Total fertility rate by country, 1987

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

◀▶1987

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1977
1	Yemen	8.83	8.47
2	Niger	7.87	7.60
3	Afghanistan	7.55	7.59
4	Rwanda	7.43	8.14
5	Angola	7.41	7.48
6	South Sudan	7.39	7.33
7	Burundi	7.38	7.25
8	Somalia	7.37	7.00
9	Mali	7.31	7.30
10	Ethiopia	7.29	7.19
11	Oman	7.18	7.78
12	Burkina Faso	7.17	7.05
13	Uganda	7.12	7.18
14	Chad	7.10	6.90
15	Côte d'Ivoire	7.09	7.83
16	Malawi	6.97	7.41
17	Benin	6.92	6.83
18	State of Palestine	6.89	7.38
19	Comoros	6.87	7.15
20	Zambia	6.80	7.35
21	Senegal	6.78	7.27
22	Maldives	6.73	7.27
23	Guinea-Bissau	6.72	6.25
24	Kenya	6.69	7.73
25	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.65	6.45
26	Sierra Leone	6.61	6.57
27	Guinea	6.57	6.43
28	Marshall Islands	6.57	7.67
29	Liberia	6.57	6.84
30	Cameroon	6.54	6.51
31	Eritrea	6.52	6.61
32	Pakistan	6.52	6.80
33	Nigeria	6.50	6.86
34	Mayotte	6.43	7.51
35	United Republic of Tanzania	6.41	7.07
36	Mozambique	6.39	6.62
37	Saudi Arabia	6.34	7.30
38	Gambia	6.30	6.43
39	Togo	6.30	7.03
40	Mauritania	6.27	6.74
41	Madagascar	6.24	6.93
42	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.21	6.29
43	Syrian Arab Republic	6.20	7.42
44	Jordan	6.20	7.72
45	Sudan	6.18	6.77
46	Solomon Islands	6.12	6.92
47	Central African Republic	6.12	5.99
48	Iraq	6.11	6.79
49	Cambodia	6.10	2.72
50	Djibouti	6.09	6.64
51	Ghana	6.02	6.64
52	Bhutan	6.00	6.61
53	Sao Tome and Principe	5.99	6.50
54	Equatorial Guinea	5.97	5.80
55	Eswatini	5.90	6.68
56	Tajikistan	5.84	6.49
57	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	5.72	6.18
58	Libya	5.72	7.87
59	Namibia	5.70	6.44
60	Cabo Verde	5.68	6.64
61	Timor-Leste	5.68	5.09
62	Gabon	5.67	5.52
63	Guatemala	5.64	6.32
64	Wallis and Futuna Islands	5.63	6.36
65	Honduras	5.58	6.73
66	Zimbabwe	5.50	6.71
67	Haiti	5.47	5.67
68	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	5.47	6.74
69	Congo	5.46	6.27
70	Papua New Guinea	5.36	5.96
71	Nepal	5.35	5.69
72	Vanuatu	5.33	5.81
73	Samoa	5.32	6.31
74	Algeria	5.30	7.31
75	Lesotho	5.22	5.85
76	Tonga	5.19	5.70
77	Botswana	5.10	6.54
78	Bangladesh	5.08	6.58
79	Western Sahara	5.08	6.12
80	Nicaragua	5.07	6.28
81	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.06	5.67
82	Egypt	4.91	5.68
83	United Arab Emirates	4.88	6.22
84	Belize	4.88	6.20
85	Paraguay	4.85	5.08
86	Turkmenistan	4.84	5.77
87	Mongolia	4.83	6.79
88	Kiribati	4.81	4.96
89	Morocco	4.58	6.04
90	Qatar	4.54	5.69
91	Uzbekistan	4.53	5.54
92	Philippines	4.51	5.44
93	South Africa	4.35	4.94
94	Tokelau	4.32	4.22
95	India	4.31	5.01
96	American Samoa	4.30	4.95
97	Niue	4.28	4.81
98	Peru	4.25	5.44
99	El Salvador	4.18	5.47
100	Kyrgyzstan	4.16	4.59
101	Nauru	4.14	3.86
102	Bahrain	4.13	5.29
103	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	4.10	5.01
104	Tunisia	4.10	5.68
105	Tuvalu	3.94	3.56
106	Ecuador	3.87	5.13
107	Myanmar	3.86	5.07
108	Cook Islands	3.84	4.65
109	Kuwait	3.83	5.71
110	Mexico	3.80	5.36
111	Viet Nam	3.72	5.29
112	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.67	4.49
113	Turks and Caicos Islands	3.65	4.55
114	French Polynesia	3.62	4.37
115	Saint Lucia	3.61	4.97
116	Grenada	3.58	3.46
117	Malaysia	3.57	4.28
118	Türkiye	3.54	4.78
119	Suriname	3.53	4.26
120	Dominican Republic	3.53	4.84
121	Brunei Darussalam	3.49	4.58
122	Fiji	3.48	4.11
