List of sovereign states and dependencies by total fertility rate

Map of countries by total fertility rate (2020-2025), according to UNPD.^[1]

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 2018 published online.^[2] The World Bank is a United Nations international financial institution, a component of the World Bank Group, and a member of the United Nations Development Group, but it also collects and analyses information on demography issues based on international and national sources: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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

Governmental organizations ranking lists

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

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

Non-governmental organizations ranking lists

The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) ranking list is based on the data of the 2020 World Population Data Sheet ^[6] published online. The Population Reference Bureau (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.

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).^[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.

Comparison ranking lists:

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

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

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

Forecast/Prediction ranking lists:

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

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

Country ranking by most recent year

Country ranking by Intergovernmental organizations

**2018 List by the World Bank**
Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2018 (births/woman)
1	Niger	6.9
2	Somalia	6.1
3	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.9
4	Mali	5.9
5	Chad	5.7
6	Angola	5.5
7	Burundi	5.4
8	Nigeria	5.4
9	The Gambia	5.2
10	Burkina Faso	5.2
11	Uganda	5.0
12	Tanzania	4.9
13	Mozambique	4.9
14	Benin	4.8
15	Central African Republic	4.7
16	Guinea	4.7
17	South Sudan	4.7
18	Cote d'Ivoire	4.6
19	Zambia	4.6
20	Senegal	4.6
21	Cameroon	4.6
22	Mauritania	4.6
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.5
24	Guinea-Bissau	4.5
25	Afghanistan	4.5
26	Republic of the Congo	4.4
27	Sudan	4.4
28	Solomon Islands	4.4
29	Sao Tome and Principe	4.3
30	Togo	4.3
31	Liberia	4.3
32	Sierra Leone	4.3
33	Ethiopia	4.2
34	Malawi	4.2
35	Comoros	4.2
36	Madagascar	4.1
37	Eritrea	4.1
38	Rwanda	4.0
39	Timor-Leste	4.0
40	Gabon	4.0
41	Samoa	3.9
42	Ghana	3.9
43	Yemen	3.8
44	Vanuatu	3.8
45	Iraq	3.7
46	Palestinian territories (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	3.6
47	Zimbabwe	3.6
48	Tajikistan	3.6
49	Kiribati	3.6
50	Papua New Guinea	3.6
51	Tonga	3.6
52	Pakistan	3.5
53	Kenya	3.5
54	Namibia	3.4
55	Egypt	3.3
56	Kyrgyzstan	3.3
57	Lesotho	3.1
58	Israel	3.1
59	Federated States of Micronesia	3.1
60	Algeria	3.0
61	Eswatini	3.0
62	Haiti	2.9
63	Mongolia	2.9
64	Oman	2.9
65	Botswana	2.9
66	Guatemala	2.9
67	Kazakhstan	2.8
68	Syria	2.8
69	Turkmenistan	2.8
70	Fiji	2.8
71	Jordan	2.8
72	Bolivia	2.7
73	Djibouti	2.7
74	Laos	2.7
75	Philippines	2.6
76	Cambodia	2.5
77 (1)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	2.5
78	Guyana	2.5
79	Panama	2.5
80	Honduras	2.5
81	Paraguay	2.4
82	Ecuador	2.4
83	Uzbekistan	2.4
84	Suriname	2.4
85	Morocco	2.4
86	Seychelles	2.4
87	South Africa	2.4
88	Nicaragua	2.4
	World	2.4
89	Dominican Republic	2.3
90	Saudi Arabia	2.3
91 (2)	Guam (US)	2.3
92	Indonesia	2.3
93	Belize	2.3
94	Cabo Verde	2.3
95	Venezuela	2.3
96	Argentina	2.3
97	Peru	2.3
98	Libya	2.2
99	India	2.2
100	Sri Lanka	2.2
101	Tunisia	2.2
102	Myanmar (Burma)	2.2
103	Iran	2.1
104	Mexico	2.1
105	Lebanon	2.1
106	Kuwait	2.1
107	Turkey	2.1
108	Grenada	2.1
109 (3)	United States Virgin Islands (US)	2.1
110	Georgia	2.1
	Population Replacement	2.1
111	Vietnam	2.0
112	El Salvador	2.0
113	Bangladesh	2.0
114	Malaysia	2.0
115	Kosovo	2.0
116 (4)	Greenland (Denmark)	2.0
117	Antigua and Barbuda	2.0
118	Bahrain	2.0
119	Jamaica	2.0
120	Bhutan	2.0
121	Uruguay	2.0
122 (5)	New Caledonia (France)	2.0
123 (6)	French Polynesia (France)	1.9
124	Nepal	1.9
125	North Korea	1.9
126 (7)	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.9
127	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1.9
128	France	1.9
129	Maldives	1.9
130	Qatar	1.9
131	Brunei	1.8
132 (8)	Saint Martin (France)	1.8
133	Colombia	1.8
134	Sweden	1.8
135	Romania	1.8
136	Armenia	1.8
137	Costa Rica	1.8
138	The Bahamas	1.8
139	Ireland	1.8
140	Montenegro	1.7
141	Australia	1.7
142	Denmark	1.7
143	Azerbaijan	1.7
144	Brazil	1.7
145	United States	1.7
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1.7
147	Iceland	1.7
148	Czech Republic	1.7
149	New Zealand	1.7
150 (9)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.7
151	China	1.7
152	United Kingdom	1.7
153	Estonia	1.7
154	Chile	1.6
155	Lithuania	1.6
156	Belgium	1.6
157	Barbados	1.6
158	Cuba	1.6
159	Albania	1.6
160	Latvia	1.6
161	Slovenia	1.6
162 (10)	Bermuda (UK)	1.6
163	Netherlands	1.6
164	Liechtenstein	1.6
165	Germany	1.6
