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United Kingdom - Fertility Rate 2008

Name: United Kingdom Fertility Rate 2008
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Total fertility rate · World Bank

1.91 +0.05 from 2007 Global rank: 68th

United Kingdom's fertility rate was 1.91 in 2008, increased +0.05 from 1.86 in 2007. This was the 68th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2008▾

Fertility Rate by Country - 2008
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Macao SAR, China	0.98	-2.9%
2nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.06	3.5%
3rd	Korea	1.19	-5.3%
4th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.21	1.7%
5th	Andorra	1.25	5.1%
6th	British Virgin Islands	1.27	-3.0%
7th	Singapore	1.28	-0.8%
8th	Slovak Republic	1.34	5.5%
9th	Hungary	1.35	2.3%
10th	Japan	1.37	2.2%
11th	Germany	1.38	0.7%
12th	Poland	1.39	6.1%
13th	Portugal	1.39	3.0%
14th	Armenia	1.40	0.0%
15th	Serbia	1.40	1.4%
16th	Austria	1.42	2.9%
17th	Liechtenstein	1.43	0.7%
18th	Malta	1.43	5.9%
19th	Italy	1.44	3.6%
20th	Ukraine	1.44	7.5%
21st	Spain	1.45	5.1%
22nd	Lithuania	1.45	6.6%
23rd	Croatia	1.47	-0.7%
24th	North Macedonia	1.47	0.7%
25th	Cyprus	1.48	2.1%
26th	Switzerland	1.48	1.4%
27th	Belarus	1.49	4.1%
28th	Greece	1.50	6.4%
29th	Russian Federation	1.50	6.1%
30th	Czechia	1.51	4.1%
31st	United Arab Emirates	1.52	-15.4%
32nd	San Marino	1.52	21.0%
33rd	Slovenia	1.53	10.9%
34th	Bulgaria	1.56	4.7%
35th	Channel Islands	1.56	2.0%
36th	European Union	1.57	3.3%
37th	Cuba	1.58	9.7%
38th	Latvia	1.58	2.6%
39th	Thailand	1.59	-1.8%
40th	Romania	1.60	10.3%
41st	Luxembourg	1.61	0.0%
42nd	Albania	1.62	-1.0%
43rd	Trinidad and Tobago	1.62	-0.3%
44th	Moldova	1.64	4.0%
45th	Puerto Rico (US)	1.65	0.1%
46th	Mauritius	1.67	-4.0%
47th	Canada	1.70	1.8%
48th	St. Lucia	1.70	0.0%
49th	China	1.70	2.1%
50th	Cayman Islands	1.70	1.3%
51st	Estonia	1.72	1.8%
52nd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.73	9.9%
53rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	1.74	-0.3%
54th	Barbados	1.76	0.1%
55th	Netherlands	1.77	2.9%
56th	Brazil	1.82	-2.1%
57th	Georgia	1.83	8.0%
58th	St. Kitts and Nevis	1.83	-2.0%
59th	Belgium	1.85	1.6%
60th	Chile	1.85	1.3%
61st	Finland	1.85	1.1%
62nd	Bermuda	1.86	-3.8%
63rd	Aruba	1.89	0.4%
64th	Denmark	1.89	2.7%
65th	Montenegro	1.89	5.0%
66th	Azerbaijan	1.90	-3.6%
67th	Gibraltar	1.90	2.8%
68th	United Kingdom	1.91	2.7%
69th	Sweden	1.91	1.6%
70th	Brunei Darussalam	1.92	-0.8%
71st	Viet Nam	1.93	1.2%
72nd	Isle of Man	1.94	0.7%
73rd	Palau	1.95	-1.1%
74th	Jamaica	1.95	-3.5%
75th	Norway	1.96	3.2%
76th	Dominica	1.97	-2.7%
77th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	1.97	1.4%
78th	Tunisia	1.98	0.9%
79th	Costa Rica	1.98	1.3%
80th	Australia	1.98	1.3%
81st	Bahamas, The	2.00	-1.8%
82nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.01	-2.1%
83rd	France	2.01	1.5%
84th	Uruguay	2.03	-0.9%
85th	Antigua and Barbuda	2.04	9.8%
86th	Ireland	2.06	2.5%
87th	United States	2.07	-2.3%
88th	Grenada	2.12	-1.8%
89th	Iceland	2.15	2.9%
90th	Türkiye	2.15	-0.5%
91st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2.15	4.2%
92nd	Bahrain	2.15	-5.7%
93rd	Colombia	2.16	-1.8%
94th	Lebanon	2.17	-1.3%
95th	New Zealand	2.19	0.5%
96th	French Polynesia	2.20	3.4%
97th	Curaçao	2.20	10.0%
98th	New Caledonia	2.20	-0.5%
99th	Sri Lanka	2.23	-2.7%
100th	Greenland	2.25	-2.3%
101st	Malaysia	2.26	0.4%
102nd	Kuwait	2.27	-6.1%
103rd	El Salvador	2.29	-2.7%
104th	Cabo Verde	2.30	-4.6%
105th	Seychelles	2.33	4.0%
106th	Kosovo	2.36	-1.4%
107th	Qatar	2.37	-2.8%
108th	Maldives	2.37	3.4%
109th	Monaco	2.38	8.1%
110th	Mexico	2.39	-1.2%
111th	Myanmar	2.40	-1.8%
112th	Argentina	2.43	2.6%
113th	Indonesia	2.44	-1.5%
