Total fertility rate by country, 1994

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

◀▶1994

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1984
1	Yemen	7.80	8.85
2	Niger	7.79	7.92
3	Afghanistan	7.77	7.55
4	Somalia	7.54	7.30
5	South Sudan	7.35	7.35
6	Chad	7.31	7.02
7	Burundi	7.23	7.30
8	Mali	7.12	7.26
9	Ethiopia	7.05	7.36
10	Angola	6.99	7.46
11	Uganda	6.90	7.02
12	Burkina Faso	6.84	7.24
13	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.64	6.59
14	Sierra Leone	6.56	6.59
15	Malawi	6.49	7.27
16	Benin	6.42	7.03
17	Rwanda	6.42	7.91
18	Guinea	6.36	6.51
19	State of Palestine	6.33	7.00
20	Nigeria	6.32	6.70
21	Guinea-Bissau	6.30	6.73
22	Zambia	6.26	6.97
23	Liberia	6.21	6.73
24	Côte d'Ivoire	6.13	7.35
25	Mozambique	6.08	6.44
26	Mauritania	6.06	6.48
27	Cameroon	6.04	6.56
28	Madagascar	6.04	6.55
29	Gambia	6.03	6.38
30	Pakistan	6.01	6.62
31	Eritrea	6.00	6.62
32	Equatorial Guinea	5.98	5.93
33	Senegal	5.92	7.11
34	Central African Republic	5.92	6.14
35	Sudan	5.91	6.34
36	Timor-Leste	5.91	5.61
37	United Republic of Tanzania	5.89	6.72
38	Comoros	5.86	7.07
39	Togo	5.67	6.54
40	Mayotte	5.67	6.83
41	Lao People's Democratic Republic	5.60	6.37
42	Sao Tome and Principe	5.56	6.16
43	Djibouti	5.51	6.25
44	Iraq	5.49	6.32
45	Kenya	5.44	7.08
46	Solomon Islands	5.40	6.49
47	Oman	5.36	7.64
48	Cambodia	5.28	6.34
49	Ghana	5.25	6.15
50	Marshall Islands	5.23	6.99
51	Guatemala	5.19	5.86
52	Saudi Arabia	5.16	6.78
53	Congo	5.10	5.66
54	Gabon	5.04	5.73
55	Haiti	4.99	5.51
56	Nepal	4.96	5.51
57	Vanuatu	4.94	5.49
58	Honduras	4.93	5.93
59	Papua New Guinea	4.87	5.51
60	Bhutan	4.87	6.26
61	Syrian Arab Republic	4.86	6.59
62	Jordan	4.82	6.67
63	Samoa	4.79	5.55
64	Tajikistan	4.79	5.96
65	Cabo Verde	4.72	5.97
66	Maldives	4.69	7.02
67	Namibia	4.68	5.94
68	Eswatini	4.66	6.36
69	Tonga	4.66	5.41
70	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	4.58	5.89
71	Tokelau	4.52	4.15
72	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.49	5.24
73	Kiribati	4.44	4.91
74	American Samoa	4.38	4.25
75	Zimbabwe	4.28	6.04
76	Lesotho	4.21	5.48
77	Paraguay	4.20	5.04
78	Western Sahara	4.15	5.44
79	Philippines	4.08	4.77
80	Botswana	4.02	5.62
81	Belize	3.97	5.12
82	Nicaragua	3.94	5.49
83	Tuvalu	3.92	3.95
84	Algeria	3.91	6.28
85	Egypt	3.87	5.21
86	Nauru	3.84	4.11
87	French Guiana	3.82	3.41
88	United Arab Emirates	3.76	5.30
89	Cook Islands	3.76	3.87
90	Bangladesh	3.74	5.73
91	India	3.72	4.52
92	United States Virgin Islands	3.68	2.90
93	Uzbekistan	3.66	4.73
94	Qatar	3.66	4.76
95	Libya	3.65	6.62
96	Wallis and Futuna Islands	3.64	5.61
97	Turkmenistan	3.62	4.96
98	El Salvador	3.61	4.48
99	Niue	3.46	4.58
100	Peru	3.43	4.57
101	Ecuador	3.42	4.30
102	Morocco	3.41	5.20
103	Malaysia	3.35	3.88
104	Bahrain	3.29	4.30
105	Kyrgyzstan	3.28	4.20
106	Kuwait	3.27	4.45
107	Fiji	3.26	3.80
108	South Africa	3.26	4.57
109	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	3.24	6.43
110	Guyana	3.23	3.54
111	Myanmar	3.20	4.52
112	Dominican Republic	3.16	3.82
113	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.15	3.86
114	Mexico	3.13	4.18
115	Guam	3.04	2.85
116	Saint Lucia	3.03	4.02
117	Northern Mariana Islands	2.98	2.32
118	Dominica	2.96	3.15
119	Argentina	2.94	3.12
120	Colombia	2.94	3.35
