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List of countries by total fertility rate

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A 2024 map of countries by fertility rate. Blue indicates negative fertility rates. Red indicates positive rates.

This is a list of all sovereign states and dependencies by total fertility rate (TFR): the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years.

Methodology

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The first lists show the most recent year where there is published total fertility rate (TFR) data ranked by sovereign states and dependencies, and are ordered by organization type – intergovernmental, governmental, or non-governmental organization that searched, organized, and published the data.

Country ranking by most recent years lists:

International organizations ranking lists

The United Nations Population Fund ranking is based on the data for the 2022 published online.[1] The United Nations Population Fund (formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities - UNFPA) is an UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide. This agency collects and analyses information on demography issues based on its own work and national sources.

The World Bank ranking list is based on the data for the year 2020 published online.[2] The World Bank is a United Nations international financial institution, a component of the World Bank Group, and a member of the United Nations Development Group, but it also collects and analyses information on demography issues based on international and national sources: (1) United Nations Population Division: World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistics Division: Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau International Database.

Note: Sometimes the World Bank changes its figures of fertility rates for a certain year due to more accurate and updated information from sources. Because of that, sometimes it is necessary to update World Bank figures for fertility rates more than once for the same year.

Governmental organizations ranking lists

The CIA ranking list is sourced from the CIA World Factbook for the most recent year[3][4] unless otherwise specified. Sovereign states and countries are ranked. Some countries might not be listed because they are not fully recognized as countries at the time of this census.

The INED - Institut National d'Études Démographiques is based on the online publication Population & Sociétés - Tous les pays du monde (2019), number 569, September 2019.[5]

Non-governmental organizations ranking lists

The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) ranking list is based on the data of the 2024 World Population Data Sheet[6] published online. The PRB[7] is a private, nonprofit organization which informs people around the world about population, health and the environment for research or academic purposes. It was founded in 1929. World Population Data Sheets are double-sided wallcharts (now published online) that present detailed information on demographic, health and environment indicators for more than 200 countries.

The Our World in Data (OWID) Country ranking 2019 list is sourced and based on the OWID website (on the clickable map and quoted sources).[8][9] (OWID) is an online publication that presents empirical research and data that show how living conditions around the world are changing. The aim is to show how the world is changing and why. The publication is developed at the University of Oxford and authored by social historian and development economist Max Roser.


Notes:

1- Changes in figures of fertility rates by country from one year to another do not always reflect an actual increase or decrease of fertility rates in a certain country, but instead reflect a change made due to more accurate and updated information from sources.

2- Figures of fertility rates by country and their ranking are based on single referenced sources, from organizations that investigate demographic issues. In several instances, they do not correspond with other sources, such as other organizations and sources that are referenced in the individual demographics by country, which can be accessed by clicking on the names of the countries. These differences can be due to several factors, including primary sources, data quality, and methodology.


Replacement rates

See also: Sub-replacement fertility

Replacement fertility is the total fertility rate at which women give birth to enough babies to sustain population levels, assuming that mortality rates remain constant and net migration is zero.[10] If replacement level fertility is sustained over a sufficiently long period, each generation will exactly replace itself.[10] The replacement fertility rate is 2.1 births per female for most developed countries (in the United Kingdom, for example), but can be as high as 3.5 in undeveloped countries because of higher mortality rates, especially child mortality.[11] The global average for the replacement total fertility rate, eventually leading to a stable global population, for the contemporary period, 2010–2015, is 2.3 children per female.[11][12]


Comparison ranking lists:

The Our World in Data (OWID) Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1950 and 2015 list is sourced and based on the OWID website (on the clickable map and quoted sources).[13][14] Our World in Data (OWID) is an online publication that aims to show how and why the world is changing using empirical research and data. The publication is developed at the University of Oxford and authored by social historian and development economist Max Roser.

The World Bank Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1960 and 2015 list is sourced and based on the online published demographic data of the World Bank website (on the clickable map and quoted sources).[15]

The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1970 and 2013 list is sourced and based on the data of the 2014 World Population Data Sheet,[16] which was published online.[17][18]

Forecast/prediction ranking lists:

The UN ranking list is sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects. Figures are from the 2015 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2015–2020, using the medium assumption.[19][20] and from the 2019 revision United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2020–2025, using the medium assumption.[21] The United Nations Population Division, part of the DESA - Department of Economic and Social Affairs,[22] ranking list is based on the forecast/prediction for the years 2015-2020 and 2020-2025.[23][24]

Only countries/territories with a population of 100,000 or more in 2019 are included. Rankings are based on the 2015–2020 and 2020-2025 figures.

Country ranking by most recent year

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Country ranking by international organizations

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2024 list by the United Nations Population Fund[1]
Rank Country Total fertility rate
in 2024
(births/woman)
1  Niger 6.6
2  Chad 6.0
3  DR Congo 6.0
4  Somalia 6.0
5  Central African Republic 5.7
6  Mali 5.7
7  Angola 5.0
8  Nigeria 5.0
9  Burundi 4.8
10  Benin 4.7
11  Burkina Faso 4.5
12  Tanzania 4.5
13  Gambia 4.4
14  Mozambique 4.4
15  Afghanistan 4.3
16  Sudan 4.3
17  Cameroon 4.2
18  Ivory Coast 4.2
19  Mauritania 4.2
20  Senegal 4.2
21  Uganda 4.2
22  Guinea 4.1
23  South Sudan 4.1
24  Togo 4.1
25  Zambia 4.1
26  Congo 4.0
27  Equatorial Guinea 4.0
28  Ethiopia 3.9
29  Liberia 3.9
30  Comoros 3.8
31  Guinea-Bissau 3.8
32  Samoa 3.8
33  Solomon Islands 3.8
34  Madagascar 3.7
35  Malawi 3.7
36  Sierra Leone 3.7
37  Eritrea 3.6
38  Rwanda 3.6
39  São Tomé and Príncipe 3.6
40  Vanuatu 3.6
41  Yemen 3.6
42  Ghana 3.4
43 (1)  French Guiana (France) 3.4
44  Gabon 3.3
45  Iraq 3.3
46  Palestine 3.3
47  Pakistan 3.3
48  Zimbabwe 3.3
49  Kenya 3.2
50  Kiribati 3.2
51  Namibia 3.2
52  Papua New Guinea 3.1
53  Tajikistan 3.1
54  Tonga 3.1
55  Tuvalu 3.1
56  Kazakhstan 3.0
57  Israel 2.9
58  Kyrgyzstan 2.9
59  Lesotho 2.9
60  East Timor 2.9
61  Egypt 2.8
62  Algeria 2.7
63  Botswana 2.7
64  Djibouti 2.7
65  Eswatini 2.7
66  Haiti 2.7
67  Jordan 2.7
68  Mongolia 2.7
69  Philippines 2.7
70  Uzbekistan 2.7
71  Micronesia 2.6
72  Syria 2.6
73  Turkmenistan 2.6
74  Bolivia 2.5
75 (2)  Guam (US) 2.5
76  Oman 2.5
77  Fiji 2.4
78  Laos 2.4
79  Paraguay 2.4
80  Cambodia 2.3
81  Guatemala 2.3
82  Guyana 2.3
83  Honduras 2.3
84  Libya 2.3
85  Panama 2.3
86  Saudi Arabia 2.3
87  Seychelles 2.3
88  South Africa 2.3
89  Suriname 2.3
  World 2.3
  Population replacement 2.3
90  Dominican Republic 2.2
91  Morocco 2.2
92  Nicaragua 2.2
93 (3)  Réunion (France) 2.2
94  Western Sahara 2.2
95  Indonesia 2.1
96  Myanmar (Burma) 2.1
97  Peru 2.1
98  Venezuela 2.1
99 (4)  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 2.1
100  Belize 2.0
101  Ecuador 2.0
102  Georgia 2.0
103  Grenada 2.0
104 (5)  Guadeloupe (France) 2.0
105  India 2.0
106  Kuwait 2.0
107  Lebanon 2.0
108  Nepal 2.0
109 (6)  New Caledonia (France) 2.0
110  Tunisia 2.0
111  Argentina 1.9
112  Bangladesh 1.9
113  Cape Verde 1.9
114 (7)  Martinique (France) 1.9
115  Sri Lanka 1.9
116  Turkey 1.9
117  Vietnam 1.9
118  Bahrain 1.8
119  El Salvador 1.8
120  France 1.8
121  Ireland 1.8
122  Malaysia 1.8
123  Mexico 1.8
124  Moldova 1.8
125  Qatar 1.8
126  North Korea 1.8
127  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.8
128  Brunei 1.7
129  Colombia 1.7
130  Czech Republic 1.7
131  Denmark 1.7
132  Estonia 1.7
133 (8)  French Polynesia (France) 1.7
134  Iceland 1.7
135  Iran 1.7
136  Maldives 1.7
137  Montenegro 1.7
138  New Zealand 1.7
139  Romania 1.7
140  Sweden 1.7
141  United States 1.7
142  Antigua and Barbuda 1.6
143  Armenia 1.6
144  Australia 1.6
145  Azerbaijan 1.6
146  Barbados 1.6
147  Belgium 1.6
148  Brazil 1.6
149  Bulgaria 1.6
150 (9)  Curaçao (Netherlands) 1.6
151  Dominica 1.6
152  Latvia 1.6
154  Lithuania 1.6
154  Netherlands 1.6
155 (10)  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (Dutch part) 1.6
156  Slovakia 1.6
157  Slovenia 1.6
158  Trinidad and Tobago 1.6
159 (11)  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 1.6
160  United Kingdom 1.6
161  Austria 1.5
162  Belarus 1.5
163  Canada 1.5
164  Chile 1.5
165  Costa Rica 1.5
166  Cuba 1.5
167  Germany 1.5
168  Hungary 1.5
169  Norway 1.5
170  Poland 1.5
171  Russia 1.5
172  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.5
173  Serbia 1.5
174  Switzerland 1.5
175  Uruguay 1.5
176  Albania 1.4
177  Bahamas 1.4
178  Bhutan 1.4
179  Croatia 1.4
180  Finland 1.4
181  Greece 1.4
182  Luxembourg 1.4
183  Mauritius 1.4
184  North Macedonia 1.4
185  Portugal 1.4
186  Saint Lucia 1.4
187  United Arab Emirates 1.4
188  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.3
189  Cyprus 1.3
190  Italy 1.3
191  Jamaica 1.3
192  Japan 1.3
193 (12)  Puerto Rico (US) 1.3
194  Spain 1.3
195  Thailand 1.3
196  Ukraine 1.3
197 (13)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.2
198  China 1.2
199 (14)  Macau (China) 1.2
200  Malta 1.2
201  San Marino 1.2
202  Singapore 1.1
203  South Korea 0.9
204 (15)  Hong Kong (China) 0.8
  Sovereign states: 189
  Dependent territories: 15
  World 2.3
  UNFPA Programme Regions
1 West and Central Africa 4.8
2 East and Southern Africa 4.1
3 Arab States 3.0
4 Eastern Europe and Central Asia 2.1
5 Asia and the Pacific 1.9
6 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.8
  Development Situation
1 Least Developed Regions 3.8
2 Less Developed Regions 2.4
3 More Developed Regions 1.5
  Not ranked (no data)
1 (1)  American Samoa (US) -
2  Andorra -
3 (2)  Bermuda (UK) -
4 (3)  British Virgin Islands (UK) -
5 (4)  Cayman Islands (UK) -
6 Channel Islands - (5)  Guernsey (UK) and (6)  Jersey (UK) -
7 (5)  Faroe Islands (Denmark) -
8 (6)  Gibraltar (UK) -
9 (7)  Greenland (Denmark) -
10 (8)  Isle of Man (UK) -
11  Kosovo -
12  Liechtenstein -
13  Marshall Islands -
14 (9)  Mayotte (France) -
15  Monaco -
16  Nauru -
17 (10)  Northern Mariana Islands (US) -
18  Palau -
19 (11)  Saint Martin (France) (French part) -
20  Vatican City -
  Sovereign states: 9
  Dependent territories: 10
2022 list by the World Bank[2]
Rank Country Total fertility rate
in 2022
(births/woman)
1  Niger 6.75
2  Chad 6.21
3  Somalia 6.20
4  DR Congo 6.11
5  Central African Republic 5.92
6  Mali 5.87
7  Angola 5.21
8  Nigeria 5.14
9  Burundi 4.98
10  Benin 4.89
11  Burkina Faso 4.67
12  Tanzania 4.66
13  Gambia 4.59
14  Mozambique 4.56
15  Afghanistan 4.52
16  Uganda 4.47
17  Sudan 4.38
18  Cameroon 4.38
19  Ivory Coast 4.34
20  Mauritania 4.34
21  South Sudan 4.34
22  Senegal 4.31
23  Guinea 4.30
24  Zambia 4.24
25  Togo 4.20
26  Equatorial Guinea 4.17
27  Congo 4.09
28  Ethiopia 4.06
29  Liberia 4.02
30  Solomon Islands 3.92
31  Guinea-Bissau 3.92
32  Comoros 3.91
33  Sierra Leone 3.88
34  Samoa 3.88
35  Malawi 3.85
36  Madagascar 3.79
37  Eritrea 3.79
38  São Tomé and Príncipe 3.75
39  Rwanda 3.75
40  Yemen 3.72
41  Vanuatu 3.70
42  Ghana 3.51
43  Nauru 3.46
44  Gabon 3.46
45  Iraq 3.44
46  Zimbabwe 3.44
47  Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) 3.44
48  Pakistan 3.41
49  Uzbekistan 3.31
50  Kenya 3.30
51  Kiribati 3.30
52  Namibia 3.25
53  Tonga 3.20
54  Papua New Guinea 3.17
55  Tuvalu 3.14
56  Tajikistan 3.14
57  Kazakhstan 3.05
58  East Timor 3.05
59  Lesotho 2.98
60  Israel 2.89
61  Egypt 2.88
62  Algeria 2.83
63  Kyrgyzstan 2.80
64  Jordan 2.79
65  Eswatini 2.79
66  Mongolia 2.77
67  Haiti 2.77
68  Djibouti 2.76
69  Botswana 2.75
70  Philippines 2.73
71  Syria 2.70
72  Marshall Islands 2.70
73  Micronesia 2.67
74  Turkmenistan 2.62
75  Bolivia 2.58
76  Oman 2.57
77 (1)  Guam (US) 2.55
78  Fiji 2.46
79  Laos 2.45
80  Paraguay 2.44
81  Libya 2.40
82  Saudi Arabia 2.39
83 (2)  Saint Martin (France) (French part) 2.39
84  Guyana 2.37
85  Guatemala 2.35
86  South Africa 2.34
87  Honduras 2.34
88  Cambodia 2.32
89  Suriname 2.32
90  Seychelles 2.32
91  Morocco 2.30
92  Panama 2.30
  Population replacement 2.30
93  Nicaragua 2.28
  World 2.27
94  Dominican Republic 2.25
95  Venezuela 2.19
96  Peru 2.16
97  Indonesia 2.15
98  Myanmar (Burma) 2.13
99  Kuwait 2.09
100  Lebanon 2.08
101  Tunisia 2.06
102  Georgia 2.06
103 (3)  Faroe Islands (Denmark) 2.05
104 (4)  New Caledonia (France) 2.02
105  India 2.01
106  Nepal 2.01
107  Ecuador 2.00
108 (5)  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 2.00
109  Belize 1.99
110  Grenada 1.99
111  Sri Lanka 1.97
112  Bangladesh 1.95
113  Vietnam 1.94
114  Turkey 1.90
115  Cape Verde 1.88
116  Argentina 1.88
117 (6)  Greenland (Denmark) 1.84
118 (7)  Gibraltar (UK) 1.84
119  Romania 1.81
120  Mexico 1.80
121  Moldova 1.80
122  Montenegro 1.80
123  Bahrain 1.80
124  France 1.79
125  North Korea 1.79
126  Malaysia 1.79
127  El Salvador 1.78
128  Qatar 1.78
129  Bulgaria 1.78
130  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.78
131  Brunei 1.76
132  Ireland 1.70
133  Colombia 1.69
134 (8)  French Polynesia (France) 1.69
135  Iran 1.68
136  Maldives 1.68
137  Azerbaijan 1.67
138  United States 1.67
139  New Zealand 1.66
140 (9)  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 1.66
141  Barbados 1.63
142  Australia 1.63
143  Serbia 1.63
144  Brazil 1.63
145  Czech Republic 1.62
146  Trinidad and Tobago 1.61
147  North Macedonia 1.60
148  Iceland 1.59
149  Dominica 1.59
150  Antigua and Barbuda 1.58
151  Armenia 1.57
152 (10)  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (Dutch part) 1.57
153 (11)  Isle of Man (UK) 1.57
154  Slovakia 1.57
155  United Kingdom 1.57
156  Denmark 1.55
157  Slovenia 1.55
158  Chile 1.54
159  Croatia 1.53
160  Belgium 1.53
161  Costa Rica 1.52
162  Sweden 1.52
163  Hungary 1.52
164  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.51
165  Kosovo 1.51
166  Belarus 1.50
167  Netherlands 1.49
168  Uruguay 1.48
169  Latvia 1.47
170  Liechtenstein 1.47
171 Channel Islands - (12)  Guernsey (UK) and (13)  Jersey (UK) 1.47
172  Germany 1.46
173  Cuba 1.45
174  United Arab Emirates 1.44
175  Portugal 1.43
176  Greece 1.43
177  Russia 1.42
178  Austria 1.41
179  Norway 1.41
180  Estonia 1.41
181  Bhutan 1.40
182  Switzerland 1.39
183  Saint Lucia 1.39
184  Bahamas 1.38
185  Albania 1.38
186  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.35
187  Jamaica 1.34
188  Canada 1.33
189  Finland 1.32
190  Mauritius 1.32
191  Thailand 1.32
192  Cyprus 1.31
193  Luxembourg 1.31
194 (14)  Curaçao (Netherlands) 1.30
195 (15)  Bermuda (UK) 1.30
196  Lithuania 1.27
197  Ukraine 1.26
198  Poland 1.26
199  Japan 1.26
200  Italy 1.24
201 (16)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.18
202  China 1.18
203  Spain 1.16
204  Malta 1.15
205 (17)  Macau (China) 1.11
206  Singapore 1.04
207 (18)  British Virgin Islands (UK) 1.01
208 (19)  Puerto Rico (US) 0.90
209  South Korea 0.78
210 (20)  Hong Kong (China) 0.70
  Sovereign states: 190
  Dependent territories: 20
  World 2.27
  Major regions
1 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 4.6
2 Sub-Saharan Africa 4.5
3 Arab world 3.1
4 Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income) 2.6
5 Middle East and North Africa 2.6
6 South Asia 2.2
9 Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income) 1.9
7 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.8
8 Latin America and the Caribbean (excluding high income) 1.8
10 Europe and Central Asia 1.7
13 North America 1.6
11 East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income) 1.5
12 East Asia and Pacific 1.5
14 Central Europe and the Baltics 1.5
  States’ size
1 Pacific Island small states 3.2
2 Other small states 2.8
3 Small states 2.6
4 Caribbean small states 1.7
  International organizations
1 OECD members 1.6
2 European Union 1.5
  Security situation
1 Fragile and conflict affected situations 4.3
  Economic areas
1 Euro area 1.4
  Economic situation
1 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 4.5
2 Least developed countries: UN classification 3.9
  Income
1 Low income countries 4.5
2 Lower middle income countries 2.6
3 Low and middle income countries 2.4
4 Middle income countries 2.1
5 Upper middle income countries 1.6
6 High income countries 1.5
  Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1  American Samoa (US) -
2  Andorra 1.3 (2010)
3  Cayman Islands (UK) -
4  Monaco -
5  Northern Mariana Islands (US) -
6  Palau 0.85 (2020)
7  San Marino 1.3 (2012)
8  Vatican City -
9  Western Sahara -

