Total fertility rate by country, 1990

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

◀▶1990

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1980
1	Yemen	8.61	8.71
2	Niger	7.81	7.78
3	Afghanistan	7.58	7.64
4	Somalia	7.44	7.18
5	South Sudan	7.38	7.33
6	Burundi	7.37	7.35
7	Mali	7.31	7.37
8	Angola	7.27	7.46
9	Chad	7.22	6.91
10	Ethiopia	7.20	7.29
11	Uganda	7.01	7.11
12	Burkina Faso	7.01	7.22
13	State of Palestine	6.81	7.18
14	Rwanda	6.80	8.12
15	Benin	6.74	6.99
16	Malawi	6.74	7.52
17	Côte d'Ivoire	6.72	7.59
18	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.65	6.49
19	Zambia	6.57	7.14
20	Sierra Leone	6.57	6.56
21	Guinea	6.51	6.46
22	Guinea-Bissau	6.50	6.49
23	Comoros	6.50	7.15
24	Oman	6.46	7.89
25	Nigeria	6.46	6.85
26	Senegal	6.40	7.29
27	Liberia	6.37	6.87
28	Cameroon	6.36	6.61
29	Pakistan	6.36	6.73
30	Eritrea	6.34	6.61
31	Mozambique	6.32	6.53
32	Gambia	6.25	6.41
33	United Republic of Tanzania	6.20	6.99
34	Mauritania	6.17	6.67
35	Kenya	6.14	7.53
36	Madagascar	6.14	6.84
37	Maldives	6.13	7.23
38	Sudan	6.07	6.59
39	Togo	6.07	6.88
40	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.06	6.33
41	Mayotte	6.05	7.32
42	Central African Republic	6.05	6.13
43	Equatorial Guinea	5.99	5.83
44	Marshall Islands	5.97	7.37
45	Iraq	5.93	6.59
46	Djibouti	5.93	6.46
47	Sao Tome and Principe	5.83	6.39
48	Timor-Leste	5.81	5.22
49	Saudi Arabia	5.80	7.15
50	Ghana	5.74	6.47
51	Solomon Islands	5.74	6.77
52	Cambodia	5.64	5.77
53	Bhutan	5.60	6.51
54	Syrian Arab Republic	5.56	7.12
55	Jordan	5.54	7.29
56	Guatemala	5.48	6.17
57	Gabon	5.46	5.66
58	Tajikistan	5.46	6.21
59	Haiti	5.41	5.56
60	Namibia	5.40	6.24
61	Cabo Verde	5.36	6.38
62	Eswatini	5.29	6.57
63	Congo	5.27	6.06
64	Honduras	5.27	6.42
65	Nepal	5.21	5.60
66	Papua New Guinea	5.18	5.70
67	Vanuatu	5.17	5.69
68	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	5.05	6.42
69	Samoa	5.01	5.86
70	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	4.93	6.63
71	Tonga	4.93	5.60
72	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.90	5.47
73	Zimbabwe	4.88	6.52
74	Lesotho	4.81	5.75
75	Belize	4.80	5.85
76	Libya	4.78	7.54
77	Western Sahara	4.69	5.86
78	Kiribati	4.67	4.96
79	Nicaragua	4.60	5.96
80	Wallis and Futuna Islands	4.58	5.97
81	Paraguay	4.57	5.10
82	Tokelau	4.56	4.08
83	United Arab Emirates	4.51	5.95
84	Algeria	4.51	6.99
85	Egypt	4.51	5.49
86	Bangladesh	4.51	6.33
87	Botswana	4.51	6.29
88	American Samoa	4.47	4.63
89	Philippines	4.32	5.11
90	Turkmenistan	4.29	5.30
91	Qatar	4.23	5.33
92	Mongolia	4.21	6.21
93	Uzbekistan	4.12	5.04
94	Morocco	4.06	5.78
95	India	4.04	4.78
96	Nauru	4.02	3.88
97	Niue	4.02	4.70
98	Cook Islands	3.97	4.35
99	El Salvador	3.96	5.11
100	Peru	3.91	5.04
101	Bahrain	3.82	4.76
102	Kyrgyzstan	3.80	4.23
103	Tuvalu	3.75	3.73
104	French Guiana	3.74	3.35
105	South Africa	3.72	4.78
106	Ecuador	3.68	4.73
107	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	3.67	4.66
108	Viet Nam	3.60	4.79
109	Myanmar	3.50	4.79
110	Kuwait	3.49	5.18
111	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.45	4.20
112	Tunisia	3.44	5.03
113	Mexico	3.44	4.74
114	French Polynesia	3.43	3.93
115	Dominican Republic	3.41	4.30
116	Fiji	3.39	4.04
117	Malaysia	3.30	4.03
118	Brunei Darussalam	3.29	4.07
119	Lebanon	3.27	4.01
120	Saint Lucia	3.24	4.41
121	Suriname	3.22	3.79
122	Turks and Caicos Islands	3.19	4.37
