Table 1 Six Regions and 141 Countries used in the Analyses, with Fertility Rates (TFR) for each Country 2010–2015 (in ascending order of TFR)

 Portugal

1,28

 Spain

1,33

 Greece

1,34

 Cyprus

1,38

 Malta

1,41

 Germany

1,43

 Italy

1,43

 Austria

1,45

 Switzerland

1,53

 Luxembourg

1,55

 Canada

1,61

 Denmark

1,73

 Netherlands

1,73

 Finland

1,77

 Belgium

1,78

 Norway

1,82

 USA

1,88

 UK

1,88

 Australia

1,89

 Sweden

1,90

 France

1,98

 Iceland

1,98

 Ireland

2,00

 New Zeeland

2,04

 Israel

3,04

 Bosnia-Herzegovina

1,31

 Hungary

1,33

 Poland

1,33

 Slovakia

1,39

 Czech Republic

1,48

 Rumania

1,48

 Croatia

1,49

 Ukraine

1,49

 Latvia

1,50

 Bulgaria

1,51

 Slovenia

1,58

 Estonia

1,59

 Serbia

1,59

 Lithuania

1,59

 Belarus

1,64

 Armenia

1,65

 Montenegro

1,71

 Albania

1,71

 Georgia

2,00

 Turkey

2,12

 Brazil

1,78

 Trinidad & Tobago

1,80

 Chile

1,82

 Costa Rica

1,85

 Columbia

1,93

 Uruguay

2,04

 Jamaica

2,08

 El Salvador

2,17

 Mexico

2,29

 Nicaragua

2,32

 Argentina

2,35

 Venezuela

2,40

 Peru

2,50

 Dominican Republic

2,53

 Ecuador

2,59

 Paraguay

2,60

 Guyana

2,60

 Panama

2,60

 Belize

2,64

 Honduras

2,65

 Bolivia

3,04

 Haiti

3,13

 Guatemala

3,19

 Lebanon

1,72

 United Arab Emirates

1,82

 Qatar

2,00

 Kuwait

2,05

 Bahrain

2,12

 Tunisia

2,25

 Libya

2,40

 Morocco

2,60

 Saudi Arabia

2,73

 Algeria

2,96

 Egypt

3,38

 Jordan

3,60

 Palestinian Terr.

4,25

 Yemen

4,40

 Iraq

4,55

 Comoros

4,60

 Sudan

4,75

 Mauretania

4,88

 South Africa

2,55

 Botswana

2,88

 Swaziland

3,30

 Namibia

3,60

 Zimbabwe

4,00

 Kenya

4,10

 Ghana

4,18

 Rwanda

4,20

 Madagascar

4,40

 Togo

4,69

 Liberia

4,83

 Sierra Leone

4,84

 Congo Brazzaville

4,86

 Malawi

4,88

 Cameroon

4,95

 Senegal

5,00

 Central African Republic

5,10

 Guinea

5,13

 Ivory Coast

5,14

 Zambia

5,20

 Benin

5,22

 Tanzania

5,24

 Mozambique

5,45

 Burkina Faso

5,65

 Nigeria

5,74

 Uganda

5,91

 Burundi

6,00

 Chad

6,31

 Mali

6,35

 Congo Kinshasa

6,40

 Niger

7,40

 Hong Kong (China)

1,20

 Singapore

1,23

 South Korea

1,23

 Japan

1,41

 Thailand

1,53

 Iran

1,75

 Vietnam

1,96

 Azerbaijan

2,10

 Malaysia

2,11

 Bangladesh

2,22

 Myanmar

2,30

 Nepal

2,32

 Uzbekistan

2,38

 India

2,44

 Indonesia

2,45

 Cambodia

2,70

 Kazakstan

2,70

 Mongolia

2,83

 Laos

2,93

 Philippines

3,05

 Kyrgyzstan

3,12

 Tajikistan

3,50

 Pakistan

3,72

 Afghanistan

5,26