United Kingdom - Fertility Rate 2012
1.92
+0.01 from 2011
United Kingdom's fertility rate was 1.92 in 2012, increased +0.01 from 1.91 in 2011. This was the 77th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | British Virgin Islands | 1.10 | -13.0% |
| 2nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.25 | 3.6% |
| 3rd | Andorra | 1.26 | -4.6% |
| 4th | Portugal | 1.28 | -5.2% |
| 5th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.29 | 6.7% |
| 6th | San Marino | 1.29 | -11.5% |
| 7th | Singapore | 1.29 | 7.5% |
| 8th | Korea | 1.30 | 4.3% |
| 9th | Spain | 1.32 | -1.5% |
| 10th | Poland | 1.33 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Greece | 1.34 | -4.3% |
| 12th | Hungary | 1.34 | 8.9% |
| 13th | Slovak Republic | 1.34 | -7.6% |
| 14th | Macao SAR, China | 1.36 | 18.0% |
| 15th | Cyprus | 1.38 | 1.6% |
| 16th | Germany | 1.41 | 1.4% |
| 17th | Japan | 1.41 | 1.4% |
| 18th | Italy | 1.42 | 0.0% |
| 19th | Malta | 1.42 | -2.1% |
| 20th | Austria | 1.44 | 0.7% |
| 21st | Latvia | 1.44 | 8.3% |
| 22nd | Czechia | 1.45 | 1.4% |
| 23rd | Serbia | 1.45 | 3.6% |
| 24th | Bulgaria | 1.50 | -0.7% |
| 25th | St. Lucia | 1.50 | 0.0% |
| 26th | North Macedonia | 1.50 | 2.7% |
| 27th | Liechtenstein | 1.51 | -10.7% |
| 28th | Switzerland | 1.52 | 0.0% |
| 29th | Croatia | 1.52 | 7.8% |
| 30th | Romania | 1.52 | 3.4% |
| 31st | Bermuda | 1.53 | -2.6% |
| 32nd | Ukraine | 1.53 | 4.4% |
| 33rd | Cayman Islands | 1.53 | -6.5% |
| 34th | European Union | 1.53 | 0.1% |
| 35th | United Arab Emirates | 1.53 | -0.5% |
| 36th | Mauritius | 1.54 | -0.6% |
| 37th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.54 | -3.4% |
| 38th | Estonia | 1.56 | -3.1% |
| 39th | Thailand | 1.56 | -0.5% |
| 40th | Luxembourg | 1.57 | 3.3% |
| 41st | Channel Islands | 1.58 | -0.6% |
| 42nd | Slovenia | 1.58 | 1.3% |
| 43rd | Armenia | 1.60 | 6.7% |
| 44th | Lithuania | 1.60 | 3.2% |
| 45th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.61 | -0.1% |
| 46th | Belarus | 1.62 | 6.9% |
| 47th | Canada | 1.63 | 0.0% |
| 48th | Jamaica | 1.65 | -4.0% |
| 49th | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.66 | -5.2% |
| 50th | Moldova | 1.66 | 0.7% |
| 51st | Cuba | 1.67 | -3.8% |
| 52nd | Russian Federation | 1.69 | 6.9% |
| 53rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.71 | -1.6% |
| 54th | Albania | 1.72 | 2.5% |
| 55th | Montenegro | 1.72 | 4.2% |
| 56th | Netherlands | 1.72 | -2.3% |
| 57th | Denmark | 1.73 | -1.1% |
| 58th | Barbados | 1.73 | -1.5% |
| 59th | Bahamas, The | 1.76 | -1.7% |
| 60th | Brazil | 1.77 | -0.6% |
| 61st | Chile | 1.80 | -1.4% |
| 62nd | China | 1.80 | 7.8% |
| 63rd | Belgium | 1.80 | -0.6% |
| 64th | Finland | 1.80 | -1.6% |
| 65th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.81 | -2.9% |
| 66th | Dominica | 1.83 | -1.8% |
| 67th | Norway | 1.85 | -1.6% |
| 68th | Costa Rica | 1.85 | -1.4% |
| 69th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.85 | 3.3% |
| 70th | Isle of Man | 1.86 | -2.0% |
| 71st | United States | 1.88 | -0.7% |
| 72nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.88 | -0.1% |
| 73rd | Colombia | 1.90 | -2.0% |
