Total fertility rate by country, 1980

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

◀▶1980

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1970
1	Yemen	8.71	8.23
2	Rwanda	8.12	8.15
3	Oman	7.89	7.52
4	Niger	7.78	7.51
5	Afghanistan	7.64	7.40
6	Côte d'Ivoire	7.59	7.94
7	Libya	7.54	8.05
8	Kenya	7.53	7.94
9	Malawi	7.52	7.30
10	Angola	7.46	7.43
11	Marshall Islands	7.37	8.08
12	Mali	7.37	7.18
13	Burundi	7.35	7.21
14	South Sudan	7.33	7.29
15	Mayotte	7.32	7.37
16	Ethiopia	7.29	6.78
17	Senegal	7.29	7.26
18	Jordan	7.29	8.18
19	Maldives	7.23	7.39
20	Burkina Faso	7.22	6.69
21	Somalia	7.18	7.18
22	State of Palestine	7.18	7.65
23	Comoros	7.15	7.10
24	Saudi Arabia	7.15	7.58
25	Zambia	7.14	7.22
26	Syrian Arab Republic	7.12	7.62
27	Uganda	7.11	7.15
28	Algeria	6.99	7.70
29	United Republic of Tanzania	6.99	7.00
30	Benin	6.99	6.74
31	Chad	6.91	6.53
32	Togo	6.88	7.04
33	Liberia	6.87	6.58
34	Nigeria	6.85	6.47
35	Madagascar	6.84	7.10
36	Solomon Islands	6.77	6.98
37	Pakistan	6.73	6.80
38	Mauritania	6.67	6.68
39	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.63	6.80
40	Eritrea	6.61	6.54
41	Cameroon	6.61	6.20
42	Iraq	6.59	7.07
43	Sudan	6.59	6.99
44	Eswatini	6.57	6.75
45	Sierra Leone	6.56	6.41
46	Mozambique	6.53	6.70
47	Zimbabwe	6.52	6.98
48	Bhutan	6.51	6.65
49	Guinea-Bissau	6.49	6.04
50	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.49	6.33
51	Ghana	6.47	6.95
52	Guinea	6.46	6.24
53	Djibouti	6.46	6.88
54	Honduras	6.42	7.17
55	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.42	6.93
56	Gambia	6.41	6.26
57	Sao Tome and Principe	6.39	6.47
58	Cabo Verde	6.38	6.93
59	Bangladesh	6.33	6.84
60	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.33	6.31
61	Botswana	6.29	6.55
62	Namibia	6.24	6.52
63	Tajikistan	6.21	6.91
64	Mongolia	6.21	7.31
65	Guatemala	6.17	6.60
66	Central African Republic	6.13	6.03
67	Congo	6.06	6.38
68	Wallis and Futuna Islands	5.97	7.32
69	Nicaragua	5.96	6.77
70	United Arab Emirates	5.95	6.52
71	Samoa	5.86	7.34
72	Western Sahara	5.86	6.37
73	Belize	5.85	6.30
74	Equatorial Guinea	5.83	5.81
75	Morocco	5.78	6.68
76	Cambodia	5.77	6.07
77	Lesotho	5.75	5.70
78	Papua New Guinea	5.70	6.25
79	Vanuatu	5.69	6.35
80	Gabon	5.66	5.10
81	Tonga	5.60	6.07
82	Nepal	5.60	5.87
83	Haiti	5.56	5.91
84	Egypt	5.49	6.06
85	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.47	6.00
86	Qatar	5.33	6.23
87	Turkmenistan	5.30	6.40
88	Timor-Leste	5.22	5.66
89	Kuwait	5.18	7.03
90	El Salvador	5.11	6.18
91	Philippines	5.11	6.22
92	Paraguay	5.10	5.72
93	Uzbekistan	5.04	6.31
94	Peru	5.04	6.32
95	Tunisia	5.03	6.43
96	Kiribati	4.96	5.71
97	Viet Nam	4.79	6.02
98	Myanmar	4.79	5.68
99	India	4.78	5.62
100	South Africa	4.78	5.63
101	Bahrain	4.76	6.43
102	Mexico	4.74	6.53
103	Ecuador	4.73	6.14
104	Niue	4.70	6.24
105	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	4.66	5.62
106	American Samoa	4.63	5.95
107	Indonesia	4.49	5.49
108	Türkiye	4.45	5.78
109	Saint Lucia	4.41	6.10
110	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.37	5.23
111	Cook Islands	4.35	6.30
112	Dominican Republic	4.30	6.18
113	Kyrgyzstan	4.23	5.20
114	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	4.20	5.32
115	Tokelau	4.08	5.04
116	Brunei Darussalam	4.07	5.80
117	Fiji	4.04	4.71
118	Brazil	4.04	4.93
119	Malaysia	4.03	5.04
120	Lebanon	4.01	5.19
121	French Polynesia	3.93	5.63
