List of countries by total fertility rate

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

Methodology

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

Country ranking by most recent years lists:

International 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 Statistics 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 the 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 2024 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, from organizations that investigate demographic issues. In several instances, they do not correspond with other sources, such as other organizations and sources that are referenced in the individual demographics by country, which can be accessed by clicking on the names of the countries. These differences can be due to several factors, including primary sources, data quality, and methodology.

Replacement rates

Replacement fertility is the total fertility rate at which women give birth to enough babies to sustain population levels, assuming that mortality rates remain constant and net migration is zero.^[10] If replacement level fertility is sustained over a sufficiently long period, each generation will exactly replace itself.^[10] The replacement fertility rate is 2.1 births per female for most developed countries (in the United Kingdom, for example), but can be as high as 3.5 in undeveloped countries because of higher mortality rates, especially child mortality.^[11] The global average for the replacement total fertility rate, eventually leading to a stable global population, for the contemporary period, 2010–2015, is 2.3 children per female.^[11]^[12]

Comparison ranking lists:

The Our World in Data (OWID) Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1950 and 2015 list is sourced and based on the OWID website (on the clickable map and quoted sources).^[13]^[14] Our World in Data (OWID) is an online publication that aims to show how and why the world is changing using empirical research and data. The publication is developed at the University of Oxford and authored by social historian and development economist Max Roser.

The World Bank Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1960 and 2015 list is sourced and based on the online published demographic data of the World Bank website (on the clickable map and quoted sources).^[15]

The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1970 and 2013 list is sourced and based on the data of the 2014 World Population Data Sheet,^[16] which was published online.^[17]^[18]

Forecast/prediction ranking lists:

The UN ranking list is sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects. Figures are from the 2015 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2015–2020, using the medium assumption.^[19]^[20] and from the 2019 revision United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2020–2025, using the medium assumption.^[21] The United Nations Population Division, part of the DESA - Department of Economic and Social Affairs,^[22] ranking list is based on the forecast/prediction for the years 2015-2020 and 2020-2025.^[23]^[24]

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

Country ranking by most recent year

Country ranking by international organizations

2024 list by the United Nations Population Fund^[1]
Rank	Country	Total fertility rate in 2024 (births/woman)
1	Niger	6.6
2	Chad	6.0
3	DR Congo	6.0
4	Somalia	6.0
5	Central African Republic	5.7
6	Mali	5.7
7	Angola	5.0
8	Nigeria	5.0
9	Burundi	4.8
10	Benin	4.7
11	Burkina Faso	4.5
12	Tanzania	4.5
13	Gambia	4.4
14	Mozambique	4.4
15	Afghanistan	4.3
16	Sudan	4.3
17	Cameroon	4.2
18	Ivory Coast	4.2
19	Mauritania	4.2
20	Senegal	4.2
21	Uganda	4.2
22	Guinea	4.1
23	South Sudan	4.1
24	Togo	4.1
25	Zambia	4.1
26	Congo	4.0
27	Equatorial Guinea	4.0
28	Ethiopia	3.9
29	Liberia	3.9
30	Comoros	3.8
31	Guinea-Bissau	3.8
32	Samoa	3.8
33	Solomon Islands	3.8
34	Madagascar	3.7
35	Malawi	3.7
36	Sierra Leone	3.7
37	Eritrea	3.6
38	Rwanda	3.6
39	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.6
40	Vanuatu	3.6
41	Yemen	3.6
42	Ghana	3.4
43 (1)	French Guiana (France)	3.4
44	Gabon	3.3
45	Iraq	3.3
46	Palestine	3.3
47	Pakistan	3.3
48	Zimbabwe	3.3
49	Kenya	3.2
50	Kiribati	3.2
51	Namibia	3.2
52	Papua New Guinea	3.1
53	Tajikistan	3.1
54	Tonga	3.1
55	Tuvalu	3.1
56	Kazakhstan	3.0
57	Israel	2.9
58	Kyrgyzstan	2.9
59	Lesotho	2.9
60	East Timor	2.9
61	Egypt	2.8
62	Algeria	2.7
63	Botswana	2.7
64	Djibouti	2.7
65	Eswatini	2.7
66	Haiti	2.7
67	Jordan	2.7
68	Mongolia	2.7
69	Philippines	2.7
70	Uzbekistan	2.7
71	Micronesia	2.6
72	Syria	2.6
73	Turkmenistan	2.6
74	Bolivia	2.5
75 (2)	Guam (US)	2.5
76	Oman	2.5
77	Fiji	2.4
78	Laos	2.4
79	Paraguay	2.4
80	Cambodia	2.3
81	Guatemala	2.3
82	Guyana	2.3
83	Honduras	2.3
84	Libya	2.3
85	Panama	2.3
86	Saudi Arabia	2.3
87	Seychelles	2.3
88	South Africa	2.3
89	Suriname	2.3
	World	2.3
	Population replacement	2.3
90	Dominican Republic	2.2
111	Morocco	1.9
92	Nicaragua	2.2
93 (3)	Réunion (France)	2.2
94	Western Sahara	2.2
95	Indonesia	2.1
96	Myanmar (Burma)	2.1
97	Peru	2.1
98	Venezuela	2.1
99 (4)	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	2.1
100	Belize	2.0
101	Ecuador	2.0
102	Georgia	2.0
103	Grenada	2.0
104 (5)	Guadeloupe (France)	2.0
105	India	2.0
106	Kuwait	2.0
107	Lebanon	2.0
108	Nepal	2.0
109 (6)	New Caledonia (France)	2.0
110	Tunisia	2.0
111	Argentina	1.9
112	Bangladesh	1.9
113	Cape Verde	1.9
114 (7)	Martinique (France)	1.9
115	Sri Lanka	1.9
116	Turkey	1.9
117	Vietnam	1.9
118	Bahrain	1.8
119	El Salvador	1.8
120	France	1.8
121	Ireland	1.8
122	Malaysia	1.8
123	Mexico	1.8
124	Moldova	1.8
125	Qatar	1.8
126	North Korea	1.8
127	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.8
128	Brunei	1.7
129	Colombia	1.7
130	Czech Republic	1.7
131	Denmark	1.7
132	Estonia	1.7
133 (8)	French Polynesia (France)	1.7
134	Iceland	1.7
135	Iran	1.7
136	Maldives	1.7
137	Montenegro	1.7
138	New Zealand	1.7
139	Romania	1.7
140	Sweden	1.7
141	United States	1.7
142	Antigua and Barbuda	1.6
143	Armenia	1.6
144	Australia	1.6
145	Azerbaijan	1.6
146	Barbados	1.6
147	Belgium	1.6
148	Brazil	1.6
149	Bulgaria	1.6
150 (9)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.6
151	Dominica	1.6
152	Latvia	1.6
154	Lithuania	1.6
154	Netherlands	1.6
155 (10)	Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (Dutch part)	1.6
156	Slovakia	1.6
157	Slovenia	1.6
158	Trinidad and Tobago	1.6
159 (11)	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	1.6
160	United Kingdom	1.6
161	Austria	1.5
162	Belarus	1.5
163	Canada	1.5
164	Chile	1.5
165	Costa Rica	1.5
166	Cuba	1.5
167	Germany	1.5
168	Hungary	1.5
169	Norway	1.5
170	Poland	1.5
171	Russia	1.5
172	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.5
173	Serbia	1.5
174	Switzerland	1.5
175	Uruguay	1.5
176	Albania	1.4
177	Bahamas	1.4
178	Bhutan	1.4
179	Croatia	1.4
180	Finland	1.4
181	Greece	1.4
182	Luxembourg	1.4
183	Mauritius	1.4
184	North Macedonia	1.4
185	Portugal	1.4
186	Saint Lucia	1.4
187	United Arab Emirates	1.4
188	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3
189	Cyprus	1.3
190	Italy	1.3
191	Jamaica	1.3
192	Japan	1.3
193 (12)	Puerto Rico (US)	1.3
194	Spain	1.3
195	Thailand	1.3
196	Ukraine	1.3
197 (13)	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.2
198	China	1.2
199 (14)	Macau (China)	1.2
200	Malta	1.2
201	San Marino	1.2
202	Singapore	1.1
203	South Korea	0.9
204 (15)	Hong Kong (China)	0.8
	Sovereign states: 189
	Dependent territories: 15
	World	2.3
	UNFPA Programme Regions
1	West and Central Africa	4.8
2	East and Southern Africa	4.1
3	Arab States	3.0
4	Eastern Europe and Central Asia	2.1
5	Asia and the Pacific	1.9
6	Latin America and the Caribbean	1.8
	Development Situation
1	Least Developed Regions	3.8
2	Less Developed Regions	2.4
3	More Developed Regions	1.5
	Not ranked (no data)
1 (1)	American Samoa (US)	-
2	Andorra	-
3 (2)	Bermuda (UK)	-
4 (3)	British Virgin Islands (UK)	-
5 (4)	Cayman Islands (UK)	-
6	Channel Islands - (5) Guernsey (UK) and (6) Jersey (UK)	-
7 (5)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	-
8 (6)	Gibraltar (UK)	-
9 (7)	Greenland (Denmark)	-
10 (8)	Isle of Man (UK)	-
11	Kosovo	-
12	Liechtenstein	-
13	Marshall Islands	-
14 (9)	Mayotte (France)	-
15	Monaco	-
16	Nauru	-
17 (10)	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	-
18	Palau	-
19 (11)	Saint Martin (France) (French part)	-
20	Vatican City	-
	Sovereign states: 9
	Dependent territories: 10

2022 list by the World Bank^[2]
Rank	Country	Total fertility rate in 2022 (births/woman)
1	Niger	6.75
2	Chad	6.21
3	Somalia	6.20
4	DR Congo	6.11
5	Central African Republic	5.92
6	Mali	5.87
7	Angola	5.21
8	Nigeria	5.14
9	Burundi	4.98
10	Benin	4.89
11	Burkina Faso	4.67
12	Tanzania	4.66
13	Gambia	4.59
14	Mozambique	4.56
15	Afghanistan	4.52
16	Uganda	4.47
17	Sudan	4.38
18	Cameroon	4.38
19	Ivory Coast	4.34
20	Mauritania	4.34
21	South Sudan	4.34
22	Senegal	4.31
23	Guinea	4.30
24	Zambia	4.24
25	Togo	4.20
26	Equatorial Guinea	4.17
27	Congo	4.09
28	Ethiopia	4.06
29	Liberia	4.02
30	Solomon Islands	3.92
31	Guinea-Bissau	3.92
32	Comoros	3.91
33	Sierra Leone	3.88
34	Samoa	3.88
35	Malawi	3.85
36	Madagascar	3.79
37	Eritrea	3.79
38	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.75
39	Rwanda	3.75
40	Yemen	3.72
41	Vanuatu	3.70
42	Ghana	3.51
43	Nauru	3.46
44	Gabon	3.46
45	Iraq	3.44
46	Zimbabwe	3.44
47	Palestine (West Bank and Gaza)	3.44
48	Pakistan	3.41
49	Uzbekistan	3.31
50	Kenya	3.30
51	Kiribati	3.30
52	Namibia	3.25
53	Tonga	3.20
54	Papua New Guinea	3.17
55	Tuvalu	3.14
56	Tajikistan	3.14
57	Kazakhstan	3.05
58	East Timor	3.05
59	Lesotho	2.98
60	Israel	2.89
61	Egypt	2.88
62	Algeria	2.83
63	Kyrgyzstan	2.80
64	Jordan	2.79
65	Eswatini	2.79
66	Mongolia	2.77
67	Haiti	2.77
68	Djibouti	2.76
69	Botswana	2.75
70	Philippines	2.73
71	Syria	2.70
72	Marshall Islands	2.70
73	Micronesia	2.67
74	Turkmenistan	2.62
75	Bolivia	2.58
76	Oman	2.57
77 (1)	Guam (US)	2.55
78	Fiji	2.46
79	Laos	2.45
80	Paraguay	2.44
81	Libya	2.40
82	Saudi Arabia	2.39
83 (2)	Saint Martin (France) (French part)	2.39
84	Guyana	2.37
85	Guatemala	2.35
86	South Africa	2.34
87	Honduras	2.34
88	Cambodia	2.32
89	Suriname	2.32
90	Seychelles	2.32
91	Morocco	2.30
92	Panama	2.30
	Population replacement	2.30
93	Nicaragua	2.28
	World	2.27
94	Dominican Republic	2.25
95	Venezuela	2.19
96	Peru	2.16
97	Indonesia	2.15
98	Myanmar (Burma)	2.13
99	Kuwait	2.09
100	Lebanon	2.08
101	Tunisia	2.06
102	Georgia	2.06
103 (3)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	2.05
104 (4)	New Caledonia (France)	2.02
105	India	2.01
106	Nepal	2.01
107	Ecuador	2.00
108 (5)	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	2.00
109	Belize	1.99
110	Grenada	1.99
111	Sri Lanka	1.97
112	Bangladesh	1.95
113	Vietnam	1.94
114	Turkey	1.90
115	Cape Verde	1.88
116	Argentina	1.88
117 (6)	Greenland (Denmark)	1.84
118 (7)	Gibraltar (UK)	1.84
119	Romania	1.81
120	Mexico	1.80
121	Moldova	1.80
122	Montenegro	1.80
123	Bahrain	1.80
124	France	1.79
125	North Korea	1.79
126	Malaysia	1.79
127	El Salvador	1.78
128	Qatar	1.78
129	Bulgaria	1.78
130	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.78
131	Brunei	1.76
132	Ireland	1.70
133	Colombia	1.69
134 (8)	French Polynesia (France)	1.69
135	Iran	1.68
136	Maldives	1.68
137	Azerbaijan	1.67
138	United States	1.67
139	New Zealand	1.66
140 (9)	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	1.66
141	Barbados	1.63
142	Australia	1.63
143	Serbia	1.63
144	Brazil	1.63
145	Czech Republic	1.62
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1.61
147	North Macedonia	1.60
148	Iceland	1.59
149	Dominica	1.59
150	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58
151	Armenia	1.57
152 (10)	Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (Dutch part)	1.57
153 (11)	Isle of Man (UK)	1.57
154	Slovakia	1.57
155	United Kingdom	1.57
156	Denmark	1.55
157	Slovenia	1.55
158	Chile	1.54
159	Croatia	1.53
160	Belgium	1.53
161	Costa Rica	1.52
162	Sweden	1.52
163	Hungary	1.52
164	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.51
165	Kosovo	1.51
166	Belarus	1.50
167	Netherlands	1.49
168	Uruguay	1.48
169	Latvia	1.47
170	Liechtenstein	1.47
171	Channel Islands - (12) Guernsey (UK) and (13) Jersey (UK)	1.47
172	Germany	1.46
173	Cuba	1.45
174	United Arab Emirates	1.44
175	Portugal	1.43
176	Greece	1.43
177	Russia	1.42
178	Austria	1.41
179	Norway	1.41
180	Estonia	1.41
181	Bhutan	1.40
182	Switzerland	1.39
183	Saint Lucia	1.39
184	Bahamas	1.38
185	Albania	1.38
186	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.35
187	Jamaica	1.34
188	Canada	1.33
189	Finland	1.32
190	Mauritius	1.32
191	Thailand	1.32
192	Cyprus	1.31
193	Luxembourg	1.31
194 (14)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.30
195 (15)	Bermuda (UK)	1.30
196	Lithuania	1.27
197	Ukraine	1.26
198	Poland	1.26
199	Japan	1.26
200	Italy	1.24
201 (16)	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.18
202	China	1.18
203	Spain	1.16
204	Malta	1.15
205 (17)	Macau (China)	1.11
206	Singapore	1.04
207 (18)	British Virgin Islands (UK)	1.01
208 (19)	Puerto Rico (US)	0.90
209	South Korea	0.78
210 (20)	Hong Kong (China)	0.70
	Sovereign states: 190
	Dependent territories: 20
	World	2.27
	Major regions
1	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	4.6
2	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.5
3	Arab world	3.1
4	Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income)	2.6
5	Middle East and North Africa	2.6
6	South Asia	2.2
9	Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income)	1.9
7	Latin America and the Caribbean	1.8
8	Latin America and the Caribbean (excluding high income)	1.8
10	Europe and Central Asia	1.7
13	North America	1.6
11	East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income)	1.5
12	East Asia and Pacific	1.5
14	Central Europe and the Baltics	1.5
	States’ size
1	Pacific Island small states	3.2
2	Other small states	2.8
3	Small states	2.6
4	Caribbean small states	1.7
	International organizations
1	OECD members	1.6
2	European Union	1.5
	Security situation
1	Fragile and conflict affected situations	4.3
	Economic areas
1	Euro area	1.4
	Economic situation
1	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	4.5
2	Least developed countries: UN classification	3.9
	Income
1	Low income countries	4.5
2	Lower middle income countries	2.6
3	Low and middle income countries	2.4
4	Middle income countries	2.1
5	Upper middle income countries	1.6
6	High income countries	1.5
	Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1	American Samoa (US)	-
2	Andorra	1.3 (2010)
3	Cayman Islands (UK)	-
4	Monaco	-
5	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	-
6	Palau	0.85 (2020)
7	San Marino	1.3 (2012)
8	Vatican City	-
9	Western Sahara	-

