South Africa - Fertility Rate 1983
4.63
−0.07 from 1982
South Africa's fertility rate was 4.63 in 1983, decreased +0.07 from 4.70 in 1982. This was the 123rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1983▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | San Marino | 1.25 | -4.3% |
| 2nd | Germany | 1.33 | -5.7% |
| 3rd | Denmark | 1.38 | -3.5% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | 1.43 | -4.0% |
| 5th | Channel Islands | 1.44 | 3.6% |
| 6th | Netherlands | 1.47 | -2.0% |
| 7th | Italy | 1.51 | -3.2% |
| 8th | Switzerland | 1.52 | -2.6% |
| 9th | Liechtenstein | 1.53 | -4.8% |
| 10th | Austria | 1.56 | -6.0% |
| 11th | Belgium | 1.57 | -2.5% |
| 12th | Andorra | 1.57 | -8.8% |
| 13th | Singapore | 1.61 | -7.5% |
| 14th | Sweden | 1.61 | -0.6% |
| 15th | Norway | 1.66 | -2.9% |
| 16th | Canada | 1.68 | -0.6% |
| 17th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.72 | -7.4% |
| 18th | Finland | 1.74 | 1.8% |
| 19th | European Union | 1.75 | -2.5% |
| 20th | Hungary | 1.75 | -2.8% |
| 21st | United Kingdom | 1.77 | -0.6% |
| 22nd | United States | 1.80 | -1.6% |
| 23rd | Spain | 1.80 | -7.2% |
| 24th | Japan | 1.80 | 1.7% |
| 25th | Cuba | 1.80 | 1.4% |
| 26th | Slovenia | 1.81 | -6.2% |
| 27th | Bermuda | 1.81 | 10.3% |
| 28th | Cayman Islands | 1.83 | -8.8% |
| 29th | Serbia | 1.83 | -0.5% |
| 30th | Barbados | 1.86 | -0.2% |
| 31st | France | 1.86 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Croatia | 1.88 | -1.1% |
| 33rd | Isle of Man | 1.89 | -1.4% |
| 34th | Malta | 1.92 | 1.1% |
| 35th | New Zealand | 1.92 | -1.5% |
| 36th | Australia | 1.92 | -0.3% |
| 37th | Greece | 1.94 | -4.4% |
| 38th | Portugal | 1.95 | -5.8% |
| 39th | Czechia | 1.97 | -1.5% |
| 40th | Bulgaria | 2.01 | 0.0% |
| 41st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.05 | -0.1% |
| 42nd | Greenland | 2.05 | -8.1% |
| 43rd | Korea | 2.06 | -13.8% |
| 44th | Romania | 2.06 | -5.1% |
| 45th | Latvia | 2.07 | 5.1% |
| 46th | Macao SAR, China | 2.10 | 5.3% |
| 47th | Ukraine | 2.10 | 7.6% |
| 48th | Lithuania | 2.10 | 6.6% |
| 49th | Belarus | 2.11 | 2.9% |
| 50th | Russian Federation | 2.11 | 3.4% |
| 51st | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.12 | 1.4% |
| 52nd | British Virgin Islands | 2.12 | -6.5% |
| 53rd | Aruba | 2.15 | 0.3% |
| 54th | Estonia | 2.16 | 4.3% |
| 55th | Faroe Islands | 2.16 | -8.0% |
| 56th | Montenegro | 2.17 | -0.9% |
| 57th | Monaco | 2.18 | -0.9% |
| 58th | Curaçao | 2.24 | 0.1% |
| 59th | Iceland | 2.24 | -1.3% |
| 60th | North Macedonia | 2.25 | -1.6% |
| 61st | Slovak Republic | 2.28 | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Georgia | 2.34 | 1.2% |
| 63rd | Mauritius | 2.40 | -5.4% |
| 64th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.40 | -3.5% |
| 65th | Poland | 2.42 | 3.4% |
| 66th | Gibraltar | 2.44 | -2.2% |
| 67th | Puerto Rico (US) | 2.46 | -6.0% |
| 68th | Uruguay | 2.49 | -1.0% |
| 69th | Cyprus | 2.49 | 0.2% |
| 70th | Armenia | 2.56 | 2.2% |
| 71st | China | 2.56 | -13.9% |
| 72nd | Moldova | 2.58 | 5.3% |
| 73rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.58 | -10.9% |
| 74th | Chile | 2.62 | -1.1% |
| 75th | Bahamas, The | 2.65 | -2.1% |
| 76th | Ireland | 2.74 | -6.8% |
| 77th | Thailand | 2.76 | -6.4% |
