Total fertility rate by country, 1978

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

◀▶1978

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1968
1	Yemen	8.50	8.19
2	Rwanda	8.16	8.19
3	Oman	7.82	7.46
4	Libya	7.79	7.97
5	Kenya	7.67	7.95
6	Côte d'Ivoire	7.67	7.91
7	Niger	7.66	7.50
8	Afghanistan	7.60	7.36
9	Jordan	7.59	8.14
10	Marshall Islands	7.58	8.14
11	Mayotte	7.48	7.25
12	Angola	7.47	7.33
13	Malawi	7.43	7.26
14	Syrian Arab Republic	7.35	7.57
15	State of Palestine	7.33	7.71
16	South Sudan	7.33	7.26
17	Mali	7.32	7.16
18	Zambia	7.29	7.18
19	Senegal	7.28	7.25
20	Saudi Arabia	7.26	7.63
21	Burundi	7.26	7.18
22	Ethiopia	7.23	6.70
23	Maldives	7.23	7.28
24	Algeria	7.21	7.71
25	Uganda	7.16	7.13
26	Comoros	7.15	7.05
27	Burkina Faso	7.15	6.65
28	Somalia	7.13	7.23
29	United Republic of Tanzania	7.06	6.90
30	Togo	6.98	6.97
31	Nigeria	6.92	6.42
32	Madagascar	6.90	7.13
33	Chad	6.89	6.43
34	Liberia	6.88	6.66
35	Solomon Islands	6.87	6.95
36	Benin	6.82	6.67
37	Pakistan	6.78	6.80
38	Iraq	6.73	7.06
39	Mauritania	6.73	6.60
40	Sudan	6.72	6.95
41	Zimbabwe	6.66	7.11
42	Eswatini	6.65	6.76
43	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.65	6.84
44	Honduras	6.63	7.30
45	Wallis and Futuna Islands	6.62	7.29
46	Mongolia	6.62	7.37
47	Eritrea	6.61	6.50
48	Sierra Leone	6.59	6.39
49	Djibouti	6.59	6.88
50	Mozambique	6.59	6.65
51	Bhutan	6.58	6.66
52	Ghana	6.56	6.89
53	Cabo Verde	6.56	6.97
54	Cameroon	6.54	6.04
55	Bangladesh	6.51	6.79
56	Botswana	6.48	6.58
57	Sao Tome and Principe	6.47	6.42
58	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.46	6.29
59	Guinea	6.44	6.21
60	Gambia	6.42	6.22
61	Tajikistan	6.40	6.91
62	Namibia	6.38	6.50
63	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.34	7.12
64	Guinea-Bissau	6.32	6.01
65	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.30	6.30
66	Guatemala	6.26	6.70
67	Congo	6.21	6.33
68	Nicaragua	6.16	6.88
69	United Arab Emirates	6.15	6.53
70	Samoa	6.15	7.50
71	Belize	6.11	6.34
72	Western Sahara	6.06	6.48
73	Central African Republic	6.04	6.10
74	Morocco	5.91	6.79
75	Papua New Guinea	5.88	6.25
76	Lesotho	5.82	5.72
77	Equatorial Guinea	5.80	5.79
78	Vanuatu	5.77	6.46
79	Tonga	5.68	6.23
80	Nepal	5.68	5.94
81	Haiti	5.64	6.01
82	Egypt	5.63	6.19
83	Turkmenistan	5.61	6.56
84	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.61	6.10
85	Qatar	5.58	6.39
86	Gabon	5.57	4.98
87	Kuwait	5.52	7.28
88	Tunisia	5.40	6.81
89	Philippines	5.39	6.45
90	El Salvador	5.36	6.39
91	Peru	5.30	6.51
92	Uzbekistan	5.28	6.39
93	Mexico	5.20	6.71
94	Bahrain	5.12	6.71
95	Viet Nam	5.10	6.03
96	Timor-Leste	5.09	5.79
97	Paraguay	5.04	5.97
98	Ecuador	4.99	6.35
99	Myanmar	4.99	5.80
100	Kiribati	4.97	5.98
101	India	4.89	5.76
102	American Samoa	4.87	6.28
103	South Africa	4.85	5.78
104	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	4.83	5.81
105	Saint Lucia	4.82	6.39
106	Indonesia	4.73	5.57
107	Niue	4.72	6.60
108	Türkiye	4.69	5.96
109	Dominican Republic	4.64	6.55
110	Cook Islands	4.55	6.69
111	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.55	6.42
112	Kyrgyzstan	4.53	5.18
113	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.48	5.40
114	Northern Mariana Islands	4.43	7.74
115	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	4.40	5.61
116	Brunei Darussalam	4.39	6.20
117	Saint Martin (French part)	4.32	6.26
