Total fertility rate by country, 1981

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

◀▶1981

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1971
1	Yemen	8.75	8.26
2	Rwanda	8.10	8.09
3	Oman	7.90	7.56
4	Niger	7.82	7.52
5	Afghanistan	7.62	7.43
6	Côte d'Ivoire	7.54	7.94
7	Malawi	7.49	7.31
8	Angola	7.46	7.47
9	Kenya	7.45	7.92
10	Libya	7.37	8.10
11	Mali	7.36	7.20
12	Burundi	7.33	7.21
13	South Sudan	7.33	7.30
14	Ethiopia	7.31	6.84
15	Senegal	7.28	7.26
16	Marshall Islands	7.27	8.04
17	Burkina Faso	7.26	6.70
18	Somalia	7.23	7.15
19	Mayotte	7.22	7.42
20	Maldives	7.19	7.38
21	Comoros	7.14	7.12
22	State of Palestine	7.13	7.61
23	Uganda	7.12	7.18
24	Jordan	7.12	8.15
25	Saudi Arabia	7.07	7.56
26	Zambia	7.07	7.26
27	Benin	7.06	6.77
28	Syrian Arab Republic	6.97	7.60
29	Chad	6.94	6.58
30	United Republic of Tanzania	6.93	7.04
31	Algeria	6.85	7.67
32	Liberia	6.83	6.54
33	Nigeria	6.82	6.53
34	Togo	6.81	7.06
35	Madagascar	6.77	7.07
36	Solomon Islands	6.71	6.99
37	Pakistan	6.70	6.80
38	Mauritania	6.64	6.70
39	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.62	6.55
40	Eritrea	6.62	6.54
41	Cameroon	6.61	6.26
42	Guinea-Bissau	6.57	6.06
43	Sierra Leone	6.55	6.43
44	Eswatini	6.54	6.74
45	Iraq	6.53	7.06
46	Sudan	6.53	7.02
47	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.52	6.34
48	Mozambique	6.48	6.70
49	Guinea	6.46	6.26
50	Bhutan	6.46	6.64
51	Zimbabwe	6.45	6.94
52	Ghana	6.41	6.95
53	Wallis and Futuna Islands	6.40	7.28
54	Gambia	6.40	6.33
55	Djibouti	6.40	6.88
56	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.35	6.30
57	Sao Tome and Principe	6.33	6.49
58	Honduras	6.30	7.11
59	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.29	6.94
60	Cabo Verde	6.27	6.91
61	Bangladesh	6.24	6.83
62	Central African Republic	6.17	5.99
63	Namibia	6.16	6.52
64	Botswana	6.16	6.54
65	Guatemala	6.12	6.55
66	Tajikistan	6.12	6.91
67	Cambodia	6.04	6.01
68	Congo	5.98	6.42
69	Mongolia	5.98	7.30
70	Equatorial Guinea	5.86	5.81
71	Nicaragua	5.84	6.71
72	United Arab Emirates	5.81	6.52
73	Samoa	5.75	7.22
74	Gabon	5.73	5.16
75	Morocco	5.71	6.62
76	Western Sahara	5.71	6.32
77	Lesotho	5.69	5.70
78	Belize	5.68	6.29
79	Vanuatu	5.65	6.29
80	Papua New Guinea	5.64	6.23
81	Nepal	5.58	5.85
82	Tonga	5.55	5.96
83	Haiti	5.53	5.88
84	Timor-Leste	5.53	5.58
85	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.41	5.95
86	Egypt	5.37	5.99
87	Qatar	5.20	6.14
88	Turkmenistan	5.16	6.32
89	Paraguay	5.15	5.59
90	Kuwait	5.02	6.84
91	Tunisia	5.02	6.29
92	El Salvador	4.99	6.13
93	Philippines	4.97	6.08
94	Kiribati	4.96	5.55
95	Peru	4.92	6.21
96	Uzbekistan	4.91	6.28
97	Niue	4.71	5.97
98	South Africa	4.71	5.57
99	India	4.70	5.56
100	Myanmar	4.69	5.61
101	Viet Nam	4.67	6.07
102	Ecuador	4.61	6.01
103	Bahrain	4.60	6.28
104	Mexico	4.57	6.42
105	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	4.50	5.56
106	American Samoa	4.50	5.77
107	Indonesia	4.36	5.40
108	Türkiye	4.35	5.67
109	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.29	5.14
110	Saint Lucia	4.28	5.95
111	Kyrgyzstan	4.19	5.18
112	Cook Islands	4.18	6.07
113	Dominican Republic	4.15	6.01
114	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	4.10	5.17
115	Tokelau	4.06	4.93
116	Malaysia	4.00	4.92
117	Fiji	3.99	4.51
118	Lebanon	3.95	5.05
119	Brazil	3.94	4.84
120	Brunei Darussalam	3.94	5.62
121	Nauru	3.93	4.54
122	French Polynesia	3.93	5.45
