Total fertility rate by country, 1973

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

◀▶1973

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1963
1	Yemen	8.29	8.03
2	Rwanda	8.09	8.27
3	Jordan	8.06	7.85
4	Libya	8.05	7.69
5	Marshall Islands	7.95	8.12
6	Côte d'Ivoire	7.94	7.78
7	Kenya	7.86	7.82
8	Oman	7.63	7.33
9	Algeria	7.59	7.65
10	Syrian Arab Republic	7.55	7.51
11	State of Palestine	7.55	7.78
12	Niger	7.53	7.49
13	Angola	7.50	6.95
14	Afghanistan	7.49	7.30
15	Saudi Arabia	7.48	7.65
16	Mayotte	7.48	7.06
17	Maldives	7.40	6.94
18	Zambia	7.34	7.06
19	Malawi	7.34	7.13
20	South Sudan	7.31	7.20
21	Wallis and Futuna Islands	7.30	7.07
22	Senegal	7.25	7.12
23	Mongolia	7.24	7.24
24	Burundi	7.22	7.07
25	Mali	7.22	7.05
26	Uganda	7.19	6.98
27	Comoros	7.16	6.92
28	Somalia	7.09	7.26
29	Togo	7.08	6.89
30	United Republic of Tanzania	7.06	6.65
31	Madagascar	7.01	7.21
32	Solomon Islands	7.00	7.03
33	Iraq	6.99	7.00
34	Honduras	6.98	7.44
35	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.97	6.71
36	Ethiopia	6.96	6.59
37	Zimbabwe	6.94	7.23
38	Sudan	6.94	6.76
39	Samoa	6.91	7.73
40	Ghana	6.87	6.94
41	Chad	6.87	6.30
42	Cabo Verde	6.86	6.98
43	Tajikistan	6.84	6.62
44	Djibouti	6.82	6.86
45	Pakistan	6.81	6.80
46	Benin	6.81	6.51
47	Bangladesh	6.80	6.80
48	Burkina Faso	6.77	6.36
49	Mauritania	6.72	6.31
50	Eswatini	6.71	6.80
51	Mozambique	6.70	6.47
52	Liberia	6.65	6.56
53	Nigeria	6.63	6.35
54	Bhutan	6.63	6.69
55	Nicaragua	6.59	7.08
56	Botswana	6.59	6.58
57	Eritrea	6.55	6.48
58	Namibia	6.54	6.41
59	Sao Tome and Principe	6.52	6.31
60	Guatemala	6.49	6.90
61	Morocco	6.48	7.01
62	Sierra Leone	6.47	6.26
63	United Arab Emirates	6.46	6.49
64	Kuwait	6.43	7.28
65	Congo	6.42	6.15
66	Gambia	6.40	6.20
67	Northern Mariana Islands	6.40	5.79
68	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.38	6.16
69	Cameroon	6.33	5.73
70	Guinea	6.31	6.15
71	Belize	6.29	6.44
72	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.28	6.32
73	Western Sahara	6.25	6.52
74	Uzbekistan	6.16	6.81
75	Papua New Guinea	6.16	6.15
76	Turkmenistan	6.15	6.79
77	Vanuatu	6.15	6.62
78	Tunisia	6.12	7.17
79	Mexico	6.12	6.82
80	Viet Nam	6.11	6.38
81	Guinea-Bissau	6.10	5.95
82	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.06	7.32
83	Qatar	6.01	6.53
84	Peru	5.97	6.86
85	Bahrain	5.96	7.14
86	El Salvador	5.93	6.69
87	Central African Republic	5.93	5.99
88	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.85	6.23
89	Egypt	5.84	6.65
90	Haiti	5.81	6.17
91	Tonga	5.80	6.52
92	Equatorial Guinea	5.80	5.69
93	Philippines	5.79	6.95
94	Ecuador	5.73	6.65
95	Nepal	5.70	6.06
96	Saint Lucia	5.69	6.72
97	Lesotho	5.69	5.78
98	Dominican Republic	5.67	7.30
99	Saint Martin (French part)	5.64	6.36
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.59	6.92
101	Palau	5.59	7.12
102	Cambodia	5.56	6.29
103	Cook Islands	5.47	7.19
104	Niue	5.47	6.90
105	Myanmar	5.43	5.91
106	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	5.42	6.18
107	Türkiye	5.41	6.34
108	South Africa	5.41	6.01
109	India	5.40	5.97
110	Timor-Leste	5.39	6.16
111	Paraguay	5.35	6.45
112	Brunei Darussalam	5.35	6.89
113	American Samoa	5.30	6.69
114	Gabon	5.29	4.65
115	Indonesia	5.25	5.55
116	Kiribati	5.20	6.35
117	French Polynesia	5.09	5.97
118	Kyrgyzstan	5.02	5.48
119	Suriname	5.01	6.51
120	Jamaica	5.00	5.73
121	New Caledonia	4.93	5.34
