Total fertility rate by country, 1992
Children per woman. Below about 2.1, a population shrinks in the long run without immigration. Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Total fertility rate | 1982 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yemen | 8.27 | 8.79 |
| 2 | Niger | 7.79 | 7.86 |
| 3 | Afghanistan | 7.70 | 7.60 |
| 4 | Somalia | 7.50 | 7.25 |
| 5 | South Sudan | 7.37 | 7.34 |
| 6 | Chad | 7.30 | 6.96 |
| 7 | Burundi | 7.30 | 7.31 |
| 8 | Mali | 7.24 | 7.32 |
| 9 | Angola | 7.14 | 7.46 |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 7.12 | 7.34 |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 6.94 | 7.25 |
| 12 | Uganda | 6.91 | 7.11 |
| 13 | State of Palestine | 6.65 | 7.09 |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.64 | 6.54 |
| 15 | Malawi | 6.63 | 7.45 |
| 16 | Benin | 6.59 | 7.06 |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 6.56 | 6.56 |
| 18 | Rwanda | 6.54 | 8.06 |
| 19 | Guinea | 6.45 | 6.49 |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.43 | 6.64 |
| 21 | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.43 | 7.49 |
| 22 | Nigeria | 6.39 | 6.80 |
| 23 | Zambia | 6.35 | 7.04 |
| 24 | Liberia | 6.28 | 6.79 |
| 25 | Cameroon | 6.26 | 6.59 |
| 26 | Mozambique | 6.22 | 6.43 |
| 27 | Pakistan | 6.21 | 6.67 |
| 28 | Comoros | 6.19 | 7.13 |
| 29 | Eritrea | 6.16 | 6.63 |
| 30 | Senegal | 6.15 | 7.25 |
| 31 | Mauritania | 6.13 | 6.59 |
| 32 | Gambia | 6.11 | 6.40 |
| 33 | United Republic of Tanzania | 6.08 | 6.87 |
| 34 | Madagascar | 6.08 | 6.70 |
| 35 | Sudan | 6.02 | 6.47 |
| 36 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.98 | 5.88 |
| 37 | Central African Republic | 5.96 | 6.16 |
| 38 | Oman | 5.92 | 7.84 |
| 39 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5.90 | 6.37 |
| 40 | Togo | 5.89 | 6.72 |
| 41 | Timor-Leste | 5.87 | 5.55 |
| 42 | Mayotte | 5.85 | 7.10 |
| 43 | Djibouti | 5.75 | 6.34 |
| 44 | Kenya | 5.74 | 7.34 |
| 45 | Iraq | 5.72 | 6.46 |
| 46 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.70 | 6.28 |
| 47 | Marshall Islands | 5.55 | 7.18 |
| 48 | Ghana | 5.52 | 6.31 |
| 49 | Solomon Islands | 5.51 | 6.64 |
| 50 | Cambodia | 5.49 | 6.19 |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 5.49 | 6.98 |
| 52 | Maldives | 5.43 | 7.15 |
| 53 | Guatemala | 5.31 | 6.06 |
| 54 | Gabon | 5.29 | 5.74 |
| 55 | Bhutan | 5.27 | 6.40 |
| 56 | Haiti | 5.21 | 5.53 |
| 57 | Congo | 5.18 | 5.85 |
| 58 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.14 | 6.81 |
| 59 | Jordan | 5.14 | 6.96 |
| 60 | Cabo Verde | 5.12 | 6.17 |
| 61 | Namibia | 5.11 | 6.08 |
| 62 | Honduras | 5.11 | 6.18 |
| 63 | Vanuatu | 5.09 | 5.60 |
| 64 | Nepal | 5.07 | 5.55 |
| 65 | Tajikistan | 5.06 | 6.03 |
| 66 | Papua New Guinea | 5.03 | 5.59 |
| 67 | Eswatini | 4.98 | 6.49 |
| 68 | Samoa | 4.86 | 5.68 |
| 69 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 4.80 | 6.16 |
| 70 | Tonga | 4.79 | 5.50 |
| 71 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4.71 | 5.35 |
| 72 | Tokelau | 4.61 | 4.05 |
| 73 | Kiribati | 4.57 | 4.95 |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 4.57 | 6.33 |
