Total fertility rate by country, 1989

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

◀▶1989

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1979
1	Yemen	8.71	8.67
2	Niger	7.82	7.72
3	Afghanistan	7.56	7.61
4	Somalia	7.42	7.16
5	Burundi	7.39	7.31
6	South Sudan	7.37	7.32
7	Angola	7.33	7.46
8	Mali	7.33	7.35
9	Ethiopia	7.23	7.25
10	Chad	7.19	6.91
11	Burkina Faso	7.05	7.19
12	Uganda	7.04	7.14
13	Rwanda	7.03	8.13
14	Côte d'Ivoire	6.85	7.63
15	State of Palestine	6.84	7.28
16	Benin	6.81	6.90
17	Malawi	6.80	7.47
18	Oman	6.72	7.85
19	Guinea-Bissau	6.66	6.40
20	Comoros	6.65	7.16
21	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.65	6.48
22	Zambia	6.64	7.22
23	Sierra Leone	6.57	6.58
24	Guinea	6.55	6.45
25	Nigeria	6.49	6.89
26	Senegal	6.48	7.29
27	Liberia	6.43	6.92
28	Pakistan	6.42	6.76
29	Eritrea	6.41	6.62
30	Cameroon	6.41	6.58
31	Maldives	6.39	7.23
32	Mozambique	6.35	6.56
33	Kenya	6.33	7.60
34	United Republic of Tanzania	6.30	7.04
35	Gambia	6.25	6.41
36	Mauritania	6.20	6.70
37	Marshall Islands	6.18	7.47
38	Mayotte	6.18	7.41
39	Togo	6.15	6.94
40	Madagascar	6.15	6.87
41	Sudan	6.11	6.65
42	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.10	6.31
43	Central African Republic	6.07	6.09
44	Iraq	5.99	6.66
45	Equatorial Guinea	5.99	5.82
46	Saudi Arabia	5.97	7.23
47	Djibouti	5.97	6.52
48	Sao Tome and Principe	5.88	6.43
49	Solomon Islands	5.87	6.82
50	Ghana	5.82	6.51
51	Jordan	5.80	7.45
52	Syrian Arab Republic	5.78	7.25
53	Bhutan	5.76	6.55
54	Timor-Leste	5.76	5.14
55	Cambodia	5.68	4.56
56	Tajikistan	5.61	6.31
57	Guatemala	5.56	6.22
58	Gabon	5.55	5.61
59	Namibia	5.52	6.31
60	Eswatini	5.48	6.61
61	Cabo Verde	5.45	6.47
62	Haiti	5.44	5.59
63	Honduras	5.35	6.53
64	Congo	5.33	6.14
65	Nepal	5.26	5.64
66	Papua New Guinea	5.24	5.79
67	Vanuatu	5.21	5.73
68	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	5.18	6.54
69	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	5.17	6.55
70	Samoa	5.11	5.99
71	Libya	5.09	7.68
72	Zimbabwe	5.07	6.59
73	Tonga	5.01	5.65
74	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.96	5.54
75	Lesotho	4.96	5.79
76	Belize	4.86	5.99
77	Western Sahara	4.81	5.96
78	Algeria	4.76	7.12
79	Nicaragua	4.76	6.07
80	Bangladesh	4.70	6.42
81	Kiribati	4.69	4.97
82	Egypt	4.68	5.57
83	Paraguay	4.68	5.06
84	Botswana	4.67	6.39
85	United Arab Emirates	4.65	6.06
86	Tokelau	4.51	4.10
87	Wallis and Futuna Islands	4.49	6.48
88	Turkmenistan	4.46	5.46
89	Mongolia	4.42	6.42
90	Qatar	4.41	5.46
91	American Samoa	4.41	4.76
92	Philippines	4.37	5.26
93	Morocco	4.22	5.85
94	India	4.13	4.81
95	Niue	4.13	4.68
96	Uzbekistan	4.10	5.16
97	Nauru	4.07	3.85
98	El Salvador	4.03	5.23
99	Peru	4.03	5.17
100	South Africa	3.98	4.82
101	Bahrain	3.96	4.94
102	Kyrgyzstan	3.91	4.38
103	Cook Islands	3.90	4.47
104	Tuvalu	3.80	3.65
105	Ecuador	3.74	4.86
106	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	3.67	4.70
107	Viet Nam	3.64	4.94
108	Kuwait	3.59	5.33
109	Myanmar	3.59	4.90
110	French Guiana	3.58	3.36
111	Tunisia	3.57	5.18
112	Mexico	3.53	4.96
113	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.52	4.30
114	French Polynesia	3.49	3.94
115	Dominican Republic	3.48	4.47
116	Fiji	3.40	4.08
117	Suriname	3.39	3.93
118	Brunei Darussalam	3.36	4.22
119	Lebanon	3.36	4.08
120	Türkiye	3.34	4.58
121	Turks and Caicos Islands	3.33	4.43
122	Saint Lucia	3.31	4.58
