Total fertility rate by country, 1966

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

◀▶1966

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1956
1	Rwanda	8.23	8.23
2	Marshall Islands	8.20	7.92
3	Yemen	8.14	7.97
4	Jordan	7.99	7.44
5	Kenya	7.96	7.51
6	Libya	7.89	7.29
7	Côte d'Ivoire	7.87	7.60
8	State of Palestine	7.75	7.81
9	Algeria	7.71	7.36
10	Saudi Arabia	7.66	7.59
11	Samoa	7.60	7.73
12	Syrian Arab Republic	7.55	7.59
13	Niger	7.48	7.54
14	Oman	7.41	7.23
15	Honduras	7.41	7.51
16	Mongolia	7.41	6.24
17	Kuwait	7.34	7.15
18	Afghanistan	7.32	7.27
19	Somalia	7.26	7.25
20	South Sudan	7.25	7.13
21	Senegal	7.22	6.86
22	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7.21	7.25
23	Zimbabwe	7.20	7.12
24	Angola	7.19	6.36
25	Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.18	6.97
26	Malawi	7.17	6.89
27	Madagascar	7.16	7.39
28	Maldives	7.15	6.39
29	Zambia	7.14	6.81
30	Mayotte	7.14	6.86
31	Burundi	7.13	6.93
32	Mali	7.11	6.97
33	Uganda	7.07	6.76
34	Tunisia	7.06	7.02
35	Iraq	7.02	6.00
36	Comoros	7.00	6.46
37	Solomon Islands	7.00	7.10
38	Cabo Verde	6.99	6.71
39	Nicaragua	6.99	7.14
40	Togo	6.96	6.69
41	Cook Islands	6.95	7.04
42	Dominican Republic	6.95	7.68
43	Bahrain	6.94	7.27
44	Palau	6.93	7.17
45	Morocco	6.89	6.56
46	Sudan	6.88	6.68
47	Djibouti	6.87	6.83
48	Ghana	6.86	6.84
49	Tajikistan	6.82	5.85
50	Eswatini	6.80	6.69
51	Guatemala	6.80	6.98
52	United Republic of Tanzania	6.80	6.36
53	Pakistan	6.80	6.80
54	Mexico	6.79	6.74
55	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.78	6.67
56	Bangladesh	6.77	6.54
57	Niue	6.76	6.88
58	Turkmenistan	6.70	6.16
59	Philippines	6.69	7.05
60	Peru	6.68	6.96
61	Bhutan	6.67	6.75
62	Uzbekistan	6.66	5.80
63	Ethiopia	6.66	6.46
64	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.64	7.34
65	Liberia	6.63	6.24
66	Benin	6.62	6.05
67	American Samoa	6.62	6.20
68	Saint Lucia	6.61	6.60
69	Botswana	6.61	6.59
70	Mozambique	6.58	6.17
71	El Salvador	6.57	6.50
72	Burkina Faso	6.53	6.09
73	Western Sahara	6.53	6.22
74	Qatar	6.52	6.54
75	Mauritania	6.52	5.96
76	Ecuador	6.51	6.77
77	Vanuatu	6.51	7.00
78	Brunei Darussalam	6.51	7.45
79	Eritrea	6.50	6.48
80	United Arab Emirates	6.49	6.49
81	Namibia	6.47	6.00
82	Nigeria	6.39	6.41
83	Belize	6.38	6.58
84	Sao Tome and Principe	6.37	6.19
85	Chad	6.36	6.17
86	Anguilla	6.35	7.08
87	Sierra Leone	6.35	6.10
88	Tonga	6.35	6.66
89	Saint Martin (French part)	6.32	6.42
90	Egypt	6.31	6.97
91	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.31	6.27
92	China	6.31	5.85
93	Congo	6.27	6.07
94	Cambodia	6.24	6.51
95	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.24	5.99
96	Papua New Guinea	6.23	5.84
97	Paraguay	6.23	6.51
98	Kiribati	6.22	6.34
99	Suriname	6.20	6.42
100	Guinea	6.19	6.05
101	Gambia	6.18	6.32
102	Thailand	6.18	6.37
103	Colombia	6.16	6.66
104	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.16	6.25
105	Türkiye	6.15	6.46
106	Seychelles	6.13	5.16
107	Haiti	6.09	6.23
108	Central African Republic	6.06	5.93
109	Greenland	6.03	6.33
110	Guyana	6.02	6.27
111	Guinea-Bissau	5.98	5.89
112	Nepal	5.98	6.06
113	Réunion	5.98	6.60
114	French Polynesia	5.98	5.99
115	Viet Nam	5.97	5.62
116	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	5.95	6.63
117	Timor-Leste	5.93	6.45
118	South Africa	5.91	6.13
119	India	5.88	5.91
120	Myanmar	5.88	5.92
