Total fertility rate by country, 1988

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

◀▶1988

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1978
1	Yemen	8.79	8.50
2	Niger	7.84	7.66
3	Afghanistan	7.55	7.60
4	Somalia	7.40	7.13
5	Burundi	7.38	7.26
6	South Sudan	7.38	7.33
7	Angola	7.37	7.47
8	Mali	7.32	7.32
9	Ethiopia	7.26	7.23
10	Rwanda	7.23	8.16
11	Chad	7.15	6.89
12	Burkina Faso	7.11	7.15
13	Uganda	7.10	7.16
14	Côte d'Ivoire	6.97	7.67
15	Oman	6.95	7.82
16	Malawi	6.88	7.43
17	State of Palestine	6.87	7.33
18	Benin	6.87	6.82
19	Comoros	6.76	7.15
20	Zambia	6.70	7.29
21	Guinea-Bissau	6.69	6.32
22	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.66	6.46
23	Sierra Leone	6.59	6.59
24	Senegal	6.58	7.28
25	Maldives	6.58	7.23
26	Guinea	6.56	6.44
27	Kenya	6.52	7.67
28	Liberia	6.51	6.88
29	Nigeria	6.50	6.92
30	Cameroon	6.48	6.54
31	Pakistan	6.48	6.78
32	Eritrea	6.47	6.61
33	United Republic of Tanzania	6.38	7.06
34	Marshall Islands	6.38	7.58
35	Mozambique	6.37	6.59
36	Mayotte	6.31	7.48
37	Gambia	6.26	6.42
38	Togo	6.23	6.98
39	Mauritania	6.21	6.73
40	Madagascar	6.18	6.90
41	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.16	6.30
42	Saudi Arabia	6.15	7.26
43	Sudan	6.13	6.72
44	Central African Republic	6.10	6.04
45	Iraq	6.05	6.73
46	Djibouti	6.03	6.59
47	Jordan	6.01	7.59
48	Syrian Arab Republic	6.00	7.35
49	Solomon Islands	5.99	6.87
50	Equatorial Guinea	5.98	5.80
51	Cambodia	5.94	3.34
52	Sao Tome and Principe	5.94	6.47
53	Ghana	5.92	6.56
54	Bhutan	5.88	6.58
55	Tajikistan	5.75	6.40
56	Timor-Leste	5.72	5.09
57	Eswatini	5.69	6.65
58	Gabon	5.62	5.57
59	Guatemala	5.62	6.26
60	Namibia	5.61	6.38
61	Cabo Verde	5.55	6.56
62	Haiti	5.47	5.64
63	Honduras	5.47	6.63
64	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	5.43	6.34
65	Libya	5.41	7.79
66	Congo	5.39	6.21
67	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	5.32	6.65
68	Nepal	5.31	5.68
69	Papua New Guinea	5.30	5.88
70	Zimbabwe	5.28	6.66
71	Vanuatu	5.27	5.77
72	Samoa	5.21	6.15
73	Tonga	5.10	5.68
74	Lesotho	5.10	5.82
75	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.03	5.61
76	Algeria	5.02	7.21
77	Western Sahara	4.94	6.06
78	Nicaragua	4.93	6.16
79	Botswana	4.88	6.48
80	Belize	4.87	6.11
81	Bangladesh	4.85	6.51
82	Egypt	4.83	5.63
83	Wallis and Futuna Islands	4.81	6.62
84	United Arab Emirates	4.77	6.15
85	Paraguay	4.77	5.04
86	Kiribati	4.73	4.97
87	Turkmenistan	4.68	5.61
88	Mongolia	4.65	6.62
89	Qatar	4.51	5.58
90	Philippines	4.45	5.39
91	Tokelau	4.42	4.16
92	Morocco	4.39	5.91
93	American Samoa	4.31	4.87
94	Uzbekistan	4.26	5.28
95	India	4.22	4.89
96	Niue	4.20	4.72
97	South Africa	4.18	4.85
98	Peru	4.14	5.30
99	Nauru	4.11	3.84
100	El Salvador	4.10	5.36
101	Bahrain	4.04	5.12
102	Kyrgyzstan	4.03	4.53
103	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	3.97	4.83
104	Tuvalu	3.88	3.59
105	Cook Islands	3.85	4.55
106	Tunisia	3.83	5.40
107	Ecuador	3.79	4.99
108	French Polynesia	3.75	4.04
109	Kuwait	3.70	5.52
110	Myanmar	3.67	4.99
111	Mexico	3.64	5.20
112	Viet Nam	3.62	5.10
113	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.60	4.40
114	Turks and Caicos Islands	3.50	4.48
115	Dominican Republic	3.50	4.64
116	Malaysia	3.50	4.18
117	Suriname	3.46	4.08
118	French Guiana	3.46	3.37
119	Türkiye	3.44	4.69
120	Saint Lucia	3.43	4.82
121	Fiji	3.43	4.10
122	Brunei Darussalam	3.43	4.39
