Total fertility rate by country, 1977

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

◀▶1977

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1967
1	Yemen	8.47	8.17
2	Rwanda	8.14	8.21
3	Libya	7.87	7.93
4	Côte d'Ivoire	7.83	7.89
5	Oman	7.78	7.44
6	Kenya	7.73	7.95
7	Jordan	7.72	8.06
8	Marshall Islands	7.67	8.17
9	Niger	7.60	7.49
10	Afghanistan	7.59	7.34
11	Mayotte	7.51	7.20
12	Angola	7.48	7.27
13	Syrian Arab Republic	7.42	7.56
14	Malawi	7.41	7.21
15	State of Palestine	7.38	7.74
16	Zambia	7.35	7.15
17	South Sudan	7.33	7.26
18	Algeria	7.31	7.71
19	Saudi Arabia	7.30	7.66
20	Mali	7.30	7.14
21	Senegal	7.27	7.24
22	Maldives	7.27	7.23
23	Burundi	7.25	7.16
24	Ethiopia	7.19	6.68
25	Uganda	7.18	7.10
26	Comoros	7.15	7.02
27	United Republic of Tanzania	7.07	6.86
28	Burkina Faso	7.05	6.59
29	Togo	7.03	6.96
30	Somalia	7.00	7.25
31	Madagascar	6.93	7.14
32	Solomon Islands	6.92	6.97
33	Chad	6.90	6.39
34	Nigeria	6.86	6.40
35	Liberia	6.84	6.65
36	Benin	6.83	6.64
37	Pakistan	6.80	6.80
38	Iraq	6.79	7.03
39	Mongolia	6.79	7.39
40	Sudan	6.77	6.91
41	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.74	6.81
42	Mauritania	6.74	6.57
43	Honduras	6.73	7.36
44	Zimbabwe	6.71	7.16
45	Eswatini	6.68	6.77
46	Ghana	6.64	6.89
47	Cabo Verde	6.64	6.98
48	Djibouti	6.64	6.87
49	Mozambique	6.62	6.61
50	Eritrea	6.61	6.50
51	Bhutan	6.61	6.67
52	Bangladesh	6.58	6.79
53	Sierra Leone	6.57	6.38
54	Botswana	6.54	6.60
55	Cameroon	6.51	5.95
56	Sao Tome and Principe	6.50	6.39
57	Tajikistan	6.49	6.89
58	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.45	6.27
59	Namibia	6.44	6.48
60	Gambia	6.43	6.21
61	Guinea	6.43	6.20
62	Wallis and Futuna Islands	6.36	7.23
63	Guatemala	6.32	6.75
64	Samoa	6.31	7.55
65	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.29	6.31
66	Nicaragua	6.28	6.94
67	Congo	6.27	6.29
68	Guinea-Bissau	6.25	5.99
69	United Arab Emirates	6.22	6.51
70	Belize	6.20	6.36
71	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.18	7.19
72	Western Sahara	6.12	6.51
73	Morocco	6.04	6.85
74	Central African Republic	5.99	6.08
75	Papua New Guinea	5.96	6.24
76	Lesotho	5.85	5.74
77	Vanuatu	5.81	6.51
78	Equatorial Guinea	5.80	5.78
79	Turkmenistan	5.77	6.64
80	Kuwait	5.71	7.33
81	Tonga	5.70	6.29
82	Qatar	5.69	6.46
83	Nepal	5.69	5.95
84	Egypt	5.68	6.25
85	Tunisia	5.68	6.95
86	Haiti	5.67	6.05
87	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.67	6.13
88	Uzbekistan	5.54	6.57
89	Gabon	5.52	4.92
90	El Salvador	5.47	6.49
91	Philippines	5.44	6.57
92	Peru	5.44	6.60
93	Mexico	5.36	6.75
94	Bahrain	5.29	6.84
95	Viet Nam	5.29	5.88
96	Ecuador	5.13	6.44
97	Timor-Leste	5.09	5.86
98	Paraguay	5.08	6.10
99	Myanmar	5.07	5.84
100	India	5.01	5.82
101	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	5.01	5.88
102	Saint Lucia	4.97	6.51
103	Kiribati	4.96	6.11
104	American Samoa	4.95	6.46
105	South Africa	4.94	5.85
106	Dominican Republic	4.84	6.76
107	Northern Mariana Islands	4.83	5.70
108	Indonesia	4.81	5.58
109	Niue	4.81	6.69
110	Türkiye	4.78	6.06
111	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.75	6.53
112	Cook Islands	4.65	6.83
113	Kyrgyzstan	4.59	5.25
114	Saint Martin (French part)	4.58	6.30
115	Brunei Darussalam	4.58	6.37
116	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.55	5.39
117	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	4.49	5.75
