List Of Sovereign States And Dependencies By Total Fertility Rate | Ofer Abarbanel Blog

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

Methodology

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

Country ranking by most recent years lists:

Intergovernmental organizations ranking lists

The World Bank ranking list is based on the data for the year 2017 published online.^[1] The World Bank is a United Nations international financial institution, a component of the World Bank Group, and a member of the United Nations Development Group, but it also collects and analyses information on demography issues based on international and national sources: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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

Governmental organizations ranking lists

The CIA ranking list is sourced from the CIA World Factbook for the most recent year^[2] ^[3] 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.^[4]

Non-governmental organizations ranking lists

The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) ranking list is based on the data of the 2019 World Population Data Sheet ^[5] published online. The Population Reference Bureau (PRB)^[6] 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.

Note: 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.

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).^[7][8] (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.

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).^[9][10] Our World In Data (OWID) is an online publication that presents empirical research and data that show how living conditions around the world are changing. The aim is to show how the world is changing and why. The publication is developed at the University of Oxford and authored by social historian and development economist Max Roser.

The World Bank Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1960 and 2015 list is sourced and based on the online published demographic data of the World Bank web site (on the clickable map and quoted sources).^[11]

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^[12] published online.^[13][14]

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.^[15][16] and from the 2019 revision United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2020–2025, using the medium assumption.^[17] The United Nations Population Division (part of the DESA – Department of Economic and Social Affairs^[18]) ranking list is based on the forecast/prediction for the years 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 published online.^[19][20]

