Total fertility rate by country, 1993
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 | 1983 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yemen | 8.05 | 8.83 |
| 2 | Niger | 7.79 | 7.90 |
| 3 | Afghanistan | 7.76 | 7.57 |
| 4 | Somalia | 7.53 | 7.28 |
| 5 | South Sudan | 7.36 | 7.34 |
| 6 | Chad | 7.34 | 6.98 |
| 7 | Burundi | 7.27 | 7.30 |
| 8 | Mali | 7.18 | 7.28 |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 7.09 | 7.35 |
| 10 | Angola | 7.06 | 7.46 |
| 11 | Uganda | 6.89 | 7.07 |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 6.89 | 7.25 |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.64 | 6.56 |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 6.57 | 6.57 |
| 15 | Malawi | 6.57 | 7.36 |
| 16 | Benin | 6.51 | 7.05 |
| 17 | State of Palestine | 6.50 | 7.04 |
| 18 | Rwanda | 6.48 | 8.00 |
| 19 | Guinea | 6.41 | 6.49 |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.37 | 6.69 |
| 21 | Nigeria | 6.35 | 6.77 |
| 22 | Zambia | 6.30 | 7.01 |
| 23 | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.27 | 7.42 |
| 24 | Liberia | 6.25 | 6.76 |
| 25 | Cameroon | 6.15 | 6.58 |
| 26 | Mozambique | 6.15 | 6.43 |
| 27 | Pakistan | 6.11 | 6.64 |
| 28 | Mauritania | 6.09 | 6.54 |
| 29 | Eritrea | 6.07 | 6.65 |
| 30 | Madagascar | 6.06 | 6.63 |
| 31 | Senegal | 6.05 | 7.19 |
| 32 | Gambia | 6.03 | 6.39 |
| 33 | Comoros | 6.02 | 7.11 |
| 34 | United Republic of Tanzania | 6.00 | 6.81 |
| 35 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.98 | 5.90 |
| 36 | Sudan | 5.97 | 6.41 |
| 37 | Central African Republic | 5.93 | 6.15 |
| 38 | Timor-Leste | 5.88 | 5.59 |
| 39 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5.80 | 6.38 |
| 40 | Togo | 5.78 | 6.63 |
| 41 | Mayotte | 5.76 | 6.97 |
| 42 | Oman | 5.64 | 7.75 |
| 43 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.64 | 6.22 |
| 44 | Djibouti | 5.64 | 6.30 |
| 45 | Iraq | 5.61 | 6.39 |
| 46 | Kenya | 5.57 | 7.22 |
| 47 | Solomon Islands | 5.45 | 6.57 |
| 48 | Cambodia | 5.43 | 6.30 |
| 49 | Ghana | 5.41 | 6.23 |
| 50 | Marshall Islands | 5.38 | 7.08 |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 5.33 | 6.88 |
| 52 | Guatemala | 5.25 | 5.98 |
| 53 | Gabon | 5.19 | 5.76 |
| 54 | Congo | 5.13 | 5.76 |
| 55 | Haiti | 5.10 | 5.51 |
| 56 | Bhutan | 5.07 | 6.34 |
| 57 | Maldives | 5.06 | 7.09 |
| 58 | Nepal | 5.04 | 5.54 |
| 59 | Honduras | 5.03 | 6.06 |
| 60 | Vanuatu | 5.02 | 5.55 |
| 61 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.99 | 6.69 |
| 62 | Jordan | 4.97 | 6.81 |
| 63 | Papua New Guinea | 4.96 | 5.56 |
| 64 | Cabo Verde | 4.95 | 6.07 |
| 65 | Tajikistan | 4.92 | 5.98 |
| 66 | Namibia | 4.91 | 6.00 |
| 67 | Samoa | 4.83 | 5.62 |
| 68 | Eswatini | 4.81 | 6.43 |
| 69 | Tonga | 4.73 | 5.45 |
| 70 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 4.68 | 6.03 |
| 71 | American Samoa | 4.61 | 4.27 |
| 72 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4.59 | 5.29 |
| 73 | Tokelau | 4.58 | 4.09 |
| 74 | Kiribati | 4.49 | 4.91 |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 4.39 | 6.20 |
| 76 | Lesotho | 4.36 | 5.56 |
| 77 | Paraguay | 4.28 | 5.09 |