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

Country ranking by governmental organizations

2022 list by the INED (Institut National d'Études Démographiques)^[5]
Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2022 (births/woman)
1	Niger	6.7
2	Chad	6.2
3	Somalia	6.2
4	DR Congo	6.1
5	Central African Republic	5.9
6	Mali	5.9
7	Angola	5.2
8	Nigeria	5.1
9	Burundi	5.0
10	Benin	4.9
11	Burkina Faso	4.7
12	Tanzania	4.7
13	Gambia	4.6
14	Mozambique	4.6
15	Afghanistan	4.5
16	Uganda	4.5
17	Cameroon	4.4
18 (1)	Mayotte (France)	4.4
19	Sudan	4.4
20	Ivory Coast	4.3
21	Guinea	4.3
22	Mauritania	4.3
23	Senegal	4.3
24	South Sudan	4.3
25	Equatorial Guinea	4.2
26	Togo	4.2
27	Zambia	4.2
28	Congo	4.1
29	Ethiopia	4.1
30	Liberia	4.0
31	Comoros	3.9
32	Guinea-Bissau	3.9
33	Samoa	3.9
34	Sierra Leone	3.9
35	Solomon Islands	3.9
36	Eritrea	3.8
37	Madagascar	3.8
38	Malawi	3.8
39	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.8
40	Rwanda	3.7
41	Vanuatu	3.7
42	Yemen	3.7
43	Gabon	3.5
44	Ghana	3.5
45 (2)	French Guiana (France)	3.5
46	Iraq	3.4
47	Pakistan	3.4
48	Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	3.4
49	Zimbabwe	3.4
50	Kenya	3.3
51	Kiribati	3.3
52	Namibia	3.2
53	Papua New Guinea	3.2
54	Tonga	3.2
55	Tajikistan	3.1
56	Kazakhstan	3.0
57	Lesotho	3.0
58	East Timor	3.0
59	Egypt	2.9
60	Israel	2.9
61	Kyrgyzstan	2.9
62	Algeria	2.8
63	Botswana	2.8
64	Djibouti	2.8
65	Eswatini	2.8
66	Haiti	2.8
67	Jordan	2.8
68	Mongolia	2.8
69	Uzbekistan	2.8
70	Marshall Islands	2.7
71	Micronesia	2.7
72	Philippines	2.7
73	Syria	2.7
74	Bolivia	2.6
75 (3)	Guam (US)	2.6
76	Oman	2.6
77	Turkmenistan	2.6
78	Fiji	2.5
79	Guatemala	2.4
80	Guyana	2.4
81	Laos	2.4
82	Libya	2.4
83	Paraguay	2.4
84	Saudi Arabia	2.4
85	Cambodia	2.3
86	Honduras	2.3
87	Morocco	2.3
88	Nicaragua	2.3
89	Panama	2.3
90	Seychelles	2.3
91	South Africa	2.3
92	Suriname	2.3
93	Western Sahara	2.3
	World	2.3
	Population replacement	2.3
94	Dominican Republic	2.2
95	Indonesia	2.2
96	Peru	2.2
97 (4)	Réunion (France)	2.2
98	Venezuela	2.2
99	Georgia	2.1
100	Kuwait	2.1
101	Lebanon	2.1
102	Monaco	2.1
103	Myanmar (Burma)	2.1
104	Tunisia	2.1
105 (5)	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	2.1
106	Bangladesh	2.0
107	Belize	2.0
108	Ecuador	2.0
109	Grenada	2.0
110 (6)	Guadeloupe (France)	2.0
111	India	2.0
112	Nepal	2.0
113 (7)	New Caledonia (France)	2.0
114	Sri Lanka	2.0
115	Argentina	1.9
116	Cape Verde	1.9
117 (8)	Martinique (France)	1.9
118	Turkey	1.9
119	Vietnam	1.9
120	Bahrain	1.8
121	Brunei	1.8
122	El Salvador	1.8
123	France (Metropolitan France)	1.8
124	Ireland	1.8
125	Malaysia	1.8
126	Mexico	1.8
127	Moldova	1.8
128	New Zealand	1.8
129	North Korea	1.8
130	Qatar	1.8
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.8
132	Azerbaijan	1.7
133	Colombia	1.7
134	Czech Republic	1.7
135	Denmark	1.7
136	Estonia	1.7
137	Iceland	1.7
138	Iran	1.7
139	Maldives	1.7
140	Montenegro	1.7
141 (9)	French Polynesia (France)	1.7
142	Romania	1.7
143	Sweden	1.7
144	United States	1.7
145	Antigua and Barbuda	1.6
146	Armenia	1.6
147	Australia	1.6
148	Barbados	1.6
149	Belgium	1.6
150	Brazil	1.6
151	Bulgaria	1.6
152 (10)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.6
153	Dominica	1.6
154	Hungary	1.6
155	Netherlands	1.6
156	Latvia	1.6
157	Lithuania	1.6
158	Slovakia	1.6
159	Slovenia	1.6
160	Trinidad and Tobago	1.6
161	United Kingdom	1.6
162	Austria	1.5
163	Belarus	1.5
164	Canada	1.5
165	Chile	1.5
166	Costa Rica	1.5
167	Germany	1.5
168	Kosovo	1.5
169	Liechtenstein	1.5
170	Norway	1.5
171	Poland	1.5
172	Russia	1.5
173	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.5
174	Serbia	1.5
175	Switzerland	1.5
176	Uruguay	1.5
177	Albania	1.4
178	Bahamas	1.4
179	Bhutan	1.4
180	Croatia	1.4
181	Cuba	1.4
182	Finland	1.4
183	Greece	1.4
184	Luxembourg	1.4
185	Mauritius	1.4
186	North Macedonia	1.4
187	Portugal	1.4
188	Saint Lucia	1.4
189	United Arab Emirates	1.4
190	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3
191	Cyprus	1.3
192	Italy	1.3
193	Jamaica	1.3
194	Japan	1.3
195 (11)	Puerto Rico (US)	1.3
196	Spain	1.3
197	Thailand	1.3
198	Ukraine	1.3
199 (12)	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.2
200	China (mainland only)	1.2
201	Malta	1.2
202	Andorra	1.1
203	Republic of China (Taiwan)	1.1
204 (13)	Macau (China)	1.1
205	San Marino	1.1
206	Singapore	1.0
207	South Korea	0.9
208 (14)	Hong Kong (China)	0.8
	Sovereign states: 194
	Dependent territories: 14
	World
1	World	2.3
	Continents
1	Africa	4.2
2	Oceania	2.1
3	Asia	1.9
4	Americas	1.8
5	Europe	1.5
	Major regions
1	Middle Africa	5.6
2	Western Africa	4.9
3	Eastern Africa	4.2
4	Northern Africa	3.0
5	Central Asia	2.9
6	Western Asia	2.6
7	Southern Africa	2.4
8	South Asia	2.2
9	Oceania	2.1
10	Southeast Asia	2.1
11	Caribbean	2.0
12	Central America	1.9
13	Latin America and the Caribbean	1.8
14	South America	1.8
15	Northern America	1.6
16	Northern Europe	1.6
17	Western Europe	1.6
18	Eastern Europe	1.5
19	Southern Europe	1.3
20	East Asia	1.2
	Not ranked
1	Channel Islands - (1) Guernsey (UK) and (2) Jersey (UK)	-
2 (3)	Christmas Island (Australia)	-
3 (4)	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	-
4	European Union	-
5 (5)	Falkland Islands (UK)	-
6 (6)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	-
7	Nauru	-
8	Niue	-
9 (7)	Norfolk Island (Australia)	-
10	Palau	-
11 (8)	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	-
12 (9)	Svalbard (Norway)	-
13 (10)	Tokelau (New Zealand)	-
14	Tuvalu	-
15	Vatican City	-
	Sovereign states: 4
	Dependent territories: 10

