The most comprehensive compilation of information on the status of
women in the world.

Latest items for BR-DATA-1

Oct. 9, 2024, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1, BR-DATA-1

"In 2019, the birth rate was at 58.2 per 1,000 for women aged 15-19 years indicating a high birth rate among adolescence" (4).
July 18, 2024, 6:38 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"Regarding universal birth registration, according to the National Institute of Statistics, coverage of births during the 2017–2021 period, which includes universal birth registration and underregistration, according to vital statistics disaggregated by sex, amounted to 1,641,666 births (30 August 2021), of which 49 per cent were girls (806,568)" (18).
Jan. 16, 2024, 6:33 p.m.
Countries: Botswana
Variables: BR-DATA-1

Table 13 on page 31 shows the total number of births in 2008 was 44, 961; in 2009, 45,365; in 2010 50, 328; in 2011, 45, 008; in 2012, 50,048 (31).
Jan. 4, 2024, 10:41 a.m.
Countries: Singapore
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"Singapore’s resident total fertility rate was 1.10 in 2020, compared to 1.20 in 2016. There were 38,590 live births in 2020, of which 20,023 (52 per cent) were males and 18,566 (48 per cent) were females" (9).
Dec. 5, 2023, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"China is left with one of the lowest birthrates in the world" (pp 7). "In 2016, China reported 18.46 million births – just 1.4 million higher than the average number of births in the previous five years… Annual births continued to drop thereafter: from 17.23 million in 2017 to 15.23 million in 2018, 14.65 million in 2019, 12 million in 2020, then to 10.62 million in 2021" (pp 9). "In the 1970s, the total fertility rate (births per woman) fell from 5.8 in 1970 to 2.75 in 1979… [S]ince the 1990s, it has declined to below the replacement level. The 2010 and 2020 censuses yielded total fertility rates of 1.18...more
Nov. 28, 2023, 1:28 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"New births are set to drop below 10 million from last year's 10.6 million, a decline that will follow an 11.5% slide in 2020" (pp 8).
Nov. 28, 2023, 1:11 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"China's fertility rate [was] 1.16 in 2021" (pp 8). "New births in China are set to fall to record lows this year, demographers say, dropping below 10 million from last year's 10.6 million - which was already 11.5% lower than in 2020" (pp 10).
Nov. 28, 2023, 12:49 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"South Korea's alarming low fertility rate [is] at 0.8 children per woman" (pp 14).
Nov. 3, 2023, 11:41 a.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: CBMC-PRACTICE-2, BR-DATA-1

“Women who do not want to sacrifice their careers are now simply choosing not to have children. South Korea's fertility rate (the average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime) has fallen to 0.81, the lowest in the world. Its population is predicted to halve by the end of the century, meaning it may not have enough people to sustain its economy and conscript into its army” (para 32).
Oct. 10, 2023, 1 p.m.
Countries: Japan, United States
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"That is far below the 2.1 needed to maintain a stable population and low even compared to other developed countries where the rate is falling, such as the United States (1.6) and Japan – which at 1.3 reported its own lowest rate on record" (para 4)
Oct. 10, 2023, 12:58 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"South Korea recently broke its own record for the world’s lowest fertility rate. Figures released in November showed the average number of children a South Korean woman will have in her lifetime is down to just 0.79" (para 3).
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Syria, Uzbekistan
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"21.5 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Suriname
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"17.8 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Swaziland
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"23.4 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"25.3 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Tanzania
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"35.3 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Togo
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"31.1 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Tunisia
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"15.1 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"5.1 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"29.6 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Vietnam
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"14.3 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"14.1 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Vanuatu
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"28.5 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: United Arab Emirates
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"9.6 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"15.9 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"14.8 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"32.4 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Madagascar, Sierra Leone
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"30.3 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Montenegro
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"10.8 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Luxembourg
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"10.3 births per 1000 population"