United Kingdom - Fertility Rate 1987
1.81
+0.03 from 1986
United Kingdom's fertility rate was 1.81 in 1987, increased +0.03 from 1.78 in 1986. This was the 32nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1987▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | San Marino | 1.14 | -1.0% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.31 | -4.1% |
| 3rd | Italy | 1.33 | -1.5% |
| 4th | Andorra | 1.37 | -2.1% |
| 5th | Luxembourg | 1.40 | -2.1% |
| 6th | Austria | 1.43 | -1.4% |
| 7th | Germany | 1.43 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Channel Islands | 1.46 | 2.1% |
| 9th | Spain | 1.49 | -4.5% |
| 10th | Liechtenstein | 1.50 | 1.1% |
| 11th | Denmark | 1.50 | 1.4% |
| 12th | Greece | 1.50 | -6.3% |
| 13th | Switzerland | 1.52 | -0.7% |
| 14th | Korea | 1.53 | -3.2% |
| 15th | Belgium | 1.54 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Netherlands | 1.56 | 0.6% |
| 17th | Cayman Islands | 1.58 | -6.4% |
| 18th | Finland | 1.59 | -0.6% |
| 19th | Barbados | 1.61 | -4.9% |
| 20th | Portugal | 1.62 | -2.4% |
| 21st | Singapore | 1.62 | 13.3% |
| 22nd | Croatia | 1.64 | -6.8% |
| 23rd | Slovenia | 1.65 | -1.2% |
| 24th | Canada | 1.68 | 0.3% |
| 25th | European Union | 1.68 | -1.5% |
| 26th | Japan | 1.69 | -1.7% |
| 27th | British Virgin Islands | 1.72 | -3.5% |
| 28th | Norway | 1.74 | 1.8% |
| 29th | Bermuda | 1.75 | 0.8% |
| 30th | Serbia | 1.75 | -1.6% |
| 31st | Cuba | 1.80 | 1.2% |
| 32nd | United Kingdom | 1.81 | 1.7% |
| 33rd | Hungary | 1.82 | -1.1% |
| 34th | France | 1.83 | -1.1% |
| 35th | Sweden | 1.84 | 2.2% |
| 36th | Australia | 1.85 | -1.2% |
| 37th | United States | 1.87 | 1.9% |
| 38th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.88 | -1.6% |
| 39th | Isle of Man | 1.91 | 0.9% |
| 40th | Czechia | 1.91 | -0.5% |
| 41st | Bulgaria | 1.96 | -3.0% |
| 42nd | Malta | 1.97 | 2.1% |
| 43rd | Belarus | 2.03 | -2.9% |
| 44th | New Zealand | 2.03 | 3.6% |
| 45th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.03 | -3.4% |
| 46th | Mauritius | 2.05 | 3.0% |
| 47th | Iceland | 2.06 | 7.3% |
| 48th | Macao SAR, China | 2.06 | -5.9% |
| 49th | Monaco | 2.06 | -2.1% |
| 50th | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.07 | 1.7% |
| 51st | Montenegro | 2.07 | -1.0% |
| 52nd | Ukraine | 2.07 | -2.2% |
| 53rd | Greenland | 2.08 | 1.9% |
| 54th | Lithuania | 2.11 | -0.5% |
| 55th | Slovak Republic | 2.14 | -2.7% |
| 56th | Latvia | 2.15 | 1.4% |
| 57th | Poland | 2.15 | -3.2% |
| 58th | Russian Federation | 2.22 | 3.3% |
| 59th | Curaçao | 2.24 | 0.0% |
| 60th | Aruba | 2.24 | 1.4% |
| 61st | Thailand | 2.26 | -4.4% |
| 62nd | Estonia | 2.27 | 4.1% |
| 63rd | North Macedonia | 2.32 | 2.8% |
| 64th | Georgia | 2.32 | -2.6% |
| 65th | Ireland | 2.32 | -4.9% |
| 66th | Puerto Rico (US) | 2.33 | -1.1% |
| 67th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.34 | 7.8% |
| 68th | Gibraltar | 2.35 | -0.3% |
| 69th | Faroe Islands | 2.36 | -2.1% |
| 70th | Romania | 2.38 | -0.4% |
| 71st | Cyprus | 2.39 | -2.6% |
| 72nd | Uruguay | 2.49 | 0.6% |
| 73rd | Bahamas, The | 2.52 | -0.4% |
| 74th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 2.53 | -2.5% |
| 75th | Chile | 2.59 | 0.0% |