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

Country ranking by most recent year

Country ranking by Intergovernmental organizations

2017 List by the World Bank

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2017 (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.0
2	Somalia	6.2
3	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	6.0
4	Mali	6.0
5	Chad	5.8
6	Angola	5.6
7	Burundi	5.5
8	Nigeria	5.5
9	Gambia	5.3
10	Burkina Faso	5.3
11	Uganda	5.1
12	Tanzania	5.0
13	Mozambique	4.9
14	Benin	4.9
15	Central African Republic	4.8
16	Guinea	4.8
17	South Sudan	4.8
18	Zambia	4.7
19	Ivory Coast	4.7
20	Senegal	4.7
21	Cameroon	4.6
22	Afghanistan	4.6
23	Mauritania	4.6
24	Equatorial Guinea	4.6
25	Guinea-Bissau	4.6
26	Congo, Republic of the	4.5
27	Sudan	4.5
28	Solomon Islands	4.4
29	Liberia	4.4
30	Togo	4.4
31	Sao Tome and Principe	4.4
32	Sierra Leone	4.4
33	Ethiopia	4.3
34	Malawi	4.3
35	Comoros	4.3
36	Madagascar	4.1
37	Eritrea	4.1
38	East Timor	4.1
39	Rwanda	4.1
40	Gabon	4.0
41	Ghana	3.9
42	Samoa	3.9
43	Yemen	3.9
44	Vanuatu	3.8
45	Iraq	3.8
46	Palestine	3.7
47	Zimbabwe	3.7
48	Seychelles	3.6
49	Kiribati	3.6
50	Papua New Guinea	3.6
51	Tajikistan	3.6
52	Tonga	3.6
53	Kenya	3.6
54	Pakistan	3.6
55	Namibia	3.4
56	Egypt	3.4
57	Lesotho	3.2
58	Israel	3.1
59	Micronesia	3.1
60	Algeria	3.0
61	Eswatini	3.0
62	Kyrgyzstan	3.0
63	Haiti	3.0
64	Oman	2.9
65	Guatemala	2.9
66	Mongolia	2.9
67	Botswana	2.9
68	Jordan	2.8
69	Syria	2.8
70	Turkmenistan	2.8
71	Fiji	2.8
72	Djibouti	2.8
73	Bolivia	2.8
74	Kazakhstan	2.7
75	Laos	2.7
76	Philippines	2.6
77	Cambodia	2.5
78 (1)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	2.5
79	Honduras	2.5
80	Panama	2.5
81	Guyana	2.5
82	Uzbekistan	2.5
83	Paraguay	2.5
84	Morocco	2.5
85	Ecuador	2.5
86	Suriname	2.4
87	Nicaragua	2.4
88	South Africa	2.4
89	Saudi Arabia	2.4
90	Dominican Republic	2.4
	World	2.4
91	Belize	2.3
92	Indonesia	2.3
93 (2)	Guam (America)	2.3
94	Cabo Verde	2.3
95	Venezuela	2.3
96	Libya	2.3
97	Argentina	2.3
98	Peru	2.3
99	India	2.2
100	Tunisia	2.2
101	Sri Lanka	2.2
102	Myanmar	2.2
103	Mexico	2.2
104	Iran	2.1
105	Lebanon	2.1
106 (3)	Greenland (Denmark)	2.1
107	Kuwait	2.1
108	Grenada	2.1
109	Turkey	2.1
110 (4)	United States Virgin Islands (America)	2.1
111	Georgia	2.1
112	Bangladesh	2.1
113	El Salvador	2.1
	Population Replacement	2.1
114	Vietnam	2.0
115	Kosovo	2.0
116	Malaysia	2.0
117	Bahrain	2.0
118	Antigua and Barbuda	2.0
119	Bhutan	2.0
120	Jamaica	2.0
121	Uruguay	2.0
122 (5)	New Caledonia (France)	2.0
123	Nepal	2.0
124 (6)	French Polynesia (France)	2.0
125	France	1.9
126	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1.9
127	Korea, North	1.9
128	Maldives	1.9
129	Azerbaijan	1.9
130	Qatar	1.9
131	Brunei	1.9
132	Sweden	1.9
133 (7)	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.8
134	Colombia	1.8
135	Ireland	1.8
136	New Zealand	1.8
137 (8)	Saint Martin (France) (French part)	1.8
138	Denmark	1.8
139	United Kingdom	1.8
140	Costa Rica	1.8
141	United States	1.8
142	Australia	1.8
143	Russia	1.8
144	Bahamas	1.8
145	Armenia	1.8
146	Iceland	1.7
147	Latvia	1.7
148	Trinidad and Tobago	1.7
149	Brazil	1.7
150	Montenegro	1.7
151	Norway	1.7
