Total fertility rate by country, 1986

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

◀▶1986

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1976
1	Yemen	8.86	8.42
2	Niger	7.90	7.56
3	Rwanda	7.61	8.12
4	Afghanistan	7.55	7.56
5	Angola	7.43	7.49
6	South Sudan	7.38	7.33
7	Oman	7.35	7.74
8	Somalia	7.35	7.02
9	Ethiopia	7.32	7.13
10	Burundi	7.32	7.25
11	Mali	7.31	7.27
12	Burkina Faso	7.22	6.95
13	Côte d'Ivoire	7.19	7.88
14	Uganda	7.08	7.19
15	Chad	7.07	6.89
16	Malawi	7.07	7.39
17	Benin	6.96	6.83
18	Comoros	6.95	7.16
19	State of Palestine	6.91	7.44
20	Senegal	6.90	7.26
21	Zambia	6.87	7.39
22	Maldives	6.85	7.29
23	Kenya	6.84	7.77
24	Guinea-Bissau	6.73	6.19
25	Marshall Islands	6.73	7.76
26	Liberia	6.64	6.79
27	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.63	6.44
28	Sierra Leone	6.60	6.55
29	Cameroon	6.57	6.45
30	Nigeria	6.56	6.81
31	Mayotte	6.56	7.52
32	Eritrea	6.55	6.60
33	Guinea	6.55	6.40
34	Pakistan	6.55	6.81
35	Saudi Arabia	6.52	7.33
36	United Republic of Tanzania	6.49	7.09
37	Mozambique	6.41	6.64
38	Jordan	6.39	7.83
39	Togo	6.38	7.06
40	Syrian Arab Republic	6.37	7.45
41	Gambia	6.34	6.43
42	Madagascar	6.34	6.95
43	Mauritania	6.34	6.73
44	Solomon Islands	6.26	6.95
45	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.25	6.29
46	Cambodia	6.23	3.41
47	Sudan	6.22	6.82
48	Iraq	6.18	6.86
49	Djibouti	6.14	6.69
50	Eswatini	6.11	6.70
51	Central African Republic	6.11	5.94
52	Bhutan	6.10	6.62
53	Ghana	6.08	6.70
54	Sao Tome and Principe	6.05	6.52
55	Libya	6.02	7.93
56	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.01	6.07
57	Equatorial Guinea	5.96	5.79
58	Tajikistan	5.91	6.60
59	Cabo Verde	5.81	6.71
60	Namibia	5.79	6.49
61	Honduras	5.70	6.81
62	Gabon	5.69	5.46
63	Zimbabwe	5.69	6.77
64	Timor-Leste	5.67	5.12
65	Guatemala	5.66	6.37
66	Algeria	5.65	7.40
67	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	5.61	6.82
68	Wallis and Futuna Islands	5.59	6.12
69	Congo	5.51	6.32
70	Haiti	5.48	5.71
71	Samoa	5.42	6.47
72	Papua New Guinea	5.42	6.02
73	Nepal	5.40	5.72
74	Vanuatu	5.38	5.89
75	Botswana	5.33	6.60
76	Lesotho	5.32	5.87
77	Bangladesh	5.30	6.66
78	Tonga	5.27	5.73
79	Nicaragua	5.22	6.37
80	Western Sahara	5.22	6.18
81	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.12	5.74
82	Mongolia	5.03	6.93
83	United Arab Emirates	5.00	6.29
84	Egypt	5.00	5.73
85	Turkmenistan	4.94	5.90
86	Belize	4.94	6.25
87	Paraguay	4.93	5.12
88	Kiribati	4.87	4.96
89	Morocco	4.77	6.18
90	Uzbekistan	4.67	5.75
91	Qatar	4.57	5.78
92	Philippines	4.56	5.51
93	South Africa	4.41	5.07
94	India	4.40	5.13
95	Niue	4.37	4.93
96	Tunisia	4.36	5.87
97	Peru	4.35	5.58
98	American Samoa	4.28	4.93
99	Tokelau	4.26	4.32
100	Bahrain	4.25	5.45
101	Kyrgyzstan	4.22	4.68
102	El Salvador	4.19	5.59
103	Nauru	4.15	3.90
104	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	4.11	5.18
105	Myanmar	4.08	5.16
106	Ecuador	4.00	5.28
107	Kuwait	4.00	5.90
108	Tuvalu	3.97	3.55
109	Mexico	3.97	5.54
110	Viet Nam	3.96	5.46
111	Cook Islands	3.83	4.77
112	Saint Lucia	3.80	5.16
113	Turks and Caicos Islands	3.79	4.62
114	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.73	4.59
115	French Polynesia	3.71	4.51
116	Malaysia	3.70	4.40
117	Türkiye	3.66	4.93
118	Suriname	3.61	4.45
119	Dominican Republic	3.60	5.05
120	Grenada	3.58	3.60
121	Brunei Darussalam	3.55	4.78
122	Fiji	3.54	4.12