166	Russia	1.6
167	Norway	1.6
168	Bulgaria	1.6
169	Hungary	1.6
170	Slovakia	1.5
171	Thailand	1.5
172	Switzerland	1.5
173	Channel Islands - (11) Guernsey (UK) and (12) Jersey (UK)	1.5
174	Canada	1.5
175	North Macedonia	1.5
176	Serbia	1.5
177	Austria	1.5
178	Croatia	1.5
179	Poland	1.5
180	Belarus	1.4
181	St. Lucia	1.4
182	Portugal	1.4
183	Japan	1.4
184	United Arab Emirates	1.4
185	Finland	1.4
186	Mauritius	1.4
187	Luxembourg	1.4
188	Greece	1.4
189	Cyprus	1.3
190	Ukraine	1.3
191	Italy	1.3
192	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3
193	Moldova	1.3
194	Spain	1.3
195	Malta	1.2
196 (13)	Macau (China)	1.2
197	Singapore	1.1
198 (14)	Hong Kong (China)	1.1
199 (15)	Puerto Rico (US)	1.0
200	South Korea	1.0
	Sovereign States: 185
	Dependent Territories: 15
	World
1	World	2.4
	Major Regions
1	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	4.7
2	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.7
3	Arab world	3.2
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)	2.0
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	1.7
13	North America	1.7
14	Central Europe and the Baltics	1.6
	States’ Size
1	Pacific Island small states	3.5
2	Other small states	3.0
3	Small states	2.9
4	Caribbean small states	2.0
	International Organizations
1	OECD members	1.7
2	European Union	1.5
	Security Situation
1	Fragile and conflict affected situations	4.5
	Economic Areas
1	Euro area	1.5
	Economic Situation
1	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	4.7
2	Least Developed Countries: UN classification	4.0
	Income
1	Low income countries	4.5
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
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	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.8
4	Mali	5.8
5	Chad	5.6
6	Angola	5.4
7	Burundi	5.3
8	Nigeria	5.3
9	The Gambia	5.2
10	Burkina Faso	5.1
11	Benin	4.8
12	Mozambique	4.8
13	Tanzania	4.8
14	Uganda	4.8
15	Central African Republic	4.6
16	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	Republic of the Congo	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	Federated States of Micronesia	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	Vietnam	2.1
	Population Replacement	2.1
116	Antigua and Barbuda	2.0
117	Bahrain	2.0
118	Bangladesh	2.0
119	Bhutan	2.0
120	El Salvador	2.0
121	Grenada	2.0
122	Jamaica	2.0
123	Malaysia	2.0
124	Uruguay	2.0
125 (6)	United States Virgin Islands (US)	2.0
126 (7)	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.9
127 (8)	French Polynesia (France)	1.9
128	North Korea	1.9
129 (9)	Martinique (France)	1.9
130	Monaco	1.9
131	Nepal	1.9
132 (10)	New Caledonia (France)	1.9
133	New Zealand	1.9
134	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.9
135	Armenia	1.8
136	Australia	1.8
137	Brunei	1.8
138	Colombia	1.8
139	Denmark	1.8
140	Dominica	1.8
141	France (Metropolitan France)	1.8
142	Ireland	1.8
143	Maldives	1.8
144	Qatar	1.8
145	Russia	1.8
146	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.8
147	Sweden	1.8
148	United States	1.8
149	Bahamas	1.7
150	Belarus	1.7
151	Belgium	1.7
152	Brazil	1.7
153	China (mainland only)	1.7
154	Costa Rica	1.7
155 (11)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.7
156	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	Finland	1.5
177	Hungary	1.5
178	Malta	1.5
179	North Macedonia	1.5
180	Slovakia	1.5
181	Switzerland	1.5
182	Thailand	1.5
183	Croatia	1.4
184 (12)	Hong Kong (China)	1.4
185	Japan	1.4
186	Liechtenstein	1.4
187	Luxembourg	1.4
188	Mauritius	1.4
189	Netherlands	1.4
190	Poland	1.4
191	Saint Lucia	1.4
192	Serbia	1.4
193	Ukraine	1.4
194	United Arab Emirates	1.4
195	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3
196	Cyprus	1.3
197	Greece	1.3
198	Italy	1.3
199	Moldova	1.3
200	Portugal	1.3
201	San Marino	1.3
202	Spain	1.3
203	China, Republic of (Taiwan)	1.2
204 (13)	Macau (China)	1.2
205 (14)	Puerto Rico (US)	1.2
206	Singapore	1.2
207	Andorra	1.0
208	South Korea	0.9
	Sovereign States: 194
	Dependent Territories: 14
	World
1	World	2.4
	Continents
1	Africa	4.4
2	Oceania	2.3
3	Asia	2.1
4	Americas	1.9
5	Europe	1.6
	Major Regions
1	Middle Africa	5.4
2	Western Africa	5.1
3	Eastern Africa	4.3
4	Northern Africa	3.2
5	Central Asia	2.7
6	Western Asia	2.6
7	Southern Africa	2.5
8	Oceania	2.3
9	South Asia	2.3
10	Caribbean	2.2
11	Central America	2.2
12	Southeast Asia	2.2
13	South America	1.9
14	East Asia	1.7
15	Eastern Europe	1.7
16	Northern America	1.7
17	Northern Europe	1.7
18	Western Europe	1.7
19	Southern Europe	1.3
	Not Ranked
1	Channel Islands - (1) Guernsey (UK) and (2) Jersey (UK)	-
2 (3)	Christmas Island (Australia)	-
3 (4)	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	-
4	European Union	-
5 (5)	Falkland Islands (UK)	-
6 (6)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	-
7	Nauru	-
8	Niue	-
9 (7)	Norfolk Island (Australia)	-
10	Palau	-
11 (8)	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	-
12 (9)	Svalbard (Norway)	-
13 (10)	Tokelau (New Zealand)	-
14	Tuvalu	-
15	Vatican City	-
	Sovereign States: 4
	Dependent Territories: 10