152	Lithuania	1.7
153	China	1.7
154	Belgium	1.7
155	Chile	1.7
156	Netherlands	1.7
157	Romania	1.6
158	Albania	1.6
159	Cuba	1.6
160	Czechia	1.6
161	Barbados	1.6
162	Liechtenstein	1.6
163 (9)	Bermuda (Britain)	1.6
164	Estonia	1.6
165	Slovenia	1.6
166	Germany	1.6
167	Belarus	1.5
168	Switzerland	1.5
169	Bulgaria	1.5
170	Thailand	1.5
171	Austria	1.5
172	Hungary	1.5
173	Channel Islands – (10) Guernsey (Britain) and (11) Jersey (Britain)	1.5
174	North Macedonia	1.5
175 (12)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.5
176	Canada	1.5
177	Finland	1.5
178	Slovakia	1.5
179	Serbia	1.5
180	United Arab Emirates	1.4
181	St. Lucia	1.4
182	Mauritius	1.4
183	Japan	1.4
184	Croatia	1.4
185	Luxembourg	1.4
186	Poland	1.4
187	Greece	1.4
188	Ukraine	1.4
189	Malta	1.4
190	Portugal	1.4
191	Spain	1.3
192	Italy	1.3
193	Cyprus	1.3
194	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3
195	Moldova	1.3
196 (13)	Macau (China)	1.2
197	Singapore	1.2
198 (14)	Hong Kong (China)	1.1
199 (15)	Puerto Rico (America)	1.1
200	Korea, South	1.1
	Sovereign States: 185
	Dependent Territories: 15
	World
1	World	2.4
	Major Regions
1	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	4.8
2	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.8
3	Arab world	3.3
4	Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income)	2.9
5	Middle East and North Africa	2.8
6	South Asia	2.4
7	Latin America and Caribbean (excluding high income)	2.1
8	Latin America and Caribbean	2.0
9	Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income)	1.9
10	East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income)	1.9
11	East Asia and Pacific	1.8
12	Europe and Central Asia	1.8
13	North America	1.7
14	Central Europe and the Baltics	1.5
	States’ Size
1	Pacific Island small states	3.5
2	Other small states	3.1
3	Small states	2.9
4	Caribbean small states	2.0
	International Organizations
1	OECD members	1.7
2	European Union	1.6
	Security Situation
1	Fragile and conflict affected situations	4.3
	Economic Areas
1	Euro area	1.6
	Economic Situation
1	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	4.8
2	Least Developed Countries: UN classification	4.1
	Income
1	Low income countries	4.6
2	Lower middle income countries	2.7
3	Low and middle income countries	2.6
4	Middle income countries	2.3
5	Upper middle income countries	1.9
6	High income countries	1.6
	Not Ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)	American Samoa (US)	–
2	Andorra	1.3 (2010)
3 (2)	British Virgin Islands (UK)	–
4 (3)	Cayman Islands (UK)	–
5	Dominica	1.9 (2003)
6 (4)	French Guiana (France)	–
7 (5)	Gibraltar (UK)	–
8 (6)	Guadeloupe (France)	–
9 (7)	Isle of Man (UK)	1.6 (2002)
10	Marshall Islands	4.0 (2011)
11 (8)	Mayotte (France)	–
12	Monaco	–
13	Nauru	–
14 (9)	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	–
15	Palau	2.2 (2015)
16	San Marino	1.3 (2012)
17 (10)	Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (Dutch part)	2.0 (2011)
18	St. Kitts and Nevis	2.1 (2002)
19	Turks and Caicos Islands	–
20	Tuvalu	–
21	Vatican City	–
22	Western Sahara	–
	Sovereign States: 12
	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.