| 74th | Aruba | 1.91 | 2.6% |
| 75th | Sweden | 1.91 | 0.5% |
| 76th | Australia | 1.92 | -0.3% |
| 77th | United Kingdom | 1.92 | 0.5% |
| 78th | Georgia | 1.93 | 0.7% |
| 79th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.96 | -1.6% |
| 80th | Grenada | 1.97 | -1.9% |
| 81st | Viet Nam | 1.97 | 2.1% |
| 82nd | Kosovo | 1.97 | -3.4% |
| 83rd | Brunei Darussalam | 1.97 | 0.8% |
| 84th | Ireland | 1.98 | -2.5% |
| 85th | Kuwait | 1.99 | 1.7% |
| 86th | Gibraltar | 2.00 | 1.3% |
| 87th | Azerbaijan | 2.00 | 2.0% |
| 88th | Palau | 2.01 | 2.1% |
| 89th | France | 2.01 | 0.0% |
| 90th | Uruguay | 2.01 | 1.3% |
| 91st | Greenland | 2.02 | -4.6% |
| 92nd | French Polynesia | 2.03 | -1.7% |
| 93rd | Iceland | 2.04 | 1.0% |
| 94th | Qatar | 2.04 | -1.4% |
| 95th | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.06 | -4.6% |
| 96th | Bhutan | 2.07 | -4.0% |
| 97th | New Zealand | 2.10 | 0.5% |
| 98th | Bahrain | 2.11 | 4.2% |
| 99th | Türkiye | 2.11 | 2.9% |
| 100th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.11 | 1.8% |
| 101st | Malaysia | 2.12 | -1.7% |
| 102nd | Cabo Verde | 2.15 | -7.6% |
| 103rd | Sri Lanka | 2.17 | 1.4% |
| 104th | El Salvador | 2.19 | -1.7% |
| 105th | Curaçao | 2.20 | 4.8% |
| 106th | New Caledonia | 2.20 | 0.1% |
| 107th | Maldives | 2.25 | -2.3% |
| 108th | Bangladesh | 2.26 | -2.0% |
| 109th | Myanmar | 2.28 | -1.3% |
| 110th | Tunisia | 2.28 | 4.0% |
| 111th | Monaco | 2.29 | 3.3% |
| 112th | Mexico | 2.29 | -1.0% |
| 113th | Argentina | 2.30 | -3.7% |
| 114th | Uzbekistan | 2.34 | -0.7% |
| 115th | Lebanon | 2.35 | 1.1% |
| 116th | Peru | 2.36 | -2.4% |
| 117th | Seychelles | 2.37 | 1.7% |
| 118th | Nepal | 2.42 | -1.7% |
| 119th | South Africa | 2.45 | 0.5% |
| 120th | India | 2.47 | -2.4% |
| 121st | Dominican Republic | 2.50 | -1.2% |
| 122nd | Ecuador | 2.51 | -3.7% |
| 123rd | Belize | 2.51 | -0.8% |
| 124th | Indonesia | 2.51 | 0.0% |
| 125th | Nicaragua | 2.53 | -1.2% |
| 126th | Morocco | 2.54 | -2.0% |
| 127th | Faroe Islands | 2.57 | 11.2% |
| 128th | Panama | 2.59 | -0.5% |
| 129th | Fiji | 2.61 | -0.7% |
| 130th | Kazakhstan | 2.64 | 1.3% |
| 131st | Paraguay | 2.66 | -0.3% |
| 132nd | Suriname | 2.67 | 0.1% |
| 133rd | Libya | 2.68 | 1.3% |
| 134th | Mongolia | 2.70 | 3.8% |
| 135th | Guyana | 2.70 | 0.3% |
| 136th | Cambodia | 2.75 | -1.1% |
| 137th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.77 | 14.4% |
| 138th | Saudi Arabia | 2.78 | -0.7% |
| 139th | Honduras | 2.93 | -2.4% |
| 140th | Oman | 2.93 | -0.9% |
| 141st | Lao PDR | 2.95 | -3.1% |
| 142nd | Turkmenistan | 2.96 | 1.9% |
| 143rd | Algeria | 3.00 | 3.3% |
| 144th | American Samoa | 3.04 | -4.0% |
| 145th | Israel | 3.05 | 2.3% |
| 146th | Botswana | 3.07 | -1.1% |
| 147th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.08 | -2.1% |
| 148th | Guam | 3.12 | 8.4% |
| 149th | Philippines | 3.14 | -2.9% |
| 150th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 3.18 | -1.3% |
| 151st | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.20 | 3.2% |
| 152nd | Guatemala | 3.22 | -2.2% |
| 153rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.22 | -1.9% |
| 154th | Djibouti | 3.26 | -2.6% |