| 78th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 2.78 | -2.7% |
| 79th | Guam | 3.03 | 4.0% |
| 80th | Kazakhstan | 3.07 | 1.6% |
| 81st | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.07 | -1.2% |
| 82nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 3.10 | 0.7% |
| 83rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 3.10 | -2.4% |
| 84th | Israel | 3.11 | -0.8% |
| 85th | Sri Lanka | 3.11 | -6.2% |
| 86th | Palau | 3.14 | -2.4% |
| 87th | Argentina | 3.15 | -1.7% |
| 88th | St. Martin (French part) | 3.15 | -6.3% |
| 89th | Dominica | 3.18 | 0.4% |
| 90th | Seychelles | 3.22 | 2.8% |
| 91st | Azerbaijan | 3.29 | -1.5% |
| 92nd | Grenada | 3.31 | 4.8% |
| 93rd | Albania | 3.32 | -2.8% |
| 94th | New Caledonia | 3.35 | -3.8% |
| 95th | Jamaica | 3.41 | -1.4% |
| 96th | Colombia | 3.50 | -3.2% |
| 97th | Costa Rica | 3.53 | -0.4% |
| 98th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.56 | -4.9% |
| 99th | Panama | 3.60 | -1.6% |
| 100th | Guyana | 3.64 | -1.1% |
| 101st | Brazil | 3.72 | -3.0% |
| 102nd | Lebanon | 3.73 | -3.1% |
| 103rd | French Polynesia | 3.74 | -1.4% |
| 104th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.75 | -2.3% |
| 105th | Suriname | 3.87 | 1.2% |
| 106th | Fiji | 3.88 | -1.6% |
| 107th | Tuvalu | 3.91 | 0.9% |
| 108th | Malaysia | 3.93 | -1.0% |
| 109th | Dominican Republic | 3.95 | -1.7% |
| 110th | Nauru | 4.06 | 1.6% |
| 111th | Türkiye | 4.06 | -3.5% |
| 112th | St. Lucia | 4.08 | -2.1% |
| 113th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.09 | -2.6% |
| 114th | Indonesia | 4.11 | -3.2% |
| 115th | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.17 | -0.8% |
| 116th | American Samoa | 4.27 | -2.4% |
| 117th | Mexico | 4.30 | -2.9% |
| 118th | Ecuador | 4.40 | -2.4% |
| 119th | Bahrain | 4.41 | -2.2% |
| 120th | Kosovo | 4.46 | -0.7% |
| 121st | Viet Nam | 4.52 | -1.5% |
| 122nd | India | 4.57 | -1.2% |
| 123rd | South Africa | 4.63 | -1.5% |
| 124th | Myanmar | 4.63 | -0.6% |
| 125th | El Salvador | 4.65 | -3.6% |
| 126th | Kuwait | 4.66 | -3.9% |
| 127th | Peru | 4.68 | -2.4% |
| 128th | Uzbekistan | 4.71 | -2.1% |
| 129th | Tunisia | 4.77 | -2.4% |
| 130th | Philippines | 4.87 | -1.0% |
| 131st | Qatar | 4.90 | -2.9% |
| 132nd | Kiribati | 4.91 | -0.8% |
| 133rd | Turkmenistan | 4.97 | -1.5% |
| 134th | Paraguay | 5.09 | -0.8% |
| 135th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.29 | -1.1% |
| 136th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.31 | -0.4% |
| 137th | Belize | 5.31 | -3.4% |
| 138th | Morocco | 5.41 | -3.5% |
| 139th | Tonga | 5.45 | -0.9% |
| 140th | United Arab Emirates | 5.48 | -3.1% |
| 141st | Haiti | 5.51 | -0.2% |
| 142nd | Nepal | 5.54 | -0.2% |
| 143rd | Vanuatu | 5.55 | -1.0% |
| 144th | Lesotho | 5.56 | -1.3% |
| 145th | Papua New Guinea | 5.56 | -0.4% |
| 146th | Timor-Leste | 5.59 | 0.6% |
| 147th | Nicaragua | 5.61 | -2.2% |
| 148th | Samoa | 5.62 | -1.1% |
| 149th | Mongolia | 5.63 | -3.0% |
| 150th | Congo, Republic of | 5.76 | -1.6% |
| 151st | Gabon | 5.76 | 0.3% |
| 152nd | Botswana | 5.79 | -3.1% |
| 153rd | Equatorial Guinea | 5.90 | 0.4% |
| 154th | Bangladesh | 5.91 | -3.5% |
| 155th | Guatemala | 5.98 | -1.3% |
| 156th | Tajikistan | 5.98 | -0.9% |
| 157th | Namibia | 6.00 | -1.4% |
| 158th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.03 | -2.1% |