2024 list by the CIA World Factbook^[3]^[4]
Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2024 (births/woman)
1	Niger	6.64
2	Angola	5.70
3	DR Congo	5.49
4	Mali	5.35
5	Benin	5.34
6	Chad	5.24
7	Uganda	5.17
8	Somalia	5.12
9	South Sudan	5.09
10	Burundi	4.90
11	Guinea	4.78
12	Mozambique	4.66
13	Guinea-Bissau	4.62
14	Nigeria	4.52
15	Sudan	4.47
16	Cameroon	4.44
17	Afghanistan	4.43
18	Zambia	4.42
19	Tanzania	4.27
20	Togo	4.13
21	Equatorial Guinea	4.12
22	Senegal	4.06
23	Burkina Faso	4.02
24	East Timor	3.98
25	Central African Republic	3.94
26	Liberia	3.93
27	Ethiopia	3.84
28	Papua New Guinea	3.79
29	Congo	3.79
30	Sierra Leone	3.61
31	Tajikistan	3.56
32	Ghana	3.56
33	Gambia	3.52
34	West Bank ( Palestine)	3.49
35	Madagascar	3.47
36	Zimbabwe	3.47
37	Eritrea	3.43
38	Mauritania	3.40
39	Ivory Coast	3.40
40	Pakistan	3.32
41	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.31
42	Gaza Strip ( Palestine)	3.26
43	Gabon	3.21
44	Malawi	3.19
45	Kenya	3.16
46	Rwanda	3.14
47	Iraq	3.10
48	Libya	3.00
49	Algeria	2.94
50	Israel	2.92
51	Namibia	2.89
52	Jordan	2.87
53	Lesotho	2.85
54	Yemen	2.82
55	Tuvalu	2.78
56	Solomon Islands	2.77
57	Uzbekistan	2.76
58	Philippines	2.75
59 (1)	Guam (US)	2.73
60	Syria	2.69
61	Marshall Islands	2.67
62	Tonga	2.65
63	Egypt	2.65
64	Oman	2.64
65	Comoros	2.61
66	Kazakhstan	2.58
67 (2)	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	2.56
68	Nauru	2.55
69	Vanuatu	2.53
70	Guatemala	2.52
71	Kyrgyzstan	2.45
72	Haiti	2.44
	World	2.42 (2020 est.)
73	Eswatini	2.37
74	Panama	2.35
75	Botswana	2.34
76	Honduras	2.33
77	Samoa	2.33
	Population replacement	2.30
78	South Africa	2.27
79 (3)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	2.27
80	Morocco	2.25
81	Laos	2.24
82	Kuwait	2.21
83	Ecuador	2.21
84	Fiji	2.21
85	Bolivia	2.20
86	Micronesia	2.19
87	Venezuela	2.18
88	Cambodia	2.17
89	Argentina	2.15
90	Peru	2.15
91	Kiribati	2.15
92	Dominican Republic	2.15
93	Sri Lanka	2.13
94	Djibouti	2.11
95	Cape Verde	2.10
96	Bangladesh	2.07
97 (4)	American Samoa (US)	2.06
98	Jamaica	2.05
99	Guyana	2.05
100	Belize	2.05
101	India	2.03
102	Vietnam	2.03
103	Turkmenistan	2.02
104	Cook Islands (self-governing country in free association with New Zealand)	2.02
105	El Salvador	2.02
106	Dominica	2.01
107 (5)	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	1.97
108 (6)	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	1.97
109	Burma (Myanmar)	1.97
110	Indonesia	1.96
111 (7)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.96
112	Georgia	1.95
113	Iceland	1.94
114	Colombia	1.94
115	Tunisia	1.93
116	Antigua and Barbuda	1.93
117	Iran	1.91
118	Grenada	1.90
119	Turkey	1.90
120	Qatar	1.90
121	France	1.90
122	Suriname	1.89
123 (8)	Gibraltar (UK)	1.89
124 (9)	Greenland (Denmark)	1.88
125 (10)	Bermuda (UK)	1.88
126	Paraguay	1.88
127 (11)	Isle of Man (UK)	1.88
128	Mongolia	1.87
129	Kosovo	1.87
130	Saudi Arabia	1.87
131	New Zealand	1.85
132	Nepal	1.85
133	United States	1.84
134	Nicaragua	1.83
135 (12)	New Caledonia (France)	1.83
136 (14)	Cayman Islands (UK)	1.82
137 (13)	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.82
138	North Korea	1.81
139	Seychelles	1.81
140 (15)	Saint Martin (France)	1.80
141	Montenegro	1.80
142	Mexico	1.79
143 (16)	French Polynesia (France)	1.79
144	Denmark	1.77
145	Belgium	1.76
146	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.76
147	Bhutan	1.76
148	Chile	1.75
149	Uruguay	1.75
150	Finland	1.74
151	Brazil	1.74
152	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.74
153	Brunei	1.73
154	Czech Republic	1.73
155	Australia	1.73
156	Malaysia	1.73
157 (17)	Anguilla (UK)	1.72
158	Ireland	1.72
159	Lebanon	1.71
160 (18)	Wallis and Futuna (France)	1.71
161	Saint Lucia	1.71
162	Cuba	1.71
163	Barbados	1.70
164 (19)	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	1.70
165	Maldives	1.70
166	Palau	1.70
167	Azerbaijan	1.69
168	Liechtenstein	1.69
169	Sweden	1.67
170 (20)	Jersey (UK)	1.66
171	Bahrain	1.65
172	Armenia	1.65
173 (21)	Saint Barthélemy (France)	1.64
174	Trinidad and Tobago	1.63
175	Luxembourg	1.63
176	Romania	1.63
177	United Kingdom	1.63
178	Estonia	1.62
179	Lithuania	1.62
180	Netherlands	1.61
181 (22)	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	1.61
182	United Arab Emirates	1.61
183 (23)	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	1.60
184	Slovakia	1.60
185	Slovenia	1.60
186	Hungary	1.60
187	Switzerland	1.59
188 (24)	Guernsey (UK)	1.59
189	Canada	1.58
190	Germany	1.58
191	Norway	1.57
192	Latvia	1.55
193	China	1.55
194	Albania	1.55
195	San Marino	1.54
196	Monaco	1.54
197	Thailand	1.54
198	North Macedonia	1.53
199	Russia	1.52
200	Austria	1.52
201	Malta	1.51
202	Bulgaria	1.51
203	Cyprus	1.49
204	Andorra	1.47
205	Serbia	1.46
206	Croatia	1.46
207	Portugal	1.45
208	Belarus	1.45
209	Bahamas	1.44
210	Costa Rica	1.43
211	Greece	1.41
212	Japan	1.40
213 (25)	British Virgin Islands (UK)	1.38
214	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.38
215	Mauritius	1.36
216 (26)	Montserrat (UK)	1.33
217	Poland	1.32
218	Spain	1.30
219	Italy	1.26
220 (27)	Puerto Rico (US)	1.26
221	Moldova	1.26
222 (28)	Macau (China)	1.24
223 (29)	Hong Kong (China)	1.24
224	Ukraine	1.22
225	Singapore	1.17
226	South Korea	1.12
227	Republic of China (Taiwan)	1.11
	Sovereign states: 198
	Dependent territories: 29
	World
1	World	2.42 (2020 est.)
	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

2024 list by the PRB (Population Reference Bureau)^[25]^[26]
Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2024 (births/woman)
1	Central African Republic	6.4
2	Chad	6.1
3	DR Congo	6.1
4	Niger	6.1
5	Somalia	6.1
6	Mali	5.7
7	Mauritania	5.2
8	Angola	5.1
9	Burundi	4.9
10	Mozambique	4.9
11	Afghanistan	4.8
12	Tanzania	4.8
13	Benin	4.7
14	Yemen	4.6
15 (1)	Mayotte (France)	4.5
16	Nigeria	4.5
17	Burkina Faso	4.4
18	Samoa	4.4
19	Cameroon	4.3
20	Comoros	4.3
21	Ivory Coast	4.3
22	Sudan	4.3
23	Uganda	4.3
24	Togo	4.2
25	Guinea	4.1
26	Equatorial Guinea	4.1
27	Madagascar	4.1
28	Zambia	4.1
29	Ethiopia	4.0
30	Gambia	4.0
31	Liberia	4.0
32	Senegal	4.0
33	Congo	3.9
34	Ghana	3.9
35	South Sudan	3.9
36	Guinea-Bissau	3.8
37	Sierra Leone	3.8
38	Eritrea	3.7
39	Iraq	3.7
40	Zimbabwe	3.7
41	Gabon	3.6
42	Malawi	3.6
43	Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	3.6
44	Pakistan	3.6
45	Rwanda	3.6
46	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.6
47	Solomon Islands	3.6
48	Tajikistan	3.6
49	East Timor	3.6
50	Vanuatu	3.6
51	Kenya	3.4
52	Uzbekistan	3.4
53 (2)	French Guiana (France)	3.3
54	Nauru	3.3
55	Eswatini (Swaziland)	3.2
56	Tonga	3.2
57	Tuvalu	3.2
58	Kiribati	3.1
59	Papua New Guinea	3.1
60	Algeria	3.0
61	Botswana	2.9
62	Fiji	2.9
63	Kazakhstan	2.9
64	Namibia	2.9
65	Israel	2.8
66	Kyrgyzstan	2.8
67	Cambodia	2.7
68	Lesotho	2.7
69	Micronesia	2.7
70	Mongolia	2.7
71	Syria	2.7
72	Turkmenistan	2.7
73	Djibouti	2.6
74	Egypt	2.6
75	Jordan	2.6
76	Bolivia	2.5
77	Haiti	2.5
78	Laos	2.5
79	Oman	2.5
80	Guatemala	2.4
81	Guyana	2.4
82	Honduras	2.4
83	Libya	2.4
84	Paraguay	2.4
85	South Africa	2.4
86 (3)	Guam (US)	2.3
87 (4)	Réunion (France)	2.3
	Population Replacement	2.3
88	Bangladesh	2.2
89	Ecuador	2.2
90	Indonesia	2.2
91	Lebanon	2.2
92	Morocco	2.2
93	Nicaragua	2.2
94	Suriname	2.2
95	Western Sahara	2.2
	World	2.2
96	Belize	2.1
97	Dominican Republic	2.1
98	Kosovo	2.1
99	Monaco	2.1
100	Nepal	2.1
101	Saudi Arabia	2.1
102	Venezuela	2.1
103	Bahrain	2.0
104	India	2.0
105	Myanmar (Burma)	2.0
106 (5)	New Caledonia (France)	2.0
107	Peru	2.0
108	Seychelles	2.0
109	Sri Lanka	2.0
110	Vietnam	2.0
111 (6)	Guadeloupe (France)	1.9
112	Palau	1.9
113	Panama	1.9
114	Philippines	1.9
115	Brunei	1.8
116	Bulgaria	1.8
117	El Salvador	1.8
118	Montenegro	1.8
119	North Korea	1.8
120 (7)	French Polynesia (France)	1.8
121	Uruguay	1.8
122	Armenia	1.7
123	Georgia	1.7
124	Iran	1.7
125	Maldives	1.7
126 (8)	Martinique (France)	1.7
127	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.7
128	Antigua and Barbuda	1.6
129	Azerbaijan	1.6
130	Barbados	1.6
131	Bhutan	1.6
132	Brazil	1.6
133	France	1.6
134	Iceland	1.6
135	Ireland	1.6
136	Malaysia	1.6
137	Mexico	1.6
138	Moldova	1.6
139	New Zealand	1.6
140	Serbia	1.6
141	Slovenia	1.6
142	Tunisia	1.6
143	United Kingdom	1.6
144	United States	1.6
145	Argentina	1.5
146	Australia	1.5
147	Belarus	1.5
148	Belgium	1.5
149	Cape Verde	1.5
150	Croatia	1.5
151	Denmark	1.5
152	Dominica	1.5
153	Grenada	1.5
154	Hungary	1.5
155	Kuwait	1.5
156	Liechtenstein	1.5
157	North Macedonia	1.5
158	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.5
159	Slovakia	1.5
160	Sweden	1.5
161	Turkey	1.5
162	Bahamas	1.4
163	Channel Islands – (9) Guernsey (UK) and (10) Jersey (UK)	1.4
164	Colombia	1.4
165	Cyprus	1.4
166	Czech Republic	1.4
-	European Union	1.4
167	Germany	1.4
168	Jamaica	1.4
169	Latvia	1.4
170	Netherlands	1.4
171	Norway	1.4
172	Portugal	1.4
173	Qatar	1.4
174	Russia	1.4
175	Saint Lucia	1.4
176	United Arab Emirates	1.4
177	Albania	1.3
178	Austria	1.3
179	Canada	1.3
180	Cuba	1.3
181 (11)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.3
182	Estonia	1.3
183	Finland	1.3
184	Greece	1.3
185	Lithuania	1.3
186	Luxembourg	1.3
187	Mauritius	1.3
188	Romania	1.3
189	Switzerland	1.3
190	Trinidad and Tobago	1.3
191	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.2
192	Costa Rica	1.2
193	Chile	1.2
194	Italy	1.2
195	Japan	1.2
196	Andorra	1.1
197	Malta	1.1
198	Poland	1.1
199	San Marino	1.1
200	Spain	1.1
201	China (mainland only)	1.0
202	Singapore	1.0
203	Thailand	1.0
204	Ukraine	1.0
205	Republic of China (Taiwan)	0.9
206 (12)	Puerto Rico (US)	0.9
207 (13)	Hong Kong (China)	0.8
208	South Korea	0.7
209 (14)	Macau (China)	0.6
	Sovereign States: 195
	Dependent Territories: 14
	World
1	World	2.2
	Continents
1	Africa	4.1
2	Oceania	2.0
3	Asia	1.8
4	Americas	1.7
5	Europe	1.4
	Continental Major Regions
1	Africa	4.1
1.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.4
1.1.2	Middle Africa	5.5
1.1.3	Western Africa	4.5
1.1.4	Eastern Africa	4.2
1.1.5	Southern Africa	2.5
1.2	Northern Africa	2.8
2	Oceania	2.0
3	Asia	1.8
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	1.0
4	Americas	1.7
4.1	Latin America and the Caribbean	1.7
4.1.1	Caribbean	1.8
4.1.2	Central America	1.8
4.1.3	South America	1.7
4.2	Northern America	1.6
5	Europe	1.4
5.1	Northern Europe	1.5
5.2	Western Europe	1.5
5.3	Eastern Europe	1.3
5.4	Southern Europe	1.3
	Development Level
1	Least Developed	4.0
2	Less Developed	2.3
3	More Developed	1.4
	Income
1	Low Income	4.5
2	Middle Income	2.0
2.1	- Lower Middle Income	2.5
2.2	- Upper Middle Income	1.4
3	High Income	1.4
	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^[27]
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
	Population replacement	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
96	Burma (Myanmar)	2.09
97	Libya	2.07
98	Tunisia	2.07
99 (4)	New Caledonia (France)	2.06
100	Nicaragua	2.04
101	Mexico	2.02
102	Antigua and Barbuda	1.99
103	Grenada	1.99
104	Azerbaijan	1.99
105	France	1.97
106	Ireland	1.97
107	Sri Lanka	1.97
108	El Salvador	1.96
109	Bangladesh	1.95
110	Turkey	1.95
111	Georgia	1.95
112	Nepal	1.94
113	Uruguay	1.94
114	Malaysia	1.94
115	Vietnam	1.93
116	New Zealand	1.93
117	Kuwait	1.92
118	Jamaica	1.92
119 (5)	French Polynesia (France)	1.92
120	Sweden	1.91
121	Bahrain	1.90
122	United States	1.89
123	Iceland	1.88
124	Bhutan	1.88
125	Maldives	1.88
126	United Kingdom	1.87
127	North Korea	1.86
128	Norway	1.83
129	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.82
130	Belgium	1.81
131	Brunei	1.81
132	Barbados	1.81
133	Australia	1.80
134	Qatar	1.79
135 (6)	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.79
136	Finland	1.79
137	Russia	1.79
138	Denmark	1.78
139	Netherlands	1.76
140	Colombia	1.75
141	Belarus	1.75
142	Chile	1.74
143	Cuba	1.73
144	Bahamas	1.72
145	Costa Rica	1.71
146	Lithuania	1.71
147	Lebanon	1.70
148	Estonia	1.70
149	Albania	1.70
150	Trinidad and Tobago	1.69
151	Slovenia	1.68
152	United Arab Emirates	1.66
153	China	1.65
154	Montenegro	1.64
155	Bulgaria	1.64
156	Serbia	1.64
157	Luxembourg	1.63
158	Czech Republic	1.63
159	Latvia	1.62
160	Ukraine	1.61
161	Armenia	1.58
162	Romania	1.58
163	North Macedonia	1.58
164	Switzerland	1.57
165	Canada	1.56
166	Austria	1.56
167	Brazil	1.55
168	Iran	1.54
169	Italy	1.51
170	Japan	1.51
171	Malta	1.51
172	Channel Islands - (7) Guernsey (UK) and (8) Jersey (UK)	1.51
173	Germany	1.50
174 (9)	Macau (China)	1.46
175	Hungary	1.45
176	Croatia	1.45
177	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.44
178	Spain	1.44
179	Mauritius	1.43
180	Thailand	1.42
181 (10)	Hong Kong (China)	1.42
182	Saint Lucia	1.41
183	South Korea	1.39
184	Cyprus	1.34
185	Greece	1.31
186	Poland	1.29
187	Singapore	1.28
188	Republic of China (Taiwan)	1.28
189	Portugal	1.25
190	Moldova	1.24
	Sovereign states: 180
	Dependent territories: 10
	World
1	World	2.39
	Not ranked
1 (1)	American Samoa (US)	-
2	Andorra	-
3 (2)	Anguilla (UK)	-
4 (3)	Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia) (uninhabited)	-
5 (4)	Bermuda (UK)	-
6 (5)	British Virgin Islands (UK)	-
7 (6)	Cayman Islands (UK)	-
8 (7)	Christmas Island (Australia)	-
9 (8)	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	-
10	Cook Islands (self-governing country in free association with New Zealand)	-
11 (9)	Coral Sea Islands (Australia)	-
12 (10)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	-
13	Dominica	-
-	European Union	-
14 (11)	Falkland Islands (UK)	-
15 (12)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	-
16 (13)	Gibraltar (UK)	-
17 (14)	Greenland (Denmark)	-
18	Kosovo	-
19 (15)	Isle of Man (UK)	-
20 (16)	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	-
21 (17)	Guadeloupe (France)	-
22	Liechtenstein	-
23	Marshall Islands	-
24 (18)	Martinique (France)	-
25 (19)	Mayotte (France)	-
26	Micronesia	-
27	Monaco	-
28 (20)	Montserrat (UK)	-
29	Nauru	-
30	Niue (self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)	-
31 (21)	Norfolk Island (Australia)	-
32	Palau	-
33	Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	-
34 (..1..)	Paracel Islands (disputed territory) ( Vietnam, until 1974) (occupied by China since 1974, also claimed by Republic of China (Taiwan) and Vietnam)	-
35 (22)	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	-
36 (23)	Puerto Rico (US)	-
37 (24)	Réunion (France)	-
38 (25)	Saint Barthélemy (France)	-
39 (26)	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	-
40 (27)	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	-
41	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-
42 (28)	Saint Martin (France)	-
43	San Marino	-
44	Slovakia	-
45 (28)	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK)	-
46 (..2..)	Spratly Islands (disputed territory) (partially occupied by six countries - China; Republic of China (Taiwan); Philippines; Malaysia; Vietnam and Brunei)	-
47 (29)	Svalbard (Norway)	-
48	East Timor	-
49 (30)	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	-
50	Tuvalu	-
51 (31)	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	-
52	Vatican City	-
53 (32)	Wallis and Futuna (France)	1.71
	Sovereign states: 18
	Dependent territories: 33
	Disputed territories: 2

