Source: World Bank  

Release: World Development Indicators  

Units:  Births per Woman, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Annual

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with current age-specific fertility rates.

Nations that are included in this data series are listed at http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-and-lending-groups. A developing nation is defined as one which falls within the lower or middle income bracket.

Source Indicator: SP.DYN.TFRT.IN