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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

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

Country ranking by international organizations

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

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
46   Libya 3.04
47   Namibia 2.94
48   Jordan 2.91
49   Yemen 2.91
50   West Bank (  Palestine) 2.91
51   Lesotho 2.88
52   Solomon Islands 2.82
53   Tuvalu 2.81
54   Philippines 2.77
55   Egypt 2.76
56 (1)   Guam ( US) 2.76
57   Syria 2.74
58   Marshall Islands 2.72
59   Tonga 2.70
60   Comoros 2.69
61   Oman 2.67
62 (2)   Northern Mariana Islands ( US) 2.59
63   Vanuatu 2.59
64   Belize 2.59
65   Nauru 2.58
66   Guatemala 2.54
67   Israel 2.54
68   Kyrgyzstan 2.47
69   Algeria 2.47
70   Tajikistan 2.42
  World 2.42 (2020 estimate)
71   Eswatini 2.41
72   Haiti 2.39
73   Samoa 2.37
74   Panama 2.37
75   Botswana 2.37
76   Laos 2.30
77 (3)   Faroe Islands ( Denmark) 2.28
78   Morocco 2.27
79   Bolivia 2.26
80   Fiji 2.23
81   Kuwait 2.22
82   Micronesia 2.22
83   Cambodia 2.20
84   Venezuela 2.20
85   Dominican Republic 2.20
86   Kiribati 2.18
87   Peru 2.18
88   Argentina 2.17
89   South Africa 2.17
90 (4)   American Samoa ( US) 2.13
91   Djibouti 2.13
92   Cape Verde 2.11
  Population replacement 2.10
93   Kazakhstan 2.08
94   Bangladesh 2.08
95   India 2.07
96   Guyana 2.06
97   Jamaica 2.05
98   Cook Islands ( self-governing country in free association with   New Zealand) 2.04
99   Vietnam 2.04
100   El Salvador 2.04
101   Turkmenistan 2.03
102   France 2.02
103   Ecuador 2.02
104   Dominica 2.01
105   Burma ( Myanmar) 2.00
106   Indonesia 1.99
107 (5)   Sint Maarten ( Netherlands) 1.98
108 (6)   U.S. Virgin Islands ( US) 1.98
109   Honduras 1.98
110   Bahamas 1.97
111 (7)   Curaçao ( Netherlands) 1.97
112   Sri Lanka 1.97
113   Tunisia 1.96
114   Iceland 1.95
115   Colombia 1.94
116   Antigua and Barbuda 1.94
117   Grenada 1.92
118   Iran 1.92
119   Turkey 1.91
120   Ireland 1.91
121   Suriname 1.91
122   Qatar 1.90
123 (8)   Gibraltar ( UK) 1.90
124 (9)   Greenland ( Denmark) 1.90
125 (10)   Bermuda ( UK) 1.89
126   North Korea 1.89
127   Mongolia 1.89
128   Saudi Arabia 1.89
129   Paraguay 1.88
130   Kosovo 1.88
131 (11)   Isle of Man ( UK) 1.88
132   Nepal 1.88
133   Azerbaijan 1.86
134   Costa Rica 1.86
135   New Zealand 1.86
136 (12)   New Caledonia ( France) 1.84
137   United States 1.84
138   Norway 1.83
139 (13)   Aruba ( Netherlands) 1.82
140 (14)   Cayman Islands ( UK) 1.82
141   Seychelles 1.81
142   Montenegro 1.81
143 (15)   Saint Martin ( France) 1.80
144 (16)   French Polynesia ( France) 1.80
145   Nicaragua 1.78
146   Netherlands 1.77
147   Bhutan 1.77
148   Denmark 1.77
149   Belgium 1.77
150   Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.76
151   Chile 1.75
152   Uruguay 1.75
153   Georgia 1.75
154   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.74
155   Malaysia 1.74
156   Finland 1.74
157   Brunei 1.74
158   Mexico 1.73
159   Australia 1.73
160   Uzbekistan 1.72
161 (17)   Anguilla ( UK) 1.72
162   Saint Lucia 1.72
163   Lebanon 1.71
164 (18)   Wallis and Futuna ( France) 1.71
165   Cuba 1.71
166   Maldives 1.70
167   Barbados 1.70
168   Palau 1.70
169 (19)   Turks and Caicos Islands ( UK) 1.70
170   Liechtenstein 1.69
171   Sweden 1.67
172   Bahrain 1.66
173 (20)   Jersey ( UK) 1.66
174   Armenia 1.65
175 (21)   Saint Barthélemy ( France) 1.64
176   Luxembourg 1.63
177   United Kingdom 1.63
178   Trinidad and Tobago 1.63
179   Romania 1.63
180   United Arab Emirates 1.62
181   Estonia 1.62
182   Lithuania 1.61
183 (22)   Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ( UK) 1.61
184   Russia 1.60
185   Slovenia 1.60
-   European Union 1.60
186 (23)   Saint Pierre and Miquelon ( France) 1.59
187   Moldova 1.59
188 (24)   Guernsey ( UK) 1.59
189   Switzerland 1.58
190   Germany 1.58
191   Canada 1.58
192   Ukraine 1.58
193   Latvia 1.59
194   Albania 1.58
195   Thailand 1.58
196   Monaco 1.57
197   San Marino 1.53
198   North Macedonia 1.55
199   Belarus 1.54
200   Brazil 1.53
201   Austria 1.51
202   Malta 1.51
203   Bulgaria 1.51
204   Czech Republic 1.50
205   Hungary 1.49
206   Cyprus 1.48
207   Slovakia 1.46
208   Serbia 1.46
209   Andorra 1.46
210   Croatia 1.46
211   China 1.45
212   Portugal 1.44
213   Poland 1.41
214   Greece 1.40
215   Japan 1.39
216   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.37
217 (25)   British Virgin Islands ( UK) 1.37
218   Mauritius 1.35
219 (26)   Montserrat ( UK) 1.32
220   Spain 1.29
221 (27)   Puerto Rico ( US) 1.25
222   Italy 1.24
223 (28)   Macau ( China) 1.23
224 (29)   Hong Kong ( China) 1.23
225   Singapore 1.17
226   South Korea 1.11
227   Republic of China ( Taiwan) 1.09
  Sovereign states: 198
  Dependent territories: 29
  World
1 World 2.42 (2020 estimate)
  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

