| RankCountryTotal fertility rate (children born/woman)1Niger72Angola5.963Congo, Democratic Republic of the5.774Mali5.725Chad5.686Uganda5.547South Sudan5.548Benin5.539Somalia5.5110Zambia5.4911Malawi5.3112Burundi5.2813Mozambique4.9714Guinea4.9215Liberia4.916Afghanistan4.8217Guinea-Bissau4.7518Sudan4.7219Nigeria4.7220Cameroon4.6621Sierra Leone4.6222Tanzania4.5923Burkina Faso4.5124Congo, Republic of the4.4525East Timor4.4426Togo4.2227Central African Republic4.1428Ethiopia4.1429Equatorial Guinea4.1130Senegal4.0431Zimbabwe3.9332Ghana3.933Sao Tome and Principe3.8234Madagascar3.7835Eritrea3.7336Cote d'Ivoire3.6737Mauritania3.6538Western Sahara3.6539Gaza Strip3.6440Pakistan3.641Rwanda3.5242Kenya3.4343Gabon3.4144Iraq3.3945Egypt3.2946Gambia, The3.2147Yemen3.248Libya3.1749Namibia3.0750West Bank3.0751Jordan3.0452Solomon Islands2.9753Comoros2.9554Philippines2.9255Syria2.956Tuvalu2.8857Tonga2.8758Marshall Islands2.8659Papua New Guinea2.8460Guam2.8461Vanuatu2.7962Oman2.7663Guatemala2.7264Belize2.765Northern Mariana Islands2.766Nauru2.6867Israel2.5968Algeria2.5969Kyrgyzstan2.5470Laos2.5371Haiti2.5272Swaziland2.5273Tajikistan2.5174Samoa2.575Lesotho2.576Bolivia2.4877Botswana2.4578Malaysia2.4379Cambodia2.3980American Samoa2.3581India2.3582Faroe Islands2.3183Fiji2.3184Morocco2.3185Micronesia, Federated States of2.2986Venezuela2.2687Kuwait2.2688Kiribati2.2589Dominican Republic2.2490Panama2.2391South Africa2.2292Argentina2.2193Djibouti2.1994Mexico2.1995Cape Verde2.1696Kazakhstan2.1697Cook Islands2.1298Bangladesh2.1199Ecuador2.09100El Salvador2.09101Honduras2.09102Jamaica2.07103Burma2.07104Tunisia2.06105France2.06106Indonesia2.04107Turkmenistan2.04108Peru2.04109Virgin Islands2.03110Dominica2.02111Sri Lanka2.01112Antigua and Barbuda1.97113Iceland1.97114Grenada1.96115Nepal1.96116Turkey1.96117Saudi Arabia1.95118Mongolia1.95119Kosovo1.95120Iran1.94121Colombia1.94122Greenland1.94123Ireland1.93124Bahamas, The1.92125Korea, North1.92126Bermuda1.91127Isle of Man1.9128Gibraltar1.9129Paraguay1.89130Guyana1.89131Qatar1.88132New Caledonia1.88133Azerbaijan1.88134Costa Rica1.87135New Zealand1.87136Sweden1.87137United Kingdom1.86138Suriname1.86139Norway1.84140United States1.84141Cayman Islands1.83142French Polynesia1.83143Seychelles1.83144Aruba1.83145Bhutan1.82146Nicaragua1.82147Montenegro1.82148Saint Martin1.8149Denmark1.78150Netherlands1.77151Belgium1.77152Chile1.77153Uruguay1.77154Vietnam1.77155Saint Kitts and Nevis1.77156Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.76157Georgia1.75158Brunei1.75159Finland1.74160Anguilla1.74161Australia1.74162Uzbekistan1.74163Saint Lucia1.73164United Arab Emirates1.73165Brazil1.73166Mauritius1.73167Wallis and Futuna1.71168Maldives1.71169Lebanon1.71170Cuba1.71171Trinidad and Tobago1.7172Turks and Caicos Islands1.7173Palau1.7174Bahrain1.69175Liechtenstein1.69176Barbados1.68177Jersey1.67178Armenia1.65179Saint Barthelemy1.64180Luxembourg1.62181Estonia1.61182Russia1.6183Lithuania1.6184China1.6185Saint Helena1.6186Slovenia1.59187Saint Pierre and Miquelon1.58188Moldova1.58189Guernsey1.57190Switzerland1.57191Canada1.57192Ukraine1.56193Monaco1.55194Thailand1.53195Latvia1.53196Albania1.53197San Marino1.52198Spain1.51199Macedonia1.5200Belarus1.5201Austria1.49202Malta1.49203Bulgaria1.49204Czech Republic1.48205Cyprus1.48206Germany1.47207Hungary1.47208Italy1.47209Serbia1.46210Slovakia1.44211Japan1.43212Andorra1.43213Croatia1.42214Portugal1.41215Romania1.38216Poland1.38217Greece1.38218Montserrat1.36219Bosnia and Herzegovina1.33220British Virgin Islands1.33221Korea, South1.29222Puerto Rico1.24223Hong Kong1.21224Taiwan1.14225Macau0.96226Singapore0.87
Definition: This entry gives a figure for the average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. The total fertility rate (TFR) is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman. This indicator shows the potential for population change in the country. A rate of two children per woman is considered the replacement rate for a population, resulting in relative stability in terms of total numbers. Rates above two children indicate populations growing in size and whose median age is declining. Higher rates may also indicate difficulties for families, in some situations, to feed and educate their children and for women to enter the labor force. Rates below two children indicate populations decreasing in size and growing older. Global fertility rates are in general decline and this trend is most pronounced in industrialized countries, especially Western Europe, where populations are projected to decline dramatically over the next 50 years.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020
See also:
Total fertility rate map
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