Country ranking by Governmental organizations

2019 List by the INED – Institut National d’Études Démographiques

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2019 (births/woman)
1	Niger	6.8
2	Somalia	6.0
3	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	5.8
4	Mali	5.8
5	Chad	5.6
6	Angola	5.4
7	Burundi	5.3
8	Nigeria	5.3
9	Gambia, The	5.2
10	Burkina Faso	5.1
11	Benin	4.8
12	Mozambique	4.8
13	Tanzania	4.8
14	Uganda	4.8
15	Central African Republic	4.6
16	Côte d’Ivoire	4.6
17	Guinea	4.6
18	Senegal	4.6
19	South Sudan	4.6
20	Zambia	4.6
21	Cameroon	4.5
22	Mauritania	4.5
23	Congo, Republic of the	4.4
24	Equatorial Guinea	4.4
25	Guinea-Bissau	4.4
26	Afghanistan	4.3
27	Sao Tome and Principe	4.3
28	Sudan	4.3
29	Togo	4.3
30	Liberia	4.2
31	Sierra Leone	4.2
32	Comoros	4.1
33	Ethiopia	4.1
34	Malawi	4.1
35	Marshall Islands	4.1
36	Eritrea	4.0
37	Madagascar	4.0
38	Rwanda	4.0
39	Gabon	3.9
40	Solomon Islands	3.9
41	Timor-Leste	3.9
42	Ghana	3.8
43	Samoa	3.8
44	Vanuatu	3.7
45	Yemen	3.7
46	Iraq	3.6
47 (1)	Mayotte (France)	3.6
48	Palestinian Territory (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	3.6
49	Tajikistan	3.6
50	Kiribati	3.5
51	Pakistan	3.5
52	Papua New Guinea	3.5
53	Tonga	3.5
54	Zimbabwe	3.5
55	Kenya	3.4
56	Egypt	3.3
57 (2)	French Guiana (France)	3.3
58	Namibia	3.3
59	Lesotho	3.1
60	Algeria	3.0
61	Israel	3.0
62	Kyrgyzstan	3.0
63	Micronesia, Federated States of	3.0
64	Eswatini (Swaziland)	3.0
65	Haiti	2.9
66	Mongolia	2.9
67	Botswana	2.8
68	Fiji	2.8
69	Guatemala	2.8
70	Oman	2.8
71	Syria	2.8
72	Bolivia	2.7
73	Djibouti	2.7
74	Jordan	2.7
75	Kazakhstan	2.7
76	Turkmenistan	2.7
77	Laos	2.6
78	Cambodia	2.5
79	Philippines	2.5
80	Ecuador	2.4
81	Guyana	2.4
82	Honduras	2.4
83	Morocco	2.4
84	Nicaragua	2.4
85	Panama	2.4
86	Paraguay	2.4
87	Seychelles	2.4
88	South Africa	2.4
89	Suriname	2.4
90	Uzbekistan	2.4
91	Western Sahara	2.4
	World	2.4
92	Belize	2.3
93	Dominican Republic	2.3
94 (3)	Guam (US)	2.3
95	Indonesia	2.3
96	Saudi Arabia	2.3
97	Venezuela	2.3
98	Argentina	2.2
99	Cabo Verde	2.2
100	India	2.2
101	Libya	2.2
102	Peru	2.2
103 (4)	Réunion (France)	2.2
104	Sri Lanka	2.2
105	Tunisia	2.2
106	Azerbaijan	2.1
107	Georgia	2.1
108 (5)	Guadeloupe (France)	2.1
109	Iran	2.1
110	Kuwait	2.1
111	Lebanon	2.1
112	Mexico	2.1
113	Myanmar (Burma)	2.1
114	Turkey	2.1
115	Viet Nam	2.1
	Population Replacement	2.1
116	Antigua and Barbuda	2.0
117	Bahrain	2.0
118	Bangladesh	2.0
119	Bhutan	2.0
120	El Salvador	2.0
121	Grenada	2.0
122	Jamaica	2.0
123	Malaysia	2.0
124	Uruguay	2.0
125 (6)	United States Virgin Islands (US)	2.0
126 (7)	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.9
127 (8)	French Polynesia (France)	1.9
128	Korea, North	1.9
129 (9)	Martinique (France)	1.9
130	Monaco	1.9
131	Nepal	1.9
132 (10)	New Caledonia (France)	1.9
133	New Zealand	1.9
134	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.9
135	Armenia	1.8
136	Australia	1.8
137	Brunei	1.8
138	Colombia	1.8
139	Denmark	1.8
140	Dominica	1.8
141	France (Metropolitan France)	1.8
142	Ireland	1.8
143	Maldives	1.8
144	Qatar	1.8
145	Russia	1.8
146	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.8
147	Sweden	1.8
148	United States	1.8
149	Bahamas	1.7
150	Belarus	1.7
151	Belgium	1.7
152	Brazil	1.7
153	China (mainland only)	1.7
154	Costa Rica	1.7
155 (11)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.7
156	Czechia / Czech Republic	1.7
157	Iceland	1.7
158	Kosovo	1.7
159	Latvia	1.7
160	Lithuania	1.7
161	Montenegro	1.7
162	Norway	1.7
163	Trinidad and Tobago	1.7
164	United Kingdom	1.7
165	Albania	1.6
166	Barbados	1.6
167	Bulgaria	1.6
168	Chile	1.6
169	Cuba	1.6
170	Estonia	1.6
171	Germany	1.6
172	Romania	1.6
173	Slovenia	1.6
174	Austria	1.5
175	Canada	1.5
176	Cyprus	1.3
177	Finland	1.5
178	Hungary	1.5
179	Malta	1.5
180	North Macedonia	1.5
181	Slovakia / Slovak Republic	1.5
182	Switzerland	1.5
183	Thailand	1.5
184	Croatia	1.4
185 (12)	Hong Kong (China)	1.4
186	Japan	1.4
187	Liechtenstein	1.4
188	Luxembourg	1.4
189	Mauritius	1.4
190	Netherlands	1.4
191	Poland	1.4
192	Saint Lucia	1.4
193	Serbia	1.4
194	Ukraine	1.4
195	United Arab Emirates	1.4
196	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3
197	Greece	1.3
198	Italy	1.3
199	Moldova	1.3
200	Portugal	1.3
201	San Marino	1.3
202	Spain	1.3
203	China, Republic of (Taiwan)	1.2
204 (13)	Macau (China)	1.2
205 (14)	Puerto Rico (US)	1.2
206	Singapore	1.2
207	Korea, South	1.1
208	Andorra	1.0
	Sovereign States: 194
	Dependent Territories: 14
	World
1	World	2.4
	Continents
1	Africa	4.4
2	Oceania	2.3
3	Asia	2.1
4	Americas	1.9
5	Europe	1.6
	Major Regions
1	Middle Africa	5.4
2	Western Africa	5.1
3	Eastern Africa	4.3
4	Northern Africa	3.2
5	Central Asia	2.7
6	Western Asia	2.6
7	Southern Africa	2.5
8	Oceania	2.3
9	South Asia	2.3
10	Caribbean	2.2
11	Central America	2.2
12	Southeast Asia	2.2
13	South America	1.9
14	East Asia	1.7
15	Eastern Europe	1.7
16	Northern America	1.7
17	Northern Europe	1.7
18	Western Europe	1.7
19	Southern Europe	1.3
	Not Ranked
1	Channel Islands – (1) Guernsey (UK) and (2) Jersey (UK)	–
2 (3)	Christmas Island (Australia)	–
3 (4)	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	–
4	European Union	–
5 (5)	Falkland Islands (UK)	–
6 (6)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	–
7	Nauru	–
8	Niue	–
9 (7)	Norfolk Island (Australia)	–
10	Palau	–
11 (8)	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	–
12 (9)	Svalbard (Norway)	–
13 (10)	Tokelau (New Zealand)	–
14	Tuvalu	–
15	Vatican City	–
	Sovereign States: 4
	Dependent Territories: 10

