Total fertility rate by country, 1991

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

◀▶1991

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1981
1	Yemen	8.46	8.75
2	Niger	7.80	7.82
3	Afghanistan	7.63	7.62
4	Somalia	7.47	7.23
5	South Sudan	7.38	7.33
6	Burundi	7.34	7.33
7	Mali	7.28	7.36
8	Chad	7.26	6.94
9	Angola	7.21	7.46
10	Ethiopia	7.16	7.31
11	Burkina Faso	6.97	7.26
12	Uganda	6.94	7.12
13	State of Palestine	6.75	7.13
14	Malawi	6.68	7.49
15	Benin	6.67	7.06
16	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.64	6.52
17	Rwanda	6.62	8.10
18	Côte d'Ivoire	6.58	7.54
19	Sierra Leone	6.55	6.55
20	Guinea	6.48	6.46
21	Guinea-Bissau	6.47	6.57
22	Zambia	6.46	7.07
23	Nigeria	6.43	6.82
24	Comoros	6.35	7.14
25	Cameroon	6.32	6.61
26	Liberia	6.32	6.83
27	Pakistan	6.29	6.70
28	Mozambique	6.28	6.48
29	Senegal	6.27	7.28
30	Eritrea	6.24	6.62
31	Oman	6.20	7.90
32	Gambia	6.19	6.40
33	Mauritania	6.16	6.64
34	United Republic of Tanzania	6.14	6.93
35	Madagascar	6.12	6.77
36	Sudan	6.05	6.53
37	Central African Republic	6.03	6.17
38	Togo	5.99	6.81
39	Lao People's Democratic Republic	5.99	6.35
40	Equatorial Guinea	5.99	5.86
41	Mayotte	5.95	7.22
42	Kenya	5.94	7.45
43	Djibouti	5.86	6.40
44	Iraq	5.83	6.53
45	Timor-Leste	5.83	5.53
46	Maldives	5.80	7.19
47	Sao Tome and Principe	5.77	6.33
48	Marshall Islands	5.76	7.27
49	Saudi Arabia	5.64	7.07
50	Ghana	5.63	6.41
51	Solomon Islands	5.62	6.71
52	Cambodia	5.59	6.04
53	Bhutan	5.45	6.46
54	Guatemala	5.38	6.12
55	Gabon	5.37	5.73
56	Syrian Arab Republic	5.34	6.97
57	Jordan	5.33	7.12
58	Haiti	5.32	5.53
59	Namibia	5.29	6.16
60	Tajikistan	5.28	6.12
61	Cabo Verde	5.26	6.27
62	Congo	5.22	5.98
63	Honduras	5.19	6.30
64	Nepal	5.15	5.58
65	Eswatini	5.13	6.54
66	Vanuatu	5.13	5.65
67	Papua New Guinea	5.11	5.64
68	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	4.92	6.29
69	Samoa	4.91	5.75
70	Tonga	4.85	5.55
71	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.85	5.41
72	Zimbabwe	4.72	6.45
73	Lesotho	4.68	5.69
74	Kiribati	4.64	4.96
75	Tokelau	4.60	4.06
76	Belize	4.60	5.68
77	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	4.57	6.62
78	Western Sahara	4.54	5.71
79	American Samoa	4.53	4.50
80	Paraguay	4.48	5.15
81	Libya	4.46	7.37
82	Nicaragua	4.43	5.84
83	Wallis and Futuna Islands	4.42	6.40
84	Algeria	4.37	6.85
85	Botswana	4.37	6.16
86	Egypt	4.31	5.37
87	Philippines	4.27	4.97
88	Bangladesh	4.26	6.24
89	United Arab Emirates	4.25	5.81
90	Uzbekistan	4.19	4.91
91	Turkmenistan	4.15	5.16
92	Qatar	3.99	5.20
93	Cook Islands	3.99	4.18
94	Nauru	3.99	3.93
95	India	3.96	4.70
96	Morocco	3.95	5.71
97	El Salvador	3.89	4.99
98	Niue	3.87	4.71
99	French Guiana	3.87	3.39
100	Mongolia	3.86	5.98
101	Tuvalu	3.79	3.80
102	Peru	3.79	4.92
103	Kyrgyzstan	3.74	4.19
104	Ecuador	3.63	4.61
105	Bahrain	3.63	4.60
106	South Africa	3.62	4.71
107	Viet Nam	3.52	4.67
108	Myanmar	3.43	4.69
109	Kuwait	3.40	5.02
110	United States Virgin Islands	3.38	3.00
111	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	3.37	4.50
112	Fiji	3.37	3.99
113	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.37	4.10
114	Mexico	3.36	4.57
115	Dominican Republic	3.35	4.15
116	Malaysia	3.34	4.00
117	Tunisia	3.31	5.02
118	French Polynesia	3.26	3.93
119	Brunei Darussalam	3.21	3.94
120	Saint Lucia	3.19	4.28
121	Guyana	3.18	3.72
122	Lebanon	3.16	3.95