2023 list by the PRB (Population Reference Bureau) [22] [23]
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 2023
(births/woman)
1   Niger 6.7
2   Central African Republic 6.4
3   Chad 6.2
4   Somalia 6.2
5   DR Congo 6.1
6   Mali 5.9
7   Afghanistan 5.4
8   Angola 5.2
9   Mauritania 5.2
10   Nigeria 5.1
11   Burundi 5.0
12   Benin 4.9
13   Mozambique 4.9
14   Tanzania 4.8
15 (1)   Mayotte ( France) 4.7
16   Cameroon 4.5
17   Uganda 4.5
18   Burkina Faso 4.4
19   Gambia 4.4
20   Sudan 4.4
21   Ivory Coast 4.3
22   Guinea 4.3
23   Madagascar 4.3
24   Senegal 4.3
25   South Sudan 4.3
26   Equatorial Guinea 4.2
27   Sierra Leone 4.2
28   Togo 4.2
29   Zambia 4.2
30   Congo 4.1
31   Ethiopia 4.1
32   Liberia 4.0
33   Comoros 3.9
34   Gabon 3.9
35   Guinea-Bissau 3.9
36   Malawi 3.9
37   Samoa 3.9
38   Solomon Islands 3.9
39   Eritrea 3.8
40   Palestine ( Gaza Strip and West Bank) 3.8
41   São Tomé and Príncipe 3.8
42   Vanuatu 3.7
43   Yemen 3.7
44   Zimbabwe 3.7
45   Rwanda 3.6
46   Tajikistan 3.6
47   Ghana 3.5
48 (2)   French Guiana ( France) 3.5
49   Nauru 3.5
50   Iraq 3.4
51   Kenya 3.4
52   Pakistan 3.4
53   Kiribati 3.3
54   Uzbekistan 3.3
55   Namibia 3.2
56   Papua New Guinea 3.2
57   Tonga 3.2
58   Tuvalu 3.1
59   Algeria 3.0
60   Kazakhstan 3.0
61   Lesotho 3.0
62   East Timor 3.0
63   Egypt 2.9
64   Botswana 2.8
65   Djibouti 2.8
66   Eswatini ( Swaziland) 2.8
67   Fiji 2.8
68 (3)   Guam ( US) 2.8
69   Israel 2.8
70   Jordan 2.8
71   Kyrgyzstan 2.8
72   Cambodia 2.7
73   Micronesia 2.7
74   Mongolia 2.7
75   Syria 2.7
76   Oman 2.6
77   Turkmenistan 2.6
78   Bolivia 2.5
79   Haiti 2.5
80   Laos 2.5
81 (4)   Réunion ( France) 2.5
82   Guatemala 2.4
83   Libya 2.4
84   Myanmar ( Burma) 2.4
85   Palau 2.4
86   Paraguay 2.4
87   Saudi Arabia 2.4
88   Bangladesh 2.3
89   Guyana 2.3
90   Honduras 2.3
91   South Africa 2.3
92   Western Sahara 2.3
93   Dominican Republic 2.2
94   Indonesia 2.2
95   Nicaragua 2.2
96   Peru 2.2
97   Sri Lanka 2.2
98   Suriname 2.2
99   Venezuela 2.2
  World 2.2
100   Kosovo 2.1
101   Kuwait 2.1
102   Lebanon 2.1
103   Monaco 2.1
104   Morocco 2.1
105   Nepal 2.1
  Population Replacement 2.1
106   Ecuador 2.0
107   Grenada 2.0
108 (5)   Guadeloupe ( France) 2.0
109   India 2.0
110   Malaysia 2.0
111 (6)   New Caledonia ( France) 2.0
112   Panama 2.0
113   Seychelles 2.0
114   Argentina 1.9
115   Brunei 1.9
116   Cape Verde 1.9
117 (7)   Martinique ( France) 1.9
118   Philippines 1.9
119   Vietnam 1.9
120   Bahrain 1.8
121   Belize 1.8
122   Bulgaria 1.8
123   France 1.8
124   El Salvador 1.8
125   Georgia 1.8
126   Mexico 1.8
127   Montenegro 1.8
128   North Korea 1.8
129   Qatar 1.8
130   Tunisia 1.8
131   Armenia 1.7
132   Azerbaijan 1.7
133   Colombia 1.7
134   Iran 1.7
135   Ireland 1.7
136   Maldives 1.7
137   Moldova 1.7
138 (8)   French Polynesia ( France) 1.7
