Total fertility rate by country, 1975

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

◀▶1975

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1965
1	Yemen	8.37	8.10
2	Rwanda	8.10	8.25
3	Libya	7.98	7.82
4	Jordan	7.93	7.93
5	Côte d'Ivoire	7.91	7.84
6	Marshall Islands	7.83	8.16
7	Kenya	7.80	7.92
8	Oman	7.71	7.39
9	Afghanistan	7.54	7.31
10	Niger	7.54	7.47
11	Mayotte	7.53	7.11
12	Angola	7.49	7.12
13	Syrian Arab Republic	7.49	7.53
14	Algeria	7.48	7.71
15	State of Palestine	7.48	7.77
16	Zambia	7.42	7.12
17	Saudi Arabia	7.37	7.66
18	Malawi	7.36	7.13
19	South Sudan	7.33	7.22
20	Maldives	7.32	7.07
21	Senegal	7.25	7.19
22	Mali	7.25	7.08
23	Burundi	7.24	7.11
24	Uganda	7.20	7.04
25	Comoros	7.16	6.97
26	United Republic of Tanzania	7.10	6.73
27	Togo	7.09	6.94
28	Ethiopia	7.08	6.63
29	Mongolia	7.07	7.38
30	Somalia	7.03	7.26
31	Solomon Islands	6.99	7.02
32	Madagascar	6.97	7.17
33	Iraq	6.91	7.02
34	Burkina Faso	6.91	6.47
35	Chad	6.88	6.34
36	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.88	6.74
37	Sudan	6.87	6.84
38	Honduras	6.87	7.44
39	Zimbabwe	6.83	7.23
40	Benin	6.83	6.60
41	Pakistan	6.81	6.80
42	Cabo Verde	6.77	6.99
43	Nigeria	6.77	6.37
44	Ghana	6.76	6.88
45	Djibouti	6.74	6.86
46	Liberia	6.74	6.62
47	Bangladesh	6.73	6.77
48	Eswatini	6.71	6.79
49	Mauritania	6.71	6.44
50	Tajikistan	6.69	6.74
51	Mozambique	6.66	6.54
52	Bhutan	6.62	6.68
53	Samoa	6.61	7.65
54	Botswana	6.61	6.60
55	Eritrea	6.59	6.49
56	Sierra Leone	6.55	6.31
57	Sao Tome and Principe	6.53	6.35
58	Namibia	6.53	6.45
59	Nicaragua	6.45	7.03
60	Wallis and Futuna Islands	6.44	7.14
61	Gambia	6.43	6.19
62	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.42	6.21
63	Guatemala	6.41	6.84
64	Cameroon	6.40	5.80
65	Guinea	6.37	6.18
66	Congo	6.36	6.23
67	United Arab Emirates	6.35	6.50
68	Morocco	6.30	6.93
69	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.29	6.32
70	Belize	6.28	6.40
71	Western Sahara	6.20	6.52
72	Guinea-Bissau	6.15	5.97
73	Kuwait	6.06	7.31
74	Papua New Guinea	6.06	6.20
75	Turkmenistan	6.00	6.76
76	Vanuatu	5.98	6.52
77	Tunisia	5.97	7.11
78	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	5.95	7.22
79	Uzbekistan	5.92	6.81
80	Central African Republic	5.88	6.03
81	Qatar	5.86	6.53
82	Lesotho	5.82	5.77
83	Equatorial Guinea	5.79	5.73
84	Egypt	5.75	6.39
85	Tonga	5.75	6.41
86	Haiti	5.75	6.13
87	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.75	6.18
88	Mexico	5.74	6.82
89	Nepal	5.73	6.01
90	El Salvador	5.71	6.64
91	Peru	5.71	6.75
92	Northern Mariana Islands	5.63	5.66
93	Bahrain	5.62	7.03
94	Viet Nam	5.62	6.16
95	Philippines	5.60	6.80
96	Ecuador	5.43	6.56
97	Gabon	5.39	4.78
98	Saint Lucia	5.36	6.69
99	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	5.28	6.03
100	Myanmar	5.25	5.91
101	Dominican Republic	5.23	7.05
102	India	5.19	5.94
103	Timor-Leste	5.19	6.01
104	South Africa	5.19	5.89
105	Paraguay	5.18	6.35
106	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.16	6.73
107	Saint Martin (French part)	5.10	6.34
108	Türkiye	5.09	6.22
109	Niue	5.09	6.82
110	Indonesia	5.03	5.59
111	Kiribati	5.02	6.26
112	American Samoa	5.01	6.73
113	Brunei Darussalam	4.99	6.65
114	Cook Islands	4.96	7.04
115	Palau	4.90	7.01
116	Kyrgyzstan	4.76	5.37
117	Seychelles	4.75	5.72
118	French Polynesia	4.71	6.00
119	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.69	5.50