Note:

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

Country ranking and comparison of TFR by year

1950 and 2015

1950 list by Our World in Data

2015 list by Our World in Data

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 1950 (births/woman)
1	Iraq	8.11
2 (1)	Rwanda (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Rwanda)	7.92
3 (2)	New Hebrides (British and French Condominium → Vanuatu)	7.68
4 (3)	Samoa (United Nations trust territories, Western Samoa → Samoa)	7.63
5	Jordan	7.56
6	Dominican Republic	7.51
7	Honduras	7.47
8	Afghanistan	7.45
9	Philippines	7.45
10 (4)	Ivory Coast (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Ivory Coast → Ivory Coast	7.38
11	Yemen ( North Yemen and South Yemen → Yemen)	7.37
12 (5)	Kenya (British Empire, Kenya Colony → Kenya)	7.36
13	Ethiopia	7.35
14 (6)	Angola (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola → Angola)	7.34
15 (7)	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)	7.33
16 (8)	Madagascar (French Colonial Empire, French Madagascar → Madagascar)	7.30
17 (9)	Tonga (British Empire, British Protectorate → Tonga)	7.30
18 (10)	Algeria (French Colonial Empire, French Algeria → Algeria)	7.29
19 (11)	Niger (French Colonial Empire, French Niger → Niger)	7.26
20 (12)	Somalia (British Empire, British Somaliland and Trust Territory of Somaliland → Somalia)	7.25
21	Oman	7.25
22 (13)	Kuwait (British Empire, British Protectorate → Kuwait)	7.22
23	Saudi Arabia	7.20
24 (14)	Micronesia (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Micronesia)	7.20
25	Syria	7.18
26	Guatemala	7.15
27	Libya	7.10
28 (15)	Qatar (British Empire, British Protectorate → Qatar)	6.97
29 (16)	Bahrain (British Empire → Bahrain)	6.97
30 (17)	Mozambique (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique → Mozambique)	6.97
31 (18)	Mali (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Sudan → Mali)	6.96
32	Peru	6.95
33 (19)	Cambodia (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Cambodia → Cambodia)	6.95
34 (20)	United Arab Emirates (British Empire, Trucial States → United Arab Emirates)	6.94
35	Bolivia	6.93
36	Iran	6.92
37 (21)	Eritrea ( Ethiopia → Eritrea)	6.92
38	Republic of China (Taiwan)	6.90
39 (22)	Uganda (British Empire → Uganda)	6.89
40	Nicaragua	6.88
41 (23)	Brunei (British Empire, British Protectorate → Brunei)	6.86
42 (24)	Malawi (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Nyasaland Protectorate → Malawi)	6.84
43 (25)	Burundi (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Burundi)	6.82
44 (26)	Senegal (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Senegal → Senegal)	6.79
45	Colombia	6.77
46 (27)	Southern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zimbabwe)	6.75
47	Turkey	6.74
48	Mexico	6.72
49	Ecuador	6.72
50	Egypt	6.72
51 (28)	Swaziland (British Empire → Swaziland)	6.71
52 (29)	Tanzania (British Empire, Tanganyika and Zanzibar → Tanzania)	6.70
53	Belize	6.69
54 (30)	Sudan (British Empire, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan → Sudan)	6.68
55	Bhutan	6.67
56	China	6.67
57 (31)	South Sudan (British Empire, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan → Sudan → South Sudan)	6.63
58 (32)	Northern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zambia)	6.62
59 (33)	Singapore (British Empire, British Singapore → Singapore)	6.61
60	Pakistan	6.60
61 (34)	Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands → Suriname)	6.58
62 (35)	Cape Verde (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde → Cape Verde)	6.57
63 (36)	Tunisia (French Colonial Empire, French protectorate of Tunisia → Tunisia)	6.56
64	Venezuela	6.54
65 (37)	East Timor (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor → East Timor)	6.51
66 (38)	Morocco	6.49
67	Paraguay	6.49
68 (39)	Botswana (British Empire, Bechuanaland Protectorate → Botswana)	6.47
69 (40)	Solomon Islands (British Empire → Solomon Islands)	6.40
70 (41)	Ghana (British Empire, Gold Coast (British colony) → Ghana)	6.37
71	Nigeria (British Empire, British Nigeria → Nigeria	6.36
72 (42)	Malaysia (British Empire, British Malaya and British Borneo → Malaysia)	6.36
73 (43)	Togo (United Nations trust territories, French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Togoland → Togo)	6.33
74	Haiti	6.31
75 (44)	Djibouti (French Colonial Empire, French Somaliland → Djibouti)	6.30
76 (45)	Fiji (British Empire → Fiji)	6.30
77	Liberia	6.25
78	El Salvador	6.24
79 (46)	Bangladesh (Pakistan, East Pakistan → Bangladesh)	6.23
80 (47)	Papua and New Guinea (United Nations trust territories → Papua New Guinea	6.23
81 (48)	São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe → São Tomé and Príncipe)	6.20
82	Brazil	6.14
83	Thailand	6.13
84 (49)	Mauritania (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Mauritania → Mauritania	6.12
85 (50)	Kiribati (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Kiribati )	6.10
86 (51)	Sierra Leone (British Empire → Sierra Leone)	6.09
87 (52)	Chad (French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, French Chad → Chad)	6.06
88 (53)	Greenland (Denmark)	6.05
89	South Africa	6.04
90 (54)	Maldives (British Empire, British Protectorate → Maldives)	6.03
91 (55)	Burkina Faso (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa → Republic of Upper Volta → Burkina Faso)	6.03
92	Burma (→ Myanmar)	6.03
93 (56)	Saint Lucia (British Empire, West Indies Federation → Saint Lucia)	6.00
94 (57)	Comoros (French Colonial Empire → Comoros)	6.00
95 (58)	French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire → France)	6.00
96 (59)	Congo (Belgian Colonial Empire, Belgian Congo → Congo-Léopoldville → Zaire → DR Congo)	5.99
97 (60)	Guinea (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Guinea → Guinea	5.97
98 (61)	South West Africa ( South Africa → Namibia)	5.96
99	Nepal	5.96
100	Albania	5.96
101	Laos (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Laos → Laos)	5.94
102 (62)	Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea → Guinea-Bissau)	5.92
103	India	5.91
104 (63)	Mauritius (British Empire → Mauritius)	5.90
105 (64)	Lesotho (British Empire → Lesotho)	5.81
106 (65)	Grenada (British Empire → Grenada)	5.80
107	Lebanon	5.76
108 (66)	Dahomey (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa → Dahomey → Benin)	5.75
109 (67)	Guyana (British Empire → Guyana)	5.69
110	Panama	5.68
111 (68)	Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Empire, Spanish Guinea → Equatorial Guinea)	5.68
112 (69)	Congo (French Colonial Empire, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa → Congo)	5.67
113	Costa Rica	5.65
114 (70)	Aruba (Netherlands)	5.65
115	Sri Lanka	5.64
116 (71)	Cameroon (United Nations Trust Territories, French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, French Cameroons → Cameroon)	5.54
117 (72)	SR Macedonia ( Yugoslavia → North Macedonia)	5.52
118	Mongolia	5.50
119 (73)	Central African Republic (French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, Ubangi-Shari → Central African Republic)	5.40
120	Indonesia	5.35
121 (74)	Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Yugoslavia → Bosnia and Herzegovina)	5.32
122 (75)	Trinidad and Tobago (British Empire, West Indies Federation → Trinidad and Tobago)	5.28
123 (76)	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	5.25
124 (77)	Gambia (British Empire, Gambia Colony and Protectorate → Gambia)	5.23
125 (78)	New Caledonia (French colonial Empire → France)	5.22
126 (79)	Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union → Uzbekistan)	5.08
127 (80)	French Guiana (French Colonial Empire → France)	5.08
128	Chile	5.08
129 (81)	Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union → Azerbaijan)	5.07
130 (82)	Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union → Tajikistan)	5.04
131	South Korea	5.02
132 (83)	Puerto Rico (US)	4.97
	World	4.96
133 (84)	Vietnam (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Vietnam → North Vietnam and South Vietnam → Vietnam)	4.96
134 (85)	Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union → Turkmenistan)	4.89
135	Cuba	4.76
136 (86)	Montenegro ( Yugoslavia → Montenegro)	4.62
137	Israel	4.52
138 (87)	Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire → Antigua and Barbuda)	4.50
139 (88)	Hong Kong (British Empire, Hong Kong colony → China, Special administrative regions of China)	4.44
140 (89)	Barbados (British Empire → Barbados)	4.42
141 (90)	Macau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Macau → China, Special administrative regions of China)	4.39
142 (91)	Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union → Kazakhstan)	4.30
143 (92)	Malta (British Empire → Malta)	4.14
144 (93)	Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union → Armenia )	4.13
145 (94)	Bahamas (British Empire → Bahamas)	3.98
146 (95)	Gabon (French Colonial Empire, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa → Gabon	3.95
147 (96)	Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union → Kyrgyzstan)	3.92
148 (97)	Cyprus (British Empire, British Cyprus → Cyprus)	3.85
149 (98)	Jamaica (British Empire, Colony of Jamaica → Jamaica)	3.80
150	Iceland	3.62
151 (99)	Slovak Socialist Republic	3.59
152	Poland	3.53
153 (100)	SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia)	3.53
154	Canada	3.47
155	Ireland	3.47
156 (101)	Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union → Moldova)	3.47
157	Japan	3.44
158	New Zealand	3.38
159	Argentina	3.16
160	Finland	3.13
161	Portugal	3.10
162	United States	3.05
163	Netherlands	3.05
164	Romania	3.05
165	Australia	3.01
166 (102)	Czech Socialist Republic	2.94
167 (103)	SR Croatia ( Yugoslavia → Croatia)	2.92
168 (104)	Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union → Lithuania)	2.90
169 (105)	SR Slovenia ( Yugoslavia → Slovenia)	2.87
170	France	2.83
171 (106)	Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union → Russia)	2.81
172	Hungary	2.77
173 (107)	Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union → Ukraine)	2.72
174	Uruguay	2.69
175	Bulgaria	2.66
176 (108)	Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union → Georgia)	2.65
177	Denmark	2.58
178	Italy	2.50
179 (109)	Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union → Belarus)	2.50
180	Greece	2.47
181	Norway	2.46
182	Spain	2.45
183	Belgium	2.33
184	Switzerland	2.33
185	Sweden	2.25
	Population replacement	2.10
186 (110)	Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union → Estonia)	2.09
187	Germany ( West Germany and East Germany → Germany)	2.09
188	United Kingdom	2.08
189	Channel Islands - (111) Guernsey (UK) and (112) Jersey (UK)	2.06
190 (113)	Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union → Latvia)	2.01
191	North Korea	1.95
192	Austria	1.87
193	Luxembourg	1.87
	Sovereign states: 80
	Dependent territories: 113
	World
	World	4.96
	Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)	American Samoa (US)	-
2	Andorra	-
3 (2)	Bermuda (UK)	-
4 (3)	Cayman Islands (UK)	-
5 (4)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	-
6	Czechoslovakia (Dissolved in 1992)	-
7 (5)	Dominica (British Colonial Empire → Dominica)	-
8 (6)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	-
9 (7)	Gibraltar (UK)	-
10 (8)	Guadeloupe (French Colonial Empire → France)	-
11 (9)	Guam (US)	-
12 (10)	Isle of Man (UK)	-
13 (11)	SAP Kosovo ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia → Kosovo)	-
14	Liechtenstein	-
15 (12)	Marshall Islands (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Marshall Islands)	-
16 (13)	Mayotte (French Colonial Empire → France)	-
17	Monaco	-
18	Nauru	-
19 (14)	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	-
20 (15)	Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Palau)	-
21 (16)	Palestine (Jordan, West Bank and Egypt, Gaza Strip → Israeli occupied territories → Palestinian territories)	-
22	San Marino	-
23 (17)	Seychelles (British Colonial Empire, Crown colony → Seychelles)	-
24 (18)	Saint Martin (French part)	-
25 (19)	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	-
26 (20)	Saint Kitts and Nevis (British Colonial Empire → Saint Kitts and Nevis)	-
27	Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991)	-
28 (21)	Turks and Caicos Islands (British Colonial Empire → UK)	-
29 (22)	Tuvalu (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Ellice Islands → Tuvalu)	-
30	Vatican City	-
31	Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992)	-
	Sovereign states: 9
	Dependent territories: 22