139   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.7
140   United States 1.7
141   Antigua and Barbuda 1.6
142   Australia 1.6
143   Barbados 1.6
144   Bhutan 1.6
145   Denmark 1.6
146   Dominica 1.6
147   Czech Republic 1.6
148   Iceland 1.6
149   New Zealand 1.6
150   North Macedonia 1.6
151   Romania 1.6
152   Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.6
153   Serbia 1.6
154   Slovakia 1.6
155   Slovenia 1.6
156   Trinidad and Tobago 1.6
157   Turkey 1.6
158   Belgium 1.5
159 Channel Islands – (9)   Guernsey ( UK) and (10)   Jersey ( UK) 1.5
160   Croatia 1.5
161   Brazil 1.5
162   Cuba 1.5
163   Germany 1.5
164   Greece 1.5
165   Hungary 1.5
166   Latvia 1.5
167   Liechtenstein 1.5
168   Netherlands 1.5
169   Sweden 1.5
170   United Kingdom 1.5
171   Uruguay 1.5
172   Austria 1.4
173   Bahamas 1.4
174   Belarus 1.4
175   Canada 1.4
176   Estonia 1.4
-   European Union 1.4
177   Norway 1.4
178   Portugal 1.4
179   Russia 1.4
180   Saint Lucia 1.4
181   Switzerland 1.4
182   United Arab Emirates 1.4
183   Costa Rica 1.3
184 (11)   Curaçao ( Netherlands) 1.3
185   Cyprus 1.3
186   Finland 1.3
187   Jamaica 1.3
188   Japan 1.3
189   Lithuania 1.3
190   Luxembourg 1.3
191   Mauritius 1.3
192   Ukraine 1.3
193   Albania 1.2
194   Chile 1.2
195   Italy 1.2
196   Malta 1.2
197   Poland 1.2
198   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.1
199   China ( mainland only) 1.1
200   Spain 1.1
201   Thailand 1.1
202   San Marino 1.0
203   Singapore 1.0
204   Andorra 0.9
205   Republic of China ( Taiwan) 0.9
206 (12)   Puerto Rico ( US) 0.9
207   South Korea 0.8
208 (13)   Hong Kong ( China) 0.7
209 (14)   Macau ( China) 0.7
  Sovereign States: 195
  Dependent Territories: 14
  World
1 World 2.2
  Continents
1 Africa 4.3
2 Oceania 2.1
3 Asia 1.9
4 Americas 1.8
5 Europe 1.4
  Continental Major Regions
1 Africa 4.3
1.1 Sub-Saharan Africa 4.6
1.1.2 Middle Africa 5.6
1.1.3 Western Africa 4.9
1.1.4 Eastern Africa 4.2
1.1.5 Southern Africa 2.4
1.2 Northern Africa 3.0
2 Oceania 2.1
3 Asia 1.9
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 1.1
4 Americas 1.8
4.1 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.9
4.1.1 Caribbean 1.9
4.1.2 Central America 1.9
4.1.3 South America 1.8
4.2 Northern America 1.6
5 Europe 1.4
5.1 Western Europe 1.6
5.2 Northern Europe 1.5
5.3 Eastern Europe 1.4
5.4 Southern Europe 1.3
  Development Level
1 Least Developed 4.1
2 Less Developed 2.4
3 More Developed 1.5
  Income
1 Low Income 4.6
2 Middle Income 2.1
2.1 - Lower Middle Income 2.6
2.2 - Upper Middle Income 1.5
3 High Income 1.5
  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 [24]
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
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
  Population replacement 2.10
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.

