Total fertility rate by country, 1962

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

◀▶1962

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1952
1	Rwanda	8.27	8.18
2	Marshall Islands	8.12	7.80
3	Yemen	8.01	7.97
4	State of Palestine	7.79	7.84
5	Jordan	7.79	7.42
6	Kenya	7.77	7.41
7	Samoa	7.76	7.63
8	Côte d'Ivoire	7.75	7.61
9	Saudi Arabia	7.64	7.58
10	Algeria	7.61	7.29
11	Libya	7.61	7.05
12	Syrian Arab Republic	7.51	7.63
13	Niger	7.50	7.56
14	Honduras	7.44	7.50
15	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7.40	7.01
16	Dominican Republic	7.40	7.59
17	Oman	7.32	7.25
18	Afghanistan	7.29	7.26
19	Madagascar	7.26	7.43
20	Kuwait	7.25	7.13
21	Somalia	7.25	7.25
22	Cook Islands	7.24	6.82
23	Zimbabwe	7.23	7.07
24	Bahrain	7.19	7.29
25	South Sudan	7.19	7.13
26	Tunisia	7.17	6.80
27	Palau	7.14	7.15
28	Nicaragua	7.10	7.10
29	Malawi	7.10	6.85
30	Mongolia	7.10	5.66
31	Senegal	7.08	6.79
32	Morocco	7.05	6.31
33	Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.04	6.95
34	Solomon Islands	7.04	7.16
35	Burundi	7.04	6.90
36	Mali	7.04	6.91
37	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.03	7.31
38	Brunei Darussalam	7.03	7.10
39	Mayotte	7.03	6.87
40	Zambia	7.01	6.77
41	Iraq	6.99	6.84
42	Philippines	6.98	7.11
43	Uganda	6.96	6.67
44	Cabo Verde	6.95	6.55
45	Ghana	6.94	6.75
46	Guatemala	6.93	6.88
47	Niue	6.92	6.49
48	Comoros	6.90	5.93
49	Peru	6.90	6.95
50	Maldives	6.89	6.21
51	Uzbekistan	6.88	5.31
52	Angola	6.87	5.95
53	Togo	6.86	6.64
54	Djibouti	6.85	6.81
55	Anguilla	6.82	6.77
56	Saint Lucia	6.82	6.46
57	Bangladesh	6.81	6.41
58	Pakistan	6.80	6.80
59	Mexico	6.80	6.73
60	Eswatini	6.79	6.70
61	Greenland	6.79	5.80
62	Turkmenistan	6.76	5.25
63	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.73	6.65
64	Egypt	6.71	7.08
65	Sudan	6.70	6.67
66	Bhutan	6.69	6.80
67	Ecuador	6.68	6.75
68	El Salvador	6.68	6.36
69	Vanuatu	6.67	7.03
70	Colombia	6.66	6.49
71	United Republic of Tanzania	6.60	6.23
72	American Samoa	6.60	6.11
73	Suriname	6.57	6.27
74	Tonga	6.57	6.69
75	Ethiopia	6.56	6.43
76	Costa Rica	6.54	6.46
77	Botswana	6.54	6.44
78	Qatar	6.53	6.55
79	Western Sahara	6.51	6.08
80	Eritrea	6.50	6.52
81	Liberia	6.50	6.09
82	United Arab Emirates	6.49	6.50
83	Tajikistan	6.48	5.60
84	Paraguay	6.47	6.50
85	Benin	6.46	5.83
86	Belize	6.46	6.66
87	Grenada	6.44	5.69
88	Kiribati	6.42	6.21
89	Mozambique	6.42	6.06
90	Türkiye	6.38	6.47
91	Saint Martin (French part)	6.37	6.47
92	Nigeria	6.36	6.39
93	Namibia	6.35	5.74
94	Guyana	6.33	5.99
95	Thailand	6.33	6.40
96	Burkina Faso	6.32	5.93
97	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.31	6.24
98	Cambodia	6.30	6.51
99	Malaysia	6.30	6.43
100	Sao Tome and Principe	6.28	6.20
101	Chad	6.28	6.09
102	Viet Nam	6.26	5.47
103	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.25	6.18
104	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	6.24	6.94
105	Mauritania	6.24	5.82
106	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	6.23	6.61
107	Sierra Leone	6.22	6.03
108	Timor-Leste	6.22	6.56
109	Gambia	6.21	6.35
110	Fiji	6.20	6.54
111	Haiti	6.17	6.24
112	Réunion	6.17	6.92
113	Guinea	6.14	5.99
114	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.14	5.97
115	Papua New Guinea	6.14	5.76
116	Dominica	6.12	5.50
117	Albania	6.11	6.24
118	Congo	6.10	6.06
119	China	6.09	6.47
120	Nepal	6.08	6.06