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

Notes:

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

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

1960 and 2015

1960 list by the World Bank

2015 list by the World Bank

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 1960 (births/woman)
1 (1)	Rwanda (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Rwanda)	8.19
2 (2)	Kenya (British Empire, Kenya Colony → Kenya)	7.95
3	Ivory Coast	7.69
4	Jordan	7.69
5 (3)	Samoa (United Nations trust territories, Western Samoa → Samoa)	7.65
6	Dominican Republic	7.55
7 (4)	Algeria (French Colonial Empire, French Algeria → Algeria)	7.52
8	Yemen ( North Yemen and South Yemen → Yemen)	7.49
9 (5)	Angola (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola → Angola	7.48
10	Syria	7.47
11	Honduras	7.46
12	Afghanistan	7.45
13	Niger	7.45
14 (6)	Tonga (British Empire, British Protectorate → Tonga)	7.36
15	Nicaragua	7.34
16	Madagascar	7.30
17	Somalia	7.25
18	Oman	7.25
19 (7)	Kuwait (British Empire, British Protectorate → Kuwait)	7.24
20 (8)	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)	7.22
21	Saudi Arabia	7.22
22	Libya	7.20
23 (9)	New Hebrides (British and French Condominium → Vanuatu)	7.20
24 (10)	Southern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zimbabwe)	7.16
25	Philippines	7.15
26 (11)	Northern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zambia)	7.12
27 (12)	Bahrain (British Empire → Bahrain)	7.09
28	Morocco	7.04
29 (13)	Maldives (British Empire, British Protectorate → Maldives)	7.02
30 (14)	Uganda (British Empire → Uganda)	7.00
31	Senegal	7.00
32	Mali	6.97
33	Peru	6.97
34 (15)	Saint Lucia (British Empire, West Indies Federation → Saint Lucia)	6.97
35 (16)	Qatar (British Empire, British Protectorate → Qatar)	6.97
36	Cambodia	6.97
37 (17)	Burundi (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Burundi)	6.95
38 (18)	Mozambique (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique → Mozambique)	6.95
39	Mongolia	6.95
40 (19)	Malawi (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Nyasaland Protectorate → Malawi)	6.94
41	Tunisia	6.94
42 (20)	Micronesia (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Micronesia)	6.93
43 (21)	United Arab Emirates (British Empire, Trucial States → United Arab Emirates)	6.93
44	Iran	6.93
45	Guatemala	6.90
46 (22)	Eritrea ( Ethiopia → Eritrea)	6.90
47	Ethiopia	6.88
48 (23)	Cape Verde (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde → Cape Verde)	6.88
49 (24)	Brunei (British Empire, British Protectorate → Brunei)	6.84
50	Colombia	6.81
51 (25)	Tanzania (British Empire, Tanganyika and Zanzibar → Tanzania)	6.81
52 (26)	Comoros (French Colonial Empire → Comoros)	6.79
53 (27)	Kiribati (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Kiribati )	6.79
54	Mauritania	6.78
55	Mexico	6.77
56	Ghana	6.75
57	Grenada	6.74
58 (28)	South Sudan ( Sudan → South Sudan)	6.72
59 (29)	Bangladesh (Pakistan, East Pakistan → Bangladesh)	6.72
60	Ecuador	6.72
61 (30)	Swaziland (British Empire → Swaziland)	6.72
62	Egypt	6.72
63	Bolivia	6.70
64	Sudan	6.69
65	El Salvador	6.67
66	Bhutan	6.67
67	Venezuela	6.62
68 (31)	Botswana (British Empire, Bechuanaland Protectorate → Botswana)	6.62
69 (32)	Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands → Suriname)	6.61
70	Pakistan	6.60
71 (33)	Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union → Turkmenistan)	6.59
72 (34)	Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union → Tajikistan)	6.55
73	Togo	6.52
74	Paraguay	6.50
75	Belize	6.50
76	Albania	6.49
77 (35)	Djibouti (French Colonial Empire, French Somaliland → Djibouti)	6.46
78 (36)	Fiji (British Empire → Fiji)	6.46
79	Costa Rica	6.45
80	Malaysia	6.45
81	Liberia	6.41
82 (37)	Solomon Islands (British Empire → Solomon Islands)	6.39
83 (38)	East Timor (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor → East Timor)	6.37
84 (39)	Guyana (British Empire → Guyana)	6.37
85	Turkey	6.37
86	Nigeria	6.35
87	Vietnam ( North Vietnam and South Vietnam → Vietnam)	6.35
88	Haiti	6.32
89	Republic of Upper Volta (→ Burkina Faso)	6.29
90	Benin	6.28
91 (40)	New Caledonia (French colonial Empire → France)	6.28
92 (41)	Papua and New Guinea (United Nations trust territories → Papua New Guinea	6.28
93	Chad	6.25
94	Iraq	6.25
95 (42)	Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union → Uzbekistan)	6.25
96 (43)	São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe → São Tomé and Príncipe)	6.24
97 (44)	Mauritius (British Empire → Mauritius)	6.17
98 (45)	South West Africa ( South Africa → Namibia)	6.15
99	Thailand	6.15
100 (46)	Sierra Leone (British Empire → Sierra Leone)	6.13
101	Guinea	6.11
102	South Korea	6.09
103	Brazil	6.07
104	Myanmar (Burma)	6.05
105 (47)	Guam (US)	6.05
106	South Africa	6.04
107	Congo-Léopoldville (→ Zaire → DR Congo)	6.00
108	Laos	5.96
109	Nepal	5.96
110 (48)	Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea → Guinea-Bissau)	5.92
111	India	5.91
112	Congo	5.88
113 (49)	Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union → Azerbaijan)	5.88
114	Panama	5.87
115	Central African Republic	5.84
116 (50)	Lesotho (British Empire → Lesotho)	5.84
117	Singapore	5.76
118	China	5.75
119	Lebanon	5.74
120	Indonesia	5.67
121 (51)	French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire → France)	5.66
122	Cameroon	5.65
123 (52)	Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Empire, Spanish Guinea → Equatorial Guinea)	5.65
124 (53)	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	5.62
125 (54)	Gambia (British Empire, Gambia Colony and Protectorate → Gambia)	5.57
126	Sri Lanka	5.54
127 (55)	Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union → Kyrgyzstan)	5.47
128 (56)	Jamaica (British Empire, Colony of Jamaica → Jamaica)	5.42
129 (57)	Trinidad and Tobago (British Empire, West Indies Federation → Trinidad and Tobago)	5.26
130	Chile	5.10
131	Hong Kong (British Empire, Hong Kong colony → China, Special administrative regions of China)	5.01
	World	4.99
132 (58)	Aruba (Netherlands)	4.82
133 (59)	Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union → Armenia )	4.79
134 (60)	Macau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Macau → China, Special administrative regions of China)	4.77
135 (61)	Puerto Rico (US)	4.66
136	North Korea	4.58
137 (62)	Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union → Kazakhstan)	4.56
138 (63)	Bahamas (British Empire → Bahamas)	4.50
139 (64)	Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire → Antigua and Barbuda)	4.42
140	Gabon	4.38
141 (65)	Barbados (British Empire → Barbados)	4.33
142	Iceland	4.29
143	Cuba	4.18
144	New Zealand	4.03
145	Israel	3.87
146 (66)	SR Macedonia ( Yugoslavia → North Macedonia)	3.84
147	Canada	3.81
148 (67)	Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Yugoslavia → Bosnia and Herzegovina)	3.80
149	Ireland	3.78
150	United States	3.65
151 (68)	Malta (British Empire → Malta)	3.62
152 (69)	Montenegro ( Yugoslavia → Montenegro)	3.60
153	Cyprus	3.50
154	Australia	3.45
155 (70)	Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union → Moldova)	3.33
156	Portugal	3.16
157	Netherlands	3.12
158	Argentina	3.11
159 (71)	Slovak Socialist Republic	3.04
160	Poland	2.98
161 (72)	Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union → Georgia)	2.94
162	Uruguay	2.88
163	Spain	2.86
164	France	2.85
165	Norway	2.85
166	Finland	2.72
167	Austria	2.69
168	United Kingdom	2.69
169 (73)	Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union → Belarus)	2.67
170	Denmark	2.57
171 (74)	Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union → Lithuania)	2.56
172	Belgium	2.54
173 (75)	Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union → Russia)	2.52
174	Switzerland	2.44
175	Channel Islands - Guernsey (UK) and Jersey (UK)	2.42
176	Italy	2.40
177	Germany ( West Germany and East Germany → Germany)	2.37
178 (76)	SR Slovenia ( Yugoslavia → Slovenia)	2.34
179	Romania	2.34
180	Greece	2.33
181	Bulgaria	2.31
182 (77)	SR Croatia ( Yugoslavia → Croatia)	2.29
183	Luxembourg	2.29
184 (78)	Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union → Ukraine)	2.24
185	Sweden	2.17
	Population replacement	2.10
186 (79)	Czech Socialist Republic	2.09
187	Hungary	2.02
188	Japan	2.00
189 (80)	Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union → Estonia)	1.98
190 (81)	Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union → Latvia)	1.94
	Sovereign states: 109
	Dependent territories: 81
	World
	World	4.99
	Major regions
1	Arab World	6.95
2	Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income)	6.94
3	Middle East and North Africa	6.88
4	Pacific island small states	6.77
5	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	6.64
6	Sub-Saharan Africa	6.64
7	South Asia	6.05
8	Latin America and Caribbean (excluding high income)	6.02
9	Latin America and Caribbean	5.93
10	East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income)	5.82
11	East Asia and Pacific	5.39
12	North America	3.67
13	Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income)	3.13
14	Europe and Central Asia	2.83
15	Central Europe and the Baltics	2.50
	States’ Size
1	Caribbean small states	5.60
2	Small states	5.31
3	Other small states	5.06
	International Organizations
	OECD members	3.23
	Security Situation
	Fragile and conflict affected situations	6.59
	Economic Situation
1	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	6.75
2	Least developed countries: UN classification	6.68
	Economic Income
1	Low income	6.52
2	Lower middle income	5.93
3	Low and middle income	5.66
4	Middle income	5.59
5	Upper middle income	5.31
6	High income	3.04
	Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)	American Samoa (US)	-
2	Andorra	-
3 (2)	Bermuda (UK)	-
4 (3)	Cayman Islands (UK)	-
5 (4)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	-
6	Czechoslovakia (Dissolved in 1992)	-
7 (5)	Dominica (British Colonial Empire → Dominica)	-
8 (6)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	-
9 (7)	French Guiana (French Colonial Empire → France)	-
10 (8)	Gibraltar (UK)	-
11 (9)	Greenland (Denmark)	-
12 (10)	Guadeloupe (French Colonial Empire → France)	-
13 (11)	Isle of Man (UK)	-
14 (12)	SAP Kosovo ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia → Kosovo)	-
15	Liechtenstein	-
16 (13)	Marshall Islands (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Marshall Islands)	-
17 (14)	Mayotte (French Colonial Empire → France)	-
18	Monaco	-
19	Nauru	-
20 (15)	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	-
21 (16)	Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Palau)	-
22 (17)	Palestine (Jordan, West Bank and Egypt, Gaza Strip → Israeli occupied territories → Palestinian territories)	-
23	San Marino	-
24 (18)	SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia)	-
25 (19)	Seychelles (British Colonial Empire, Crown colony → Seychelles)	-
26 (20)	Saint Martin (French part)	-
27 (21)	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	-
28 (22)	Saint Kitts and Nevis (British Colonial Empire → Saint Kitts and Nevis)	-
29	Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991)	-
30 (23)	Turks and Caicos Islands (British Colonial Empire → UK)	-
31 (24)	Tuvalu (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Ellice Islands → Tuvalu)	-
32	Vatican City	-
33	Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992)	-
	Sovereign states: 9
	Dependent territories: 24

