Total fertility rate by country, 1974

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

◀▶1974

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1964
1	Yemen	8.33	8.07
2	Rwanda	8.10	8.27
3	Libya	8.02	7.75
4	Jordan	8.00	7.91
5	Côte d'Ivoire	7.93	7.81
6	Marshall Islands	7.90	8.14
7	Kenya	7.82	7.87
8	Oman	7.67	7.37
9	Algeria	7.54	7.67
10	Niger	7.54	7.48
11	Afghanistan	7.53	7.30
12	Syrian Arab Republic	7.52	7.52
13	State of Palestine	7.52	7.78
14	Angola	7.50	7.04
15	Mayotte	7.50	7.08
16	Saudi Arabia	7.43	7.67
17	Maldives	7.38	7.00
18	Zambia	7.36	7.08
19	Malawi	7.34	7.11
20	South Sudan	7.31	7.22
21	Senegal	7.25	7.16
22	Mali	7.23	7.05
23	Burundi	7.22	7.09
24	Uganda	7.19	7.01
25	Mongolia	7.17	7.33
26	Comoros	7.16	6.94
27	United Republic of Tanzania	7.12	6.68
28	Togo	7.09	6.92
29	Somalia	7.06	7.26
30	Ethiopia	7.02	6.61
31	Solomon Islands	7.01	7.05
32	Madagascar	6.99	7.19
33	Iraq	6.95	7.01
34	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.93	6.74
35	Sudan	6.91	6.80
36	Honduras	6.91	7.44
37	Wallis and Futuna Islands	6.90	7.10
38	Zimbabwe	6.88	7.23
39	Chad	6.86	6.32
40	Burkina Faso	6.84	6.42
41	Ghana	6.82	6.90
42	Cabo Verde	6.82	6.99
43	Benin	6.82	6.57
44	Pakistan	6.81	6.80
45	Djibouti	6.78	6.87
46	Bangladesh	6.78	6.78
47	Tajikistan	6.77	6.68
48	Samoa	6.75	7.70
49	Mauritania	6.73	6.37
50	Eswatini	6.71	6.79
51	Nigeria	6.70	6.36
52	Liberia	6.69	6.58
53	Mozambique	6.67	6.51
54	Bhutan	6.62	6.68
55	Botswana	6.61	6.61
56	Eritrea	6.57	6.49
57	Namibia	6.55	6.43
58	Sao Tome and Principe	6.53	6.33
59	Sierra Leone	6.53	6.29
60	Nicaragua	6.52	7.06
61	Guatemala	6.46	6.87
62	Gambia	6.42	6.20
63	United Arab Emirates	6.41	6.49
64	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.40	6.19
65	Morocco	6.40	6.97
66	Congo	6.39	6.18
67	Cameroon	6.36	5.74
68	Guinea	6.34	6.17
69	Belize	6.29	6.42
70	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.29	6.31
71	Kuwait	6.23	7.29
72	Western Sahara	6.22	6.52
73	Guinea-Bissau	6.12	5.96
74	Papua New Guinea	6.11	6.19
75	Turkmenistan	6.09	6.79
76	Vanuatu	6.06	6.57
77	Uzbekistan	6.05	6.82
78	Tunisia	6.05	7.17
79	Northern Mariana Islands	6.02	5.72
80	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	5.97	7.24
81	Mexico	5.95	6.83
82	Qatar	5.93	6.52
83	Central African Republic	5.90	6.01
84	Peru	5.84	6.81
85	El Salvador	5.82	6.68
86	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.80	6.21
87	Bahrain	5.79	7.09
88	Equatorial Guinea	5.79	5.71
89	Egypt	5.78	6.54
90	Haiti	5.78	6.16
91	Viet Nam	5.78	6.29
92	Tonga	5.77	6.46
93	Nepal	5.75	6.04
94	Lesotho	5.75	5.77
95	Philippines	5.69	6.89
96	Ecuador	5.58	6.61
97	Saint Lucia	5.57	6.76
98	Dominican Republic	5.44	7.19
99	Saint Martin (French part)	5.39	6.35
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.38	6.83
101	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	5.37	6.11
102	Myanmar	5.34	5.91
103	Gabon	5.33	4.71
104	India	5.32	5.98
105	South Africa	5.30	5.96
106	Timor-Leste	5.29	6.08
107	Niue	5.28	6.86
108	Paraguay	5.27	6.42
109	Palau	5.26	7.08
110	Türkiye	5.24	6.29
111	Cook Islands	5.20	7.12
112	Brunei Darussalam	5.18	6.77
113	American Samoa	5.14	6.78
114	Seychelles	5.10	5.69
115	Indonesia	5.09	5.57
116	Kiribati	5.09	6.29
117	French Polynesia	4.91	5.98
118	Kyrgyzstan	4.89	5.43
119	Suriname	4.81	6.43
120	Cambodia	4.80	6.29
