Why Do Countries Have High TFR?
Total Fertility Rate Correlations Total fertility rate (TFR) is the average number of children born per woman is she was at the age of child-bearing. A TFR of around 2 is called “Replacement-level fertility”, where 2 parents who bore two children would keep the population stable by replacing the parents with their children after they died. Findings show that in Niger and Somalia, the TFR is the highest. Whereas in Taiwan, the TFR is the lowest. There are numerous factors influencing the TFR results, including the use of contraceptives, levels of education, wealth, and early marriage. According to WHO’s research on contraceptive use in Africa and contraceptive prevalence worldwide, statistics showed that most African countries’ use of contraceptives “remained at low to moderate levels at the time of the second survey and ranged from 8.7% in Senegal (2005) to 46.6% in Namibia (2006/07)”. Compared to Taiwan, over 70% (2015) of its citizens use contraceptives. The TFR of e...