Total fertility rate by country, 1985

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

◀▶1985

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1975
1	Yemen	8.86	8.37
2	Niger	7.93	7.54
3	Rwanda	7.79	8.10
4	Afghanistan	7.55	7.54
5	Oman	7.51	7.71
6	Angola	7.45	7.49
7	South Sudan	7.36	7.33
8	Ethiopia	7.34	7.08
9	Somalia	7.33	7.03
10	Burundi	7.29	7.24
11	Côte d'Ivoire	7.27	7.91
12	Mali	7.26	7.25
13	Burkina Faso	7.24	6.91
14	Malawi	7.17	7.36
15	Uganda	7.04	7.20
16	Chad	7.04	6.88
17	Comoros	7.02	7.16
18	Senegal	7.01	7.25
19	Benin	7.00	6.83
20	Kenya	6.96	7.80
21	State of Palestine	6.94	7.48
22	Maldives	6.94	7.32
23	Zambia	6.93	7.42
24	Marshall Islands	6.87	7.83
25	Guinea-Bissau	6.74	6.15
26	Mayotte	6.69	7.53
27	Liberia	6.69	6.74
28	Saudi Arabia	6.65	7.37
29	Nigeria	6.62	6.77
30	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.61	6.42
31	United Republic of Tanzania	6.60	7.10
32	Eritrea	6.59	6.59
33	Sierra Leone	6.59	6.55
34	Pakistan	6.59	6.81
35	Cameroon	6.56	6.40
36	Guinea	6.53	6.37
37	Jordan	6.53	7.93
38	Syrian Arab Republic	6.48	7.49
39	Togo	6.46	7.09
40	Madagascar	6.46	6.97
41	Mozambique	6.43	6.66
42	Mauritania	6.42	6.71
43	Solomon Islands	6.37	6.99
44	Gambia	6.36	6.43
45	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.33	6.29
46	Libya	6.33	7.98
47	Cambodia	6.31	4.10
48	Eswatini	6.28	6.71
49	Sudan	6.28	6.87
50	Iraq	6.25	6.91
51	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.24	5.95
52	Djibouti	6.19	6.74
53	Bhutan	6.18	6.62
54	Ghana	6.12	6.76
55	Central African Republic	6.12	5.88
56	Sao Tome and Principe	6.10	6.53
57	Algeria	6.04	7.48
58	Equatorial Guinea	5.95	5.79
59	Tajikistan	5.94	6.69
60	Cabo Verde	5.92	6.77
61	Namibia	5.88	6.53
62	Zimbabwe	5.87	6.83
63	Honduras	5.82	6.87
64	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	5.75	6.88
65	Guatemala	5.73	6.41
66	Gabon	5.71	5.39
67	Timor-Leste	5.65	5.19
68	Congo	5.59	6.36
69	Bangladesh	5.54	6.73
70	Haiti	5.50	5.75
71	Samoa	5.49	6.61
72	Botswana	5.48	6.61
73	Papua New Guinea	5.47	6.06
74	Nepal	5.46	5.73
75	Wallis and Futuna Islands	5.44	6.44
76	Vanuatu	5.43	5.98
77	Lesotho	5.40	5.82
78	Nicaragua	5.36	6.45
79	Western Sahara	5.36	6.20
80	Tonga	5.34	5.75
81	Mongolia	5.26	7.07
82	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.15	5.75
83	United Arab Emirates	5.13	6.35
84	Egypt	5.12	5.75
85	Belize	5.00	6.28
86	Morocco	4.99	6.30
87	Turkmenistan	4.97	6.00
88	Paraguay	4.97	5.18
89	Kiribati	4.91	5.02
90	Uzbekistan	4.69	5.92
91	Philippines	4.66	5.60
92	Qatar	4.64	5.86
93	Tunisia	4.52	5.97
94	South Africa	4.50	5.19
95	Niue	4.48	5.09
96	Peru	4.46	5.71
97	India	4.43	5.19
98	El Salvador	4.32	5.71
99	Myanmar	4.32	5.25
100	Bahrain	4.28	5.62
101	American Samoa	4.26	5.01
102	Kuwait	4.22	6.06
103	Viet Nam	4.21	5.62
104	Kyrgyzstan	4.20	4.76
105	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	4.20	5.28
106	Tokelau	4.19	4.41
107	Ecuador	4.14	5.43
108	Nauru	4.14	3.97
109	Mexico	4.09	5.74
110	Saint Lucia	3.97	5.36
111	Tuvalu	3.97	3.58
112	Turks and Caicos Islands	3.91	4.69
113	French Polynesia	3.86	4.71
114	Cook Islands	3.84	4.96
115	Malaysia	3.80	4.50
116	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.79	4.69
117	Türkiye	3.78	5.09
118	Indonesia	3.73	5.03
119	Suriname	3.71	4.63
120	Dominican Republic	3.69	5.23
121	Fiji	3.66	4.10
122	Brunei Darussalam	3.61	4.99
