List of countries by total fertility rate

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

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

Methodology edit

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

Country ranking by most recent years lists:

Intergovernmental organizations ranking lists

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

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

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

Governmental organizations ranking lists

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

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

Non-governmental organizations ranking lists

The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) ranking list is based on the data of the 2023 World Population Data Sheet[6] published online. The PRB[7] is a private, nonprofit organization which informs people around the world about population, health and the environment for research or academic purposes. It was founded in 1929. World Population Data Sheets are double-sided wallcharts (now published online) that present detailed information on demographic, health and environment indicators for more than 200 countries.

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


Notes:

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

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


Comparison ranking lists:

The Our World in Data (OWID) Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1950 and 2015 list is sourced and based on the OWID website (on the clickable map and quoted sources).[10][11] Our World in Data (OWID) is an online publication that presents empirical research and data that show how living conditions around the world are changing. The aim is to show how the world is changing and why. The publication is developed at the University of Oxford and authored by social historian and development economist Max Roser.

The World Bank Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1960 and 2015 list is sourced and based on the online published demographic data of the World Bank website (on the clickable map and quoted sources).[12]

The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1970 and 2013 list is sourced and based on the data of the 2014 World Population Data Sheet[13] published online.[14][15]

Forecast/prediction ranking lists:

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

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

Country ranking by most recent year edit

Country ranking by international organizations edit

2023 list by the United Nations Population Fund[1]
Rank Country Total Fertility rate
in 2023
(births/woman)
1  Niger 6.7
2  Chad 6.1
3  DR Congo 6.1
4  Somalia 6.1
5  Central African Republic 5.8
6  Mali 5.8
7  Angola 5.1
8  Nigeria 5.1
9  Burundi 4.9
10  Benin 4.8
11  Burkina Faso 4.6
12  Tanzania 4.6
13  Gambia 4.5
14  Mozambique 4.5
15  Afghanistan 4.4
16  Uganda 4.4
17  Cameroon 4.3
18  Ivory Coast 4.3
19  Mauritania 4.3
20  Senegal 4.3
21  South Sudan 4.3
22  Sudan 4.3
23  Guinea 4.2
24  Zambia 4.2
25  Equatorial Guinea 4.1
26  Togo 4.1
27  Congo 4.0
28  Ethiopia 4.0
29  Liberia 4.0
30  Solomon Islands 3.9
31  Comoros 3.8
32  Guinea-Bissau 3.8
33  Malawi 3.8
34  Samoa 3.8
35  Sierra Leone 3.8
36  Eritrea 3.7
37  Madagascar 3.7
38  Rwanda 3.7
39  São Tomé and Príncipe 3.7
40  Vanuatu 3.7
41  Yemen 3.6
42  Ghana 3.5
43 (1)  French Guiana (France) 3.4
44  Gabon 3.4
45  Iraq 3.4
46  Palestine 3.4
47  Zimbabwe 3.4
48  Pakistan 3.3
49  Kenya 3.2
50  Kiribati 3.2
51  Namibia 3.2
52  Tonga 3.2
53  Papua New Guinea 3.1
54  Tajikistan 3.1
55  Tuvalu 3.1
56  Kazakhstan 3.0
57  East Timor 3.0
58  Israel 2.9
59  Kyrgyzstan 2.9
60  Lesotho 2.9
61  Algeria 2.8
62  Egypt 2.8
63  Eswatini 2.8
64  Uzbekistan 2.8
65  Botswana 2.7
66  Djibouti 2.7
67  Haiti 2.7
68  Jordan 2.7
69  Mongolia 2.7
70  Philippines 2.7
71  Syria 2.7
72  Micronesia 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  Libya 2.4
80  Paraguay 2.4
81  Saudi Arabia 2.4
82  Cambodia 2.3
83  Guatemala 2.3
84  Guyana 2.3
85  Honduras 2.3
86  Morocco 2.3
87  Nicaragua 2.3
88  Panama 2.3
89  Seychelles 2.3
90  South Africa 2.3
91  Suriname 2.3
  World 2.3
92  Dominican Republic 2.2
93 (3)  Réunion (France) 2.2
94  Venezuela 2.2
95  Western Sahara 2.2
96  Georgia 2.1
97  Indonesia 2.1