Omanis: 3.2 (2017-20). [25]

Country ranking and comparison of TFR by year

1950 and 2015

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

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

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

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

Case studies:

References

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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

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

Country ranking by international organizations

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

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
46   Libya 3.04
47   Namibia 2.94
48   Jordan 2.91
49   Yemen 2.91
50   West Bank (  Palestine) 2.91
51   Lesotho 2.88
52   Solomon Islands 2.82
53   Tuvalu 2.81
54   Philippines 2.77
55   Egypt 2.76
56 (1)   Guam ( US) 2.76
57   Syria 2.74
58   Marshall Islands 2.72
59   Tonga 2.70
60   Comoros 2.69
61   Oman 2.67
62 (2)   Northern Mariana Islands ( US) 2.59
63   Vanuatu 2.59
64   Belize 2.59
65   Nauru 2.58
66   Guatemala 2.54
67   Israel 2.54
68   Kyrgyzstan 2.47
69   Algeria 2.47
70   Tajikistan 2.42
  World 2.42 (2020 estimate)
71   Eswatini 2.41
72   Haiti 2.39
73   Samoa 2.37
74   Panama 2.37
75   Botswana 2.37
76   Laos 2.30
77 (3)   Faroe Islands ( Denmark) 2.28
78   Morocco 2.27
79   Bolivia 2.26
80   Fiji 2.23
81   Kuwait 2.22
82   Micronesia 2.22
83   Cambodia 2.20
84   Venezuela 2.20
85   Dominican Republic 2.20
86   Kiribati 2.18
87   Peru 2.18
88   Argentina 2.17
89   South Africa 2.17
90 (4)   American Samoa ( US) 2.13
91   Djibouti 2.13
92   Cape Verde 2.11
  Population replacement 2.10
93   Kazakhstan 2.08
94   Bangladesh 2.08
95   India 2.07
96   Guyana 2.06
97   Jamaica 2.05
98   Cook Islands ( self-governing country in free association with   New Zealand) 2.04
99   Vietnam 2.04
100   El Salvador 2.04
101   Turkmenistan 2.03
102   France 2.02
103   Ecuador 2.02
104   Dominica 2.01
105   Burma ( Myanmar) 2.00
106   Indonesia 1.99
107 (5)   Sint Maarten ( Netherlands) 1.98
108 (6)   U.S. Virgin Islands ( US) 1.98
109   Honduras 1.98
110   Bahamas 1.97
111 (7)   Curaçao ( Netherlands) 1.97
112   Sri Lanka 1.97
113   Tunisia 1.96
114   Iceland 1.95
115   Colombia 1.94
116   Antigua and Barbuda 1.94
117   Grenada 1.92
118   Iran 1.92
119   Turkey 1.91
120   Ireland 1.91
121   Suriname 1.91
122   Qatar 1.90
123 (8)   Gibraltar ( UK) 1.90
124 (9)   Greenland ( Denmark) 1.90
125 (10)   Bermuda ( UK) 1.89
126   North Korea 1.89
127   Mongolia 1.89
128   Saudi Arabia 1.89
129   Paraguay 1.88
130   Kosovo 1.88
131 (11)   Isle of Man ( UK) 1.88
