List of countries by total fertility rate

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Map of countries by fertility rate, according to the Population Reference Bureau

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[edit]

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:

Intergovernmental 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 Statistical 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 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 2023 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 (organizations that investigate demographic issues), however, for several times, they do not always coincide with other sources, such as other organizations and the ones that are referenced in the individual demographies by country (Demographics of...), which can be accessed by clicking on the names of the countries, this is due to several reasons such as different primary sources, data quality, methodology and others.


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).[10][11] Our World in Data (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.

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).[12]

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[13] published online.[14][15]

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.[16][17] and from the 2019 revision United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2020–2025, using the medium assumption.[18] The United Nations Population Division (part of the DESA - Department of Economic and Social Affairs[19]) ranking list is based on the forecast/prediction for the years 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 published online.[20][21]

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

Country ranking by most recent year[edit]

Country ranking by international organizations[edit]

2024 list by the United Nations Population Fund[1]
Rank Country Total Fertility rate
in 2023
(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
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
  Population replacement 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
153  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  Malta 1.2
200 (14)  Macau (China) 1.2
201  San Marino 1.2
202  Singapore 1.1
203  South Korea 0.9
204 (15)  Hong Kong 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
2021 list by the World Bank[2]
Rank Country Total Fertility rate
in 2021
(births/woman)
1  Niger 6.82
2  Somalia 6.31
3  Chad 6.25
4  DR Congo 6.16
5  Central African Republic 5.98
6  Mali 5.96
7  Angola 5.30
8  Nigeria 5.24
9  Burundi 5.08
10  Benin 4.97
11  Burkina Faso 4.77
12  Tanzania 4.73
13  Gambia 4.68
14  Mozambique 4.64
15  Afghanistan 4.64
16  Uganda 4.58
17  South Sudan 4.47
18  Cameroon 4.46
19  Sudan 4.46
20  Ivory Coast 4.42
21  Guinea 4.40
22  Mauritania 4.40
23  Senegal 4.39
24  Zambia 4.31
25  Equatorial Guinea 4.27
26  Togo 4.26
27  Congo 4.17
28  Ethiopia 4.16
29  Liberia 4.09
30  Guinea-Bissau 4.00
31  Solomon Islands 3.98
32  Sierra Leone 3.98
33  Comoros 3.98
34  Samoa 3.93
35  Malawi 3.92
36  Eritrea 3.87
37  Madagascar 3.85
38  São Tomé and Príncipe 3.82
39  Rwanda 3.82
40  Yemen 3.79
41  Vanuatu 3.73
42  Ghana 3.56
43  Palestine 3.50
44  Iraq 3.50
45  Zimbabwe 3.49
46  Gabon 3.49
47  Pakistan 3.47
48  Kenya 3.33
49  Kazakhstan 3.32
50  Kiribati 3.30
51  Namibia 3.30
52  Tonga 3.24
53  Papua New Guinea 3.21
54  Tajikistan 3.19
55  Uzbekistan 3.17
56  Tuvalu 3.16
57  East Timor 3.15
58  Lesotho 3.02
59  Israel 3.00
60  Egypt 2.92
61  Kyrgyzstan 2.89
62  Algeria 2.89
63  Eswatini 2.84
64  Mongolia 2.84
65  Jordan 2.83
66  Haiti 2.81
67  Djibouti 2.80
68  Botswana 2.79
69  Philippines 2.75
70  Syria 2.75
71  Marshall Islands 2.73
72  Micronesia 2.71
73  Turkmenistan 2.67
74  Oman 2.62
75  Bolivia 2.62
76 (1)  Guam (US) 2.57
77  Laos 2.50
78  Fiji 2.48
79  Paraguay 2.47
80  Libya 2.46
81  Seychelles 2.46
82  Saudi Arabia 2.43
83 (2)  Saint Martin (France) (French part) 2.42
84  Guyana 2.40
85  Guatemala 2.40
86  South Africa 2.37
87  Honduras 2.36
88  Suriname 2.35
89  Cambodia 2.34
90  Morocco 2.33