123	Lebanon	3.39	4.18
124	Indonesia	3.35	4.73
125	Costa Rica	3.31	3.66
126	Guyana	3.23	3.97
127	Grenada	3.19	3.35
128	Panama	3.17	3.98
129	Brazil	3.11	4.20
130	New Caledonia	3.08	3.87
131	Albania	3.07	4.00
132	Dominica	3.06	2.95
133	Argentina	3.05	3.36
134	Azerbaijan	3.04	3.82
135	Colombia	3.04	4.00
136	Kazakhstan	3.00	3.16
137	Guam	2.99	3.11
138	Jamaica	2.98	3.84
139	Palau	2.91	3.74
140	Israel	2.90	3.25
141	United States Virgin Islands	2.84	3.30
142	Saint Martin (French part)	2.82	4.32
143	Seychelles	2.79	3.92
144	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.75	4.55
145	Armenia	2.68	2.62
146	Trinidad and Tobago	2.65	3.13
147	Republic of Moldova	2.63	2.39
148	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.62	3.29
149	Chile	2.59	2.89
150	Sri Lanka	2.57	3.81
151	Faroe Islands	2.57	2.61
152	China	2.54	2.72
153	Bahamas	2.52	3.05
154	Uruguay	2.50	2.83
155	Cyprus	2.47	2.08
156	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.47	2.79
157	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.44	2.79
158	Réunion	2.36	3.28
159	Gibraltar	2.34	2.49
160	Georgia	2.32	2.42
161	North Macedonia	2.32	2.42
162	Romania	2.31	2.52
163	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.29	2.12
164	Guadeloupe	2.28	2.58
165	Aruba	2.27	2.31
166	Estonia	2.27	2.02
167	Greenland	2.27	2.20
168	Iceland	2.26	2.35
169	Curaçao	2.25	2.38
170	Saint Helena	2.25	2.86
171	Puerto Rico	2.22	2.85
172	Anguilla	2.21	3.55
173	Montserrat	2.19	2.44
174	Ireland	2.17	3.21
175	Thailand	2.17	3.62
176	Russian Federation	2.16	1.95
177	Northern Mariana Islands	2.16	4.43
178	Poland	2.14	2.23
179	Latvia	2.14	1.85
180	Antigua and Barbuda	2.13	2.57
181	Slovakia	2.13	2.47
182	New Zealand	2.10	2.08
183	Mauritius	2.10	3.01
184	Belarus	2.07	2.03
185	Malta	2.06	2.06
186	Martinique	2.05	2.36
187	Ukraine	2.04	1.97
188	Monaco	2.01	2.28
189	Montenegro	2.01	2.25
190	Lithuania	2.01	2.08
191	Bulgaria	1.97	2.15
192	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.96	2.68
193	Sweden	1.96	1.60
194	United States of America	1.94	1.80
195	Czechia	1.93	2.33
196	Isle of Man	1.92	1.99
197	China, Macao SAR	1.86	1.42
198	Cuba	1.85	1.88
199	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.85	2.08
200	Australia	1.84	1.96
201	Norway	1.84	1.77
202	United Kingdom	1.82	1.75
203	Hungary	1.82	2.08
204	France	1.81	1.83
205	Bermuda	1.80	1.80
206	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.80	2.68
207	Singapore	1.75	1.79
208	Serbia	1.72	1.89
209	Croatia	1.71	1.95
210	British Virgin Islands	1.71	3.11
211	Finland	1.69	1.64
212	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.68	2.39
213	Cayman Islands	1.63	2.37
214	Slovenia	1.63	2.20
215	Japan	1.63	1.79
216	Portugal	1.61	2.45
217	Canada	1.59	1.68
218	Barbados	1.58	1.84
219	Belgium	1.57	1.71
220	Switzerland	1.56	1.51
221	Denmark	1.56	1.66
222	Republic of Korea	1.56	2.70
223	Netherlands	1.54	1.58
224	Guernsey	1.54	1.57
225	Greece	1.54	2.37
226	Luxembourg	1.51	1.49
227	Liechtenstein	1.50	1.90
228	Saint Barthélemy	1.47	1.36
229	Austria	1.46	1.60
230	Germany	1.46	1.49
231	Jersey	1.45	1.39
232	Spain	1.44	2.54
233	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.40	2.20
234	Andorra	1.37	1.88
235	Italy	1.36	1.84
236	San Marino	1.14	1.77
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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