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2015 (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.29
2	Somalia	6.37
3	DR Congo	6.20
4	Mali	6.14
5	Chad	6.05
6	Angola	5.77
7	Burundi	5.78
8	Uganda	5.68
9	East Timor	5.62
10	Nigeria	5.59
11	Gambia	5.49
12	Burkina Faso	5.44
13	Mozambique	5.31
14	Tanzania	5.08
15	Benin	5.05
16	Zambia	5.04
17	Ivory Coast	4.98
18	Central African Republic	4.94
19	South Sudan	4.94
20	Guinea	4.93
21	Senegal	4.84
22	Afghanistan	4.80
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.78
24	Cameroon	4.78
25	Mauritania	4.74
26	Congo	4.72
27	Guinea-Bissau	4.71
28	Malawi	4.65
29	Liberia	4.65
30	Sudan	4.60
31	Sierra Leone	4.56
32	São Tomé and Príncipe	4.52
33	Togo	4.52
34	Iraq	4.43
35	Comoros	4.42
36	Ethiopia	4.32
37	Madagascar	4.24
38	Eritrea	4.21
39	Yemen	4.10
40	Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	4.08
41	Ghana	4.04
42	Samoa	4.03
43	Rwanda	3.97
44	Kenya	3.92
45	Solomon Islands	3.91
46	Gabon	3.85
47	Zimbabwe	3.84
48	Papua New Guinea	3.71
49	Kiribati	3.69
50	Tonga	3.68
51	Pakistan	3.55
52	Namibia	3.47
53	Jordan	3.45
54	Tajikistan	3.40
55	Egypt	3.31
56	Vanuatu	3.31
57	Micronesia	3.20
58	Kyrgyzstan	3.20
59	Swaziland	3.14
60	Lesotho	3.14
61	Israel	3.09
62	Guatemala	3.03
63	Haiti	2.97
64	Syria	2.97
65	Philippines	2.96
66	Turkmenistan	2.93
67	Bolivia	2.92
68	Djibouti	2.91
69	Algeria	2.84
70	Mongolia	2.79
71	Botswana	2.77
72	Laos	2.76
73	Oman	2.74
74	Kazakhstan	2.73
75	Cambodia	2.59
76	Saudi Arabia	2.58
77	Belize	2.54
78	Fiji	2.54
79	Panama	2.54
80	Guyana	2.53
81	Morocco	2.53
82	Ecuador	2.51
83	Paraguay	2.51
84	Honduras	2.51
85	Uzbekistan	2.49
86	South Africa	2.49
87	Dominican Republic	2.45
	World	2.45
88	Peru	2.43
89	Suriname	2.40
90	Indonesia	2.39
91	Cape Verde	2.37
92 (1)	Guam (US)	2.37
93	India	2.35
94	Venezuela	2.34
95	Libya	2.31
96	Argentina	2.31
97	Seychelles	2.30
98	Nicaragua	2.23
99	Myanmar (Burma)	2.23
100	Tunisia	2.22
101	Mexico	2.22
102 (2)	New Caledonia (France)	2.22
103	Nepal	2.16
104	Bangladesh	2.13
105	Grenada	2.13
106	Maldives	2.13
107	El Salvador	2.10
	Population replacement	2.10
108	Bhutan	2.09
109	Turkey	2.07
110	Antigua and Barbuda	2.06
111	Sri Lanka	2.06
112	Bahrain	2.06
113	Malaysia	2.06
114	Jamaica	2.03
115	France	2.01
116	Uruguay	2.01
117	Georgia	2.00
118 (3)	Greenland (Denmark)	2.00
119 (4)	French Polynesia (France)	2.00
120	New Zealand	1.99
121	Kuwait	1.99
122	Azerbaijan	1.97
123	Vietnam	1.96
124	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.95
125	Ireland	1.94
126	Iceland	1.93
127	Qatar	1.93
128	North Korea	1.92
129 (5)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.90
130	Brunei	1.88
131	Sweden	1.88
132	Colombia	1.87
133	United States	1.84
134	Australia	1.83
135	United Kingdom	1.81
136	Costa Rica	1.80
137	Barbados	1.80
138	Chile	1.79
139	Bahamas	1.77
140	Trinidad and Tobago	1.77
141	United Arab Emirates	1.77
142	Norway	1.76
143	Russia	1.75
144	Belgium	1.74
145 (6)	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	1.72
146	Belarus	1.72
147	Brazil	1.69
148	Lebanon	1.68
149	Cuba	1.67
150	Albania	1.66
151	Netherlands	1.66
152	Finland	1.65
153	Denmark	1.65
154	Iran	1.65
155	Montenegro	1.65
156	Latvia	1.64
157	Lithuania	1.63
158	Armenia	1.62
159	China	1.62
160	Canada	1.60
161 (7)	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.60
162	Slovenia	1.58
163	Switzerland	1.54
164	Estonia	1.54
165	Czech Republic	1.53
166	Bulgaria	1.53
167	North Macedonia	1.52
168	Romania	1.52
169	Ukraine	1.51
170	Germany	1.50
171	Luxembourg	1.50
172	Channel Islands - (8) Guernsey (UK) and (9) Jersey (UK)	1.50
173	Thailand	1.50
174	Austria	1.47
175	Saint Lucia	1.47
176	Serbia	1.46
177	Croatia	1.46
178	Japan	1.46
179	Hungary	1.44
180 (10)	Puerto Rico (US)	1.43
181	Malta	1.42
182	Slovakia	1.37
183	Italy	1.37
184	Mauritius	1.36
185	Cyprus	1.35
186	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.35
187	Poland	1.32
188	Spain	1.32
189	Greece	1.30
190	Moldova	1.25
191	Singapore	1.24
192	South Korea	1.24
193	Portugal	1.23
194 (11)	Macau (China)	1.20
195 (13)	Hong Kong (China)	1.20
	Sovereign states: 182
	Dependent territories: 13
	World
	World	2.45
	Major regions
1	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	4.9
2	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.9
3	Arab World	3.3
4	Pacific island small states	3.3
5	Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income)	2.9
6	Middle East and North Africa	2.8
7	South Asia	2.6
8	Latin America and Caribbean (excluding high income)	2.1
9	Latin America and Caribbean	2.1
10	North America	1.8
11	East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income)	1.8
12	East Asia and Pacific	1.8
13	Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income)	1.9
14	Europe and Central Asia	1.8
15	Central Europe and the Baltics	1.4
	States’ Size
1	Other Small states	3.2
2	Small states	2.9
3	Caribbean small states	2.1
	International Organizations
1	OECD members	1.7
2	European Union	1.5
	Security Situation
	Fragile and conflict affected situations	4.4
	Economic Areas
	Euro area	1.5
	Economic Situation
1	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	4.9
2	Least developed countries: UN classification	4.1
	Economic Income
1	Low income	4.8
2	Lower middle income	2.8
3	Low and middle income	2.6
4	Middle income	2.4
5	Upper middle income	1.8
6	High income	1.7
	Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)	American Samoa (US)	-
2	Andorra	-
3 (2)	Bermuda (UK)	-
4 (3)	Cayman Islands (UK)	-
5	Dominica	-
6 (4)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	-
7 (5)	French Guiana (France)	-
8 (6)	Guadeloupe (France)	-
9 (7)	Isle of Man (UK)	-
10	Kosovo	-
11	Liechtenstein	-
12	Marshall Islands	-
13 (8)	Mayotte (France)	-
14	Monaco	-
15 (9)	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	-
16	Palau	-
17	San Marino	-
18 (10)	Saint Martin (French part)	-
19 (11)	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	-
20	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-
21 (12)	Turks and Caicos Islands UK)	-
22	Tuvalu	-
23	Vatican City	-
	Sovereign states: 11
	Dependent territories: 12

Notes:

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

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

1970 and 2014

1970 list by the Population Reference Bureau

2014 list by the Population Reference Bureau

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 1970 (births/woman)
1	Rwanda	8.2
2	Kenya	8.1
3	Ivory Coast	7.9
4 (1)	Palestine (Israeli-occupied territories → Palestinian Territories)	7.9
5 (2)	Mayotte (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department)	7.9
6	Libya	7.9
7	Jordan	7.9
8	Afghanistan	7.7
9	Mongolia	7.6
10	Algeria	7.6
11	Syria	7.6
12	Yemen ( North Yemen and South Yemen → Yemen)	7.5
13	Zambia	7.4
14	Morocco	7.4
15	Iraq	7.4
16	Niger	7.4
17	Saudi Arabia	7.3
18	Madagascar	7.3
19	Malawi	7.3
20	Burundi	7.3
21	Senegal	7.3
22	Oman	7.3
23 (3)	Angola (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola → Angola)	7.3
24	Honduras	7.3
25	Maldives	7.2
26	Somalia	7.2
27	Kuwait	7.2
28	Samoa	7.2
29 (4)	Comoros (French Colonial Empire → Comoros)	7.1
30	Togo	7.1
31	Uganda	7.1
32 (5)	Bangladesh ( Pakistan, East Pakistan → Bangladesh)	7.0
33	Ethiopia	7.0
34	Ghana	7.0
35	Nicaragua	6.9
36 (6)	Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union → Tajikistan)	6.9
37	Mali	6.9
38 (7)	South Sudan ( Sudan → South Sudan)	6.9
39	Swaziland	6.9
40 (8)	Cape Verde (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde → Cape Verde)	6.9
41 (9)	Micronesia (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Micronesia)	6.9
42 (10)	Qatar (British Empire → Qatar)	6.9
43	Sudan	6.9
44 (11)	Solomon Islands (British Empire → Solomon Islands)	6.9
45	Benin	6.8
46	Mauritania	6.8
47 (12)	Djibouti (French Territory of the Afars and the Issas → Djibouti)	6.8
48	Tanzania	6.8
49	Sierra Leone	6.7
50	Rhodesia (→ Zimbabwe)	6.7
51	Liberia	6.7
52	Mexico	6.7
53 (13)	Eritrea ( Ethiopia → Eritrea)	6.7
54	Bhutan	6.7
55	Republic of Upper Volta (→ Burkina Faso)	6.6
56 (14)	United Arab Emirates (British Empire, Trucial States → United Arab Emirates)	6.6
57 (15)	Western Sahara (Spanish Sahara → Moroccan Occupation)	6.6
58 (16)	Mozambique (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique → Mozambique)	6.6
59	Pakistan	6.6
60	Botswana	6.6
61	Bolivia	6.6
62	Cambodia	6.5
63 (17)	São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe → São Tomé and Príncipe)	6.5
64	Vietnam ( North Vietnam and South Vietnam → Vietnam)	6.5
65 (18)	Bahrain (British Empire → Bahrain)	6.5
66	Nigeria	6.5
67 (19)	South West Africa ( South Africa → Namibia)	6.5
68	Chad	6.5
69 (20)	Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union → Uzbekistan)	6.5
70	Iran	6.4
71	Tunisia	6.4
72 (21)	Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union → Turkmenistan)	6.3
73	Peru	6.3
74 (22)	New Hebrides (British and French Condominium → Vanuatu)	6.3
75	Philippines	6.3
76 (23)	Belize (British Empire → Belize)	6.3
77	Congo	6.3
78 (24)	Papua and New Guinea (UN Trust Territories → Papua New Guinea)	6.2
79	Cameroon	6.2
80	Dominican Republic	6.2
81	Guinea	6.2
82	El Salvador	6.2
83	Congo-Léopoldville (→ Zaire → DR Congo)	6.2
84	Guatemala	6.2
85 (25)	Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea → Guinea-Bissau)	6.1
86	Ecuador	6.1
87 (26)	Saint Lucia (British Empire → Saint Lucia)	6.1
88 (27)	Gilbert Islands (British Empire → Kiribati)	6.1
89	Gambia	6.1
90	Central African Republic	6.0
91	Nepal	6.0
92	Burma (→ Myanmar)	6.0
93	Laos	6.0
94 (28)	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)	6.0
95	Egypt	5.9
96 (29)	East Timor (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor → East Timor)	5.9
97	Tonga	5.9
98 (30)	Seychelles (British Empire → Seychelles)	5.8
99 (31)	Brunei (British Empire → Brunei)	5.8
100	Lesotho	5.8
101	Haiti	5.8
102	Equatorial Guinea	5.7
103	Turkey	5.7
104	Paraguay	5.7
105 (32)	Suriname (Dutch Empire → Suriname)	5.7
106	Colombia	5.6
107	Thailand	5.6
108	South Africa	5.6
109	India	5.5
110	China (mainland only)	5.5
111	Indonesia	5.5
112	Jamaica	5.5
113	Venezuela	5.4
114 (33)	New Caledonia (French Colonial Empire → Overseas departments and territories of France)	5.3
115	Panama	5.2
116 (34)	French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Collectivity)	5.1
116	Gabon	5.1
117	Albania	5.1
118	Guyana	5.1
119	Lebanon	5.0
120	Brazil	5.0
121	Costa Rica	4.9
122	Malaysia	4.9
123 (35)	Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union → Kyrgyzstan)	4.9
124 (36)	Guadeloupe (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department)	4.9
125 (37)	Réunion (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department)	4.8
126 (38)	French Guiana (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department)	4.7
	World	4.7
127 (39)	Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union → Azerbaijan)	4.6
128 (40)	Martinique (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department	4.6
129 (41)	Grenada (British Empire → Grenada)	4.6
130	Fiji	4.5
131	South Korea	4.5
132 (42)	Guam (US)	4.4
133	North Korea	4.3
134	Sri Lanka	4.3
135	Chile	4.0
136	Cuba	4.0
137	Ireland	3.9
138	Republic of China (Taiwan)	3.9
139	Israel	3.8
140	Mauritius	3.8
141 (43)	Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire → Antigua and Barbuda)	3.7
142	Trinidad and Tobago	3.6
143 (44)	Bahamas (British Empire → Bahamas)	3.5
144 (45)	Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union → Kazakhstan)	3.5
145 (46)	Curaçao (Dutch Empire → Dutch Caribbean)	3.3
146 (47)	Hong Kong (British Hong Kong → China)	3.3
147 (48)	Puerto Rico (US)	3.2
148	New Zealand	3.2
149 (49)	Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union → Armenia)	3.2
150	Singapore	3.2
151	Argentina	3.1
152	Barbados	3.1
153 (50)	SR Macedonia ( Yugoslavia → North Macedonia)	3.0
154	Portugal	3.0
155	Australia	2.9
156	Spain	2.9
157	Uruguay	2.9
158	Romania	2.9
159	Iceland	2.8
160 (51)	Montenegro ( Yugoslavia → Montenegro)	2.7
161 (52)	Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Yugoslavia → Bosnia and Herzegovina)	2.7
162	Netherlands	2.6
163 (53)	Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union → Moldova)	2.6
164 (54)	Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union → Georgia)	2.6
165	Norway	2.5
166	Cyprus	2.5
167	United States	2.5
168	France	2.5
169	United Kingdom	2.4
170 (55)	Slovak Socialist Republic	2.4
171 (56)	Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union → Lithuania)	2.4
172 (57)	SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia → Serbia)	2.4
173	Italy	2.4
174	Greece	2.4
175 (58)	Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union → Belarus)	2.3
176	Poland	2.3
177	Austria	2.3
178	Belgium	2.3
179	San Marino	2.2
180 (59)	SR Slovenia ( Yugoslavia → Slovenia)	2.2
181 (60)	Macau (Portuguese Macau → China)	2.2
182 (61)	Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union → Estonia)	2.2
183	Bulgaria	2.2
184	Canada	2.2
185	Germany ( West Germany and East Germany → Germany)	2.1
186 (62)	Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Ukraine)	2.1
187	Channel Islands - (63) Guernsey and (64) Jersey (UK)	2.1
188	Switzerland	2.1
189	Japan	2.1
	Population replacement	2.1
190 (65)	Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union → Latvia)	2.0
191	Denmark	2.0
192	Malta	2.0
193 (66)	Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union → Russia)	2.0
194	Luxembourg	2.0
195	Hungary	2.0
196 (67)	Czech Socialist Republic	1.9
197	Sweden	1.9
198 (68)	SR Croatia ( Yugoslavia → Croatia)	1.8
199 (69)	Finland	1.8
	Sovereign states: 130
	Dependent territories: 69
	Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1	Andorra	-
2	Czechoslovakia (dissolved in 1992)	-
3 (1)	Dominica (British Empire → Dominica)	-
4 (2)	Ellice Islands (British Empire - Ellice Islands → Tuvalu)	-
5 (3)	SAP Kosovo ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia → Kosovo)	-
6	Liechtenstein	-
7 (4)	Marshall Islands (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Marshall Islands)	-
8	Monaco	-
9	Nauru	-
10 (5)	Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Palau)	-
11 (6)	Saint Kitts and Nevis (British Empire → Saint Kitts and Nevis)	-
12	Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991)	-
13	Vatican City	-
14	Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992)	-
	Sovereign states: 8
	Dependent territories: 6

