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
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 |  Hungary | 1.6
153 |  Latvia | 1.6
154 |  Lithuania | 1.6
155 |  Netherlands | 1.6
156  |  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (Dutch part)  | 1.6
157 |  Slovakia | 1.6
158 |  Slovenia | 1.6
159 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1.6
160  |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.6
161 |  United Kingdom | 1.6
162 |  Austria | 1.5
163 |  Belarus | 1.5
164 |  Canada | 1.5
165 |  Chile | 1.5
166 |  Costa Rica | 1.5
167 |  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 |  Brazil | 1.75
154 |  Georgia | 1.75
155 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.74
156 |  Malaysia | 1.74
157 |  Finland | 1.74
158 |  Brunei | 1.74
159 |  Mexico | 1.73
160 |  Australia | 1.73
161 |  Uzbekistan | 1.72
162 (17) |  Anguilla (UK) | 1.72
163 |  Saint Lucia | 1.72
164 |  Lebanon | 1.71
165 (18) |  Wallis and Futuna (France) | 1.71
166 |  Cuba | 1.71
167 |  Maldives | 1.70
168 |  Barbados | 1.70
169 |  Palau | 1.70
170 (19) |  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | 1.70
171 |  Liechtenstein | 1.69
172 |  Sweden | 1.67
173 |  Bahrain | 1.66
174 (20) |  Jersey (UK) | 1.66
175 |  Armenia | 1.65
176 (21) |  Saint Barthélemy (France) | 1.64
177 |  Luxembourg | 1.63
178 |  United Kingdom | 1.63
179 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1.63
180 |  Romania | 1.63
181 |  United Arab Emirates | 1.62
182 |  Estonia | 1.62
183 |  Lithuania | 1.61
184 (22) |  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) | 1.61
185 |  Russia | 1.60
186 |  Slovenia | 1.60
- |  European Union | 1.60
187 (23) |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) | 1.59
188 |  Moldova | 1.59
189 (24) |  Guernsey (UK) | 1.59
190 |  Switzerland | 1.58
191 |  Germany | 1.58
192 |  Canada | 1.57
193 |  Ukraine | 1.57
194 |  Latvia | 1.55
195 |  Albania | 1.55
196 |  Thailand | 1.54
197 |  Monaco | 1.53
198 |  San Marino | 1.53
199 |  North Macedonia | 1.52
200 |  Belarus | 1.52
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 |  Brazil | 1.8
123 |  Bulgaria | 1.8
124 |  France | 1.8
125 |  El Salvador | 1.8
126 |  Georgia | 1.8
127 |  Mexico | 1.8
128 |  Montenegro | 1.8
129 |  North Korea | 1.8
130 |  Qatar | 1.8
131 |  Tunisia | 1.8
132 |  Armenia | 1.7
133 |  Azerbaijan | 1.7
134 |  Colombia | 1.7
135 |  Iran | 1.7
136 |  Ireland | 1.7
137 |  Maldives | 1.7
138 |  Moldova | 1.7
139 (8) |  French Polynesia (France) | 1.7
140 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.7
141 |  United States | 1.7
142 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 1.6
143 |  Australia | 1.6
144 |  Barbados | 1.6
145 |  Bhutan | 1.6
146 |  Denmark | 1.6
147 |  Dominica | 1.6
148 |  Czech Republic | 1.6
149 |  Iceland | 1.6
150 |  New Zealand | 1.6
151 |  North Macedonia | 1.6
152 |  Romania | 1.6
153 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.6
154 |  Serbia | 1.6
155 |  Slovakia | 1.6
156 |  Slovenia | 1.6
157 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1.6
158 |  Turkey | 1.6
159 |  Belgium | 1.5
160 | Channel Islands – (9) Guernsey (UK) and (10) Jersey (UK) | 1.5
161 |  Croatia | 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 | 1.66
154 |  Brazil | 1.65
155 |  Montenegro | 1.64
156 |  Bulgaria | 1.64
157 |  Serbia | 1.64
158 |  Luxembourg | 1.63
159 |  Czech Republic | 1.63
160 |  Latvia | 1.62
161 |  Ukraine | 1.61
162 |  Armenia | 1.58
163 |  Romania | 1.58
164 |  North Macedonia | 1.58
165 |  Switzerland | 1.57
166 |  Canada | 1.56
167 |  Austria | 1.56
168 |  Iran | 1.54
169 |  Italy | 1.54
170 |  Japan | 1.53
171 |  Malta | 1.52
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-Urundi → United Nations trust territories →  Rwanda) | 7.92
3 (2) |  New Hebrides (British and French Condominium →  Vanuatu) | 7.68
4 (3) |  Samoa (United Nations trust territories, Western Samoa →  Samoa) | 7.63
5 |  Jordan | 7.56
6 |  Dominican Republic | 7.51
7 |  Honduras | 7.47
8 |  Afghanistan | 7.45
9 |  Philippines | 7.45
10 (4) |  Ivory Coast (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Ivory Coast →  Ivory Coast | 7.38
11 |  Yemen ( North Yemen and  South Yemen →  Yemen) | 7.37
12 (5) |  Kenya (British Empire, Kenya Colony →  Kenya) | 7.36
13 |  Ethiopia | 7.35
14 (6) |  Angola (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola →  Angola) | 7.34
15 (7) |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire →  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) | 7.33
16 (8) |  Madagascar (French Colonial Empire, French Madagascar →  Madagascar) | 7.30
17 (9) |  Tonga (British Empire, British Protectorate →  Tonga) | 7.30
18 (10) |  Algeria (French Colonial Empire, French Algeria →  Algeria) | 7.29
19 (11) |  Niger (French Colonial Empire, French Niger →  Niger) | 7.26
20 (12) |  Somalia (British Empire, British Somaliland and Trust Territory of Somaliland →  Somalia) | 7.25
21 |  Oman | 7.25
22 (13) |  Kuwait (British Empire, British Protectorate →  Kuwait) | 7.22
23 |  Saudi Arabia | 7.20
24 (14) |  Micronesia (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →  Micronesia) | 7.20
25 |  Syria | 7.18
26 |  Guatemala | 7.15
27 |  Libya | 7.10
28 (15) |  Qatar (British Empire, British Protectorate →  Qatar) | 6.97
29 (16) |  Bahrain (British Empire →  Bahrain) | 6.97
30 (17) |  Mozambique (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique →  Mozambique) | 6.97
31 (18) |  Mali (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Sudan →  Mali) | 6.96
32 |  Peru | 6.95
33 (19) |  Cambodia (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Cambodia →  Cambodia) | 6.95
