Total fertility rate by country, 1979

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

◀▶1979

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1969
1	Yemen	8.67	8.22
2	Rwanda	8.13	8.18
3	Oman	7.85	7.49
4	Niger	7.72	7.51
5	Libya	7.68	8.01
6	Côte d'Ivoire	7.63	7.93
7	Afghanistan	7.61	7.39
8	Kenya	7.60	7.95
9	Marshall Islands	7.47	8.11
10	Malawi	7.47	7.27
11	Angola	7.46	7.39
12	Jordan	7.45	8.19
13	Mayotte	7.41	7.31
14	Mali	7.35	7.17
15	South Sudan	7.32	7.28
16	Burundi	7.31	7.21
17	Senegal	7.29	7.26
18	State of Palestine	7.28	7.68
19	Ethiopia	7.25	6.72
20	Syrian Arab Republic	7.25	7.59
21	Saudi Arabia	7.23	7.60
22	Maldives	7.23	7.33
23	Zambia	7.22	7.18
24	Burkina Faso	7.19	6.66
25	Comoros	7.16	7.07
26	Somalia	7.16	7.21
27	Uganda	7.14	7.11
28	Algeria	7.12	7.71
29	United Republic of Tanzania	7.04	6.95
30	Togo	6.94	7.01
31	Liberia	6.92	6.64
32	Chad	6.91	6.48
33	Benin	6.90	6.70
34	Nigeria	6.89	6.44
35	Madagascar	6.87	7.12
36	Solomon Islands	6.82	6.97
37	Pakistan	6.76	6.80
38	Mauritania	6.70	6.64
39	Iraq	6.66	7.08
40	Sudan	6.65	6.97
41	Eritrea	6.62	6.50
42	Eswatini	6.61	6.76
43	Zimbabwe	6.59	7.04
44	Cameroon	6.58	6.14
45	Sierra Leone	6.58	6.39
46	Mozambique	6.56	6.67
47	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.55	7.01
48	Bhutan	6.55	6.66
49	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.54	6.88
50	Honduras	6.53	7.23
51	Djibouti	6.52	6.88
52	Ghana	6.51	6.95
53	Wallis and Futuna Islands	6.48	7.35
54	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.48	6.30
55	Cabo Verde	6.47	6.95
56	Guinea	6.45	6.23
57	Sao Tome and Principe	6.43	6.44
58	Bangladesh	6.42	6.81
59	Mongolia	6.42	7.34
60	Gambia	6.41	6.25
61	Guinea-Bissau	6.40	6.02
62	Botswana	6.39	6.56
63	Tajikistan	6.31	6.91
64	Namibia	6.31	6.51
65	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.31	6.30
66	Guatemala	6.22	6.65
67	Congo	6.14	6.35
68	Central African Republic	6.09	6.06
69	Nicaragua	6.07	6.82
70	United Arab Emirates	6.06	6.52
71	Samoa	5.99	7.43
72	Belize	5.99	6.32
73	Western Sahara	5.96	6.43
74	Morocco	5.85	6.73
75	Equatorial Guinea	5.82	5.80
76	Papua New Guinea	5.79	6.26
77	Lesotho	5.79	5.70
78	Vanuatu	5.73	6.41
79	Tonga	5.65	6.17
80	Nepal	5.64	5.89
81	Gabon	5.61	5.05
82	Haiti	5.59	5.96
83	Egypt	5.57	6.12
84	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.54	6.06
85	Qatar	5.46	6.31
86	Turkmenistan	5.46	6.48
87	Kuwait	5.33	7.18
88	Philippines	5.26	6.33
89	El Salvador	5.23	6.28
90	Tunisia	5.18	6.62
91	Peru	5.17	6.42
92	Uzbekistan	5.16	6.34
93	Timor-Leste	5.14	5.72
94	Paraguay	5.06	5.84
95	Kiribati	4.97	5.85
96	Mexico	4.96	6.63
97	Bahrain	4.94	6.57
98	Viet Nam	4.94	6.01
99	Myanmar	4.90	5.75
100	Ecuador	4.86	6.25
101	South Africa	4.82	5.72
102	India	4.81	5.68
103	American Samoa	4.76	6.12
104	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	4.70	5.73
105	Niue	4.68	6.47
106	Indonesia	4.62	5.55
107	Saint Lucia	4.58	6.25
108	Türkiye	4.58	5.87
109	Cambodia	4.56	6.12
110	Cook Islands	4.47	6.51
111	Dominican Republic	4.47	6.37
112	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.43	5.31
113	Kyrgyzstan	4.38	5.18
114	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	4.30	5.47
115	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.29	6.28
116	Brunei Darussalam	4.22	6.01
117	Brazil	4.12	5.04
118	Saint Martin (French part)	4.11	6.19
