Total fertility rate by country, 1984

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

◀▶1984

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1974
1	Yemen	8.85	8.33
2	Niger	7.92	7.54
3	Rwanda	7.91	8.10
4	Oman	7.64	7.67
5	Afghanistan	7.55	7.53
6	Angola	7.46	7.50
7	Ethiopia	7.36	7.02
8	Côte d'Ivoire	7.35	7.93
9	South Sudan	7.35	7.31
10	Somalia	7.30	7.06
11	Burundi	7.30	7.22
12	Malawi	7.27	7.34
13	Mali	7.26	7.23
14	Burkina Faso	7.24	6.84
15	Senegal	7.11	7.25
16	Kenya	7.08	7.82
17	Comoros	7.07	7.16
18	Benin	7.03	6.82
19	Uganda	7.02	7.19
20	Chad	7.02	6.86
21	Maldives	7.02	7.38
22	State of Palestine	7.00	7.52
23	Marshall Islands	6.99	7.90
24	Zambia	6.97	7.36
25	Mayotte	6.83	7.50
26	Saudi Arabia	6.78	7.43
27	Guinea-Bissau	6.73	6.12
28	Liberia	6.73	6.69
29	United Republic of Tanzania	6.72	7.12
30	Nigeria	6.70	6.70
31	Jordan	6.67	8.00
32	Eritrea	6.62	6.57
33	Pakistan	6.62	6.81
34	Libya	6.62	8.02
35	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.59	6.40
36	Sierra Leone	6.59	6.53
37	Syrian Arab Republic	6.59	7.52
38	Cameroon	6.56	6.36
39	Madagascar	6.55	6.99
40	Togo	6.54	7.09
41	Guinea	6.51	6.34
42	Solomon Islands	6.49	7.01
43	Mauritania	6.48	6.73
44	Mozambique	6.44	6.67
45	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.43	5.97
46	Gambia	6.38	6.42
47	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.37	6.29
48	Eswatini	6.36	6.71
49	Cambodia	6.34	4.80
50	Sudan	6.34	6.91
51	Iraq	6.32	6.95
52	Algeria	6.28	7.54
53	Bhutan	6.26	6.62
54	Djibouti	6.25	6.78
55	Sao Tome and Principe	6.16	6.53
56	Ghana	6.15	6.82
57	Central African Republic	6.14	5.90
58	Zimbabwe	6.04	6.88
59	Cabo Verde	5.97	6.82
60	Tajikistan	5.96	6.77
61	Namibia	5.94	6.55
62	Honduras	5.93	6.91
63	Equatorial Guinea	5.93	5.79
64	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	5.89	6.93
65	Guatemala	5.86	6.46
66	Gabon	5.73	5.33
67	Bangladesh	5.73	6.78
68	Congo	5.66	6.39
69	Botswana	5.62	6.61
70	Wallis and Futuna Islands	5.61	6.90
71	Timor-Leste	5.61	5.29
72	Samoa	5.55	6.75
73	Nepal	5.51	5.75
74	Haiti	5.51	5.78
75	Papua New Guinea	5.51	6.11
76	Nicaragua	5.49	6.52
77	Vanuatu	5.49	6.06
78	Lesotho	5.48	5.75
79	Mongolia	5.45	7.17
80	Western Sahara	5.44	6.22
81	Tonga	5.41	5.77
82	United Arab Emirates	5.30	6.41
83	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.24	5.80
84	Egypt	5.21	5.78
85	Morocco	5.20	6.40
86	Belize	5.12	6.29
87	Paraguay	5.04	5.27
88	Turkmenistan	4.96	6.09
89	Kiribati	4.91	5.09
90	Philippines	4.77	5.69
91	Qatar	4.76	5.93
92	Uzbekistan	4.73	6.05
93	Tunisia	4.66	6.05
94	Niue	4.58	5.28
95	Peru	4.57	5.84
96	South Africa	4.57	5.30
97	India	4.52	5.32
98	Myanmar	4.52	5.34
99	El Salvador	4.48	5.82
100	Kuwait	4.45	6.23
101	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	4.41	5.37
102	Viet Nam	4.41	5.78
103	Ecuador	4.30	5.58
104	Bahrain	4.30	5.79
105	American Samoa	4.25	5.14
106	Kyrgyzstan	4.20	4.89
107	Mexico	4.18	5.95
108	Tokelau	4.15	4.52
109	Nauru	4.11	4.07
110	Saint Lucia	4.02	5.57
111	Turks and Caicos Islands	3.99	4.79
112	Indonesia	3.96	5.09
113	Tuvalu	3.95	3.63
114	Türkiye	3.91	5.24
115	Malaysia	3.88	4.62
116	Cook Islands	3.87	5.20
117	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.86	4.79
118	French Polynesia	3.83	4.91
119	Dominican Republic	3.82	5.44
120	Suriname	3.80	4.81
121	Fiji	3.80	4.07
122	Brunei Darussalam	3.68	5.18