121	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.79	5.61
122	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	4.79	6.07
123	Albania	4.70	5.71
124	New Caledonia	4.69	5.37
125	Jamaica	4.67	5.79
126	Lebanon	4.65	5.85
127	Guyana	4.64	6.23
128	Malaysia	4.62	6.03
129	Thailand	4.60	6.31
130	Panama	4.58	5.81
131	Colombia	4.53	6.47
132	Tokelau	4.52	5.62
133	Brazil	4.50	5.82
134	Anguilla	4.39	6.64
135	Azerbaijan	4.31	5.89
136	China	4.17	6.67
137	Nauru	4.07	5.47
138	Fiji	4.07	5.96
139	Guadeloupe	3.99	5.58
140	Grenada	3.92	5.91
141	Costa Rica	3.89	6.19
142	United States Virgin Islands	3.87	5.47
143	Sri Lanka	3.85	5.06
144	Dominica	3.84	6.03
145	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.81	6.08
146	French Guiana	3.78	5.29
147	Guam	3.76	5.39
148	Réunion	3.73	6.17
149	Israel	3.64	4.16
150	Tuvalu	3.63	4.83
151	Ireland	3.59	4.08
152	Bahamas	3.57	4.97
153	Republic of Korea	3.56	5.07
154	Martinique	3.52	5.41
155	Kazakhstan	3.45	4.07
156	Mauritius	3.45	5.96
157	Saint Helena	3.38	4.99
158	British Virgin Islands	3.33	4.19
159	Trinidad and Tobago	3.32	5.08
160	Chile	3.29	4.46
161	Argentina	3.22	3.07
162	Cuba	3.16	4.53
163	Montserrat	3.16	4.38
164	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.14	3.55
165	China, Taiwan Province of China	3.09	5.20
166	Faroe Islands	3.07	3.97
167	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3.01	4.35
168	Armenia	2.98	4.15
169	Uruguay	2.96	2.86
170	Cayman Islands	2.96	4.41
171	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.95	4.61
172	China, Hong Kong SAR	2.95	5.09
173	Antigua and Barbuda	2.93	4.48
174	Spain	2.87	3.00
175	Puerto Rico	2.87	4.18
176	Curaçao	2.77	4.64
177	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.75	3.61
178	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.75	2.98
179	Andorra	2.73	2.69
180	Portugal	2.70	3.21
181	North Macedonia	2.70	3.56
182	Iceland	2.66	3.87
183	Romania	2.66	1.95
184	Barbados	2.65	4.21
185	Slovakia	2.61	2.89
186	Gibraltar	2.60	4.26
187	Aruba	2.57	3.94
188	New Zealand	2.57	3.78
189	Georgia	2.56	2.89
190	Republic of Moldova	2.56	2.71
191	Czechia	2.46	2.34
192	Greenland	2.45	6.65
193	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.45	3.60
194	Greece	2.43	2.31
195	Montenegro	2.43	3.28
196	Australia	2.38	3.15
197	Monaco	2.38	2.69
198	Singapore	2.35	4.97
199	Italy	2.29	2.66
200	Bulgaria	2.29	2.18
201	Cyprus	2.28	3.41
202	Hungary	2.28	1.81
203	Poland	2.26	2.60
204	Isle of Man	2.26	2.63
205	Lithuania	2.21	2.30
206	Belarus	2.19	2.28
207	San Marino	2.13	2.37
208	Norway	2.13	2.96
209	Slovenia	2.12	2.32
210	France	2.12	2.88
211	Estonia	2.08	1.95
212	Malta	2.08	2.74
213	Japan	2.07	2.00
214	Ukraine	2.06	2.01
215	Russian Federation	2.03	2.18
216	Bermuda	2.02	3.23
217	Croatia	1.98	2.14
218	Latvia	1.98	1.81
219	Serbia	1.93	2.07
220	United Kingdom	1.91	2.93
221	Austria	1.90	2.78
222	Denmark	1.90	2.60
223	Liechtenstein	1.90	2.92
224	United States of America	1.87	3.26
225	Sweden	1.87	2.45
226	Belgium	1.84	2.70
227	Canada	1.81	3.42
228	Saint Barthélemy	1.81	2.52
229	Netherlands	1.77	3.15
230	Guernsey	1.73	2.47
231	Switzerland	1.73	2.65
232	China, Macao SAR	1.73	3.94
233	Finland	1.61	2.59
234	Luxembourg	1.59	2.36
235	Germany	1.52	2.53
236	Jersey	1.47	2.79
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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