Note: (-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

Country ranking by governmental organizations

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2022 list by the INED (Institut National d'Études Démographiques)[5]
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 2022
(births/woman)
1  Niger 6.7
2  Chad 6.2
3  Somalia 6.2
4  DR Congo 6.1
5  Central African Republic 5.9
6  Mali 5.9
7  Angola 5.2
8  Nigeria 5.1
9  Burundi 5.0
10  Benin 4.9
11  Burkina Faso 4.7
12  Tanzania 4.7
13  Gambia 4.6
14  Mozambique 4.6
15  Afghanistan 4.5
16  Uganda 4.5
17  Cameroon 4.4
18 (1)  Mayotte (France) 4.4
19  Sudan 4.4
20  Ivory Coast 4.3
21  Guinea 4.3
22  Mauritania 4.3
23  Senegal 4.3
24  South Sudan 4.3
25  Equatorial Guinea 4.2
26  Togo 4.2
27  Zambia 4.2
28  Congo 4.1
29  Ethiopia 4.1
30  Liberia 4.0
31  Comoros 3.9
32  Guinea-Bissau 3.9
33  Samoa 3.9
34  Sierra Leone 3.9
35  Solomon Islands 3.9
36  Eritrea 3.8
37  Madagascar 3.8
38  Malawi 3.8
39  São Tomé and Príncipe 3.8
40  Rwanda 3.7
41  Vanuatu 3.7
42  Yemen 3.7
43  Gabon 3.5
44  Ghana 3.5
45 (2)  French Guiana (France) 3.5
46  Iraq 3.4
47  Pakistan 3.4
48  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) 3.4
49  Zimbabwe 3.4
50  Kenya 3.3
51  Kiribati 3.3
52  Namibia 3.2
53  Papua New Guinea 3.2
54  Tonga 3.2
55  Tajikistan 3.1
56  Kazakhstan 3.0
57  Lesotho 3.0
58  East Timor 3.0
59  Egypt 2.9
60  Israel 2.9
61  Kyrgyzstan 2.9
62  Algeria 2.8
63  Botswana 2.8
64  Djibouti 2.8
65  Eswatini 2.8
66  Haiti 2.8
67  Jordan 2.8
68  Mongolia 2.8
69  Uzbekistan 2.8
70  Marshall Islands 2.7
71  Micronesia 2.7
72  Philippines 2.7
73  Syria 2.7
74  Bolivia 2.6
75 (3)  Guam (US) 2.6
76  Oman 2.6
77  Turkmenistan 2.6
78  Fiji 2.5
79  Guatemala 2.4
80  Guyana 2.4
81  Laos 2.4
82  Libya 2.4
83  Paraguay 2.4
84  Saudi Arabia 2.4
85  Cambodia 2.3
86  Honduras 2.3
87  Morocco 2.3
88  Nicaragua 2.3
89  Panama 2.3
90  Seychelles 2.3
91  South Africa 2.3
92  Suriname 2.3
93  Western Sahara 2.3
  World 2.3
  Population replacement 2.3
94  Dominican Republic 2.2
95  Indonesia 2.2
96  Peru 2.2
97 (4)  Réunion (France) 2.2
98  Venezuela 2.2
99  Georgia 2.1
100  Kuwait 2.1
101  Lebanon 2.1
102  Monaco 2.1
103  Myanmar (Burma) 2.1
104  Tunisia 2.1
105 (5)  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 2.1
106  Bangladesh 2.0
107  Belize 2.0
108  Ecuador 2.0
109  Grenada 2.0
110 (6)  Guadeloupe (France) 2.0
111  India 2.0
112  Nepal 2.0
113 (7)  New Caledonia (France) 2.0
114  Sri Lanka 2.0
115  Argentina 1.9
116  Cape Verde 1.9
117 (8)  Martinique (France) 1.9
118  Turkey 1.9
119  Vietnam 1.9
120  Bahrain 1.8
121  Brunei 1.8
122  El Salvador 1.8
123  France (Metropolitan France) 1.8
124  Ireland 1.8
125  Malaysia 1.8
126  Mexico 1.8
127  Moldova 1.8
128  New Zealand 1.8
129  North Korea 1.8
130  Qatar 1.8
131  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.8
132  Azerbaijan 1.7
133  Colombia 1.7
134  Czech Republic 1.7
135  Denmark 1.7
136  Estonia 1.7
137  Iceland 1.7
138  Iran 1.7
139  Maldives 1.7
140  Montenegro 1.7
141 (9)  French Polynesia (France) 1.7
142  Romania 1.7
143  Sweden 1.7
144  United States 1.7
145  Antigua and Barbuda 1.6
146  Armenia 1.6
147  Australia 1.6
148  Barbados 1.6
149  Belgium 1.6
150  Brazil 1.6
151  Bulgaria 1.6
152 (10)  Curaçao (Netherlands) 1.6
153  Dominica 1.6
154  Hungary 1.6
155  Netherlands 1.6
156  Latvia 1.6
157  Lithuania 1.6
158  Slovakia 1.6
159  Slovenia 1.6
160  Trinidad and Tobago 1.6
161  United Kingdom 1.6
162  Austria 1.5
163  Belarus 1.5
164  Canada 1.5
165  Chile 1.5
166  Costa Rica 1.5
167  Germany 1.5
168  Kosovo 1.5
169  Liechtenstein 1.5
170  Norway 1.5
171  Poland 1.5
172  Russia 1.5
173  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.5
174  Serbia 1.5
175  Switzerland 1.5
176  Uruguay 1.5
177  Albania 1.4
178  Bahamas 1.4
179  Bhutan 1.4
180  Croatia 1.4
181  Cuba 1.4
182  Finland 1.4
183  Greece 1.4
184  Luxembourg 1.4
185  Mauritius 1.4
186  North Macedonia 1.4
187  Portugal 1.4
188  Saint Lucia 1.4
189  United Arab Emirates 1.4
190  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.3
191  Cyprus 1.3
192  Italy 1.3
193  Jamaica 1.3
194  Japan 1.3
195 (11)  Puerto Rico (US) 1.3
196  Spain 1.3
197  Thailand 1.3
198  Ukraine 1.3
199 (12)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.2
200  China (mainland only) 1.2
201  Malta 1.2
202  Andorra 1.1
203  Republic of China (Taiwan) 1.1
204 (13)  Macau (China) 1.1
205  San Marino 1.1
206  Singapore 1.0
207  South Korea 0.9
208 (14)  Hong Kong (China) 0.8
  Sovereign states: 194
  Dependent territories: 14
  World
1 World 2.3
  Continents
1 Africa 4.2
2 Oceania 2.1
3 Asia 1.9
4 Americas 1.8
5 Europe 1.5
  Major regions
1 Middle Africa 5.6
2 Western Africa 4.9
3 Eastern Africa 4.2
4 Northern Africa 3.0
5 Central Asia 2.9
6 Western Asia 2.6
7 Southern Africa 2.4
8 South Asia 2.2
9 Oceania 2.1
10 Southeast Asia 2.1
11 Caribbean 2.0
12 Central America 1.9
13 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.8
14 South America 1.8
15 Northern America 1.6
16 Northern Europe 1.6
17 Western Europe 1.6
18 Eastern Europe 1.5
19 Southern Europe 1.3
20 East Asia 1.2
  Not ranked
1 Channel Islands - (1)  Guernsey (UK) and (2)  Jersey (UK) -
2 (3)  Christmas Island (Australia) -
3 (4)  Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) -
4  European Union -
5 (5)  Falkland Islands (UK) -
6 (6)  Faroe Islands (Denmark) -
7  Nauru -
8  Niue -
9 (7)  Norfolk Island (Australia) -
10  Palau -
11 (8)  Pitcairn Islands (UK) -
12 (9)  Svalbard (Norway) -
13 (10)  Tokelau (New Zealand) -
14  Tuvalu -
15  Vatican City -
  Sovereign states: 4
  Dependent territories: 10
2024 list by the CIA World Factbook[3][4]
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 2024
(births/woman)
1  Niger 6.64
2  Angola 5.70
3  DR Congo 5.49
4  Mali 5.35
5  Benin 5.34
6  Chad 5.24
7  Uganda 5.17
8  Somalia 5.12
9  South Sudan 5.09
10  Burundi 4.90
11  Guinea 4.78
12  Mozambique 4.66
13  Guinea-Bissau 4.62
14  Nigeria 4.52
15  Sudan 4.47
16  Cameroon 4.44
17  Afghanistan 4.43
18  Zambia 4.42
19  Tanzania 4.27
20  Togo 4.13
21  Equatorial Guinea 4.12
22  Senegal 4.06
23  Burkina Faso 4.02
24  East Timor 3.98
25  Central African Republic 3.94
26  Liberia 3.93
27  Ethiopia 3.84
28  Papua New Guinea 3.79
29  Congo 3.79
30  Sierra Leone 3.61
31  Tajikistan 3.56
32  Ghana 3.56
33  Gambia 3.52
34  West Bank ( Palestine) 3.49
35  Madagascar 3.47
36  Zimbabwe 3.47
37  Eritrea 3.43
38  Mauritania 3.40
39  Ivory Coast 3.40
40  Pakistan 3.32
41  São Tomé and Príncipe 3.31
42  Gaza Strip ( Palestine) 3.26
43  Gabon 3.21
44  Malawi 3.19
45  Kenya 3.16
46  Rwanda 3.14
47  Iraq 3.10
48  Libya 3.00
49  Algeria 2.94
50  Israel 2.92
51  Namibia 2.89
52  Jordan 2.87
53  Lesotho 2.85
54  Yemen 2.82
55  Tuvalu 2.78
56  Solomon Islands 2.77
57  Uzbekistan 2.76
58  Philippines 2.75
59 (1)  Guam (US) 2.73
60  Syria 2.69
61  Marshall Islands 2.67
62  Tonga 2.65
63  Egypt 2.65
64  Oman 2.64
65  Comoros 2.61
66  Kazakhstan 2.58
67 (2)  Northern Mariana Islands (US) 2.56
68  Nauru 2.55
69  Vanuatu 2.53
70  Guatemala 2.52
71  Kyrgyzstan 2.45
72  Haiti 2.44
  World 2.42 (2020 est.)
73  Eswatini 2.37
74  Panama 2.35
75  Botswana 2.34
76  Honduras 2.33
77  Samoa 2.33
  Population replacement 2.30
78  South Africa 2.27
79 (3)  Faroe Islands (Denmark) 2.27
80  Morocco 2.25
81  Laos 2.24
82  Kuwait 2.21
83  Ecuador 2.21
84  Fiji 2.21
85  Bolivia 2.20
86  Micronesia 2.19
87  Venezuela 2.18
88  Cambodia 2.17
89  Argentina 2.15
90  Peru 2.15
91  Kiribati 2.15
92  Dominican Republic 2.15
93  Sri Lanka 2.13
94  Djibouti 2.11
95  Cape Verde 2.10
96  Bangladesh 2.07
97 (4)  American Samoa (US) 2.06
98  Jamaica 2.05
99  Guyana 2.05
100  Belize 2.05
101  India 2.03
102  Vietnam 2.03
103  Turkmenistan 2.02
104  Cook Islands (self-governing country in free association with  New Zealand) 2.02
105  El Salvador 2.02
106  Dominica 2.01
107 (5)  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 1.97
108 (6)  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 1.97
109  Burma (Myanmar) 1.97
110  Indonesia 1.96
111 (7)  Curaçao (Netherlands) 1.96
112  Georgia 1.95
113  Iceland 1.94
114  Colombia 1.94
115  Tunisia 1.93
116  Antigua and Barbuda 1.93
117  Iran 1.91
118  Grenada 1.90
119  Turkey 1.90
120  Qatar 1.90
121  France 1.90
122  Suriname 1.89
123 (8)  Gibraltar (UK) 1.89
124 (9)  Greenland (Denmark) 1.88
125 (10)  Bermuda (UK) 1.88
126  Paraguay 1.88
127 (11)  Isle of Man (UK) 1.88
128  Mongolia 1.87
129  Kosovo 1.87
130  Saudi Arabia 1.87
131  New Zealand 1.85
132  Nepal 1.85
133  United States 1.84
134  Nicaragua 1.83
135 (12)  New Caledonia (France) 1.83
136 (14)  Cayman Islands (UK) 1.82
137 (13)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.82
138  North Korea 1.81
139  Seychelles 1.81
140 (15)  Saint Martin (France) 1.80
141  Montenegro 1.80
142  Mexico 1.79
143 (16)  French Polynesia (France) 1.79
144  Denmark 1.77
145  Belgium 1.76
146  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.76
147  Bhutan 1.76
148  Chile 1.75
149  Uruguay 1.75
150  Finland 1.74
151  Brazil 1.74
152  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.74
153  Brunei 1.73
154  Czech Republic 1.73
155  Australia 1.73
156  Malaysia 1.73
157 (17)  Anguilla (UK) 1.72
158  Ireland 1.72
159  Lebanon 1.71
160 (18)  Wallis and Futuna (France) 1.71
161  Saint Lucia 1.71
162  Cuba 1.71
163  Barbados 1.70
164 (19)  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 1.70
165  Maldives 1.70
166  Palau 1.70
167  Azerbaijan 1.69
168  Liechtenstein 1.69
169  Sweden 1.67
170 (20)  Jersey (UK) 1.66
171  Bahrain 1.65
172  Armenia 1.65
173 (21)  Saint Barthélemy (France) 1.64
174  Trinidad and Tobago 1.63
175  Luxembourg 1.63
176  Romania 1.63
177  United Kingdom 1.63
178  Estonia 1.62
179  Lithuania 1.62
180  Netherlands 1.61
181 (22)  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) 1.61
182  United Arab Emirates 1.61
183 (23)  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 1.60
184  Slovakia 1.60
185  Slovenia 1.60
186  Hungary 1.60
187  Switzerland 1.59
188 (24)  Guernsey (UK) 1.59
189  Canada 1.58
190  Germany 1.58
191  Norway 1.57
192  Latvia 1.55
193  China 1.55
194  Albania 1.55
195  San Marino 1.54
196  Monaco 1.54
197  Thailand 1.54
198  North Macedonia 1.53
199  Russia 1.52
200  Austria 1.52
201  Malta 1.51
202  Bulgaria 1.51
203  Cyprus 1.49
204  Andorra 1.47
205  Serbia 1.46
206  Croatia 1.46
207  Portugal 1.45
208  Belarus 1.45
209  Bahamas 1.44
210  Costa Rica 1.43
211  Greece 1.41
212  Japan 1.40
213 (25)  British Virgin Islands (UK) 1.38
214  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.38
215  Mauritius 1.36
216 (26)  Montserrat (UK) 1.33
217  Poland 1.32
218  Spain 1.30
219  Italy 1.26
220 (27)  Puerto Rico (US) 1.26
221  Moldova 1.26
222 (28)  Macau (China) 1.24
223 (29)  Hong Kong (China) 1.24
224  Ukraine 1.22
225  Singapore 1.17
226  South Korea 1.12
227  Republic of China (Taiwan) 1.11
  Sovereign states: 198
  Dependent territories: 29
  World
1 World 2.42 (2020 est.)
  Not ranked
1 (1)  Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia) (uninhabited) -
2 (2)  Christmas Island (Australia) -
3 (3)  Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) -
4 (4)  Coral Sea Islands (Australia) -
5 (5)  Falkland Islands (UK) -
6 (6)  French Guiana (France) -
7 (7)  Guadeloupe (France) -
8 (8)  Martinique (France) -
9 (9)  Mayotte (France) -
10  Niue (self-governing state in free association with  New Zealand) -
11 (10)  Norfolk Island (Australia) -
12 (..1..) Paracel Islands (disputed territory) ( Vietnam, until 1974) (occupied by  China since 1974, also claimed by  Republic of China (Taiwan) and  Vietnam) -
13 (11)  Pitcairn Islands (UK) -
14 (12)  Réunion (France) -
15 (13)  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) -
16 (..2..) Spratly Islands (disputed territory) (partially occupied by six countries -  China;  Republic of China (Taiwan);  Philippines;  Malaysia;  Vietnam and  Brunei) -
17 (14)  Svalbard (Norway) -
18  Vatican City -
19 (..3..)  Western Sahara (disputed territory between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) ("Free Zone" is a self proclaimed and de facto sovereign state) 3.65 (2020)
  Sovereign states: 2
  Dependent territories: 14
  Disputed territories: 3