132   Nepal 1.88
133   Azerbaijan 1.86
134   Costa Rica 1.86
135   New Zealand 1.86
136 (12)   New Caledonia ( France) 1.84
137   United States 1.84
138   Norway 1.83
139 (13)   Aruba ( Netherlands) 1.82
140 (14)   Cayman Islands ( UK) 1.82
141   Seychelles 1.81
142   Montenegro 1.81
143 (15)   Saint Martin ( France) 1.80
144 (16)   French Polynesia ( France) 1.80
145   Nicaragua 1.78
146   Netherlands 1.77
147   Bhutan 1.77
148   Denmark 1.77
149   Belgium 1.77
150   Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.76
151   Chile 1.75
152   Uruguay 1.75
153   Georgia 1.75
154   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.74
155   Malaysia 1.74
156   Finland 1.74
157   Brunei 1.74
158   Mexico 1.73
159   Australia 1.73
160   Uzbekistan 1.72
161 (17)   Anguilla ( UK) 1.72
162   Saint Lucia 1.72
163   Lebanon 1.71
164 (18)   Wallis and Futuna ( France) 1.71
165   Cuba 1.71
166   Maldives 1.70
167   Barbados 1.70
168   Palau 1.70
169 (19)   Turks and Caicos Islands ( UK) 1.70
170   Liechtenstein 1.69
171   Sweden 1.67
172   Bahrain 1.66
173 (20)   Jersey ( UK) 1.66
174   Armenia 1.65
175 (21)   Saint Barthélemy ( France) 1.64
176   Luxembourg 1.63
177   United Kingdom 1.63
178   Trinidad and Tobago 1.63
179   Romania 1.63
180   United Arab Emirates 1.62
181   Estonia 1.62
182   Lithuania 1.61
183 (22)   Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ( UK) 1.61
184   Russia 1.60
185   Slovenia 1.60
-   European Union 1.60
186 (23)   Saint Pierre and Miquelon ( France) 1.59
187   Moldova 1.59
188 (24)   Guernsey ( UK) 1.59
189   Switzerland 1.58
190   Germany 1.58
191   Canada 1.58
192   Ukraine 1.58
193   Latvia 1.59
194   Albania 1.58
195   Thailand 1.58
196   Monaco 1.57
197   San Marino 1.53
198   North Macedonia 1.55
199   Belarus 1.54
200   Brazil 1.53
201   Austria 1.51
202   Malta 1.51
203   Bulgaria 1.51
204   Czech Republic 1.50
205   Hungary 1.49
206   Cyprus 1.48
207   Slovakia 1.46
208   Serbia 1.46
209   Andorra 1.46
210   Croatia 1.46
211   China 1.45
212   Portugal 1.44
213   Poland 1.41
214   Greece 1.40
215   Japan 1.39
216   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.37
217 (25)   British Virgin Islands ( UK) 1.37
218   Mauritius 1.35
219 (26)   Montserrat ( UK) 1.32
220   Spain 1.29
221 (27)   Puerto Rico ( US) 1.25
222   Italy 1.24
223 (28)   Macau ( China) 1.23
224 (29)   Hong Kong ( China) 1.23
225   Singapore 1.17
226   South Korea 1.11
227   Republic of China ( Taiwan) 1.09
  Sovereign states: 198
  Dependent territories: 29
  World
1 World 2.42 (2020 estimate)
  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