34 (20) |  United Arab Emirates (British Empire, Trucial States →  United Arab Emirates) | 6.94
35 |  Bolivia | 6.93
36 |  Iran | 6.92
37 (21) |  Eritrea ( Ethiopia →  Eritrea) | 6.92
38 |  Republic of China (Taiwan) | 6.90
39 (22) |  Uganda (British Empire →  Uganda) | 6.89
40 |  Nicaragua | 6.88
41 (23) |  Brunei (British Empire, British Protectorate →  Brunei) | 6.86
42 (24) |  Malawi (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Nyasaland Protectorate →  Malawi) | 6.84
43 (25) |  Burundi (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories →  Burundi) | 6.82
44 (26) |  Senegal (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Senegal →  Senegal) | 6.79
45 |  Colombia | 6.77
46 (27) |  Southern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland →  Zimbabwe) | 6.75
47 |  Turkey | 6.74
48 |  Mexico | 6.72
49 |  Ecuador | 6.72
50 |  Egypt | 6.72
51 (28) |  Swaziland (British Empire →  Swaziland) | 6.71
52 (29) |  Tanzania (British Empire, Tanganyika and Zanzibar →  Tanzania) | 6.70
53 |  Belize | 6.69
54 (30) |  Sudan (British Empire, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan →  Sudan) | 6.68
55 |  Bhutan | 6.67
56 |  China | 6.67
57 (31) |  South Sudan (British Empire, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan →  Sudan →  South Sudan) | 6.63
58 (32) |  Northern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland →  Zambia) | 6.62
59 (33) |  Singapore (British Empire, British Singapore →  Singapore) | 6.61
60 |  Pakistan | 6.60
61 (34) |  Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands →  Suriname) | 6.58
62 (35) |  Cape Verde (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde →  Cape Verde) | 6.57
63 (36) |  Tunisia (French Colonial Empire, French protectorate of Tunisia →  Tunisia) | 6.56
64 |  Venezuela | 6.54
65 (37) |  East Timor (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor →  East Timor) | 6.51
66 (38) |  Morocco | 6.49
67 |  Paraguay | 6.49
68 (39) |  Botswana (British Empire, Bechuanaland Protectorate →  Botswana) | 6.47
69 (40) |  Solomon Islands (British Empire →  Solomon Islands) | 6.40
70 (41) |  Ghana (British Empire, Gold Coast (British colony) →  Ghana) | 6.37
71 |  Nigeria (British Empire, British Nigeria →  Nigeria | 6.36
72 (42) |  Malaysia (British Empire, British Malaya and British Borneo →  Malaysia) | 6.36
73 (43) |  Togo (United Nations trust territories, French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Togoland →  Togo) | 6.33
74 |  Haiti | 6.31
75 (44) |  Djibouti (French Colonial Empire, French Somaliland →  Djibouti) | 6.30
76 (45) |  Fiji (British Empire →  Fiji) | 6.30
77 |  Liberia | 6.25
78 |  El Salvador | 6.24
79 (46) |  Bangladesh (Pakistan, East Pakistan →  Bangladesh) | 6.23
80 (47) |  Papua and New Guinea (United Nations trust territories →  Papua New Guinea | 6.23
81 (48) |  São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe →  São Tomé and Príncipe) | 6.20
82 |  Brazil | 6.14
83 |  Thailand | 6.13
84 (49) |  Mauritania (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Mauritania →  Mauritania | 6.12
85 (50) |  Kiribati (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands →  Kiribati ) | 6.10
86 (51) |  Sierra Leone (British Empire →  Sierra Leone) | 6.09
87 (52) |  Chad (French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, French Chad →  Chad) | 6.06
88 (53) |  Greenland (Denmark) | 6.05
89 |  South Africa | 6.04
90 (54) |  Maldives (British Empire, British Protectorate →  Maldives) | 6.03
91 (55) |  Burkina Faso (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa →  Republic of Upper Volta →  Burkina Faso) | 6.03
92 |  Burma (→  Myanmar) | 6.03
93 (56) |  Saint Lucia (British Empire, West Indies Federation →  Saint Lucia) | 6.00
94 (57) |  Comoros (French Colonial Empire →  Comoros) | 6.00
95 (58) |  French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire → France) | 6.00
96 (59) |  Congo (Belgian Colonial Empire, Belgian Congo →  Congo-Léopoldville →  Zaire →  DR Congo) | 5.99
97 (60) |  Guinea (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Guinea →  Guinea | 5.97
98 (61) |  South West Africa ( South Africa →  Namibia) | 5.96
99 |  Nepal | 5.96
100 |  Albania | 5.96
101 |  Laos (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Laos →  Laos) | 5.94
102 (62) |  Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea →  Guinea-Bissau) | 5.92
103 |  India | 5.91
104 (63) |  Mauritius (British Empire →  Mauritius) | 5.90
105 (64) |  Lesotho (British Empire →  Lesotho) | 5.81
106 (65) |  Grenada (British Empire →  Grenada) | 5.80
107 |  Lebanon | 5.76
108 (66) |  Dahomey (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa →  Dahomey →  Benin) | 5.75
109 (67) |  Guyana (British Empire →  Guyana) | 5.69
110 |  Panama | 5.68
111 (68) |  Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Empire, Spanish Guinea →  Equatorial Guinea) | 5.68
112 (69) |  Congo (French Colonial Empire, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa →  Congo) | 5.67
113 |  Costa Rica | 5.65
114 (70) |  Aruba (Netherlands) | 5.65
115 |  Sri Lanka | 5.64
116 (71) |  Cameroon (United Nations Trust Territories, French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, French Cameroons →  Cameroon) | 5.54
117 (72) |  SR Macedonia ( Yugoslavia →  North Macedonia) | 5.52
118 |  Mongolia | 5.50
119 (73) |  Central African Republic (French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, Ubangi-Shari →  Central African Republic) | 5.40
120 |  Indonesia | 5.35
121 (74) |  Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Yugoslavia →  Bosnia and Herzegovina) | 5.32
122 (75) |  Trinidad and Tobago (British Empire, West Indies Federation →  Trinidad and Tobago) | 5.28
