Total fertility rate by country, 1983

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

◀▶1983

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1973
1	Yemen	8.83	8.29
2	Rwanda	8.00	8.09
3	Niger	7.90	7.53
4	Oman	7.75	7.63
5	Afghanistan	7.57	7.49
6	Angola	7.46	7.50
7	Côte d'Ivoire	7.42	7.94
8	Malawi	7.36	7.34
9	Ethiopia	7.35	6.96
10	South Sudan	7.34	7.31
11	Burundi	7.30	7.22
12	Somalia	7.28	7.09
13	Mali	7.28	7.22
14	Burkina Faso	7.25	6.77
15	Kenya	7.22	7.86
16	Senegal	7.19	7.25
17	Comoros	7.11	7.16
18	Maldives	7.09	7.40
19	Marshall Islands	7.08	7.95
20	Uganda	7.07	7.19
21	Benin	7.05	6.81
22	State of Palestine	7.04	7.55
23	Zambia	7.01	7.34
24	Chad	6.98	6.87
25	Mayotte	6.97	7.48
26	Libya	6.91	8.05
27	Saudi Arabia	6.88	7.48
28	United Republic of Tanzania	6.81	7.06
29	Jordan	6.81	8.06
30	Nigeria	6.77	6.63
31	Liberia	6.76	6.65
32	Guinea-Bissau	6.69	6.10
33	Syrian Arab Republic	6.69	7.55
34	Eritrea	6.65	6.55
35	Pakistan	6.64	6.81
36	Togo	6.63	7.08
37	Madagascar	6.63	7.01
38	Cameroon	6.58	6.33
39	Sierra Leone	6.57	6.47
40	Solomon Islands	6.57	7.00
41	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.56	6.38
42	Mauritania	6.54	6.72
43	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.53	6.06
44	Algeria	6.50	7.59
45	Guinea	6.49	6.31
46	Eswatini	6.43	6.71
47	Mozambique	6.43	6.70
48	Sudan	6.41	6.94
49	Iraq	6.39	6.99
50	Gambia	6.39	6.40
51	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.38	6.28
52	Bhutan	6.34	6.63
53	Cambodia	6.30	5.56
54	Djibouti	6.30	6.82
55	Ghana	6.23	6.87
56	Sao Tome and Principe	6.22	6.52
57	Zimbabwe	6.20	6.94
58	Central African Republic	6.15	5.93
59	Cabo Verde	6.07	6.86
60	Honduras	6.06	6.98
61	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.03	6.97
62	Namibia	6.00	6.54
63	Guatemala	5.98	6.49
64	Tajikistan	5.98	6.84
65	Bangladesh	5.91	6.80
66	Equatorial Guinea	5.90	5.80
67	Botswana	5.78	6.59
68	Gabon	5.76	5.29
69	Congo	5.76	6.42
70	Mongolia	5.63	7.24
71	Samoa	5.62	6.91
72	Nicaragua	5.61	6.59
73	Timor-Leste	5.59	5.39
74	Papua New Guinea	5.56	6.16
75	Lesotho	5.56	5.69
76	Vanuatu	5.55	6.15
77	Nepal	5.54	5.70
78	Western Sahara	5.52	6.25
79	Wallis and Futuna Islands	5.51	7.30
80	Haiti	5.51	5.81
81	United Arab Emirates	5.48	6.46
82	Tonga	5.45	5.80
83	Morocco	5.41	6.48
84	Egypt	5.31	5.84
85	Belize	5.31	6.29
86	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.29	5.85
87	Paraguay	5.09	5.35
88	Turkmenistan	4.97	6.15
89	Kiribati	4.91	5.20
90	Qatar	4.90	6.01
91	Philippines	4.87	5.79
92	Tunisia	4.77	6.12
93	Uzbekistan	4.71	6.16
94	Peru	4.68	5.97
95	Kuwait	4.66	6.43
96	El Salvador	4.65	5.93
97	Niue	4.65	5.47
98	Myanmar	4.63	5.43
99	South Africa	4.63	5.41
100	India	4.57	5.40
101	Viet Nam	4.52	6.11
102	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	4.46	5.42
103	Bahrain	4.41	5.96
104	Ecuador	4.39	5.73
105	Mexico	4.30	6.12
106	American Samoa	4.27	5.30
107	Kyrgyzstan	4.16	5.02
108	Indonesia	4.11	5.25
109	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.09	4.91
110	Tokelau	4.09	4.66
111	Saint Lucia	4.08	5.69
112	Türkiye	4.06	5.41
113	Nauru	4.06	4.19
114	Cook Islands	3.95	5.47
115	Dominican Republic	3.95	5.67
116	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.93	4.91
117	Malaysia	3.93	4.73
118	Tuvalu	3.91	3.71
119	Fiji	3.88	4.16
120	Suriname	3.87	5.01
121	Brunei Darussalam	3.75	5.35
122	French Polynesia	3.74	5.09