123	Lebanon	3.53	4.52
124	Costa Rica	3.51	3.80
125	Grenada	3.48	3.75
126	Brazil	3.48	4.42
127	Guyana	3.47	4.45
128	Panama	3.43	4.41
129	French Guiana	3.37	3.57
130	Colombia	3.22	4.40
131	Albania	3.21	4.57
132	Kazakhstan	3.21	3.40
133	Jamaica	3.21	4.44
134	Azerbaijan	3.20	4.21
135	Dominica	3.12	3.46
136	Seychelles	3.09	4.75
137	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.08	5.16
138	Argentina	3.07	3.27
139	New Caledonia	3.05	4.46
140	Israel	3.04	3.61
141	Palau	3.01	4.90
142	Trinidad and Tobago	2.99	3.21
143	Saint Martin (French part)	2.95	5.10
144	Guam	2.90	3.66
145	Sri Lanka	2.89	3.82
146	United States Virgin Islands	2.83	3.60
147	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.82	3.67
148	Anguilla	2.73	4.20
149	Republic of Moldova	2.67	2.52
150	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.65	3.05
151	Armenia	2.64	2.92
152	China	2.63	3.57
153	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.62	2.95
154	Chile	2.59	3.18
155	Bahamas	2.55	3.42
156	Réunion	2.51	3.65
157	Ireland	2.49	3.37
158	Uruguay	2.47	3.02
159	Thailand	2.45	4.36
160	Cyprus	2.43	2.11
161	Guadeloupe	2.43	3.75
162	Saint Helena	2.42	3.26
163	Georgia	2.40	2.55
164	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.38	2.45
165	Gibraltar	2.37	2.53
166	Montserrat	2.36	2.95
167	Poland	2.32	2.28
168	Romania	2.31	2.59
169	Faroe Islands	2.28	2.90
170	Slovakia	2.25	2.54
171	North Macedonia	2.25	2.69
172	Curaçao	2.24	2.66
173	China, Macao SAR	2.24	1.55
174	Puerto Rico	2.22	2.80
175	Aruba	2.19	2.50
176	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.18	2.92
177	Greenland	2.17	2.33
178	Antigua and Barbuda	2.15	2.77
179	Northern Mariana Islands	2.15	5.63
180	Monaco	2.14	2.35
181	Estonia	2.13	2.04
182	Montenegro	2.13	2.38
183	Lithuania	2.10	2.17
184	Russian Federation	2.09	2.00
185	Martinique	2.08	3.12
186	Latvia	2.06	1.95
187	Mauritius	2.05	3.20
188	Belarus	2.04	2.13
189	Ukraine	2.03	2.05
190	Bulgaria	1.97	2.24
191	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.96	2.39
192	Czechia	1.95	2.43
193	Malta	1.95	2.15
194	Iceland	1.94	2.64
195	New Zealand	1.93	2.36
196	British Virgin Islands	1.92	3.25
197	Australia	1.90	2.21
198	Isle of Man	1.88	2.16
199	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.88	2.97
200	United States of America	1.85	1.81
201	Hungary	1.85	2.36
202	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.84	2.64
203	Croatia	1.83	1.95
204	France	1.82	1.93
205	Serbia	1.80	1.92
206	United Kingdom	1.79	1.81
207	Cuba	1.77	2.82
208	Bermuda	1.77	1.89
209	Barbados	1.77	2.45
210	Cayman Islands	1.75	2.72
211	Greece	1.74	2.42
212	Japan	1.74	1.92
213	Sweden	1.73	1.77
214	Portugal	1.73	2.75
215	Slovenia	1.72	2.17
216	Republic of Korea	1.71	3.31
217	Norway	1.67	1.99
218	Spain	1.64	2.77
219	Finland	1.64	1.68
220	Canada	1.59	1.80
221	Saint Barthélemy	1.56	1.67
222	Guernsey	1.55	1.65
223	Singapore	1.53	2.08
224	Netherlands	1.51	1.67
225	Switzerland	1.51	1.61
226	Belgium	1.50	1.75
227	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.50	2.63
228	Liechtenstein	1.49	1.90
229	Austria	1.48	1.82
230	Denmark	1.44	1.91
231	Andorra	1.43	2.46
232	Italy	1.42	2.18
233	Luxembourg	1.39	1.56
234	Germany	1.38	1.48
235	Jersey	1.30	1.42
236	San Marino	1.17	2.05
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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