91  Panama 2.33
92  Nicaragua 2.32
93 (3)  Faroe Islands (Denmark) 2.29
94  Dominican Republic 2.27
  World 2.27
95  Venezuela 2.21
96  Peru 2.19
97  Indonesia 2.17
98  Myanmar (Burma) 2.15
99  Kuwait 2.11
  Population replacement 2.10
100  Lebanon 2.09
101  Tunisia 2.09
102  Georgia 2.08
103  India 2.03
104  Nepal 2.03
105  Ecuador 2.03
106 (4)  New Caledonia (France) 2.02
107 (5)  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 2.01
108  Belize 2.01
109  Grenada 2.00
110  Sri Lanka 1.99
111  Bangladesh 1.98
112  Vietnam 1.94
113  Cape Verde 1.90
114  Turkey 1.89
115  Argentina 1.89
116 (6)  Gibraltar (UK) 1.85
117  Czech Republic 1.83
118  France 1.83
119  Mexico 1.82
120  Iceland 1.82
121  Bahrain 1.81
122  North Korea 1.81
123  Moldova 1.81
124  Malaysia 1.80
125  El Salvador 1.80
126  Qatar 1.80
127 (7)  Greenland (Denmark) 1.80
128  Romania 1.80
129  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.80
130  Brunei 1.78
131  Montenegro 1.75
132  Ireland 1.72
133  Denmark 1.72
134  Colombia 1.72
135  Australia 1.70
136 (8)  French Polynesia (France) 1.70
137  Iran 1.69
138  Maldives 1.69
139  Sweden 1.67
140 (9)  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 1.67
141  United States 1.66
142  Brazil 1.64
143  Slovakia 1.64
144  New Zealand 1.64
145  Slovenia 1.64
146  Barbados 1.63
147  Trinidad and Tobago 1.63
148  Netherlands 1.62
149  Croatia 1.62
150  Estonia 1.61
151  North Macedonia 1.60
152  Belgium 1.60
153  Dominica 1.59
154  Hungary 1.59
155 10  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (Dutch part) 1.58
156  Antigua and Barbuda 1.58
157  Germany 1.58
158  Bulgaria 1.58
159  Armenia 1.57
160  Latvia 1.57
161 (11)  Isle of Man (UK) 1.56
162  United Kingdom 1.56
163  Norway 1.55
164  Chile 1.54
165  Costa Rica 1.53
166  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.53
167  Liechtenstein 1.53
168  Kosovo 1.52
169  Switzerland 1.52
170  Azerbaijan 1.52
171  Uruguay 1.49
172  Russia 1.49
173  Belarus 1.48
174  Austria 1.48
175  Serbia 1.48
176  United Arab Emirates 1.46
177  Finland 1.46
178 Channel Islands - (12)  Guernsey (UK) and (13)  Jersey (UK) 1.46
179  Cuba 1.44
180  Canada 1.43
181  Bhutan 1.41
182  Mauritius 1.41
183  Saint Lucia 1.40
184  Albania 1.39
185  Greece 1.39
186  Bahamas 1.39
187 (14)  Curaçao (Netherlands) 1.38
188  Portugal 1.38
189  Luxembourg 1.38
190  Jamaica 1.35
191  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.35
192  Lithuania 1.34
193  Thailand 1.33
194  Poland 1.33
195  Cyprus 1.32
196  Japan 1.30
197 (15)  Bermuda (UK) 1.30
198  Italy 1.25
199  Spain 1.19
200 (16)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.18
201  China 1.16
202  Ukraine 1.16
203  Malta 1.14
204  Singapore 1.12
205 (17)  Macau (China) 1.09
206 (18)  British Virgin Islands (UK) 1.00
207 (19)  Puerto Rico (US) 0.91
208  South Korea 0.81
209 (20)  Hong Kong (China) 0.77
  Sovereign states: 190
  Dependent territories: 20
  World 2.27
  Major regions
1 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 4.6
2 Sub-Saharan Africa 4.6
3 Arab world 3.1
4 Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income) 2.7
5 Middle East and North Africa 2.6
6 South Asia 2.2
7 Latin America and Caribbean 1.9
8 Latin America and Caribbean (excluding high income) 1.9
9 Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income) 1.9
10 Europe and Central Asia 1.7
11 East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income) 1.5
12 East Asia and Pacific 1.5
13 North America 1.6
14 Central Europe and the Baltics 1.6
  States’ size
1 Pacific Island small states 3.2
2 Other small states 2.9
3 Small states 2.7
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 4.4
  Economic areas
1 Euro area 1.5
  Economic situation
1 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 4.6
2 Least developed countries: UN classification 4.0
  Income
1 Low income countries 4.6
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  Nauru -
6  Northern Mariana Islands (US) -
7  Palau 0.85 (2020)
8  San Marino 1.3 (2012)
9  Vatican City -
10  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[edit]