Note:

(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

Country ranking by non-governmental organizations

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2024 list by the PRB (Population Reference Bureau)[25][26]
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 2024
(births/woman)
1  Central African Republic 6.4
2  Chad 6.1
3  DR Congo 6.1
4  Niger 6.1
5  Somalia 6.1
6  Mali 5.7
7  Mauritania 5.2
8  Angola 5.1
9  Burundi 4.9
10  Mozambique 4.9
11  Afghanistan 4.8
12  Tanzania 4.8
13  Benin 4.7
14  Yemen 4.6
15 (1)  Mayotte (France) 4.5
16  Nigeria 4.5
17  Burkina Faso 4.4
18  Samoa 4.4
19  Cameroon 4.3
20  Comoros 4.3
21  Ivory Coast 4.3
22  Sudan 4.3
23  Uganda 4.3
24  Togo 4.2
25  Guinea 4.1
26  Equatorial Guinea 4.1
27  Madagascar 4.1
28  Zambia 4.1
29  Ethiopia 4.0
30  Gambia 4.0
31  Liberia 4.0
32  Senegal 4.0
33  Congo 3.9
34  Ghana 3.9
35  South Sudan 3.9
36  Guinea-Bissau 3.8
37  Sierra Leone 3.8
38  Eritrea 3.7
39  Iraq 3.7
40  Zimbabwe 3.7
41  Gabon 3.6
42  Malawi 3.6
43  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) 3.6
44  Pakistan 3.6
45  Rwanda 3.6
46  São Tomé and Príncipe 3.6
47  Solomon Islands 3.6
48  Tajikistan 3.6
49  East Timor 3.6
50  Vanuatu 3.6
51  Kenya 3.4
52  Uzbekistan 3.4
53 (2)  French Guiana (France) 3.3
54  Nauru 3.3
55  Eswatini (Swaziland) 3.2
56  Tonga 3.2
57  Tuvalu 3.2
58  Kiribati 3.1
59  Papua New Guinea 3.1
60  Algeria 3.0
61  Botswana 2.9
62  Fiji 2.9
63  Kazakhstan 2.9
64  Namibia 2.9
65  Israel 2.8
66  Kyrgyzstan 2.8
67  Cambodia 2.7
68  Lesotho 2.7
69  Micronesia 2.7
70  Mongolia 2.7
71  Syria 2.7
72  Turkmenistan 2.7
73  Djibouti 2.6
74  Egypt 2.6
75  Jordan 2.6
76  Bolivia 2.5
77  Haiti 2.5
78  Laos 2.5
79  Oman 2.5
80  Guatemala 2.4
81  Guyana 2.4
82  Honduras 2.4
83  Libya 2.4
84  Paraguay 2.4
85  South Africa 2.4
86 (3)  Guam (US) 2.3
87 (4)  Réunion (France) 2.3
  Population Replacement 2.3
88  Bangladesh 2.2
89  Ecuador 2.2
90  Indonesia 2.2
91  Lebanon 2.2
92  Morocco 2.2
93  Nicaragua 2.2
94  Suriname 2.2
95  Western Sahara 2.2
  World 2.2
96  Belize 2.1
97  Dominican Republic 2.1
98  Kosovo 2.1
99  Monaco 2.1
100  Nepal 2.1
101  Saudi Arabia 2.1
102  Venezuela 2.1
103  Bahrain 2.0
104  India 2.0
105  Myanmar (Burma) 2.0
106 (5)  New Caledonia (France) 2.0
107  Peru 2.0
108  Seychelles 2.0
109  Sri Lanka 2.0
110  Vietnam 2.0
111 (6)  Guadeloupe (France) 1.9
112  Palau 1.9
113  Panama 1.9
114  Philippines 1.9
115  Brunei 1.8
116  Bulgaria 1.8
117  El Salvador 1.8
118  Montenegro 1.8
119  North Korea 1.8
120 (7)  French Polynesia (France) 1.8
121  Uruguay 1.8
122  Armenia 1.7
123  Georgia 1.7
124  Iran 1.7
125  Maldives 1.7
126 (8)  Martinique (France) 1.7
127  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.7
128  Antigua and Barbuda 1.6
129  Azerbaijan 1.6
130  Barbados 1.6
131  Bhutan 1.6
132  Brazil 1.6
133  France 1.6
134  Iceland 1.6
135  Ireland 1.6
136  Malaysia 1.6
137  Mexico 1.6
138  Moldova 1.6
139  New Zealand 1.6
140  Serbia 1.6
141  Slovenia 1.6
142  Tunisia 1.6
143  United Kingdom 1.6
144  United States 1.6
145  Argentina 1.5
146  Australia 1.5
147  Belarus 1.5
148  Belgium 1.5
149  Cape Verde 1.5
150  Croatia 1.5
151  Denmark 1.5
152  Dominica 1.5
153  Grenada 1.5
154  Hungary 1.5
155  Kuwait 1.5
156  Liechtenstein 1.5
157  North Macedonia 1.5
158  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.5
159  Slovakia 1.5
160  Sweden 1.5
161  Turkey 1.5
162  Bahamas 1.4
163 Channel Islands – (9)  Guernsey (UK) and (10)  Jersey (UK) 1.4
164  Colombia 1.4
165  Cyprus 1.4
166  Czech Republic 1.4
-  European Union 1.4
167  Germany 1.4
168  Jamaica 1.4
169  Latvia 1.4
170  Netherlands 1.4
171  Norway 1.4
172  Portugal 1.4
173  Qatar 1.4
174  Russia 1.4
175  Saint Lucia 1.4
176  United Arab Emirates 1.4
177  Albania 1.3
178  Austria 1.3
179  Canada 1.3
180  Cuba 1.3
181 (11)  Curaçao (Netherlands) 1.3
182  Estonia 1.3
183  Finland 1.3
184  Greece 1.3
185  Lithuania 1.3
186  Luxembourg 1.3
187  Mauritius 1.3
188  Romania 1.3
189  Switzerland 1.3
190  Trinidad and Tobago 1.3
191  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.2
192  Costa Rica 1.2
193  Chile 1.2
194  Italy 1.2
195  Japan 1.2
196  Andorra 1.1
197  Malta 1.1
198  Poland 1.1
199  San Marino 1.1
200  Spain 1.1
201  China (mainland only) 1.0
202  Singapore 1.0
203  Thailand 1.0
204  Ukraine 1.0
205  Republic of China (Taiwan) 0.9
206 (12)  Puerto Rico (US) 0.9
207 (13)  Hong Kong (China) 0.8
208  South Korea 0.7
209 (14)  Macau (China) 0.6
  Sovereign States: 195
  Dependent Territories: 14
  World
1 World 2.2
  Continents
1 Africa 4.1
2 Oceania 2.0
3 Asia 1.8
4 Americas 1.7
5 Europe 1.4
  Continental Major Regions
1 Africa 4.1
1.1 Sub-Saharan Africa 4.4
1.1.2 Middle Africa 5.5
1.1.3 Western Africa 4.5
1.1.4 Eastern Africa 4.2
1.1.5 Southern Africa 2.5
1.2 Northern Africa 2.8
2 Oceania 2.0
3 Asia 1.8
3.1 Central Asia 3.2
3.2 Western Asia 2.5
3.3 South Asia 2.2
3.4 Southeast Asia 2.0
3.5 East Asia 1.0
4 Americas 1.7
4.1 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.7
4.1.1 Caribbean 1.8
4.1.2 Central America 1.8
4.1.3 South America 1.7
4.2 Northern America 1.6
5 Europe 1.4
5.1 Northern Europe 1.5
5.2 Western Europe 1.5
5.3 Eastern Europe 1.3
5.4 Southern Europe 1.3
  Development Level
1 Least Developed 4.0
2 Less Developed 2.3
3 More Developed 1.4
  Income
1 Low Income 4.5
2 Middle Income 2.0
2.1 - Lower Middle Income 2.5
2.2 - Upper Middle Income 1.4
3 High Income 1.4
  Not Ranked
1 (1)  Christmas Island (Australia) -
2 (2)  Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) -
3 (3)  Falkland Islands (UK) -
4 (4)  Faroe Islands (Denmark) -
5  Niue -
6 (5)  Norfolk Island (Australia) -
7 (6)  Pitcairn Islands (UK) -
8 (7)  Svalbard (Norway) -
9 (8)  Tokelau (New Zealand) -
10  Vatican City -
  Sovereign States: 2
  Dependent Territories: 8
2022 list by the OWID (Our World In Data) - based on Gapminder estimates[27]
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 2022
(births/woman)
1  Niger 6.86
2  Somalia 5.71
3  DR Congo 5.52
4  Mali 5.51
5  Chad 5.36
6  Angola 5.28
7  Burundi 5.22
8  Nigeria 5.11
9  Uganda 5.06
10  Gambia 4.99
11  Burkina Faso 4.87
12  Mozambique 4.86
13  Zambia 4.65
14  Tanzania 4.65
15  Benin 4.57
16  Ivory Coast 4.54
17  Central African Republic 4.43
18  Guinea 4.41
19  South Sudan 4.39
20  Senegal 4.36
21  Cameroon 4.32
22  Mauritania 4.32
23  Congo 4.31
24  Guinea-Bissau 4.20
25  Liberia 4.19
26  Equatorial Guinea 4.18
27  Malawi 4.18
28  Sudan 4.17
29  São Tomé and Príncipe 4.10
30  Togo 4.08
31  Iraq 4.04
32  Sierra Leone 3.90
33  Madagascar 3.87
34  Afghanistan 3.77
35  Eritrea 3.73
36  Samoa 3.69
37  Ghana 3.66
38  Ethiopia 3.56
39  Solomon Islands 3.54
40  Kenya 3.52
41  Rwanda 3.47
42  Yemen 3.44
43  Gabon 3.43
44  Kiribati 3.42
45  Tonga 3.41
46  Papua New Guinea 3.39
47  Zimbabwe 3.35
48  Pakistan 3.12
49  Tajikistan 3.11
50 (1)  French Guiana (France) 3.11
51  Namibia 3.10
52  Vanuatu 3.07
53  Jordan 3.02
54  Egypt 2.98
55  Comoros 2.95
56  Lesotho 2.83
57  Israel 2.82
58  Eswatini 2.81
59  Philippines 2.77
60 (2)  Guam (US) 2.76
61  Kyrgyzstan 2.76
62  Guatemala 2.69
63  Bolivia 2.66
64  Syria 2.65
65  Haiti 2.65
66  Turkmenistan 2.63
67 (3)  Northern Mariana Islands (US) 2.59
68  Djibouti 2.53
69  Mongolia 2.53
70  Botswana 2.49
71  Kazakhstan 2.47
72  Algeria 2.46
73  Laos 2.41
74  Cambodia 2.39
  World 2.39
75  Fiji 2.38
76  Panama 2.37
77  Guyana 2.37
78  Belize 2.33
79  Ecuador 2.33
80  Paraguay 2.33
81  Saudi Arabia 2.31
82  Oman 2.30
83  Morocco 2.30
  Population replacement 2.30
84  Western Sahara (disputed territory between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) ("Free Zone" is a self proclaimed and de facto sovereign state) 2.28
85  Dominican Republic 2.26
86  Honduras 2.26
87  Peru 2.24
88  Suriname 2.24
89  Indonesia 2.22
90  Argentina 2.20
91  India 2.20
92  Venezuela 2.18
93  Seychelles 2.16
94  Cape Verde 2.15
95  Uzbekistan 2.14
96  Burma (Myanmar) 2.09
97  Libya 2.07
98  Tunisia 2.07
99 (4)  New Caledonia (France) 2.06
100  Nicaragua 2.04
101  Mexico 2.02
102  Antigua and Barbuda 1.99
103  Grenada 1.99
104  Azerbaijan 1.99
105  France 1.97
106  Ireland 1.97
107  Sri Lanka 1.97
108  El Salvador 1.96
109  Bangladesh 1.95
110  Turkey 1.95
111  Georgia 1.95
112  Nepal 1.94
113  Uruguay 1.94
114  Malaysia 1.94
115  Vietnam 1.93
116  New Zealand 1.93
117  Kuwait 1.92
118  Jamaica 1.92
119 (5)  French Polynesia (France) 1.92
120  Sweden 1.91
121  Bahrain 1.90
122  United States 1.89
123  Iceland 1.88
124  Bhutan 1.88
125  Maldives 1.88
126  United Kingdom 1.87
127  North Korea 1.86
128  Norway 1.83
129  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.82
130  Belgium 1.81
131  Brunei 1.81
132  Barbados 1.81
133  Australia 1.80
134  Qatar 1.79
135 (6)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.79
136  Finland 1.79
137  Russia 1.79
138  Denmark 1.78
139  Netherlands 1.76
140  Colombia 1.75
141  Belarus 1.75
142  Chile 1.74
143  Cuba 1.73
144  Bahamas 1.72
145  Costa Rica 1.71
146  Lithuania 1.71
147  Lebanon 1.70
148  Estonia 1.70
149  Albania 1.70
150  Trinidad and Tobago 1.69
151  Slovenia 1.68
152  United Arab Emirates 1.66
153  China 1.65
154  Montenegro 1.64
155  Bulgaria 1.64
156  Serbia 1.64
157  Luxembourg 1.63
158  Czech Republic 1.63
159  Latvia 1.62
160  Ukraine 1.61
161  Armenia 1.58
162  Romania 1.58
163  North Macedonia 1.58
164  Switzerland 1.57
165  Canada 1.56
166  Austria 1.56
167  Brazil 1.55
168  Iran 1.54
169  Italy 1.51
170  Japan 1.51
171  Malta 1.51
172 Channel Islands - (7)  Guernsey (UK) and (8)  Jersey (UK) 1.51
173  Germany 1.50
174 (9)  Macau (China) 1.46
175  Hungary 1.45
176  Croatia 1.45
177  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.44
178  Spain 1.44
179  Mauritius 1.43
180  Thailand 1.42
181 (10)  Hong Kong (China) 1.42
182  Saint Lucia 1.41
183  South Korea 1.39
184  Cyprus 1.34
185  Greece 1.31
186  Poland 1.29
187  Singapore 1.28
188  Republic of China (Taiwan) 1.28
189  Portugal 1.25
190  Moldova 1.24
  Sovereign states: 180
  Dependent territories: 10
  World
1 World 2.39
  Not ranked
1 (1)  American Samoa (US) -
2  Andorra -
3 (2)  Anguilla (UK) -
4 (3)  Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia) (uninhabited) -
5 (4)  Bermuda (UK) -
6 (5)  British Virgin Islands (UK) -
7 (6)  Cayman Islands (UK) -
8 (7)  Christmas Island (Australia) -
9 (8)  Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) -
10  Cook Islands (self-governing country in free association with  New Zealand) -
11 (9)  Coral Sea Islands (Australia) -
12 (10)  Curaçao (Netherlands) -
13  Dominica -
-  European Union -
14 (11)  Falkland Islands (UK) -
15 (12)  Faroe Islands (Denmark) -
16 (13)  Gibraltar (UK) -
17 (14)  Greenland (Denmark) -
18  Kosovo -
19 (15)  Isle of Man (UK) -
20 (16)  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) -
21 (17)  Guadeloupe (France) -
22  Liechtenstein -
23  Marshall Islands -
24 (18)  Martinique (France) -
25 (19)  Mayotte (France) -
26  Micronesia -
27  Monaco -
28 (20)  Montserrat (UK) -
29  Nauru -
30  Niue (self-governing state in free association with  New Zealand) -
31 (21)  Norfolk Island (Australia) -
32  Palau -
33  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) -
34 (..1..) Paracel Islands (disputed territory) ( Vietnam, until 1974) (occupied by  China since 1974, also claimed by  Republic of China (Taiwan) and  Vietnam) -
35 (22)  Pitcairn Islands (UK) -
36 (23)  Puerto Rico (US) -
37 (24)  Réunion (France) -
38 (25)  Saint Barthélemy (France) -
39 (26)  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) -
40 (27)  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) -
41  Saint Kitts and Nevis -
42 (28)  Saint Martin (France) -
43  San Marino -
44  Slovakia -
45 (28)  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) -
46 (..2..) Spratly Islands (disputed territory) (partially occupied by six countries -  China;  Republic of China (Taiwan);  Philippines;  Malaysia;  Vietnam and  Brunei) -
47 (29)  Svalbard (Norway) -
48  East Timor -
49 (30)  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) -
50  Tuvalu -
51 (31)  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) -
52  Vatican City -
53 (32)  Wallis and Futuna (France) 1.71
  Sovereign states: 18
  Dependent territories: 33
  Disputed territories: 2