2020 List by the CIA World Factbook
Rank	Country	Fertility rate 2020 estimate (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.00
2	Angola	5.96
3	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	5.77
4	Mali	5.72
5	Chad	5.68
6	South Sudan	5.54
7	Uganda	5.54
8	Benin	5.53
9	Somalia	5.51
10	Zambia	5.49
11	Malawi	5.39
12	Burundi	5.28
13	Mozambique	4.97
14	Guinea	4.92
15	Liberia	4.90
16	Afghanistan	4.82
17	Guinea-Bissau	4.75
18	Nigeria	4.72
19	Sudan	4.72
20	Cameroon	4.66
21	Sierra Leone	4.62
22	Tanzania	4.59
23	Burkina Faso	4.51
24	Congo, Republic of the	4.45
25	Timor-Leste	4.44
26	Togo	4.22
27	Central African Republic	4.14
28	Ethiopia	4.14
29	Equatorial Guinea	4.11
30	Senegal	4.04
31	Zimbabwe	3.93
32	Ghana	3.90
33	Sao Tome and Principe	3.82
34	Madagascar	3.78
35	Eritrea	3.73
36	Côte d’Ivoire	3.67
37	Mauritania	3.65
38	Western Sahara	3.65
39	Gaza Strip (Palestinian Territories)	3.64
40	Pakistan	3.60
41	Rwanda	3.52
42	Kenya	3.43
43	Gabon	3.41
44	Iraq	3.39
45	Egypt	3.29
46	Gambia, The	3.21
47	Yemen	3.20
48	Libya	3.17
49	Namibia	3.07
50	West Bank (Palestinian Territories)	3.07
51	Jordan	3.04
52	Solomon Islands	2.97
53	Comoros	2.95
54	Philippines	2.92
55	Syria	2.90
56	Tuvalu	2.88
57	Tonga	2.87
58	Marshall Islands	2.86
59 (1)	Guam (US)	2.84
60	Papua New Guinea	2.84
61	Vanuatu	2.79
62	Oman	2.76
63	Guatemala	2.72
64	Belize	2.70
65 (2)	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	2.70
66	Nauru	2.68
67	Algeria	2.59
68	Israel	2.59
69	Kyrgyzstan	2.54
70	Laos	2.53
71	Eswatini (Swaziland)	2.52
72	Haiti	2.52
73	Tajikistan	2.51
74	Lesotho	2.50
75	Samoa	2.50
76	Bolivia	2.48
77	Botswana	2.45
78	Malaysia	2.43
	World	2.42
79	Cambodia	2.39
80 (3)	American Samoa (US)	2.35
81	India	2.35
82 (4)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	2.31
83	Fiji	2.31
84	Morocco	2.31
85	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.29
86	Kuwait	2.26
87	Venezuela	2.26
88	Kiribati	2.25
89	Dominican Republic	2.24
90	Panama	2.23
91	South Africa	2.22
92	Argentina	2.21
93	Djibouti	2.19
94	Mexico	2.19
95	Cabo Verde	2.16
96	Kazakhstan	2.16
97	Cook Islands	2.12
98	Bangladesh	2.11
	Population Replacement	2.10
99	Ecuador	2.09
100	El Salvador	2.09
101	Honduras	2.09
102	Burma (Myanmar)	2.07
103	Jamaica	2.07
104	France	2.06
105	Tunisia	2.06
106	Indonesia	2.04
107	Peru	2.04
108	Turkmenistan	2.04
109 (5)	United States Virgin Islands (US )	2.03
110	Dominica	2.02
111 (6)	Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (Dutch part)	2.02
112	Sri Lanka	2.01
113 (7)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	2.00
114	Antigua and Barbuda	1.97
115	Iceland	1.97
116	Grenada	1.96
117	Nepal	1.96
118	Turkey	1.96
119	Kosovo	1.95
120	Mongolia	1.95
121	Saudi Arabia	1.95
122	Colombia	1.94
123 (8)	Greenland (Denmark)	1.94
124	Iran	1.94
125	Ireland	1.94
126	Bahamas, The	1.92
127	Korea, North	1.92
128 (9)	Bermuda (UK)	1.91
129 (10)	Gibraltar (UK)	1.90
130 (11)	Isle of Man (UK)	1.90
131	Guyana	1.89
132	Paraguay	1.89
133	Azerbaijan	1.88
134 (12)	New Caledonia (France)	1.88
135	Qatar	1.88
136	Costa Rica	1.87
137	New Zealand	1.87
138	Sweden	1.87
139	Suriname	1.86
140	United Kingdom	1.86
141	Norway	1.84
142	United States	1.84
143 (13)	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.83
144 (14)	Cayman Islands (UK)	1.83
145 (15)	French Polynesia (France)	1.83
146	Seychelles	1.83
147	Bhutan	1.82
148	Montenegro	1.82
149	Nicaragua	1.82
150 (16)	Saint-Martin (France) (French part)	1.81
151	Denmark	1.78
152	Belgium	1.77
153	Chile	1.77
154	Netherlands	1.77
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.77
156	Uruguay	1.77
157	Vietnam	1.77
158	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.76
159	Brunei	1.75
160	Georgia	1.75
161 (17)	Anguilla (UK)	1.74
162	Australia	1.74
163	Finland	1.74
164	Uzbekistan	1.74
165	Brazil	1.73
166	Mauritius	1.73
167	Saint Lucia	1.73
168	United Arab Emirates	1.73
169	Cuba	1.71
170	Lebanon	1.71
171	Maldives	1.71
172 (18)	Wallis and Futuna (France)	1.71
173	Palau	1.70
174	Trinidad and Tobago	1.70
175 (19)	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	1.70
176	Bahrain	1.69
177	Liechtenstein	1.69
178	Barbados	1.68
179 (20)	Jersey (UK)	1.67
180	Armenia	1.65
181 (21)	Saint Barthélemy (France)	1.64
182	Luxembourg	1.62
–	European Union	1.62
183	Estonia	1.61
184	China, People’s Republic of	1.60
185	Lithuania	1.60
186	Russia	1.60
187 (22)	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	1.60
188	Slovenia	1.59
189	Moldova	1.58
190 (23)	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	1.58
191	Canada	1.57
192 (24)	Guernsey (UK)	1.57
193	Switzerland	1.57
194	Ukraine	1.56
195	Monaco	1.55
196	Thailand	1.54
197	Albania	1.53
198	Latvia	1.53
199	San Marino	1.52
200	Spain	1.51
201	Belarus	1.50
202	North Macedonia	1.50
203	Austria	1.49
204	Bulgaria	1.49
205	Malta	1.49
206	Cyprus	1.48
207	Czechia	1.48
208	Germany	1.47
209	Hungary	1.47
210	Italy	1.47
211	Serbia	1.46
212	Slovakia	1.44
213	Andorra	1.43
214	Japan	1.43
215	Croatia	1.42
216	Portugal	1.41
217	Greece	1.38
218	Poland	1.38
219	Romania	1.38
220 (26)	Montserrat (UK)	1.36
221	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.33
222 (27)	British Virgin Islands (UK)	1.33
223	Korea, South	1.29
224 (28)	Puerto Rico (US)	1.24
225 (29)	Hong Kong (China)	1.21
226	China, Republic of (Taiwan)	1.14
227 (30)	Macau (China)	0.96
228	Singapore	0.87
	Sovereign States: 198
	Dependent Territories: 30
	World
1	World	2.42
	Not Ranked
1 (1)	Christmas Island (Australia)	–
2 (2)	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	–
3 (3)	Falkland Islands (UK)	–
4 (4)	French Guiana (France)	–
5 (5)	Guadeloupe (France)	–
6 (6)	Martinique (France)	–
7 (7)	Mayotte (France)	–
8 (8)	Niue	–
9 (9)	Norfolk Island (Australia)	–
10 (10)	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	–
11 (11)	Réunion (France)	–
12 (12)	Svalbard (Norway)	–
13 (13)	Tokelau (New Zealand)	–
14	Vatican City	–
	Sovereign States: 1
	Dependent Territories: 13

