World Bank Fertility Data¶
Description¶
Total fertility rate represents 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 current age-specific fertility rates.
Notes¶
This is panel data in wide-format
Number of observations: 219
Number of variables: 58
Variable name definitions:
Country Name
Country Code
Indicator Name - The World Bank Series indicator
Indicator Code - The World Bank Series code
1960 - 2013 - The fertility rate for the given year
Source¶
This data has been acquired from
The World Bank: Fertility rate, total (births per woman): World Development Indicators
At the following URL: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN
The sources for these statistics are listed as
United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects
United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Repot (various years)
Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices
Eurostat: Demographic Statistics
Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme
U.S. Census Bureau: International Database
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Copyright¶
This data is distributed according to the World Bank terms of use. See SOURCE.