Total fertility rate by country, 2026

Children per woman. Below about 2.1, a population shrinks in the long run without immigration. Values are UN medium-variant projections.

◀▶2026

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2016
1	Chad	5.84	6.62
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.80	6.39
3	Somalia	5.80	6.88
4	Central African Republic	5.69	6.13
5	Niger	5.64	7.04
6	Mali	5.33	6.32
7	Angola	4.89	5.69
8	Burundi	4.57	5.59
9	Afghanistan	4.56	5.54
10	Mozambique	4.54	5.19
11	Mauritania	4.48	5.16
12	Mayotte	4.43	4.70
13	United Republic of Tanzania	4.41	5.01
14	Benin	4.34	5.25
15	Yemen	4.33	4.61
16	Nigeria	4.20	5.34
17	Sudan	4.13	4.83
18	Cameroon	4.12	4.84
19	Côte d'Ivoire	4.10	4.87
20	Togo	4.01	4.63
21	Congo	3.99	4.55
22	Uganda	3.97	5.11
23	Guinea	3.96	4.92
24	Equatorial Guinea	3.95	4.69
25	Zambia	3.91	4.67
26	Burkina Faso	3.91	5.33
27	Madagascar	3.78	4.28
28	Ethiopia	3.72	4.47
29	Comoros	3.71	4.35
30	Liberia	3.71	4.46
31	Gambia	3.70	4.81
32	Samoa	3.70	4.26
33	Senegal	3.66	4.65
34	South Sudan	3.63	4.58
35	Guinea-Bissau	3.62	4.52
36	Zimbabwe	3.57	3.83
37	Eritrea	3.55	4.16
38	Rwanda	3.54	4.11
39	Sierra Leone	3.53	4.47
40	Vanuatu	3.50	3.92
41	Gabon	3.49	3.92
42	Sao Tome and Principe	3.47	4.20
43	Malawi	3.45	4.22
44	Pakistan	3.44	3.90
45	Solomon Islands	3.42	4.20
46	Uzbekistan	3.40	2.56
47	Ghana	3.26	3.87
48	French Guiana	3.25	3.64
49	Nauru	3.20	4.03
50	Iraq	3.13	3.84
51	Namibia	3.13	3.57
52	State of Palestine	3.13	3.89
53	Tuvalu	3.10	3.30
54	Kenya	3.07	3.69
55	Kiribati	3.06	3.38
56	Tonga	3.04	3.46
57	Papua New Guinea	2.99	3.50
58	Tajikistan	2.96	3.38
59	Kazakhstan	2.92	2.80
60	Marshall Islands	2.77	3.09
61	Israel	2.73	3.11
62	Kyrgyzstan	2.72	3.10
63	Egypt	2.68	3.35
64	Guam	2.68	3.17
65	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.67	3.00
66	Eswatini	2.64	3.07
67	Botswana	2.63	2.99
68	Algeria	2.62	3.09
69	Syrian Arab Republic	2.62	3.01
70	Lesotho	2.61	3.18
71	Turkmenistan	2.60	2.99
72	Saint Martin (French part)	2.59	2.64
73	Haiti	2.55	3.05
74	Djibouti	2.54	2.97
75	Tokelau	2.54	2.86
76	Mongolia	2.54	2.96
77	Jordan	2.54	3.07
78	Timor-Leste	2.50	3.58
79	Cambodia	2.49	2.72
80	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.47	2.83
81	Oman	2.44	2.95
82	Niue	2.44	2.83
83	Honduras	2.42	2.70
84	Paraguay	2.37	2.62
85	Guyana	2.35	2.63
86	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.33	2.74
87	Saudi Arabia	2.27	2.65
88	Northern Mariana Islands	2.24	2.92
89	Guatemala	2.23	2.97
90	Fiji	2.23	2.52
91	American Samoa	2.22	2.70
92	Libya	2.21	2.67
93	Suriname	2.19	2.50
94	Faroe Islands	2.19	2.49
95	Lebanon	2.19	2.39
96	Dominican Republic	2.17	2.41
97	South Africa	2.17	2.26
98	Nicaragua	2.16	2.41
99	Morocco	2.16	2.40
100	Western Sahara	2.13	2.38
101	Réunion	2.12	2.22
102	Bangladesh	2.09	2.23
103	Indonesia	2.08	2.31
104	Monaco	2.08	2.58
105	Panama	2.07	2.50
106	Seychelles	2.06	2.30
107	Myanmar	2.06	2.27
108	United States Virgin Islands	2.05	2.20
109	Guadeloupe	2.04	2.14
110	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.04	2.22
111	Belize	1.99	2.40
112	Cook Islands	1.97	2.18
113	Martinique	1.95	1.96
114	India	1.93	2.28
115	Sri Lanka	1.93	2.06
116	New Caledonia	1.93	2.08
117	Peru	1.93	2.19
118	Nepal	1.92	2.23
119	Greenland	1.90	2.07
120	Gibraltar	1.88	1.94
121	Philippines	1.86	2.68
122	Viet Nam	1.86	2.00
123	Mexico	1.85	2.09
124	Palau	1.84	2.06