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 Nongovernmental organizations

2019 List by the PRB – Population Reference Bureau

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2019 (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.0
2	Mali	6.3
3	Angola	6.2
4	Somalia	6.2
5	Chad	6.0
6	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	6.0
7	Benin	5.7
8	Burundi	5.5
9	Burkina Faso	5.3
10	Gambia, The	5.3
11	Nigeria	5.3
12	Uganda	5.1
13	Tanzania	5.0
14	Guinea-Bissau	4.9
15	Mozambique	4.9
16	Cameroon	4.8
17	Central African Republic	4.8
18	Guinea	4.8
19 (1)	Mayotte (France)	4.8
20	South Sudan	4.8
21	Zambia	4.7
22	Afghanistan	4.6
23	Côte d’Ivoire	4.6
24	Equatorial Guinea	4.6
25	Madagascar	4.6
26	Mauritania	4.6
27	Senegal	4.6
28	Congo, Republic of the	4.5
29	Sudan	4.5
30	Ethiopia	4.4
31	Togo	4.4
32	Comoros	4.3
33	Papua New Guinea	4.3
34	Samoa	4.3
35	Liberia	4.2
36	Malawi	4.2
37	Timor-Leste	4.2
38	Eritrea	4.1
39	Rwanda	4.1
40	Sierra Leone	4.1
41	Solomon Islands	4.1
42	Ghana	3.9
43	Yemen	3.9
44	Marshall Islands	3.8
45	Nauru	3.7
46	Palestinian Territory (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	3.7
47	Vanuatu	3.7
48	Zimbabwe	3.7
49 (2)	French Guiana (France)	3.6
50	Gabon	3.6
51	Iraq	3.6
52	Kenya	3.6
53	Kiribati	3.6
54	Pakistan	3.6
55	Tuvalu	3.6
56	Tajikistan	3.5
57	Tonga	3.5
58	Namibia	3.4
59	Sao Tome and Principe	3.4
60	Egypt	3.3
61	Kyrgyzstan	3.3
62	Lesotho	3.2
63	Micronesia, Federated States of	3.2
64	Algeria	3.1
65	Israel	3.1
66 (3)	Guam (US)	3.0
67	Haiti	3.0
68	Kazakhstan	3.0
69	Mongolia	2.9
70	Oman	2.9
71	Syria	2.9
72	Bolivia	2.8
73	Djibouti	2.8
74	Turkmenistan	2.8
75	Guatemala	2.7
76	Jordan	2.7
77	Laos	2.7
78	Philippines	2.7
79	Eswatini (Swaziland)	2.7
80	Botswana	2.6
81	Cambodia	2.5
82	Ecuador	2.5
83	Guyana	2.5
84	Honduras	2.5
85	Paraguay	2.5
86 (4)	Réunion (France)	2.5
87	Seychelles	2.5
88	Fiji	2.4
89	Nicaragua	2.4
90	Panama	2.4
91	Suriname	2.4
92	Uzbekistan	2.4
93	Western Sahara	2.4
	World	2.4
94	Argentina	2.3
95	Belize	2.3
96	Cabo Verde	2.3
97	Dominican Republic	2.3
98	El Salvador	2.3
99	Indonesia	2.3
100 (5)	New Caledonia (France)	2.3
101	Peru	2.3
102	South Africa	2.3
103	Venezuela	2.3
104	India	2.2
105	Kuwait	2.2
106	Libya	2.2
107	Morocco	2.2
108	Myanmar (Burma)	2.2
109	Bangladesh	2.1
110	Georgia	2.1
111	Grenada	2.1
112	Iran	2.1
113	Jamaica	2.1
114	Lebanon	2.1
115	Maldives	2.1
116	Mexico	2.1
117	Saudi Arabia	2.1
118	Sri Lanka	2.1
119	Tunisia	2.1
	Population Replacement	2.1
120	Bahrain	2.0
121	Colombia	2.0
122 (6)	French Polynesia (France)	2.0
123 (7)	Guadeloupe (France)	2.0
124	Nepal	2.0
125	Palau	2.0
126	Turkey	2.0
127	Uruguay	2.0
128	Viet Nam	2.0
129	Antigua and Barbuda	1.9
130	Brunei	1.9
131	Korea, North	1.9
132	Malaysia	1.9
133 (8)	Martinique (France)	1.9
134	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.9
135	Albania	1.8
136	Azerbaijan	1.8
137	Bahamas	1.8
138	Dominica	1.8