| 75 | American Samoa | 4.56 | 4.37 |
| 76 | Lesotho | 4.54 | 5.63 |
| 77 | Belize | 4.43 | 5.50 |
| 78 | Paraguay | 4.40 | 5.13 |
| 79 | Western Sahara | 4.40 | 5.60 |
| 80 | Algeria | 4.27 | 6.67 |
| 81 | Nicaragua | 4.27 | 5.74 |
| 82 | Botswana | 4.25 | 5.97 |
| 83 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 4.18 | 5.88 |
| 84 | Philippines | 4.16 | 4.92 |
| 85 | Libya | 4.16 | 7.16 |
| 86 | Egypt | 4.15 | 5.33 |
| 87 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 4.10 | 6.59 |
| 88 | United Arab Emirates | 4.09 | 5.66 |
| 89 | Uzbekistan | 4.06 | 4.82 |
| 90 | Bangladesh | 4.03 | 6.12 |
| 91 | Turkmenistan | 3.96 | 5.04 |
| 92 | Cook Islands | 3.95 | 4.05 |
| 93 | Nauru | 3.95 | 3.99 |
| 94 | French Guiana | 3.89 | 3.43 |
| 95 | India | 3.88 | 4.62 |
| 96 | Tuvalu | 3.86 | 3.88 |
| 97 | Qatar | 3.85 | 5.04 |
| 98 | El Salvador | 3.80 | 4.83 |
| 99 | Morocco | 3.76 | 5.60 |
| 100 | Niue | 3.73 | 4.70 |
| 101 | Peru | 3.67 | 4.80 |
| 102 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.64 | 4.20 |
| 103 | United States Virgin Islands | 3.63 | 3.08 |
| 104 | Ecuador | 3.57 | 4.50 |
| 105 | Bahrain | 3.55 | 4.51 |
| 106 | South Africa | 3.48 | 4.70 |
| 107 | Mongolia | 3.43 | 5.80 |
| 108 | Malaysia | 3.37 | 3.97 |
| 109 | Kuwait | 3.35 | 4.85 |
| 110 | Viet Nam | 3.35 | 4.59 |
| 111 | Myanmar | 3.35 | 4.66 |
| 112 | Fiji | 3.33 | 3.94 |
| 113 | Dominican Republic | 3.29 | 4.01 |
| 114 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3.29 | 4.01 |
| 115 | Mexico | 3.29 | 4.42 |
| 116 | Guyana | 3.19 | 3.68 |
| 117 | Tunisia | 3.19 | 4.89 |
| 118 | Dominica | 3.18 | 3.17 |
| 119 | French Polynesia | 3.15 | 3.80 |
| 120 | Saint Lucia | 3.11 | 4.17 |
| 121 | Brunei Darussalam | 3.11 | 3.84 |
| 122 | Northern Mariana Islands | 3.07 | 2.90 |
| 123 | Lebanon | 3.05 | 3.85 |
| 124 | Guam | 3.04 | 2.91 |
| 125 | Jamaica | 3.03 | 3.46 |
| 126 | Suriname | 3.01 | 3.82 |
| 127 | Costa Rica | 3.00 | 3.54 |
| 128 | Argentina | 2.99 | 3.20 |
| 129 | Colombia | 2.98 | 3.62 |
| 130 | Grenada | 2.97 | 3.15 |
| 131 | Indonesia | 2.95 | 4.25 |
| 132 | New Caledonia | 2.95 | 3.48 |
| 133 | Panama | 2.95 | 3.66 |
| 134 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.94 | 4.19 |
| 135 | Türkiye | 2.94 | 4.20 |
| 136 | Albania | 2.89 | 3.42 |
| 137 | Israel | 2.87 | 3.13 |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 2.86 | 3.39 |
| 139 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 2.77 | 4.49 |
| 140 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.76 | 3.74 |
| 141 | Bahamas | 2.71 | 2.71 |
| 142 | Palau | 2.71 | 3.22 |
| 143 | Brazil | 2.71 | 3.84 |
| 144 | Saint Martin (French part) | 2.68 | 3.36 |
| 145 | Kazakhstan | 2.58 | 3.02 |
| 146 | Greenland | 2.55 | 2.23 |
| 147 | Réunion | 2.55 | 2.60 |
| 148 | Seychelles | 2.53 | 3.13 |
| 149 | Faroe Islands | 2.53 | 2.34 |
| 150 | Armenia | 2.50 | 2.50 |
| 151 | Sri Lanka | 2.49 | 3.32 |
| 152 | Chile | 2.48 | 2.65 |
| 153 | Cyprus | 2.46 | 2.49 |
| 154 | Gibraltar | 2.44 | 2.49 |
| 155 | Uruguay | 2.43 | 2.51 |
| 156 | Curaçao | 2.43 | 2.24 |
| 157 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.43 | 3.17 |