123 (76) |  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | 5.25
124 (77) |  Gambia (British Empire, Gambia Colony and Protectorate →  Gambia) | 5.23
125 (78) |  New Caledonia (French colonial Empire → France) | 5.22
126 (79) |  Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union →  Uzbekistan) | 5.08
127 (80) |  French Guiana (French Colonial Empire → France) | 5.08
128 |  Chile | 5.08
129 (81) |  Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union →  Azerbaijan) | 5.07
130 (82) |  Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union →  Tajikistan) | 5.04
131 |  South Korea | 5.02
132 (83) |  Puerto Rico (US) | 4.97
|  World | 4.96
133 (84) |  Vietnam (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Vietnam →  North Vietnam and  South Vietnam →  Vietnam) | 4.96
134 (85) |  Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union →  Turkmenistan) | 4.89
135 |  Cuba | 4.76
136 (86) |  Montenegro ( Yugoslavia →  Montenegro) | 4.62
137 |  Israel | 4.52
138 (87) |  Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire →  Antigua and Barbuda) | 4.50
139 (88) |  Hong Kong (British Empire, Hong Kong colony →  China, Special administrative regions of China) | 4.44
140 (89) |  Barbados (British Empire →  Barbados) | 4.42
141 (90) |  Macau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Macau →  China, Special administrative regions of China) | 4.39
142 (91) |  Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union →  Kazakhstan) | 4.30
143 (92) |  Malta (British Empire →  Malta) | 4.14
144 (93) |  Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Armenia ) | 4.13
145 (94) |  Bahamas (British Empire →  Bahamas) | 3.98
146 (95) |  Gabon (French Colonial Empire, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa →  Gabon | 3.95
147 (96) |  Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union →  Kyrgyzstan) | 3.92
148 (97) |  Cyprus (British Empire, British Cyprus →  Cyprus) | 3.85
149 (98) |  Jamaica (British Empire, Colony of Jamaica →  Jamaica) | 3.80
150 |  Iceland | 3.62
151 (99) |  Slovak Socialist Republic | 3.59
152 |  Poland | 3.53
153 (100) |  SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia →  Serbia and Montenegro →  Serbia) | 3.53
154 |  Canada | 3.47
155 |  Ireland | 3.47
156 (101) |  Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Moldova) | 3.47
157 |  Japan | 3.44
158 |  New Zealand | 3.38
159 |  Argentina | 3.16
160 |  Finland | 3.13
161 |  Portugal | 3.10
162 |  United States | 3.05
163 |  Netherlands | 3.05
164 |  Romania | 3.05
165 |  Australia | 3.01
166 (102) |  Czech Socialist Republic | 2.94
167 (103) |  SR Croatia ( Yugoslavia →  Croatia) | 2.92
168 (104) |  Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Lithuania) | 2.90
169 (105) |  SR Slovenia ( Yugoslavia →  Slovenia) | 2.87
170 |  France | 2.83
171 (106) |  Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union →  Russia) | 2.81
172 |  Hungary | 2.77
173 (107) |  Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Ukraine) | 2.72
174 |  Uruguay | 2.69
175 |  Bulgaria | 2.66
176 (108) |  Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Georgia) | 2.65
177 |  Denmark | 2.58
178 |  Italy | 2.50
179 (109) |  Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Belarus) | 2.50
180 |  Greece | 2.47
181 |  Norway | 2.46
182 |  Spain | 2.45
183 |  Belgium | 2.33
184 |  Switzerland | 2.33
185 |  Sweden | 2.25
|  Population replacement | 2.10
186 (110) |  Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Estonia) | 2.09
187 |  Germany ( West Germany and  East Germany →  Germany) | 2.09
188 |  United Kingdom | 2.08
189 | Channel Islands \- (111) Guernsey (UK) and (112) Jersey (UK) | 2.06
190 (113) |  Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Latvia) | 2.01
191 |  North Korea | 1.95
192 |  Austria | 1.87
193 |  Luxembourg | 1.87
|  Sovereign states: 80 |
|  Dependent territories: 113 |
|  World |
| World | 4.96
|  Not ranked (no data or data from other years) |
1 (1) |  American Samoa (US) | \-
2 |  Andorra | \-
3 (2) |  Bermuda (UK) | \-
4 (3) |  Cayman Islands (UK) | \-
5 (4) |  Curaçao (Netherlands) | \-
6 |  Czechoslovakia (Dissolved in 1992) | \-
7 (5) |  Dominica (British Colonial Empire →  Dominica) | \-
8 (6) |  Faroe Islands (Denmark) | \-
9 (7) |  Gibraltar (UK) | \-
10 (8) |  Guadeloupe (French Colonial Empire → France) | \-
11 (9) |  Guam (US) | \-
12 (10) |  Isle of Man (UK) | \-
13 (11) |  SAP Kosovo ( Yugoslavia →  Serbia and Montenegro →  Serbia →  Kosovo) | \-
14 |  Liechtenstein | \-
15 (12) |  Marshall Islands (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →  Marshall Islands) | \-
16 (13) |  Mayotte (French Colonial Empire → France) | \-
17 |  Monaco | \-
18 |  Nauru | \-
19 (14) |  Northern Mariana Islands (US) | \-
20 (15) |  Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →  Palau) | \-
21 (16) |  Palestine (Jordan, West Bank and Egypt, Gaza Strip → Israeli occupied territories → Palestinian territories) | \-
22 |  San Marino | \-
23 (17) |  Seychelles (British Colonial Empire, Crown colony →  Seychelles) | \-
24 (18) |  Saint Martin (French part) | \-
25 (19) |  Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | \-
26 (20) |  Saint Kitts and Nevis (British Colonial Empire →  Saint Kitts and Nevis) | \-
27 |  Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991) | \-
28 (21) |  Turks and Caicos Islands (British Colonial Empire → UK) | \-
29 (22) |  Tuvalu (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Ellice Islands →  Tuvalu) | \-
30 |  Vatican City | \-
31 |  Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992) | \-
|  Sovereign states: 9 |
|  Dependent territories: 22 |
| Rank | Country | Fertility rate
in 2015
(births/woman)