139	France	1.8
140	Ireland	1.8
141	Montenegro	1.8
142	Qatar	1.8
143	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.8
144	Sweden	1.8
145	Australia	1.7
146	Bhutan	1.7
147	Brazil	1.7
148	Chile	1.7
149	Costa Rica	1.7
150	Cuba	1.7
151 (9)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.7
152	Czechia / Czech Republic	1.7
153	Denmark	1.7
154	Estonia	1.7
155	Iceland	1.7
156	New Zealand	1.7
157	United Kingdom	1.7
158	United States	1.7
159	Armenia	1.6
160	Barbados	1.6
161	Belarus	1.6
162	Belgium	1.6
163	Bulgaria	1.6
164	China (mainland only)	1.6
165	Germany	1.6
166	Kosovo	1.6
167	Latvia	1.6
168	Lithuania	1.6
169	Netherlands	1.6
170	Norway	1.6
171	Russia	1.6
172	Slovenia	1.6
173	Trinidad and Tobago	1.6
174	Austria	1.5
175	Canada	1.5
176	Cyprus	1.5
177	Hungary	1.5
178	Poland	1.5
179	Saint Lucia	1.5
180	Serbia	1.5
181	Slovakia / Slovak Republic	1.5
182	Switzerland	1.5
183	Thailand	1.5
–	European Union	1.5
184	Croatia	1.4
185	Finland	1.4
186	Greece	1.4
187	Japan	1.4
188	Liechtenstein	1.4
189	Luxembourg	1.4
190	Mauritius	1.4
191	North Macedonia	1.4
192	Portugal	1.4
193	Ukraine	1.4
194	United Arab Emirates	1.4
195	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3
196	Channel Islands – (10) Guernsey (UK) and (11) Jersey (UK)	1.3
197	Italy	1.3
198	Malta	1.3
199	Romania	1.3
200	San Marino	1.3
201	Spain	1.3
202	Moldova	1.2
203	China, Republic of (Taiwan)	1.1
204 (12)	Hong Kong (China)	1.1
205 (13)	Puerto Rico (US)	1.1
206	Singapore	1.1
207	Andorra	1.0
208	Korea, South	1.0
209 (14)	Macau (China)	0.9
	Sovereign States: 195
	Dependent Territories: 14
	World
1	World	2.4
	Continents
1	Africa	4.5
2	Oceania	2.4
3	Asia (excluding China)	2.3
3	Asia	2.1
4	Americas	1.9
5	Europe	1.5
	Major Regions
1	Middle Africa	5.7
2	Western Africa	5.2
3	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.8
4	Eastern Africa	4.5
5	Northern Africa	3.2
6	Central Asia	2.8
7	Western Asia	2.6
8	Oceania	2.4
9	Southern Africa	2.4
10	South Asia	2.3
11	Caribbean	2.2
12	Central America	2.2
13	Southeast Asia	2.2
14	Latin America and the Caribbean	2.0
15	South America	2.0
16	Northern America	1.7
17	Northern Europe	1.7
18	Western Europe	1.7
19	East Asia	1.5
20	Eastern Europe	1.5
21	Southern Europe	1.3
	Development Level
1	Least Developed	4.1
2	Less Developed (excluding China)	2.8
3	Less Developed	2.5
4	More Developed	1.6
	Income
1	Low Income	4.6
2	Middle Income	2.3
2.1	– Lower Middle Income	2.7
2.2	– Upper Middle Income	1.8
3	High Income	1.6
	Not Ranked
1 (1)	Christmas Island (Australia)	–
2 (2)	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	–
3 (3)	Falkland Islands (UK)	–
4 (4)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	–
5	Monaco	–
6	Niue	–
7 (5)	Norfolk Island (Australia)	–
8 (6)	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	–
9 (7)	Svalbard (Norway)	–
10 (8)	Tokelau (New Zealand)	–
11	Vatican City	–
	Sovereign States: 3
	Dependent Territories: 8