**2021 List by the CIA World Factbook**
Rank	Country	Fertility rate 2021 estimate (births/woman)
1	Niger	6.91
2	Angola	5.90
3	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	5.70
4	Mali	5.63
5	Chad	5.57
6	Benin	5.47
7	Uganda	5.45
8	South Sudan	5.43
9	Somalia	5.41
10	Burundi	5.10
11	Mozambique	4.89
12	Guinea	4.89
13	Liberia	4.84
14	Afghanistan	4.72
15	Guinea-Bissau	4.72
16	Nigeria	4.67
17	Sudan	4.66
18	Zambia	4.63
19	Cameroon	4.61
20	Sierra Leone	4.58
21	Tanzania	4.45
22	Congo, Republic of the	4.41
23	Burkina Faso	4.39
24	Timor-Leste	4.32
25	Togo	4.28
26	Central African Republic	4.09
27	Ethiopia	4.07
28	Equatorial Guinea	4.02
29	Senegal	3.97
30	Zimbabwe	3.91
31	Ghana	3.71
32	Madagascar	3.70
33	Sao Tome and Principe	3.69
34	Eritrea	3.65
35	Côte d’Ivoire	3.60
36	Mauritania	3.59
37	Gaza Strip (Palestinian Territories)	3.54
38	Pakistan	3.53
39	Malawi	3.51
40	Rwanda	3.42
41	Kenya	3.36
42	Gabon	3.36
43	Iraq	3.32
44	Egypt	3.23
45	Gambia, The	3.13
46	Libya	3.13
47	Yemen	3.10
48	Namibia	3.03
49	West Bank (Palestinian Territories)	3.02
50	Jordan	3.00
51	Lesotho	2.95
52	Solomon Islands	2.92
53	Philippines	2.89
54	Comoros	2.86
55	Tuvalu	2.86
56	Syria	2.85
57	Tonga	2.81
58 (1)	Guam (US)	2.81
59	Marshall Islands	2.81
60	Papua New Guinea	2.79
61 (..1..)	Spratly Islands (disputed territory) (partially occupied by six countries - China, People's Republic of; China, Republic of (Taiwan); Philippines; Malaysia; Vietnam and Brunei)	2.79
62	Oman	2.73
63	Vanuatu	2.72
64	Guatemala	2.67
65	Belize	2.66
66 (2)	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	2.66
67	Nauru	2.65
68	Israel	2.57
69	Laos	2.57
70	Algeria	2.55
71	Kyrgyzstan	2.52
72	Eswatini (Swaziland)	2.48
73	Tajikistan	2.48
74	Haiti	2.48
75	Samoa	2.46
76	Bolivia	2.45
77	Botswana	2.42
	World	2.42 (2020 estimate)
78	Cambodia	2.36
79 (3)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	2.30
80	Morocco	2.29
81	Fiji	2.28
82	India	2.28
83 (4)	American Samoa (US)	2.28
84	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.27
85	Kuwait	2.25
86	Venezuela	2.24
87	Dominican Republic	2.23
88	Kiribati	2.23
89	Panama	2.21
90	South Africa	2.20
91	Argentina	2.20
92	Mexico	2.17
93	Djibouti	2.17
94	Cabo Verde	2.14
95	Colombia	2.14
96	Kazakhstan	2.13
97	Bangladesh	2.10
	Population Replacement	2.10
98	Cook Islands (self-governing country in free association with New Zealand)	2.09
99	El Salvador	2.07
100	Guyana	2.07
101	Ecuador	2.07
102	Vietnam	2.06
103	Jamaica	2.06
104	Honduras	2.05
105	Burma (Myanmar)	2.05
106	France	2.04
107	Indonesia	2.04
108	Turkmenistan	2.04
109	Tunisia	2.03
110	Peru	2.02
111	Dominica	2.02
112 (5)	United States Virgin Islands (US )	2.01
113 (6)	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	2.00
114	Sri Lanka	2.00
115 (7)	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK)	2.00
116 (8)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.99
117	Bahamas, The	1.98
118	Iceland	1.96
119	Antigua and Barbuda	1.96
120	Saudi Arabia	1.95
121	Grenada	1.95
122	Turkey	1.94
123	Iran	1.93
124	Nepal	1.93
125	Mongolia	1.93
126	Ireland	1.93
127	Kosovo	1.92
128 (9)	Greenland (Denmark)	1.92
129 (10)	Gibraltar (UK)	1.91
130	Korea, North	1.91
131 (11)	Bermuda (UK)	1.91
132	Qatar	1.90
133 (12)	Isle of Man (UK)	1.90
134	Paraguay	1.89
135	Azerbaijan	1.87
136	Costa Rica	1.87
