Total fertility rate by country, 1963

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

◀▶1963

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1953
1	Rwanda	8.27	8.20
2	Marshall Islands	8.12	7.83
3	Yemen	8.03	7.96
4	Jordan	7.85	7.41
5	Kenya	7.82	7.43
6	Côte d'Ivoire	7.78	7.60
7	State of Palestine	7.78	7.83
8	Samoa	7.73	7.66
9	Libya	7.69	7.13
10	Algeria	7.65	7.29
11	Saudi Arabia	7.65	7.59
12	Syrian Arab Republic	7.51	7.63
13	China	7.51	6.04
14	Niger	7.49	7.55
15	Honduras	7.44	7.51
16	Oman	7.33	7.25
17	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7.32	7.03
18	Afghanistan	7.30	7.27
19	Dominican Republic	7.30	7.63
20	Kuwait	7.28	7.14
21	Somalia	7.26	7.25
22	Mongolia	7.24	5.77
23	Zimbabwe	7.23	7.08
24	Madagascar	7.21	7.43
25	South Sudan	7.20	7.13
26	Cook Islands	7.19	6.87
27	Tunisia	7.17	6.87
28	Bahrain	7.14	7.29
29	Malawi	7.13	6.85
30	Senegal	7.12	6.80
31	Palau	7.12	7.15
32	Nicaragua	7.08	7.10
33	Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.07	6.96
34	Burundi	7.07	6.91
35	Zambia	7.06	6.79
36	Mayotte	7.06	6.87
37	Mali	7.05	6.92
38	Solomon Islands	7.03	7.14
39	Morocco	7.01	6.39
40	Iraq	7.00	6.84
41	Uganda	6.98	6.70
42	Cabo Verde	6.98	6.58
43	Angola	6.95	6.06
44	Philippines	6.95	7.10
45	Ghana	6.94	6.78
46	Maldives	6.94	6.23
47	Comoros	6.92	6.08
48	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.92	7.32
49	Guatemala	6.90	6.90
50	Niue	6.90	6.57
51	Togo	6.89	6.65
52	Brunei Darussalam	6.89	7.20
53	Djibouti	6.86	6.82
54	Peru	6.86	6.95
55	Mexico	6.82	6.73
56	Uzbekistan	6.81	5.42
57	Eswatini	6.80	6.69
58	Pakistan	6.80	6.80
59	Bangladesh	6.80	6.42
60	Turkmenistan	6.79	5.57
61	Greenland	6.76	5.92
62	Sudan	6.76	6.67
63	Anguilla	6.74	6.89
64	Saint Lucia	6.72	6.09
65	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.71	6.65
66	El Salvador	6.69	6.39
67	Bhutan	6.69	6.79
68	American Samoa	6.69	6.09
69	Ecuador	6.65	6.76
70	Egypt	6.65	7.09
71	United Republic of Tanzania	6.65	6.25
72	Tajikistan	6.62	5.66
73	Vanuatu	6.62	7.03
74	Ethiopia	6.59	6.45
75	Colombia	6.58	6.54
76	Botswana	6.58	6.47
77	Liberia	6.56	6.12
78	Qatar	6.53	6.54
79	Tonga	6.52	6.70
80	Western Sahara	6.52	6.12
81	Suriname	6.51	6.30
82	Benin	6.51	5.88
83	United Arab Emirates	6.49	6.50
84	Eritrea	6.48	6.53
85	Mozambique	6.47	6.09
86	Paraguay	6.45	6.50
87	Belize	6.44	6.64
88	Namibia	6.41	5.81
89	Costa Rica	6.39	6.51
90	Viet Nam	6.38	5.27
91	Saint Martin (French part)	6.36	6.46
92	Burkina Faso	6.36	5.97
93	Kiribati	6.35	6.26
94	Nigeria	6.35	6.40
95	Thailand	6.34	6.42
96	Türkiye	6.34	6.48
97	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.32	6.25
98	Guyana	6.31	6.07
99	Sao Tome and Principe	6.31	6.19
100	Mauritania	6.31	5.85
101	Chad	6.30	6.11
102	Cambodia	6.29	6.52
103	Réunion	6.27	6.88
104	Sierra Leone	6.26	6.00
105	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.23	6.20
106	Gambia	6.20	6.35
107	Grenada	6.20	5.97
108	Malaysia	6.19	6.44
109	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	6.18	6.91
110	Mauritius	6.18	5.89
111	Haiti	6.17	6.23
112	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.16	5.98
113	Timor-Leste	6.16	6.54
114	Guinea	6.15	6.01
115	Congo	6.15	6.06
116	Papua New Guinea	6.15	5.79
117	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	6.15	6.61
118	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.12	6.69
119	Fiji	6.09	6.54