123	Lebanon	3.66	4.65
124	Brazil	3.60	4.50
125	Guyana	3.54	4.64
126	Costa Rica	3.52	3.89
127	Panama	3.52	4.58
128	French Guiana	3.41	3.78
129	Colombia	3.35	4.53
130	Jamaica	3.32	4.67
131	Albania	3.28	4.70
132	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.28	5.38
133	Azerbaijan	3.26	4.31
134	Seychelles	3.24	5.10
135	Grenada	3.22	3.92
136	New Caledonia	3.16	4.69
137	Kazakhstan	3.15	3.45
138	Dominica	3.15	3.84
139	Argentina	3.12	3.22
140	Israel	3.08	3.64
141	Palau	3.08	5.26
142	Saint Martin (French part)	3.03	5.39
143	Trinidad and Tobago	3.02	3.32
144	Sri Lanka	3.01	3.85
145	Anguilla	2.93	4.39
146	United States Virgin Islands	2.90	3.87
147	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.88	3.81
148	Guam	2.85	3.76
149	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.71	3.14
150	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.67	2.95
151	Republic of Moldova	2.67	2.56
152	China	2.61	4.17
153	Armenia	2.60	2.98
154	Chile	2.60	3.29
155	Ireland	2.59	3.59
156	Bahamas	2.59	3.57
157	Thailand	2.58	4.60
158	Réunion	2.58	3.73
159	Saint Helena	2.54	3.38
160	Cyprus	2.51	2.28
161	Uruguay	2.47	2.96
162	Guadeloupe	2.45	3.99
163	Montserrat	2.44	3.16
164	Gibraltar	2.40	2.60
165	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.38	2.75
166	Georgia	2.38	2.56
167	Poland	2.38	2.26
168	Northern Mariana Islands	2.32	6.02
169	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.29	3.01
170	Slovakia	2.26	2.61
171	Romania	2.25	2.66
172	Curaçao	2.24	2.77
173	North Macedonia	2.24	2.70
174	Puerto Rico	2.23	2.87
175	Mauritius	2.23	3.45
176	Estonia	2.18	2.08
177	Aruba	2.17	2.57
178	Faroe Islands	2.17	3.07
179	Monaco	2.17	2.38
180	Montenegro	2.14	2.43
181	China, Macao SAR	2.14	1.73
182	Greenland	2.11	2.45
183	Latvia	2.11	1.98
184	Martinique	2.10	3.52
185	Russian Federation	2.10	2.03
186	Lithuania	2.09	2.21
187	Iceland	2.08	2.66
188	Ukraine	2.08	2.06
189	Belarus	2.08	2.19
190	China, Taiwan Province of China	2.05	3.09
191	Antigua and Barbuda	2.04	2.93
192	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.02	2.45
193	Bulgaria	2.00	2.29
194	British Virgin Islands	1.99	3.33
195	Czechia	1.97	2.46
196	Malta	1.96	2.08
197	New Zealand	1.93	2.57
198	Portugal	1.90	2.70
199	Australia	1.87	2.38
200	Greece	1.87	2.43
201	Croatia	1.87	1.98
202	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.87	2.75
203	Isle of Man	1.87	2.26
204	United States of America	1.83	1.87
205	Republic of Korea	1.83	3.56
206	Serbia	1.81	1.93
207	France	1.81	2.12
208	Cayman Islands	1.79	2.96
209	Japan	1.78	2.07
210	United Kingdom	1.77	1.91
211	Cuba	1.77	3.16
212	Hungary	1.76	2.28
213	Slovenia	1.75	2.12
214	Barbados	1.75	2.65
215	Spain	1.72	2.87
216	Finland	1.69	1.61
217	Bermuda	1.68	2.02
218	Norway	1.66	2.13
219	Sweden	1.65	1.87
220	Canada	1.61	1.81
221	Saint Barthélemy	1.59	1.81
222	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.58	2.95
223	Singapore	1.54	2.35
224	Austria	1.53	1.90
225	Belgium	1.53	1.84
226	Switzerland	1.52	1.73
227	Liechtenstein	1.51	1.90
228	Netherlands	1.49	1.77
229	Andorra	1.47	2.73
230	Guernsey	1.47	1.73
231	Italy	1.46	2.29
232	Luxembourg	1.42	1.59
233	Denmark	1.40	1.90
234	Germany	1.39	1.52
235	Jersey	1.36	1.47
236	San Marino	1.20	2.13
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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