Note:

(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.


Country ranking and comparison of TFR by year

[edit]

1950 and 2015

[edit]
1950 list by Our World in Data 2015 list by Our World in Data
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 1950
(births/woman)
1  Iraq 8.11
2 (1)  Rwanda (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories →  Rwanda) 7.92
3 (2)  New Hebrides (British and French Condominium →  Vanuatu) 7.68
4 (3)  Samoa (United Nations trust territories, Western Samoa →  Samoa) 7.63
5  Jordan 7.56
6  Dominican Republic 7.51
7  Honduras 7.47
8  Afghanistan 7.45
9  Philippines 7.45
10 (4)  Ivory Coast (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Ivory Coast →  Ivory Coast 7.38
11  Yemen ( North Yemen and  South Yemen →  Yemen) 7.37
12 (5)  Kenya (British Empire, Kenya Colony →  Kenya) 7.36
13  Ethiopia 7.35
14 (6)  Angola (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola →  Angola) 7.34
15 (7)  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire →  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) 7.33
16 (8)  Madagascar (French Colonial Empire, French Madagascar →  Madagascar) 7.30
17 (9)  Tonga (British Empire, British Protectorate →  Tonga) 7.30
18 (10)  Algeria (French Colonial Empire, French Algeria →  Algeria) 7.29
19 (11)  Niger (French Colonial Empire, French Niger →  Niger) 7.26
20 (12)  Somalia (British Empire, British Somaliland and Trust Territory of Somaliland →  Somalia) 7.25
21  Oman 7.25
22 (13)  Kuwait (British Empire, British Protectorate →  Kuwait) 7.22
23  Saudi Arabia 7.20
24 (14)  Micronesia (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →  Micronesia) 7.20
25  Syria 7.18
26  Guatemala 7.15
27  Libya 7.10
28 (15)  Qatar (British Empire, British Protectorate →  Qatar) 6.97
29 (16)  Bahrain (British Empire →  Bahrain) 6.97
30 (17)  Mozambique (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique →  Mozambique) 6.97
31 (18)  Mali (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Sudan →  Mali) 6.96
32  Peru 6.95
33 (19)  Cambodia (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Cambodia →  Cambodia) 6.95
34 (20)  United Arab Emirates (British Empire, Trucial States →  United Arab Emirates) 6.94
35  Bolivia 6.93
36  Iran 6.92
37 (21)  Eritrea ( Ethiopia →  Eritrea) 6.92
38  Republic of China (Taiwan) 6.90
39 (22)  Uganda (British Empire →  Uganda) 6.89
40  Nicaragua 6.88
41 (23)  Brunei (British Empire, British Protectorate →  Brunei) 6.86
42 (24)  Malawi (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Nyasaland Protectorate →  Malawi) 6.84
43 (25)  Burundi (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories →  Burundi) 6.82
44 (26)  Senegal (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Senegal →  Senegal) 6.79
45  Colombia 6.77
46 (27)  Southern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland →  Zimbabwe) 6.75
47  Turkey 6.74
48  Mexico 6.72
49  Ecuador 6.72
50  Egypt 6.72
51 (28)  Swaziland (British Empire →  Swaziland) 6.71
52 (29)  Tanzania (British Empire, Tanganyika and Zanzibar →  Tanzania) 6.70
53  Belize 6.69
54 (30)  Sudan (British Empire, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan →  Sudan) 6.68
55  Bhutan 6.67
56  China 6.67
57 (31)  South Sudan (British Empire, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan →  Sudan →  South Sudan) 6.63
58 (32)  Northern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland →  Zambia) 6.62
59 (33)  Singapore (British Empire, British Singapore →  Singapore) 6.61
60  Pakistan 6.60
61 (34)  Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands →  Suriname) 6.58
62 (35)  Cape Verde (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde →  Cape Verde) 6.57
63 (36)  Tunisia (French Colonial Empire, French protectorate of Tunisia →  Tunisia) 6.56
64  Venezuela 6.54
65 (37)  East Timor (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor →  East Timor) 6.51
66 (38)  Morocco 6.49
67  Paraguay 6.49
68 (39)  Botswana (British Empire, Bechuanaland Protectorate →  Botswana) 6.47
69 (40)  Solomon Islands (British Empire →  Solomon Islands) 6.40
70 (41)  Ghana (British Empire, Gold Coast (British colony) →  Ghana) 6.37
71  Nigeria (British Empire, British Nigeria →  Nigeria 6.36
72 (42)  Malaysia (British Empire, British Malaya and British Borneo →  Malaysia) 6.36
73 (43)  Togo (United Nations trust territories, French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Togoland →  Togo) 6.33
74  Haiti 6.31
75 (44)  Djibouti (French Colonial Empire, French Somaliland →  Djibouti) 6.30
76 (45)  Fiji (British Empire →  Fiji) 6.30
77  Liberia 6.25
78  El Salvador 6.24
79 (46)  Bangladesh (Pakistan, East Pakistan →  Bangladesh) 6.23
80 (47)  Papua and New Guinea (United Nations trust territories →  Papua New Guinea 6.23
81 (48)  São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe →  São Tomé and Príncipe) 6.20
82  Brazil 6.14
83  Thailand 6.13
84 (49)  Mauritania (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Mauritania →  Mauritania 6.12
85 (50)  Kiribati (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands →  Kiribati ) 6.10
86 (51)  Sierra Leone (British Empire →  Sierra Leone) 6.09
87 (52)  Chad (French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, French Chad →  Chad) 6.06
88 (53)  Greenland (Denmark) 6.05
89  South Africa 6.04
90 (54)  Maldives (British Empire, British Protectorate →  Maldives) 6.03
91 (55)  Burkina Faso (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa →  Republic of Upper Volta →  Burkina Faso) 6.03
92  Burma (→  Myanmar) 6.03
93 (56)  Saint Lucia (British Empire, West Indies Federation →  Saint Lucia) 6.00
94 (57)  Comoros (French Colonial Empire →  Comoros) 6.00
95 (58)  French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire → France) 6.00
96 (59)  Congo (Belgian Colonial Empire, Belgian Congo →  Congo-Léopoldville →  Zaire →  DR Congo) 5.99
97 (60)  Guinea (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Guinea →  Guinea 5.97
98 (61)  South West Africa ( South Africa →  Namibia) 5.96
99  Nepal 5.96
100  Albania 5.96
101  Laos (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Laos →  Laos) 5.94
102 (62)  Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea →  Guinea-Bissau) 5.92
103  India 5.91
104 (63)  Mauritius (British Empire →  Mauritius) 5.90
105 (64)  Lesotho (British Empire →  Lesotho) 5.81
106 (65)  Grenada (British Empire →  Grenada) 5.80
107  Lebanon 5.76
108 (66)  Dahomey (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa →  Dahomey →  Benin) 5.75
109 (67)  Guyana (British Empire →  Guyana) 5.69
110  Panama 5.68
111 (68)  Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Empire, Spanish Guinea →  Equatorial Guinea) 5.68
112 (69)  Congo (French Colonial Empire, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa →  Congo) 5.67
113  Costa Rica 5.65
114 (70)  Aruba (Netherlands) 5.65
115  Sri Lanka 5.64
116 (71)  Cameroon (United Nations Trust Territories, French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, French Cameroons →  Cameroon) 5.54
117 (72)  SR Macedonia ( Yugoslavia →  North Macedonia) 5.52
118  Mongolia 5.50
119 (73)  Central African Republic (French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, Ubangi-Shari →  Central African Republic) 5.40
120  Indonesia 5.35
121 (74)  Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Yugoslavia →  Bosnia and Herzegovina) 5.32
122 (75)  Trinidad and Tobago (British Empire, West Indies Federation →  Trinidad and Tobago) 5.28
123 (76)  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 5.25
124 (77)  Gambia (British Empire, Gambia Colony and Protectorate →  Gambia) 5.23
125 (78)  New Caledonia (French colonial Empire → France) 5.22
126 (79)  Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union →  Uzbekistan) 5.08
127 (80)  French Guiana (French Colonial Empire → France) 5.08
128  Chile 5.08
129 (81)  Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union →  Azerbaijan) 5.07
130 (82)  Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union →  Tajikistan) 5.04
131  South Korea 5.02
132 (83)  Puerto Rico (US) 4.97
  World 4.96
133 (84)  Vietnam (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Vietnam →  North Vietnam and  South Vietnam →  Vietnam) 4.96
134 (85)  Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union →  Turkmenistan) 4.89
135  Cuba 4.76
136 (86)  Montenegro ( Yugoslavia →  Montenegro) 4.62
137  Israel 4.52
138 (87)  Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire →  Antigua and Barbuda) 4.50
139 (88)  Hong Kong (British Empire, Hong Kong colony →  China, Special administrative regions of China) 4.44
140 (89)  Barbados (British Empire →  Barbados) 4.42
141 (90)  Macau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Macau →  China, Special administrative regions of China) 4.39
142 (91)  Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union →  Kazakhstan) 4.30
143 (92)  Malta (British Empire →  Malta) 4.14
144 (93)  Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Armenia ) 4.13
145 (94)  Bahamas (British Empire →  Bahamas) 3.98
146 (95)  Gabon (French Colonial Empire, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa →  Gabon 3.95
147 (96)  Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union →  Kyrgyzstan) 3.92
148 (97)  Cyprus (British Empire, British Cyprus →  Cyprus) 3.85
149 (98)  Jamaica (British Empire, Colony of Jamaica →  Jamaica) 3.80
150  Iceland 3.62
151 (99)  Slovak Socialist Republic 3.59
152  Poland 3.53
153 (100)  SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia →  Serbia and Montenegro →  Serbia) 3.53
154  Canada 3.47
155  Ireland 3.47
156 (101)  Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Moldova) 3.47
157  Japan 3.44
158  New Zealand 3.38
159  Argentina 3.16
160  Finland 3.13
161  Portugal 3.10
162  United States 3.05
163  Netherlands 3.05
164  Romania 3.05
165  Australia 3.01
166 (102)  Czech Socialist Republic 2.94
167 (103)  SR Croatia ( Yugoslavia →  Croatia) 2.92
168 (104)  Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Lithuania) 2.90
169 (105)  SR Slovenia ( Yugoslavia →  Slovenia) 2.87
170  France 2.83
171 (106)  Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union →  Russia) 2.81
172  Hungary 2.77
173 (107)  Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Ukraine) 2.72
174  Uruguay 2.69
175  Bulgaria 2.66
176 (108)  Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Georgia) 2.65
177  Denmark 2.58
178  Italy 2.50
179 (109)  Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Belarus) 2.50
180  Greece 2.47
181  Norway 2.46
182  Spain 2.45
183  Belgium 2.33
184  Switzerland 2.33
185  Sweden 2.25
  Population replacement 2.10
186 (110)  Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Estonia) 2.09
187  Germany ( West Germany and  East Germany →  Germany) 2.09
188  United Kingdom 2.08
189 Channel Islands - (111)  Guernsey (UK) and (112)  Jersey (UK) 2.06
190 (113)  Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Latvia) 2.01
191  North Korea 1.95
192  Austria 1.87
193  Luxembourg 1.87
  Sovereign states: 80
  Dependent territories: 113
  World
World 4.96
  Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)  American Samoa (US) -
2  Andorra -
3 (2)  Bermuda (UK) -
4 (3)  Cayman Islands (UK) -
5 (4)  Curaçao (Netherlands) -
6  Czechoslovakia (Dissolved in 1992) -
7 (5)  Dominica (British Colonial Empire →  Dominica) -
8 (6)  Faroe Islands (Denmark) -
9 (7)  Gibraltar (UK) -
10 (8)  Guadeloupe (French Colonial Empire → France) -
11 (9)  Guam (US) -
12 (10)  Isle of Man (UK) -
13 (11)  SAP Kosovo ( Yugoslavia →  Serbia and Montenegro →  Serbia →  Kosovo) -
14  Liechtenstein -
15 (12)  Marshall Islands (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →  Marshall Islands) -
16 (13)  Mayotte (French Colonial Empire → France) -
17  Monaco -
18  Nauru -
19 (14)  Northern Mariana Islands (US) -
20 (15)  Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →  Palau) -
21 (16)  Palestine (Jordan, West Bank and Egypt, Gaza Strip → Israeli occupied territories → Palestinian territories) -
22  San Marino -
23 (17)  Seychelles (British Colonial Empire, Crown colony →  Seychelles) -
24 (18)  Saint Martin (French part) -
25 (19)  Sint Maarten (Dutch part) -
26 (20)  Saint Kitts and Nevis (British Colonial Empire →  Saint Kitts and Nevis) -
27  Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991) -
28 (21)  Turks and Caicos Islands (British Colonial Empire → UK) -
29 (22)  Tuvalu (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Ellice Islands →  Tuvalu) -
30  Vatican City -
31  Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992) -
  Sovereign states: 9
  Dependent territories: 22
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 2015
(births/woman)
1  Niger 7.29
2  Somalia 6.37
3  DR Congo 6.20
4  Mali 6.14
5  Chad 6.05
6  Angola 5.77
7  Burundi 5.78
8  Uganda 5.68
9  East Timor 5.62
10  Nigeria 5.59
11  Gambia 5.49
12  Burkina Faso 5.44
13  Mozambique 5.30
14  Tanzania 5.08
15  Benin 5.05
16  Zambia 5.04
17  Ivory Coast 4.98
18  Central African Republic 4.94
19  South Sudan 4.94
20  Guinea 4.93
21  Senegal 4.84
22  Afghanistan 4.80
23  Equatorial Guinea 4.78
24  Cameroon 4.78
25  Mauritania 4.74
26  Congo 4.72
27  Guinea-Bissau 4.71
28  Malawi 4.65
29  Liberia 4.65
30  Sudan 4.59
31  Sierra Leone 4.56
32  São Tomé and Príncipe 4.52
33  Togo 4.52
34  Iraq 4.43
35  Comoros 4.42
36  Ethiopia 4.32
37  Madagascar 4.24
38  Eritrea 4.21
39  Yemen 4.10
40  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) 4.08
41  Ghana 4.04
42  Samoa 4.03
43  Rwanda 3.97
44  Kenya 3.92
45  Solomon Islands 3.91
46  Gabon 3.85
47  Zimbabwe 3.84
48  Papua New Guinea 3.71
49  Kiribati 3.69
50  Tonga 3.68
51  Pakistan 3.55
52  Namibia 3.47
53  Jordan 3.44
54  Tajikistan 3.40
55  Egypt 3.31
56  Vanuatu 3.31
57  Micronesia 3.20
58  Swaziland 3.14
59  Lesotho 3.14
60  Kyrgyzstan 3.05
61  Guatemala 3.03
62  Israel 3.00
63  Haiti 2.97
64  Syria 2.97
65  Philippines 2.96
66  Turkmenistan 2.93
67  Bolivia 2.92
68  Djibouti 2.91
69  Algeria 2.84
70  Mongolia 2.79
71  Botswana 2.77
72  Laos 2.76
73  Oman 2.74
74  Kazakhstan 2.66
75  Cambodia 2.59
76  Saudi Arabia 2.58
77  Belize 2.54
78  Fiji 2.54
79  Panama 2.54
80  Guyana 2.53
81  Morocco 2.53
82  Ecuador 2.51
83  Paraguay 2.51
84  Honduras 2.51
85  South Africa 2.48
86  Dominican Republic 2.45
  World 2.45
87  Peru 2.43
88  Suriname 2.40
89  Indonesia 2.39
90  Cape Verde 2.37
91 (1)  Guam (US) 2.37
92  India 2.35
93  Venezuela 2.34
94  Uzbekistan 2.31
95  Libya 2.31
96  Argentina 2.31
97  Seychelles 2.30
98  Nicaragua 2.23
99  Myanmar (Burma) 2.23
100  Tunisia 2.22
101  Mexico 2.21
102 (2)  New Caledonia (France) 2.19
103  Nepal 2.16
104  Bangladesh 2.13
105  Grenada 2.13
106  Maldives 2.13
107  El Salvador 2.10
  Population replacement 2.10
108  Bhutan 2.09
109  Azerbaijan 2.09
110  Turkey 2.07
111  Antigua and Barbuda 2.06
112  Sri Lanka 2.06
113  Bahrain 2.06
114  Malaysia 2.06
115  Jamaica 2.03
116  Uruguay 2.01
117  Georgia 2.00
118 (3)  Greenland (Denmark) 2.00
119 (4)  French Polynesia (France) 2.00
120  New Zealand 2.00
121  Kuwait 1.99
122  Ireland 1.99
123  France 1.98
124  Vietnam 1.96
125  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.95
126  Iceland 1.95
127  Qatar 1.93
128  North Korea 1.92
129  Sweden 1.91
130 (5)  Curaçao (Netherlands) 1.90
131  Brunei 1.88
132  United Kingdom 1.88
133  Colombia 1.87
134  United States 1.87
135  Australia 1.86
136  Norway 1.82
137  Costa Rica 1.80
138  Barbados 1.80
139  Belgium 1.79
140  Chile 1.78
141  Bahamas 1.78
142  Trinidad and Tobago 1.77
143  Finland 1.77
144  United Arab Emirates 1.76
145  Denmark 1.73
146  Russia 1.73
147  Netherlands 1.73
148 (6)  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 1.72
149  Lebanon 1.72
150  Cuba 1.72
151  Brazil 1.69
152  Albania 1.67
153  Belarus 1.67
154  Iran 1.66
155  Montenegro 1.65
156  Lithuania 1.64
157  Armenia 1.62
158  Estonia 1.62
159  China 1.62
160  Slovenia 1.61
161 (7)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.60
162  Canada 1.59
163  Switzerland 1.54
164  Bulgaria 1.54
165  Latvia 1.53
166  Ukraine 1.53
167  Czech Republic 1.52
168  North Macedonia 1.52
169  Romania 1.51
170  Luxembourg 1.50
171 Channel Islands - (8)  Guernsey (UK) and (9)  Jersey (UK) 1.50
172  Thailand 1.50
173  Austria 1.48
174  Saint Lucia 1.47
175  Serbia 1.46
176  Croatia 1.46
177  Italy 1.46
178  Germany 1.45
179  Japan 1.44
180  Slovakia 1.43
181 (10)  Puerto Rico (US) 1.43
182  Malta 1.42
183  Hungary 1.36
184  Mauritius 1.36
185  Spain 1.35
186  Cyprus 1.35
187  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.34
188  Poland 1.31
189  Greece 1.31
190  South Korea 1.28
191  Moldova 1.25
192  Portugal 1.25
193  Singapore 1.24
194 (11)  Macau (China) 1.20
195 (12)  Hong Kong (China) 1.20
  Sovereign states: 183
  Dependent territories: 12
  World
World 2.45
  Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)  American Samoa (US) -
2  Andorra -
3 (2)  Bermuda (UK) -
4 (3)  Cayman Islands (UK) -
5  Dominica -
6 (4)  Faroe Islands (Denmark) -
7 (5)  French Guiana (France) -
8 (6)  Guadeloupe (France) -
9 (7)  Isle of Man (UK) -
10  Kosovo -
11  Liechtenstein -
12  Marshall Islands -
13 (8)  Mayotte (France) -
14  Monaco -
15 (9)  Northern Mariana Islands (US) -
16  Palau -
17  San Marino -
18 (10)  Saint Martin (French part) -
19 (11)  Sint Maarten (Dutch part) -
20  Saint Kitts and Nevis -
21 (12)  Turks and Caicos Islands UK) -
22  Tuvalu -
23  Vatican City -
  Sovereign states: 11
  Dependent territories: 12

Notes:

(→) Country that changed name and flag, dependent territory that is now an independent country (sovereign state) from another current or extinct (dissolved) state or empire, former dependent territory from a sovereign state or empire that was included in another sovereign state.