| 155th | Eswatini | 3.27 | -1.5% |
| 156th | Lesotho | 3.30 | -1.4% |
| 157th | Haiti | 3.32 | -3.2% |
| 158th | Northern Mariana Islands | 3.33 | 3.7% |
| 159th | Marshall Islands | 3.38 | -4.1% |
| 160th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 3.40 | 2.7% |
| 161st | Tajikistan | 3.42 | -1.0% |
| 162nd | Tuvalu | 3.47 | 0.2% |
| 163rd | Jordan | 3.57 | -3.3% |
| 164th | Namibia | 3.68 | 0.5% |
| 165th | Papua New Guinea | 3.75 | -1.8% |
| 166th | Kiribati | 3.77 | -2.8% |
| 167th | Tonga | 3.77 | -1.6% |
| 168th | Vanuatu | 4.06 | -0.8% |
| 169th | Gabon | 4.09 | -1.6% |
| 170th | Nauru | 4.12 | 0.0% |
| 171st | Kenya | 4.12 | -3.9% |
| 172nd | Zimbabwe | 4.13 | 0.2% |
| 173rd | Ghana | 4.15 | -0.6% |
| 174th | West Bank and Gaza | 4.15 | -3.5% |
| 175th | Rwanda | 4.20 | -3.0% |
| 176th | Pakistan | 4.20 | -2.3% |
| 177th | Solomon Islands | 4.33 | -0.1% |
| 178th | Timor-Leste | 4.40 | -4.6% |
| 179th | Eritrea | 4.41 | -1.8% |
| 180th | Iraq | 4.54 | -1.0% |
| 181st | Samoa | 4.55 | -0.3% |
| 182nd | Madagascar | 4.61 | -2.6% |
| 183rd | Yemen, Republic of | 4.63 | 0.1% |
| 184th | Comoros | 4.65 | -1.5% |
| 185th | São Tomé and Principe | 4.66 | -1.1% |
| 186th | Congo, Republic of | 4.79 | -0.8% |
| 187th | Togo | 4.85 | -2.6% |
| 188th | Liberia | 4.88 | -1.8% |
| 189th | Malawi | 4.90 | -3.6% |
| 190th | Cameroon | 4.98 | -1.4% |
| 191st | Guinea-Bissau | 5.00 | -1.3% |
| 192nd | Sudan | 5.03 | -1.1% |
| 193rd | Equatorial Guinea | 5.04 | -1.7% |
| 194th | South Sudan | 5.06 | -2.5% |
| 195th | Sierra Leone | 5.06 | -2.8% |
| 196th | Senegal | 5.13 | 0.6% |
| 197th | Zambia | 5.14 | -2.3% |
| 198th | Tanzania | 5.14 | -0.1% |
| 199th | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.19 | -1.0% |
| 200th | Guinea | 5.23 | -2.0% |
| 201st | Mauritania | 5.35 | -0.5% |
| 202nd | Benin | 5.43 | -0.1% |
| 203rd | Mozambique | 5.52 | -1.4% |
| 204th | Gambia, The | 5.52 | -0.4% |
| 205th | Uganda | 5.73 | -2.7% |
| 206th | Burkina Faso | 5.79 | -1.3% |
| 207th | Nigeria | 5.80 | -1.6% |
| 208th | Afghanistan | 5.99 | -1.8% |
| 209th | Burundi | 5.99 | -1.9% |
| 210th | Angola | 6.04 | -1.3% |
| 211th | Central African Republic | 6.05 | 0.6% |
| 212th | Mali | 6.52 | -0.3% |
| 213th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.56 | -0.3% |
| 214th | Chad | 6.91 | -0.6% |
| 215th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.21 | -0.8% |
| 216th | Niger | 7.53 | -0.9% |
FAQ
What was United Kingdom's fertility rate in 2012?▾
United Kingdom's fertility rate in 2012 was 1.92. This ranked 77th globally.
How did United Kingdom's fertility rate change in 2012?▾
United Kingdom's fertility rate increased by 0.5% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 2012?▾
Niger had the highest fertility rate in 2012 at 7.53.
What is the fertility rate of United Kingdom in 2012?▾
The fertility rate of United Kingdom in 2012 was 1.92. This ranked 77th globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for United Kingdom's fertility rate?▾
United Kingdom's fertility rate went from 1.91 in 2011 to 1.92 in 2012, a 0.5% increase.
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