Total fertility rate by country, 1965

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

◀▶1965

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1955
1	Rwanda	8.25	8.21
2	Marshall Islands	8.16	7.91
3	Yemen	8.10	7.97
4	Jordan	7.93	7.42
5	Kenya	7.92	7.46
6	Côte d'Ivoire	7.84	7.60
7	Libya	7.82	7.24
8	State of Palestine	7.77	7.82
9	Algeria	7.71	7.34
10	Saudi Arabia	7.66	7.59
11	Samoa	7.65	7.71
12	Syrian Arab Republic	7.53	7.63
13	Niger	7.47	7.55
14	Honduras	7.44	7.51
15	Oman	7.39	7.23
16	Mongolia	7.38	6.06
17	Afghanistan	7.31	7.26
18	Kuwait	7.31	7.14
19	Somalia	7.26	7.25
20	Zimbabwe	7.23	7.10
21	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7.22	7.15
22	South Sudan	7.22	7.13
23	Senegal	7.19	6.83
24	Madagascar	7.17	7.40
25	Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.14	6.97
26	Malawi	7.13	6.84
27	Angola	7.12	6.27
28	Zambia	7.12	6.80
29	Tunisia	7.11	6.97
30	Burundi	7.11	6.93
31	Mayotte	7.11	6.87
32	Mali	7.08	6.95
33	Maldives	7.07	6.33
34	Dominican Republic	7.05	7.67
35	Uganda	7.04	6.74
36	Cook Islands	7.04	6.96
37	Nicaragua	7.03	7.12
38	Bahrain	7.03	7.28
39	Iraq	7.02	6.00
40	Solomon Islands	7.02	7.12
41	Palau	7.01	7.18
42	Cabo Verde	6.99	6.66
43	Comoros	6.97	6.35
44	Togo	6.94	6.66
45	Morocco	6.93	6.50
46	Ghana	6.88	6.82
47	Djibouti	6.86	6.82
48	Guatemala	6.84	6.95
49	Sudan	6.84	6.68
50	Niue	6.82	6.77
51	Mexico	6.82	6.73
52	Uzbekistan	6.81	5.68
53	Pakistan	6.80	6.80
54	Philippines	6.80	7.07
55	Eswatini	6.79	6.68
56	Bangladesh	6.77	6.50
57	Turkmenistan	6.76	5.97
58	Peru	6.75	6.96
59	Tajikistan	6.74	5.78
60	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.74	6.65
61	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.73	7.36
62	United Republic of Tanzania	6.73	6.30
63	American Samoa	6.73	6.14
64	Saint Lucia	6.69	6.45
65	Bhutan	6.68	6.76
66	Brunei Darussalam	6.65	7.40
67	El Salvador	6.64	6.47
68	Ethiopia	6.63	6.46
69	Liberia	6.62	6.19
70	China	6.61	6.26
71	Benin	6.60	5.99
72	Botswana	6.60	6.55
73	Ecuador	6.56	6.77
74	Mozambique	6.54	6.14
75	Qatar	6.53	6.54
76	Vanuatu	6.52	7.03
77	Western Sahara	6.52	6.19
78	Anguilla	6.51	7.05
79	United Arab Emirates	6.50	6.50
80	Eritrea	6.49	6.49
81	Burkina Faso	6.47	6.06
82	Namibia	6.45	5.93
83	Mauritania	6.44	5.92
84	Greenland	6.42	6.27
85	Tonga	6.41	6.68
86	Belize	6.40	6.60
87	Egypt	6.39	7.01
88	Nigeria	6.37	6.40
89	Sao Tome and Principe	6.35	6.18
90	Paraguay	6.35	6.51
91	Saint Martin (French part)	6.34	6.44
92	Chad	6.34	6.15
93	Colombia	6.33	6.63
94	Suriname	6.32	6.37
95	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.32	6.26
96	Sierra Leone	6.31	6.07
97	Cambodia	6.27	6.53
98	Kiribati	6.26	6.32
99	Thailand	6.26	6.39
100	Congo	6.23	6.06
101	Türkiye	6.22	6.46
102	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.21	5.98
103	Papua New Guinea	6.20	5.82
104	Gambia	6.19	6.33
105	Guinea	6.18	6.04
106	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.18	6.24
107	Viet Nam	6.16	5.54
108	Réunion	6.15	6.77
109	Guyana	6.14	6.22
110	Haiti	6.13	6.23
111	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	6.03	6.74
112	Central African Republic	6.03	5.92
113	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.01	6.97
114	Nepal	6.01	6.07
115	Timor-Leste	6.01	6.48
116	French Polynesia	6.00	6.00
117	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	5.98	6.60
118	Guinea-Bissau	5.97	5.89
