Total fertility rate by country, 1982

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

◀▶1982

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1972
1	Yemen	8.79	8.27
2	Rwanda	8.06	8.09
3	Niger	7.86	7.52
4	Oman	7.84	7.59
5	Afghanistan	7.60	7.45
6	Côte d'Ivoire	7.49	7.94
7	Angola	7.46	7.49
8	Malawi	7.45	7.33
9	Ethiopia	7.34	6.90
10	Kenya	7.34	7.89
11	South Sudan	7.34	7.31
12	Mali	7.32	7.22
13	Burundi	7.31	7.21
14	Senegal	7.25	7.26
15	Somalia	7.25	7.12
16	Burkina Faso	7.25	6.72
17	Marshall Islands	7.18	7.99
18	Libya	7.16	8.07
19	Maldives	7.15	7.37
20	Comoros	7.13	7.14
21	Uganda	7.11	7.18
22	Mayotte	7.10	7.45
23	State of Palestine	7.09	7.59
24	Benin	7.06	6.80
25	Zambia	7.04	7.30
26	Saudi Arabia	6.98	7.54
27	Chad	6.96	6.85
28	Jordan	6.96	8.12
29	United Republic of Tanzania	6.87	7.05
30	Syrian Arab Republic	6.81	7.57
31	Nigeria	6.80	6.58
32	Liberia	6.79	6.60
33	Togo	6.72	7.07
34	Madagascar	6.70	7.04
35	Algeria	6.67	7.63
36	Pakistan	6.67	6.81
37	Guinea-Bissau	6.64	6.08
38	Solomon Islands	6.64	6.99
39	Eritrea	6.63	6.54
40	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.59	6.26
41	Cameroon	6.59	6.29
42	Mauritania	6.59	6.71
43	Sierra Leone	6.56	6.45
44	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.54	6.37
45	Eswatini	6.49	6.72
46	Guinea	6.49	6.28
47	Sudan	6.47	6.98
48	Iraq	6.46	7.02
49	Mozambique	6.43	6.70
50	Gambia	6.40	6.37
51	Bhutan	6.40	6.64
52	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.37	6.28
53	Djibouti	6.34	6.85
54	Zimbabwe	6.33	6.94
55	Ghana	6.31	6.92
56	Sao Tome and Principe	6.28	6.51
57	Cambodia	6.19	5.94
58	Honduras	6.18	7.06
59	Cabo Verde	6.17	6.89
60	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.16	6.96
61	Central African Republic	6.16	5.96
62	Bangladesh	6.12	6.82
63	Namibia	6.08	6.53
64	Guatemala	6.06	6.51
65	Tajikistan	6.03	6.89
66	Botswana	5.97	6.56
67	Wallis and Futuna Islands	5.88	7.29
68	Equatorial Guinea	5.88	5.80
69	Congo	5.85	6.44
70	Mongolia	5.80	7.28
71	Gabon	5.74	5.24
72	Nicaragua	5.74	6.65
73	Samoa	5.68	7.07
74	United Arab Emirates	5.66	6.50
75	Lesotho	5.63	5.69
76	Vanuatu	5.60	6.23
77	Morocco	5.60	6.55
78	Western Sahara	5.60	6.29
79	Papua New Guinea	5.59	6.20
80	Nepal	5.55	5.80
81	Timor-Leste	5.55	5.49
82	Haiti	5.53	5.85
83	Tonga	5.50	5.86
84	Belize	5.50	6.28
85	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.35	5.89
86	Egypt	5.33	5.93
87	Paraguay	5.13	5.46
88	Qatar	5.04	6.07
89	Turkmenistan	5.04	6.20
90	Kiribati	4.95	5.37
91	Philippines	4.92	5.94
92	Tunisia	4.89	6.19
93	Kuwait	4.85	6.64
94	El Salvador	4.83	6.03
95	Uzbekistan	4.82	6.25
96	Peru	4.80	6.09
97	Niue	4.70	5.71
98	South Africa	4.70	5.49
99	Myanmar	4.66	5.53
100	India	4.62	5.48
101	Viet Nam	4.59	6.10
102	Bahrain	4.51	6.14
103	Ecuador	4.50	5.87
104	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	4.49	5.49
105	Mexico	4.42	6.28
106	American Samoa	4.37	5.52
107	Indonesia	4.25	5.32
108	Kyrgyzstan	4.20	5.14
109	Türkiye	4.20	5.55
110	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.19	5.03
111	Saint Lucia	4.17	5.81
112	Cook Islands	4.05	5.72
113	Tokelau	4.05	4.80
114	Dominican Republic	4.01	5.84
115	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	4.01	5.03
116	Nauru	3.99	4.35
117	Malaysia	3.97	4.82
118	Fiji	3.94	4.32
119	Tuvalu	3.88	3.81
120	Lebanon	3.85	4.91
121	Brazil	3.84	4.74
122	Brunei Darussalam	3.84	5.50