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2014 (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.6
2	South Sudan	7.0
3	Somalia	6.6
4	DR Congo	6.6
5	Chad	6.6
6	Angola	6.2
7	Central African Republic	6.2
8	Burundi	6.1
9	Mali	6.1
10	Zambia	6.0
11	Burkina Faso	5.9
12	Uganda	5.9
13	Mozambique	5.7
14	East Timor	5.7
15	Gambia	5.6
16	Nigeria	5.6
17	Malawi	5.5
18	Senegal	5.3
19	Tanzania	5.3
20	Sudan	5.2
21	Guinea	5.1
22	Cameroon	5.1
23	Afghanistan	5.1
24	Congo	5.0
25	Guinea-Bissau	5.0
26	Benin	4.9
27	Ivory Coast	4.9
28	Sierra Leone	4.9
29	Equatorial Guinea	4.9
30	Eritrea	4.7
31	Liberia	4.7
32	Togo	4.7
33	Samoa	4.7
34	Vanuatu	4.4
35	Yemen	4.4
36	Madagascar	4.4
37	Kenya	4.3
38	São Tomé and Príncipe	4.3
39	Ghana	4.3
40	Comoros	4.3
41	Papua New Guinea	4.3
42	Nauru	4.3
43	Mauritania	4.1
44	Solomon Islands	4.1
45	Gabon	4.1
46	Marshall Islands	4.1
47 (1)	Mayotte (France)	4.1
48	Palestine	4.1
49	Iraq	4.1
50	Ethiopia	4.1
51	Rwanda	4.0
52	Tonga	3.9
53	Kiribati	3.8
54	Tajikistan	3.8
55	Pakistan	3.8
56	Guatemala	3.8
57	Zimbabwe	3.8
58	Namibia	3.6
59 (2)	French Guiana (France)	3.5
60	Micronesia	3.5
61	Jordan	3.5
62	Egypt	3.5
63	Haiti	3.4
64	Swaziland	3.4
65	Djibouti	3.4
66	Lesotho	3.3
67	Bolivia	3.2
68	Laos	3.2
69	Tuvalu	3.2
70	Kyrgyzstan	3.2
71 (3)	Guam (US)	3.1
72	Israel	3.0
73	Syria	3.0
74	Philippines	3.0
75	Mongolia	2.9
76	Saudi Arabia	2.9
77	Algeria	2.9
78	Ecuador	2.8
79	Paraguay	2.8
80	Honduras	2.8
81	Cambodia	2.8
82	Oman	2.8
83	Kazakhstan	2.7
84	Morocco	2.6
85	Suriname	2.6
86	Indonesia	2.6
87	Belize	2.6
88	Botswana	2.6
89	Cape Verde	2.6
90	Fiji	2.5
91	Dominican Republic	2.5
92	Bhutan	2.5
93	Guyana	2.5
94	Panama	2.5
95	Nicaragua	2.5
	World	2.5
96	India	2.4
97	Uzbekistan	2.4
98	Libya	2.4
99	Kuwait	2.4
100	Nepal	2.4
101	Venezuela	2.4
102	Western Sahara	2.4
103	Turkmenistan	2.4
104	Seychelles	2.4
105 (4)	Réunion (France)	2.4
106	Peru	2.4
107	Maldives	2.3
108	South Africa	2.3
109	Jamaica	2.3
110	Argentina	2.3
111	Colombia	2.3
112 (5)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	2.2
113	Tunisia	2.2
114 (6)	New Caledonia (France)	2.2
115	Bangladesh	2.2
116	Mexico	2.2
117	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.2
118 (7)	Guadeloupe (France)	2.2
119	Azerbaijan	2.2
120	El Salvador	2.2
121	Sri Lanka	2.1
122	Malaysia	2.1
123	Bahrain	2.1
124 (8)	French Polynesia (France)	2.1
125	Turkey	2.1
126	Vietnam	2.1
127	Qatar	2.1
	Population replacement	2.1
128	New Zealand	2.0
129	Ireland	2.0
130	Myanmar (Burma)	2.0
131	Uruguay	2.0
132	North Korea	2.0
133	Dominica	2.0
134	France	2.0
135	Bahamas	2.0
136	Kosovo	2.0
137	Grenada	2.0
138	Sweden	1.9
139 (9)	Martinique (France)	1.9
140	Australia	1.9
141	United Kingdom	1.9
142	Chile	1.9
143	Iceland	1.9
144	United States	1.9
145	Norway	1.8
146	Finland	1.8
147	Belgium	1.8
148	Barbados	1.8
149	Costa Rica	1.8
150	United Arab Emirates	1.8
151	Antigua and Barbuda	1.8
152	Iran	1.8
153	Thailand	1.8
154	Albania	1.8
155	Montenegro	1.7
156	Netherlands	1.7
157	Georgia	1.7
158	Belarus	1.7
159	Palau	1.7
160	Brazil	1.7
161	Denmark	1.7
162	Channel Islands - (10) Guernsey and (11) Jersey (UK)	1.7
163	Russia	1.7
164	Cuba	1.7
165 (12)	Puerto Rico (US)	1.6
166	Croatia	1.6
167	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.6
168	Trinidad and Tobago	1.6
169	Canada	1.6
170	China (mainland only)	1.6
171	Brunei	1.6
172	Lithuania	1.6
173	Luxembourg	1.6
174	Armenia	1.6
-	European Union	1.6
175	North Macedonia	1.5
176	San Marino	1.5
177	Slovenia	1.5
178	Ukraine	1.5
179	Latvia	1.5
180	Estonia	1.5
181	Liechtenstein	1.5
182	Bulgaria	1.5
183	Czech Republic	1.5
184	Switzerland	1.5
185	Saint Lucia	1.5
186	Lebanon	1.5
187	Cyprus	1.5
188	Mauritius	1.4
189	Japan	1.4
190	Austria	1.4
191	Germany	1.4
192	Monaco	1.4
193	Malta	1.4
194	Serbia	1.4
195	Italy	1.4
196	Slovakia	1.3
197	Greece	1.3
198	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3
199	Romania	1.3
200	Hungary	1.3
201	Spain	1.3
202	Portugal	1.2
203	Singapore	1.2
204	Poland	1.2
205 (13)	Macau (China)	1.2
206	South Korea	1.2
207	Moldova	1.2
208 (14)	Hong Kong (China)	1.1
209	Andorra	1.1
210	Republic of China (Taiwan)	1.1
	Sovereign states: 196
	Dependent territories: 14
	Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1	Vatican City	-
	Sovereign states: 1
	Dependent territories: 0

Notes:

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

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

Country ranking by TFR forecast

2018 forecast/prediction by the UN Population Division

2023 forecast/prediction by the UN Population Division

Rank	Country	Fertility rate 2018 (Medium Variant) (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.46
2	Somalia	6.12
3	Mali	5.92
4	Chad	5.79
5	Angola	5.79
6	Burundi	5.66
7	DR Congo	5.66
8	Gambia	5.53
9	Uganda	5.46
10	Nigeria	5.41
11	East Timor	5.33
12	Burkina Faso	5.23
13	Zambia	5.14
14	Mozambique	5.12
15	Tanzania	4.92
16	Malawi	4.88
17	Senegal	4.83
18	Ivory Coast	4.77
19	South Sudan	4.73
20	Guinea	4.73
21	Congo	4.64
22	Guinea-Bissau	4.56
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.52
24	Benin	4.50
25	Liberia	4.47
26	Cameroon	4.46
27	Mauritania	4.39
28	São Tomé and Príncipe	4.36
29	Togo	4.35
30	Iraq	4.35
31	Sierra Leone	4.28
32	Afghanistan	4.25
33	Comoros	4.23
34	Madagascar	4.21
35	Sudan	4.13
36	Kenya	4.10
37	Eritrea	4.02
38	Central African Republic	4.02
39	Ethiopia	3.99
40	Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	3.95
41	Ghana	3.95
42	Samoa	3.90
43	Yemen	3.79
44	Solomon Islands	3.76
45 (1)	Mayotte (France)	3.73
46	Gabon	3.68
47	Zimbabwe	3.65
48	Rwanda	3.62
49	Papua New Guinea	3.58
50	Tonga	3.58
51	Kiribati	3.58
52	Pakistan	3.38
53	Tajikistan	3.32
54	Namibia	3.31
55	Vanuatu	3.22
56 (2)	French Guiana (France)	3.28
57	Jordan	3.20
58	Egypt	3.16
59	Micronesia	3.08
60	Swaziland	3.06
61	Guatemala	3.03
62	Lesotho	3.01
63	Djibouti	2.99
64	Kyrgyzstan	2.93
65	Morocco	2.93
66	Philippines	2.87
67	Haiti	2.85
68	Bolivia	2.83
69	Laos	2.77
70	Syria	2.77
71	Botswana	2.67
72	Algeria	2.62
73	Saudi Arabia	2.59
74	Mongolia	2.54
75	Cambodia	2.53
76	Kazakhstan	2.53
77	Oman	2.51
78	Fiji	2.48
79	Guyana	2.47
	World	2.47
80	Belize	2.46
81	Paraguay	2.45
82	Ecuador	2.44
83	Israel	2.38
84	Dominican Republic	2.38
85	Panama	2.36
86	Indonesia	2.36
87	Peru	2.35
88	India	2.34
89	Uzbekistan	2.33
90 (3)	Guam (US)	2.32
91	Libya	2.32
92	South Africa	2.28
93	Venezuela	2.28
94	Suriname	2.28
95	Argentina	2.27
96	Honduras	2.25
97	Turkmenistan	2.22
98	Azerbaijan	2.22
99	Seychelles	2.21
100	Cape Verde	2.19
101 (4)	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	2.18
102	Nicaragua	2.16
103	Mexico	2.14
104	Myanmar (Burma)	2.13
105 (5)	Réunion (France)	2.12
106 (6)	Guadeloupe (France)	2.10
	Population replacement	2.10
107	Nepal	2.09
108	Bangladesh	2.08
109	Grenada	2.08
110	Tunisia	2.07
111	Western Sahara	2.06
112 (7)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	2.05
113	Kuwait	2.04
114 (8)	New Caledonia (France)	2.04
115	Sri Lanka	2.03
116	Antigua and Barbuda	2.03
117	Turkey	2.01
118	Ireland	2.00
119	Jamaica	1.99
120 (9)	French Polynesia (France)	1.99
121	New Zealand	1.99
122	France	1.99
123	Maldives	1.98
124	Bahrain	1.98
125	Uruguay	1.98
126	Qatar	1.95
127	Vietnam	1.95
128	North Korea	1.94
129	Bhutan	1.93
130	Sweden	1.93
131	United Kingdom	1.91
132	Iceland	1.90
133	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.90
134	Malaysia	1.90
135	United States	1.90
136 (10)	Martinique (France)	1.88
137	El Salvador	1.87
138	Australia	1.86
139	Colombia	1.83
140	Bahamas	1.83
141	Belgium	1.83
142	Brunei	1.82
143	Saint Lucia	1.82
144	Georgia	1.82
145	Norway	1.81
146	Barbados	1.80
147	Albania	1.78
148	Finland	1.77
149	Netherlands	1.77
150	Denmark	1.76
151	Costa Rica	1.74
152	Chile	1.73
153	United Arab Emirates	1.73
154	Trinidad and Tobago	1.73
155	Russia	1.70
156	Lebanon	1.68
157	Estonia	1.65
158	Montenegro	1.65
159	Slovenia	1.64
160	Brazil	1.63
161	Belarus	1.62
162	Lithuania	1.61
163	Iran	1.61
164 (11)	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.60
165	Luxembourg	1.60
166	Bulgaria	1.60
167	China	1.59
168 (12)	Puerto Rico (US)	1.59
169	Serbia	1.59
170	Cuba	1.58
171	Switzerland	1.57
172	Canada	1.56
173	Ukraine	1.56
174	Latvia	1.55
175	North Macedonia	1.55
176	Czech Republic	1.54
177	Austria	1.53
178	Romania	1.53
179	Armenia	1.51
180	Italy	1.49
181	Channel Islands - (13) Jersey (UK) and (14) Guernsey (UK)	1.49
182	Malta	1.49
183	Croatia	1.48
184	Thailand	1.46
185	Japan	1.46
186	Mauritius	1.44
187	Germany	1.44
188	Slovakia	1.44
189	Cyprus	1.42
190	Hungary	1.40
191	Spain	1.38
192 (15)	Macau (China)	1.34
193	Poland	1.33
194	South Korea	1.33
195	Greece	1.30
196 (16)	Hong Kong (China)	1.30
197	Singapore	1.26
198	Portugal	1.24
199	Moldova	1.23
200	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.23
	Sovereign states: 184
	Dependent territories: 16
	Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)	American Samoa (US)	-
2	Andorra	-
3 (2)	Anguilla (UK)	-
4 (3)	Bermuda (UK)	-
5 (4)	British Virgin Islands (UK)	-
6 (5)	Cayman Islands (UK)	-
7	Cook Islands	-
8	Dominica	-
9 (6)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	-
10 (7)	Gibraltar (UK)	-
11 (8)	Greenland (Denmark)	-
12 (9)	Isle of Man (UK)	-
13	Kosovo	-
14	Marshall Islands	-
15	Monaco	-
16 (10)	Montserrat (UK)	-
17	Nauru	-
18 (11)	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	-
19	Palau	-
20 (12)	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	-
21	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-
22 (13)	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	-
23	San Marino	-
24 (14)	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	-
25 (15)	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	-
26	Vatican City	-
27 (16)	Wallis and Futuna (France)	-
28 (17)	Western Sahara	-
	Sovereign states: 11
	Dependent territories: 17