98  Kuwait 2.1
99  Lebanon 2.1
100  Myanmar (Burma) 2.1
101  Peru 2.1
102 (4)  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 2.1
  Population replacement 2.1
103  Belize 2.0
104  Ecuador 2.0
105  Grenada 2.0
106 (5)  Guadeloupe (France) 2.0
107  India 2.0
108  Nepal 2.0
109 (6)  New Caledonia (France) 2.0
110  Sri Lanka 2.0
111  Tunisia 2.0
112  Argentina 1.9
113  Bangladesh 1.9
114  Cape Verde 1.9
115 (7)  Martinique (France) 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  New Zealand 1.8
126  Qatar 1.8
127  North Korea 1.8
128  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.8
129  Azerbaijan 1.7
130  Brunei 1.7
131  Colombia 1.7
132  Czech Republic 1.7
133  Denmark 1.7
134  Estonia 1.7
135 (8)  French Polynesia (France) 1.7
136  Iceland 1.7
137  Iran 1.7
138  Maldives 1.7
139  Montenegro 1.7
140  Romania 1.7
141  Sweden 1.7
142  United States 1.7
143  Antigua and Barbuda 1.6
144  Armenia 1.6
145  Australia 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  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (Dutch part) 1.6
156  Slovakia 1.6
157  Slovenia 1.6
158  Trinidad and Tobago 1.6
159  Turks and Caicos Islands 1.6
160  United Kingdom 1.6
161  Hungary 1.50
162  Austria 1.5
163  Belarus 1.5
164  Canada 1.5
165  Chile 1.5
166  Costa Rica 1.5
167  Cuba 1.5
168  Germany 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 (10)  Puerto Rico (US) 1.3
194  Spain 1.3
195  Thailand 1.3
196  Ukraine 1.3
197 (11)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.2
198  China 1.2
199  Malta 1.2
200 (12)  Macau (China) 1.2
201  San Marino 1.1
202  Singapore 1.0
203  South Korea 0.9
204 (13)  Hong Kong 0.8
  Sovereign states: 193
  Dependent territories: 13
  World 2.3
  UNFPA Programme Regions
1 West and Central Africa 4.8
2 East and Southern Africa 4.2
3 Arab States 3.1
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 3.9
2 Less Developed Regions 2.4
3 More Developed Regions 1.5
  Not ranked (no data)
1 (1)  American Samoa (US) -
2  Andorra -
3 (2)  Bermuda (UK) -
4 (3)  British Virgin Islands (UK) -
5 (4)  Cayman Islands (UK) -
6 Channel Islands - (5)  Guernsey (UK) and (6)  Jersey (UK) -
7 (5)  Faroe Islands (Denmark) -
8 (6)  Gibraltar (UK) -
9 (7)  Greenland (Denmark) -
10 (8)  Isle of Man (UK) -
11  Kosovo -
12  Liechtenstein -
13  Marshall Islands -
14 (9)  Mayotte (France) -
15  Monaco -
16  Nauru -
17 (10)  Northern Mariana Islands (US) -
18  Palau -
19 (11)  Saint Martin (France) (French part) -
20  Vatican City -
  Sovereign states: 9
  Dependent territories: 10
2021 list by the World Bank[2]
Rank Country Total Fertility rate
in 2021
(births/woman)
1  Niger 6.82
2  Somalia 6.31
3  Chad 6.25
4  DR Congo 6.16
5  Central African Republic 5.98
6  Mali 5.96
7  Angola 5.30
8  Nigeria 5.24
9  Burundi 5.08
10  Benin 4.97
11  Burkina Faso 4.77
12  Tanzania 4.73
13  Gambia 4.68
14  Mozambique 4.64
15  Afghanistan 4.64
16  Uganda 4.58
17  South Sudan 4.47
18  Cameroon 4.46
19  Sudan 4.46
20  Ivory Coast 4.42
21  Guinea 4.40
22  Mauritania 4.40
23  Senegal 4.39
24  Zambia 4.31
25  Equatorial Guinea 4.27
26  Togo 4.26
27  Congo 4.17
28  Ethiopia 4.16
29  Liberia 4.09
30  Guinea-Bissau 4.00
31  Solomon Islands 3.98
32  Sierra Leone 3.98
33  Comoros 3.98
34  Samoa 3.93
35  Malawi 3.92
36  Eritrea 3.87
37  Madagascar 3.85
38  São Tomé and Príncipe 3.82
39  Rwanda 3.82
40  Yemen 3.79
41  Vanuatu 3.73
42  Ghana 3.56
43  Palestine 3.50
44  Iraq 3.50
45  Zimbabwe 3.49
46  Gabon 3.49
47  Pakistan 3.47
48  Kenya 3.33
49  Kazakhstan 3.32
50  Kiribati 3.30
51  Namibia 3.30
52  Tonga 3.24
53  Papua New Guinea 3.21
54  Tajikistan 3.19
55  Uzbekistan 3.17
56  Tuvalu 3.16
57  East Timor 3.15
58  Lesotho 3.02
59  Israel 3.00
60  Egypt 2.92
61  Kyrgyzstan 2.89
62  Algeria 2.89
63  Eswatini 2.84
64  Mongolia 2.84
65  Jordan 2.83
66  Haiti 2.81
67  Djibouti 2.80
68  Botswana 2.79
69  Philippines 2.75
70  Syria 2.75
71  Marshall Islands 2.73
72  Micronesia 2.71
73  Turkmenistan 2.67
74  Oman 2.62
75  Bolivia 2.62
76 (1)  Guam (US) 2.57
77  Laos 2.50
78  Fiji 2.48
79  Paraguay 2.47
80  Libya 2.46
81  Seychelles 2.46
82  Saudi Arabia 2.43
83 (2)  Saint Martin (France) (French part) 2.42
84  Guyana 2.40
85  Guatemala 2.40
86  South Africa 2.37
87  Honduras 2.36
88  Suriname 2.35
89  Cambodia 2.34
90  Morocco 2.33
91  Panama 2.33
92  Nicaragua 2.32
93 (3)  Faroe Islands (Denmark) 2.29