123	Dominica	3.14	3.11
124	Grenada	3.11	2.99
125	Suriname	3.09	3.75
126	Costa Rica	3.07	3.56
127	New Caledonia	3.07	3.59
128	Indonesia	3.06	4.36
129	Turks and Caicos Islands	3.05	4.29
130	Guam	3.03	2.97
131	Argentina	3.01	3.25
132	Jamaica	3.00	3.51
133	Türkiye	3.00	4.35
134	Panama	3.00	3.72
135	Colombia	2.98	3.71
136	Albania	2.96	3.47
137	Azerbaijan	2.95	3.48
138	Israel	2.83	3.07
139	Northern Mariana Islands	2.82	3.26
140	Brazil	2.80	3.94
141	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.75	3.84
142	Palau	2.74	3.28
143	Saint Martin (French part)	2.71	3.64
144	Seychelles	2.69	3.67
145	Kazakhstan	2.68	3.05
146	Armenia	2.64	2.48
147	Faroe Islands	2.63	2.46
148	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.60	3.30
149	Réunion	2.57	2.91
150	Chile	2.56	2.69
151	Sri Lanka	2.51	3.65
152	Bahamas	2.51	2.77
153	Uruguay	2.45	2.53
154	Greenland	2.44	2.32
155	Gibraltar	2.43	2.53
156	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.41	2.71
157	Curaçao	2.37	2.25
158	Aruba	2.36	2.16
159	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.35	2.92
160	Cyprus	2.34	2.15
161	North Macedonia	2.31	2.29
162	Trinidad and Tobago	2.29	3.13
163	Mauritius	2.29	2.67
164	Republic of Moldova	2.28	2.40
165	Guadeloupe	2.23	2.46
166	Georgia	2.21	2.33
167	Puerto Rico	2.21	2.59
168	Iceland	2.20	2.34
169	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.20	2.29
170	Montserrat	2.17	2.25
171	Anguilla	2.14	3.15
172	Sweden	2.11	1.63
173	New Zealand	2.09	2.01
174	Ireland	2.08	3.06
175	Saint Helena	2.08	2.81
176	Poland	2.07	2.25
177	United States of America	2.06	1.85
178	Antigua and Barbuda	2.04	2.17
179	Thailand	2.04	3.13
180	Slovakia	2.03	2.28
181	Montenegro	2.01	2.19
182	Lithuania	2.01	1.99
183	Malta	2.00	1.90
184	Martinique	2.00	2.18
185	Isle of Man	1.98	1.94
186	China	1.93	2.79
187	Norway	1.92	1.70
188	Australia	1.86	1.94
189	Hungary	1.86	1.88
190	Cayman Islands	1.85	2.38
191	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.85	2.55
192	Czechia	1.84	1.99
193	Barbados	1.84	1.85
194	Latvia	1.84	1.87
195	British Virgin Islands	1.84	2.33
196	United Kingdom	1.82	1.82
197	Estonia	1.80	2.08
198	Finland	1.79	1.65
199	Monaco	1.79	2.22
200	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.78	2.02
201	Ukraine	1.77	1.91
202	France	1.77	1.95
203	Belarus	1.75	1.99
204	Russian Federation	1.75	1.94
205	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.75	2.45
206	Bermuda	1.74	1.60
207	Canada	1.72	1.63
208	Republic of Korea	1.70	2.67
209	Denmark	1.68	1.44
210	Cuba	1.66	1.59
211	Belgium	1.66	1.67
212	Bulgaria	1.65	2.01
213	China, Macao SAR	1.62	1.85
214	Netherlands	1.61	1.56
215	Serbia	1.61	1.85
216	Luxembourg	1.61	1.55
217	Romania	1.60	2.35
218	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.59	2.15
219	Switzerland	1.58	1.54
220	Guernsey	1.56	1.57
221	Portugal	1.56	2.13
222	Croatia	1.54	1.93
223	Austria	1.52	1.67
224	Liechtenstein	1.50	1.69
225	Japan	1.50	1.72
226	Singapore	1.49	1.71
227	Greece	1.46	2.17
228	Slovenia	1.42	1.96
229	Andorra	1.40	1.80
230	Saint Barthélemy	1.40	1.54
231	Jersey	1.40	1.32
232	Germany	1.34	1.53
233	Spain	1.33	2.04
234	Italy	1.30	1.58
235	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.30	1.95
236	San Marino	1.17	1.41
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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