2023 list by the PRB (Population Reference Bureau) [22] [23]
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 2023
(births/woman)
1   Niger 6.7
2   Central African Republic 6.4
3   Chad 6.2
4   Somalia 6.2
5   DR Congo 6.1
6   Mali 5.9
7   Afghanistan 5.4
8   Angola 5.2
9   Mauritania 5.2
10   Nigeria 5.1
11   Burundi 5.0
12   Benin 4.9
13   Mozambique 4.9
14   Tanzania 4.8
15 (1)   Mayotte ( France) 4.7
16   Cameroon 4.5
17   Uganda 4.5
18   Burkina Faso 4.4
19   Gambia 4.4
20   Sudan 4.4
21   Ivory Coast 4.3
22   Guinea 4.3
23   Madagascar 4.3
24   Senegal 4.3
25   South Sudan 4.3
26   Equatorial Guinea 4.2
27   Sierra Leone 4.2
28   Togo 4.2
29   Zambia 4.2
30   Congo 4.1
31   Ethiopia 4.1
32   Liberia 4.0
33   Comoros 3.9
34   Gabon 3.9
35   Guinea-Bissau 3.9
36   Malawi 3.9
37   Samoa 3.9
38   Solomon Islands 3.9
39   Eritrea 3.8
40   Palestine ( Gaza Strip and West Bank) 3.8
41   São Tomé and Príncipe 3.8
42   Vanuatu 3.7
43   Yemen 3.7
44   Zimbabwe 3.7
45   Rwanda 3.6
46   Tajikistan 3.6
47   Ghana 3.5
48 (2)   French Guiana ( France) 3.5
49   Nauru 3.5
50   Iraq 3.4
51   Kenya 3.4
52   Pakistan 3.4
53   Kiribati 3.3
54   Uzbekistan 3.3
55   Namibia 3.2
56   Papua New Guinea 3.2
57   Tonga 3.2
58   Tuvalu 3.1
59   Algeria 3.0
60   Kazakhstan 3.0
61   Lesotho 3.0
62   East Timor 3.0
63   Egypt 2.9
64   Botswana 2.8
65   Djibouti 2.8
66   Eswatini ( Swaziland) 2.8
67   Fiji 2.8
68 (3)   Guam ( US) 2.8
69   Israel 2.8
70   Jordan 2.8
71   Kyrgyzstan 2.8
72   Cambodia 2.7
73   Micronesia 2.7
74   Mongolia 2.7
75   Syria 2.7
76   Oman 2.6
77   Turkmenistan 2.6
78   Bolivia 2.5
79   Haiti 2.5
80   Laos 2.5
81 (4)   Réunion ( France) 2.5
82   Guatemala 2.4
83   Libya 2.4
84   Myanmar ( Burma) 2.4
85   Palau 2.4
86   Paraguay 2.4
87   Saudi Arabia 2.4
88   Bangladesh 2.3
89   Guyana 2.3
90   Honduras 2.3
91   South Africa 2.3
92   Western Sahara 2.3
93   Dominican Republic 2.2
94   Indonesia 2.2
95   Nicaragua 2.2
96   Peru 2.2
97   Sri Lanka 2.2
98   Suriname 2.2
99   Venezuela 2.2
  World 2.2
100   Kosovo 2.1
101   Kuwait 2.1
102   Lebanon 2.1
103   Monaco 2.1
104   Morocco 2.1
105   Nepal 2.1
  Population Replacement 2.1
106   Ecuador 2.0
107   Grenada 2.0
108 (5)   Guadeloupe ( France) 2.0
109   India 2.0
110   Malaysia 2.0
111 (6)   New Caledonia ( France) 2.0
112   Panama 2.0
113   Seychelles 2.0
114   Argentina 1.9
115   Brunei 1.9
116   Cape Verde 1.9
117 (7)   Martinique ( France) 1.9
118   Philippines 1.9
119   Vietnam 1.9
120   Bahrain 1.8
121   Belize 1.8
122   Bulgaria 1.8
123   France 1.8
124   El Salvador 1.8
125   Georgia 1.8
126   Mexico 1.8
127   Montenegro 1.8
128   North Korea 1.8
129   Qatar 1.8
130   Tunisia 1.8
131   Armenia 1.7
132   Azerbaijan 1.7
133   Colombia 1.7
134   Iran 1.7
135   Ireland 1.7
136   Maldives 1.7
137   Moldova 1.7
138 (8)   French Polynesia ( France) 1.7
139   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.7
140   United States 1.7
141   Antigua and Barbuda 1.6
142   Australia 1.6
143   Barbados 1.6
144   Bhutan 1.6