|
|

1 |  Niger | 7.29
2 |  Somalia | 6.37
3 |  DR Congo | 6.20
4 |  Mali | 6.14
5 |  Chad | 6.05
6 |  Angola | 5.77
7 |  Burundi | 5.78
8 |  Uganda | 5.68
9 |  East Timor | 5.62
10 |  Nigeria | 5.59
11 |  Gambia | 5.49
12 |  Burkina Faso | 5.44
13 |  Mozambique | 5.30
14 |  Tanzania | 5.08
15 |  Benin | 5.05
16 |  Zambia | 5.04
17 |  Ivory Coast | 4.98
18 |  Central African Republic | 4.94
19 |  South Sudan | 4.94
20 |  Guinea | 4.93
21 |  Senegal | 4.84
22 |  Afghanistan | 4.80
23 |  Equatorial Guinea | 4.78
24 |  Cameroon | 4.78
25 |  Mauritania | 4.74
26 |  Congo | 4.72
27 |  Guinea-Bissau | 4.71
28 |  Malawi | 4.65
29 |  Liberia | 4.65
30 |  Sudan | 4.59
31 |  Sierra Leone | 4.56
32 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 4.52
33 |  Togo | 4.52
34 |  Iraq | 4.43
35 |  Comoros | 4.42
36 |  Ethiopia | 4.32
37 |  Madagascar | 4.24
38 |  Eritrea | 4.21
39 |  Yemen | 4.10
40 |  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) | 4.08
41 |  Ghana | 4.04
42 |  Samoa | 4.03
43 |  Rwanda | 3.97
44 |  Kenya | 3.92
45 |  Solomon Islands | 3.91
46 |  Gabon | 3.85
47 |  Zimbabwe | 3.84
48 |  Papua New Guinea | 3.71
49 |  Kiribati | 3.69
50 |  Tonga | 3.68
51 |  Pakistan | 3.55
52 |  Namibia | 3.47
53 |  Jordan | 3.44
54 |  Tajikistan | 3.40
55 |  Egypt | 3.31
56 |  Vanuatu | 3.31
57 |  Micronesia | 3.20
58 |  Swaziland | 3.14
59 |  Lesotho | 3.14
60 |  Kyrgyzstan | 3.05
61 |  Guatemala | 3.03
62 |  Israel | 3.00
63 |  Haiti | 2.97
64 |  Syria | 2.97
65 |  Philippines | 2.96
66 |  Turkmenistan | 2.93
67 |  Bolivia | 2.92
68 |  Djibouti | 2.91
69 |  Algeria | 2.84
70 |  Mongolia | 2.79
71 |  Botswana | 2.77
72 |  Laos | 2.76
73 |  Oman | 2.74
74 |  Kazakhstan | 2.66
75 |  Cambodia | 2.59
76 |  Saudi Arabia | 2.58
77 |  Belize | 2.54
78 |  Fiji | 2.54
79 |  Panama | 2.54
80 |  Guyana | 2.53
81 |  Morocco | 2.53
82 |  Ecuador | 2.51
83 |  Paraguay | 2.51
84 |  Honduras | 2.51
85 |  South Africa | 2.48
86 |  Dominican Republic | 2.45
|  World | 2.45
87 |  Peru | 2.43
88 |  Suriname | 2.40
89 |  Indonesia | 2.39
90 |  Cape Verde | 2.37
91 (1) |  Guam (US) | 2.37
92 |  India | 2.35
93 |  Venezuela | 2.34
94 |  Uzbekistan | 2.31
95 |  Libya | 2.31
96 |  Argentina | 2.31
97 |  Seychelles | 2.30
98 |  Nicaragua | 2.23
99 |  Myanmar (Burma) | 2.23
100 |  Tunisia | 2.22
101 |  Mexico | 2.21
102 (2) |  New Caledonia (France) | 2.19
103 |  Nepal | 2.16
104 |  Bangladesh | 2.13
105 |  Grenada | 2.13
106 |  Maldives | 2.13
107 |  El Salvador | 2.10
|  Population replacement | 2.10
108 |  Bhutan | 2.09
109 |  Azerbaijan | 2.09
110 |  Turkey | 2.07
111 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 2.06
112 |  Sri Lanka | 2.06
113 |  Bahrain | 2.06
114 |  Malaysia | 2.06
115 |  Jamaica | 2.03
116 |  Uruguay | 2.01
117 |  Georgia | 2.00
118 (3) |  Greenland (Denmark) | 2.00
119 (4) |  French Polynesia (France) | 2.00
120 |  New Zealand | 2.00
121 |  Kuwait | 1.99
122 |  Ireland | 1.99
123 |  France | 1.98
124 |  Vietnam | 1.96
125 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.95
126 |  Iceland | 1.95
127 |  Qatar | 1.93
128 |  North Korea | 1.92
129 |  Sweden | 1.91
130 (5) |  Curaçao (Netherlands) | 1.90
131 |  Brunei | 1.88
132 |  United Kingdom | 1.88
133 |  Colombia | 1.87
134 |  United States | 1.87
135 |  Australia | 1.86
136 |  Norway | 1.82
137 |  Costa Rica | 1.80
138 |  Barbados | 1.80
139 |  Belgium | 1.79
140 |  Chile | 1.78
141 |  Bahamas | 1.78
142 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1.77
143 |  Finland | 1.77
144 |  United Arab Emirates | 1.76
145 |  Denmark | 1.73
146 |  Russia | 1.73
147 |  Netherlands | 1.73
148 (6) |  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | 1.72
149 |  Lebanon | 1.72
150 |  Cuba | 1.72
151 |  Brazil | 1.72
152 |  Albania | 1.71
153 |  Belarus | 1.69
154 |  Iran | 1.69
155 |  Montenegro | 1.68
156 |  Lithuania | 1.64
157 |  Armenia | 1.62
158 |  Estonia | 1.62
159 |  China | 1.62
160 |  Slovenia | 1.61
161 (7) |  Aruba (Netherlands) | 1.60
162 |  Canada | 1.59
163 |  Switzerland | 1.54
164 |  Bulgaria | 1.54
165 |  Latvia | 1.53
166 |  Ukraine | 1.53
167 |  Czech Republic | 1.52
168 |  North Macedonia | 1.52
169 |  Romania | 1.51
170 |  Luxembourg | 1.50
171 | Channel Islands \- (8) Guernsey (UK) and (9) Jersey (UK) | 1.50
172 |  Thailand | 1.50
173 |  Austria | 1.48
174 |  Saint Lucia | 1.47
175 |  Serbia | 1.46
176 |  Croatia | 1.46
177 |  Italy | 1.46
178 |  Germany | 1.45
179 |  Japan | 1.44
180 |  Slovakia | 1.43
181 (10) |  Puerto Rico (US) | 1.43
182 |  Malta | 1.42
183 |  Hungary | 1.36
184 |  Mauritius | 1.36
185 |  Spain | 1.35
186 |  Cyprus | 1.35
187 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.34
188 |  Poland | 1.31
189 |  Greece | 1.31
190 |  South Korea | 1.28
191 |  Moldova | 1.25
192 |  Portugal | 1.25
193 |  Singapore | 1.24
194 (11) |  Macau (China) | 1.20
195 (12) |  Hong Kong (China) | 1.20
|  Sovereign states: 183 |
|  Dependent territories: 12 |
|  World |
| World | 2.45
|  Not ranked (no data or data from other years) |
1 (1) |  American Samoa (US) | \-
2 |  Andorra | \-
3 (2) |  Bermuda (UK) | \-
4 (3) |  Cayman Islands (UK) | \-
5 |  Dominica | \-
6 (4) |  Faroe Islands (Denmark) | \-
7 (5) |  French Guiana (France) | \-
8 (6) |  Guadeloupe (France) | \-
9 (7) |  Isle of Man (UK) | \-
10 |  Kosovo | \-
11 |  Liechtenstein | \-
12 |  Marshall Islands | \-
13 (8) |  Mayotte (France) | \-
14 |  Monaco | \-
15 (9) |  Northern Mariana Islands (US) | \-
16 |  Palau | \-
17 |  San Marino | \-
18 (10) |  Saint Martin (French part) | \-
19 (11) |  Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | \-
20 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | \-
21 (12) |  Turks and Caicos Islands UK) | \-
22 |  Tuvalu | \-
23 |  Vatican City | \-
|  Sovereign states: 11 |
|  Dependent territories: 12 |