(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

1960 and 2015

[edit]
1960 list by the World Bank 2015 list by the World Bank
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 1960
(births/woman)
1 (1)  Rwanda (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories →  Rwanda) 8.19
2 (2)  Kenya (British Empire, Kenya Colony →  Kenya) 7.95
3  Ivory Coast 7.69
4  Jordan 7.69
5 (3)  Samoa (United Nations trust territories, Western Samoa →  Samoa) 7.65
6  Dominican Republic 7.55
7 (4)  Algeria (French Colonial Empire, French Algeria →  Algeria) 7.52
8  Yemen ( North Yemen and  South Yemen →  Yemen) 7.49
9 (5)  Angola (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola →  Angola 7.48
10  Syria 7.47
11  Honduras 7.46
12  Afghanistan 7.45
13  Niger 7.45
14 (6)  Tonga (British Empire, British Protectorate →  Tonga) 7.36
15  Nicaragua 7.34
16  Madagascar 7.30
17  Somalia 7.25
18  Oman 7.25
19 (7)  Kuwait (British Empire, British Protectorate →  Kuwait) 7.24
20 (8)  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire →  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) 7.22
21  Saudi Arabia 7.22
22  Libya 7.20
23 (9)  New Hebrides (British and French Condominium →  Vanuatu) 7.20
24 (10)  Southern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland →  Zimbabwe) 7.16
25  Philippines 7.15
26 (11)  Northern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland →  Zambia) 7.12
27 (12)  Bahrain (British Empire →  Bahrain) 7.09
28  Morocco 7.04
29 (13)  Maldives (British Empire, British Protectorate →  Maldives) 7.02
30 (14)  Uganda (British Empire →  Uganda) 7.00
31  Senegal 7.00
32  Mali 6.97
33  Peru 6.97
34 (15)  Saint Lucia (British Empire, West Indies Federation →  Saint Lucia) 6.97
35 (16)  Qatar (British Empire, British Protectorate →  Qatar) 6.97
36  Cambodia 6.97
37 (17)  Burundi (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories →  Burundi) 6.95
38 (18)  Mozambique (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique →  Mozambique) 6.95
39  Mongolia 6.95
40 (19)  Malawi (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Nyasaland Protectorate →  Malawi) 6.94
41  Tunisia 6.94
42 (20)  Micronesia (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →  Micronesia) 6.93
43 (21)  United Arab Emirates (British Empire, Trucial States →  United Arab Emirates) 6.93
44  Iran 6.93
45  Guatemala 6.90
46 (22)  Eritrea ( Ethiopia →  Eritrea) 6.90
47  Ethiopia 6.88
48 (23)  Cape Verde (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde →  Cape Verde) 6.88
49 (24)  Brunei (British Empire, British Protectorate →  Brunei) 6.84
50  Colombia 6.81
51 (25)  Tanzania (British Empire, Tanganyika and Zanzibar →  Tanzania) 6.81
52 (26)  Comoros (French Colonial Empire →  Comoros) 6.79
53 (27)  Kiribati (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands →  Kiribati ) 6.79
54  Mauritania 6.78
55  Mexico 6.77
56  Ghana 6.75
57  Grenada 6.74
58 (28)  South Sudan ( Sudan →  South Sudan) 6.72
59 (29)  Bangladesh (Pakistan, East Pakistan →  Bangladesh) 6.72
60  Ecuador 6.72
61 (30)  Swaziland (British Empire →  Swaziland) 6.72
62  Egypt 6.72
63  Bolivia 6.70
64  Sudan 6.69
65  El Salvador 6.67
66  Bhutan 6.67
67  Venezuela 6.62
68 (31)  Botswana (British Empire, Bechuanaland Protectorate →  Botswana) 6.62
69 (32)  Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands →  Suriname) 6.61
70  Pakistan 6.60
71 (33)  Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union →  Turkmenistan) 6.59
72 (34)  Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union →  Tajikistan) 6.55
73  Togo 6.52
74  Paraguay 6.50
75  Belize 6.50
76  Albania 6.49
77 (35)  Djibouti (French Colonial Empire, French Somaliland →  Djibouti) 6.46
78 (36)  Fiji (British Empire →  Fiji) 6.46
79  Costa Rica 6.45
80  Malaysia 6.45
81  Liberia 6.41
82 (37)  Solomon Islands (British Empire →  Solomon Islands) 6.39
83 (38)  East Timor (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor →  East Timor) 6.37
84 (39)  Guyana (British Empire →  Guyana) 6.37
85  Turkey 6.37
86  Nigeria 6.35
87  Vietnam ( North Vietnam and  South Vietnam →  Vietnam) 6.35
88  Haiti 6.32
89  Republic of Upper Volta (→  Burkina Faso) 6.29
90  Benin 6.28
91 (40)  New Caledonia (French colonial Empire → France) 6.28
92 (41)  Papua and New Guinea (United Nations trust territories →  Papua New Guinea 6.28
93  Chad 6.25
94  Iraq 6.25
95 (42)  Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union →  Uzbekistan) 6.25
96 (43)  São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe →  São Tomé and Príncipe) 6.24
97 (44)  Mauritius (British Empire →  Mauritius) 6.17
98 (45)  South West Africa ( South Africa →  Namibia) 6.15
99  Thailand 6.15
100 (46)  Sierra Leone (British Empire →  Sierra Leone) 6.13
101  Guinea 6.11
102  South Korea 6.09
103  Brazil 6.07
104  Myanmar (Burma) 6.05
105 (47)  Guam (US) 6.05
106  South Africa 6.04
107  Congo-Léopoldville (→  Zaire →  DR Congo) 6.00
108  Laos 5.96
109  Nepal 5.96
110 (48)  Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea →  Guinea-Bissau) 5.92
111  India 5.91
112  Congo 5.88
113 (49)  Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union →  Azerbaijan) 5.88
114  Panama 5.87
115  Central African Republic 5.84
116 (50)  Lesotho (British Empire →  Lesotho) 5.84
117  Singapore 5.76
118  China 5.75
119  Lebanon 5.74
120  Indonesia 5.67
121 (51)  French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire → France) 5.66
122  Cameroon 5.65
123 (52)  Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Empire, Spanish Guinea →  Equatorial Guinea) 5.65
124 (53)  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 5.62
125 (54)  Gambia (British Empire, Gambia Colony and Protectorate →  Gambia) 5.57
126  Sri Lanka 5.54
127 (55)  Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union →  Kyrgyzstan) 5.47
128 (56)  Jamaica (British Empire, Colony of Jamaica →  Jamaica) 5.42
129 (57)  Trinidad and Tobago (British Empire, West Indies Federation →  Trinidad and Tobago) 5.26
130  Chile 5.10
131  Hong Kong (British Empire, Hong Kong colony →  China, Special administrative regions of China) 5.01
  World 4.99
132 (58)  Aruba (Netherlands) 4.82
133 (59)  Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Armenia ) 4.79
134 (60)  Macau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Macau →  China, Special administrative regions of China) 4.77
135 (61)  Puerto Rico (US) 4.66
136  North Korea 4.58
137 (62)  Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union →  Kazakhstan) 4.56
138 (63)  Bahamas (British Empire →  Bahamas) 4.50
139 (64)  Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire →  Antigua and Barbuda) 4.42
140  Gabon 4.38
141 (65)  Barbados (British Empire →  Barbados) 4.33
142  Iceland 4.29
143  Cuba 4.18
144  New Zealand 4.03
145  Israel 3.87
146 (66)  SR Macedonia ( Yugoslavia →  North Macedonia) 3.84
147  Canada 3.81
148 (67)  Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Yugoslavia →  Bosnia and Herzegovina) 3.80
149  Ireland 3.78
150  United States 3.65
151 (68)  Malta (British Empire →  Malta) 3.62
152 (69)  Montenegro ( Yugoslavia →  Montenegro) 3.60
153  Cyprus 3.50
154  Australia 3.45
155 (70)  Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Moldova) 3.33
156  Portugal 3.16
157  Netherlands 3.12
158  Argentina 3.11
159 (71)  Slovak Socialist Republic 3.04
160  Poland 2.98
161 (72)  Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Georgia) 2.94
162  Uruguay 2.88
163  Spain 2.86
164  France 2.85
165  Norway 2.85
166  Finland 2.72
167  Austria 2.69
168  United Kingdom 2.69
169 (73)  Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Belarus) 2.67
170  Denmark 2.57
171 (74)  Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Lithuania) 2.56
172  Belgium 2.54
173 (75)  Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union →  Russia) 2.52
174  Switzerland 2.44
175 Channel Islands -  Guernsey (UK) and  Jersey (UK) 2.42
176  Italy 2.40
177  Germany ( West Germany and  East Germany →  Germany) 2.37
178 (76)  SR Slovenia ( Yugoslavia →  Slovenia) 2.34
179  Romania 2.34
180  Greece 2.33
181  Bulgaria 2.31
182 (77)  SR Croatia ( Yugoslavia →  Croatia) 2.29
183  Luxembourg 2.29
184 (78)  Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Ukraine) 2.24
185  Sweden 2.17
  Population replacement 2.10
186 (79)  Czech Socialist Republic 2.09
187  Hungary 2.02
188  Japan 2.00
189 (80)  Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Estonia) 1.98
190 (81)  Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Latvia) 1.94
  Sovereign states: 109
  Dependent territories: 81
  World
World 4.99
  Major regions
1 Arab World 6.95
2 Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income) 6.94
3 Middle East and North Africa 6.88
4 Pacific island small states 6.77
5 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 6.64
6 Sub-Saharan Africa 6.64
7 South Asia 6.05
