Total fertility rate by country, 1970

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

◀▶1970

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1960
1	Yemen	8.23	7.99
2	Jordan	8.18	7.60
3	Rwanda	8.15	8.28
4	Marshall Islands	8.08	8.08
5	Libya	8.05	7.51
6	Kenya	7.94	7.65
7	Côte d'Ivoire	7.94	7.69
8	Algeria	7.70	7.50
9	State of Palestine	7.65	7.79
10	Syrian Arab Republic	7.62	7.51
11	Saudi Arabia	7.58	7.63
12	Oman	7.52	7.28
13	Niger	7.51	7.53
14	Northern Mariana Islands	7.44	5.96
15	Angola	7.43	6.71
16	Afghanistan	7.40	7.28
17	Maldives	7.39	6.71
18	Mayotte	7.37	6.98
19	Samoa	7.34	7.78
20	Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.32	7.00
21	Mongolia	7.31	6.82
22	Malawi	7.30	7.04
23	South Sudan	7.29	7.16
24	Senegal	7.26	7.00
25	Zambia	7.22	6.95
26	Burundi	7.21	7.00
27	Somalia	7.18	7.25
28	Mali	7.18	7.02
29	Honduras	7.17	7.46
30	Uganda	7.15	6.91
31	Comoros	7.10	6.79
32	Madagascar	7.10	7.34
33	Iraq	7.07	5.30
34	Togo	7.04	6.80
35	Kuwait	7.03	7.22
36	United Republic of Tanzania	7.00	6.54
37	Sudan	6.99	6.66
38	Zimbabwe	6.98	7.19
39	Solomon Islands	6.98	7.06
40	Ghana	6.95	6.89
41	Cabo Verde	6.93	6.88
42	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.93	6.74
43	Tajikistan	6.91	6.24
44	Djibouti	6.88	6.85
45	Bangladesh	6.84	6.74
46	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.80	7.52
47	Pakistan	6.80	6.80
48	Ethiopia	6.78	6.51
49	Nicaragua	6.77	7.16
50	Eswatini	6.75	6.75
51	Benin	6.74	6.28
52	Mozambique	6.70	6.31
53	Burkina Faso	6.69	6.25
54	Mauritania	6.68	6.15
55	Morocco	6.68	6.89
56	Bhutan	6.65	6.70
57	Guatemala	6.60	7.00
58	Liberia	6.58	6.39
59	Botswana	6.55	6.60
60	Eritrea	6.54	6.48
61	Chad	6.53	6.25
62	Mexico	6.53	6.76
63	United Arab Emirates	6.52	6.50
64	Namibia	6.52	6.24
65	Sao Tome and Principe	6.47	6.24
66	Nigeria	6.47	6.36
67	Tunisia	6.43	7.16
68	Bahrain	6.43	7.26
69	Sierra Leone	6.41	6.17
70	Turkmenistan	6.40	6.59
71	Palau	6.39	7.19
72	Congo	6.38	6.08
73	Western Sahara	6.37	6.41
74	Vanuatu	6.35	6.78
75	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.33	6.11
76	Peru	6.32	6.94
77	Uzbekistan	6.31	6.61
78	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.31	6.29
79	Cook Islands	6.30	7.27
80	Belize	6.30	6.50
81	Gambia	6.26	6.25
82	Papua New Guinea	6.25	6.02
83	Guinea	6.24	6.11
84	Niue	6.24	6.95
85	Qatar	6.23	6.53
86	Philippines	6.22	7.00
87	Cameroon	6.20	5.72
88	El Salvador	6.18	6.62
89	Dominican Republic	6.18	7.55
90	Ecuador	6.14	6.72
91	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.12	7.25
92	Saint Lucia	6.10	6.77
93	Saint Martin (French part)	6.09	6.39
94	China	6.09	4.45
95	Cambodia	6.07	6.31
96	Tonga	6.07	6.65
97	Egypt	6.06	6.79
98	Guinea-Bissau	6.04	5.92
99	Central African Republic	6.03	5.95
100	Viet Nam	6.02	6.27
101	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.00	6.27
102	American Samoa	5.95	6.58
103	Haiti	5.91	6.18
104	Nepal	5.87	6.07
105	Equatorial Guinea	5.81	5.65
106	Brunei Darussalam	5.80	7.32
107	Türkiye	5.78	6.38
108	Paraguay	5.72	6.50
109	Kiribati	5.71	6.44
110	Lesotho	5.70	5.78
111	Myanmar	5.68	5.90
112	Timor-Leste	5.66	6.32
113	South Africa	5.63	6.11
114	French Polynesia	5.63	5.93
115	India	5.62	5.92
116	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	5.62	6.36
117	Suriname	5.53	6.59
118	Indonesia	5.49	5.51
119	Thailand	5.45	6.33
120	Guyana	5.41	6.33
121	Jamaica	5.35	5.54