Notes:

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

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

### 1960 and 2015[edit]

1960 list by the World Bank | 2015 list by the World Bank

|

| Rank | Country | Fertility rate
in 1960
(births/woman)

|
|

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

|
|

1 |  Niger | 7.29
2 |  Somalia | 6.37
3 |  DR Congo | 6.20
4 |  Mali | 6.14
5 |  Chad | 6.05
6 |  Angola | 5.77
7 |  Burundi | 5.78
8 |  Uganda | 5.68
9 |  East Timor | 5.62
10 |  Nigeria | 5.59
11 |  Gambia | 5.49
12 |  Burkina Faso | 5.44
13 |  Mozambique | 5.31
14 |  Tanzania | 5.08
15 |  Benin | 5.05
16 |  Zambia | 5.04
17 |  Ivory Coast | 4.98
18 |  Central African Republic | 4.94
19 |  South Sudan | 4.94
20 |  Guinea | 4.93
21 |  Senegal | 4.84
22 |  Afghanistan | 4.80
23 |  Equatorial Guinea | 4.78
24 |  Cameroon | 4.78
25 |  Mauritania | 4.74
26 |  Congo | 4.72
27 |  Guinea-Bissau | 4.71
28 |  Malawi | 4.65
29 |  Liberia | 4.65
30 |  Sudan | 4.60
31 |  Sierra Leone | 4.56
32 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 4.52
33 |  Togo | 4.52
34 |  Iraq | 4.43
35 |  Comoros | 4.42
36 |  Ethiopia | 4.32
37 |  Madagascar | 4.24
38 |  Eritrea | 4.21
39 |  Yemen | 4.10
40 |  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) | 4.08
41 |  Ghana | 4.04
42 |  Samoa | 4.03
43 |  Rwanda | 3.97
44 |  Kenya | 3.92
45 |  Solomon Islands | 3.91
46 |  Gabon | 3.85
47 |  Zimbabwe | 3.84
48 |  Papua New Guinea | 3.71
49 |  Kiribati | 3.69
50 |  Tonga | 3.68
51 |  Pakistan | 3.55
52 |  Namibia | 3.47
53 |  Jordan | 3.45
54 |  Tajikistan | 3.40
55 |  Egypt | 3.31
56 |  Vanuatu | 3.31
57 |  Micronesia | 3.20
58 |  Kyrgyzstan | 3.20
59 |  Swaziland | 3.14
60 |  Lesotho | 3.14
61 |  Israel | 3.09
62 |  Guatemala | 3.03
63 |  Haiti | 2.97
64 |  Syria | 2.97
65 |  Philippines | 2.96
66 |  Turkmenistan | 2.93
67 |  Bolivia | 2.92
68 |  Djibouti | 2.91
69 |  Algeria | 2.84
70 |  Mongolia | 2.79
71 |  Botswana | 2.77
72 |  Laos | 2.76
73 |  Oman | 2.74
74 |  Kazakhstan | 2.73
75 |  Cambodia | 2.59
76 |  Saudi Arabia | 2.58
77 |  Belize | 2.54
78 |  Fiji | 2.54
79 |  Panama | 2.54
80 |  Guyana | 2.53
81 |  Morocco | 2.53
82 |  Ecuador | 2.51
83 |  Paraguay | 2.51
84 |  Honduras | 2.51
85 |  Uzbekistan | 2.49
86 |  South Africa | 2.49
87 |  Dominican Republic | 2.45
|  World | 2.45
88 |  Peru | 2.43
89 |  Suriname | 2.40
90 |  Indonesia | 2.39
91 |  Cape Verde | 2.37
92 (1) |  Guam (US) | 2.37
93 |  India | 2.35
94 |  Venezuela | 2.34
95 |  Libya | 2.31
96 |  Argentina | 2.31
97 |  Seychelles | 2.30
98 |  Nicaragua | 2.23
99 |  Myanmar (Burma) | 2.23
100 |  Tunisia | 2.22
101 |  Mexico | 2.22
102 (2) |  New Caledonia (France) | 2.22
103 |  Nepal | 2.16
104 |  Bangladesh | 2.13
105 |  Grenada | 2.13
106 |  Maldives | 2.13
107 |  El Salvador | 2.10
|  Population replacement | 2.10
108 |  Bhutan | 2.09
109 |  Turkey | 2.07
110 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 2.06
111 |  Sri Lanka | 2.06
112 |  Bahrain | 2.06
113 |  Malaysia | 2.06
114 |  Jamaica | 2.03
115 |  France | 2.01
116 |  Uruguay | 2.01
117 |  Georgia | 2.00
118 (3) |  Greenland (Denmark) | 2.00
119 (4) |  French Polynesia (France) | 2.00
120 |  New Zealand | 1.99
121 |  Kuwait | 1.99
122 |  Azerbaijan | 1.97
123 |  Vietnam | 1.96
124 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.95
125 |  Ireland | 1.94
126 |  Iceland | 1.93
127 |  Qatar | 1.93
128 |  North Korea | 1.92
129 (5) |  Curaçao (Netherlands) | 1.90
130 |  Brunei | 1.88
131 |  Sweden | 1.88
132 |  Colombia | 1.87
133 |  United States | 1.84
134 |  Australia | 1.83
135 |  United Kingdom | 1.81
136 |  Costa Rica | 1.80
137 |  Barbados | 1.80
138 |  Chile | 1.79
139 |  Bahamas | 1.77
140 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1.77
141 |  United Arab Emirates | 1.77
142 |  Norway | 1.76
143 |  Russia | 1.75
144 |  Belgium | 1.74
145 (6) |  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | 1.72
146 |  Belarus | 1.72
147 |  Brazil | 1.72
148 |  Lebanon | 1.70
149 |  Cuba | 1.70
150 |  Albania | 1.70
151 |  Netherlands | 1.70
152 |  Finland | 1.70
153 |  Denmark | 1.69
154 |  Iran | 1.69
155 |  Montenegro | 1.68
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 territories → Palestinian Territories) | 7.9
5 (2) |  Mayotte (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department) | 7.9
6 |  Libya | 7.9
7 |  Jordan | 7.9
8 |  Afghanistan | 7.7
9 |  Mongolia | 7.6
