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Total Fertility Rate
Table
1. Total fertility rate - number of children per
women aged 15-49
| |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Australia |
1.76
|
1.73
|
1.76
|
1.75
|
1.76
|
1.79
|
1.82
|
1.92
|
1.97 |
1.90
|
|
| The
mainland of China |
1.80
|
1.80
|
1.80
|
1.80
|
1.70
|
1.70
|
1.70
|
1.70
|
1.80
|
1.80
|
|
| Hong
Kong SAR(1) |
1.03
|
0.93
|
0.94
|
0.90
|
0.92
|
0.96
|
0.98
|
1.03
|
1.06
|
1.06
|
1.13
|
| Japan |
1.36
|
1.33
|
1.32
|
1.29
|
1.29
|
1.26
|
1.32
|
1.34
|
1.37
|
1.37
|
|
| New
Zealand |
1.98
|
1.97
|
1.89
|
1.93
|
1.98
|
1.97
|
2.01
|
2.17
|
2.18
|
2.14
|
|
| Singapore(2) |
1.60
|
1.41
|
1.37
|
1.27
|
1.26
|
1.26
|
1.28
|
1.29
|
1.28
|
1.22
|
1.15
|
| South
Korea |
1.47
|
1.30
|
1.17
|
1.18
|
1.15
|
1.08
|
1.12
|
1.25
|
1.19
|
1.15
|
|
| Taiwan |
1.68
|
1.40
|
1.34
|
1.24
|
1.18
|
1.12
|
1.12
|
1.10
|
1.05
|
1.03
|
0.90
|
| Denmark |
1.77
|
1.75
|
1.72
|
1.76
|
1.78
|
1.80
|
1.85
|
1.85
|
1.89
|
1.84
|
|
| Finland |
1.73
|
1.73
|
1.72
|
1.76
|
1.80
|
1.80
|
1.84
|
1.83
|
1.85
|
1.86
|
|
| France |
1.87
|
1.88
|
1.86
|
1.87
|
1.90
|
1.92
|
1.98
|
1.96
|
1.99
|
1.99
|
|
| Germany |
1.38
|
1.35
|
1.34
|
1.34
|
1.36
|
1.34
|
1.33
|
1.37
|
1.38
|
1.36
|
|
| Italy |
1.26
|
1.25
|
1.27
|
1.29
|
1.33
|
1.32
|
1.35
|
1.37
|
1.42
|
1.41
|
|
| Netherlands |
1.72
|
1.71
|
1.73
|
1.75
|
1.73
|
1.71
|
1.72
|
1.72
|
1.77
|
1.79
|
|
| Norway |
1.85
|
1.78
|
1.75
|
1.80
|
1.83
|
1.84
|
1.90
|
1.90
|
1.96
|
1.98
|
|
| Spain |
1.23
|
1.24
|
1.26
|
1.31
|
1.33
|
1.35
|
1.38
|
1.40
|
1.46
|
1.40
|
|
| Sweden |
1.55
|
1.57
|
1.65
|
1.72
|
1.75
|
1.77
|
1.85
|
1.88
|
1.91
|
1.94
|
|
| Switzerland |
1.50
|
1.38
|
1.39
|
1.39
|
1.42
|
1.42
|
1.44
|
1.46
|
1.48
|
1.50
|
|
| United
Kingdom |
1.64
|
1.63
|
1.64
|
1.71
|
1.77
|
1.79
|
1.84
|
1.90
|
1.96
|
1.94
|
|
| Canada |
1.49
|
1.51
|
1.50
|
1.53
|
1.53
|
1.54
|
1.59
|
1.66
|
1.68
|
|
|
| United
States |
2.06
|
2.03
|
2.01
|
2.04
|
2.05
|
2.05
|
2.10
|
2.12
|
2.09
|
2.01
|
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Notes
(1) Excluding female foreign domestic
helpers working in Hong Kong
(2) Figures Singapore residents only
Source
Unless otherwise specified, all figures are from
OECD
Statistics website; accessed on 2.3.2012.
Figures for the mainland of China from The
World Health Reports and World
Health Statistics Reports.
Hong Kong SAR figures from Census
and Statistics Department, Hong Kong website;
accessed on 5.3.2012.
Singapore figures from Population
Trends 2011, Department of Statistics, Singapore.
Taiwan figures from Statistical
Yearbook of The Republic of China 2010, Edited
2011.
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