123	Indonesia	3.53	4.92
124	Lebanon	3.47	4.39
125	Costa Rica	3.45	3.75
126	Guyana	3.38	4.28
127	French Guiana	3.38	3.42
128	Brazil	3.36	4.34
129	Panama	3.34	4.26
130	Kazakhstan	3.19	3.33
131	Colombia	3.15	4.28
132	Azerbaijan	3.14	4.12
133	Albania	3.14	4.37
134	Jamaica	3.11	4.21
135	Dominica	3.08	3.19
136	New Caledonia	3.08	4.23
137	Seychelles	3.07	4.09
138	Argentina	3.05	3.32
139	Israel	2.99	3.62
140	Palau	2.98	4.53
141	Guam	2.93	3.53
142	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.92	4.95
143	Trinidad and Tobago	2.90	3.14
144	Saint Martin (French part)	2.89	4.84
145	Sri Lanka	2.74	3.78
146	Republic of Moldova	2.74	2.47
147	United States Virgin Islands	2.74	3.39
148	China	2.72	3.24
149	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.68	3.59
150	Armenia	2.66	2.84
151	Chile	2.59	3.08
152	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.59	2.84
153	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.55	2.92
154	Bahamas	2.53	3.30
155	Anguilla	2.51	3.98
156	Uruguay	2.47	3.01
157	Cyprus	2.45	2.33
158	Ireland	2.44	3.29
159	Faroe Islands	2.40	2.74
160	Réunion	2.39	3.53
161	Georgia	2.38	2.51
162	Romania	2.38	2.55
163	Guadeloupe	2.37	3.34
164	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.36	2.17
165	Gibraltar	2.36	2.48
166	Thailand	2.36	4.12
167	Saint Helena	2.35	3.09
168	Puerto Rico	2.27	2.87
169	Montserrat	2.26	2.76
170	North Macedonia	2.25	2.62
171	Curaçao	2.24	2.55
172	Poland	2.22	2.31
173	Aruba	2.21	2.43
174	Russian Federation	2.20	1.99
175	Slovakia	2.19	2.54
176	China, Macao SAR	2.19	1.43
177	Estonia	2.17	2.06
178	Latvia	2.17	1.91
179	Northern Mariana Islands	2.17	5.23
180	Belarus	2.13	2.09
181	Lithuania	2.13	2.17
182	Ukraine	2.12	2.04
183	Monaco	2.11	2.33
184	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.10	2.83
185	Montenegro	2.09	2.35
186	Greenland	2.08	2.27
187	Martinique	2.07	2.78
188	Antigua and Barbuda	2.03	2.78
189	Bulgaria	2.00	2.25
190	New Zealand	1.96	2.27
191	Mauritius	1.95	3.13
192	Iceland	1.93	2.52
193	Malta	1.93	2.13
194	Czechia	1.92	2.39
195	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.91	2.31
196	Isle of Man	1.89	2.08
197	Australia	1.87	2.06
198	United States of America	1.85	1.79
199	Hungary	1.85	2.25
200	France	1.83	1.83
201	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.80	2.55
202	Sweden	1.79	1.68
203	United Kingdom	1.78	1.74
204	Cuba	1.78	2.51
205	Serbia	1.78	1.91
206	British Virgin Islands	1.78	3.20
207	Croatia	1.77	1.94
208	Bermuda	1.73	1.86
209	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.72	3.00
210	Norway	1.71	1.87
211	Japan	1.70	1.84
212	Cayman Islands	1.69	2.53
213	Barbados	1.69	2.24
214	Slovenia	1.67	2.20
215	Greece	1.66	2.42
216	Portugal	1.66	2.81
217	Republic of Korea	1.62	3.12
218	Finland	1.60	1.70
219	Guernsey	1.59	1.60
220	Canada	1.58	1.75
221	Netherlands	1.55	1.63
222	Spain	1.55	2.76
223	Saint Barthélemy	1.54	1.51
224	Belgium	1.54	1.74
225	Switzerland	1.53	1.55
226	Denmark	1.48	1.75
227	Liechtenstein	1.48	1.91
228	Austria	1.45	1.68
229	Luxembourg	1.43	1.50
230	Germany	1.42	1.49
231	Andorra	1.40	2.21
232	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.39	2.42
233	Italy	1.35	2.06
234	Singapore	1.35	2.09
235	Jersey	1.32	1.34
236	San Marino	1.15	1.95
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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