Total fertility rate by country, 1969

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

◀▶1969

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1959
1	Yemen	8.22	7.98
2	Jordan	8.19	7.51
3	Rwanda	8.18	8.29
4	Marshall Islands	8.11	8.02
5	Libya	8.01	7.45
6	Kenya	7.95	7.64
7	Côte d'Ivoire	7.93	7.61
8	Algeria	7.71	7.45
9	State of Palestine	7.68	7.80
10	Northern Mariana Islands	7.62	5.99
11	Saudi Arabia	7.60	7.62
12	Syrian Arab Republic	7.59	7.51
13	Niger	7.51	7.53
14	Oman	7.49	7.25
15	Samoa	7.43	7.79
16	Afghanistan	7.39	7.28
17	Angola	7.39	6.63
18	Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.35	6.98
19	Mongolia	7.34	6.68
20	Maldives	7.33	6.56
21	Mayotte	7.31	6.95
22	South Sudan	7.28	7.15
23	Malawi	7.27	7.01
24	Senegal	7.26	6.96
25	Honduras	7.23	7.47
26	Somalia	7.21	7.25
27	Burundi	7.21	6.98
28	Kuwait	7.18	7.20
29	Zambia	7.18	6.90
30	Mali	7.17	7.01
31	Madagascar	7.12	7.36
32	Uganda	7.11	6.88
33	Iraq	7.08	5.30
34	Comoros	7.07	6.73
35	Zimbabwe	7.04	7.17
36	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7.01	7.57
37	Togo	7.01	6.76
38	Sudan	6.97	6.66
39	Solomon Islands	6.97	7.07
40	Ghana	6.95	6.87
41	Cabo Verde	6.95	6.84
42	United Republic of Tanzania	6.95	6.50
43	Tajikistan	6.91	6.13
44	Djibouti	6.88	6.83
45	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.88	6.71
46	Nicaragua	6.82	7.16
47	Bangladesh	6.81	6.68
48	Pakistan	6.80	6.80
49	Eswatini	6.76	6.73
50	Morocco	6.73	6.80
51	Ethiopia	6.72	6.49
52	Benin	6.70	6.22
53	Mozambique	6.67	6.25
54	Bhutan	6.66	6.71
55	Burkina Faso	6.66	6.22
56	Guatemala	6.65	7.01
57	Mauritania	6.64	6.09
58	Liberia	6.64	6.35
59	Mexico	6.63	6.76
60	Tunisia	6.62	7.15
61	Palau	6.58	7.19
62	Bahrain	6.57	7.29
63	Botswana	6.56	6.62
64	United Arab Emirates	6.52	6.50
65	Cook Islands	6.51	7.22
66	Namibia	6.51	6.19
67	Eritrea	6.50	6.51
68	Chad	6.48	6.23
69	Turkmenistan	6.48	6.56
70	Niue	6.47	6.96
71	Sao Tome and Principe	6.44	6.22
72	Nigeria	6.44	6.37
73	Western Sahara	6.43	6.35
74	Peru	6.42	6.95
75	Vanuatu	6.41	6.84
76	Sierra Leone	6.39	6.15
77	Dominican Republic	6.37	7.61
78	Congo	6.35	6.09
79	Uzbekistan	6.34	6.35
80	Philippines	6.33	7.00
81	Belize	6.32	6.52
82	Qatar	6.31	6.53
83	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.30	6.07
84	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.30	6.29
85	El Salvador	6.28	6.59
86	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.28	7.28
87	Papua New Guinea	6.26	5.96
88	Ecuador	6.25	6.74
89	Gambia	6.25	6.27
90	Saint Lucia	6.25	6.78
91	Guinea	6.23	6.10
92	Saint Martin (French part)	6.19	6.41
93	China	6.18	4.72
94	Tonga	6.17	6.64
95	Cameroon	6.14	5.73
96	Egypt	6.12	6.83
97	Cambodia	6.12	6.36
98	American Samoa	6.12	6.54
99	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.06	6.28
100	Central African Republic	6.06	5.94
101	Guinea-Bissau	6.02	5.91
102	Brunei Darussalam	6.01	7.42
103	Viet Nam	6.01	6.25
104	Haiti	5.96	6.20
105	Nepal	5.89	6.03
106	Türkiye	5.87	6.42
107	Kiribati	5.85	6.40
108	Paraguay	5.84	6.51
109	French Polynesia	5.82	5.97
110	Equatorial Guinea	5.80	5.65
111	Myanmar	5.75	5.91
112	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	5.73	6.37
113	Timor-Leste	5.72	6.36
114	South Africa	5.72	6.13
115	Suriname	5.70	6.55
116	Thailand	5.70	6.33
117	Lesotho	5.70	5.79
118	India	5.68	5.89
119	Anguilla	5.58	6.98
120	Guyana	5.58	6.31