94  Dominican Republic 2.27
  World 2.27
95  Venezuela 2.21
96  Peru 2.19
97  Indonesia 2.17
98  Myanmar (Burma) 2.15
99  Kuwait 2.11
  Population replacement 2.10
100  Lebanon 2.09
101  Tunisia 2.09
102  Georgia 2.08
103  India 2.03
104  Nepal 2.03
105  Ecuador 2.03
106 (4)  New Caledonia (France) 2.02
107 (5)  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 2.01
108  Belize 2.01
109  Grenada 2.00
110  Sri Lanka 1.99
111  Bangladesh 1.98
112  Vietnam 1.94
113  Cape Verde 1.90
114  Turkey 1.89
115  Argentina 1.89
116 (6)  Gibraltar (UK) 1.85
117  Czech Republic 1.83
118  France 1.83
119  Mexico 1.82
120  Iceland 1.82
121  Bahrain 1.81
122  North Korea 1.81
123  Moldova 1.81
124  Malaysia 1.80
125  El Salvador 1.80
126  Qatar 1.80
127 (7)  Greenland (Denmark) 1.80
128  Romania 1.80
129  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.80
130  Brunei 1.78
131  Montenegro 1.75
132  Ireland 1.72
133  Denmark 1.72
134  Colombia 1.72
135  Australia 1.70
136 (8)  French Polynesia (France) 1.70
137  Iran 1.69
138  Maldives 1.69
139  Sweden 1.67
140 (9)  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 1.67
141  United States 1.66
142  Brazil 1.64
143  Slovakia 1.64
144  New Zealand 1.64
145  Slovenia 1.64
146  Barbados 1.63
147  Trinidad and Tobago 1.63
148  Netherlands 1.62
149  Croatia 1.62
150  Estonia 1.61
151  North Macedonia 1.60
152  Belgium 1.60
153  Dominica 1.59
154  Hungary 1.59
155 10  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (Dutch part) 1.58
156  Antigua and Barbuda 1.58
157  Germany 1.58
158  Bulgaria 1.58
159  Armenia 1.57
160  Latvia 1.57
161 (11)  Isle of Man (UK) 1.56
162  United Kingdom 1.56
163  Norway 1.55
164  Chile 1.54
165  Costa Rica 1.53
166  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.53
167  Liechtenstein 1.53
168  Kosovo 1.52
169  Switzerland 1.52
170  Azerbaijan 1.52
171  Uruguay 1.49
172  Russia 1.49
173  Belarus 1.48
174  Austria 1.48
175  Serbia 1.48
176  United Arab Emirates 1.46
177  Finland 1.46
178 Channel Islands - (12)  Guernsey (UK) and (13)  Jersey (UK) 1.46
179  Cuba 1.44
180  Canada 1.43
181  Bhutan 1.41
182  Mauritius 1.41
183  Saint Lucia 1.40
184  Albania 1.39
185  Greece 1.39
186  Bahamas 1.39
187 (14)  Curaçao (Netherlands) 1.38
188  Portugal 1.38
189  Luxembourg 1.38
190  Jamaica 1.35
191  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.35
192  Lithuania 1.34
193  Thailand 1.33
194  Poland 1.33
195  Cyprus 1.32
196  Japan 1.30
197 (15)  Bermuda (UK) 1.30
198  Italy 1.25
199  Spain 1.19
200 (16)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.18
201  China 1.16
202  Ukraine 1.16
203  Malta 1.14
204  Singapore 1.12
205 (17)  Macau (China) 1.09
206 (18)  British Virgin Islands (UK) 1.00
207 (19)  Puerto Rico (US) 0.91
208  South Korea 0.81
209 (20)  Hong Kong (China) 0.77
  Sovereign states: 190
  Dependent territories: 20
  World 2.27
  Major regions
1 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 4.6
2 Sub-Saharan Africa 4.6
3 Arab world 3.1
4 Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income) 2.7
5 Middle East and North Africa 2.6
6 South Asia 2.2
7 Latin America and Caribbean 1.9
8 Latin America and Caribbean (excluding high income) 1.9
9 Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income) 1.9
10 Europe and Central Asia 1.7
11 East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income) 1.5
12 East Asia and Pacific 1.5
13 North America 1.6
14 Central Europe and the Baltics 1.6
  States’ size
1 Pacific Island small states 3.2
2 Other small states 2.9
3 Small states 2.7
4 Caribbean small states 1.7
  International organizations
1 OECD members 1.6
2 European Union 1.5
  Security situation
1 Fragile and conflict affected situations 4.4
  Economic areas
1 Euro area 1.5
  Economic situation
1 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 4.6
2 Least developed countries: UN classification 4.0
  Income
1 Low income countries 4.6
2 Lower middle income countries 2.6
3 Low and middle income countries 2.4
4 Middle income countries 2.1
5 Upper middle income countries 1.6
6 High income countries 1.5
  Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1  American Samoa (US) -
2  Andorra 1.3 (2010)
3  Cayman Islands (UK) -
4  Monaco
5  Nauru -
6  Northern Mariana Islands (US) -
7  Palau 0.85 (2020)
8  San Marino 1.3 (2012)
9  Vatican City -
10  Western Sahara -