137 (13)	New Caledonia (France)	1.87
138	New Zealand	1.87
139 (14)	Coral Sea Islands (Australia)	1.87
140	United Kingdom	1.86
141	Sweden	1.86
142	Suriname	1.85
143	United States	1.84
144	Norway	1.84
145 (15)	Cayman Islands (UK)	1.83
146 (16)	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.83
147	Seychelles	1.82
148 (17)	French Polynesia (France)	1.82
149	Montenegro	1.82
150 (..2..)	Paracel Islands (disputed territory) ( Vietnam, until 1974) (occupied by China since 1974, also claimed by China, Republic of (Taiwan) and Vietnam)	1.82
151	Nicaragua	1.81
152 (18)	Saint-Martin (France)	1.80
153	Bhutan	1.80
154	Netherlands	1.78
155	Denmark	1.77
156	Belgium	1.77
157	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.77
158	Malaysia	1.76
159	Chile	1.76
160	Uruguay	1.76
161	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.75
162	Georgia	1.75
163	Brunei	1.75
164	Finland	1.74
165	Australia	1.74
166	Uzbekistan	1.73
167	Mauritius	1.73
168	Brazil	1.73
169	Saint Lucia	1.73
170 (19)	Anguilla (UK)	1.72
171	Lebanon	1.71
172 (20)	Wallis and Futuna (France)	1.71
173	Cuba	1.71
174	Maldives	1.71
175	Barbados	1.70
176	Palau	1.70
177	Trinidad and Tobago	1.70
178 (21)	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	1.70
179	Liechtenstein	1.69
180	Bahrain	1.68
181 (22)	Jersey (UK)	1.66
182	United Arab Emirates	1.65
183	Armenia	1.65
184 (23)	Saint Barthélemy (France)	1.64
185	Luxembourg	1.63
-	European Union	1.62
186	Estonia	1.61
187	Lithuania	1.61
188	Russia	1.60
189	China, People's Republic of	1.60
190 (24)	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	1.60
191	Slovenia	1.59
192 (25)	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	1.58
193	Moldova	1.58
194 (26)	Guernsey (UK)	1.58
195	Switzerland	1.58
196	Canada	1.57
197	Ukraine	1.56
198	Thailand	1.54
199	Latvia	1.54
200	Albania	1.53
201	Monaco	1.52
202	San Marino	1.52
203	Spain	1.51
204	Belarus	1.51
205	North Macedonia	1.51
206	Austria	1.50
207	Malta	1.50
208	Bulgaria	1.49
209	Czechia	1.49
210	Germany	1.48
211	Cyprus	1.48
212	Hungary	1.48
213	Italy	1.47
214	Serbia	1.47
215	Slovakia	1.45
216	Andorra	1.44
217	Croatia	1.44
218	Portugal	1.42
219	Poland	1.39
220	Greece	1.39
221	Romania	1.38
222	Japan	1.38
223	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.35
224 (27)	British Virgin Islands (UK)	1.34
225 (28)	Montserrat (UK)	1.31
226 (29)	Puerto Rico (US)	1.23
227 (30)	Hong Kong (China)	1.22
228 (31)	Macau (China)	1.21
229	Singapore	1.15
230	Korea, South	1.09
231	China, Republic of (Taiwan)	1.07
	Sovereign States: 198
	Dependent Territories: 31
	Disputed Territories: 2
	World
1	World	2.42 (2020 estimate)
	Not Ranked
1 (1)	Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia) (uninhabited)	-
2 (2)	Christmas Island (Australia)	-
3 (3)	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	-
4 (4)	Falkland Islands (UK)	-
5 (5)	French Guiana (France)	-
6 (6)	Guadeloupe (France)	-
7 (7)	Martinique (France)	-
8 (8)	Mayotte (France)	-
9	Niue (self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)	-
10 (9)	Norfolk Island (Australia)	-
11 (10)	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	-
12 (11)	Réunion (France)	-
13 (12)	Svalbard (Norway)	-
14 (13)	Tokelau (New Zealand)	-
15	Vatican City	-
16 (..1..)	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: 13
	Disputed Territories: 1