10 |  Algeria | 7.6
11 |  Syria | 7.6
12 |  Yemen ( North Yemen and  South Yemen →  Yemen) | 7.5
13 |  Zambia | 7.4
14 |  Morocco | 7.4
15 |  Iraq | 7.4
16 |  Niger | 7.4
17 |  Saudi Arabia | 7.3
18 |  Madagascar | 7.3
19 |  Malawi | 7.3
20 |  Burundi | 7.3
21 |  Senegal | 7.3
22 |  Oman | 7.3
23 (3) |  Angola (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola →  Angola) | 7.3
24 |  Honduras | 7.3
25 |  Maldives | 7.2
26 |  Somalia | 7.2
27 |  Kuwait | 7.2
28 |  Samoa | 7.2
29 (4) |  Comoros (French Colonial Empire →  Comoros) | 7.1
30 |  Togo | 7.1
31 |  Uganda | 7.1
32 (5) |  Bangladesh ( Pakistan, East Pakistan →  Bangladesh) | 7.0
33 |  Ethiopia | 7.0
34 |  Ghana | 7.0
35 |  Nicaragua | 6.9
36 (6) |  Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union →  Tajikistan) | 6.9
37 |  Mali | 6.9
38 (7) |  South Sudan ( Sudan →  South Sudan) | 6.9
39 |  Swaziland | 6.9
40 (8) |  Cape Verde (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde →  Cape Verde) | 6.9
41 (9) |  Micronesia (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →  Micronesia) | 6.9
42 (10) |  Qatar (British Empire →  Qatar) | 6.9
43 |  Sudan | 6.9
44 (11) |  Solomon Islands (British Empire →  Solomon Islands) | 6.9
45 |  Benin | 6.8
46 |  Mauritania | 6.8
47 (12) |  Djibouti (French Territory of the Afars and the Issas →  Djibouti) | 6.8
48 |  Tanzania | 6.8
49 |  Sierra Leone | 6.7
50 |  Rhodesia (→  Zimbabwe) | 6.7
51 |  Liberia | 6.7
52 |  Mexico | 6.7
53 (13) |  Eritrea ( Ethiopia →  Eritrea) | 6.7
54 |  Bhutan | 6.7
55 |  Republic of Upper Volta (→  Burkina Faso) | 6.6
56 (14) |  United Arab Emirates (British Empire, Trucial States →  United Arab Emirates) | 6.6
57 (15) |  Western Sahara (Spanish Sahara → Moroccan Occupation) | 6.6
58 (16) |  Mozambique (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique →  Mozambique) | 6.6
59 |  Pakistan | 6.6
60 |  Botswana | 6.6
61 |  Bolivia | 6.6
62 |  Cambodia | 6.5
63 (17) |  São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe →  São Tomé and Príncipe) | 6.5
64 |  Vietnam ( North Vietnam and  South Vietnam →  Vietnam) | 6.5
65 (18) |  Bahrain (British Empire →  Bahrain) | 6.5
66 |  Nigeria | 6.5
67 (19) |  South West Africa ( South Africa →  Namibia) | 6.5
68 |  Chad | 6.5
69 (20) |  Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union →  Uzbekistan) | 6.5
70 |  Iran | 6.4
71 |  Tunisia | 6.4
72 (21) |  Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union →  Turkmenistan) | 6.3
73 |  Peru | 6.3
74 (22) |  New Hebrides (British and French Condominium →  Vanuatu) | 6.3
75 |  Philippines | 6.3
76 (23) |  Belize (British Empire →  Belize) | 6.3
77 |  Congo | 6.3
78 (24) |  Papua and New Guinea (UN Trust Territories →  Papua New Guinea) | 6.2
79 |  Cameroon | 6.2
80 |  Dominican Republic | 6.2
81 |  Guinea | 6.2
82 |  El Salvador | 6.2
83 |  Congo-Léopoldville (→  Zaire →  DR Congo) | 6.2
84 |  Guatemala | 6.2
85 (25) |  Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea →  Guinea-Bissau) | 6.1
86 |  Ecuador | 6.1
87 (26) |  Saint Lucia (British Empire →  Saint Lucia) | 6.1
88 (27) |  Gilbert Islands (British Empire →  Kiribati) | 6.1
89 |  Gambia | 6.1
90 |  Central African Republic | 6.0
91 |  Nepal | 6.0
92 |  Burma (→  Myanmar) | 6.0
93 |  Laos | 6.0
94 (28) |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire →  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) | 6.0
95 |  Egypt | 5.9
96 (29) |  East Timor (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor →  East Timor) | 5.9
97 |  Tonga | 5.9
98 (30) |  Seychelles (British Empire →  Seychelles) | 5.8
99 (31) |  Brunei (British Empire →  Brunei) | 5.8
100 |  Lesotho | 5.8
101 |  Haiti | 5.8
102 |  Equatorial Guinea | 5.7
103 |  Turkey | 5.7
104 |  Paraguay | 5.7
105 (32) |  Suriname (Dutch Empire →  Suriname) | 5.7
106 |  Colombia | 5.6
107 |  Thailand | 5.6
108 |  South Africa | 5.6
109 |  India | 5.5
110 |  China (mainland only) | 5.5
111 |  Indonesia | 5.5
112 |  Jamaica | 5.5
113 |  Venezuela | 5.4
114 (33) |  New Caledonia (French Colonial Empire → Overseas departments and territories of France) | 5.3
115 |  Panama | 5.2
116 (34) |  French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Collectivity) | 5.1
116 |  Gabon | 5.1
117 |  Albania | 5.1
118 |  Guyana | 5.1
119 |  Lebanon | 5.0
120 |  Brazil | 5.0
121 |  Costa Rica | 4.9
122 |  Malaysia | 4.9
123 (35) |  Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union →  Kyrgyzstan) | 4.9