119	Costa Rica	5.96	6.57
120	Dominica	5.95	5.91
121	India	5.94	5.91
122	Myanmar	5.91	5.91
123	South Africa	5.89	6.13
124	Malaysia	5.84	6.45
125	Cameroon	5.80	5.74
126	Azerbaijan	5.79	5.39
127	Lesotho	5.77	5.79
128	Lebanon	5.77	5.81
129	Fiji	5.76	6.57
130	Panama	5.73	5.73
131	Equatorial Guinea	5.73	5.66
132	Jamaica	5.72	4.52
133	Seychelles	5.72	5.11
134	Brazil	5.68	6.08
135	Northern Mariana Islands	5.66	6.07
136	United States Virgin Islands	5.64	4.91
137	Grenada	5.60	6.43
138	Indonesia	5.59	5.36
139	Guadeloupe	5.59	5.77
140	Tokelau	5.55	5.50
141	Mauritius	5.51	5.83
142	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.50	6.17
143	Nauru	5.48	4.96
144	Martinique	5.48	5.69
145	Albania	5.47	6.54
146	Kyrgyzstan	5.37	4.84
147	New Caledonia	5.31	5.24
148	French Guiana	5.18	5.23
149	Guam	5.14	6.22
150	China, Taiwan Province of China	4.99	6.59
151	Saint Helena	4.96	5.47
152	Sri Lanka	4.93	5.31
153	China, Hong Kong SAR	4.92	4.55
154	Republic of Korea	4.89	6.17
155	Trinidad and Tobago	4.88	5.35
156	Bahamas	4.88	4.83
157	Gabon	4.78	4.07
158	Tuvalu	4.73	5.36
159	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4.71	4.89
160	Singapore	4.67	6.38
161	Cuba	4.50	3.90
162	Curaçao	4.47	5.16
163	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	4.45	5.46
164	Antigua and Barbuda	4.42	4.87
165	Chile	4.36	4.78
166	Montserrat	4.27	4.84
167	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	4.23	5.04
168	Barbados	4.18	4.44
169	Cayman Islands	4.16	4.53
170	Israel	4.13	4.39
171	Puerto Rico	4.10	4.68
172	Faroe Islands	4.09	3.61
173	British Virgin Islands	4.05	5.30
174	Ireland	4.04	3.37
175	Armenia	3.99	4.80
176	Gibraltar	3.99	2.73
177	Kazakhstan	3.88	4.51
178	Aruba	3.80	5.27
179	Iceland	3.72	4.04
180	China, Macao SAR	3.62	5.26
181	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.56	3.67
182	New Zealand	3.54	3.88
183	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.53	4.58
184	North Macedonia	3.52	4.29
185	Cyprus	3.47	3.44
186	Montenegro	3.19	4.16
187	Portugal	3.16	3.13
188	Bermuda	3.08	3.49
189	Canada	3.07	3.75
190	Netherlands	3.03	3.03
191	Argentina	3.01	3.14
192	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.99	2.98
193	United States of America	2.98	3.52
194	Australia	2.98	3.27
195	Liechtenstein	2.96	2.70
196	Spain	2.93	2.51
197	Norway	2.92	2.76
198	United Kingdom	2.87	2.28
199	Uruguay	2.84	2.76
200	France	2.83	2.70
201	Slovakia	2.78	3.44
202	Georgia	2.77	2.85
203	Jersey	2.73	1.95
204	Andorra	2.72	2.27
205	Austria	2.70	2.27
206	Republic of Moldova	2.68	3.49
207	Monaco	2.66	2.97
208	Italy	2.62	2.34
209	Denmark	2.61	2.59
210	Belgium	2.61	2.38
211	Switzerland	2.59	2.31
212	Poland	2.54	3.55
213	Isle of Man	2.54	1.95
214	Germany	2.49	2.16
215	Finland	2.48	2.93
216	Saint Barthélemy	2.44	3.04
217	Slovenia	2.44	2.59
218	Malta	2.44	4.01
219	Sweden	2.40	2.25
220	Luxembourg	2.40	2.16
221	Guernsey	2.35	2.08
222	Greece	2.33	2.42
223	San Marino	2.33	2.51
224	Belarus	2.23	2.63
225	Lithuania	2.23	2.57
226	Croatia	2.22	2.59
227	Czechia	2.19	2.58
228	Russian Federation	2.11	2.81
229	Bulgaria	2.09	2.37
230	Japan	2.09	2.35
231	Serbia	2.06	2.45
232	Ukraine	1.94	2.31
233	Estonia	1.90	2.11
234	Romania	1.90	3.01
235	Hungary	1.82	2.82
236	Latvia	1.73	1.88
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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