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

Country ranking by governmental organizations edit

2019 list by the INED (Institut National d'Études Démographiques)[5]
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 2019
(births/woman)
1  Niger 6.8
2  Somalia 6.0
3  DR Congo 5.8
4  Mali 5.8
5  Chad 5.6
6  Angola 5.4
7  Burundi 5.3
8  Nigeria 5.3
9  Gambia 5.2
10  Burkina Faso 5.1
11  Benin 4.8
12  Mozambique 4.8
13  Tanzania 4.8
14  Uganda 4.8
15  Central African Republic 4.6
16  Ivory Coast 4.6
17  Guinea 4.6
18  Senegal 4.6
19  South Sudan 4.6
20  Zambia 4.6
21  Cameroon 4.5
22  Mauritania 4.5
23  Congo 4.4
24  Equatorial Guinea 4.4
25  Guinea-Bissau 4.4
26  Afghanistan 4.3
27  São Tomé and Príncipe 4.3
28  Sudan 4.3
29  Togo 4.3
30  Liberia 4.2
31  Sierra Leone 4.2
32  Comoros 4.1
33  Ethiopia 4.1
34  Malawi 4.1
35  Marshall Islands 4.1
36  Eritrea 4.0
37  Madagascar 4.0
38  Rwanda 4.0
39  Gabon 3.9
40  Solomon Islands 3.9
41  East Timor 3.9
42  Ghana 3.8
43  Samoa 3.8
44  Vanuatu 3.7
45  Yemen 3.7
46  Iraq 3.6
47 (1)  Mayotte (France) 3.6
48  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) 3.6
49  Tajikistan 3.6
50  Kiribati 3.5
51  Pakistan 3.5
52  Papua New Guinea 3.5
53  Tonga 3.5
54  Zimbabwe 3.5
55  Kenya 3.4
56  Egypt 3.3
57 (2)  French Guiana (France) 3.3
58  Namibia 3.3
59  Lesotho 3.1
60  Algeria 3.0
61  Israel 3.0
62  Kyrgyzstan 3.0
63  Micronesia 3.0
64  Eswatini 3.0
65  Haiti 2.9
66  Mongolia 2.9
67  Botswana 2.8
68  Fiji 2.8
69  Guatemala 2.8
70  Oman 2.8
71  Syria 2.8
72  Bolivia 2.7
73  Djibouti 2.7
74  Jordan 2.7
75  Kazakhstan 2.7
76  Turkmenistan 2.7
77  Laos 2.6
78  Cambodia 2.5
79  Philippines 2.5
80  Ecuador 2.4
81  Guyana 2.4
82  Honduras 2.4
83  Morocco 2.4
84  Nicaragua 2.4
85  Panama 2.4
86  Paraguay 2.4
87  Seychelles 2.4
88  South Africa 2.4
89  Suriname 2.4
90  Uzbekistan 2.4
91  Western Sahara 2.4
  World 2.4
92  Belize 2.3
93  Dominican Republic 2.3
94 (3)  Guam (US) 2.3
95  Indonesia 2.3
96  Saudi Arabia 2.3
97  Venezuela 2.3
98  Argentina 2.2
99  Cape Verde 2.2
100  India 2.2
101  Libya 2.2
102  Peru 2.2
103 (4)  Réunion (France) 2.2
104  Sri Lanka 2.2
105  Tunisia 2.2
106  Azerbaijan 2.1
107  Georgia 2.1
108 (5)  Guadeloupe (France) 2.1
109  Iran 2.1
110  Kuwait 2.1
111  Lebanon 2.1
112  Mexico 2.1
113  Myanmar (Burma) 2.1
114  Turkey 2.1
115  Vietnam 2.1
  Population replacement 2.1
116  Antigua and Barbuda 2.0
117  Bahrain 2.0
118  Bangladesh 2.0
119  Bhutan 2.0
120  El Salvador 2.0
121  Grenada 2.0
122  Jamaica 2.0
123  Malaysia 2.0
124  Uruguay 2.0
125 (6)  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 2.0
126 (7)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.9
127 (8)  French Polynesia (France) 1.9
128  North Korea 1.9
129 (9)  Martinique (France) 1.9
130  Monaco 1.9
131  Nepal 1.9
132 (10)  New Caledonia (France) 1.9
133  New Zealand 1.9
134  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.9
135  Armenia 1.8
136  Australia 1.8
137  Brunei 1.8
138  Colombia 1.8
139  Denmark 1.8
140  Dominica 1.8
141  France (Metropolitan France) 1.8
142  Ireland 1.8
143  Maldives 1.8
144  Qatar 1.8
145  Russia 1.8
146  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.8
147  Sweden 1.8
148  United States 1.8
149  Bahamas 1.7
150  Belarus 1.7
