Fertility rate, total (births per woman)

Indicator id: fertility_rate_total · Unit: births per woman · Coverage: 1960-2024

The number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.

Sources

• World Bank (preferred) -- dataset WDI, code SP.DYN.TFRT.IN (https://data.worldbank.org)
• DHS Program -- dataset NP-DHS, code FE_FRTR_W_TFR (https://dhsprogram.com)

Reconciliation note: World Bank is a modelled annual series; DHS is a direct survey estimate for the three years preceding each survey round only (1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2022). Expect the DHS figure to sit closest to its own survey year and the WB figure to be smoother between rounds.

Caveats

Modelled WB estimates interpolate between census/survey years; DHS is survey-based and only updates at each survey round.

Taxonomy

SDG: SDG 3.7 -- Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health care, including family planning
Topic: Health, Gender
Themes: gender, youth

Also known as

"fertility", "TFR", "total fertility rate", "births per woman", "how many children"

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