123	Lebanon	3.73	4.79
124	Brazil	3.72	4.64
125	Guyana	3.64	4.87
126	Panama	3.60	4.74
127	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.56	5.59
128	Costa Rica	3.52	3.99
129	Colombia	3.50	4.68
130	French Guiana	3.46	4.07
131	Jamaica	3.41	5.00
132	New Caledonia	3.35	4.93
133	Azerbaijan	3.32	4.43
134	Albania	3.32	4.83
135	Grenada	3.31	4.05
136	Seychelles	3.22	4.78
137	Dominica	3.18	4.28
138	Argentina	3.15	3.17
139	Saint Martin (French part)	3.15	5.64
140	Israel	3.14	3.61
141	Palau	3.14	5.59
142	Sri Lanka	3.11	4.00
143	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.10	3.97
144	United States Virgin Islands	3.10	4.23
145	Kazakhstan	3.07	3.51
146	Trinidad and Tobago	3.07	3.47
147	Guam	3.03	3.89
148	Anguilla	3.02	4.60
149	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.78	3.35
150	Ireland	2.75	3.71
151	Thailand	2.75	4.85
152	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.71	2.95
153	Saint Helena	2.67	3.49
154	Bahamas	2.65	3.73
155	Chile	2.62	3.41
156	Republic of Moldova	2.58	2.57
157	Northern Mariana Islands	2.58	6.40
158	Armenia	2.56	3.08
159	Réunion	2.56	3.81
160	China	2.56	4.73
161	Uruguay	2.49	2.85
162	Cyprus	2.49	2.40
163	Montserrat	2.49	3.35
164	Guadeloupe	2.46	4.17
165	Gibraltar	2.44	2.67
166	Poland	2.42	2.25
167	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.40	3.11
168	Mauritius	2.40	3.07
169	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.37	2.95
170	Georgia	2.34	2.62
171	Puerto Rico	2.33	2.90
172	Slovakia	2.28	2.56
173	Iceland	2.25	2.94
174	North Macedonia	2.25	2.72
175	Curaçao	2.24	2.87
176	Monaco	2.18	2.41
177	China, Taiwan Province of China	2.18	3.25
178	Estonia	2.17	2.08
179	Faroe Islands	2.17	3.22
180	Montenegro	2.17	2.51
181	Aruba	2.15	2.66
182	Martinique	2.14	3.85
183	Belarus	2.13	2.21
184	Russian Federation	2.13	2.01
185	Antigua and Barbuda	2.12	3.13
186	Lithuania	2.12	2.22
187	British Virgin Islands	2.12	3.43
188	Ukraine	2.10	2.04
189	Latvia	2.10	1.95
190	Republic of Korea	2.10	3.80
191	China, Macao SAR	2.10	1.84
192	Greenland	2.09	2.74
193	Romania	2.08	2.39
194	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.05	2.54
195	Bulgaria	2.01	2.15
196	Malta	2.00	2.08
197	Greece	1.99	2.36
198	Czechia	1.97	2.31
199	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.96	2.87
200	Portugal	1.96	2.77
201	Australia	1.93	2.49
202	New Zealand	1.92	2.74
203	Croatia	1.89	2.01
204	Isle of Man	1.89	2.36
205	Barbados	1.86	2.87
206	United States of America	1.83	1.92
207	Cayman Islands	1.83	3.56
208	Serbia	1.83	1.94
209	Slovenia	1.81	2.20
210	Bermuda	1.81	2.14
211	Cuba	1.80	3.40
212	Spain	1.80	2.84
213	France	1.79	2.32
214	United Kingdom	1.77	2.04
215	Japan	1.77	2.15
216	Hungary	1.75	1.95
217	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.74	3.14
218	Finland	1.73	1.50
219	Norway	1.66	2.23
220	Guernsey	1.62	1.82
221	Canada	1.61	1.85
222	Saint Barthélemy	1.61	1.90
223	Sweden	1.61	1.87
224	Andorra	1.57	2.83
225	Austria	1.56	1.93
226	Belgium	1.56	1.95
227	Singapore	1.54	2.78
228	Liechtenstein	1.53	1.94
229	Switzerland	1.52	1.81
230	Italy	1.51	2.32
231	Netherlands	1.47	1.91
232	Luxembourg	1.44	1.58
233	Germany	1.43	1.55
234	Denmark	1.38	1.92
235	Jersey	1.33	1.55
236	San Marino	1.25	2.23
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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