121	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	5.87	6.60
122	Dominica	5.86	6.03
123	Cameroon	5.85	5.73
124	Saint Kitts and Nevis	5.78	7.09
125	Lesotho	5.76	5.79
126	Equatorial Guinea	5.76	5.65
127	Costa Rica	5.70	6.60
128	Jamaica	5.69	4.74
129	Lebanon	5.68	5.81
130	Azerbaijan	5.66	5.49
131	Panama	5.65	5.74
132	Malaysia	5.64	6.46
133	Indonesia	5.59	5.39
134	Northern Mariana Islands	5.59	6.06
135	Guadeloupe	5.58	5.71
136	Fiji	5.55	6.60
137	Brazil	5.52	6.08
138	Tokelau	5.46	5.60
139	Mauritius	5.46	5.81
140	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.44	6.17
141	Nauru	5.41	5.03
142	Martinique	5.38	5.70
143	Albania	5.33	6.44
144	Kyrgyzstan	5.32	4.90
145	Grenada	5.30	6.59
146	New Caledonia	5.25	5.30
147	Guam	5.07	6.22
148	French Guiana	5.04	5.26
149	United States Virgin Islands	4.99	5.00
150	Saint Helena	4.94	5.44
151	Gabon	4.86	4.12
152	Sri Lanka	4.83	5.26
153	Bahamas	4.79	4.88
154	Republic of Korea	4.78	6.18
155	China, Taiwan Province of China	4.78	6.49
156	Tuvalu	4.64	5.32
157	Trinidad and Tobago	4.62	5.27
158	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4.51	5.42
159	China, Hong Kong SAR	4.46	4.64
160	Singapore	4.45	6.44
161	Cuba	4.40	3.89
162	Antigua and Barbuda	4.32	4.82
163	Curaçao	4.27	5.17
164	Chile	4.26	4.79
165	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	4.16	5.27
166	Montserrat	4.16	4.76
167	Barbados	4.14	4.18
168	Cayman Islands	4.08	4.49
169	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	4.08	5.00
170	Faroe Islands	4.04	3.66
171	British Virgin Islands	3.97	5.23
172	Israel	3.96	4.44
173	Ireland	3.94	3.38
174	Armenia	3.83	4.89
175	Kazakhstan	3.82	4.57
176	Puerto Rico	3.71	4.70
177	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.71	3.51
178	Aruba	3.62	5.11
179	Gibraltar	3.60	2.80
180	Iceland	3.58	4.11
181	North Macedonia	3.43	4.04
182	New Zealand	3.42	3.98
183	Cyprus	3.40	3.39
184	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.39	4.36
185	China, Macao SAR	3.32	5.18
186	Portugal	3.16	3.03
187	Montenegro	3.09	4.03
188	Argentina	2.97	3.15
189	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.97	2.99
190	Spain	2.91	2.54
191	Netherlands	2.90	3.05
192	Norway	2.89	2.83
193	Australia	2.88	3.33
194	Uruguay	2.82	2.79
195	Bermuda	2.79	3.48
196	United Kingdom	2.78	2.37
197	France	2.78	2.69
198	Liechtenstein	2.78	2.73
199	United States of America	2.77	3.62
200	Andorra	2.76	2.30
201	Canada	2.75	3.77
202	Georgia	2.73	2.88
203	Austria	2.67	2.46
204	Slovakia	2.66	3.43
205	Republic of Moldova	2.65	3.47
206	Monaco	2.62	2.95
207	Denmark	2.61	2.60
208	Italy	2.59	2.35
209	Jersey	2.57	1.98
210	Belgium	2.52	2.41
211	Switzerland	2.50	2.36
212	Germany	2.50	2.21
213	Slovenia	2.48	2.52
214	Isle of Man	2.46	2.07
215	Poland	2.45	3.46
216	Greece	2.40	2.38
217	Finland	2.40	2.91
218	Saint Barthélemy	2.36	3.00
219	Sweden	2.36	2.29
220	Luxembourg	2.35	2.10
221	San Marino	2.33	2.47
222	Malta	2.28	4.03
223	Belarus	2.27	2.66
224	Lithuania	2.26	2.58
225	Guernsey	2.23	2.09
226	Croatia	2.23	2.50
227	Russian Federation	2.11	2.76
228	Ukraine	2.04	2.30
229	Serbia	2.04	2.36
230	Czechia	2.03	2.57
231	Bulgaria	2.02	2.33
232	Hungary	1.89	2.61
233	Estonia	1.88	1.97
234	Romania	1.87	2.88
235	Latvia	1.79	1.84
236	Japan	1.63	2.21
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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