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Table 2 Total Fertility Trends in Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh

From: Pattern and trends of the total and age-specific fertility rates during 1990–2018 in Pakistan

Country

Survey

%Decline

Annual % Decline

Direct

Indirect

Pakistan

PDHS 1990–91 to PDHS 2006–07

-24.1

-17.2

-1.08

PDHS 2006–07 to PDHS 2012–13

-7.3

-8.3

-1.39

PDHS 2012–13 to PDHS 2017–18

-5.3

-9.1

-1.82

PDHS 1990–91 to PDHS 2017–18

-33.3

-31.0

-1.15

India

NFHS1992-93 to IDHS 1998–99

-17.6

-7.1

-1.19

NFHS 1998–99 to IDHS 2005–06

-3.6

-10.3

-1.47

NFHS 2005–06 to IDHS 2015–16

-18.5

-22.9

-2.29

NFHS 1992–93 to IDHS 2015–16

-35.3

-35.7

-1.55

Bangladesh

BDHS 1993–94 to BDHS 1996–97

-2.9

-9.8

-3.27

BDHS 1996–97 to BDHS 1999–00

0.0

-8.7

-2.90

BDHS 1999–00 to BDHS 2004

-9.1

-4.8

-0.95

BDHS 2004 to BDHS 2007

-10.0

-10.0

-3.33

BDHS 2007 to BDHS 2011

-14.8

-11.1

-2.78

BDHS 2011 to BDHS 2014

0.0

-3.1

-1.04

BDHS 1993 to BDHS 2014

-32.4

-39.2

-1.87