United States - Fertility Rate 1988
1.93
+0.06 from 1987
United States's fertility rate was 1.93 in 1988, increased +0.06 from 1.87 in 1987. This was the 38th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1988▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | San Marino | 1.14 | 0.4% |
| 2nd | Italy | 1.36 | 2.3% |
| 3rd | Andorra | 1.37 | -0.1% |
| 4th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.40 | 6.8% |
| 5th | Austria | 1.45 | 1.4% |
| 6th | Spain | 1.45 | -2.7% |
| 7th | Germany | 1.46 | 2.1% |
| 8th | Channel Islands | 1.48 | 1.4% |
| 9th | Liechtenstein | 1.50 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Greece | 1.50 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Luxembourg | 1.51 | 7.9% |
| 12th | Korea | 1.55 | 1.3% |
| 13th | Netherlands | 1.55 | -0.6% |
| 14th | Denmark | 1.56 | 4.0% |
| 15th | Belgium | 1.57 | 1.9% |
| 16th | Switzerland | 1.57 | 3.3% |
| 17th | Barbados | 1.58 | -1.9% |
| 18th | Portugal | 1.61 | -0.6% |
| 19th | Cayman Islands | 1.63 | 3.0% |
| 20th | Slovenia | 1.63 | -1.2% |
| 21st | Japan | 1.66 | -1.8% |
| 22nd | Canada | 1.68 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | European Union | 1.69 | 0.2% |
| 24th | Finland | 1.69 | 6.3% |
| 25th | British Virgin Islands | 1.71 | -0.3% |
| 26th | Serbia | 1.72 | -1.7% |
| 27th | Croatia | 1.79 | 9.1% |
| 28th | Bermuda | 1.80 | 2.9% |
| 29th | France | 1.81 | -1.1% |
| 30th | Hungary | 1.81 | -0.5% |
| 31st | United Kingdom | 1.82 | 0.6% |
| 32nd | Australia | 1.83 | -0.8% |
| 33rd | Norway | 1.84 | 5.7% |
| 34th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.85 | -1.6% |
| 35th | Cuba | 1.85 | 2.9% |
| 36th | Macao SAR, China | 1.86 | -9.6% |
| 37th | Isle of Man | 1.92 | 0.6% |
| 38th | United States | 1.93 | 3.3% |
| 39th | Czechia | 1.94 | 1.6% |
| 40th | Singapore | 1.96 | 21.0% |
| 41st | Sweden | 1.96 | 6.5% |
| 42nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.96 | -3.4% |
| 43rd | Bulgaria | 1.97 | 0.5% |
| 44th | Montenegro | 2.01 | -3.1% |
| 45th | Monaco | 2.01 | -2.5% |
| 46th | Lithuania | 2.02 | -4.3% |
| 47th | Belarus | 2.03 | 0.0% |
| 48th | Ukraine | 2.04 | -1.4% |
| 49th | Malta | 2.06 | 4.6% |
| 50th | New Zealand | 2.10 | 3.4% |
| 51st | Latvia | 2.11 | -1.9% |
| 52nd | Russian Federation | 2.12 | -4.5% |
| 53rd | Poland | 2.13 | -0.9% |
| 54th | Slovak Republic | 2.13 | -0.5% |
| 55th | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.13 | 3.1% |
| 56th | Mauritius | 2.14 | 4.4% |
| 57th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.16 | -7.9% |
| 58th | Ireland | 2.17 | -6.5% |
| 59th | Thailand | 2.17 | -3.7% |
| 60th | Curaçao | 2.25 | 0.5% |
| 61st | Iceland | 2.26 | 9.7% |
| 62nd | Estonia | 2.27 | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Aruba | 2.27 | 1.3% |
| 64th | Romania | 2.30 | -3.4% |
| 65th | Puerto Rico (US) | 2.31 | -0.9% |
| 66th | Greenland | 2.32 | 11.2% |
| 67th | Georgia | 2.32 | 0.0% |
| 68th | North Macedonia | 2.32 | 0.4% |
| 69th | Gibraltar | 2.35 | -0.2% |
| 70th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 2.47 | -2.4% |
| 71st | Cyprus | 2.47 | 3.4% |
| 72nd | Uruguay | 2.50 | 0.7% |
| 73rd | Bahamas, The | 2.52 | 0.0% |
| 74th | China | 2.54 | -8.0% |
| 75th | Sri Lanka | 2.57 | -3.0% |