122	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	5.32	6.38
123	Seychelles	5.31	5.31
124	Anguilla	5.30	6.92
125	Colombia	5.28	6.74
126	United States Virgin Islands	5.25	5.15
127	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.23	5.99
128	Dominica	5.21	6.18
129	Kyrgyzstan	5.20	5.31
130	Lebanon	5.19	5.88
131	Panama	5.18	5.83
132	Albania	5.16	6.38
133	Gabon	5.10	4.42
134	New Caledonia	5.07	5.44
135	Tokelau	5.04	5.73
136	Malaysia	5.04	6.41
137	Brazil	4.93	6.05
138	Azerbaijan	4.90	5.88
139	Guadeloupe	4.76	5.77
140	Nauru	4.74	5.34
141	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.73	6.54
142	French Guiana	4.72	5.22
143	Fiji	4.71	6.36
144	Cayman Islands	4.66	4.71
145	Costa Rica	4.58	6.71
146	Martinique	4.53	5.67
147	Grenada	4.46	6.74
148	Republic of Korea	4.46	5.99
149	Saint Helena	4.41	5.29
150	Sri Lanka	4.39	5.35
151	Guam	4.34	5.97
152	Réunion	4.30	6.11
153	Bahamas	4.21	5.09
154	Tuvalu	4.08	5.15
155	Cuba	3.98	4.13
156	China, Taiwan Province of China	3.98	5.79
157	Ireland	3.85	3.76
158	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.85	3.57
159	Mauritius	3.82	5.90
160	Israel	3.79	4.37
161	Chile	3.78	4.70
162	Montserrat	3.74	4.55
163	British Virgin Islands	3.74	4.81
164	Trinidad and Tobago	3.71	5.40
165	Antigua and Barbuda	3.63	4.60
166	Greenland	3.54	6.69
167	Kazakhstan	3.50	4.49
168	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3.48	4.77
169	Faroe Islands	3.42	3.85
170	Curaçao	3.40	5.13
171	China, Hong Kong SAR	3.39	5.08
172	Armenia	3.33	4.79
173	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3.26	4.60
174	New Zealand	3.17	4.24
175	Puerto Rico	3.17	4.59
176	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	3.16	4.76
177	Argentina	3.08	3.14
178	Barbados	3.08	4.71
179	Cyprus	3.07	3.39
180	Singapore	3.07	5.77
181	Portugal	3.01	3.16
182	North Macedonia	3.01	3.83
183	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3.00	3.23
184	Aruba	2.97	4.57
185	Gibraltar	2.95	3.10
186	Spain	2.88	2.81
187	Australia	2.86	3.45
188	Iceland	2.82	4.26
189	Romania	2.81	2.32
190	Andorra	2.79	2.54
191	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.79	3.96
192	Uruguay	2.77	2.83
193	Georgia	2.70	2.94
194	Montenegro	2.69	3.53
195	Netherlands	2.57	3.12
196	Isle of Man	2.57	2.68
197	Republic of Moldova	2.56	3.31
198	United States of America	2.51	3.73
199	Norway	2.51	2.85
200	Monaco	2.50	2.81
201	France	2.48	2.74
202	Greece	2.44	2.29
203	United Kingdom	2.42	2.70
204	Slovakia	2.41	3.02
205	Italy	2.40	2.38
206	Lithuania	2.40	2.62
207	San Marino	2.32	2.43
208	Bermuda	2.31	3.63
209	Austria	2.29	2.69
210	Belarus	2.29	2.76
211	Canada	2.27	3.82
212	Belgium	2.25	2.53
213	Poland	2.25	3.00
214	Bulgaria	2.18	2.31
215	Estonia	2.17	1.98
216	Guernsey	2.11	2.24
217	Slovenia	2.11	2.19
218	Switzerland	2.10	2.44
219	Saint Barthélemy	2.09	2.80
220	Liechtenstein	2.09	2.78
221	Ukraine	2.08	2.28
222	China, Macao SAR	2.08	4.96
223	Malta	2.07	3.63
224	Japan	2.04	1.98
225	Germany	2.02	2.38
226	Russian Federation	2.01	2.63
227	Hungary	1.98	2.02
228	Serbia	1.97	2.16
229	Luxembourg	1.97	2.28
230	Denmark	1.96	2.56
231	Latvia	1.96	1.94
232	Jersey	1.93	2.41
233	Sweden	1.92	2.17
234	Czechia	1.92	2.09
235	Croatia	1.88	2.24
236	Finland	1.82	2.72
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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