120	Dominica	6.08	5.64
121	Nepal	6.06	6.07
122	South Africa	6.01	6.09
123	Central African Republic	5.99	5.92
124	India	5.97	5.87
125	French Polynesia	5.97	5.83
126	Azerbaijan	5.95	5.23
127	Guinea-Bissau	5.95	5.90
128	Albania	5.93	6.34
129	Brazil	5.93	6.09
130	Myanmar	5.91	5.93
131	Lebanon	5.91	5.81
132	Panama	5.87	5.72
133	Northern Mariana Islands	5.79	6.08
134	Lesotho	5.78	5.75
135	Cameroon	5.73	5.74
136	Jamaica	5.73	4.18
137	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.72	6.08
138	Guadeloupe	5.71	5.69
139	Equatorial Guinea	5.69	5.66
140	Tokelau	5.66	5.38
141	Seychelles	5.61	4.93
142	Guam	5.57	5.75
143	Indonesia	5.55	5.26
144	Kyrgyzstan	5.48	4.73
145	Nauru	5.44	4.79
146	Martinique	5.43	5.49
147	China, Taiwan Province of China	5.39	6.68
148	New Caledonia	5.34	5.17
149	Republic of Korea	5.33	6.17
150	Trinidad and Tobago	5.24	5.28
151	French Guiana	5.17	5.00
152	Singapore	5.16	6.32
153	China, Hong Kong SAR	5.15	4.43
154	Sri Lanka	5.12	5.39
155	Saint Helena	5.06	5.49
156	Bahamas	5.06	4.69
157	United States Virgin Islands	4.96	4.88
158	Tuvalu	4.91	5.39
159	Curaçao	4.80	5.07
160	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	4.69	5.67
161	Cayman Islands	4.69	4.64
162	Gabon	4.65	3.99
163	Cuba	4.56	3.92
164	Antigua and Barbuda	4.54	4.95
165	Chile	4.54	4.79
166	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	4.47	5.13
167	Montserrat	4.46	4.87
168	British Virgin Islands	4.36	5.25
169	Armenia	4.34	4.79
170	Barbados	4.30	4.53
171	Kazakhstan	4.26	4.50
172	Puerto Rico	4.25	4.68
173	China, Macao SAR	4.23	5.40
174	Aruba	4.11	5.56
175	Israel	4.09	4.72
176	Gibraltar	4.06	2.80
177	New Zealand	4.05	3.65
178	Ireland	4.03	3.53
179	Iceland	3.98	3.93
180	Faroe Islands	3.90	3.54
181	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.70	4.94
182	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.63	3.08
183	North Macedonia	3.62	4.55
184	Canada	3.59	3.64
185	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3.54	4.12
186	Cyprus	3.49	3.46
187	Bermuda	3.48	3.51
188	United States of America	3.39	3.36
189	Montenegro	3.38	4.56
190	Australia	3.33	3.19
191	Netherlands	3.18	3.04
192	Portugal	3.13	3.04
193	Argentina	3.11	3.15
194	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3.00	2.83
195	Georgia	2.95	2.84
196	Slovakia	2.92	3.47
197	United Kingdom	2.91	2.23
198	Norway	2.90	2.64
199	Republic of Moldova	2.89	3.53
200	Uruguay	2.88	2.74
201	Spain	2.88	2.50
202	France	2.87	2.70
203	Malta	2.87	4.13
204	Liechtenstein	2.85	2.72
205	Austria	2.82	2.09
206	Jersey	2.74	2.00
207	Monaco	2.73	3.04
208	Poland	2.70	3.59
209	Finland	2.68	2.96
210	Belgium	2.68	2.33
211	Switzerland	2.65	2.29
212	Denmark	2.65	2.60
213	Isle of Man	2.62	2.17
214	Andorra	2.60	2.31
215	Saint Barthélemy	2.60	3.12
216	Italy	2.52	2.29
217	Germany	2.52	2.13
218	Belarus	2.48	2.60
219	Guernsey	2.47	2.13
220	San Marino	2.40	2.59
221	Lithuania	2.35	2.61
222	Luxembourg	2.32	2.13
223	Sweden	2.31	2.25
224	Czechia	2.31	2.62
225	Slovenia	2.30	2.76
226	Russian Federation	2.28	2.83
227	Greece	2.24	2.39
228	Bulgaria	2.20	2.41
229	Croatia	2.14	2.68
230	Ukraine	2.11	2.36
231	Serbia	2.08	2.64
232	Romania	1.99	2.99
233	Japan	1.95	2.67
234	Estonia	1.90	2.13
235	Latvia	1.85	1.85
236	Hungary	1.82	2.75
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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