambique | 6.43 | -0.8% |
| 171st | Iraq | 6.46 | -1.0% |
| 172nd | Sudan | 6.47 | -0.8% |
| 173rd | Guinea | 6.49 | 0.4% |
| 174th | Eswatini | 6.49 | -0.7% |
| 175th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.54 | 0.3% |
| 176th | Sierra Leone | 6.56 | 0.1% |
| 177th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.59 | -0.5% |
| 178th | Mauritania | 6.59 | -0.7% |
| 179th | Cameroon | 6.59 | -0.2% |
| 180th | Eritrea | 6.63 | 0.2% |
| 181st | Guinea-Bissau | 6.64 | 1.1% |
| 182nd | Solomon Islands | 6.64 | -1.0% |
| 183rd | Pakistan | 6.67 | -0.4% |
| 184th | Algeria | 6.68 | -2.5% |
| 185th | Madagascar | 6.70 | -1.1% |
| 186th | Togo | 6.73 | -1.2% |
| 187th | Liberia | 6.79 | -0.7% |
| 188th | Nigeria | 6.80 | -0.3% |
| 189th | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.81 | -2.3% |
| 190th | Tanzania | 6.87 | -0.9% |
| 191st | Jordan | 6.96 | -2.3% |
| 192nd | Chad | 6.96 | 0.3% |
| 193rd | Saudi Arabia | 6.98 | -1.2% |
| 194th | Zambia | 7.04 | -0.5% |
| 195th | Benin | 7.06 | 0.0% |
| 196th | Uganda | 7.11 | -0.1% |
| 197th | Comoros | 7.13 | -0.1% |
| 198th | Maldives | 7.15 | -0.6% |
| 199th | Libya | 7.16 | -2.8% |
| 200th | Marshall Islands | 7.18 | -1.2% |
| 201st | Senegal | 7.25 | -0.5% |
| 202nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.25 | 0.3% |
| 203rd | Burkina Faso | 7.25 | 0.0% |
| 204th | Burundi | 7.31 | -0.2% |
| 205th | Mali | 7.32 | -0.6% |
| 206th | South Sudan | 7.34 | 0.2% |
| 207th | Kenya | 7.35 | -1.5% |
| 208th | Malawi | 7.45 | -0.6% |
| 209th | Angola | 7.46 | 0.0% |
| 210th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.49 | -0.7% |
| 211th | Afghanistan | 7.60 | -0.2% |
| 212th | Oman | 7.84 | -0.8% |
| 213th | Niger | 7.86 | 0.5% |
| 214th | Rwanda | 8.06 | -0.5% |
| 215th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.79 | 0.5% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's fertility rate in 1982?▾
South Africa's fertility rate in 1982 was 4.70. This ranked 124th globally.
How did South Africa's fertility rate change in 1982?▾
South Africa's fertility rate decreased by 0.3% in 1982 compared to 1981.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1982?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1982 at 8.79.
What is the fertility rate of South Africa in 1982?▾
The fertility rate of South Africa in 1982 was 4.70. This ranked 124th globally.
How does 1982 compare to 1981 for South Africa's fertility rate?▾
South Africa's fertility rate went from 4.71 in 1981 to 4.70 in 1982, a 0.3% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
South Africa matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 1982. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 11.5%. View full analysis →
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