| 159th | Honduras | 6.06 | -1.9% |
| 160th | Cabo Verde | 6.07 | -1.7% |
| 161st | Central African Republic | 6.15 | -0.1% |
| 162nd | Zimbabwe | 6.20 | -2.1% |
| 163rd | São Tomé and Principe | 6.22 | -0.9% |
| 164th | Ghana | 6.23 | -1.3% |
| 165th | Cambodia | 6.30 | 1.7% |
| 166th | Djibouti | 6.30 | -0.7% |
| 167th | Bhutan | 6.34 | -1.0% |
| 168th | Lao PDR | 6.38 | 0.1% |
| 169th | Iraq | 6.39 | -1.1% |
| 170th | Gambia, The | 6.39 | 0.0% |
| 171st | Sudan | 6.41 | -0.9% |
| 172nd | Eswatini | 6.43 | -0.9% |
| 173rd | Mozambique | 6.43 | 0.1% |
| 174th | Guinea | 6.49 | 0.0% |
| 175th | Algeria | 6.50 | -2.7% |
| 176th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.53 | -0.9% |
| 177th | Mauritania | 6.54 | -0.7% |
| 178th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.56 | 0.4% |
| 179th | Solomon Islands | 6.57 | -1.1% |
| 180th | Sierra Leone | 6.57 | 0.2% |
| 181st | Cameroon | 6.58 | -0.3% |
| 182nd | Madagascar | 6.63 | -1.1% |
| 183rd | Togo | 6.63 | -1.4% |
| 184th | Pakistan | 6.64 | -0.4% |
| 185th | Eritrea | 6.65 | 0.2% |
| 186th | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.69 | -1.7% |
| 187th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.69 | 0.8% |
| 188th | Liberia | 6.76 | -0.4% |
| 189th | Nigeria | 6.78 | -0.4% |
| 190th | Tanzania | 6.81 | -0.9% |
| 191st | Jordan | 6.81 | -2.1% |
| 192nd | Saudi Arabia | 6.88 | -1.5% |
| 193rd | Libya | 6.91 | -3.5% |
| 194th | Chad | 6.98 | 0.3% |
| 195th | Zambia | 7.01 | -0.5% |
| 196th | Benin | 7.05 | -0.1% |
| 197th | Uganda | 7.07 | -0.6% |
| 198th | Marshall Islands | 7.08 | -1.3% |
| 199th | Maldives | 7.09 | -0.8% |
| 200th | Comoros | 7.11 | -0.3% |
| 201st | Senegal | 7.19 | -0.8% |
| 202nd | Kenya | 7.22 | -1.7% |
| 203rd | Burkina Faso | 7.25 | 0.0% |
| 204th | Mali | 7.28 | -0.6% |
| 205th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.28 | 0.3% |
| 206th | Burundi | 7.30 | -0.2% |
| 207th | South Sudan | 7.34 | 0.0% |
| 208th | Malawi | 7.36 | -1.2% |
| 209th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.42 | -0.9% |
| 210th | Angola | 7.46 | 0.0% |
| 211th | Afghanistan | 7.57 | -0.4% |
| 212th | Oman | 7.75 | -1.1% |
| 213th | Niger | 7.90 | 0.5% |
| 214th | Rwanda | 8.00 | -0.8% |
| 215th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.83 | 0.4% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's fertility rate in 1983?▾
South Africa's fertility rate in 1983 was 4.63. This ranked 123rd globally.
How did South Africa's fertility rate change in 1983?▾
South Africa's fertility rate decreased by 1.5% in 1983 compared to 1982.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1983?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1983 at 8.83.
What is the fertility rate of South Africa in 1983?▾
The fertility rate of South Africa in 1983 was 4.63. This ranked 123rd globally.
How does 1983 compare to 1982 for South Africa's fertility rate?▾
South Africa's fertility rate went from 4.70 in 1982 to 4.63 in 1983, a 1.5% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
South Africa matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1983. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 16.3%. View full analysis →
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