124 (36) |  Guadeloupe (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department) | 4.9
125 (37) |  Réunion (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department) | 4.8
126 (38) |  French Guiana (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department) | 4.7
|  World | 4.7
127 (39) |  Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union →  Azerbaijan) | 4.6
128 (40) |  Martinique (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department | 4.6
129 (41) |  Grenada (British Empire →  Grenada) | 4.6
130 |  Fiji | 4.5
131 |  South Korea | 4.5
132 (42) |  Guam (US) | 4.4
133 |  North Korea | 4.3
134 |  Sri Lanka | 4.3
135 |  Chile | 4.0
136 |  Cuba | 4.0
137 |  Ireland | 3.9
138 |  Republic of China (Taiwan) | 3.9
139 |  Israel | 3.8
140 |  Mauritius | 3.8
141 (43) |  Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire →  Antigua and Barbuda) | 3.7
142 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 3.6
143 (44) |  Bahamas (British Empire →  Bahamas) | 3.5
144 (45) |  Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union →  Kazakhstan) | 3.5
145 (46) |  Curaçao (Dutch Empire → Dutch Caribbean) | 3.3
146 (47) |  Hong Kong (British Hong Kong →  China) | 3.3
147 (48) |  Puerto Rico (US) | 3.2
148 |  New Zealand | 3.2
149 (49) |  Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Armenia) | 3.2
150 |  Singapore | 3.2
151 |  Argentina | 3.1
152 |  Barbados | 3.1
153 (50) |  SR Macedonia ( Yugoslavia →  North Macedonia) | 3.0
154 |  Portugal | 3.0
155 |  Australia | 2.9
156 |  Spain | 2.9
157 |  Uruguay | 2.9
158 |  Romania | 2.9
159 |  Iceland | 2.8
160 (51) |  Montenegro ( Yugoslavia →  Montenegro) | 2.7
161 (52) |  Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Yugoslavia →  Bosnia and Herzegovina) | 2.7
162 |  Netherlands | 2.6
163 (53) |  Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Moldova) | 2.6
164 (54) |  Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Georgia) | 2.6
165 |  Norway | 2.5
166 |  Cyprus | 2.5
167 |  United States | 2.5
168 |  France | 2.5
169 |  United Kingdom | 2.4
170 (55) |  Slovak Socialist Republic | 2.4
171 (56) |  Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Lithuania) | 2.4
172 (57) |  SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia →  Serbia) | 2.4
173 |  Italy | 2.4
174 |  Greece | 2.4
175 (58) |  Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Belarus) | 2.3
176 |  Poland | 2.3
177 |  Austria | 2.3
178 |  Belgium | 2.3
179 |  San Marino | 2.2
180 (59) |  SR Slovenia ( Yugoslavia →  Slovenia) | 2.2
181 (60) |  Macau (Portuguese Macau →  China) | 2.2
182 (61) |  Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Estonia) | 2.2
183 |  Bulgaria | 2.2
184 |  Canada | 2.2
185 |  Germany ( West Germany and  East Germany →  Germany) | 2.1
186 (62) |  Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Ukraine) | 2.1
187 | Channel Islands \- (63) Guernsey and (64) Jersey (UK) | 2.1
188 |  Switzerland | 2.1
189 |  Japan | 2.1
|  Population replacement | 2.1
190 (65) |  Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Latvia) | 2.0
191 |  Denmark | 2.0
192 |  Malta | 2.0
193 (66) |  Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union →  Russia) | 2.0
194 |  Luxembourg | 2.0
195 |  Hungary | 2.0
196 (67) |  Czech Socialist Republic | 1.9
197 |  Sweden | 1.9
198 (68) |  SR Croatia ( Yugoslavia →  Croatia) | 1.8
199 (69) |  Finland | 1.8
|  Sovereign states: 130 |
|  Dependent territories: 69 |
|  Not ranked (no data or data from other years) |
1 |  Andorra | \-
2 |  Czechoslovakia (dissolved in 1992) | \-
3 (1) |  Dominica (British Empire →  Dominica) | \-
4 (2) |  Ellice Islands (British Empire \- Ellice Islands →  Tuvalu) | \-
5 (3) |  SAP Kosovo ( Yugoslavia →  Serbia and Montenegro →  Serbia →  Kosovo) | \-
6 |  Liechtenstein | \-
7 (4) |  Marshall Islands (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →  Marshall Islands) | \-
8 |  Monaco | \-
9 |  Nauru | \-
10 (5) |  Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →  Palau) | \-
11 (6) |  Saint Kitts and Nevis (British Empire →  Saint Kitts and Nevis) | \-
12 |  Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991) | \-
13 |  Vatican City | \-
14 |  Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992) | \-
|  Sovereign states: 8 |
|  Dependent territories: 6 |
| Rank | Country | Fertility rate
in 2014
(births/woman)