| 76th | Faroe Islands | 2.57 | 9.1% |
| 77th | Chile | 2.59 | 0.0% |
| 78th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.62 | 0.0% |
| 79th | Moldova | 2.63 | -5.3% |
| 80th | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.65 | -4.6% |
| 81st | Armenia | 2.68 | 0.4% |
| 82nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.75 | -2.3% |
| 83rd | Seychelles | 2.79 | -4.6% |
| 84th | Azerbaijan | 2.80 | -3.5% |
| 85th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.82 | -1.1% |
| 86th | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.84 | -0.2% |
| 87th | Palau | 2.91 | -1.0% |
| 88th | Israel | 2.95 | -2.1% |
| 89th | Jamaica | 2.98 | -1.4% |
| 90th | Guam | 2.99 | 0.7% |
| 91st | Kazakhstan | 3.00 | -3.9% |
| 92nd | Colombia | 3.04 | -1.6% |
| 93rd | Argentina | 3.05 | 0.3% |
| 94th | Dominica | 3.06 | -0.2% |
| 95th | Albania | 3.07 | -1.2% |
| 96th | New Caledonia | 3.08 | 0.1% |
| 97th | Brazil | 3.11 | -3.7% |
| 98th | Panama | 3.17 | -2.4% |
| 99th | Grenada | 3.19 | -10.8% |
| 100th | Guyana | 3.23 | -2.3% |
| 101st | Costa Rica | 3.31 | -2.1% |
| 102nd | Indonesia | 3.35 | -2.0% |
| 103rd | Lebanon | 3.39 | -0.8% |
| 104th | Fiji | 3.43 | -1.3% |
| 105th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.44 | -1.6% |
| 106th | St. Lucia | 3.44 | -4.9% |
| 107th | Türkiye | 3.45 | -2.7% |
| 108th | Suriname | 3.46 | -2.0% |
| 109th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.50 | -4.2% |
| 110th | Dominican Republic | 3.50 | -0.8% |
| 111th | Malaysia | 3.50 | -1.8% |
| 112th | Viet Nam | 3.62 | -2.5% |
| 113th | Mexico | 3.64 | -4.3% |
| 114th | Myanmar | 3.67 | -4.9% |
| 115th | Kuwait | 3.70 | -3.3% |
| 116th | French Polynesia | 3.75 | 3.5% |
| 117th | Ecuador | 3.79 | -2.1% |
| 118th | Tunisia | 3.83 | -6.6% |
| 119th | Tuvalu | 3.88 | -1.5% |
| 120th | Kosovo | 3.97 | -3.2% |
| 121st | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.03 | -3.2% |
| 122nd | Bahrain | 4.04 | -2.3% |
| 123rd | El Salvador | 4.10 | -1.7% |
| 124th | Nauru | 4.11 | -0.7% |
| 125th | Peru | 4.14 | -2.6% |
| 126th | South Africa | 4.18 | -4.0% |
| 127th | India | 4.22 | -2.1% |
| 128th | Uzbekistan | 4.26 | -5.9% |
| 129th | American Samoa | 4.31 | 0.4% |
| 130th | Morocco | 4.39 | -4.1% |
| 131st | Philippines | 4.45 | -1.3% |
| 132nd | Qatar | 4.52 | -0.5% |
| 133rd | Mongolia | 4.65 | -3.8% |
| 134th | Turkmenistan | 4.68 | -3.4% |
| 135th | Kiribati | 4.73 | -1.5% |
| 136th | United Arab Emirates | 4.77 | -2.4% |
| 137th | Paraguay | 4.77 | -1.5% |
| 138th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 4.83 | -1.6% |
| 139th | Bangladesh | 4.85 | -4.5% |
| 140th | Belize | 4.87 | -0.3% |
| 141st | Botswana | 4.88 | -4.4% |
| 142nd | Nicaragua | 4.93 | -2.8% |
| 143rd | Algeria | 5.02 | -5.2% |
| 144th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.03 | -0.8% |
| 145th | Tonga | 5.10 | -1.7% |
| 146th | Lesotho | 5.10 | -2.3% |
| 147th | Samoa | 5.21 | -2.1% |
| 148th | Vanuatu | 5.27 | -1.1% |
| 149th | Zimbabwe | 5.28 | -4.0% |
| 150th | Papua New Guinea | 5.30 | -1.1% |
| 151st | Nepal | 5.31 | -0.8% |
| 152nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 5.32 | -2.6% |
| 153rd | Congo, Republic of | 5.39 | -1.2% |