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

**2020 List by the PRB - Population Reference Bureau**
Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2020 (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.1
2	Mali	6.3
3	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.2
4	Angola	6.1
5	Somalia	6.0
6	Chad	5.9
7	Benin	5.7
8	Burundi	5.3
9	Burkina Faso	5.2
10	Nigeria	5.3
11	Uganda	5.0
12	Mozambique	4.9
13	Tanzania	4.9
14	Cameroon	4.8
15	Guinea-Bissau	4.8
16	Central African Republic	4.7
17	Guinea	4.7
18 (1)	Mayotte (France)	4.7
19	South Sudan	4.7
20	Zambia	4.7
21	Côte d’Ivoire	4.6
22	Madagascar	4.6
23	Senegal	4.6
24	Togo	4.6
25	Afghanistan	4.5
26	Equatorial Guinea	4.5
27	Mauritania	4.5
28	Republic of the Congo	4.4
29	The Gambia	4.4
30	Sudan	4.4
31	Ethiopia	4.3
32	Samoa	4.3
33	Comoros	4.2
34	Liberia	4.2
35	Malawi	4.2
36	Papua New Guinea	4.2
37	Sierra Leone	4.2
38	Solomon Islands	4.1
39	Timor-Leste	4.0
40	Eritrea	4.0
41	Rwanda	4.0
42	Ghana	3.9
43	Zimbabwe	3.9
44	Yemen	3.7
45	Nauru	3.7
46	Vanuatu	3.7
47 (2)	French Guiana (France)	3.6
48	Iraq	3.6
49	Pakistan	3.6
50	Tuvalu	3.6
51	Gabon	3.5
52	Kenya	3.5
53	Mongolia	3.5
54	Palestinian Territory (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	3.5
55	Tajikistan	3.5
56	Tonga	3.5
57	Namibia	3.4
58	Kiribati	3.3
59	Kyrgyzstan	3.3
60	Sao Tome and Principe	3.3
61	Libya	3.2
62	Federated States of Micronesia	3.2
63	Algeria	3.0
64 (3)	Guam (US)	3.0
65	Haiti	3.0
66	Morocco	3.0
67	Syria	3.0
68	Turkmenistan	3.0
69	Egypt	2.9
70	Oman	2.9
71	Bolivia	2.8
72	Kazakhstan	2.8
73	Laos	2.8
74	Suriname	2.8
75	Djibouti	2.7
76	Guatemala	2.7
77	Jordan	2.7
78	Lesotho	2.7
79	Philippines	2.7
80	eSwatini (Swaziland)	2.6
81	Botswana	2.5
82	Cambodia	2.5
83	Paraguay	2.5
84	Uzbekistan	2.5
85	Fiji	2.4
86	Guyana	2.4
87	Nicaragua	2.4
88	Palau	2.4
89	Panama	2.4
90 (4)	Reunion (France)	2.4
91	Seychelles	2.4
92	Western Sahara	2.4
93	Argentina	2.3
94	Bangladesh	2.3
95	Belize	2.3
96	Dominican Republic	2.3
97	Indonesia	2.3
98 (5)	New Caledonia (France)	2.3
99	South Africa	2.3
100	Turkey	2.3
101	Venezuela	2.3
	World	2.3
102	Cabo Verde	2.2
103	Honduras	2.2
104	India	2.2
105	Kuwait	2.2
106	Nepal	2.2
107	Peru	2.2
108	Ecuador	2.1
109	El Salvador	2.1
110 (6)	Guadeloupe (France)	2.1
111	Jamaica	2.1
112	Lebanon	2.1
113	Maldives	2.1
114	Mexico	2.1
115	Israel	2.1
116	Sri Lanka	2.1
117	Tunisia	2.1
118	Vietnam	2.1
	Population Replacement	2.1
119	Antigua and Barbuda	2.0
120	Bahrain	2.0
121	Colombia	2.0
122 (7)	French Polynesia (France)	2.0
123	Georgia	2.0
124	Grenada	2.0
125	Iran	2.0
126 (8)	Martinique (France)	2.0
127	Myanmar (Burma)	2.0
128	Saudi Arabia	2.0
129	North Korea	1.9
130	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.9
131	Albania	1.8
132	Azerbaijan	1.8
133	Dominica	1.8
134	France	1.8
135	Ireland	1.8
136	Malaysia	1.8
137	Montenegro	1.8
138	New Zealand	1.8
139	Qatar	1.8
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.8
141	Sweden	1.8
142	Uruguay	1.8
143	Australia	1.7
144	Bahamas	1.7
145	Bhutan	1.7