8 Latin America and Caribbean (excluding high income) 6.02
9 Latin America and Caribbean 5.93
10 East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income) 5.82
11 East Asia and Pacific 5.39
12 North America 3.67
13 Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income) 3.13
14 Europe and Central Asia 2.83
15 Central Europe and the Baltics 2.50
  States’ Size
1 Caribbean small states 5.60
2 Small states 5.31
3 Other small states 5.06
  International Organizations
OECD members 3.23
  Security Situation
Fragile and conflict affected situations 6.59
  Economic Situation
1 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 6.75
2 Least developed countries: UN classification 6.68
  Economic Income
1 Low income 6.52
2 Lower middle income 5.93
3 Low and middle income 5.66
4 Middle income 5.59
5 Upper middle income 5.31
6 High income 3.04
  Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)  American Samoa (US) -
2  Andorra -
3 (2)  Bermuda (UK) -
4 (3)  Cayman Islands (UK) -
5 (4)  Curaçao (Netherlands) -
6  Czechoslovakia (Dissolved in 1992) -
7 (5)  Dominica (British Colonial Empire →  Dominica) -
8 (6)  Faroe Islands (Denmark) -
9 (7)  French Guiana (French Colonial Empire → France) -
10 (8)  Gibraltar (UK) -
11 (9)  Greenland (Denmark) -
12 (10)  Guadeloupe (French Colonial Empire → France) -
13 (11)  Isle of Man (UK) -
14 (12)  SAP Kosovo ( Yugoslavia →  Serbia and Montenegro →  Serbia →  Kosovo) -
15  Liechtenstein -
16 (13)  Marshall Islands (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →  Marshall Islands) -
17 (14)  Mayotte (French Colonial Empire → France) -
18  Monaco -
19  Nauru -
20 (15)  Northern Mariana Islands (US) -
21 (16)  Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →  Palau) -
22 (17)  Palestine (Jordan, West Bank and Egypt, Gaza Strip → Israeli occupied territories → Palestinian territories) -
23  San Marino -
24 (18)  SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia →  Serbia and Montenegro →  Serbia) -
25 (19)  Seychelles (British Colonial Empire, Crown colony →  Seychelles) -
26 (20)  Saint Martin (French part) -
27 (21)  Sint Maarten (Dutch part) -
28 (22)  Saint Kitts and Nevis (British Colonial Empire →  Saint Kitts and Nevis) -
29  Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991) -
30 (23)  Turks and Caicos Islands (British Colonial Empire → UK) -
31 (24)  Tuvalu (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Ellice Islands →  Tuvalu) -
32  Vatican City -
33  Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992) -
  Sovereign states: 9
  Dependent territories: 24
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 2015
(births/woman)
1  Niger 7.29
2  Somalia 6.37
3  DR Congo 6.20
4  Mali 6.14
5  Chad 6.05
6  Angola 5.77
7  Burundi 5.78
8  Uganda 5.68
9  East Timor 5.62
10  Nigeria 5.59
11  Gambia 5.49
12  Burkina Faso 5.44
13  Mozambique 5.31
14  Tanzania 5.08
15  Benin 5.05
16  Zambia 5.04
17  Ivory Coast 4.98
18  Central African Republic 4.94
19  South Sudan 4.94
20  Guinea 4.93
21  Senegal 4.84
22  Afghanistan 4.80
23  Equatorial Guinea 4.78
24  Cameroon 4.78
25  Mauritania 4.74
26  Congo 4.72
27  Guinea-Bissau 4.71
28  Malawi 4.65
29  Liberia 4.65
30  Sudan 4.60
31  Sierra Leone 4.56
32  São Tomé and Príncipe 4.52
33  Togo 4.52
34  Iraq 4.43
35  Comoros 4.42
36  Ethiopia 4.32
37  Madagascar 4.24
38  Eritrea 4.21
39  Yemen 4.10
40  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) 4.08
41  Ghana 4.04
42  Samoa 4.03
43  Rwanda 3.97
44  Kenya 3.92
45  Solomon Islands 3.91
46  Gabon 3.85
47  Zimbabwe 3.84
48  Papua New Guinea 3.71
49  Kiribati 3.69
50  Tonga 3.68
51  Pakistan 3.55
52  Namibia 3.47
53  Jordan 3.45
54  Tajikistan 3.40
55  Egypt 3.31
56  Vanuatu 3.31
57  Micronesia 3.20
58  Kyrgyzstan 3.20
59  Swaziland 3.14
60  Lesotho 3.14
61  Israel 3.09
62  Guatemala 3.03
63  Haiti 2.97
64  Syria 2.97
65  Philippines 2.96
66  Turkmenistan 2.93
67  Bolivia 2.92
68  Djibouti 2.91
69  Algeria 2.84
70  Mongolia 2.79
71  Botswana 2.77
72  Laos 2.76
73  Oman 2.74
74  Kazakhstan 2.73
75  Cambodia 2.59
76  Saudi Arabia 2.58
77  Belize 2.54
78  Fiji 2.54
79  Panama 2.54
80  Guyana 2.53
81  Morocco 2.53
82  Ecuador 2.51
83  Paraguay 2.51
84  Honduras 2.51
85  Uzbekistan 2.49
86  South Africa 2.49
87  Dominican Republic 2.45
  World 2.45
88  Peru 2.43
89  Suriname 2.40
90  Indonesia 2.39
91  Cape Verde 2.37
92 (1)  Guam (US) 2.37
93  India 2.35
94  Venezuela 2.34
95  Libya 2.31
96  Argentina 2.31
97  Seychelles 2.30
98  Nicaragua 2.23
99  Myanmar (Burma) 2.23
100  Tunisia 2.22
101  Mexico 2.22
102 (2)  New Caledonia (France) 2.22
103  Nepal 2.16
104  Bangladesh 2.13
105  Grenada 2.13
106  Maldives 2.13
107  El Salvador 2.10
  Population replacement 2.10
108  Bhutan 2.09
109  Turkey 2.07
110  Antigua and Barbuda 2.06
111  Sri Lanka 2.06
112  Bahrain 2.06
113  Malaysia 2.06
114  Jamaica 2.03
115  France 2.01
116  Uruguay 2.01
117  Georgia 2.00
118 (3)  Greenland (Denmark) 2.00
119 (4)  French Polynesia (France) 2.00
120  New Zealand 1.99
121  Kuwait 1.99
122  Azerbaijan 1.97
123  Vietnam 1.96
124  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.95
125  Ireland 1.94
126  Iceland 1.93
127  Qatar 1.93
128  North Korea 1.92
129 (5)  Curaçao (Netherlands) 1.90
130  Brunei 1.88
131  Sweden 1.88
132  Colombia 1.87
133  United States 1.84
134  Australia 1.83
135  United Kingdom 1.81
136  Costa Rica 1.80
137  Barbados 1.80
138  Chile 1.79
139  Bahamas 1.77
140  Trinidad and Tobago 1.77
141  United Arab Emirates 1.77
142  Norway 1.76
143  Russia 1.75
144  Belgium 1.74
145 (6)  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 1.72
146  Belarus 1.72
147  Brazil 1.69
148  Lebanon 1.68
149  Cuba 1.67
150  Albania 1.66
151  Netherlands 1.66
152  Finland 1.65
153  Denmark 1.65
154  Iran 1.65
155  Montenegro 1.65
156  Latvia 1.64
157  Lithuania 1.63
158  Armenia 1.62
159  China 1.62
160  Canada 1.60
161 (7)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.60
162  Slovenia 1.58
163  Switzerland 1.54
164  Estonia 1.54
165  Czech Republic 1.53
166  Bulgaria 1.53
167  North Macedonia 1.52
168  Romania 1.52
169  Ukraine 1.51
170  Germany 1.50
171  Luxembourg 1.50
172 Channel Islands - (8)  Guernsey (UK) and (9)  Jersey (UK) 1.50
173  Thailand 1.50
174  Austria 1.47
175  Saint Lucia 1.47
176  Serbia 1.46
177  Croatia 1.46
178  Japan 1.46
179  Hungary 1.44
180 (10)  Puerto Rico (US) 1.43
181  Malta 1.42
182  Slovakia 1.37
183  Italy 1.37
184  Mauritius 1.36
185  Cyprus 1.35
186  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.35
187  Poland 1.32
188  Spain 1.32
189  Greece 1.30
190  Moldova 1.25
191  Singapore 1.24
192  South Korea 1.24
193  Portugal 1.23
194 (11)  Macau (China) 1.20
195 (13)  Hong Kong (China) 1.20
  Sovereign states: 182
  Dependent territories: 13
  World
World 2.45
  Major regions
1 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 4.9
2 Sub-Saharan Africa 4.9
3 Arab World 3.3
4 Pacific island small states 3.3
5 Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income) 2.9
6 Middle East and North Africa 2.8
7 South Asia 2.6
8 Latin America and Caribbean (excluding high income) 2.1
9 Latin America and Caribbean 2.1
10 North America 1.8
11 East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income) 1.8
12 East Asia and Pacific 1.8
13 Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income) 1.9
14 Europe and Central Asia 1.8
15 Central Europe and the Baltics 1.4
  States’ Size
1 Other Small states 3.2
2 Small states 2.9
3 Caribbean small states 2.1
  International Organizations
1 OECD members 1.7
2 European Union 1.5
  Security Situation
Fragile and conflict affected situations 4.4
  Economic Areas
Euro area 1.5
  Economic Situation
1 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 4.9
2 Least developed countries: UN classification 4.1
  Economic Income
1 Low income 4.8
2 Lower middle income 2.8
3 Low and middle income 2.6
4 Middle income 2.4
5 Upper middle income 1.8
6 High income 1.7
  Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)  American Samoa (US) -
2  Andorra -
3 (2)  Bermuda (UK) -
4 (3)  Cayman Islands (UK) -
5  Dominica -
6 (4)  Faroe Islands (Denmark) -
7 (5)  French Guiana (France) -
8 (6)  Guadeloupe (France) -
9 (7)  Isle of Man (UK) -
10  Kosovo -
11  Liechtenstein -
12  Marshall Islands -
13 (8)  Mayotte (France) -
14  Monaco -
15 (9)  Northern Mariana Islands (US) -
16  Palau -
17  San Marino -
18 (10)  Saint Martin (French part) -
19 (11)  Sint Maarten (Dutch part) -
20  Saint Kitts and Nevis -
21 (12)  Turks and Caicos Islands UK) -
22  Tuvalu -
23  Vatican City -
  Sovereign states: 11
  Dependent territories: 12

Notes:

(→) Country that changed name and flag, dependent territory that is now an independent country (sovereign state) from another current or extinct (dissolved) state or empire, former dependent territory from a sovereign state or empire that was included in another sovereign state.