| 154th | Libya | 5.41 | -5.4% |
| 155th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 5.43 | -5.0% |
| 156th | Honduras | 5.47 | -2.0% |
| 157th | Haiti | 5.47 | 0.0% |
| 158th | Cabo Verde | 5.55 | -2.3% |
| 159th | Namibia | 5.61 | -1.6% |
| 160th | Guatemala | 5.62 | -0.3% |
| 161st | Gabon | 5.62 | -0.8% |
| 162nd | Eswatini | 5.69 | -3.5% |
| 163rd | Timor-Leste | 5.72 | 0.6% |
| 164th | Tajikistan | 5.75 | -1.5% |
| 165th | Bhutan | 5.88 | -2.0% |
| 166th | Ghana | 5.92 | -1.7% |
| 167th | São Tomé and Principe | 5.94 | -0.9% |
| 168th | Cambodia | 5.94 | -2.5% |
| 169th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.98 | 0.1% |
| 170th | Solomon Islands | 5.99 | -2.0% |
| 171st | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.00 | -3.3% |
| 172nd | Jordan | 6.01 | -3.0% |
| 173rd | Djibouti | 6.03 | -0.9% |
| 174th | Iraq | 6.05 | -1.0% |
| 175th | Central African Republic | 6.10 | -0.4% |
| 176th | Sudan | 6.13 | -0.7% |
| 177th | Saudi Arabia | 6.15 | -3.0% |
| 178th | Lao PDR | 6.16 | -0.8% |
| 179th | Madagascar | 6.18 | -1.0% |
| 180th | Mauritania | 6.21 | -0.9% |
| 181st | Togo | 6.23 | -1.2% |
| 182nd | Gambia, The | 6.26 | -0.7% |
| 183rd | Mozambique | 6.37 | -0.4% |
| 184th | Tanzania | 6.38 | -0.4% |
| 185th | Marshall Islands | 6.38 | -2.8% |
| 186th | Eritrea | 6.47 | -0.8% |
| 187th | Pakistan | 6.48 | -0.6% |
| 188th | Cameroon | 6.48 | -0.9% |
| 189th | Nigeria | 6.50 | -0.1% |
| 190th | Liberia | 6.51 | -1.0% |
| 191st | Kenya | 6.52 | -2.6% |
| 192nd | Guinea | 6.56 | -0.2% |
| 193rd | Senegal | 6.58 | -3.1% |
| 194th | Maldives | 6.58 | -2.2% |
| 195th | Sierra Leone | 6.59 | -0.3% |
| 196th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.66 | 0.1% |
| 197th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.69 | -0.4% |
| 198th | Zambia | 6.70 | -1.4% |
| 199th | Comoros | 6.76 | -1.5% |
| 200th | Benin | 6.87 | -0.7% |
| 201st | Malawi | 6.88 | -1.3% |
| 202nd | Oman | 6.95 | -3.1% |
| 203rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.97 | -1.7% |
| 204th | Uganda | 7.10 | -0.3% |
| 205th | Burkina Faso | 7.11 | -0.8% |
| 206th | Chad | 7.15 | 0.7% |
| 207th | Rwanda | 7.23 | -2.6% |
| 208th | Mali | 7.32 | 0.2% |
| 209th | Angola | 7.37 | -0.5% |
| 210th | South Sudan | 7.38 | -0.1% |
| 211th | Burundi | 7.38 | 0.0% |
| 212th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.40 | 0.3% |
| 213th | Afghanistan | 7.55 | 0.0% |
| 214th | Niger | 7.84 | -0.4% |
| 215th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.79 | -0.5% |
FAQ
What was United States's fertility rate in 1988?▾
United States's fertility rate in 1988 was 1.93. This ranked 38th globally.
How did United States's fertility rate change in 1988?▾
United States's fertility rate increased by 3.3% in 1988 compared to 1987.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1988?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1988 at 8.79.
What is the fertility rate of United States in 1988?▾
The fertility rate of United States in 1988 was 1.93. This ranked 38th globally.
How does 1988 compare to 1987 for United States's fertility rate?▾
United States's fertility rate went from 1.87 in 1987 to 1.93 in 1988, a 3.3% increase.
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