123	Guyana	3.18	3.77
124	Costa Rica	3.17	3.58
125	Indonesia	3.11	4.49
126	Türkiye	3.11	4.45
127	United States Virgin Islands	3.11	3.11
128	New Caledonia	3.10	3.66
129	Dominica	3.09	3.03
130	Panama	3.07	3.80
131	Grenada	3.06	3.30
132	Argentina	3.03	3.30
133	Guam	3.02	3.04
134	Albania	3.01	3.59
135	Colombia	3.00	3.80
136	Azerbaijan	2.98	3.59
137	Jamaica	2.95	3.59
138	Brazil	2.90	4.04
139	Palau	2.88	3.35
140	Israel	2.84	3.15
141	Faroe Islands	2.78	2.47
142	Saint Martin (French part)	2.75	3.88
143	Kazakhstan	2.74	3.09
144	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.73	3.26
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.73	3.92
146	Armenia	2.71	2.48
147	Seychelles	2.61	3.79
148	Chile	2.58	2.74
149	Réunion	2.57	2.87
150	Sri Lanka	2.54	3.72
151	Bahamas	2.52	2.84
152	China	2.51	2.74
153	Uruguay	2.48	2.59
154	Greenland	2.42	2.35
155	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.40	2.71
156	Cyprus	2.40	2.30
157	Gibraltar	2.39	2.57
158	Trinidad and Tobago	2.39	3.15
159	Republic of Moldova	2.39	2.38
160	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.39	2.84
161	Aruba	2.34	2.20
162	Northern Mariana Islands	2.34	3.65
163	Georgia	2.31	2.35
164	Iceland	2.30	2.48
165	Curaçao	2.30	2.27
166	Mauritius	2.30	2.80
167	Puerto Rico	2.29	2.70
168	North Macedonia	2.27	2.36
169	Antigua and Barbuda	2.25	2.31
170	Guadeloupe	2.24	2.47
171	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.23	2.24
172	Anguilla	2.19	3.24
173	New Zealand	2.17	2.03
174	Montserrat	2.16	2.24
175	Saint Helena	2.14	2.79
176	Sweden	2.12	1.67
177	Ireland	2.11	3.21
178	Slovakia	2.08	2.32
179	United States of America	2.07	1.86
180	Thailand	2.07	3.29
181	Poland	2.06	2.28
182	Estonia	2.04	2.02
183	Malta	2.04	1.99
184	Lithuania	2.03	2.00
185	Martinique	2.02	2.19
186	Latvia	1.99	1.88
187	Isle of Man	1.96	1.95
188	Montenegro	1.94	2.22
189	Norway	1.93	1.72
190	Australia	1.91	1.90
191	Russian Federation	1.91	1.92
192	Czechia	1.88	2.08
193	Hungary	1.86	1.92
194	Belarus	1.86	1.98
195	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.85	2.59
196	Monaco	1.85	2.24
197	Ukraine	1.84	1.95
198	Barbados	1.84	1.78
199	Romania	1.84	2.43
200	United Kingdom	1.83	1.89
201	Cuba	1.81	1.64
202	Bulgaria	1.79	2.06
203	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.79	1.98
204	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.79	2.53
205	Cayman Islands	1.78	2.41
206	Finland	1.78	1.63
207	France	1.78	1.95
208	British Virgin Islands	1.78	2.92
209	China, Macao SAR	1.71	1.73
210	Canada	1.70	1.66
211	Bermuda	1.70	1.66
212	Denmark	1.66	1.54
213	Serbia	1.65	1.86
214	Croatia	1.63	1.93
215	Belgium	1.63	1.69
216	Netherlands	1.61	1.60
217	Guernsey	1.61	1.59
218	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.60	2.24
219	Luxembourg	1.60	1.50
220	Republic of Korea	1.60	2.73
221	Singapore	1.58	1.74
222	Switzerland	1.58	1.55
223	Portugal	1.56	2.25
224	Japan	1.51	1.74
225	Liechtenstein	1.50	1.70
226	Austria	1.47	1.65
227	Greece	1.47	2.30
228	Slovenia	1.46	2.10
229	Germany	1.46	1.56
230	Jersey	1.45	1.35
231	Saint Barthélemy	1.41	1.44
232	Andorra	1.40	1.83
233	Spain	1.36	2.21
234	Italy	1.33	1.65
235	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.28	2.06
236	San Marino	1.16	1.52
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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