121	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.06	6.57
122	South Africa	6.05	6.08
123	Brazil	5.98	6.10
124	Central African Republic	5.97	5.93
125	French Polynesia	5.97	5.71
126	Azerbaijan	5.96	5.16
127	India	5.95	5.82
128	Guinea-Bissau	5.94	5.90
129	Guam	5.90	5.59
130	Myanmar	5.90	5.93
131	Lebanon	5.90	5.80
132	Mauritius	5.88	5.97
133	Panama	5.87	5.67
134	Guadeloupe	5.86	5.66
135	Northern Mariana Islands	5.85	6.08
136	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.82	6.04
137	Lesotho	5.79	5.73
138	Cameroon	5.73	5.74
139	Tokelau	5.69	5.31
140	Equatorial Guinea	5.67	5.67
141	Jamaica	5.64	4.05
142	Republic of Korea	5.56	6.12
143	Martinique	5.55	5.35
144	Indonesia	5.53	5.21
145	China, Taiwan Province of China	5.53	6.69
146	Seychelles	5.51	4.88
147	Kyrgyzstan	5.42	4.68
148	Nauru	5.42	4.70
149	New Caledonia	5.39	5.16
150	Trinidad and Tobago	5.36	5.24
151	Singapore	5.22	6.29
152	Sri Lanka	5.18	5.43
153	China, Hong Kong SAR	5.18	4.39
154	Saint Helena	5.14	5.54
155	Bahamas	5.13	4.61
156	French Guiana	5.10	4.91
157	United States Virgin Islands	5.07	4.75
158	Tuvalu	5.00	5.40
159	Curaçao	4.93	5.04
160	Cayman Islands	4.79	4.54
161	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	4.74	5.69
162	Chile	4.60	4.78
163	Gabon	4.59	3.97
164	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	4.57	5.17
165	Antigua and Barbuda	4.55	5.01
166	Armenia	4.52	4.81
167	British Virgin Islands	4.51	5.20
168	Montserrat	4.50	4.86
169	Cuba	4.42	3.93
170	China, Macao SAR	4.39	5.46
171	Kazakhstan	4.36	4.51
172	Puerto Rico	4.34	4.83
173	Barbados	4.30	4.55
174	Aruba	4.26	5.68
175	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4.25	3.75
176	New Zealand	4.16	3.67
177	Israel	4.09	4.74
178	Iceland	3.98	3.79
179	Ireland	3.93	3.56
180	Faroe Islands	3.83	3.63
181	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.81	5.02
182	Canada	3.68	3.56
183	United States of America	3.53	3.29
184	Gibraltar	3.53	2.80
185	Cyprus	3.51	3.47
186	North Macedonia	3.50	4.83
187	Bermuda	3.44	3.54
188	Montenegro	3.44	4.56
189	Australia	3.43	3.18
190	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.41	2.61
191	Portugal	3.23	3.20
192	Malta	3.22	4.17
193	Netherlands	3.17	3.09
194	Argentina	3.13	3.16
195	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3.07	2.75
196	Republic of Moldova	3.04	3.53
197	Georgia	2.94	2.87
198	Norway	2.89	2.58
199	United Kingdom	2.87	2.19
200	Uruguay	2.87	2.72
201	Slovakia	2.83	3.57
202	Austria	2.80	2.07
203	Spain	2.80	2.54
204	Liechtenstein	2.80	2.74
205	France	2.79	2.78
206	Monaco	2.76	3.06
207	Poland	2.74	3.64
208	Saint Barthélemy	2.68	3.16
209	Finland	2.68	3.05
210	Jersey	2.63	2.05
211	Isle of Man	2.63	2.28
212	Belarus	2.61	2.62
213	Belgium	2.59	2.33
214	Switzerland	2.58	2.32
215	Andorra	2.55	2.26
216	Denmark	2.55	2.54
217	Lithuania	2.47	2.66
218	Germany	2.46	2.14
219	Italy	2.45	2.32
220	San Marino	2.43	2.65
221	Guernsey	2.37	2.18
222	Russian Federation	2.36	2.86
223	Luxembourg	2.34	2.13
224	Slovenia	2.28	2.77
225	Greece	2.24	2.42
226	Sweden	2.24	2.23
227	Bulgaria	2.23	2.44
228	Croatia	2.19	2.73
229	Ukraine	2.15	2.40
230	Czechia	2.12	2.72
231	Serbia	2.11	2.74
232	Romania	2.02	3.02
233	Estonia	1.96	2.26
234	Japan	1.93	2.95
235	Latvia	1.92	1.94
236	Hungary	1.80	2.48
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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