Total fertility rate by country, 1968

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

◀▶1968

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1958
1	Yemen	8.19	7.97
2	Rwanda	8.19	8.27
3	Marshall Islands	8.14	7.98
4	Jordan	8.14	7.48
5	Libya	7.97	7.40
6	Kenya	7.95	7.60
7	Côte d'Ivoire	7.91	7.61
8	Northern Mariana Islands	7.74	6.02
9	Algeria	7.71	7.44
10	State of Palestine	7.71	7.81
11	Saudi Arabia	7.63	7.60
12	Syrian Arab Republic	7.57	7.51
13	Samoa	7.50	7.77
14	Niger	7.50	7.54
15	Oman	7.46	7.25
16	Mongolia	7.37	6.54
17	Afghanistan	7.36	7.27
18	Angola	7.33	6.54
19	Honduras	7.30	7.49
20	Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.29	6.97
21	Kuwait	7.28	7.19
22	Maldives	7.28	6.50
23	Malawi	7.26	6.97
24	South Sudan	7.26	7.14
25	Senegal	7.25	6.92
26	Mayotte	7.25	6.92
27	Somalia	7.23	7.25
28	Zambia	7.18	6.86
29	Burundi	7.18	6.95
30	Mali	7.16	7.00
31	Uganda	7.13	6.84
32	Madagascar	7.13	7.37
33	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7.12	7.46
34	Zimbabwe	7.11	7.16
35	Iraq	7.06	4.80
36	Comoros	7.05	6.65
37	Cabo Verde	6.97	6.80
38	Togo	6.97	6.73
39	Sudan	6.95	6.67
40	Solomon Islands	6.95	7.08
41	Tajikistan	6.91	6.05
42	United Republic of Tanzania	6.90	6.48
43	Ghana	6.89	6.86
44	Djibouti	6.88	6.83
45	Nicaragua	6.88	7.16
46	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.84	6.70
47	Tunisia	6.81	7.11
48	Pakistan	6.80	6.80
49	Bangladesh	6.79	6.61
50	Morocco	6.79	6.71
51	Eswatini	6.76	6.71
52	Bahrain	6.71	7.30
53	Palau	6.71	7.19
54	Mexico	6.71	6.76
55	Ethiopia	6.70	6.47
56	Guatemala	6.70	7.01
57	Cook Islands	6.69	7.17
58	Benin	6.67	6.17
59	Bhutan	6.66	6.72
60	Liberia	6.66	6.31
61	Burkina Faso	6.65	6.17
62	Mozambique	6.65	6.19
63	Niue	6.60	6.95
64	Mauritania	6.60	6.05
65	Botswana	6.58	6.62
66	Turkmenistan	6.56	6.50
67	Dominican Republic	6.55	7.64
68	United Arab Emirates	6.53	6.48
69	Peru	6.51	6.96
70	China	6.51	5.70
71	Eritrea	6.50	6.49
72	Namibia	6.50	6.13
73	Western Sahara	6.48	6.30
74	Vanuatu	6.46	6.90
75	Philippines	6.45	7.00
76	Chad	6.43	6.21
77	Sao Tome and Principe	6.42	6.21
78	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.42	7.30
79	Nigeria	6.42	6.39
80	Uzbekistan	6.39	6.10
81	El Salvador	6.39	6.56
82	Qatar	6.39	6.53
83	Sierra Leone	6.39	6.13
84	Saint Lucia	6.39	6.76
85	Ecuador	6.35	6.75
86	Belize	6.34	6.54
87	Congo	6.33	6.09
88	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.30	6.28
89	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.29	6.04
90	American Samoa	6.28	6.42
91	Saint Martin (French part)	6.26	6.41
92	Papua New Guinea	6.25	5.93
93	Tonga	6.23	6.65
94	Gambia	6.22	6.29
95	Guinea	6.21	6.08
96	Brunei Darussalam	6.20	7.48
97	Egypt	6.19	6.86
98	Cambodia	6.17	6.43
99	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.10	6.27
100	Central African Republic	6.10	5.93
101	Cameroon	6.04	5.73
102	Viet Nam	6.03	6.21
103	Guinea-Bissau	6.01	5.90
104	Haiti	6.01	6.20
105	Kiribati	5.98	6.38
106	Paraguay	5.97	6.51
107	Türkiye	5.96	6.43
108	Nepal	5.94	6.05
109	Thailand	5.93	6.35
110	French Polynesia	5.90	5.98
111	Anguilla	5.88	7.05
112	Suriname	5.86	6.51
113	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	5.81	6.40
114	Myanmar	5.80	5.91
115	Equatorial Guinea	5.79	5.65
116	Timor-Leste	5.79	6.39
117	South Africa	5.78	6.14
118	India	5.76	5.90
119	Guyana	5.75	6.31
120	Colombia	5.74	6.72
