Total fertility rate by country, 1971

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

◀▶1971

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1961
1	Yemen	8.26	8.00
2	Jordan	8.15	7.70
3	Libya	8.10	7.56
4	Rwanda	8.09	8.28
5	Marshall Islands	8.04	8.12
6	Côte d'Ivoire	7.94	7.72
7	Kenya	7.92	7.72
8	Algeria	7.67	7.56
9	State of Palestine	7.61	7.79
10	Syrian Arab Republic	7.60	7.50
11	Oman	7.56	7.29
12	Saudi Arabia	7.56	7.63
13	Niger	7.52	7.51
14	Angola	7.47	6.79
15	Afghanistan	7.43	7.28
16	Mayotte	7.42	7.01
17	Maldives	7.38	6.79
18	Malawi	7.31	7.07
19	Mongolia	7.30	6.96
20	South Sudan	7.30	7.18
21	Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.28	7.02
22	Zambia	7.26	6.98
23	Senegal	7.26	7.04
24	Samoa	7.22	7.77
25	Burundi	7.21	7.02
26	Mali	7.20	7.03
27	Uganda	7.18	6.93
28	Somalia	7.15	7.25
29	Northern Mariana Islands	7.13	5.91
30	Comoros	7.12	6.85
31	Honduras	7.11	7.45
32	Madagascar	7.07	7.30
33	Iraq	7.06	5.80
34	Togo	7.06	6.82
35	United Republic of Tanzania	7.04	6.56
36	Sudan	7.02	6.66
37	Solomon Islands	6.99	7.05
38	Ghana	6.95	6.91
39	Zimbabwe	6.94	7.21
40	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.94	6.74
41	Cabo Verde	6.91	6.92
42	Tajikistan	6.91	6.35
43	Djibouti	6.88	6.85
44	Ethiopia	6.84	6.53
45	Kuwait	6.84	7.25
46	Bangladesh	6.83	6.78
47	Pakistan	6.80	6.80
48	Benin	6.77	6.40
49	Eswatini	6.74	6.77
50	Nicaragua	6.71	7.11
51	Burkina Faso	6.70	6.29
52	Mauritania	6.70	6.20
53	Mozambique	6.70	6.37
54	Bhutan	6.64	6.70
55	Morocco	6.62	6.97
56	Chad	6.58	6.27
57	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.55	7.46
58	Guatemala	6.55	6.98
59	Eritrea	6.54	6.47
60	Botswana	6.54	6.56
61	Liberia	6.54	6.45
62	Nigeria	6.53	6.35
63	United Arab Emirates	6.52	6.49
64	Namibia	6.52	6.29
65	Sao Tome and Principe	6.49	6.26
66	Sierra Leone	6.43	6.20
67	Congo	6.42	6.09
68	Mexico	6.42	6.78
69	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.34	6.12
70	Gambia	6.33	6.23
71	Turkmenistan	6.32	6.69
72	Western Sahara	6.32	6.46
73	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.30	6.31
74	Tunisia	6.29	7.16
75	Vanuatu	6.29	6.73
76	Belize	6.29	6.48
77	Uzbekistan	6.28	6.75
78	Bahrain	6.28	7.23
79	Cameroon	6.26	5.73
80	Guinea	6.26	6.13
81	Papua New Guinea	6.23	6.07
82	Peru	6.21	6.92
83	Palau	6.16	7.17
84	Qatar	6.14	6.53
85	El Salvador	6.13	6.64
86	Philippines	6.08	6.99
87	Cook Islands	6.07	7.27
88	Viet Nam	6.07	5.48
89	Guinea-Bissau	6.06	5.93
90	Ecuador	6.01	6.70
91	Cambodia	6.01	6.30
92	Dominican Republic	6.01	7.49
93	Egypt	5.99	6.76
94	Central African Republic	5.99	5.96
95	Saint Martin (French part)	5.97	6.39
96	Niue	5.97	6.94
97	Tonga	5.96	6.61
98	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.95	7.16
99	Saint Lucia	5.95	6.84
100	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.95	6.26
101	Haiti	5.88	6.18
102	Nepal	5.85	6.09
103	Equatorial Guinea	5.81	5.66
104	American Samoa	5.77	6.58
105	Lesotho	5.70	5.79
106	Seychelles	5.69	5.42
107	Türkiye	5.67	6.42
108	Brunei Darussalam	5.62	7.19
109	Myanmar	5.61	5.90
110	Paraguay	5.59	6.49
111	Timor-Leste	5.58	6.27
112	South Africa	5.57	6.08
113	India	5.56	5.94
114	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	5.56	6.31
115	Kiribati	5.55	6.48
116	China	5.52	3.86
117	French Polynesia	5.45	5.95
118	Indonesia	5.40	5.52
119	Suriname	5.36	6.58
120	Guyana	5.26	6.34
