(November 2013) Contraceptive use varies widely around the world, both in terms of total use and the types of methods used. Worldwide, 63 percent of married women ages 15 to 49 use a method of family planning; 57 percent use a modern method. While most women in more developed countries use contraception, in many of the poorest countries, fewer than one in five married women use a modern method.
PRB’s Family Planning Worldwide 2013 Data Sheet provides the latest estimates of births per woman and other indicators for 150 countries, including the percentage of women using modern and traditional family planning methods, unmet need for family planning, and use of modern contraception by wealth group.