121	Lesotho	5.72	5.79
122	Seychelles	5.61	5.25
123	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	5.61	6.57
124	Dominica	5.59	6.17
125	Jamaica	5.58	5.19
126	Indonesia	5.57	5.45
127	Réunion	5.46	6.18
128	Lebanon	5.45	5.82
129	Panama	5.41	5.76
130	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.40	6.11
131	Albania	5.32	6.39
132	Malaysia	5.29	6.46
133	Tokelau	5.27	5.67
134	Guadeloupe	5.22	5.63
135	Azerbaijan	5.21	5.70
136	Kyrgyzstan	5.18	5.14
137	Brazil	5.17	6.08
138	Saint Kitts and Nevis	5.16	7.26
139	Nauru	5.14	5.17
140	Fiji	5.11	6.53
141	New Caledonia	5.06	5.38
142	Martinique	5.04	5.63
143	Costa Rica	5.03	6.71
144	Gabon	4.98	4.25
145	United States Virgin Islands	4.95	5.41
146	Greenland	4.93	6.47
147	Saint Helena	4.86	5.38
148	French Guiana	4.86	5.20
149	Grenada	4.83	6.78
150	Sri Lanka	4.66	5.40
151	Mauritius	4.60	5.86
152	Bahamas	4.56	4.96
153	Republic of Korea	4.51	6.15
154	China, Taiwan Province of China	4.37	6.15
155	Tuvalu	4.36	5.24
156	Guam	4.35	6.12
157	Cuba	4.19	3.90
158	Trinidad and Tobago	4.11	5.30
159	Chile	4.02	4.75
160	Antigua and Barbuda	4.01	4.72
161	Cayman Islands	3.99	4.43
162	Montserrat	3.99	4.66
163	British Virgin Islands	3.88	5.06
164	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.87	4.27
165	Faroe Islands	3.86	3.97
166	Curaçao	3.83	5.19
167	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3.78	4.91
168	China, Hong Kong SAR	3.78	4.88
169	Ireland	3.77	3.47
170	Israel	3.71	4.33
171	Kazakhstan	3.63	4.68
172	Armenia	3.62	4.91
173	Barbados	3.57	4.25
174	Romania	3.54	2.57
175	Singapore	3.53	6.32
176	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	3.49	4.89
177	New Zealand	3.34	4.11
178	Puerto Rico	3.32	4.62
179	Aruba	3.28	4.76
180	Cyprus	3.27	3.38
181	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3.22	5.78
182	North Macedonia	3.22	3.86
183	Portugal	3.12	3.15
184	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.08	4.06
185	Iceland	3.06	4.07
186	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3.04	3.03
187	Argentina	3.01	3.10
188	Gibraltar	2.98	2.94
189	Spain	2.92	2.73
190	Australia	2.89	3.42
191	Montenegro	2.80	3.80
192	Andorra	2.77	2.46
193	Uruguay	2.77	2.82
194	Norway	2.75	2.87
195	Netherlands	2.71	3.10
196	Georgia	2.69	2.92
197	China, Macao SAR	2.61	5.00
198	United Kingdom	2.59	2.55
199	Austria	2.59	2.59
200	Republic of Moldova	2.59	3.40
201	France	2.57	2.69
202	Monaco	2.57	2.89
203	United States of America	2.51	3.75
204	Italy	2.49	2.33
205	Greece	2.47	2.31
206	Bermuda	2.45	3.58
207	Isle of Man	2.45	2.36
208	Canada	2.41	3.81
209	Slovakia	2.39	3.19
210	Germany	2.34	2.26
211	Belgium	2.31	2.50
212	Lithuania	2.31	2.65
213	San Marino	2.30	2.40
214	Poland	2.30	3.39
215	Switzerland	2.29	2.41
216	Bulgaria	2.27	2.21
217	Jersey	2.26	2.16
218	Slovenia	2.26	2.23
219	Belarus	2.26	2.73
220	Saint Barthélemy	2.22	2.91
221	Liechtenstein	2.22	2.79
222	Guernsey	2.13	2.15
223	Finland	2.13	2.68
224	Denmark	2.12	2.53
225	Luxembourg	2.12	2.17
226	Malta	2.08	3.58
227	Sweden	2.07	2.25
228	Hungary	2.07	2.18
229	Japan	2.07	2.10
230	Ukraine	2.03	2.30
231	Croatia	2.03	2.26
232	Estonia	2.02	1.92
233	Serbia	2.01	2.22
234	Russian Federation	1.98	2.69
235	Latvia	1.86	1.92
236	Czechia	1.85	2.28
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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