151  Belgium 1.7
152  China (mainland only) 1.7
153  Costa Rica 1.7
154 (11)  Curaçao (Netherlands) 1.7
155  Czech Republic 1.7
156  Iceland 1.7
157  Kosovo 1.7
158  Latvia 1.7
159  Lithuania 1.7
160  Montenegro 1.7
161  Norway 1.7
162  Trinidad and Tobago 1.7
163  United Kingdom 1.7
164  Albania 1.6
165  Barbados 1.6
166  Bulgaria 1.6
167  Chile 1.6
168  Cuba 1.6
169  Brazil 1.6
170  Estonia 1.6
171  Germany 1.6
172  Romania 1.6
173  Slovenia 1.6
174  Austria 1.5
175  Canada 1.5
176  Finland 1.5
177  Hungary 1.5
178  Malta 1.5
179  North Macedonia 1.5
180  Slovakia 1.5
181  Switzerland 1.5
182  Thailand 1.5
183  Croatia 1.4
184 (12)  Hong Kong (China) 1.4
185  Japan 1.4
186  Liechtenstein 1.4
187  Luxembourg 1.4
188  Mauritius 1.4
189  Netherlands 1.4
190  Poland 1.4
191  Saint Lucia 1.4
192  Serbia 1.4
193  Ukraine 1.4
194  United Arab Emirates 1.4
195  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.3
196  Cyprus 1.3
197  Greece 1.3
198  Italy 1.3
199  Moldova 1.3
200  Portugal 1.3
201  San Marino 1.3
202  Spain 1.3
203  Republic of China (Taiwan) 1.2
204 (13)  Macau (China) 1.2
205 (14)  Puerto Rico (US) 1.2
206  Singapore 1.2
207  Andorra 1.0
208  South Korea 0.9
  Sovereign states: 194
  Dependent territories: 14
  World
1 World 2.4
  Continents
1 Africa 4.4
2 Oceania 2.3
3 Asia 2.1
4 Americas 1.9
5 Europe 1.6
  Major regions
1 Middle Africa 5.4
2 Western Africa 5.1
3 Eastern Africa 4.3
4 Northern Africa 3.2
5 Central Asia 2.7
6 Western Asia 2.6
7 Southern Africa 2.5
8 Oceania 2.3
9 South Asia 2.3
10 Caribbean 2.2
11 Central America 2.2
12 Southeast Asia 2.2
13 South America 1.9
14 East Asia 1.7
15 Eastern Europe 1.7
16 Northern America 1.7
17 Northern Europe 1.7
18 Western Europe 1.7
19 Southern Europe 1.3
  Not ranked
1 Channel Islands - (1)  Guernsey (UK) and (2)  Jersey (UK) -
2 (3)  Christmas Island (Australia) -
3 (4)  Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) -
4  European Union -
5 (5)  Falkland Islands (UK) -
6 (6)  Faroe Islands (Denmark) -
7  Nauru -
8  Niue -
9 (7)  Norfolk Island (Australia) -
10  Palau -
11 (8)  Pitcairn Islands (UK) -
12 (9)  Svalbard (Norway) -
13 (10)  Tokelau (New Zealand) -
14  Tuvalu -
15  Vatican City -
  Sovereign states: 4
  Dependent territories: 10
2023 list by the CIA World Factbook[3][4]
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 2023
(births/woman)
1  Niger 6.73
2  Angola 5.76
3  DR Congo 5.56
4  Mali 5.45
5  Benin 5.39
6  Chad 5.35
7  Uganda 5.26
8  Somalia 5.22
9  South Sudan 5.20
10  Burundi 4.96
11  Guinea 4.82
12  Mozambique 4.74
13  Liberia 4.73
14  Guinea-Bissau 4.65
15  Nigeria 4.57
16  Sudan 4.54
17  Afghanistan 4.53
18  Cameroon 4.50
19  Zambia 4.49
20  Tanzania 4.33
21  Congo 4.32
22  Equatorial Guinea 4.19
23  Togo 4.18
24  Senegal 4.17
25  Burkina Faso 4.14
26  East Timor 4.09
27  Central African Republic 3.99
28  Ethiopia 3.92
29  Zimbabwe 3.88
30  Papua New Guinea 3.85
31  Sierra Leone 3.71
32  Gambia 3.66
33  Ghana 3.61
34  Madagascar 3.55
35  Eritrea 3.50
36  Ivory Coast 3.47
37  Mauritania 3.46
38  São Tomé and Príncipe 3.44
39  Pakistan 3.39
40  Gaza Strip ( Palestine) 3.34
41  Malawi 3.30
42  Gabon 3.26
43  Rwanda 3.23
44  Kenya 3.23
45  Iraq 3.17
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 edit