2019 List by the OWID – Our World In Data
Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2019 (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.07
2	Somalia	5.98
3	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	5.82
4	Mali	5.79
5	Chad	5.65
6	Angola	5.48
7	Burundi	5.45
8	Nigeria	5.32
9	Uganda	5.32
10	Gambia, The	5.22
11	Burkina Faso	5.11
12	Mozambique	5.05
13	Tanzania	4.83
14	Zambia	4.81
15	Benin	4.77
16	Cote d’Ivoire	4.72
17	Central African Republic	4.65
18	Guinea	4.62
19	South Sudan	4.62
20	Senegal	4.55
21	Equatorial Guinea	4.43
22	Afghanistan	4.18
23	Cameroon	4.51
24	Mauritania	4.49
25	Congo, Republic of the	4.48
26	Guinea-Bissau	4.41
27	Liberia	4.38
28	Malawi	4.38
29	Sudan	4.35
30	Sao Tome and Principe	4.27
31	Sierra Leone	4.17
32	Togo	4.26
33	Iraq	4.19
34	Comoros	4.14
35	Madagascar	4.02
36	Eritrea	3.92
37	Ethiopia	3.86
38	Samoa	3.83
39	Ghana	3.81
40	Solomon Islands	3.69
41	Yemen	3.69
42	Kenya	3.68
43	Rwanda	3.67
44	Gabon	3.59
45	Kiribati	3.53
46	Zimbabwe	3.53
47	Papua New Guinea	3.52
48	Tonga	3.52
49	Pakistan	3.29
50	Namibia	3.24
51	Tajikistan	3.22
52 (1)	French Guiana (France)	3.21
53	Jordan	3.18
54	Vanuatu	3.17
55	Egypt	3.10
56	Lesotho	2.95
57	Eswatini (Swaziland)	2.94
58	Israel	2.89
59	Kyrgyzstan	2.86
60	Philippines	2.84
61	Guatemala	2.82
62	Bolivia	2.77
63	Haiti	2.77
64	Syria	2.77
65	Turkmenistan	2.74
66	Djibouti	2.67
67	Mongolia	2.63
68	Botswana	2.60
69	Algeria	2.59
70	Kazakhstan	2.54
71	Laos	2.54
72	Oman	2.46
73	Cambodia	2.47
74	Saudi Arabia	2.42
75	Belize	2.41
76	Fiji	2.45
77	Guyana	2.44
78	Panama	2.43
79	Ecuador	2.41
80	Paraguay	2.40
	World	2.40
81	Morocco	2.38
82	South Africa	2.38
83	Honduras	2.35
84	Dominican Republic	2.34
85	Peru	2.31
86	Suriname	2.30
87	Indonesia	2.29
88	Cabo Verde	2.24
89	India	2.26
90	Argentina	2.25
91	Venezuela	2.25
92	Seychelles	2.23
93	Uzbekistan	2.21
94	Libya	2.16
95	Myanmar (Burma)	2.15
96	Nicaragua	2.12
97	Tunisia	2.12
98 (2)	New Caledonia (France)	2.11
	Population Replacement	2.10
99	Mexico	2.09
100	Grenada	2.04
101	Antigua and Barbuda	2.02
102	Azerbaijan	2.02
103	Bangladesh	2.02
104	El Salvador	2.02
105	Nepal	2.02
106	Sri Lanka	2.01
107	Turkey	2.00
108	Ireland	1.98
109	Malaysia	1.98
110	Maldives	1.98
111	France	1.97
112	Georgia	1.97
113	Jamaica	1.97
114	Bahrain	1.96
115	Bhutan	1.96
116	New Zealand	1.96
117	Uruguay	1.96
118	Kuwait	1.94
119	Vietnam	1.94
120	Iceland	1.91
121	Sweden	1.91
122	United States	1.90
123	Korea, North	1.88
124	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1.87
125	United Kingdom	1.87
126	Qatar	1.85
127	Brunei	1.84
128	Norway	1.83
129	Australia	1.82
130	Barbados	1.80
131	Belgium	1.80
132	Colombia	1.80
133	Finland	1.78
134	Denmark	1.77
135	Russia	1.77
136	Chile	1.75
137	Netherlands	1.75
138	Bahamas, The	1.74
139	Costa Rica	1.74
140	Belarus	1.72
141	Cuba	1.72
142	Trinidad and Tobago	1.72
143	Albania	1.70
144	Lebanon	1.70
145	United Arab Emirates	1.70
146	Brazil	1.69
147	Lithuania	1.68
148	Estonia	1.67
149	Montenegro	1.65
150	Slovenia	1.65
151	China	1.64
152	Serbia	1.63
153	Luxembourg	1.61
154	Bulgaria	1.60
155	Armenia	1.59
156	Czech Republic / Czechia	1.59
157	Iran	1.59
158	Latvia	1.59
159	Ukraine	1.58
160	Canada	1.56
161	Macedonia	1.56
162	Switzerland	1.56
163	Romania	1.55
164	Austria	1.53
165	Italy	1.51
166	Japan	1.50
167	Malta	1.49
168	Germany	1.48
169 (3)	Puerto Rico (US)	1.46
170	Croatia	1.44
171	Thailand	1.44
172	St. Lucia	1.43
173	Mauritius	1.42
174	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.41
175	Hungary	1.41
176	Spain	1.41
177	Korea, South	1.35
178	Cyprus	1.33
179	Greece	1.30
180	Poland	1.29
181	Singapore	1.27
182	Portugal	1.24
183	Moldova	1.23
	Sovereign States: 183
	Dependent Territories: 3
	World
1	World	2.40
	Not Ranked
1 (1)	American Samoa (US)	–
2	Andorra	–
3 (2)	Aruba (Netherlands)	–
4 (3)	Bermuda (UK)	–
5 (4)	Cayman Islands (UK)	–
6	Channel Islands – (5) Guernsey (UK) and (6) Jersey (UK)	–
7 (7)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	–
8	Dominica	–
9 (8)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	–
10 (9)	French Polynesia (France)	–
11 (10)	Greenland (Denmark)	–
12 (11)	Guadeloupe (France)	–
13 (12)	Guam (US)	–
14 (13)	Hong Kong (China)	–
15 (14)	Isle of Man (UK)	–
16	Kosovo	–
17	Liechtenstein	–
18 (15)	Macau (China)	–
19	Marshall Islands	–
20 (16)	Mayotte (France)	–
21	Micronesia, Federated States of	–
22	Monaco	–
23 (17)	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	–
24	Palau	–
25	Palestinian territories (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	–
26	San Marino	–
27 (18)	Saint Martin (France) (French part)	–
28 (19)	Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (Dutch part)	–
29	Slovak Republic / Slovakia	–
30	St. Kitts and Nevis	–
31	Timor-Leste	–
32 (20)	Turks and Caicos Islands UK)	–
33	Tuvalu	–
34 (21)	United States Virgin Islands (US)	–
35	Vatican City	–
	Sovereign States: 14
	Dependent Territories: 21

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

show2015 List by Our World In Data

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

show2015 List by the World Bank

Notes:

(-) 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

show2014 List by the Population Reference Bureau

Notes:

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Country ranking by TFR forecast

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