| 158 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 2.42 | 2.72 |
| 159 | Mauritius | 2.36 | 2.53 |
| 160 | Aruba | 2.35 | 2.14 |
| 161 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 2.29 | 2.85 |
| 162 | North Macedonia | 2.28 | 2.29 |
| 163 | Republic of Moldova | 2.22 | 2.45 |
| 164 | Iceland | 2.21 | 2.27 |
| 165 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.21 | 3.11 |
| 166 | Guadeloupe | 2.20 | 2.46 |
| 167 | Puerto Rico | 2.20 | 2.48 |
| 168 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2.18 | 2.33 |
| 169 | Montserrat | 2.16 | 2.50 |
| 170 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.13 | 2.09 |
| 171 | Sweden | 2.08 | 1.62 |
| 172 | New Zealand | 2.06 | 1.95 |
| 173 | Malta | 2.06 | 2.07 |
| 174 | Georgia | 2.05 | 2.31 |
| 175 | United States of America | 2.04 | 1.86 |
| 176 | Anguilla | 2.03 | 3.08 |
| 177 | Saint Helena | 2.02 | 2.77 |
| 178 | Thailand | 2.01 | 2.94 |
| 179 | Montenegro | 2.01 | 2.19 |
| 180 | Ireland | 1.99 | 2.95 |
| 181 | Martinique | 1.99 | 2.16 |
| 182 | Isle of Man | 1.97 | 1.91 |
| 183 | Lithuania | 1.97 | 1.98 |
| 184 | Poland | 1.96 | 2.34 |
| 185 | Slovakia | 1.93 | 2.28 |
| 186 | Australia | 1.89 | 1.94 |
| 187 | Norway | 1.89 | 1.71 |
| 188 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.88 | 2.49 |
| 189 | British Virgin Islands | 1.88 | 2.27 |
| 190 | Finland | 1.84 | 1.71 |
| 191 | Barbados | 1.80 | 1.86 |
| 192 | United Kingdom | 1.79 | 1.78 |
| 193 | China | 1.78 | 2.97 |
| 194 | Hungary | 1.77 | 1.80 |
| 195 | Denmark | 1.76 | 1.42 |
| 196 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.76 | 2.05 |
| 197 | Monaco | 1.76 | 2.20 |
| 198 | France | 1.74 | 1.92 |
| 199 | Republic of Korea | 1.74 | 2.43 |
| 200 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 1.74 | 2.33 |
| 201 | Cayman Islands | 1.73 | 2.01 |
| 202 | Bermuda | 1.73 | 1.64 |
| 203 | Canada | 1.72 | 1.62 |
| 204 | Latvia | 1.72 | 1.95 |
| 205 | Czechia | 1.71 | 2.00 |
| 206 | Estonia | 1.70 | 2.09 |
| 207 | Belarus | 1.70 | 1.99 |
| 208 | Ukraine | 1.67 | 1.95 |
| 209 | Belgium | 1.65 | 1.61 |
| 210 | Luxembourg | 1.65 | 1.49 |
| 211 | Netherlands | 1.59 | 1.49 |
| 212 | Switzerland | 1.57 | 1.55 |
| 213 | Serbia | 1.57 | 1.84 |
| 214 | Russian Federation | 1.57 | 2.02 |
| 215 | Cuba | 1.56 | 1.78 |
| 216 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 1.56 | 2.05 |
| 217 | China, Macao SAR | 1.55 | 1.99 |
| 218 | Bulgaria | 1.54 | 2.01 |
| 219 | Portugal | 1.54 | 2.07 |
| 220 | Austria | 1.52 | 1.66 |
| 221 | Romania | 1.51 | 2.17 |
| 222 | Guernsey | 1.48 | 1.49 |
| 223 | Singapore | 1.48 | 1.67 |
| 224 | Liechtenstein | 1.48 | 1.61 |
| 225 | Japan | 1.48 | 1.74 |
| 226 | Jersey | 1.47 | 1.33 |
| 227 | Croatia | 1.46 | 1.91 |
| 228 | Greece | 1.45 | 2.08 |
| 229 | Saint Barthélemy | 1.38 | 1.63 |
| 230 | Andorra | 1.37 | 1.73 |
| 231 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1.36 | 1.87 |
| 232 | Slovenia | 1.33 | 1.93 |
| 233 | Spain | 1.31 | 1.94 |
| 234 | Germany | 1.31 | 1.50 |
| 235 | Italy | 1.30 | 1.56 |
| 236 | San Marino | 1.15 | 1.30 |
| 237 | Holy See | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.