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 |
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|
|
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:
(→) 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 |
show2014 List by the Population Reference Bureau |
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
2015-2020 Forecast/Prediction by the UN Population Division |
show2020-2025 Forecast/Prediction by the UN Population Division |
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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