TABLE 1 Estimated Number of Women Who Gave Birth With No One Present (NOP) and Percent Contribution of Each Country to the Total Number of Births With NOP, Selected Countries With DHS Data Between 2005 and 2015a
Country & Survey YearPopulation of Women Aged 15–49General Fertility Rate/1,000 Women Aged 15–44bPercentage of Live Births With NOPEstimated Number of Women Giving Birth With NOPEstimated Percent Contribution to the Total Number of Births With NOP Among All Surveyed Countries
Nigeria 201339,466,7680.19013.00%974,82944.22%
India 2005279,621,4190.1010.50%141,2096.41%
Niger 20123,423,5890.26914.50%133,5376.06%
Tanzania 201110,465,7970.1886.70%131,8275.98%
Ethiopia 201120,405,1770.1613.80%124,8395.66%
Uganda 20117,234,1280.2176.80%106,7474.84%
Kenya 20089,361,6360.1616.50%97,9704.44%
Angola 20063,385,0340.1988.40%56,3002.55%
Mali 20123,524,9850.2145.80%43,7521.98%
DRC 201318,043,7280.2250.80%32,4791.47%
Guinea 20122,518,9960.1767.10%31,4771.43%
Rwanda 20102,650,8410.1517.30%29,2201.33%
Cameroon 20114,993,4390.1803.10%27,8631.26%
Nepal 20117,986,8220.0962.90%22,2351.01%
Côte d'Ivoire 20115,293,9150.1742.40%22,1071.00%
Ghana 20085,654,5180.1362.70%20,7630.94%
Zambia 20133,274,6510.1843.10%18,6790.85%
Malawi 20103,388,7910.2022.70%18,4820.84%
Yemen 20136,040,8270.2061.40%17,4220.79%
Bangladesh 201143,392,9260.0920.40%15,9690.72%
Burundi 20102,068,1220.2033.60%15,1140.69%
Senegal 20143,435,9610.1722.50%14,7750.67%
Pakistan 201248,212,8040.1310.20%12,6320.57%
Mozambique 20115,453,3520.2061.10%12,3570.56%
Zimbabwe 20102,894,6450.1502.80%12,1580.55%
Indonesia 201265,894,6560.0880.20%11,5970.53%
Burkina Faso 20103,688,8660.2061.40%10,6390.48%
Togo 20131,755,4250.1633.10%8,8700.40%
Madagascar 20084,668,3840.1680.80%6,2740.28%
Haiti 20122,576,0700.1171.90%5,7270.26%
Benin 20112,144,2410.1751.10%4,1280.19%
Egypt 201422,030,7930.1270.10%2,7980.13%
Bolivia 20082,478,3350.1210.90%2,6990.12%
Philippines 201324,814,9110.1010.10%2,5060.11%
Peru 20128,124,0850.0860.30%2,0960.10%
Swaziland 2006320,6320.1374.40%1,9330.09%
Colombia 201012,024,5520.0740.20%1,7800.08%
Honduras 20112,084,1880.1070.60%1,3380.06%
Timor-Leste 2009242,0260.1753.00%1,2710.06%
Congo 20111,084,8120.1820.50%9870.04%
Gambia 2013486,6290.0851.90%7860.04%
Namibia 2013583,3750.1250.90%6560.03%
Lesotho 2009523,6540.1191.00%6230.03%
Azerbaijan 20062,637,9850.0660.30%5220.02%
Sierra Leone 20131,391,2630.1690.20%4700.02%
Jordan 20121,722,9110.1120.20%3860.02%
Liberia 2013928,6190.1680.20%3120.01%
Tajikistan 20122,128,7420.1340.10%2850.01%
Dominican Rep. 20132,629,8980.0890.10%2340.01%
Comoros 2012181,2150.1420.90%2320.01%
Gabon 2012376,3600.1440.40%2170.01%
Kyrgyzstan 20131,487,2070.1250.10%1860.01%
Moldova 20051,083,1660.0550.20%1190.01%
Guyana 2009185,8750.0940.60%105<0.01%
Albania 2008798,4420.0460.10%37<0.01%
Armenia 2010849,5110.0610.00%0<0.01%
Cambodia 20104,088,9030.1050.00%0<0.01%
Sao Tome and Principe 200839,0780.1640.00%0<0.01%
Ukraine 200712,201,7720.0390.00%0<0.01%
Total2,204,554
  • a We excluded the following 18 countries because they did not have DHS data since 2005: Botswana, Brazil, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Guatemala, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Paraguay, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. We also excluded Ecuador 1987, Sudan 1989, and Thailand 1987 both because they did not have recent DHS data and because census data were missing for these countries.

  • b Number of live births in the 3 years preceding each survey year per woman aged 15–44.

  • Source of data: Population data from the US Census Bureau; general fertility rate and percentage of live births with NOP from STATcompiler.