123	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.84	5.95
124	Tuvalu	3.80	3.94
125	Suriname	3.75	5.36
126	Guyana	3.72	5.26
127	Panama	3.72	5.05
128	Colombia	3.71	5.06
129	Seychelles	3.67	5.69
130	Sri Lanka	3.65	4.27
131	Saint Martin (French part)	3.64	5.97
132	New Caledonia	3.59	5.05
133	Costa Rica	3.56	4.36
134	Jamaica	3.51	5.21
135	Azerbaijan	3.48	4.76
136	Albania	3.47	5.08
137	French Guiana	3.39	4.60
138	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.30	4.51
139	Palau	3.28	6.16
140	Northern Mariana Islands	3.26	7.13
141	Argentina	3.25	3.11
142	Anguilla	3.15	5.05
143	Thailand	3.13	5.25
144	Trinidad and Tobago	3.13	3.61
145	Dominica	3.11	4.99
146	Israel	3.07	3.85
147	Ireland	3.06	3.93
148	Kazakhstan	3.05	3.53
149	United States Virgin Islands	3.00	5.07
150	Grenada	2.99	4.31
151	Guam	2.97	4.20
152	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.92	3.74
153	Réunion	2.91	4.04
154	Saint Helena	2.81	4.00
155	China	2.79	5.52
156	Bahamas	2.77	4.06
157	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.71	3.04
158	Chile	2.69	3.65
159	Mauritius	2.67	3.51
160	Republic of Korea	2.67	4.26
161	Puerto Rico	2.59	3.21
162	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.55	3.35
163	Uruguay	2.53	2.77
164	Gibraltar	2.53	2.94
165	Armenia	2.48	3.29
166	Guadeloupe	2.46	4.56
167	Faroe Islands	2.46	3.22
168	China, Taiwan Province of China	2.45	3.72
169	Republic of Moldova	2.40	2.56
170	Cayman Islands	2.38	3.46
171	Romania	2.35	2.60
172	Iceland	2.34	2.92
173	Georgia	2.33	2.71
174	British Virgin Islands	2.33	3.64
175	Greenland	2.32	3.20
176	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.29	3.22
177	North Macedonia	2.29	2.93
178	Slovakia	2.28	2.42
179	Curaçao	2.25	3.18
180	Poland	2.25	2.25
181	Montserrat	2.25	3.62
182	Monaco	2.22	2.47
183	Montenegro	2.19	2.67
184	Martinique	2.18	4.37
185	Antigua and Barbuda	2.17	3.45
186	Greece	2.17	2.41
187	Aruba	2.16	2.86
188	Cyprus	2.15	3.04
189	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.15	2.95
190	Portugal	2.13	3.00
191	Estonia	2.08	2.20
192	Spain	2.04	2.90
193	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.02	2.75
194	New Zealand	2.01	3.18
195	Bulgaria	2.01	2.11
196	Czechia	1.99	1.99
197	Belarus	1.99	2.31
198	Lithuania	1.99	2.41
199	Slovenia	1.96	2.16
200	France	1.95	2.50
201	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.95	3.40
202	Australia	1.94	2.95
203	Isle of Man	1.94	2.51
204	Russian Federation	1.94	2.05
205	Croatia	1.93	1.97
206	Ukraine	1.91	2.11
207	Malta	1.90	2.12
208	Hungary	1.88	1.93
209	Latvia	1.87	2.02
210	United States of America	1.85	2.32
211	Serbia	1.85	1.96
212	Barbados	1.85	3.20
213	China, Macao SAR	1.85	1.99
214	United Kingdom	1.82	2.34
215	Andorra	1.80	2.83
216	Japan	1.72	2.09
217	Singapore	1.71	3.02
218	Norway	1.70	2.49
219	Liechtenstein	1.69	2.03
220	Austria	1.67	2.19
221	Belgium	1.67	2.21
222	Finland	1.65	1.68
223	Canada	1.63	2.10
224	Sweden	1.63	1.96
225	Bermuda	1.60	2.28
226	Cuba	1.59	3.80
227	Italy	1.58	2.40
228	Guernsey	1.57	2.02
229	Netherlands	1.56	2.37
230	Luxembourg	1.55	1.95
231	Saint Barthélemy	1.54	2.02
232	Switzerland	1.54	2.04
233	Germany	1.53	1.95
234	Denmark	1.44	2.04
235	San Marino	1.41	2.33
236	Jersey	1.32	1.90
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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