Wanted fertility rate
Wanted fertility rate is an estimate of what the total fertility rate would be if all unwanted births were avoided.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 86
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-06
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
Demographic & Health Surveys
Demographic and Health Surveys
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Read from
World Bank
World Development Indicators
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Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 2023 | 1.90 | births per woman |
| Mozambique | 2023 | 4.20 | births per woman |
| Senegal | 2023 | 3.60 | births per woman |
| Cambodia | 2022 | 2.40 | births per woman |
| Ghana | 2022 | 3.40 | births per woman |
| Kenya | 2022 | 2.90 | births per woman |
| Nepal | 2022 | 1.70 | births per woman |
| Philippines | 2022 | 1.50 | births per woman |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 2022 | 4.40 | births per woman |
| Burkina Faso | 2021 | 4.20 | births per woman |
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