118	Brazil	4.20	5.17
119	Malaysia	4.18	5.29
120	Lebanon	4.18	5.45
121	Tokelau	4.16	5.27
122	Fiji	4.10	5.11
123	Suriname	4.08	5.86
124	French Polynesia	4.04	5.90
125	Albania	4.00	5.32
126	Colombia	4.00	5.74
127	Panama	3.98	5.41
128	Guyana	3.97	5.75
129	Seychelles	3.92	5.61
130	New Caledonia	3.87	5.06
131	Jamaica	3.84	5.58
132	Nauru	3.84	5.14
133	Azerbaijan	3.82	5.21
134	Sri Lanka	3.81	4.66
135	Palau	3.74	6.71
136	Costa Rica	3.66	5.03
137	Thailand	3.62	5.93
138	Tuvalu	3.59	4.36
139	Anguilla	3.55	5.88
140	French Guiana	3.37	4.86
141	Argentina	3.36	3.01
142	Grenada	3.35	4.83
143	Cambodia	3.34	6.17
144	United States Virgin Islands	3.30	4.95
145	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.29	5.16
146	Réunion	3.28	5.46
147	Israel	3.25	3.71
148	Ireland	3.21	3.77
149	Kazakhstan	3.16	3.63
150	Trinidad and Tobago	3.13	4.11
151	Guam	3.11	4.35
152	British Virgin Islands	3.11	3.88
153	Bahamas	3.05	4.56
154	Mauritius	3.01	4.60
155	Dominica	2.95	5.59
156	Chile	2.89	4.02
157	Saint Helena	2.86	4.86
158	Puerto Rico	2.85	3.32
159	Uruguay	2.83	2.77
160	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.79	3.49
161	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.79	3.87
162	China	2.72	6.51
163	Republic of Korea	2.70	4.51
164	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.68	3.78
165	China, Taiwan Province of China	2.68	4.37
166	Armenia	2.62	3.62
167	Faroe Islands	2.61	3.86
168	Guadeloupe	2.58	5.22
169	Antigua and Barbuda	2.57	4.01
170	Spain	2.54	2.92
171	Romania	2.52	3.54
172	Gibraltar	2.49	2.98
173	Slovakia	2.47	2.39
174	Portugal	2.45	3.12
175	Montserrat	2.44	3.99
176	Georgia	2.42	2.69
177	North Macedonia	2.42	3.22
178	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.39	3.04
179	Republic of Moldova	2.39	2.59
180	Curaçao	2.38	3.83
181	Greece	2.37	2.47
182	Cayman Islands	2.37	3.99
183	Martinique	2.36	5.04
184	Iceland	2.35	3.06
185	Czechia	2.33	1.85
186	Aruba	2.31	3.28
187	Monaco	2.28	2.57
188	Montenegro	2.25	2.80
189	Poland	2.23	2.30
190	Greenland	2.20	4.93
191	Slovenia	2.20	2.26
192	China, Hong Kong SAR	2.20	3.78
193	Bulgaria	2.15	2.27
194	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.12	3.22
195	Cyprus	2.08	3.27
196	New Zealand	2.08	3.34
197	Hungary	2.08	2.07
198	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.08	3.08
199	Lithuania	2.08	2.31
200	Malta	2.06	2.08
201	Belarus	2.03	2.26
202	Estonia	2.02	2.02
203	Isle of Man	1.99	2.45
204	Ukraine	1.97	2.03
205	Australia	1.96	2.89
206	Croatia	1.95	2.03
207	Russian Federation	1.95	1.98
208	Liechtenstein	1.90	2.22
209	Serbia	1.89	2.01
210	Andorra	1.88	2.77
211	Cuba	1.88	4.19
212	Latvia	1.85	1.86
213	Italy	1.84	2.49
214	Barbados	1.84	3.57
215	France	1.83	2.57
216	United States of America	1.80	2.51
217	Bermuda	1.80	2.45
218	Singapore	1.79	3.53
219	Japan	1.79	2.07
220	San Marino	1.77	2.30
221	Norway	1.77	2.75
222	United Kingdom	1.75	2.59
223	Belgium	1.71	2.31
224	Canada	1.68	2.41
225	Denmark	1.66	2.12
226	Finland	1.64	2.13
227	Austria	1.60	2.59
228	Sweden	1.60	2.07
229	Netherlands	1.58	2.71
230	Guernsey	1.57	2.13
231	Switzerland	1.51	2.29
232	Germany	1.49	2.34
233	Luxembourg	1.49	2.12
234	China, Macao SAR	1.42	2.61
235	Jersey	1.39	2.26
236	Saint Barthélemy	1.36	2.22
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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