2019 list by the INED (Institut National d'Études Démographiques)[5]
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 2019
(births/woman)
1  Niger 6.8
2  Somalia 6.0
3  DR Congo 5.8
4  Mali 5.8
5  Chad 5.6
6  Angola 5.4
7  Burundi 5.3
8  Nigeria 5.3
9  Gambia 5.2
10  Burkina Faso 5.1
11  Benin 4.8
12  Mozambique 4.8
13  Tanzania 4.8
14  Uganda 4.8
15  Central African Republic 4.6
16  Ivory Coast 4.6
17  Guinea 4.6
18  Senegal 4.6
19  South Sudan 4.6
20  Zambia 4.6
21  Cameroon 4.5
22  Mauritania 4.5
23  Congo 4.4
24  Equatorial Guinea 4.4
25  Guinea-Bissau 4.4
26  Afghanistan 4.3
27  São Tomé and Príncipe 4.3
28  Sudan 4.3
29  Togo 4.3
30  Liberia 4.2
31  Sierra Leone 4.2
32  Comoros 4.1
33  Ethiopia 4.1
34  Malawi 4.1
35  Marshall Islands 4.1
36  Eritrea 4.0
37  Madagascar 4.0
38  Rwanda 4.0
39  Gabon 3.9
40  Solomon Islands 3.9
41  East Timor 3.9
42  Ghana 3.8
43  Samoa 3.8
44  Vanuatu 3.7
45  Yemen 3.7
46  Iraq 3.6
47 (1)  Mayotte (France) 3.6
48  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) 3.6
49  Tajikistan 3.6
50  Kiribati 3.5
51  Pakistan 3.5
52  Papua New Guinea 3.5
53  Tonga 3.5
54  Zimbabwe 3.5
55  Kenya 3.4
56  Egypt 3.3
57 (2)  French Guiana (France) 3.3
58  Namibia 3.3
59  Lesotho 3.1
60  Algeria 3.0
61  Israel 3.0
62  Kyrgyzstan 3.0
63  Micronesia 3.0
64  Eswatini 3.0
65  Haiti 2.9
66  Mongolia 2.9
67  Botswana 2.8
68  Fiji 2.8
69  Guatemala 2.8
70  Oman 2.8
71  Syria 2.8
72  Bolivia 2.7
73  Djibouti 2.7
74  Jordan 2.7
75  Kazakhstan 2.7
76  Turkmenistan 2.7
77  Laos 2.6
78  Cambodia 2.5
79  Philippines 2.5
80  Ecuador 2.4
81  Guyana 2.4
82  Honduras 2.4
83  Morocco 2.4
84  Nicaragua 2.4
85  Panama 2.4
86  Paraguay 2.4
87  Seychelles 2.4
88  South Africa 2.4
89  Suriname 2.4
90  Uzbekistan 2.4
91  Western Sahara 2.4
  World 2.4
92  Belize 2.3
93  Dominican Republic 2.3
94 (3)  Guam (US) 2.3
95  Indonesia 2.3
96  Saudi Arabia 2.3
97  Venezuela 2.3
98  Argentina 2.2
99  Cape Verde 2.2
100  India 2.2
101  Libya 2.2
102  Peru 2.2
103 (4)  Réunion (France) 2.2
104  Sri Lanka 2.2
105  Tunisia 2.2
106  Azerbaijan 2.1
107  Georgia 2.1
108 (5)  Guadeloupe (France) 2.1
109  Iran 2.1
110  Kuwait 2.1
111  Lebanon 2.1
112  Mexico 2.1
113  Myanmar (Burma) 2.1
114  Turkey 2.1
115  Vietnam 2.1
  Population replacement 2.1
116  Antigua and Barbuda 2.0
117  Bahrain 2.0
118  Bangladesh 2.0
119  Bhutan 2.0
120  El Salvador 2.0
121  Grenada 2.0
122  Jamaica 2.0
123  Malaysia 2.0
124  Uruguay 2.0
125 (6)  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 2.0
126 (7)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.9
127 (8)  French Polynesia (France) 1.9
128  North Korea 1.9
129 (9)  Martinique (France) 1.9
130  Monaco 1.9
131  Nepal 1.9
132 (10)  New Caledonia (France) 1.9
133  New Zealand 1.9
134  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.9
135  Armenia 1.8
136  Australia 1.8
137  Brunei 1.8
138  Colombia 1.8
139  Denmark 1.8
140  Dominica 1.8
141  France (Metropolitan France) 1.8
142  Ireland 1.8