123	Malaysia	3.31	4.09
124	Indonesia	3.25	4.62
125	Costa Rica	3.24	3.65
126	Grenada	3.23	3.34
127	Guyana	3.19	3.86
128	Panama	3.12	3.88
129	Dominica	3.06	2.96
130	New Caledonia	3.06	3.75
131	Albania	3.03	3.78
132	Argentina	3.02	3.34
133	United States Virgin Islands	3.02	3.04
134	Colombia	3.01	3.89
135	Brazil	3.01	4.12
136	Azerbaijan	3.00	3.70
137	Guam	3.00	3.03
138	Jamaica	2.93	3.72
139	Palau	2.92	3.49
140	Kazakhstan	2.87	3.14
141	Israel	2.84	3.20
142	Saint Martin (French part)	2.79	4.11
143	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.73	4.29
144	Armenia	2.71	2.53
145	Faroe Islands	2.71	2.68
146	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.69	3.23
147	Seychelles	2.67	3.66
148	Chile	2.59	2.81
149	Sri Lanka	2.58	3.82
150	Trinidad and Tobago	2.53	3.13
151	Bahamas	2.52	2.94
152	China	2.52	2.75
153	Uruguay	2.50	2.71
154	Republic of Moldova	2.46	2.38
155	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.41	2.74
156	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.41	2.85
157	Anguilla	2.40	3.37
158	Réunion	2.40	3.12
159	Cyprus	2.37	2.14
160	Gibraltar	2.35	2.52
161	Greenland	2.34	2.21
162	Georgia	2.32	2.38
163	Aruba	2.31	2.26
164	Puerto Rico	2.30	2.77
165	Curaçao	2.27	2.31
166	Guadeloupe	2.26	2.46
167	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.26	2.18
168	North Macedonia	2.25	2.40
169	Iceland	2.21	2.49
170	Estonia	2.21	2.01
171	Saint Helena	2.21	2.81
172	Mauritius	2.21	2.91
173	Antigua and Barbuda	2.20	2.63
174	Romania	2.20	2.49
175	Montserrat	2.17	2.32
176	Thailand	2.14	3.45
177	New Zealand	2.12	2.11
178	Poland	2.10	2.28
179	Malta	2.09	2.09
180	Ireland	2.08	3.21
181	Slovakia	2.07	2.45
182	Martinique	2.04	2.25
183	Latvia	2.03	1.85
184	Russian Federation	2.03	1.92
185	Sweden	2.02	1.65
186	Northern Mariana Islands	2.02	4.05
187	United States of America	2.01	1.84
188	Lithuania	1.99	2.05
189	Belarus	1.98	2.00
190	Montenegro	1.94	2.20
191	Ukraine	1.93	1.96
192	Isle of Man	1.93	1.96
193	Monaco	1.93	2.26
194	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.90	2.63
195	Norway	1.89	1.75
196	Bulgaria	1.89	2.15
197	Czechia	1.87	2.27
198	Australia	1.84	1.91
199	Cuba	1.83	1.77
200	Hungary	1.82	2.02
201	China, Macao SAR	1.81	1.58
202	United Kingdom	1.79	1.86
203	France	1.79	1.86
204	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.79	1.99
205	British Virgin Islands	1.77	3.07
206	Cayman Islands	1.76	2.37
207	Bermuda	1.76	1.66
208	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.74	2.64
209	Finland	1.71	1.63
210	Serbia	1.69	1.87
211	Croatia	1.65	1.95
212	Canada	1.64	1.67
213	Barbados	1.64	1.86
214	Denmark	1.62	1.60
215	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.61	2.31
216	Belgium	1.59	1.71
217	Portugal	1.57	2.31
218	Netherlands	1.56	1.57
219	Switzerland	1.56	1.52
220	Republic of Korea	1.56	2.75
221	Guernsey	1.55	1.59
222	Japan	1.55	1.77
223	Singapore	1.53	1.79
224	Luxembourg	1.53	1.48
225	Slovenia	1.52	2.21
226	Liechtenstein	1.50	1.67
227	Greece	1.49	2.36
228	Austria	1.46	1.60
229	Jersey	1.45	1.40
230	Saint Barthélemy	1.44	1.37
231	Germany	1.43	1.49
232	Spain	1.40	2.37
233	Andorra	1.39	1.80
234	Italy	1.33	1.73
235	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.32	2.12
236	San Marino	1.15	1.63
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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