Total fertility rate by country, 1976

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

◀▶1976

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1966
1	Yemen	8.42	8.14
2	Rwanda	8.12	8.23
3	Libya	7.93	7.89
4	Côte d'Ivoire	7.88	7.87
5	Jordan	7.83	7.99
6	Kenya	7.77	7.96
7	Marshall Islands	7.76	8.20
8	Oman	7.74	7.41
9	Afghanistan	7.56	7.32
10	Niger	7.56	7.48
11	Mayotte	7.52	7.14
12	Angola	7.49	7.19
13	Syrian Arab Republic	7.45	7.55
14	State of Palestine	7.44	7.75
15	Algeria	7.40	7.71
16	Zambia	7.39	7.14
17	Malawi	7.39	7.17
18	Saudi Arabia	7.33	7.66
19	South Sudan	7.33	7.25
20	Maldives	7.29	7.15
21	Mali	7.27	7.11
22	Senegal	7.26	7.22
23	Burundi	7.25	7.13
24	Uganda	7.19	7.07
25	Comoros	7.16	7.00
26	Ethiopia	7.13	6.66
27	United Republic of Tanzania	7.09	6.80
28	Togo	7.06	6.96
29	Somalia	7.02	7.26
30	Solomon Islands	6.95	7.00
31	Burkina Faso	6.95	6.53
32	Madagascar	6.95	7.16
33	Mongolia	6.93	7.41
34	Chad	6.89	6.36
35	Iraq	6.86	7.02
36	Benin	6.83	6.62
37	Sudan	6.82	6.88
38	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.82	6.78
39	Nigeria	6.81	6.39
40	Pakistan	6.81	6.80
41	Honduras	6.81	7.41
42	Liberia	6.79	6.63
43	Zimbabwe	6.77	7.20
44	Mauritania	6.73	6.52
45	Cabo Verde	6.71	6.99
46	Eswatini	6.70	6.80
47	Ghana	6.70	6.86
48	Djibouti	6.69	6.87
49	Bangladesh	6.66	6.77
50	Mozambique	6.64	6.58
51	Bhutan	6.62	6.67
52	Eritrea	6.60	6.50
53	Tajikistan	6.60	6.82
54	Botswana	6.60	6.61
55	Sierra Leone	6.55	6.35
56	Sao Tome and Principe	6.52	6.37
57	Namibia	6.49	6.47
58	Samoa	6.47	7.60
59	Cameroon	6.45	5.85
60	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.44	6.24
61	Gambia	6.43	6.18
62	Guinea	6.40	6.19
63	Guatemala	6.37	6.80
64	Nicaragua	6.37	6.99
65	Congo	6.32	6.27
66	United Arab Emirates	6.29	6.49
67	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.29	6.31
68	Belize	6.25	6.38
69	Guinea-Bissau	6.19	5.98
70	Morocco	6.18	6.89
71	Western Sahara	6.18	6.53
72	Wallis and Futuna Islands	6.12	7.18
73	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.07	7.21
74	Papua New Guinea	6.02	6.23
75	Central African Republic	5.94	6.06
76	Kuwait	5.90	7.34
77	Turkmenistan	5.90	6.70
78	Vanuatu	5.89	6.51
79	Tunisia	5.87	7.06
80	Lesotho	5.87	5.76
81	Equatorial Guinea	5.79	5.76
82	Qatar	5.78	6.52
83	Uzbekistan	5.75	6.66
84	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.74	6.16
85	Egypt	5.73	6.31
86	Tonga	5.73	6.35
87	Nepal	5.72	5.98
88	Haiti	5.71	6.09
89	El Salvador	5.59	6.57
90	Peru	5.58	6.68
91	Mexico	5.54	6.79
92	Philippines	5.51	6.69
93	Gabon	5.46	4.86
94	Viet Nam	5.46	5.97
95	Bahrain	5.45	6.94
96	Ecuador	5.28	6.51
97	Northern Mariana Islands	5.23	5.59
98	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	5.18	5.95
99	Saint Lucia	5.16	6.61
100	Myanmar	5.16	5.88
101	India	5.13	5.88
102	Paraguay	5.12	6.23
103	Timor-Leste	5.12	5.93
104	South Africa	5.07	5.91
105	Dominican Republic	5.05	6.95
106	Kiribati	4.96	6.22
107	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.95	6.64
108	Türkiye	4.93	6.15
109	Niue	4.93	6.76
110	American Samoa	4.93	6.62
111	Indonesia	4.92	5.59
112	Saint Martin (French part)	4.84	6.32
113	Brunei Darussalam	4.78	6.51
114	Cook Islands	4.77	6.95
115	Kyrgyzstan	4.68	5.32
116	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.62	5.44
117	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	4.59	5.87