(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

1970 and 2014

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1970 list by the Population Reference Bureau 2014 list by the Population Reference Bureau
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 1970
(births/woman)
1  Rwanda 8.2
2  Kenya 8.1
3  Ivory Coast 7.9
4 (1)  Palestine (Israeli-occupied territories → Palestinian Territories) 7.9
5 (2)  Mayotte (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department) 7.9
6  Libya 7.9
7  Jordan 7.9
8  Afghanistan 7.7
9  Mongolia 7.6
10  Algeria 7.6
11  Syria 7.6
12  Yemen ( North Yemen and  South Yemen →  Yemen) 7.5
13  Zambia 7.4
14  Morocco 7.4
15  Iraq 7.4
16  Niger 7.4
17  Saudi Arabia 7.3
18  Madagascar 7.3
19  Malawi 7.3
20  Burundi 7.3
21  Senegal 7.3
22  Oman 7.3
23 (3)  Angola (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola →  Angola) 7.3
24  Honduras 7.3
25  Maldives 7.2
26  Somalia 7.2
27  Kuwait 7.2
28  Samoa 7.2
29 (4)  Comoros (French Colonial Empire →  Comoros) 7.1
30  Togo 7.1
31  Uganda 7.1
32 (5)  Bangladesh ( Pakistan, East Pakistan →  Bangladesh) 7.0
33  Ethiopia 7.0
34  Ghana 7.0
35  Nicaragua 6.9
36 (6)  Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union →  Tajikistan) 6.9
37  Mali 6.9
38 (7)  South Sudan ( Sudan →  South Sudan) 6.9
39  Swaziland 6.9
40 (8)  Cape Verde (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde →  Cape Verde) 6.9
41 (9)  Micronesia (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →  Micronesia) 6.9
42 (10)  Qatar (British Empire →  Qatar) 6.9
43  Sudan 6.9
44 (11)  Solomon Islands (British Empire →  Solomon Islands) 6.9
45  Benin 6.8
46  Mauritania 6.8
47 (12)  Djibouti (French Territory of the Afars and the Issas →  Djibouti) 6.8
48  Tanzania 6.8
49  Sierra Leone 6.7
50  Rhodesia (→  Zimbabwe) 6.7
51  Liberia 6.7
52  Mexico 6.7
53 (13)  Eritrea ( Ethiopia →  Eritrea) 6.7
54  Bhutan 6.7
55  Republic of Upper Volta (→  Burkina Faso) 6.6
56 (14)  United Arab Emirates (British Empire, Trucial States →  United Arab Emirates) 6.6
57 (15)  Western Sahara (Spanish Sahara → Moroccan Occupation) 6.6
58 (16)  Mozambique (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique →  Mozambique) 6.6
59  Pakistan 6.6
60  Botswana 6.6
61  Bolivia 6.6
62  Cambodia 6.5
63 (17)  São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe →  São Tomé and Príncipe) 6.5
64  Vietnam ( North Vietnam and  South Vietnam →  Vietnam) 6.5
65 (18)  Bahrain (British Empire →  Bahrain) 6.5
66  Nigeria 6.5
67 (19)  South West Africa ( South Africa →  Namibia) 6.5
68  Chad 6.5
69 (20)  Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union →  Uzbekistan) 6.5
70  Iran 6.4
71  Tunisia 6.4
72 (21)  Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union →  Turkmenistan) 6.3
73  Peru 6.3
74 (22)  New Hebrides (British and French Condominium →  Vanuatu) 6.3
75  Philippines 6.3
76 (23)  Belize (British Empire →  Belize) 6.3
77  Congo 6.3
78 (24)  Papua and New Guinea (UN Trust Territories →  Papua New Guinea) 6.2
79  Cameroon 6.2
80  Dominican Republic 6.2
81  Guinea 6.2
82  El Salvador 6.2
83  Congo-Léopoldville (→  Zaire →  DR Congo) 6.2
84  Guatemala 6.2
85 (25)  Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea →  Guinea-Bissau) 6.1
86  Ecuador 6.1
87 (26)  Saint Lucia (British Empire →  Saint Lucia) 6.1
88 (27)  Gilbert Islands (British Empire →  Kiribati) 6.1
89  Gambia 6.1
90  Central African Republic 6.0
91  Nepal 6.0
92  Burma (→  Myanmar) 6.0
93  Laos 6.0
94 (28)  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire →  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) 6.0
95  Egypt 5.9
96 (29)  East Timor (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor →  East Timor) 5.9
97  Tonga 5.9
98 (30)  Seychelles (British Empire →  Seychelles) 5.8
99 (31)  Brunei (British Empire →  Brunei) 5.8
100  Lesotho 5.8
101  Haiti 5.8
102  Equatorial Guinea 5.7
103  Turkey 5.7
104  Paraguay 5.7
105 (32)  Suriname (Dutch Empire →  Suriname) 5.7
106  Colombia 5.6
107  Thailand 5.6
108  South Africa 5.6
109  India 5.5
110  China (mainland only) 5.5
111  Indonesia 5.5
112  Jamaica 5.5
113  Venezuela 5.4
114 (33)  New Caledonia (French Colonial Empire → Overseas departments and territories of France) 5.3
115  Panama 5.2
116 (34)  French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Collectivity) 5.1
116  Gabon 5.1
117  Albania 5.1
118  Guyana 5.1
119  Lebanon 5.0
120  Brazil 5.0
121  Costa Rica 4.9
122  Malaysia 4.9
123 (35)  Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union →  Kyrgyzstan) 4.9
124 (36)  Guadeloupe (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department) 4.9
125 (37)  Réunion (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department) 4.8
126 (38)  French Guiana (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department) 4.7
  World 4.7
127 (39)  Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union →  Azerbaijan) 4.6
128 (40)  Martinique (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department 4.6
129 (41)  Grenada (British Empire →  Grenada) 4.6
130  Fiji 4.5
131  South Korea 4.5
132 (42)  Guam (US) 4.4
133  North Korea 4.3
134  Sri Lanka 4.3
135  Chile 4.0
136  Cuba 4.0
137  Ireland 3.9
138  Republic of China (Taiwan) 3.9
139  Israel 3.8
140  Mauritius 3.8
141 (43)  Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire →  Antigua and Barbuda) 3.7
142  Trinidad and Tobago 3.6
143 (44)  Bahamas (British Empire →  Bahamas) 3.5
144 (45)  Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union →  Kazakhstan) 3.5
145 (46)  Curaçao (Dutch Empire → Dutch Caribbean) 3.3
146 (47)  Hong Kong (British Hong Kong →  China) 3.3
147 (48)  Puerto Rico (US) 3.2
148  New Zealand 3.2
149 (49)  Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Armenia) 3.2
150  Singapore 3.2
151  Argentina 3.1
152  Barbados 3.1
153 (50)  SR Macedonia ( Yugoslavia →  North Macedonia) 3.0
154  Portugal 3.0
155  Australia 2.9
156  Spain 2.9
157  Uruguay 2.9
158  Romania 2.9
159  Iceland 2.8
160 (51)  Montenegro ( Yugoslavia →  Montenegro) 2.7
161 (52)  Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Yugoslavia →  Bosnia and Herzegovina) 2.7
162  Netherlands 2.6
163 (53)  Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Moldova) 2.6
164 (54)  Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Georgia) 2.6
165  Norway 2.5
166  Cyprus 2.5
167  United States 2.5
168  France 2.5
169  United Kingdom 2.4
170 (55)  Slovak Socialist Republic 2.4
171 (56)  Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Lithuania) 2.4
172 (57)  SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia →  Serbia) 2.4
173  Italy 2.4
174  Greece 2.4
175 (58)  Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Belarus) 2.3
176  Poland 2.3
177  Austria 2.3
178  Belgium 2.3
179  San Marino 2.2
180 (59)  SR Slovenia ( Yugoslavia →  Slovenia) 2.2
181 (60)  Macau (Portuguese Macau →  China) 2.2
182 (61)  Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Estonia) 2.2
183  Bulgaria 2.2
184  Canada 2.2
185  Germany ( West Germany and  East Germany →  Germany) 2.1
186 (62)  Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union ->  Ukraine) 2.1
187 Channel Islands - (63)  Guernsey and (64)  Jersey (UK) 2.1
188  Switzerland 2.1
189  Japan 2.1
  Population replacement 2.1
190 (65)  Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Latvia) 2.0
191  Denmark 2.0
192  Malta 2.0
193 (66)  Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union →  Russia) 2.0
194  Luxembourg 2.0
195  Hungary 2.0
196 (67)  Czech Socialist Republic 1.9
197  Sweden 1.9
198 (68)  SR Croatia ( Yugoslavia →  Croatia) 1.8
199 (69)  Finland 1.8
  Sovereign states: 130
  Dependent territories: 69
  Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1  Andorra -
2  Czechoslovakia (dissolved in 1992) -
3 (1)  Dominica (British Empire →  Dominica) -
4 (2)  Ellice Islands (British Empire - Ellice Islands →  Tuvalu) -
5 (3)  SAP Kosovo ( Yugoslavia →  Serbia and Montenegro →  Serbia →  Kosovo) -
6  Liechtenstein -
7 (4)  Marshall Islands (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →  Marshall Islands) -
8  Monaco -
9  Nauru -
10 (5)  Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →  Palau) -
11 (6)  Saint Kitts and Nevis (British Empire →  Saint Kitts and Nevis) -
12  Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991) -
13  Vatican City -
14  Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992) -
  Sovereign states: 8
  Dependent territories: 6
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 2014
(births/woman)
1  Niger 7.6
2  South Sudan 7.0
3  Somalia 6.6
4  DR Congo 6.6
5  Chad 6.6
6  Angola 6.2
7  Central African Republic 6.2
8  Burundi 6.1
9  Mali 6.1
10  Zambia 6.0
11  Burkina Faso 5.9
12  Uganda 5.9
13  Mozambique 5.7
14  East Timor 5.7
15  Gambia 5.6
16  Nigeria 5.6
17  Malawi 5.5
18  Senegal 5.3
19  Tanzania 5.3
20  Sudan 5.2
21  Guinea 5.1
22  Cameroon 5.1
23  Afghanistan 5.1
24  Congo 5.0
25  Guinea-Bissau 5.0
26  Benin 4.9
27  Ivory Coast 4.9
28  Sierra Leone 4.9
29  Equatorial Guinea 4.9
30  Eritrea 4.7
31  Liberia 4.7
32  Togo 4.7
33  Samoa 4.7
34  Vanuatu 4.4
35  Yemen 4.4
36  Madagascar 4.4
37  Kenya 4.3
38  São Tomé and Príncipe 4.3
39  Ghana 4.3
40  Comoros 4.3
41  Papua New Guinea 4.3
42  Nauru 4.3
43  Mauritania 4.1
44  Solomon Islands 4.1
45  Gabon 4.1
46  Marshall Islands 4.1
47 (1)  Mayotte (France) 4.1
48  Palestine 4.1
49  Iraq 4.1
50  Ethiopia 4.1
51  Rwanda 4.0
52  Tonga 3.9
53  Kiribati 3.8
54  Tajikistan 3.8
55  Pakistan 3.8
56  Guatemala 3.8
57  Zimbabwe 3.8
58  Namibia 3.6
59 (2)  French Guiana (France) 3.5
60  Micronesia 3.5
61  Jordan 3.5
62  Egypt 3.5
63  Haiti 3.4
64  Swaziland 3.4
65  Djibouti 3.4
66  Lesotho 3.3
67  Bolivia 3.2
68  Laos 3.2
69  Tuvalu 3.2
70  Kyrgyzstan 3.2
71 (3)  Guam (US) 3.1
72  Israel 3.0
73  Syria 3.0
74  Philippines 3.0
75  Mongolia 2.9
76  Saudi Arabia 2.9
77  Algeria 2.9
78  Ecuador 2.8
79  Paraguay 2.8
80  Honduras 2.8
81  Cambodia 2.8
82  Oman 2.8
83  Kazakhstan 2.7
84  Morocco 2.6
85  Suriname 2.6
86  Indonesia 2.6
87  Belize 2.6
88  Botswana 2.6
89  Cape Verde 2.6
90  Fiji 2.5
91  Dominican Republic 2.5
92  Bhutan 2.5
93  Guyana 2.5
94  Panama 2.5
95  Nicaragua 2.5
  World 2.5
96  India 2.4
97  Uzbekistan 2.4
98  Libya 2.4
99  Kuwait 2.4
100  Nepal 2.4
101  Venezuela 2.4
102  Western Sahara 2.4
103  Turkmenistan 2.4
104  Seychelles 2.4
105 (4)  Réunion (France) 2.4
106  Peru 2.4
107  Maldives 2.3
108  South Africa 2.3
109  Jamaica 2.3
110  Argentina 2.3
111  Colombia 2.3
112 (5)  Curaçao (Netherlands) 2.2
113  Tunisia 2.2
114 (6)  New Caledonia (France) 2.2
115  Bangladesh 2.2
116  Mexico 2.2
117  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.2
118 (7)  Guadeloupe (France) 2.2
119  Azerbaijan 2.2
120  El Salvador 2.2
121  Sri Lanka 2.1
122  Malaysia 2.1
123  Bahrain 2.1
124 (8)  French Polynesia (France) 2.1
125  Turkey 2.1
126  Vietnam 2.1
127  Qatar 2.1
  Population replacement 2.1
128  New Zealand 2.0
129  Ireland 2.0
130  Myanmar (Burma) 2.0
131  Uruguay 2.0
132  North Korea 2.0
133  Dominica 2.0
134  France 2.0
135  Bahamas 2.0
136  Kosovo 2.0
137  Grenada 2.0
138  Sweden 1.9
139 (9)  Martinique (France) 1.9
140  Australia 1.9
141  United Kingdom 1.9
142  Chile 1.9
143  Iceland 1.9
144  United States 1.9
145  Norway 1.8
146  Finland 1.8
147  Belgium 1.8
148  Barbados 1.8
149  Costa Rica 1.8
150  United Arab Emirates 1.8
151  Antigua and Barbuda 1.8
152  Iran 1.8
153  Thailand 1.8
154  Albania 1.8
155  Montenegro 1.7
156  Netherlands 1.7
157  Georgia 1.7
158  Belarus 1.7
159  Palau 1.7
160  Brazil 1.7
161  Denmark 1.7
162 Channel Islands - (10)  Guernsey and (11)  Jersey (UK) 1.7
163  Russia 1.7
164  Cuba 1.7
165 (12)  Puerto Rico (US) 1.6
166  Croatia 1.6
167  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.6
168  Trinidad and Tobago 1.6
169  Canada 1.6
170  China (mainland only) 1.6
171  Brunei 1.6
172  Lithuania 1.6
173  Luxembourg 1.6
174  Armenia 1.6
-  European Union 1.6
175  North Macedonia 1.5
176  San Marino 1.5
177  Slovenia 1.5
178  Ukraine 1.5
179  Latvia 1.5
180  Estonia 1.5
181  Liechtenstein 1.5
182  Bulgaria 1.5
183  Czech Republic 1.5
184  Switzerland 1.5
185  Saint Lucia 1.5
186  Lebanon 1.5
187  Cyprus 1.5
188  Mauritius 1.4
189  Japan 1.4
190  Austria 1.4
191  Germany 1.4
192  Monaco 1.4
193  Malta 1.4
194  Serbia 1.4
195  Italy 1.4
196  Slovakia 1.3
197  Greece 1.3
198  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.3
199  Romania 1.3
200  Hungary 1.3
201  Spain 1.3
202  Portugal 1.2
203  Singapore 1.2
204  Poland 1.2
205 (13)  Macau (China) 1.2
206  South Korea 1.2
207  Moldova 1.2
208 (14)  Hong Kong (China) 1.1
209  Andorra 1.1
210  Republic of China (Taiwan) 1.1
  Sovereign states: 196
  Dependent territories: 14
  Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1  Vatican City -
  Sovereign states: 1
  Dependent territories: 0

Notes:

(→) Country that changed name and flag, dependent territory that is now an independent country (sovereign state) from another current or extinct (dissolved) state or empire, former dependent territory from a sovereign state or empire that was included in another sovereign state.

