Pakistan vs Afghanistan vs Iran: The Fertility Race
How many children does a woman have in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran? From 1950 to 2026. The dashed line is 2.1 - the number that keeps a population stable.
Pakistan: 6.80 (1960) → 3.44 (2026)
Afghanistan: 7.28 (1960) → 4.56 (2026), peak 7.77 in 1995
Iran: 7.52 (1960) → 1.66 (2026), below 2.1 since 1999
Data: children per woman (total fertility rate). Latest years from national statistics offices (e.g. Statistics Korea, MHLW Japan, Taiwan Ministry of the Interior, INSEE, Destatis, ISTAT, CDC) and the Human Fertility Database; earlier years and countries without recent national data from the UN World Population Prospects 2024. 2026 is an early estimate: births so far in 2026 compared with 2025, or the UN projection.
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