| 78 | Western Sahara | 4.27 | 5.52 |
| 79 | Belize | 4.21 | 5.31 |
| 80 | Botswana | 4.15 | 5.78 |
| 81 | Nicaragua | 4.10 | 5.61 |
| 82 | Philippines | 4.10 | 4.87 |
| 83 | Algeria | 4.08 | 6.50 |
| 84 | Egypt | 3.99 | 5.31 |
| 85 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 3.92 | 5.51 |
| 86 | Tuvalu | 3.92 | 3.91 |
| 87 | Nauru | 3.89 | 4.06 |
| 88 | Libya | 3.88 | 6.91 |
| 89 | Uzbekistan | 3.86 | 4.71 |
| 90 | Cook Islands | 3.86 | 3.95 |
| 91 | French Guiana | 3.86 | 3.46 |
| 92 | Bangladesh | 3.83 | 5.91 |
| 93 | United Arab Emirates | 3.82 | 5.48 |
| 94 | India | 3.80 | 4.57 |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 3.78 | 4.97 |
| 96 | Qatar | 3.77 | 4.90 |
| 97 | El Salvador | 3.69 | 4.65 |
| 98 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3.67 | 6.53 |
| 99 | United States Virgin Islands | 3.64 | 3.10 |
| 100 | Niue | 3.60 | 4.65 |
| 101 | Peru | 3.55 | 4.68 |
| 102 | Morocco | 3.55 | 5.41 |
| 103 | Ecuador | 3.49 | 4.39 |
| 104 | Bahrain | 3.46 | 4.41 |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.41 | 4.16 |
| 106 | South Africa | 3.37 | 4.63 |
| 107 | Malaysia | 3.36 | 3.93 |
| 108 | Kuwait | 3.31 | 4.66 |
| 109 | Fiji | 3.29 | 3.88 |
| 110 | Myanmar | 3.28 | 4.63 |
| 111 | Dominican Republic | 3.23 | 3.95 |
| 112 | Northern Mariana Islands | 3.23 | 2.58 |
| 113 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3.22 | 3.93 |
| 114 | Mexico | 3.21 | 4.30 |
| 115 | Guyana | 3.20 | 3.64 |
| 116 | Dominica | 3.20 | 3.18 |
| 117 | Viet Nam | 3.17 | 4.52 |
| 118 | French Polynesia | 3.08 | 3.74 |
| 119 | Tunisia | 3.06 | 4.77 |
| 120 | Guam | 3.05 | 3.03 |
| 121 | Mongolia | 3.02 | 5.63 |
| 122 | Brunei Darussalam | 3.01 | 3.75 |
| 123 | Saint Lucia | 3.00 | 4.08 |
| 124 | Jamaica | 2.99 | 3.41 |
| 125 | Colombia | 2.98 | 3.50 |
| 126 | Argentina | 2.97 | 3.15 |
| 127 | Suriname | 2.94 | 3.87 |
| 128 | Lebanon | 2.94 | 3.73 |
| 129 | Costa Rica | 2.93 | 3.52 |
| 130 | Türkiye | 2.92 | 4.06 |
| 131 | Panama | 2.91 | 3.60 |
| 132 | Indonesia | 2.90 | 4.11 |
| 133 | Israel | 2.87 | 3.14 |
| 134 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.84 | 4.09 |
| 135 | New Caledonia | 2.82 | 3.35 |
| 136 | Albania | 2.81 | 3.32 |
| 137 | Grenada | 2.81 | 3.31 |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 2.75 | 3.32 |
| 139 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.74 | 3.56 |
| 140 | Palau | 2.73 | 3.14 |
| 141 | Saint Martin (French part) | 2.66 | 3.15 |
| 142 | Brazil | 2.66 | 3.72 |
| 143 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 2.65 | 4.46 |
| 144 | Bahamas | 2.61 | 2.65 |
| 145 | Seychelles | 2.58 | 3.22 |
| 146 | Greenland | 2.57 | 2.09 |
| 147 | Faroe Islands | 2.50 | 2.17 |
| 148 | Kazakhstan | 2.48 | 3.07 |
| 149 | Curaçao | 2.44 | 2.24 |
| 150 | Sri Lanka | 2.44 | 3.11 |
| 151 | Chile | 2.43 | 2.62 |
| 152 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 2.42 | 2.71 |
| 153 | Gibraltar | 2.42 | 2.44 |
| 154 | Uruguay | 2.41 | 2.49 |
| 155 | Réunion | 2.39 | 2.56 |
| 156 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.37 | 3.10 |
| 157 | Aruba | 2.33 | 2.15 |