120	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	4.69	5.98
121	Suriname	4.63	6.32
122	Albania	4.57	5.47
123	Lebanon	4.52	5.77
124	Malaysia	4.50	5.84
125	New Caledonia	4.46	5.31
126	Guyana	4.45	6.14
127	Jamaica	4.44	5.72
128	Brazil	4.42	5.68
129	Tokelau	4.41	5.55
130	Panama	4.41	5.73
131	Colombia	4.40	6.33
132	Thailand	4.36	6.26
133	Azerbaijan	4.21	5.79
134	Anguilla	4.20	6.51
135	Cambodia	4.10	6.27
136	Fiji	4.10	5.76
137	Nauru	3.97	5.48
138	Sri Lanka	3.82	4.93
139	Costa Rica	3.80	5.96
140	Guadeloupe	3.75	5.59
141	Grenada	3.75	5.60
142	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.67	6.01
143	Guam	3.66	5.14
144	Réunion	3.65	6.15
145	Israel	3.61	4.13
146	United States Virgin Islands	3.60	5.64
147	Tuvalu	3.58	4.73
148	China	3.57	6.61
149	French Guiana	3.57	5.18
150	Dominica	3.46	5.95
151	Bahamas	3.42	4.88
152	Kazakhstan	3.40	3.88
153	Ireland	3.37	4.04
154	Republic of Korea	3.31	4.89
155	Argentina	3.27	3.01
156	Saint Helena	3.26	4.96
157	British Virgin Islands	3.25	4.05
158	Trinidad and Tobago	3.21	4.88
159	Mauritius	3.20	5.51
160	Chile	3.18	4.36
161	Martinique	3.12	5.48
162	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.05	3.56
163	Uruguay	3.02	2.84
164	China, Taiwan Province of China	2.97	4.99
165	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.95	4.45
166	Montserrat	2.95	4.27
167	Armenia	2.92	3.99
168	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.92	4.23
169	Faroe Islands	2.90	4.09
170	Cuba	2.82	4.50
171	Puerto Rico	2.80	4.10
172	Antigua and Barbuda	2.77	4.42
173	Spain	2.77	2.93
174	Portugal	2.75	3.16
175	Cayman Islands	2.72	4.16
176	North Macedonia	2.69	3.52
177	Curaçao	2.66	4.47
178	Iceland	2.64	3.72
179	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.64	2.99
180	China, Hong Kong SAR	2.63	4.92
181	Romania	2.59	1.90
182	Georgia	2.55	2.77
183	Slovakia	2.54	2.78
184	Gibraltar	2.53	3.99
185	Republic of Moldova	2.52	2.68
186	Aruba	2.50	3.80
187	Andorra	2.46	2.72
188	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.45	4.71
189	Barbados	2.45	4.18
190	Czechia	2.43	2.19
191	Greece	2.42	2.33
192	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.39	3.53
193	Montenegro	2.38	3.19
194	New Zealand	2.36	3.54
195	Hungary	2.36	1.82
196	Monaco	2.35	2.66
197	Greenland	2.33	6.42
198	Poland	2.28	2.54
199	Bulgaria	2.24	2.09
200	Australia	2.21	2.98
201	Italy	2.18	2.62
202	Slovenia	2.17	2.44
203	Lithuania	2.17	2.23
204	Isle of Man	2.16	2.54
205	Malta	2.15	2.44
206	Belarus	2.13	2.23
207	Cyprus	2.11	3.47
208	Singapore	2.08	4.67
209	Ukraine	2.05	1.94
210	San Marino	2.05	2.33
211	Estonia	2.04	1.90
212	Russian Federation	2.00	2.11
213	Norway	1.99	2.92
214	Croatia	1.95	2.22
215	Latvia	1.95	1.73
216	France	1.93	2.83
217	Serbia	1.92	2.06
218	Japan	1.92	2.09
219	Denmark	1.91	2.61
220	Liechtenstein	1.90	2.96
221	Bermuda	1.89	3.08
222	Austria	1.82	2.70
223	United States of America	1.81	2.98
224	United Kingdom	1.81	2.87
225	Canada	1.80	3.07
226	Sweden	1.77	2.40
227	Belgium	1.75	2.61
228	Finland	1.68	2.48
229	Netherlands	1.67	3.03
230	Saint Barthélemy	1.67	2.44
231	Guernsey	1.65	2.35
232	Switzerland	1.61	2.59
233	Luxembourg	1.56	2.40
234	China, Macao SAR	1.55	3.62
235	Germany	1.48	2.49
236	Jersey	1.42	2.73
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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