143  Maldives 1.8
144  Qatar 1.8
145  Russia 1.8
146  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.8
147  Sweden 1.8
148  United States 1.8
149  Bahamas 1.7
150  Belarus 1.7
151  Belgium 1.7
152  China (mainland only) 1.7
153  Costa Rica 1.7
154 (11)  Curaçao (Netherlands) 1.7
155  Czech Republic 1.7
156  Iceland 1.7
157  Kosovo 1.7
158  Latvia 1.7
159  Lithuania 1.7
160  Montenegro 1.7
161  Norway 1.7
162  Trinidad and Tobago 1.7
163  United Kingdom 1.7
164  Albania 1.6
165  Barbados 1.6
166  Bulgaria 1.6
167  Chile 1.6
168  Cuba 1.6
169  Brazil 1.6
170  Estonia 1.6
171  Germany 1.6
172  Romania 1.6
173  Slovenia 1.6
174  Austria 1.5
175  Canada 1.5
176  Finland 1.5
177  Hungary 1.5
178  Malta 1.5
179  North Macedonia 1.5
180  Slovakia 1.5
181  Switzerland 1.5
182  Thailand 1.5
183  Croatia 1.4
184 (12)  Hong Kong (China) 1.4
185  Japan 1.4
186  Liechtenstein 1.4
187  Luxembourg 1.4
188  Mauritius 1.4
189  Netherlands 1.4
190  Poland 1.4
191  Saint Lucia 1.4
192  Serbia 1.4
193  Ukraine 1.4
194  United Arab Emirates 1.4
195  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.3
196  Cyprus 1.3
197  Greece 1.3
198  Italy 1.3
199  Moldova 1.3
200  Portugal 1.3
201  San Marino 1.3
202  Spain 1.3
203  Republic of China (Taiwan) 1.2
204 (13)  Macau (China) 1.2
205 (14)  Puerto Rico (US) 1.2
206  Singapore 1.2
207  Andorra 1.0
208  South Korea 0.9
  Sovereign states: 194
  Dependent territories: 14
  World
1 World 2.4
  Continents
1 Africa 4.4
2 Oceania 2.3
3 Asia 2.1
4 Americas 1.9
5 Europe 1.6
  Major regions
1 Middle Africa 5.4
2 Western Africa 5.1
3 Eastern Africa 4.3
4 Northern Africa 3.2
5 Central Asia 2.7
6 Western Asia 2.6
7 Southern Africa 2.5
8 Oceania 2.3
9 South Asia 2.3
10 Caribbean 2.2
11 Central America 2.2
12 Southeast Asia 2.2
13 South America 1.9
14 East Asia 1.7
15 Eastern Europe 1.7
16 Northern America 1.7
17 Northern Europe 1.7
18 Western Europe 1.7
19 Southern Europe 1.3
  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
2023 list by the CIA World Factbook[3][4]
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 2023
(births/woman)
1  Niger 6.73
2  Angola 5.76
3  DR Congo 5.56
4  Mali 5.45
5  Benin 5.39
6  Chad 5.35
7  Uganda 5.26
8  Somalia 5.22
9  South Sudan 5.20
10  Burundi 4.96
11  Guinea 4.82
12  Mozambique 4.74
13  Liberia 4.73
14  Guinea-Bissau 4.65
15  Nigeria 4.57
16  Sudan 4.54
17  Afghanistan 4.53
18  Cameroon 4.50
19  Zambia 4.49
20  Tanzania 4.33
21  Congo 4.32
22  Equatorial Guinea 4.19
23  Togo 4.18
24  Senegal 4.17
25  Burkina Faso 4.14
26  East Timor 4.09
27  Central African Republic 3.99
28  Ethiopia 3.92
29  Zimbabwe 3.88
30  Papua New Guinea 3.85
31  Sierra Leone 3.71
32  Gambia 3.66
33  Ghana 3.61
34  Madagascar 3.55
35  Eritrea 3.50
36  Ivory Coast 3.47
37  Mauritania 3.46
38  São Tomé and Príncipe 3.44
39  Pakistan 3.39
40  Gaza Strip ( Palestine) 3.34
41  Malawi 3.30
42  Gabon 3.26
43  Rwanda 3.23
44  Kenya 3.23
45  Iraq 3.17
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