Rank	Country	Fertility rate for 2023 (Medium Variant) (births/woman)
1	Niger	6.51
2	Somalia	5.66
3	DR Congo	5.46
4	Mali	5.46
5	Chad	5.32
6	Angola	5.21
7	Nigeria	5.08
8	Burundi	5.04
9	Gambia	4.90
10	Burkina Faso	4.83
11	Tanzania	4.63
12	Benin	4.54
13	Mozambique	4.54
14	Uganda	4.44
15	Ivory Coast	4.40
16	Central African Republic	4.38
17	Guinea	4.38
18	Zambia	4.38
19	South Sudan	4.36
20	Senegal	4.34
21	Mauritania	4.32
22	Cameroon	4.29
23	Congo	4.19
24	Guinea-Bissau	4.16
25	Equatorial Guinea	4.15
26	Solomon Islands	4.15
27	Sudan	4.15
28	São Tomé and Príncipe	4.08
29	Togo	4.06
30	Liberia	4.03
31	Comoros	3.93
32	Malawi	3.91
33	Sierra Leone	3.86
34	Afghanistan	3.85
35	Madagascar	3.85
36	Ethiopia	3.82
37	Eritrea	3.76
38	Rwanda	3.73
39	Gabon	3.71
40	Samoa	3.68
41	Ghana	3.65
42	Vanuatu	3.62
43	East Timor	3.60
44	Iraq	3.45
45 (1)	Mayotte (France)	3.44
46	Yemen	3.43
47	Kiribati	3.41
48	Tajikistan	3.40
49	Tonga	3.39
50	Papua New Guinea	3.38
51	Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	3.36
52	Zimbabwe	3.32
53	Kenya	3.26
54	Pakistan	3.24
55 (2)	French Guiana (France)	3.19
56	Namibia	3.17
57	Egypt	3.13
58	Lesotho	2.97
59	Morocco	2.93
60	Kyrgyzstan	2.83
61	Eswatini (Swaziland)	2.80
62	Micronesia	2.87
63	Algeria	2.79
64	Haiti	2.74
65	Mongolia	2.73
66	Botswana	2.69
67	Guatemala	2.67
68	Fiji	2.65
69	Syria	2.64
70	Turkmenistan	2.63
71	Kazakhstan	2.62
72	Oman	2.60
73	Bolivia	2.58
74	Jordan	2.58
75	Djibouti	2.52
76	Laos	2.48
77	Philippines	2.45
	World	2.42
78	Cambodia	2.39
79	Guyana	2.37
80	Panama	2.37
81	Seychelles	2.34
82	Paraguay	2.33
83	Ecuador	2.32
84	Honduras	2.32
85	Suriname	2.32
86	South Africa	2.31
87	Uzbekistan	2.31
88	Israel	2.30
89	Nicaragua	2.28
90	Western Sahara	2.27
91 (3)	Guam (US)	2.24
92	Dominican Republic	2.23
93	Indonesia	2.22
94	Argentina	2.20
95	Belize	2.19
96	Venezuela	2.18
97	Saudi Arabia	2.17
98	Peru	2.16
99	Cape Verde	2.15
100	India	2.14
101	Sri Lanka	2.13
102	Libya	2.11
103	Tunisia	2.10
	Population replacement	2.10
104 (4)	Guadeloupe (France)	2.09
105	Iran	2.09
106	Myanmar (Burma)	2.07
107	Kuwait	2.03
108	Mexico	2.03
109	Georgia	2.02
110	Lebanon	2.02
111	Vietnam	2.02
112	Azerbaijan	1.99
113	Turkey	1.99
114	Grenada	1.98
115 (5)	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	1.97
116	El Salvador	1.96
117	Antigua and Barbuda	1.95
118	Bangladesh	1.93
119	Malaysia	1.92
120	Uruguay	1.92
121	Jamaica	1.91
122 (6)	New Caledonia (France)	1.90
123	Bahrain	1.89
124 (7)	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.88
125 (8)	French Polynesia (France)	1.88
126	Bhutan	1.87
127	North Korea	1.86
128	France	1.85
129	New Zealand	1.85
130	Sweden	1.84
131 (9)	Martinique (France)	1.83
132	Russia	1.82
133	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.81
134	Nepal	1.80
135	Ireland	1.79
136	Australia	1.78
137	Qatar	1.78
138	United States	1.78
139	Denmark	1.77
140	Maldives	1.77
141	Armenia	1.76
142	Brunei	1.76
143	United Kingdom	1.75
144	Belarus	1.74
145	Latvia	1.74
146	Montenegro	1.74
147	Belgium	1.73
148	Colombia	1.73
149 (10)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.72
150	Iceland	1.72
151	Bahamas	1.71
152	China	1.70
153	Lithuania	1.70
154	Norway	1.70
155	Costa Rica	1.68
156	Czech Republic / Czech Republic	1.68
157	Netherlands	1.68
158	Trinidad and Tobago	1.67
159	Romania	1.65
160	Barbados	1.64
161	Slovenia	1.64
162	Estonia	1.63
163	Bulgaria	1.61
164	Germany	1.61
165	Chile	1.60
166	Austria	1.57
167	Cuba	1.57
168	Slovakia	1.55
169	Switzerland	1.56
170	Albania	1.54
171	Channel Islands - (11) Guernsey (UK) and (12) Jersey (UK)	1.54
172	Hungary	1.54
173	Brazil	1.53
174	Malta	1.51
175	Canada	1.48
176	Poland	1.47
177	North Macedonia	1.46
178	Thailand	1.46
179	Ukraine	1.44
180	Finland	1.42
181	Serbia	1.42
182	Croatia	1.41
183 (13)	Hong Kong (China)	1.41
184	Luxembourg	1.41
185	Spain	1.39
186	Saint Lucia	1.38
187	Japan	1.37
188	Mauritius	1.35
189	Portugal	1.35
190	United Arab Emirates	1.35
191	Moldova	1.31
192	Cyprus	1.30
193	Italy	1.30
194 (14)	Macau (China)	1.30
195	Greece	1.26
196	Singapore	1.24
197	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.22
198 (15)	Puerto Rico (US)	1.18
199	South Korea	0.72
	Sovereign states: 184
	Dependent territories: 15
	World
	World	2.42
	Continents
1	Africa	4.16
2	Oceania	2.30
3	Asia	2.09
4	South America	1.87
5	North America	1.76
6	Europe	1.62
	Major regions
1	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.40
2	Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)	3.27
3	Northern Africa and Western Asia	2.78
4	Central and Southern Asia	2.29
5	Latin America and the Caribbean	1.96
6	Eastern and South-Eastern Asia	1.81
7	Australia and New Zealand	1.80
8	Northern America	1.76
9	Europe and Northern America	1.67
10	Europe	1.62
	Major Subregions
1	Middle Africa	5.12
2	Western Africa	4.85
3	Eastern Africa	4.07
4	Melanesia	3.33
5	Northern Africa	3.07
6	Micronesia	2.72
7	Polynesia	2.65
8	Central Asia	2.62
9	Western Asia	2.52
10	Southern Africa	2.38
11	Southern Asia	2.28
12	South-Eastern Asia	2.14
13	Caribbean	2.11
14	Central America	2.11
15	South America	1.87
16	Northern America	1.76
17	Northern Europe	1.74
18	Western Europe	1.70
19	Eastern Europe	1.67
20	Eastern Asia	1.66
21	Southern Europe	1.36
	UN Development Groups
1	Land-Locked Developing Countries (LLDC)	3.68
2	Less Developed Regions (excluding China)	2.72
3	Less Developed Regions	2.53
3.1	- Least Developed Countries	3.74
3.2	- Less Developed Regions (excluding Least Developed Countries)	2.27
4	Small Island Developing States (SIDS)	2.37
5	More Developed Countries	1.65
	World Bank Income Groups
1	Low-income Countries	4.16
2	Middle-income Countries	2.29
3	Lower-middle-income Countries	2.60
4	Upper-middle-income Countries	1.87
5	High Income Countries	1.67
6	No Income Group Available	2.38
	Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)	American Samoa (US)	-
2	Andorra	-
3 (2)	Bermuda (UK)	-
4	British Virgin Islands (UK)	-
5 (3)	Cayman Islands (UK)	-
6	Dominica	-
7 (4)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	-
8 (5)	Gibraltar (UK)	-
9 (6)	Greenland (Denmark)	-
10 (7)	Isle of Man (UK)	-
11	Kosovo	-
12	Liechtenstein	-
13	Marshall Islands	-
14	Monaco	-
15	Nauru	-
16 (8)	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	-
17	Palau	-
18	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-
19 (9)	Saint Martin (France) (French part)	-
20	San Marino	-
21 (10)	Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (Dutch part)	-
22	Turks and Caicos Islands	-
23	Tuvalu	-
24	Vatican City	-
	Sovereign states: 14
	Dependent territories: 10

Note:

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

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v t e Lists of countries by population statistics
Global	Current population United Nations Demographics of the world
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Past and future	Past and future population World population estimates 1 1000 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 1939 1989 2000 2005 2010 2015 Population milestones
Population density	Current density Past and future population density Person-to-arable land ratio
Growth indicators	Population growth rate Natural increase Net reproduction rate Number of births Number of deaths Birth rate Mortality rate Fertility rate Past fertility rate
Life expectancy	World Africa Asia Europe North America Oceania South America world regions past life expectancy
Other demographics	Age at childbearing Age at first marriage Age structure Dependency ratio Divorce rate Ethnic and cultural diversity level Ethnic composition Immigrant population Linguistic diversity Median age Net migration rate Number of households Religion / Irreligion Sex ratio Urban population Urbanization
Health	Antidepressant consumption Antiviral medications for pandemic influenza HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate Infant and under-five mortality rates Maternal mortality rate Obesity rate Percentage suffering from undernourishment Health expenditure by country by type of financing Suicide rate Total health expenditure per capita Total healthcare spending as % of GDP Body mass index (BMI)
Education and innovation	Bloomberg Innovation Index Education Index Global Innovation Index International Innovation Index Literacy rate Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Tertiary education attainment World Intellectual Property Indicators
Economic	Access to financial services Development aid donors Official Development Assistance received Employment rate Irrigated land area Human Development Index by country inequality-adjusted planetary pressures–adjusted HDI Human Poverty Index Imports Exports Income equality Labour force Share of income of top 1% Number of millionaires (US dollars) Number of billionaires (US dollars) Percentage living in poverty Public sector Unemployment rate Wealth inequality
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v t e Demographics of Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Western Sahara

v t e Demographics of Asia
Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan
Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau
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v t e Demographics of North America
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

v t e Demographics of South America
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Methodology

Country ranking by most recent year

Country ranking by international organizations

Country ranking by governmental organizations

Country ranking by non-governmental organizations

Country ranking and comparison of TFR by year

1950 and 2015

1960 and 2015

1970 and 2014

Country ranking by TFR forecast

See also

References