| 76th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.62 | -2.3% |
| 77th | Sri Lanka | 2.64 | -3.6% |
| 78th | Armenia | 2.66 | 0.1% |
| 79th | China | 2.76 | 1.4% |
| 80th | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.78 | -4.4% |
| 81st | Moldova | 2.78 | 1.4% |
| 82nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.82 | -3.6% |
| 83rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.84 | 3.8% |
| 84th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.86 | -1.4% |
| 85th | Azerbaijan | 2.90 | 0.1% |
| 86th | Seychelles | 2.92 | -4.9% |
| 87th | Palau | 2.93 | -1.4% |
| 88th | Guam | 2.97 | 1.1% |
| 89th | Israel | 3.01 | -0.8% |
| 90th | Jamaica | 3.02 | -2.6% |
| 91st | Argentina | 3.04 | -0.6% |
| 92nd | Dominica | 3.06 | -0.7% |
| 93rd | New Caledonia | 3.08 | 0.1% |
| 94th | Colombia | 3.09 | -1.9% |
| 95th | Albania | 3.11 | -1.1% |
| 96th | Kazakhstan | 3.12 | -2.1% |
| 97th | Brazil | 3.23 | -3.8% |
| 98th | Panama | 3.25 | -2.6% |
| 99th | Guyana | 3.31 | -2.2% |
| 100th | Costa Rica | 3.38 | -2.0% |
| 101st | Indonesia | 3.42 | -3.1% |
| 102nd | Lebanon | 3.42 | -1.3% |
| 103rd | Fiji | 3.48 | -1.6% |
| 104th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.49 | -1.6% |
| 105th | Dominican Republic | 3.53 | -2.1% |
| 106th | Suriname | 3.53 | -2.2% |
| 107th | Türkiye | 3.54 | -3.2% |
| 108th | Malaysia | 3.57 | -3.6% |
| 109th | Grenada | 3.58 | -0.1% |
| 110th | St. Lucia | 3.61 | -4.9% |
| 111th | French Polynesia | 3.62 | -2.5% |
| 112th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.65 | -3.6% |
| 113th | Viet Nam | 3.72 | -6.0% |
| 114th | Mexico | 3.80 | -4.2% |
| 115th | Kuwait | 3.83 | -4.4% |
| 116th | Myanmar | 3.86 | -5.4% |
| 117th | Ecuador | 3.87 | -3.3% |
| 118th | Tuvalu | 3.94 | -0.8% |
| 119th | Kosovo | 4.10 | -0.4% |
| 120th | Tunisia | 4.10 | -5.9% |
| 121st | Bahrain | 4.13 | -2.8% |
| 122nd | Nauru | 4.14 | -0.1% |
| 123rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.16 | -1.4% |
| 124th | El Salvador | 4.18 | -0.5% |
| 125th | Peru | 4.25 | -2.5% |
| 126th | American Samoa | 4.30 | 0.5% |
| 127th | India | 4.31 | -2.0% |
| 128th | South Africa | 4.35 | -1.3% |
| 129th | Philippines | 4.51 | -1.2% |
| 130th | Uzbekistan | 4.53 | -3.1% |
| 131st | Qatar | 4.54 | -0.6% |
| 132nd | Morocco | 4.58 | -4.0% |
| 133rd | Kiribati | 4.81 | -1.3% |
| 134th | Mongolia | 4.83 | -4.0% |
| 135th | Turkmenistan | 4.84 | -1.9% |
| 136th | Paraguay | 4.85 | -1.7% |
| 137th | United Arab Emirates | 4.88 | -2.3% |
| 138th | Belize | 4.88 | -1.1% |
| 139th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 4.91 | -1.7% |
| 140th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.06 | -1.0% |
| 141st | Nicaragua | 5.07 | -2.8% |
| 142nd | Bangladesh | 5.08 | -4.3% |
| 143rd | Botswana | 5.10 | -4.3% |
| 144th | Tonga | 5.19 | -1.5% |
| 145th | Lesotho | 5.22 | -1.8% |
| 146th | Algeria | 5.30 | -6.1% |
| 147th | Samoa | 5.32 | -1.9% |
| 148th | Vanuatu | 5.33 | -1.0% |
| 149th | Nepal | 5.35 | -1.0% |
| 150th | Papua New Guinea | 5.36 | -1.0% |
| 151st | Congo, Republic of | 5.46 | -1.0% |
| 152nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 5.47 | -2.6% |
| 153rd | Haiti | 5.47 | -0.1% |
| 154th | Zimbabwe | 5.50 | -3.3% |