121	Indonesia	5.55	5.48
122	Colombia	5.51	6.74
123	Seychelles	5.48	5.30
124	Jamaica	5.47	5.32
125	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	5.47	6.45
126	Dominica	5.41	6.18
127	Lebanon	5.32	5.84
128	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.31	6.06
129	Albania	5.29	6.40
130	Panama	5.29	5.79
131	Kyrgyzstan	5.18	5.23
132	Tokelau	5.16	5.71
133	Malaysia	5.16	6.44
134	Azerbaijan	5.05	5.80
135	Gabon	5.05	4.34
136	Brazil	5.04	6.08
137	Réunion	5.04	6.11
138	New Caledonia	5.01	5.41
139	Guadeloupe	4.98	5.63
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.97	6.95
141	Nauru	4.94	5.27
142	Fiji	4.91	6.47
143	Costa Rica	4.83	6.73
144	United States Virgin Islands	4.81	5.22
145	French Guiana	4.78	5.22
146	Saint Helena	4.74	5.35
147	Martinique	4.74	5.62
148	Grenada	4.69	6.79
149	Sri Lanka	4.50	5.41
150	Republic of Korea	4.45	6.10
151	Guam	4.44	6.05
152	Bahamas	4.38	5.03
153	Tuvalu	4.23	5.19
154	Greenland	4.21	6.58
155	China, Taiwan Province of China	4.18	5.94
156	Cuba	4.12	4.00
157	Mauritius	3.97	5.88
158	Chile	3.90	4.73
159	Trinidad and Tobago	3.86	5.35
160	Montserrat	3.86	4.60
161	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.86	3.56
162	Antigua and Barbuda	3.83	4.66
163	Ireland	3.82	3.60
164	British Virgin Islands	3.81	4.94
165	Israel	3.68	4.36
166	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3.63	4.85
167	Curaçao	3.61	5.18
168	China, Hong Kong SAR	3.60	5.00
169	Faroe Islands	3.56	3.98
170	Cayman Islands	3.52	4.62
171	Kazakhstan	3.51	4.57
172	Armenia	3.49	4.87
173	Barbados	3.34	4.28
174	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	3.30	4.78
175	New Zealand	3.27	4.18
176	Puerto Rico	3.24	4.55
177	Singapore	3.22	6.12
178	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3.21	3.82
179	Cyprus	3.19	3.40
180	Aruba	3.11	4.65
181	Portugal	3.11	3.14
182	Romania	3.11	2.42
183	North Macedonia	3.10	3.92
184	Argentina	3.05	3.14
185	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3.04	3.12
186	Iceland	2.98	4.21
187	Gibraltar	2.95	3.00
188	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.95	3.99
189	Spain	2.90	2.75
190	Australia	2.89	3.44
191	Montenegro	2.79	3.53
192	Andorra	2.77	2.55
193	Uruguay	2.77	2.82
194	Netherlands	2.74	3.16
195	Norway	2.70	2.88
196	Georgia	2.69	2.94
197	Republic of Moldova	2.57	3.37
198	Monaco	2.54	2.85
199	France	2.53	2.75
200	Isle of Man	2.51	2.42
201	United States of America	2.50	3.75
202	United Kingdom	2.50	2.60
203	Austria	2.48	2.68
204	Italy	2.47	2.39
205	Greece	2.43	2.33
206	Slovakia	2.43	3.00
207	Canada	2.36	3.86
208	Bermuda	2.36	3.63
209	Lithuania	2.33	2.63
210	San Marino	2.31	2.39
211	China, Macao SAR	2.31	4.93
212	Belgium	2.28	2.56
213	Bulgaria	2.27	2.21
214	Poland	2.26	3.25
215	Belarus	2.23	2.76
216	Germany	2.20	2.36
217	Switzerland	2.19	2.42
218	Slovenia	2.18	2.22
219	Guernsey	2.16	2.19
220	Saint Barthélemy	2.15	2.87
221	Liechtenstein	2.14	2.79
222	Estonia	2.12	1.95
223	Jersey	2.11	2.26
224	Hungary	2.04	2.08
225	Malta	2.03	3.58
226	Japan	2.03	2.03
227	Luxembourg	2.02	2.21
228	Ukraine	2.01	2.30
229	Denmark	2.00	2.49
230	Serbia	1.99	2.18
231	Russian Federation	1.99	2.66
232	Croatia	1.95	2.27
233	Sweden	1.93	2.23
234	Finland	1.93	2.74
235	Czechia	1.88	2.10
236	Latvia	1.88	1.92
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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