146	Brazil	1.7
147	Brunei	1.7
148	Czech Republic	1.7
149	Denmark	1.7
150	Estonia	1.7
151	Iceland	1.7
152	United States	1.7
153	Armenia	1.6
154	Barbados	1.6
155	Belgium	1.6
156	Bulgaria	1.6
157	Chile	1.6
158	Costa Rica	1.6
159	Cuba	1.6
160 (9)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.6
161	Germany	1.6
162	Kosovo	1.6
163	Latvia	1.6
164	Liechtenstein	1.6
165	Lithuania	1.6
166	Netherlands	1.6
167	Russia	1.6
168	Slovenia	1.6
169	United Kingdom	1.6
170	Austria	1.5
171	Canada	1.5
172	China (mainland only)	1.5
173	Croatia	1.5
174	Cyprus	1.5
175	Hungary	1.5
176	Norway	1.5
177	Serbia	1.5
178	Slovakia	1.5
179	Thailand	1.5
180	Trinidad and Tobago	1.5
-	European Union	1.5
181	Belarus	1.4
182	Finland	1.4
183	Greece	1.4
184	Mauritius	1.4
185	North Macedonia	1.4
186	Poland	1.4
187	Portugal	1.4
188	Romania	1.4
189	Saint Lucia	1.4
190	Switzerland	1.4
191	United Arab Emirates	1.4
192	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3
193	Channel Islands – (10) Guernsey (UK) and (11) Jersey (UK)	1.3
194	Italy	1.3
195	Japan	1.3
196	Luxembourg	1.3
197	San Marino	1.3
198	Spain	1.3
199	Ukraine	1.3
200	Malta	1.2
201	Moldova	1.2
202 (12)	Hong Kong (China)	1.1
203	Singapore	1.1
204	Andorra	1.0
205	China, Republic of (Taiwan)	1.0
206 (13)	Puerto Rico (US)	1.0
207	South Korea	0.9
208 (14)	Macau (China)	0.9
	Sovereign States: 194
	Dependent Territories: 14
	World
1	World	2.3
	Continents
1	Africa	4.4
2	Oceania	2.3
3.1	Asia (excluding China)	2.3
3.2	Asia	2.0
4	Americas	1.9
5	Europe	1.5
	Major Regions
1	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.8
1.1	Middle Africa	5.8
1.2	Western Africa	5.2
1.3	Eastern Africa	4.5
1.4	Southern Africa	2.4
2	Northern Africa	3.0
3	Central Asia	2.8
4	Western Asia	2.6
5	South Asia	2.4
6	Oceania	2.3
7	Southeast Asia	2.2
8	Latin America and the Caribbean	2.0
8.1	Central America	2.2
8.2	Caribbean	2.1
8.3	South America	2.0
9	Northern America	1.7
10	Western Europe	1.7
11	Northern Europe	1.6
12	East Asia	1.5
13	Eastern Europe	1.5
14	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	2.2
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 - Based on Gapminder Estimates**
Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2019 (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.07
2	Somalia	5.98
3	Democratic Republic of the Congo	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	The Gambia	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	Republic of the Congo	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	North Korea	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	The Bahamas	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	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	Cyprus	1.33
178	Greece	1.30
179	Poland	1.29
180	Singapore	1.27
181	Portugal	1.24
182	Moldova	1.23
183	South Korea	0.92
	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	Federated States of Micronesia	-
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	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