123	Suriname	3.82	5.18
124	French Polynesia	3.80	5.27
125	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.74	5.77
126	Guyana	3.68	5.08
127	Panama	3.66	4.91
128	Colombia	3.62	4.86
129	Costa Rica	3.54	4.16
130	New Caledonia	3.48	5.05
131	Jamaica	3.46	5.06
132	French Guiana	3.43	4.42
133	Albania	3.42	4.98
134	Azerbaijan	3.39	4.59
135	Saint Martin (French part)	3.36	5.84
136	Sri Lanka	3.32	4.16
137	Palau	3.22	5.90
138	Argentina	3.20	3.13
139	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.17	4.16
140	Dominica	3.17	4.67
141	Grenada	3.15	4.18
142	Israel	3.13	3.80
143	Seychelles	3.13	5.16
144	Trinidad and Tobago	3.11	3.55
145	Anguilla	3.08	4.83
146	United States Virgin Islands	3.08	4.78
147	Kazakhstan	3.02	3.55
148	China	2.97	5.11
149	Ireland	2.95	3.85
150	Thailand	2.94	5.08
151	Guam	2.91	4.05
152	Northern Mariana Islands	2.90	6.78
153	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.85	3.89
154	Saint Helena	2.77	3.70
155	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.72	2.96
156	Bahamas	2.71	3.89
157	Chile	2.65	3.53
158	Réunion	2.60	3.92
159	Mauritius	2.53	3.41
160	Uruguay	2.51	2.78
161	Armenia	2.50	3.20
162	Montserrat	2.50	3.50
163	Cyprus	2.49	2.99
164	Gibraltar	2.49	2.79
165	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.49	3.23
166	Puerto Rico	2.48	3.01
167	Guadeloupe	2.46	4.35
168	Republic of Moldova	2.45	2.56
169	Republic of Korea	2.43	4.02
170	Faroe Islands	2.34	3.25
171	Poland	2.34	2.24
172	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.33	3.12
173	China, Taiwan Province of China	2.33	3.44
174	Georgia	2.31	2.67
175	North Macedonia	2.29	2.86
176	Slovakia	2.28	2.48
177	Iceland	2.27	3.08
178	British Virgin Islands	2.27	3.54
179	Curaçao	2.24	2.99
180	Greenland	2.23	3.01
181	Monaco	2.20	2.44
182	Montenegro	2.19	2.61
183	Romania	2.17	2.48
184	Martinique	2.16	4.18
185	Aruba	2.14	2.75
186	Antigua and Barbuda	2.09	3.29
187	Estonia	2.09	2.15
188	Greece	2.08	2.39
189	Portugal	2.07	2.86
190	Malta	2.07	2.03
191	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2.05	2.92
192	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.05	2.67
193	Russian Federation	2.02	2.07
194	Cayman Islands	2.01	4.89
195	Bulgaria	2.01	2.04
196	Czechia	2.00	2.09
197	Belarus	1.99	2.28
198	China, Macao SAR	1.99	1.94
199	Lithuania	1.98	2.35
200	Ukraine	1.95	2.13
201	New Zealand	1.95	3.00
202	Latvia	1.95	2.01
203	Australia	1.94	2.74
204	Spain	1.94	2.87
205	Slovenia	1.93	2.17
206	France	1.92	2.43
207	Croatia	1.91	2.01
208	Isle of Man	1.91	2.45
209	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.87	3.25
210	United States of America	1.86	2.06
211	Barbados	1.86	3.15
212	Serbia	1.84	1.95
213	Hungary	1.80	1.93
214	United Kingdom	1.78	2.18
215	Cuba	1.78	3.61
216	Japan	1.74	2.11
217	Andorra	1.73	2.91
218	Norway	1.71	2.39
219	Finland	1.71	1.58
220	Singapore	1.67	3.03
221	Austria	1.66	2.08
222	Bermuda	1.64	2.23
223	Saint Barthélemy	1.63	1.96
224	Canada	1.62	1.94
225	Sweden	1.62	1.91
226	Belgium	1.61	2.09
227	Liechtenstein	1.61	1.98
228	Italy	1.56	2.35
229	Switzerland	1.55	1.91
230	Germany	1.50	1.73
231	Netherlands	1.49	2.15
232	Guernsey	1.49	1.94
233	Luxembourg	1.49	1.75
234	Denmark	1.42	2.03
235	Jersey	1.33	1.64
236	San Marino	1.30	2.29
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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