122	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.91	5.72
123	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	4.91	6.15
124	Guyana	4.87	6.31
125	Thailand	4.85	6.34
126	Albania	4.83	5.93
127	Lebanon	4.79	5.91
128	Seychelles	4.78	5.61
129	Panama	4.74	5.87
130	Malaysia	4.73	6.19
131	China	4.73	7.51
132	Colombia	4.68	6.58
133	Tokelau	4.66	5.66
134	Brazil	4.64	5.93
135	Anguilla	4.60	6.74
136	Azerbaijan	4.43	5.95
137	Dominica	4.28	6.08
138	United States Virgin Islands	4.23	4.96
139	Nauru	4.19	5.44
140	Guadeloupe	4.17	5.71
141	Fiji	4.16	6.09
142	French Guiana	4.07	5.17
143	Grenada	4.05	6.20
144	Sri Lanka	4.00	5.12
145	Costa Rica	3.99	6.39
146	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.97	6.12
147	Guam	3.89	5.57
148	Martinique	3.85	5.43
149	Réunion	3.81	6.27
150	Republic of Korea	3.80	5.33
151	Bahamas	3.73	5.06
152	Ireland	3.71	4.03
153	Tuvalu	3.71	4.91
154	Israel	3.61	4.09
155	Cayman Islands	3.56	4.69
156	Kazakhstan	3.51	4.26
157	Saint Helena	3.49	5.06
158	Trinidad and Tobago	3.47	5.24
159	British Virgin Islands	3.43	4.36
160	Chile	3.41	4.54
161	Cuba	3.40	4.56
162	Montserrat	3.35	4.46
163	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.35	3.63
164	China, Taiwan Province of China	3.25	5.39
165	Faroe Islands	3.22	3.90
166	Argentina	3.17	3.11
167	China, Hong Kong SAR	3.14	5.15
168	Antigua and Barbuda	3.13	4.54
169	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3.11	4.47
170	Armenia	3.08	4.34
171	Mauritius	3.07	6.18
172	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.95	4.69
173	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.95	3.54
174	Iceland	2.94	3.98
175	Puerto Rico	2.90	4.25
176	Curaçao	2.87	4.80
177	Barbados	2.87	4.30
178	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.87	3.00
179	Uruguay	2.85	2.88
180	Spain	2.84	2.88
181	Andorra	2.83	2.60
182	Singapore	2.78	5.16
183	Portugal	2.77	3.13
184	Greenland	2.74	6.76
185	New Zealand	2.74	4.05
186	North Macedonia	2.72	3.62
187	Gibraltar	2.67	4.06
188	Aruba	2.66	4.11
189	Georgia	2.62	2.95
190	Republic of Moldova	2.57	2.89
191	Slovakia	2.56	2.92
192	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.54	3.70
193	Montenegro	2.51	3.38
194	Australia	2.49	3.33
195	Monaco	2.41	2.73
196	Cyprus	2.40	3.49
197	Romania	2.39	1.99
198	Greece	2.36	2.24
199	Isle of Man	2.36	2.62
200	Italy	2.32	2.52
201	France	2.32	2.87
202	Czechia	2.31	2.31
203	Poland	2.25	2.70
204	San Marino	2.23	2.40
205	Norway	2.23	2.90
206	Lithuania	2.22	2.35
207	Belarus	2.21	2.48
208	Slovenia	2.20	2.30
209	Bulgaria	2.15	2.20
210	Japan	2.15	1.95
211	Bermuda	2.14	3.48
212	Estonia	2.08	1.90
213	Malta	2.08	2.87
214	United Kingdom	2.04	2.91
215	Ukraine	2.04	2.11
216	Croatia	2.01	2.14
217	Russian Federation	2.01	2.28
218	Hungary	1.95	1.82
219	Belgium	1.95	2.68
220	Latvia	1.95	1.85
221	Serbia	1.94	2.08
222	Liechtenstein	1.94	2.85
223	Austria	1.93	2.82
224	United States of America	1.92	3.39
225	Denmark	1.92	2.65
226	Netherlands	1.91	3.18
227	Saint Barthélemy	1.90	2.60
228	Sweden	1.87	2.31
229	Canada	1.85	3.59
230	China, Macao SAR	1.84	4.23
231	Guernsey	1.82	2.47
232	Switzerland	1.81	2.65
233	Luxembourg	1.58	2.32
234	Jersey	1.55	2.74
235	Germany	1.55	2.52
236	Finland	1.50	2.68
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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