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	Morocco	7.51
7	Honduras	7.47
8	Afghanistan	7.45
9	Philippines	7.45
10 (4)	Cote d'Ivoire (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Ivory Coast → Cote d'Ivoire	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)	St. Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire → St. 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)	Federated States of Micronesia (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Federated States of 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	China, Republic of (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, People's Republic of	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)	Cabo Verde (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde → Cabo Verde)	6.57
63 (36)	Tunisia (French Colonial Empire, French protectorate of Tunisia → Tunisia)	6.56
64	Venezuela	6.54
65 (37)	Timor-Leste (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor → Timor-Leste)	6.51
66 (38)	Dominican Republic	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)	Territory of Papua and New Guinea (United Nations trust territories → Papua New Guinea	6.23
81 (48)	Sao Tome and Principe (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe → Sao Tome and Principe)	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)	St. Lucia (British Empire, West Indies Federation → St. Lucia)	6.00
94 (57)	Comoros (French Colonial Empire → Comoros)	6.00
95 (58)	French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire → France)	6.00
96 (59)	Belgian Congo (Belgian Colonial Empire, Belgian Congo → Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) → Zaire → Democratic Republic of the 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)	Republic of the Congo (French Colonial Empire, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa → Republic of the 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)	SR 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)	United States Virgin Islands (US)	5.25
124 (77)	The Gambia (British Empire, Gambia Colony and Protectorate → The 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)	SR 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)	The Bahamas (British Empire → The 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 ( Czechoslovakia → Slovakia)	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 ( Czechoslovakia → Czech 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)	Yugoslavia ( 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)	Palestinian territories (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)	St. Kitts and Nevis (British Colonial Empire → St. 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	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.20
4	Mali	6.14
5	Chad	6.05
6	Angola	5.77
7	Burundi	5.78
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