125	Tunisia	1.79	2.28
126	Montenegro	1.79	1.80
127	Ecuador	1.78	2.12
128	Georgia	1.78	2.23
129	Bahrain	1.77	2.04
130	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.75	1.86
131	El Salvador	1.74	1.97
132	Bulgaria	1.74	1.54
133	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.73	2.05
134	Republic of Moldova	1.72	1.89
135	Armenia	1.71	1.62
136	Romania	1.71	1.69
137	Barbados	1.70	1.72
138	Brunei Darussalam	1.70	1.92
139	Qatar	1.69	1.86
140	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.69	1.71
141	Azerbaijan	1.66	2.03
142	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.66	2.05
143	Australia	1.64	1.79
144	Saint Helena	1.64	1.70
145	New Zealand	1.64	1.88
146	France	1.64	1.89
147	United States of America	1.62	1.80
148	Türkiye	1.62	2.11
149	Aruba	1.61	1.85
150	Ireland	1.60	1.82
151	Colombia	1.60	1.72
152	Brazil	1.59	1.73
153	Slovenia	1.58	1.59
154	Antigua and Barbuda	1.57	1.46
155	Slovakia	1.57	1.48
156	Liechtenstein	1.54	1.59
157	United Kingdom	1.53	1.78
158	Isle of Man	1.53	1.71
159	Maldives	1.53	1.90
160	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.52	1.64
161	Denmark	1.52	1.77
162	Trinidad and Tobago	1.52	1.60
163	Portugal	1.52	1.36
164	Malaysia	1.52	1.94
165	Argentina	1.51	2.24
166	Serbia	1.51	1.46
167	Cayman Islands	1.50	1.23
168	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.50	1.63
169	Hungary	1.50	1.51
170	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.50	1.36
171	Iceland	1.49	1.74
172	Cabo Verde	1.49	1.97
173	Kuwait	1.49	2.06
174	Croatia	1.47	1.43
175	Czechia	1.47	1.65
176	Russian Federation	1.47	1.77
177	French Polynesia	1.47	1.76
178	North Macedonia	1.47	1.79
179	Germany	1.46	1.59
180	Dominica	1.46	1.58
181	Cuba	1.45	1.60
182	Grenada	1.45	1.62
183	Switzerland	1.45	1.54
184	Montserrat	1.45	1.62
185	Netherlands	1.44	1.66
186	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.44	1.53
187	Sweden	1.44	1.85
188	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.43	1.71
189	Bhutan	1.43	1.74
190	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.42	1.64
191	Norway	1.42	1.70
192	Bermuda	1.42	1.45
193	Luxembourg	1.41	1.41
194	Belgium	1.40	1.68
195	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.39	2.00
196	Uruguay	1.38	1.97
197	Estonia	1.38	1.60
198	Jersey	1.38	1.47
199	Guernsey	1.37	1.44
200	Cyprus	1.37	1.36
201	Saint Lucia	1.37	1.46
202	Bahamas	1.36	1.50
203	Latvia	1.35	1.74
204	Anguilla	1.34	1.37
205	Austria	1.34	1.53
206	Greece	1.34	1.38
207	Canada	1.33	1.59
208	Jamaica	1.33	1.46
209	Albania	1.32	1.56
210	Costa Rica	1.31	1.75
211	Poland	1.31	1.39
212	Finland	1.30	1.56
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.29	1.51
214	Spain	1.24	1.33
215	Belarus	1.23	1.73
216	Japan	1.23	1.41
217	Italy	1.22	1.34
218	Lithuania	1.22	1.69
219	United Arab Emirates	1.21	1.37
220	Mauritius	1.21	1.35
221	Thailand	1.19	1.40
222	San Marino	1.17	1.13
223	Chile	1.12	1.69
224	Malta	1.12	1.37
225	Andorra	1.11	1.18
226	Curaçao	1.07	1.69
227	British Virgin Islands	1.07	0.99
228	China	1.03	1.77
229	Ukraine	1.00	1.39
230	Holy See	1.00	1.00
231	Singapore	0.97	0.94
232	Puerto Rico	0.94	1.26
233	China, Taiwan Province of China	0.86	1.17
234	Saint Barthélemy	0.84	0.97
235	Republic of Korea	0.76	1.14
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.75	1.21
237	China, Macao SAR	0.70	1.14

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.