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 edit

1950 and 2015 edit

1950 list by Our World in Data 2015 list by Our World in Data
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 1950
(births/woman)
1  Iraq 8.11
2 (1)  Rwanda (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-UrundiUnited 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-UrundiUnited 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 EmpireFrance) 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 EmpireFrance) 5.22
126 (79)  Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union Uzbekistan) 5.08
127 (80)  French Guiana (French Colonial EmpireFrance) 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 EmpireFrance) -
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 EmpireFrance) -
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 StripIsraeli occupied territoriesPalestinian 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 EmpireUK) -
29 (22)  Tuvalu (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice IslandsEllice Islands Tuvalu) -
30  Vatican City -
31  Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992) -
  Sovereign states: 9
  Dependent territories: 22
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 2015
(births/woman)
1  Niger 7.29
2  Somalia 6.37
3  DR Congo 6.20
4  Mali 6.14
5  Chad 6.05
6  Angola 5.77
7  Burundi 5.78
8  Uganda 5.68
9  East Timor 5.62
10  Nigeria 5.59
11  Gambia 5.49
12  Burkina Faso 5.44
13  Mozambique 5.30
14  Tanzania 5.08
15  Benin 5.05
16  Zambia 5.04
17  Ivory Coast 4.98
18  Central African Republic 4.94
19  South Sudan 4.94
20  Guinea 4.93
21  Senegal 4.84
22  Afghanistan 4.80
23  Equatorial Guinea 4.78
24  Cameroon 4.78
25  Mauritania 4.74
26  Congo 4.72
27  Guinea-Bissau 4.71
28  Malawi 4.65
29  Liberia 4.65
30  Sudan 4.59
31  Sierra Leone 4.56
32  São Tomé and Príncipe 4.52
33  Togo 4.52
34  Iraq 4.43
35  Comoros 4.42
36  Ethiopia 4.32
37  Madagascar 4.24
38  Eritrea 4.21
39  Yemen 4.10
40  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) 4.08
41  Ghana 4.04
42  Samoa 4.03
43  Rwanda 3.97
44  Kenya 3.92
45  Solomon Islands 3.91
46  Gabon 3.85
47  Zimbabwe 3.84
48  Papua New Guinea 3.71
49  Kiribati 3.69
50  Tonga 3.68
51  Pakistan 3.55
52  Namibia 3.47
53  Jordan 3.44
54  Tajikistan 3.40
55  Egypt 3.31
56  Vanuatu 3.31
57  Micronesia 3.20
58  Swaziland 3.14
59  Lesotho 3.14
60  Kyrgyzstan 3.05
61  Guatemala 3.03
62  Israel 3.00
63  Haiti 2.97
64  Syria 2.97
65  Philippines 2.96
66  Turkmenistan 2.93
67  Bolivia 2.92
68  Djibouti 2.91
69  Algeria 2.84
70  Mongolia 2.79
71  Botswana 2.77
72  Laos 2.76
73  Oman 2.74
74  Kazakhstan 2.66
75  Cambodia 2.59
76  Saudi Arabia 2.58
77  Belize 2.54
78  Fiji 2.54
79  Panama 2.54
80  Guyana 2.53
81  Morocco 2.53
82  Ecuador 2.51
83  Paraguay 2.51
84  Honduras 2.51
85  South Africa 2.48
86  Dominican Republic 2.45
  World 2.45
87  Peru 2.43
88  Suriname 2.40
89  Indonesia 2.39
90  Cape Verde 2.37
91 (1)  Guam (US) 2.37
92  India 2.35
93  Venezuela 2.34
94  Uzbekistan 2.31