114th	Virgin Islands (US)	2.44	-2.8%
115th	Bhutan	2.48	-4.2%
116th	Peru	2.53	-2.1%
117th	Dominican Republic	2.55	1.4%
118th	St. Martin (French part)	2.55	-3.2%
119th	Bangladesh	2.58	-3.3%
120th	Faroe Islands	2.58	0.5%
121st	Libya	2.60	-1.9%
122nd	Mongolia	2.60	13.0%
123rd	Panama	2.61	-0.2%
124th	Morocco	2.61	-0.2%
125th	Kazakhstan	2.62	5.1%
126th	Uzbekistan	2.64	2.4%
127th	Nicaragua	2.66	-1.4%
128th	South Africa	2.68	5.3%
129th	Ecuador	2.69	-0.6%
130th	Guyana	2.70	0.6%
131st	India	2.71	-2.3%
132nd	Suriname	2.73	-0.3%
133rd	Nepal	2.74	-4.2%
134th	Turkmenistan	2.75	0.6%
135th	Oman	2.76	0.0%
136th	Belize	2.78	-3.6%
137th	Algeria	2.79	3.0%
138th	Paraguay	2.79	-1.1%
139th	Kyrgyz Republic	2.80	3.7%
140th	Northern Mariana Islands	2.82	1.0%
141st	Fiji	2.82	-1.8%
142nd	Guam	2.91	0.0%
143rd	Israel	2.96	2.1%
144th	Cambodia	3.05	-2.6%
145th	Saudi Arabia	3.07	-3.5%
146th	Botswana	3.13	0.1%
147th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	3.24	0.0%
148th	Honduras	3.26	-2.7%
149th	Lao PDR	3.33	-3.1%
150th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3.36	-2.4%
151st	Micronesia, Federated States of	3.37	-2.1%
152nd	Tajikistan	3.39	0.6%
153rd	Lesotho	3.39	-1.5%
154th	Philippines	3.40	-0.1%
155th	Tuvalu	3.42	-0.9%
156th	American Samoa	3.42	-2.5%
157th	Syrian Arab Republic	3.48	-1.6%
158th	Eswatini	3.57	-0.4%
159th	Guatemala	3.57	-3.9%
160th	Namibia	3.62	0.2%
161st	Djibouti	3.62	-3.6%
162nd	Haiti	3.62	-1.8%
163rd	Nauru	3.67	4.6%
164th	Zimbabwe	3.78	2.9%
165th	Jordan	3.88	2.1%
166th	Kiribati	3.90	0.9%
167th	Marshall Islands	3.97	-3.0%
168th	Tonga	4.01	-1.8%
169th	Papua New Guinea	4.02	-1.5%
170th	Gabon	4.12	-0.6%
171st	Vanuatu	4.16	1.0%
172nd	Ghana	4.22	-1.7%
173rd	Solomon Islands	4.36	-0.3%
174th	Iraq	4.37	-0.7%
175th	Samoa	4.42	1.4%
176th	West Bank and Gaza	4.51	-2.6%
177th	Pakistan	4.52	-0.9%
178th	Kenya	4.66	-1.2%
179th	Congo, Republic of	4.73	1.7%
180th	Eritrea	4.74	-1.6%
181st	Comoros	4.81	-1.1%
182nd	São Tomé and Principe	4.91	-1.0%
183rd	Rwanda	4.92	-4.3%
184th	Senegal	5.02	0.1%
185th	Madagascar	5.04	-0.8%
186th	Togo	5.10	0.0%
187th	Yemen, Republic of	5.11	-2.8%
188th	Timor-Leste	5.17	-3.0%
189th	Sudan	5.21	-1.1%
190th	Guinea-Bissau	5.27	-1.8%
191st	Cameroon	5.29	-0.9%
192nd	Tanzania	5.32	-1.5%
193rd	Liberia	5.33	-2.5%
194th	Côte d'Ivoire	5.36	-0.9%
195th	Equatorial Guinea	5.36	-1.3%
196th	Mauritania	5.44	0.2%
197th	Zambia	5.53	-1.5%
198th	Benin	5.55	-1.4%
199th	Sierra Leone	5.56	-1.4%
200th	South Sudan	5.57	-2.4%
201st	Guinea	5.60	-1.2%
202nd	Mozambique	5.60	2.4%
203rd	Malawi	5.61	-2.0%
204th	Gambia, The	5.63	-1.1%
205th	Central African Republic	5.90	0.6%
206th	Nigeria	6.02	0.0%
207th	Burkina Faso	6.05	-1.0%
208th	Uganda	6.20	-2.0%
209th	Angola	6.32	-0.8%
210th	Afghanistan	6.39	-1.8%
211th	Burundi	6.52	-1.1%
212th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	6.58	0.3%
213th	Mali	6.62	-0.3%
214th	Chad	7.06	-0.4%
215th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	7.42	-0.6%
216th	Niger	7.70	-0.3%

FAQ

What was United Kingdom's fertility rate in 2008?▾

United Kingdom's fertility rate in 2008 was 1.91. This ranked 68th globally.

How did United Kingdom's fertility rate change in 2008?▾

United Kingdom's fertility rate increased by 2.7% in 2008 compared to 2007.

Which country had the highest fertility rate in 2008?▾

Niger had the highest fertility rate in 2008 at 7.70.

What is the fertility rate of United Kingdom in 2008?▾

The fertility rate of United Kingdom in 2008 was 1.91. This ranked 68th globally.

How does 2008 compare to 2007 for United Kingdom's fertility rate?▾

United Kingdom's fertility rate went from 1.86 in 2007 to 1.91 in 2008, a 2.7% increase.

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