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.


Replacement rates

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 (2.1 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 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).[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] 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 published online.[23][24]

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 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
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 (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 1.88
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[edit]

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
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