121	Thailand	5.25	6.32
122	Jamaica	5.21	5.60
123	Kyrgyzstan	5.18	5.36
124	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	5.17	6.30
125	Gabon	5.16	4.50
126	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.14	5.91
127	Albania	5.08	6.27
128	United States Virgin Islands	5.07	4.80
129	Colombia	5.06	6.71
130	Anguilla	5.05	6.87
131	New Caledonia	5.05	5.46
132	Panama	5.05	5.87
133	Lebanon	5.05	5.89
134	Dominica	4.99	6.16
135	Tokelau	4.93	5.72
136	Malaysia	4.92	6.37
137	Brazil	4.84	6.02
138	Azerbaijan	4.76	5.94
139	French Guiana	4.60	5.12
140	Guadeloupe	4.56	5.67
141	Nauru	4.54	5.38
142	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.51	6.27
143	Fiji	4.51	6.28
144	Martinique	4.37	5.60
145	Costa Rica	4.36	6.65
146	Grenada	4.31	6.63
147	Sri Lanka	4.27	5.24
148	Republic of Korea	4.26	5.80
149	Guam	4.20	5.95
150	Bahamas	4.06	5.16
151	Réunion	4.04	6.06
152	Saint Helena	4.00	5.22
153	Tuvalu	3.94	5.09
154	Ireland	3.93	3.78
155	Israel	3.85	4.15
156	Cuba	3.80	4.27
157	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.74	3.26
158	China, Taiwan Province of China	3.72	5.67
159	Chile	3.65	4.66
160	British Virgin Islands	3.64	4.67
161	Montserrat	3.62	4.51
162	Trinidad and Tobago	3.61	5.40
163	Kazakhstan	3.53	4.42
164	Mauritius	3.51	5.98
165	Cayman Islands	3.46	4.78
166	Antigua and Barbuda	3.45	4.56
167	China, Hong Kong SAR	3.40	5.17
168	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3.35	4.68
169	Armenia	3.29	4.67
170	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3.22	4.54
171	Faroe Islands	3.22	3.76
172	Puerto Rico	3.21	4.41
173	Greenland	3.20	6.78
174	Barbados	3.20	4.15
175	Curaçao	3.18	5.04
176	New Zealand	3.18	4.31
177	Argentina	3.11	3.12
178	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	3.04	4.75
179	Cyprus	3.04	3.62
180	Singapore	3.02	5.42
181	Portugal	3.00	3.20
182	Australia	2.95	3.54
183	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.95	3.16
184	Gibraltar	2.94	3.26
185	North Macedonia	2.93	3.62
186	Iceland	2.92	3.91
187	Spain	2.90	2.78
188	Aruba	2.86	4.42
189	Andorra	2.83	2.54
190	Uruguay	2.77	2.85
191	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.75	3.89
192	Georgia	2.71	2.94
193	Montenegro	2.67	3.49
194	Romania	2.60	2.16
195	Republic of Moldova	2.56	3.23
196	Isle of Man	2.51	2.69
197	France	2.50	2.83
198	Norway	2.49	2.92
199	Monaco	2.47	2.78
200	Slovakia	2.42	2.96
201	Greece	2.41	2.24
202	Lithuania	2.41	2.61
203	Italy	2.40	2.42
204	Netherlands	2.37	3.21
205	United Kingdom	2.34	2.79
206	San Marino	2.33	2.68
207	United States of America	2.32	3.69
208	Belarus	2.31	2.67
209	Bermuda	2.28	3.59
210	Poland	2.25	2.86
211	Belgium	2.21	2.62
212	Estonia	2.20	1.99
213	Austria	2.19	2.79
214	Slovenia	2.16	2.27
215	Malta	2.12	3.30
216	Ukraine	2.11	2.20
217	Bulgaria	2.11	2.28
218	Canada	2.10	3.76
219	Japan	2.09	1.93
220	Russian Federation	2.05	2.52
221	Switzerland	2.04	2.52
222	Denmark	2.04	2.55
223	Liechtenstein	2.03	2.78
224	Guernsey	2.02	2.27
225	Saint Barthélemy	2.02	2.74
226	Latvia	2.02	1.96
227	Czechia	1.99	2.11
228	China, Macao SAR	1.99	4.67
229	Croatia	1.97	2.22
230	Sweden	1.96	2.20
231	Serbia	1.96	2.13
232	Germany	1.95	2.47
233	Luxembourg	1.95	2.33
234	Hungary	1.93	1.94
235	Jersey	1.90	2.50
236	Finland	1.68	2.71
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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