(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

Country ranking by TFR forecast

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2018 forecast/prediction by the UN Population Division 2023 forecast/prediction by the UN Population Division
Rank Country Fertility rate
2018 (Medium Variant)
(births/woman)
1  Niger 7.46
2  Somalia 6.12
3  Mali 5.92
4  Chad 5.79
5  Angola 5.79
6  Burundi 5.66
7  DR Congo 5.66
8  Gambia 5.53
9  Uganda 5.46
10  Nigeria 5.41
11  East Timor 5.33
12  Burkina Faso 5.23
13  Zambia 5.14
14  Mozambique 5.12
15  Tanzania 4.92
16  Malawi 4.88
17  Senegal 4.83
18  Ivory Coast 4.77
19  South Sudan 4.73
20  Guinea 4.73
21  Congo 4.64
22  Guinea-Bissau 4.56
23  Equatorial Guinea 4.52
24  Benin 4.50
25  Liberia 4.47
26  Cameroon 4.46
27  Mauritania 4.39
28  São Tomé and Príncipe 4.36
29  Togo 4.35
30  Iraq 4.35
31  Sierra Leone 4.28
32  Afghanistan 4.25
33  Comoros 4.23
34  Madagascar 4.21
35  Sudan 4.13
36  Kenya 4.10
37  Eritrea 4.02
38  Central African Republic 4.02
39  Ethiopia 3.99
40  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) 3.95
41  Ghana 3.95
42  Samoa 3.90
43  Yemen 3.79
44  Solomon Islands 3.76
45 (1)  Mayotte (France) 3.73
46  Gabon 3.68
47  Zimbabwe 3.65
48  Rwanda 3.62
49  Papua New Guinea 3.58
50  Tonga 3.58
51  Kiribati 3.58
52  Pakistan 3.38
53  Tajikistan 3.32
54  Namibia 3.31
55  Vanuatu 3.22
56 (2)  French Guiana (France) 3.28
57  Jordan 3.20
58  Egypt 3.16
59  Micronesia 3.08
60  Swaziland 3.06
61  Guatemala 3.03
62  Lesotho 3.01
63  Djibouti 2.99
64  Kyrgyzstan 2.93
65  Morocco 2.93
66  Philippines 2.87
67  Haiti 2.85
68  Bolivia 2.83
69  Laos 2.77
70  Syria 2.77
71  Botswana 2.67
72  Algeria 2.62
73  Saudi Arabia 2.59
74  Mongolia 2.54
75  Cambodia 2.53
76  Kazakhstan 2.53
77  Oman 2.51
78  Fiji 2.48
79  Guyana 2.47
  World 2.47
80  Belize 2.46
81  Paraguay 2.45
82  Ecuador 2.44
83  Israel 2.38
84  Dominican Republic 2.38
85  Panama 2.36
86  Indonesia 2.36
87  Peru 2.35
88  India 2.34
89  Uzbekistan 2.33
90 (3)  Guam (US) 2.32
91  Libya 2.32
92  South Africa 2.28
93  Venezuela 2.28
94  Suriname 2.28
95  Argentina 2.27
96  Honduras 2.25
97  Turkmenistan 2.22
98  Azerbaijan 2.22
99  Seychelles 2.21
100  Cape Verde 2.19
101 (4)  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 2.18
102  Nicaragua 2.16
103  Mexico 2.14
104  Myanmar (Burma) 2.13
105 (5)  Réunion (France) 2.12
106 (6)  Guadeloupe (France) 2.10
  Population replacement 2.10
107  Nepal 2.09
108  Bangladesh 2.08
109  Grenada 2.08
110  Tunisia 2.07
111  Western Sahara 2.06
112 (7)  Curaçao (Netherlands) 2.05
113  Kuwait 2.04
114 (8)  New Caledonia (France) 2.04
115  Sri Lanka 2.03
116  Antigua and Barbuda 2.03
117  Turkey 2.01
118  Ireland 2.00
119  Jamaica 1.99
120 (9)  French Polynesia (France) 1.99
121  New Zealand 1.99
122  France 1.99
123  Maldives 1.98
124  Bahrain 1.98
125  Uruguay 1.98
126  Qatar 1.95
127  Vietnam 1.95
128  North Korea 1.94
129  Bhutan 1.93
130  Sweden 1.93
131  United Kingdom 1.91
132  Iceland 1.90
133  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.90
134  Malaysia 1.90
135  United States 1.90
136 (10)  Martinique (France) 1.88
137  El Salvador 1.87
138  Australia 1.86
139  Colombia 1.83
140  Bahamas 1.83
141  Belgium 1.83
142  Brunei 1.82
143  Saint Lucia 1.82
144  Georgia 1.82
145  Norway 1.81
146  Barbados 1.80
147  Albania 1.78
148  Finland 1.77
149  Netherlands 1.77
150  Denmark 1.76
151  Costa Rica 1.74
152  Chile 1.73
153  United Arab Emirates 1.73
154  Trinidad and Tobago 1.73
155  Russia 1.70
156  Lebanon 1.68
157  Estonia 1.65
158  Montenegro 1.65
159  Slovenia 1.64
160  Brazil 1.63
161  Belarus 1.62
162  Lithuania 1.61
163  Iran 1.61
164 (11)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.60
165  Luxembourg 1.60
166  Bulgaria 1.60
167  China 1.59
168 (12)  Puerto Rico (US) 1.59
169  Serbia 1.59
170  Cuba 1.58
171  Switzerland 1.57
172  Canada 1.56
173  Ukraine 1.56
174  Latvia 1.55
175  North Macedonia 1.55
176  Czech Republic 1.54
177  Austria 1.53
178  Romania 1.53
179  Armenia 1.51
180  Italy 1.49
181 Channel Islands - (13)  Jersey (UK) and (14)  Guernsey (UK) 1.49
182  Malta 1.49
183  Croatia 1.48
184  Thailand 1.46
185  Japan 1.46
186  Mauritius 1.44
187  Germany 1.44
188  Slovakia 1.44
189  Cyprus 1.42
190  Hungary 1.40
191  Spain 1.38
192 (15)  Macau (China) 1.34
193  Poland 1.33
194  South Korea 1.33
195  Greece 1.30
196 (16)  Hong Kong (China) 1.30
197  Singapore 1.26
198  Portugal 1.24
199  Moldova 1.23
200  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.23
  Sovereign states: 184
  Dependent territories: 16
  Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)  American Samoa (US) -
2  Andorra -
3 (2)  Anguilla (UK) -
4 (3)  Bermuda (UK) -
5 (4)  British Virgin Islands (UK) -
6 (5)  Cayman Islands (UK) -
7  Cook Islands -
8  Dominica -
9 (6)  Faroe Islands (Denmark) -
10 (7)  Gibraltar (UK) -
11 (8)  Greenland (Denmark) -
12 (9)  Isle of Man (UK) -
13  Kosovo -
14  Marshall Islands -
15  Monaco -
16 (10)  Montserrat (UK) -
17  Nauru -
18 (11)  Northern Mariana Islands (US) -
19  Palau -
20 (12)  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) -
21  Saint Kitts and Nevis -
22 (13)  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) -
23  San Marino -
24 (14)  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) -
25 (15)  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) -
26  Vatican City -
27 (16)  Wallis and Futuna (France) -
28 (17)  Western Sahara -
  Sovereign states: 11
  Dependent territories: 17
Rank Country Fertility rate
for 2023
(Medium Variant)
(births/woman)
1  Niger 6.51
2  Somalia 5.66
3  DR Congo 5.46
4  Mali 5.46
5  Chad 5.32
6  Angola 5.21
7  Nigeria 5.08
8  Burundi 5.04
9  Gambia 4.90
10  Burkina Faso 4.83
11  Tanzania 4.63
12  Benin 4.54
13  Mozambique 4.54
14  Uganda 4.44
15  Ivory Coast 4.40
16  Central African Republic 4.38
17  Guinea 4.38
18  Zambia 4.38
19  South Sudan 4.36
20  Senegal 4.34
21  Mauritania 4.32
22  Cameroon 4.29
23  Congo 4.19
24  Guinea-Bissau 4.16
25  Equatorial Guinea 4.15
26  Solomon Islands 4.15
27  Sudan 4.15
28  São Tomé and Príncipe 4.08
29  Togo 4.06
30  Liberia 4.03
31  Comoros 3.93
32  Malawi 3.91
33  Sierra Leone 3.86
34  Afghanistan 3.85
35  Madagascar 3.85
36  Ethiopia 3.82
37  Eritrea 3.76
38  Rwanda 3.73
39  Gabon 3.71
40  Samoa 3.68
41  Ghana 3.65
42  Vanuatu 3.62
43  East Timor 3.60
44  Iraq 3.45
45 (1)  Mayotte (France) 3.44
46  Yemen 3.43
47  Kiribati 3.41
48  Tajikistan 3.40
49  Tonga 3.39
50  Papua New Guinea 3.38
51  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) 3.36
52  Zimbabwe 3.32
53  Kenya 3.26
54  Pakistan 3.24
55 (2)  French Guiana (France) 3.19
56  Namibia 3.17
57  Egypt 3.13
58  Lesotho 2.97
59  Morocco 2.93
60  Kyrgyzstan 2.83
61  Eswatini (Swaziland) 2.80
62  Micronesia 2.87
63  Algeria 2.79
64  Haiti 2.74
65  Mongolia 2.73
66  Botswana 2.69
67  Guatemala 2.67
68  Fiji 2.65
69  Syria 2.64
70  Turkmenistan 2.63
71  Kazakhstan 2.62
72  Oman 2.60
73  Bolivia 2.58
74  Jordan 2.58
75  Djibouti 2.52
76  Laos 2.48
77  Philippines 2.45
  World 2.42
78  Cambodia 2.39
79  Guyana 2.37
80  Panama 2.37
81  Seychelles 2.34
82  Paraguay 2.33
83  Ecuador 2.32
84  Honduras 2.32
85  Suriname 2.32
86  South Africa 2.31
87  Uzbekistan 2.31
88  Israel 2.30
89  Nicaragua 2.28
90  Western Sahara 2.27
91 (3)  Guam (US) 2.24
92  Dominican Republic 2.23
93  Indonesia 2.22
94  Argentina 2.20
95  Belize 2.19
96  Venezuela 2.18
97  Saudi Arabia 2.17
98  Peru 2.16
99  Cape Verde 2.15
100  India 2.14
101  Sri Lanka 2.13
102  Libya 2.11
103  Tunisia 2.10
  Population replacement 2.10
104 (4)  Guadeloupe (France) 2.09
105  Iran 2.09
106  Myanmar (Burma) 2.07
107  Kuwait 2.03
108  Mexico 2.03
109  Georgia 2.02
110  Lebanon 2.02
111  Vietnam 2.02
112  Azerbaijan 1.99
113  Turkey 1.99
114  Grenada 1.98
115 (5)  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 1.97
116  El Salvador 1.96
117  Antigua and Barbuda 1.95
118  Bangladesh 1.93
119  Malaysia 1.92
120  Uruguay 1.92
121  Jamaica 1.91
122 (6)  New Caledonia (France) 1.90
123  Bahrain 1.89
124 (7)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.88
125 (8)  French Polynesia (France) 1.88
126  Bhutan 1.87
127  North Korea 1.86
128  France 1.85
129  New Zealand 1.85
130  Sweden 1.84
131 (9)  Martinique (France) 1.83
132  Russia 1.82
133  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.81
134  Nepal 1.80
135  Ireland 1.79
136  Australia 1.78
137  Qatar 1.78
138  United States 1.78
139  Denmark 1.77
140  Maldives 1.77
141  Armenia 1.76
142  Brunei 1.76
143  United Kingdom 1.75
144  Belarus 1.74
145  Latvia 1.74
146  Montenegro 1.74
147  Belgium 1.73
148  Colombia 1.73
149 (10)  Curaçao (Netherlands) 1.72
150  Iceland 1.72
151  Bahamas 1.71
152  China 1.70
153  Lithuania 1.70
154  Norway 1.70
155  Costa Rica 1.68
156  Czech Republic /  Czech Republic 1.68
157  Netherlands 1.68
158  Trinidad and Tobago 1.67
159  Romania 1.65
160  Barbados 1.64
161  Slovenia 1.64
162  Estonia 1.63
163  Bulgaria 1.61
164  Germany 1.61
165  Chile 1.60
166  Austria 1.57
167  Cuba 1.57
168  Slovakia 1.55
169  Switzerland 1.56
170  Albania 1.54
171 Channel Islands - (11)  Guernsey (UK) and (12)  Jersey (UK) 1.54
172  Hungary 1.54
173  Brazil 1.53
174  Malta 1.51
175  Canada 1.48
176  Poland 1.47
177  North Macedonia 1.46
178  Thailand 1.46
179  Ukraine 1.44
180  Finland 1.42
181  Serbia 1.42
182  Croatia 1.41
183 (13)  Hong Kong (China) 1.41
184  Luxembourg 1.41
185  Spain 1.39
186  Saint Lucia 1.38
187  Japan 1.37
188  Mauritius 1.35
189  Portugal 1.35
190  United Arab Emirates 1.35
191  Moldova 1.31
192  Cyprus 1.30
193  Italy 1.30
194 (14)  Macau (China) 1.30
195  Greece 1.26
196  Singapore 1.24
197  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.22
198 (15)  Puerto Rico (US) 1.18
199  South Korea 0.72
  Sovereign states: 184
  Dependent territories: 15
  World
World 2.42
  Continents
1 Africa 4.16
2 Oceania 2.30
3 Asia 2.09
4 South America 1.87
5 North America 1.76
6 Europe 1.62
  Major regions
1 Sub-Saharan Africa 4.40
2 Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 3.27
3 Northern Africa and Western Asia 2.78
4 Central and Southern Asia 2.29
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.96
6 Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 1.81
7 Australia and New Zealand 1.80
8 Northern America 1.76
9 Europe and Northern America 1.67
10 Europe 1.62
  Major Subregions
1 Middle Africa 5.12
2 Western Africa 4.85
3 Eastern Africa 4.07
4 Melanesia 3.33
5 Northern Africa 3.07
6 Micronesia 2.72
7 Polynesia 2.65
8 Central Asia 2.62
9 Western Asia 2.52
10 Southern Africa 2.38
11 Southern Asia 2.28
12 South-Eastern Asia 2.14
13 Caribbean 2.11
14 Central America 2.11
15 South America 1.87
16 Northern America 1.76
17 Northern Europe 1.74
18 Western Europe 1.70
19 Eastern Europe 1.67
20 Eastern Asia 1.66
21 Southern Europe 1.36
  UN Development Groups
1 Land-Locked Developing Countries (LLDC) 3.68
2 Less Developed Regions (excluding China) 2.72
3 Less Developed Regions 2.53
3.1 - Least Developed Countries 3.74
3.2 - Less Developed Regions (excluding Least Developed Countries) 2.27
4 Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 2.37
5 More Developed Countries 1.65
  World Bank Income Groups
1 Low-income Countries 4.16
2 Middle-income Countries 2.29
3 Lower-middle-income Countries 2.60
4 Upper-middle-income Countries 1.87
5 High Income Countries 1.67
6 No Income Group Available 2.38
  Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)  American Samoa (US) -
2  Andorra -
3 (2)  Bermuda (UK) -
4  British Virgin Islands (UK) -
5 (3)  Cayman Islands (UK) -
6  Dominica -
7 (4)  Faroe Islands (Denmark) -
8 (5)  Gibraltar (UK) -
9 (6)  Greenland (Denmark) -
10 (7)  Isle of Man (UK) -
11  Kosovo -
12  Liechtenstein -
13  Marshall Islands -
14  Monaco -
15  Nauru -
16 (8)  Northern Mariana Islands (US) -
17  Palau -
18  Saint Kitts and Nevis -
19 (9)  Saint Martin (France) (French part) -
20  San Marino -
21 (10)  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (Dutch part) -
22  Turks and Caicos Islands -
23  Tuvalu -
24  Vatican City -
  Sovereign states: 14
  Dependent territories: 10

Note:

(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

See also

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Case studies:

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