|
|

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

Notes:

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

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

## Country ranking by TFR forecast[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 | 1.72
156 |  Lebanon | 1.70
157 |  Estonia | 1.66
158 |  Montenegro | 1.66
159 |  Slovenia | 1.65
160 |  Brazil | 1.65
161 |  Belarus | 1.64
162 |  Lithuania | 1.63
163 |  Iran | 1.62
164 (11) |  Aruba (Netherlands) | 1.62
165 |  Luxembourg | 1.61
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 | 1.08
|  Sovereign states: 184 |
|  Dependent territories: 15 |
|  World |
| World | 2.42
|  Continents |
1 | Africa | 4.16
2 | Oceania | 2.30
3 | Asia | 2.09
4 | South America | 1.87
5 | North America | 1.76
6 | Europe | 1.62
|  Major regions |
1 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.40
2 | Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) | 3.27
3 | Northern Africa and Western Asia | 2.78
4 | Central and Southern Asia | 2.29
5 | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1.96
6 | Eastern and South-Eastern Asia | 1.81
7 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.80
8 | Northern America | 1.76
9 | Europe and Northern America | 1.67
10 | Europe | 1.62
|  Major Subregions |
1 | Middle Africa | 5.12
2 | Western Africa | 4.85
3 | Eastern Africa | 4.07
4 | Melanesia | 3.33
5 | Northern Africa | 3.07
6 | Micronesia | 2.72
7 | Polynesia | 2.65
8 | Central Asia | 2.62
9 | Western Asia | 2.52
10 | Southern Africa | 2.38
11 | Southern Asia | 2.28
12 | South-Eastern Asia | 2.14
13 | Caribbean | 2.11
14 | Central America | 2.11
15 | South America | 1.87
16 | Northern America | 1.76
17 | Northern Europe | 1.74
18 | Western Europe | 1.70
19 | Eastern Europe | 1.67
20 | Eastern Asia | 1.66
21 | Southern Europe | 1.36
|  UN Development Groups |
1 | Land-Locked Developing Countries (LLDC) | 3.68
2 | Less Developed Regions (excluding China) | 2.72
3 | Less Developed Regions | 2.53
3.1 | \- Least Developed Countries | 3.74
3.2 | \- Less Developed Regions (excluding Least Developed Countries) | 2.27
4 | Small Island Developing States (SIDS) | 2.37
5 | More Developed Countries | 1.65
|  World Bank Income Groups |
1 | Low-income Countries | 4.16
2 | Middle-income Countries | 2.29
3 | Lower-middle-income Countries | 2.60
4 | Upper-middle-income Countries | 1.87
5 | High Income Countries | 1.67
6 | No Income Group Available | 2.38
|  Not ranked (no data or data from other years) |
1 (1) |  American Samoa (US) | \-
2 |  Andorra | \-
3 (2) |  Bermuda (UK) | \-
4 |  British Virgin Islands (UK) | \-
5 (3) |  Cayman Islands (UK) | \-
6 |  Dominica | \-
7 (4) |  Faroe Islands (Denmark) | \-
8 (5) |  Gibraltar (UK) | \-
9 (6) |  Greenland (Denmark) | \-
10 (7) |  Isle of Man (UK) | \-
11 |  Kosovo | \-
12 |  Liechtenstein | \-
13 |  Marshall Islands | \-
14 |  Monaco | \-
15 |  Nauru | \-
16 (8) |  Northern Mariana Islands (US) | \-
17 |  Palau | \-
18 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | \-
19 (9) |  Saint Martin (France) (French part) | \-
20 |  San Marino | \-
21 (10) |  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (Dutch part) | \-
22 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | \-
23 |  Tuvalu | \-
24 |  Vatican City | \-
|  Sovereign states: 14 |
|  Dependent territories: 10 |

Note:

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

## See also[edit]

* Total fertility rate
* List of countries by past fertility rate
* List of countries by number of births
* List of sovereign states and dependent territories by birth rate
* List of people with the most children
* List of population concern organizations
* Population growth
* Sub-replacement fertility
* Fertility and intelligence

Case studies:

* Ageing of Europe
* Aging of Japan
* Christian population growth
* Muslim population growth

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