Total fertility rate by country, 1972

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

◀▶1972

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1962
1	Yemen	8.27	8.01
2	Jordan	8.12	7.79
3	Rwanda	8.09	8.27
4	Libya	8.07	7.61
5	Marshall Islands	7.99	8.12
6	Côte d'Ivoire	7.94	7.75
7	Kenya	7.89	7.77
8	Algeria	7.63	7.61
9	Oman	7.59	7.32
10	State of Palestine	7.59	7.79
11	Syrian Arab Republic	7.57	7.51
12	Saudi Arabia	7.54	7.64
13	Niger	7.52	7.50
14	Angola	7.49	6.87
15	Afghanistan	7.45	7.29
16	Mayotte	7.45	7.03
17	Maldives	7.37	6.89
18	Malawi	7.33	7.10
19	South Sudan	7.31	7.19
20	Zambia	7.30	7.01
21	Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.29	7.04
22	Mongolia	7.28	7.10
23	Senegal	7.26	7.08
24	Mali	7.22	7.04
25	Burundi	7.21	7.04
26	Uganda	7.18	6.96
27	Comoros	7.14	6.90
28	Somalia	7.12	7.25
29	Samoa	7.07	7.76
30	Togo	7.07	6.86
31	Honduras	7.06	7.44
32	United Republic of Tanzania	7.05	6.60
33	Madagascar	7.04	7.26
34	Iraq	7.02	6.99
35	Solomon Islands	6.99	7.04
36	Sudan	6.98	6.70
37	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.96	6.73
38	Zimbabwe	6.94	7.23
39	Ghana	6.92	6.94
40	Ethiopia	6.90	6.56
41	Cabo Verde	6.89	6.95
42	Tajikistan	6.89	6.48
43	Djibouti	6.85	6.85
44	Chad	6.85	6.28
45	Bangladesh	6.82	6.81
46	Pakistan	6.81	6.80
47	Benin	6.80	6.46
48	Northern Mariana Islands	6.78	5.85
49	Eswatini	6.72	6.79
50	Burkina Faso	6.72	6.32
51	Mauritania	6.71	6.24
52	Mozambique	6.70	6.42
53	Nicaragua	6.65	7.10
54	Kuwait	6.64	7.25
55	Bhutan	6.64	6.69
56	Liberia	6.60	6.50
57	Nigeria	6.58	6.36
58	Botswana	6.56	6.54
59	Morocco	6.55	7.05
60	Eritrea	6.54	6.50
61	Namibia	6.53	6.35
62	Guatemala	6.51	6.93
63	Sao Tome and Principe	6.51	6.28
64	United Arab Emirates	6.50	6.49
65	Sierra Leone	6.45	6.22
66	Congo	6.44	6.10
67	Gambia	6.37	6.21
68	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.37	6.14
69	Cameroon	6.29	5.73
70	Western Sahara	6.29	6.51
71	Guinea	6.28	6.14
72	Belize	6.28	6.46
73	Mexico	6.28	6.80
74	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.28	6.31
75	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.26	7.40
76	Uzbekistan	6.25	6.88
77	Vanuatu	6.23	6.67
78	Turkmenistan	6.20	6.76
79	Papua New Guinea	6.20	6.14
80	Tunisia	6.19	7.17
81	Bahrain	6.14	7.19
82	Viet Nam	6.10	6.26
83	Peru	6.09	6.90
84	Guinea-Bissau	6.08	5.94
85	Qatar	6.07	6.53
86	El Salvador	6.03	6.68
87	Central African Republic	5.96	5.97
88	Cambodia	5.94	6.30
89	Philippines	5.94	6.98
90	Egypt	5.93	6.71
91	Palau	5.90	7.14
92	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.89	6.25
93	Ecuador	5.87	6.68
94	Tonga	5.86	6.57
95	Haiti	5.85	6.17
96	Saint Martin (French part)	5.84	6.37
97	Dominican Republic	5.84	7.40
98	Saint Lucia	5.81	6.82
99	Nepal	5.80	6.08
100	Equatorial Guinea	5.80	5.67
101	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.77	7.03
102	Cook Islands	5.72	7.24
103	Niue	5.71	6.92
104	Lesotho	5.69	5.79
105	Türkiye	5.55	6.38
106	Myanmar	5.53	5.90
107	American Samoa	5.52	6.60
108	Brunei Darussalam	5.50	7.03
109	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	5.49	6.24
110	Timor-Leste	5.49	6.22
111	South Africa	5.49	6.05
112	India	5.48	5.95
113	Paraguay	5.46	6.47
114	Kiribati	5.37	6.42
115	Indonesia	5.32	5.53
116	French Polynesia	5.27	5.97
117	Gabon	5.24	4.59
118	Suriname	5.18	6.57
119	Seychelles	5.16	5.51
120	Kyrgyzstan	5.14	5.42