95  Libya 2.31
96  Argentina 2.31
97  Seychelles 2.30
98  Nicaragua 2.23
99  Myanmar (Burma) 2.23
100  Tunisia 2.22
101  Mexico 2.21
102 (2)  New Caledonia (France) 2.19
103  Nepal 2.16
104  Bangladesh 2.13
105  Grenada 2.13
106  Maldives 2.13
107  El Salvador 2.10
  Population replacement 2.10
108  Bhutan 2.09
109  Azerbaijan 2.09
110  Turkey 2.07
111  Antigua and Barbuda 2.06
112  Sri Lanka 2.06
113  Bahrain 2.06
114  Malaysia 2.06
115  Jamaica 2.03
116  Uruguay 2.01
117  Georgia 2.00
118 (3)  Greenland (Denmark) 2.00
119 (4)  French Polynesia (France) 2.00
120  New Zealand 2.00
121  Kuwait 1.99
122  Ireland 1.99
123  France 1.98
124  Vietnam 1.96
125  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.95
126  Iceland 1.95
127  Qatar 1.93
128  North Korea 1.92
129  Sweden 1.91
130 (5)  Curaçao (Netherlands) 1.90
131  Brunei 1.88
132  United Kingdom 1.88
133  Colombia 1.87
134  United States 1.87
135  Australia 1.86
136  Norway 1.82
137  Costa Rica 1.80
138  Barbados 1.80
139  Belgium 1.79
140  Chile 1.78
141  Bahamas 1.78
142  Trinidad and Tobago 1.77
143  Finland 1.77
144  United Arab Emirates 1.76
145  Denmark 1.73
146  Russia 1.73
147  Netherlands 1.73
148 (6)  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 1.72
149  Lebanon 1.72
150  Cuba 1.72
151  Brazil 1.69
152  Albania 1.67
153  Belarus 1.67
154  Iran 1.66
155  Montenegro 1.65
156  Lithuania 1.64
157  Armenia 1.62
158  Estonia 1.62
159  China 1.62
160  Slovenia 1.61
161 (7)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.60
162  Canada 1.59
163  Switzerland 1.54
164  Bulgaria 1.54
165  Latvia 1.53
166  Ukraine 1.53
167  Czech Republic 1.52
168  North Macedonia 1.52
169  Romania 1.51
170  Luxembourg 1.50
171 Channel Islands - (8)  Guernsey (UK) and (9)  Jersey (UK) 1.50
172  Thailand 1.50
173  Austria 1.48
174  Saint Lucia 1.47
175  Serbia 1.46
176  Croatia 1.46
177  Italy 1.46
178  Germany 1.45
179  Japan 1.44
180  Slovakia 1.43
181 (10)  Puerto Rico (US) 1.43
182  Malta 1.42
183  Hungary 1.36
184  Mauritius 1.36
185  Spain 1.35
186  Cyprus 1.35
187  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.34
188  Poland 1.31
189  Greece 1.31
190  South Korea 1.28
191  Moldova 1.25
192  Portugal 1.25
193  Singapore 1.24
194 (11)  Macau (China) 1.20
195 (12)  Hong Kong (China) 1.20
  Sovereign states: 183
  Dependent territories: 12
  World
World 2.45
  Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)  American Samoa (US) -
2  Andorra -
3 (2)  Bermuda (UK) -
4 (3)  Cayman Islands (UK) -
5  Dominica -
6 (4)  Faroe Islands (Denmark) -
7 (5)  French Guiana (France) -
8 (6)  Guadeloupe (France) -
9 (7)  Isle of Man (UK) -
10  Kosovo -
11  Liechtenstein -
12  Marshall Islands -
13 (8)  Mayotte (France) -
14  Monaco -
15 (9)  Northern Mariana Islands (US) -
16  Palau -
17  San Marino -
18 (10)  Saint Martin (French part) -
19 (11)  Sint Maarten (Dutch part) -
20  Saint Kitts and Nevis -
21 (12)  Turks and Caicos Islands UK) -
22  Tuvalu -
23  Vatican City -
  Sovereign states: 11
  Dependent territories: 12