118	French Polynesia	4.37	5.95
119	Malaysia	4.28	5.43
120	Lebanon	4.28	5.57
121	Brazil	4.27	5.34
122	Suriname	4.26	6.04
123	Tokelau	4.22	5.37
124	Albania	4.20	5.31
125	Colombia	4.16	5.96
126	Guyana	4.12	5.89
127	Panama	4.12	5.53
128	Fiji	4.11	5.33
129	Palau	4.09	6.84
130	New Caledonia	4.05	5.15
131	Jamaica	4.00	5.67
132	Azerbaijan	3.98	5.37
133	Thailand	3.87	6.08
134	Nauru	3.86	5.29
135	Anguilla	3.75	6.15
136	Seychelles	3.75	5.90
137	Sri Lanka	3.74	4.79
138	Costa Rica	3.70	5.42
139	Tuvalu	3.56	4.49
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.48	5.46
141	Israel	3.47	3.82
142	Grenada	3.46	5.04
143	Réunion	3.41	5.67
144	French Guiana	3.38	4.93
145	Argentina	3.36	2.98
146	Guam	3.36	4.65
147	Kazakhstan	3.26	3.77
148	United States Virgin Islands	3.26	5.20
149	Ireland	3.24	3.84
150	Bahamas	3.17	4.69
151	British Virgin Islands	3.15	3.91
152	Trinidad and Tobago	3.12	4.35
153	Mauritius	3.07	4.63
154	Dominica	3.02	5.74
155	Chile	2.98	4.14
156	Saint Helena	2.95	4.92
157	Republic of Korea	2.95	4.61
158	Guadeloupe	2.93	5.43
159	Uruguay	2.90	2.78
160	Puerto Rico	2.90	3.52
161	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.86	3.78
162	China	2.84	5.81
163	Antigua and Barbuda	2.78	4.18
164	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.77	4.05
165	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.75	3.94
166	Armenia	2.74	3.73
167	China, Taiwan Province of China	2.74	4.53
168	Cambodia	2.72	6.20
169	Faroe Islands	2.68	3.98
170	Portugal	2.68	3.16
171	Spain	2.65	2.97
172	Montserrat	2.59	4.07
173	Romania	2.57	3.59
174	Martinique	2.53	5.25
175	Slovakia	2.49	2.49
176	North Macedonia	2.49	3.33
177	Gibraltar	2.47	3.18
178	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.47	2.99
179	Curaçao	2.46	4.06
180	Georgia	2.44	2.74
181	Republic of Moldova	2.42	2.62
182	Cayman Islands	2.41	4.04
183	Greece	2.38	2.48
184	Aruba	2.37	3.45
185	Czechia	2.34	1.92
186	Iceland	2.32	3.28
187	Monaco	2.31	2.59
188	Montenegro	2.31	2.91
189	China, Hong Kong SAR	2.31	4.12
190	Greenland	2.28	5.55
191	Poland	2.25	2.35
192	Cuba	2.21	4.29
193	New Zealand	2.21	3.35
194	Barbados	2.20	3.60
195	Bulgaria	2.20	2.03
196	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.20	3.22
197	Slovenia	2.17	2.38
198	Hungary	2.16	2.01
199	Malta	2.14	2.19
200	Lithuania	2.13	2.27
201	Cyprus	2.09	3.32
202	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.07	3.43
203	Estonia	2.06	1.90
204	Belarus	2.06	2.24
205	Andorra	2.03	2.78
206	Australia	2.02	2.85
207	Isle of Man	2.02	2.45
208	Ukraine	1.98	2.04
209	Russian Federation	1.98	2.02
210	Croatia	1.95	2.10
211	Italy	1.94	2.51
212	Liechtenstein	1.92	2.48
213	Serbia	1.90	2.02
214	San Marino	1.87	2.31
215	France	1.87	2.65
216	Latvia	1.87	1.82
217	United States of America	1.83	2.60
218	Singapore	1.83	3.91
219	Japan	1.79	2.16
220	Norway	1.76	2.79
221	Canada	1.73	2.54
222	Belgium	1.72	2.41
223	United Kingdom	1.69	2.68
224	Bermuda	1.69	2.57
225	Finland	1.68	2.32
226	Denmark	1.66	2.35
227	Sweden	1.64	2.27
228	Austria	1.62	2.63
229	Netherlands	1.58	2.80
230	Guernsey	1.57	2.15
231	Switzerland	1.53	2.39
232	Luxembourg	1.51	2.24
233	Germany	1.50	2.44
234	Jersey	1.41	2.39
235	Saint Barthélemy	1.40	2.29
236	China, Macao SAR	1.39	3.01
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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