123	Indonesia	3.42	4.81
124	Lebanon	3.42	4.28
125	French Guiana	3.41	3.38
126	Costa Rica	3.38	3.70
127	Guyana	3.31	4.12
128	Panama	3.25	4.12
129	Brazil	3.23	4.27
130	Kazakhstan	3.12	3.26
131	Albania	3.11	4.20
132	Colombia	3.09	4.16
133	New Caledonia	3.08	4.05
134	Azerbaijan	3.07	3.98
135	Dominica	3.06	3.02
136	Argentina	3.04	3.36
137	Jamaica	3.02	4.00
138	Guam	2.97	3.36
139	Palau	2.93	4.09
140	Israel	2.92	3.47
141	Seychelles	2.92	3.75
142	Saint Martin (French part)	2.86	4.58
143	United States Virgin Islands	2.84	3.26
144	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.82	4.75
145	Trinidad and Tobago	2.78	3.12
146	Republic of Moldova	2.78	2.42
147	China	2.76	2.84
148	Armenia	2.66	2.74
149	Sri Lanka	2.64	3.74
150	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.62	3.48
151	Chile	2.59	2.98
152	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.53	2.77
153	Bahamas	2.52	3.17
154	Uruguay	2.49	2.90
155	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.49	2.86
156	Cyprus	2.39	2.09
157	Faroe Islands	2.38	2.68
158	Romania	2.38	2.57
159	Réunion	2.37	3.41
160	Gibraltar	2.35	2.47
161	Northern Mariana Islands	2.34	4.83
162	Guadeloupe	2.32	2.93
163	Georgia	2.32	2.44
164	North Macedonia	2.32	2.49
165	Ireland	2.31	3.24
166	Anguilla	2.31	3.75
167	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.31	2.07
168	Saint Helena	2.29	2.95
169	Estonia	2.26	2.06
170	Thailand	2.26	3.87
171	Russian Federation	2.25	1.98
172	Aruba	2.24	2.37
173	Curaçao	2.24	2.46
174	Puerto Rico	2.23	2.90
175	Montserrat	2.22	2.59
176	Latvia	2.18	1.87
177	Poland	2.16	2.25
178	Slovakia	2.14	2.49
179	Lithuania	2.11	2.13
180	Greenland	2.10	2.28
181	Martinique	2.08	2.53
182	Iceland	2.07	2.32
183	Antigua and Barbuda	2.07	2.78
184	Ukraine	2.07	1.98
185	Montenegro	2.07	2.31
186	Belarus	2.06	2.06
187	Monaco	2.06	2.31
188	China, Macao SAR	2.06	1.39
189	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.03	2.75
190	New Zealand	2.03	2.21
191	Mauritius	2.00	3.07
192	Malta	1.97	2.14
193	Bulgaria	1.96	2.20
194	Isle of Man	1.91	2.02
195	Czechia	1.90	2.34
196	United States of America	1.89	1.83
197	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.88	2.20
198	Australia	1.85	2.02
199	Sweden	1.84	1.64
200	Hungary	1.83	2.16
201	United Kingdom	1.81	1.69
202	Cuba	1.80	2.21
203	France	1.80	1.87
204	Serbia	1.75	1.90
205	Bermuda	1.75	1.69
206	Croatia	1.74	1.95
207	Norway	1.74	1.76
208	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.74	2.47
209	British Virgin Islands	1.72	3.15
210	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.71	2.74
211	Japan	1.67	1.79
212	Slovenia	1.65	2.17
213	Portugal	1.62	2.68
214	Barbados	1.61	2.20
215	Finland	1.59	1.68
216	Greece	1.58	2.38
217	Cayman Islands	1.58	2.41
218	Guernsey	1.57	1.57
219	Republic of Korea	1.57	2.95
220	Netherlands	1.56	1.58
221	Canada	1.56	1.73
222	Belgium	1.54	1.72
223	Switzerland	1.52	1.53
224	Saint Barthélemy	1.51	1.40
225	Denmark	1.50	1.66
226	Liechtenstein	1.50	1.92
227	Singapore	1.49	1.83
228	Spain	1.49	2.65
229	Austria	1.44	1.62
230	Germany	1.44	1.50
231	Luxembourg	1.41	1.51
232	Jersey	1.39	1.41
233	Andorra	1.37	2.03
234	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.34	2.31
235	Italy	1.33	1.94
236	San Marino	1.13	1.87
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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