Notes:

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

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

1960 and 2015 edit

1960 list by the World Bank 2015 list by the World Bank
Rank Country Fertility rate
in 1960
(births/woman)
1 (1)  Rwanda (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-UrundiUnited 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-UrundiUnited 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 EmpireFrance) 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 EmpireFrance) 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 EmpireFrance) -
10 (8)  Gibraltar (UK) -
11 (9)  Greenland (Denmark) -
12 (10)  Guadeloupe (French Colonial EmpireFrance) -
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 EmpireFrance) -
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 StripIsraeli occupied territoriesPalestinian 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 EmpireUK) -
31 (24)  Tuvalu (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice IslandsEllice 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 edit

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 territoriesPalestinian Territories) 7.9
5 (2)  Mayotte (French Colonial EmpireFrench 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 SaharaMoroccan 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 EmpireOverseas departments and territories of France) 5.3
115  Panama 5.2
116 (34)  French Polynesia (French Colonial EmpireFrench 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 EmpireFrench Overseas Department) 4.9
125 (37)  Réunion (French Colonial EmpireFrench Overseas Department) 4.8
126 (38)  French Guiana (French Colonial EmpireFrench Overseas Department) 4.7
  World 4.7
127 (39)  Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union Azerbaijan) 4.6
128 (40)  Martinique (French Colonial EmpireFrench 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 EmpireDutch 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 edit

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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