119	Tokelau	4.10	5.16
120	Malaysia	4.09	5.16
121	Fiji	4.08	4.91
122	Lebanon	4.08	5.32
123	Northern Mariana Islands	4.05	7.62
124	French Polynesia	3.94	5.82
125	Suriname	3.93	5.70
126	Colombia	3.89	5.51
127	Panama	3.88	5.29
128	Guyana	3.86	5.58
129	Nauru	3.85	4.94
130	Sri Lanka	3.82	4.50
131	Albania	3.78	5.29
132	New Caledonia	3.75	5.01
133	Jamaica	3.72	5.47
134	Azerbaijan	3.70	5.05
135	Seychelles	3.66	5.48
136	Costa Rica	3.65	4.83
137	Tuvalu	3.65	4.23
138	Palau	3.49	6.58
139	Thailand	3.45	5.70
140	Anguilla	3.37	5.58
141	French Guiana	3.36	4.78
142	Argentina	3.34	3.05
143	Grenada	3.34	4.69
144	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.23	4.97
145	Ireland	3.21	3.82
146	Israel	3.20	3.68
147	Kazakhstan	3.14	3.51
148	Trinidad and Tobago	3.13	3.86
149	Réunion	3.12	5.04
150	British Virgin Islands	3.07	3.81
151	United States Virgin Islands	3.04	4.81
152	Guam	3.03	4.44
153	Dominica	2.96	5.41
154	Bahamas	2.94	4.38
155	Mauritius	2.91	3.97
156	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.85	3.86
157	Saint Helena	2.81	4.74
158	Chile	2.81	3.90
159	Puerto Rico	2.77	3.24
160	Republic of Korea	2.75	4.45
161	China	2.75	6.18
162	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.74	3.30
163	Uruguay	2.71	2.77
164	Faroe Islands	2.68	3.56
165	China, Taiwan Province of China	2.64	4.18
166	Antigua and Barbuda	2.63	3.83
167	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.63	3.63
168	Armenia	2.53	3.49
169	Gibraltar	2.52	2.95
170	Iceland	2.49	2.98
171	Romania	2.49	3.11
172	Guadeloupe	2.46	4.98
173	Slovakia	2.45	2.43
174	North Macedonia	2.40	3.10
175	Georgia	2.38	2.69
176	Republic of Moldova	2.38	2.57
177	Cayman Islands	2.37	3.52
178	Spain	2.37	2.90
179	Greece	2.36	2.43
180	Montserrat	2.32	3.86
181	Curaçao	2.31	3.61
182	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.31	3.04
183	Portugal	2.31	3.11
184	Poland	2.28	2.26
185	Czechia	2.27	1.88
186	Aruba	2.26	3.11
187	Monaco	2.26	2.54
188	Martinique	2.25	4.74
189	Greenland	2.21	4.21
190	Slovenia	2.21	2.18
191	Montenegro	2.20	2.79
192	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.18	3.21
193	Bulgaria	2.15	2.27
194	Cyprus	2.14	3.19
195	China, Hong Kong SAR	2.12	3.60
196	New Zealand	2.11	3.27
197	Malta	2.09	2.03
198	Lithuania	2.05	2.33
199	Hungary	2.02	2.04
200	Estonia	2.01	2.12
201	Belarus	2.00	2.23
202	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.99	2.95
203	Ukraine	1.96	2.01
204	Isle of Man	1.96	2.51
205	Croatia	1.95	1.95
206	Russian Federation	1.92	1.99
207	Australia	1.91	2.89
208	Serbia	1.87	1.99
209	United Kingdom	1.86	2.50
210	Barbados	1.86	3.34
211	France	1.86	2.53
212	Latvia	1.85	1.88
213	United States of America	1.84	2.50
214	Andorra	1.80	2.77
215	Singapore	1.79	3.22
216	Cuba	1.77	4.12
217	Japan	1.77	2.03
218	Norway	1.75	2.70
219	Italy	1.73	2.47
220	Belgium	1.71	2.28
221	Canada	1.67	2.36
222	Liechtenstein	1.67	2.14
223	Bermuda	1.66	2.36
224	Sweden	1.65	1.93
225	San Marino	1.63	2.31
226	Finland	1.63	1.93
227	Austria	1.60	2.48
228	Denmark	1.60	2.00
229	Guernsey	1.59	2.16
230	China, Macao SAR	1.58	2.31
231	Netherlands	1.57	2.74
232	Switzerland	1.52	2.19
233	Germany	1.49	2.20
234	Luxembourg	1.48	2.02
235	Jersey	1.40	2.11
236	Saint Barthélemy	1.37	2.15
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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