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.92	6.12
123	Saint Martin (French part)	3.88	6.09
124	Nauru	3.88	4.74
125	Colombia	3.80	5.28
126	Panama	3.80	5.18
127	Suriname	3.79	5.53
128	Seychelles	3.79	5.31
129	Guyana	3.77	5.41
130	Tuvalu	3.73	4.08
131	Sri Lanka	3.72	4.39
132	New Caledonia	3.66	5.07
133	Northern Mariana Islands	3.65	7.44
134	Azerbaijan	3.59	4.90
135	Albania	3.59	5.16
136	Jamaica	3.59	5.35
137	Costa Rica	3.58	4.58
138	Palau	3.35	6.39
139	French Guiana	3.35	4.72
140	Argentina	3.30	3.08
141	Grenada	3.30	4.46
142	Thailand	3.29	5.45
143	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.26	4.73
144	Anguilla	3.24	5.30
145	Ireland	3.21	3.85
146	Israel	3.15	3.79
147	Trinidad and Tobago	3.15	3.71
148	United States Virgin Islands	3.11	5.25
149	Kazakhstan	3.09	3.50
150	Guam	3.04	4.34
151	Dominica	3.03	5.21
152	British Virgin Islands	2.92	3.74
153	Réunion	2.87	4.30
154	Bahamas	2.84	4.21
155	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.84	3.85
156	Mauritius	2.80	3.82
157	Saint Helena	2.79	4.41
158	Chile	2.74	3.78
159	China	2.74	6.09
160	Republic of Korea	2.73	4.46
161	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.71	3.16
162	Puerto Rico	2.70	3.17
163	Uruguay	2.59	2.77
164	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.59	3.48
165	Gibraltar	2.57	2.95
166	China, Taiwan Province of China	2.53	3.98
167	Iceland	2.48	2.82
168	Armenia	2.48	3.33
169	Guadeloupe	2.47	4.76
170	Faroe Islands	2.47	3.42
171	Romania	2.43	2.81
172	Cayman Islands	2.41	4.66
173	Republic of Moldova	2.38	2.56
174	North Macedonia	2.36	3.01
175	Greenland	2.35	3.54
176	Georgia	2.35	2.70
177	Slovakia	2.32	2.41
178	Antigua and Barbuda	2.31	3.63
179	Cyprus	2.30	3.07
180	Greece	2.30	2.44
181	Poland	2.28	2.25
182	Curaçao	2.27	3.40
183	Portugal	2.25	3.01
184	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.24	3.26
185	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.24	3.00
186	Monaco	2.24	2.50
187	Montserrat	2.24	3.74
188	Montenegro	2.22	2.69
189	Spain	2.21	2.88
190	Aruba	2.20	2.97
191	Martinique	2.19	4.53
192	Slovenia	2.10	2.11
193	Czechia	2.08	1.92
194	Bulgaria	2.06	2.18
195	China, Hong Kong SAR	2.06	3.39
196	New Zealand	2.03	3.17
197	Estonia	2.02	2.17
198	Lithuania	2.00	2.40
199	Malta	1.99	2.07
200	Belarus	1.98	2.29
201	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.98	2.79
202	Ukraine	1.95	2.08
203	France	1.95	2.48
204	Isle of Man	1.95	2.57
205	Croatia	1.93	1.88
206	Hungary	1.92	1.98
207	Russian Federation	1.92	2.01
208	Australia	1.90	2.86
209	United Kingdom	1.89	2.42
210	Latvia	1.88	1.96
211	United States of America	1.86	2.51
212	Serbia	1.86	1.97
213	Andorra	1.83	2.79
214	Barbados	1.78	3.08
215	Singapore	1.74	3.07
216	Japan	1.74	2.04
217	China, Macao SAR	1.73	2.08
218	Norway	1.72	2.51
219	Liechtenstein	1.70	2.09
220	Belgium	1.69	2.25
221	Sweden	1.67	1.92
222	Canada	1.66	2.27
223	Bermuda	1.66	2.31
224	Italy	1.65	2.40
225	Austria	1.65	2.29
226	Cuba	1.64	3.98
227	Finland	1.63	1.82
228	Netherlands	1.60	2.57
229	Guernsey	1.59	2.11
230	Germany	1.56	2.02
231	Switzerland	1.55	2.10
232	Denmark	1.54	1.96
233	San Marino	1.52	2.32
234	Luxembourg	1.50	1.97
235	Saint Barthélemy	1.44	2.09
236	Jersey	1.35	1.93
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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