145   Denmark 1.6
146   Dominica 1.6
147   Czech Republic 1.6
148   Iceland 1.6
149   New Zealand 1.6
150   North Macedonia 1.6
151   Romania 1.6
152   Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.6
153   Serbia 1.6
154   Slovakia 1.6
155   Slovenia 1.6
156   Trinidad and Tobago 1.6
157   Turkey 1.6
158   Belgium 1.5
159 Channel Islands – (9)   Guernsey ( UK) and (10)   Jersey ( UK) 1.5
160   Croatia 1.5
161   Brazil 1.5
162   Cuba 1.5
163   Germany 1.5
164   Greece 1.5
165   Hungary 1.5
166   Latvia 1.5
167   Liechtenstein 1.5
168   Netherlands 1.5
169   Sweden 1.5
170   United Kingdom 1.5
171   Uruguay 1.5
172   Austria 1.4
173   Bahamas 1.4
174   Belarus 1.4
175   Canada 1.4
176   Estonia 1.4
-   European Union 1.4
177   Norway 1.4
178   Portugal 1.4
179   Russia 1.4
180   Saint Lucia 1.4
181   Switzerland 1.4
182   United Arab Emirates 1.4
183   Costa Rica 1.3
184 (11)   Curaçao ( Netherlands) 1.3
185   Cyprus 1.3
186   Finland 1.3
187   Jamaica 1.3
188   Japan 1.3
189   Lithuania 1.3
190   Luxembourg 1.3
191   Mauritius 1.3
192   Ukraine 1.3
193   Albania 1.2
194   Chile 1.2
195   Italy 1.2
196   Malta 1.2
197   Poland 1.2
198   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.1
199   China ( mainland only) 1.1
200   Spain 1.1
201   Thailand 1.1
202   San Marino 1.0
203   Singapore 1.0
204   Andorra 0.9
205   Republic of China ( Taiwan) 0.9
206 (12)   Puerto Rico ( US) 0.9
207   South Korea 0.8
208 (13)   Hong Kong ( China) 0.7
209 (14)   Macau ( China) 0.7
  Sovereign States: 195
  Dependent Territories: 14
  World
1 World 2.2
  Continents
1 Africa 4.3
2 Oceania 2.1
3 Asia 1.9
4 Americas 1.8
5 Europe 1.4
  Continental Major Regions
1 Africa 4.3
1.1 Sub-Saharan Africa 4.6
1.1.2 Middle Africa 5.6
1.1.3 Western Africa 4.9
1.1.4 Eastern Africa 4.2
1.1.5 Southern Africa 2.4
1.2 Northern Africa 3.0
2 Oceania 2.1
3 Asia 1.9
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 1.1
4 Americas 1.8
4.1 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.9
4.1.1 Caribbean 1.9
4.1.2 Central America 1.9
4.1.3 South America 1.8
4.2 Northern America 1.6
5 Europe 1.4
5.1 Western Europe 1.6
5.2 Northern Europe 1.5
5.3 Eastern Europe 1.4
5.4 Southern Europe 1.3
  Development Level
1 Least Developed 4.1
2 Less Developed 2.4
3 More Developed 1.5
  Income
1 Low Income 4.6
2 Middle Income 2.1
2.1 - Lower Middle Income 2.6
2.2 - Upper Middle Income 1.5
3 High Income 1.5
  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 [24]
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
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
  Population replacement 2.10
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.

Omanis: 3.2 (2017-20). [25]

Country ranking and comparison of TFR by year

1950 and 2015

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

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

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

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.

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