Fertility Rate
Fertility Rate ๐ซ๐ท๐บ๐ธ
Fertility Rate ๐ซ๐ท๐บ๐ธ
| # | Country | Total fertility rate (births per woman) (births/woman) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel | 2.87 | 2024 |
| 2 | ๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh | 2.14 | 2024 |
| 3 | ๐ฎ๐ท Iran | 1.68 | 2024 |
| 4 | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 1.63 | 2024 |
| 5 | ๐ซ๐ท France | 1.61 | 2024 |
Israel leads this card at 2.87, with France at 1.61. The gap is 1.26 births/woman. Israel is 1.78 times France.
Israel's rate stays high because religious Jewish families have many children. Iran fell to US and French levels after a national family-planning program from 1989.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (UN Population Division) See the source.
Years Lived
๐ท๐บ Russia has a life expectancy of 73.4 years. What is ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania's?
| Country | Life expectancy at birth (years) |
|---|---|
| ๐ท๐บ Russia | 73.4 |
| ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania | 79.8 |
Albania is 79.8 and Russia is 73.4. Albania outlives Russia by several years. Russian men die young from alcohol and heart disease, and that pulls the national average down.
Source: World Bank, from the UN Population Division: life expectancy at birth, both sexes (SP.DYN.LE00.IN), 2024. See the source.
Far West
Westernmost capitals of sovereign countries
| # | Country | Longitude of the capital (ยฐ longitude) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ๐น๐ด Tonga | -175.2 |
| 2 | ๐ผ๐ธ Samoa | -171.83 |
| 3 | ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico | -99.14 |
| 4 | ๐ฌ๐น Guatemala | -90.51 |
| 5 | ๐ธ๐ป El Salvador | -89.19 |
| 6 | ๐ง๐ฟ Belize | -88.77 |
Nukuสปalofa is the westernmost capital of a sovereign country on this scale, at -175.2ยฐ. Apia is next at -171.83ยฐ. Mexico City, at -99.14ยฐ, is still west of every other capital in the Americas. Longitude runs from -180 to 180 and does not wrap past the antimeridian, so Tonga and Samoa rank as far west here, not far east. Funafuti, at 179.12ยฐ, is the easternmost and is already the Far East daily.
Source: Wikidata coordinate location (P625), rounded to 0.01 degree. Longitude is degrees east from -180 to 180, with no wrap past the antimeridian. The capital is the one named in country_info.csv. See the source.