| 155th | Honduras | 5.58 | -2.1% |
| 156th | Guatemala | 5.64 | -0.4% |
| 157th | Gabon | 5.67 | -0.4% |
| 158th | Cabo Verde | 5.68 | -2.2% |
| 159th | Timor-Leste | 5.68 | 0.2% |
| 160th | Namibia | 5.70 | -1.6% |
| 161st | Libya | 5.72 | -5.0% |
| 162nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 5.72 | -4.9% |
| 163rd | Tajikistan | 5.84 | -1.1% |
| 164th | Eswatini | 5.90 | -3.3% |
| 165th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.97 | 0.2% |
| 166th | São Tomé and Principe | 5.99 | -0.9% |
| 167th | Bhutan | 6.00 | -1.7% |
| 168th | Ghana | 6.02 | -1.0% |
| 169th | Djibouti | 6.09 | -0.9% |
| 170th | Cambodia | 6.10 | -2.1% |
| 171st | Iraq | 6.11 | -1.1% |
| 172nd | Solomon Islands | 6.12 | -2.3% |
| 173rd | Central African Republic | 6.12 | 0.2% |
| 174th | Sudan | 6.18 | -0.8% |
| 175th | Jordan | 6.20 | -3.0% |
| 176th | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.20 | -2.6% |
| 177th | Lao PDR | 6.21 | -0.8% |
| 178th | Madagascar | 6.24 | -1.6% |
| 179th | Mauritania | 6.27 | -1.1% |
| 180th | Gambia, The | 6.30 | -0.7% |
| 181st | Togo | 6.30 | -1.2% |
| 182nd | Saudi Arabia | 6.34 | -2.7% |
| 183rd | Mozambique | 6.39 | -0.3% |
| 184th | Tanzania | 6.41 | -1.3% |
| 185th | Nigeria | 6.50 | -0.8% |
| 186th | Pakistan | 6.52 | -0.5% |
| 187th | Eritrea | 6.52 | -0.5% |
| 188th | Cameroon | 6.54 | -0.5% |
| 189th | Marshall Islands | 6.57 | -2.4% |
| 190th | Guinea | 6.57 | 0.4% |
| 191st | Liberia | 6.57 | -1.0% |
| 192nd | Sierra Leone | 6.61 | 0.2% |
| 193rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.65 | 0.3% |
| 194th | Kenya | 6.69 | -2.3% |
| 195th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.72 | -0.3% |
| 196th | Maldives | 6.73 | -1.7% |
| 197th | Senegal | 6.79 | -1.7% |
| 198th | Zambia | 6.80 | -1.0% |
| 199th | Comoros | 6.87 | -1.2% |
| 200th | Benin | 6.92 | -0.6% |
| 201st | Malawi | 6.97 | -1.4% |
| 202nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.09 | -1.3% |
| 203rd | Chad | 7.11 | 0.5% |
| 204th | Uganda | 7.12 | 0.5% |
| 205th | Burkina Faso | 7.17 | -0.7% |
| 206th | Oman | 7.18 | -2.4% |
| 207th | Mali | 7.31 | 0.0% |
| 208th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.37 | 0.3% |
| 209th | Burundi | 7.38 | 0.8% |
| 210th | South Sudan | 7.39 | 0.1% |
| 211th | Angola | 7.41 | -0.3% |
| 212th | Rwanda | 7.43 | -2.4% |
| 213th | Afghanistan | 7.55 | -0.1% |
| 214th | Niger | 7.87 | -0.4% |
| 215th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.83 | -0.3% |
FAQ
What was United Kingdom's fertility rate in 1987?▾
United Kingdom's fertility rate in 1987 was 1.81. This ranked 32nd globally.
How did United Kingdom's fertility rate change in 1987?▾
United Kingdom's fertility rate increased by 1.7% in 1987 compared to 1986.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1987?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1987 at 8.83.
What is the fertility rate of United Kingdom in 1987?▾
The fertility rate of United Kingdom in 1987 was 1.81. This ranked 32nd globally.
How does 1987 compare to 1986 for United Kingdom's fertility rate?▾
United Kingdom's fertility rate went from 1.78 in 1986 to 1.81 in 1987, a 1.7% increase.
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