| 158 | Mauritius | 2.31 | 2.40 |
| 159 | Armenia | 2.29 | 2.56 |
| 160 | North Macedonia | 2.26 | 2.25 |
| 161 | Cyprus | 2.25 | 2.49 |
| 162 | Iceland | 2.22 | 2.25 |
| 163 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 2.22 | 2.78 |
| 164 | Puerto Rico | 2.21 | 2.33 |
| 165 | Guadeloupe | 2.16 | 2.46 |
| 166 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2.15 | 2.37 |
| 167 | Montserrat | 2.14 | 2.49 |
| 168 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.13 | 3.07 |
| 169 | Republic of Moldova | 2.11 | 2.58 |
| 170 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.04 | 2.12 |
| 171 | New Zealand | 2.04 | 1.92 |
| 172 | United States of America | 2.01 | 1.83 |
| 173 | Anguilla | 2.00 | 3.02 |
| 174 | Sweden | 1.99 | 1.61 |
| 175 | Thailand | 1.97 | 2.75 |
| 176 | Martinique | 1.97 | 2.14 |
| 177 | Malta | 1.96 | 2.00 |
| 178 | Montenegro | 1.96 | 2.17 |
| 179 | Saint Helena | 1.95 | 2.67 |
| 180 | Isle of Man | 1.95 | 1.89 |
| 181 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.94 | 2.40 |
| 182 | Georgia | 1.91 | 2.34 |
| 183 | Ireland | 1.90 | 2.75 |
| 184 | Norway | 1.87 | 1.66 |
| 185 | Poland | 1.87 | 2.42 |
| 186 | Australia | 1.86 | 1.93 |
| 187 | Slovakia | 1.86 | 2.28 |
| 188 | Finland | 1.81 | 1.73 |
| 189 | British Virgin Islands | 1.81 | 2.12 |
| 190 | Barbados | 1.77 | 1.86 |
| 191 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 1.77 | 2.18 |
| 192 | United Kingdom | 1.76 | 1.77 |
| 193 | Denmark | 1.75 | 1.38 |
| 194 | Monaco | 1.75 | 2.18 |
| 195 | Lithuania | 1.74 | 2.12 |
| 196 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.73 | 2.05 |
| 197 | Luxembourg | 1.71 | 1.44 |
| 198 | Bermuda | 1.70 | 1.81 |
| 199 | Canada | 1.69 | 1.61 |
| 200 | Hungary | 1.69 | 1.75 |
| 201 | China | 1.69 | 2.56 |
| 202 | Republic of Korea | 1.68 | 2.10 |
| 203 | Cayman Islands | 1.67 | 1.83 |
| 204 | France | 1.66 | 1.79 |
| 205 | Czechia | 1.65 | 1.97 |
| 206 | Belgium | 1.61 | 1.56 |
| 207 | Belarus | 1.58 | 2.13 |
| 208 | Netherlands | 1.57 | 1.47 |
| 209 | Ukraine | 1.56 | 2.10 |
| 210 | Serbia | 1.54 | 1.83 |
| 211 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 1.52 | 1.96 |
| 212 | Austria | 1.51 | 1.56 |
| 213 | Croatia | 1.51 | 1.89 |
| 214 | Switzerland | 1.51 | 1.52 |
| 215 | Portugal | 1.51 | 1.96 |
| 216 | Singapore | 1.50 | 1.54 |
| 217 | Latvia | 1.50 | 2.10 |
| 218 | Estonia | 1.49 | 2.17 |
| 219 | Cuba | 1.49 | 1.80 |
| 220 | China, Macao SAR | 1.47 | 2.10 |
| 221 | Bulgaria | 1.46 | 2.01 |
| 222 | Liechtenstein | 1.45 | 1.53 |
| 223 | Guernsey | 1.44 | 1.62 |
| 224 | Romania | 1.44 | 2.08 |
| 225 | Japan | 1.44 | 1.77 |
| 226 | Greece | 1.43 | 1.99 |
| 227 | Jersey | 1.41 | 1.33 |
| 228 | Russian Federation | 1.39 | 2.13 |
| 229 | Saint Barthélemy | 1.37 | 1.61 |
| 230 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1.36 | 1.74 |
| 231 | Andorra | 1.33 | 1.57 |
| 232 | Slovenia | 1.33 | 1.81 |
| 233 | Germany | 1.29 | 1.43 |
| 234 | Italy | 1.25 | 1.51 |
| 235 | Spain | 1.25 | 1.80 |
| 236 | San Marino | 1.12 | 1.25 |
| 237 | Holy See | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.