What's New?

All updates and changes to the Human Fertility Collection are presented in the table below in reverse chronological order:

Date Description

08.08.2023

Data on the period age-specific fertility rates from the Human Fertility Database (HFD) were updated in the HFC.

10.02.2023

Minor update of the HFC.

14.07.2022

Minor update of the HFC.

31.05.2021

Minor update of the HFC. Data on the period age-specific fertility rates from the Human Fertility Database (HFD) were updated in the HFC.

28.02.2021

Minor update of the HFC.

19.08.2020

Minor update of the HFC.

02.02.2020

Minor update of the HFC.

31.10.2019

Major update of the HFC. Male fertility data were added.

07.07.2019

Minor update of the HFC.

14.10.2018

Minor update of the HFC.

11.06.2018

Minor update of the HFC. Data on the period age-specific fertility rates from the Human Fertility Database (HFD) were updated in the HFC.

07.03.2018

Minor update of the HFC.

25.07.2017

Minor update of the HFC.

15.02.2017

Minor update of the HFC.

10.11.2016

Minor update of the HFC.

05.10.2016

Major update of the HFC. Data on the period age-specific fertility rates from the Human Fertility Database (HFD) were incorporated into the HFC.

19.07.2016

Minor update of the HFC. One new country added.

04.04.2016

Minor update of the HFC. One new country added.

27.01.2016

Minor update of the HFC. Four new countries were added.

02.08.2015

Major update of the HFC. Six new countries were added. The splitting procedure was applied to order-specific aggregated data. Graphs with TFR and MAB are available for the visual presentation of data. Minor changes to the data formats were introduced.

18.12.2014

Major update of the HFC. Seven new countries were added. Data for Bangladesh, Botswana, Burkina Faso and Marshall Islands were excluded due to data problems.

30.09.2014

Data for Bhutan, Equatorial Guinea and Yemen were excluded due to data problems.

29.04.2014

Major update of the HFC. Sixteen new countries were added. A checking procedure for tracing erroneous data was introduced. Some problematic data were excluded.

24.08.2013

The HFC was launched. Data available for 73 countries.