121	China	5.11	6.09
122	Guyana	5.08	6.33
123	Thailand	5.08	6.33
124	Jamaica	5.06	5.64
125	New Caledonia	5.05	5.39
126	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.03	5.82
127	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	5.03	6.23
128	Albania	4.98	6.11
129	Panama	4.91	5.87
130	Lebanon	4.91	5.90
131	Cayman Islands	4.89	4.79
132	Colombia	4.86	6.66
133	Anguilla	4.83	6.82
134	Malaysia	4.82	6.30
135	Tokelau	4.80	5.69
136	United States Virgin Islands	4.78	5.07
137	Brazil	4.74	5.98
138	Dominica	4.67	6.12
139	Azerbaijan	4.59	5.96
140	French Guiana	4.42	5.10
141	Guadeloupe	4.35	5.86
142	Nauru	4.35	5.42
143	Fiji	4.32	6.20
144	Grenada	4.18	6.44
145	Martinique	4.18	5.55
146	Costa Rica	4.16	6.54
147	Sri Lanka	4.16	5.18
148	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.16	6.06
149	Guam	4.05	5.90
150	Republic of Korea	4.02	5.56
151	Réunion	3.92	6.17
152	Bahamas	3.89	5.13
153	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.89	3.41
154	Ireland	3.85	3.93
155	Tuvalu	3.81	5.00
156	Israel	3.80	4.09
157	Saint Helena	3.70	5.14
158	Cuba	3.61	4.42
159	Kazakhstan	3.55	4.36
160	Trinidad and Tobago	3.55	5.36
161	British Virgin Islands	3.54	4.51
162	Chile	3.53	4.60
163	Montserrat	3.50	4.50
164	China, Taiwan Province of China	3.44	5.53
165	Mauritius	3.41	5.88
166	Antigua and Barbuda	3.29	4.55
167	Faroe Islands	3.25	3.83
168	China, Hong Kong SAR	3.25	5.18
169	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3.23	4.57
170	Armenia	3.20	4.52
171	Barbados	3.15	4.30
172	Argentina	3.13	3.13
173	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3.12	4.25
174	Iceland	3.08	3.98
175	Singapore	3.03	5.22
176	Greenland	3.01	6.79
177	Puerto Rico	3.01	4.34
178	New Zealand	3.00	4.16
179	Cyprus	2.99	3.51
180	Curaçao	2.99	4.93
181	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.96	4.74
182	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.92	3.07
183	Andorra	2.91	2.55
184	Spain	2.87	2.80
185	Portugal	2.86	3.23
186	North Macedonia	2.86	3.50
187	Gibraltar	2.79	3.53
188	Uruguay	2.78	2.87
189	Aruba	2.75	4.26
190	Australia	2.74	3.43
191	Georgia	2.67	2.94
192	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.67	3.81
193	Montenegro	2.61	3.44
194	Republic of Moldova	2.56	3.04
195	Slovakia	2.48	2.83
196	Romania	2.48	2.02
197	Isle of Man	2.45	2.63
198	Monaco	2.44	2.76
199	France	2.43	2.79
200	Greece	2.39	2.24
201	Norway	2.39	2.89
202	Italy	2.35	2.45
203	Lithuania	2.35	2.47
204	San Marino	2.29	2.43
205	Belarus	2.28	2.61
206	Poland	2.24	2.74
207	Bermuda	2.23	3.44
208	United Kingdom	2.18	2.87
209	Slovenia	2.17	2.28
210	Estonia	2.15	1.96
211	Netherlands	2.15	3.17
212	Ukraine	2.13	2.15
213	Japan	2.11	1.93
214	Czechia	2.09	2.12
215	Belgium	2.09	2.59
216	Austria	2.08	2.80
217	Russian Federation	2.07	2.36
218	United States of America	2.06	3.53
219	Bulgaria	2.04	2.23
220	Denmark	2.03	2.55
221	Malta	2.03	3.22
222	Croatia	2.01	2.19
223	Latvia	2.01	1.92
224	Liechtenstein	1.98	2.80
225	Saint Barthélemy	1.96	2.68
226	Serbia	1.95	2.11
227	Guernsey	1.94	2.37
228	Canada	1.94	3.68
229	China, Macao SAR	1.94	4.39
230	Hungary	1.93	1.80
231	Switzerland	1.91	2.58
232	Sweden	1.91	2.24
233	Luxembourg	1.75	2.34
234	Germany	1.73	2.46
235	Jersey	1.64	2.63
236	Finland	1.58	2.68
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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