118	Palau	4.53	6.93
119	French Polynesia	4.51	5.98
120	Suriname	4.45	6.20
121	Malaysia	4.40	5.64
122	Lebanon	4.39	5.68
123	Albania	4.37	5.33
124	Brazil	4.34	5.52
125	Tokelau	4.32	5.46
126	Guyana	4.28	6.02
127	Colombia	4.28	6.16
128	Panama	4.26	5.65
129	New Caledonia	4.23	5.25
130	Jamaica	4.21	5.69
131	Azerbaijan	4.12	5.66
132	Thailand	4.12	6.18
133	Fiji	4.12	5.55
134	Seychelles	4.09	6.13
135	Anguilla	3.98	6.35
136	Nauru	3.90	5.41
137	Sri Lanka	3.78	4.83
138	Costa Rica	3.75	5.70
139	Israel	3.62	3.96
140	Grenada	3.60	5.30
141	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.59	5.78
142	Tuvalu	3.55	4.64
143	Guam	3.53	5.07
144	Réunion	3.53	5.98
145	French Guiana	3.42	5.04
146	Cambodia	3.41	6.24
147	United States Virgin Islands	3.39	4.99
148	Guadeloupe	3.34	5.58
149	Kazakhstan	3.33	3.82
150	Argentina	3.32	2.97
151	Bahamas	3.30	4.79
152	Ireland	3.29	3.94
153	China	3.24	6.31
154	British Virgin Islands	3.20	3.97
155	Dominica	3.19	5.86
156	Trinidad and Tobago	3.14	4.62
157	Mauritius	3.13	5.46
158	Republic of Korea	3.12	4.78
159	Saint Helena	3.09	4.94
160	Chile	3.08	4.26
161	Uruguay	3.01	2.82
162	China, Taiwan Province of China	3.00	4.78
163	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.92	4.16
164	Puerto Rico	2.87	3.71
165	Armenia	2.84	3.83
166	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.84	3.71
167	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.83	4.08
168	Portugal	2.81	3.16
169	Antigua and Barbuda	2.78	4.32
170	Martinique	2.78	5.38
171	Spain	2.76	2.91
172	Montserrat	2.76	4.16
173	Faroe Islands	2.74	4.04
174	North Macedonia	2.62	3.43
175	Curaçao	2.55	4.27
176	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.55	2.97
177	Romania	2.55	1.87
178	Slovakia	2.54	2.66
179	Cayman Islands	2.53	4.08
180	Iceland	2.52	3.58
181	Cuba	2.51	4.40
182	Georgia	2.51	2.73
183	Gibraltar	2.48	3.60
184	Republic of Moldova	2.47	2.65
185	Aruba	2.43	3.62
186	Greece	2.42	2.40
187	China, Hong Kong SAR	2.42	4.46
188	Czechia	2.39	2.03
189	Montenegro	2.35	3.09
190	Cyprus	2.33	3.40
191	Monaco	2.33	2.62
192	Poland	2.31	2.45
193	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.31	3.39
194	Greenland	2.27	6.03
195	New Zealand	2.27	3.42
196	Hungary	2.25	1.89
197	Bulgaria	2.25	2.02
198	Barbados	2.24	4.14
199	Andorra	2.21	2.76
200	Slovenia	2.20	2.48
201	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.17	4.51
202	Lithuania	2.17	2.26
203	Malta	2.13	2.28
204	Singapore	2.09	4.45
205	Belarus	2.09	2.27
206	Isle of Man	2.08	2.46
207	Italy	2.06	2.59
208	Estonia	2.06	1.88
209	Australia	2.06	2.88
210	Ukraine	2.04	2.04
211	Russian Federation	1.99	2.11
212	San Marino	1.95	2.33
213	Croatia	1.94	2.23
214	Serbia	1.91	2.04
215	Latvia	1.91	1.79
216	Liechtenstein	1.91	2.78
217	Norway	1.87	2.89
218	Bermuda	1.86	2.79
219	Japan	1.84	1.63
220	France	1.83	2.78
221	United States of America	1.79	2.77
222	Canada	1.75	2.75
223	Denmark	1.75	2.61
224	United Kingdom	1.74	2.78
225	Belgium	1.74	2.52
226	Finland	1.70	2.40
227	Austria	1.68	2.67
228	Sweden	1.68	2.36
229	Netherlands	1.63	2.90
230	Guernsey	1.60	2.23
231	Switzerland	1.55	2.50
232	Saint Barthélemy	1.51	2.36
233	Luxembourg	1.50	2.35
234	Germany	1.49	2.50
235	China, Macao SAR	1.43	3.32
236	Jersey	1.34	2.57
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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