121	Viet Nam	2.94	4.41
122	French Polynesia	2.94	3.83
123	Jamaica	2.93	3.32
124	Suriname	2.90	3.80
125	Brunei Darussalam	2.90	3.68
126	Panama	2.88	3.52
127	Tunisia	2.87	4.66
128	Türkiye	2.87	3.91
129	Costa Rica	2.86	3.52
130	Indonesia	2.85	3.96
131	Israel	2.84	3.08
132	Mongolia	2.82	5.45
133	Lebanon	2.82	3.66
134	Albania	2.80	3.28
135	Grenada	2.79	3.22
136	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.76	3.99
137	New Caledonia	2.72	3.16
138	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.68	3.28
139	Saint Martin (French part)	2.67	3.03
140	Palau	2.66	3.08
141	Seychelles	2.60	3.24
142	Brazil	2.60	3.60
143	Greenland	2.53	2.11
144	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.52	4.41
145	Bahamas	2.47	2.59
146	Azerbaijan	2.44	3.26
147	Curaçao	2.43	2.24
148	Uruguay	2.42	2.47
149	Sri Lanka	2.41	3.01
150	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.40	2.67
151	Faroe Islands	2.40	2.17
152	Kazakhstan	2.38	3.15
153	Gibraltar	2.38	2.40
154	Chile	2.38	2.60
155	Réunion	2.33	2.58
156	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.31	2.88
157	Aruba	2.30	2.17
158	Mauritius	2.24	2.23
159	North Macedonia	2.23	2.24
160	Puerto Rico	2.18	2.23
161	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.18	2.71
162	Cyprus	2.16	2.51
163	Iceland	2.14	2.08
164	Guadeloupe	2.13	2.45
165	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.12	2.38
166	Armenia	2.08	2.60
167	Montserrat	2.08	2.44
168	Antigua and Barbuda	2.07	2.04
169	Trinidad and Tobago	2.06	3.02
170	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.05	2.29
171	United States of America	1.99	1.83
172	Republic of Moldova	1.99	2.67
173	New Zealand	1.98	1.93
174	Martinique	1.95	2.10
175	Montenegro	1.94	2.14
176	Anguilla	1.93	2.93
177	Thailand	1.93	2.58
178	Isle of Man	1.92	1.87
179	Sweden	1.88	1.65
180	Saint Helena	1.88	2.54
181	Norway	1.87	1.66
182	Ireland	1.85	2.59
183	Australia	1.85	1.87
184	Finland	1.84	1.69
185	Malta	1.84	1.96
186	Georgia	1.83	2.38
187	Denmark	1.80	1.40
188	Poland	1.80	2.38
189	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.77	2.05
190	Monaco	1.76	2.17
191	United Kingdom	1.74	1.77
192	Barbados	1.73	1.75
193	Luxembourg	1.73	1.42
194	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.70	2.02
195	Canada	1.69	1.61
196	Bermuda	1.68	1.68
197	Slovakia	1.67	2.26
198	France	1.67	1.81
199	Republic of Korea	1.67	1.83
200	Cayman Islands	1.66	1.79
201	British Virgin Islands	1.66	1.99
202	Hungary	1.64	1.76
203	China	1.63	2.61
204	Lithuania	1.58	2.09
205	Netherlands	1.57	1.49
206	Belgium	1.56	1.53
207	Croatia	1.52	1.87
208	Jersey	1.50	1.36
209	Serbia	1.50	1.81
210	Switzerland	1.49	1.52
211	Belarus	1.49	2.08
212	Ukraine	1.47	2.08
213	Austria	1.47	1.53
214	Cuba	1.47	1.77
215	Singapore	1.47	1.54
216	Japan	1.47	1.78
217	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.46	1.87
218	Czechia	1.44	1.97
219	Portugal	1.44	1.90
220	Liechtenstein	1.44	1.51
221	China, Macao SAR	1.43	2.14
222	Guernsey	1.42	1.47
223	Estonia	1.41	2.18
224	Greece	1.41	1.87
225	Romania	1.40	2.25
226	Russian Federation	1.40	2.10
227	Latvia	1.38	2.11
228	Saint Barthélemy	1.37	1.59
229	Bulgaria	1.37	2.00
230	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.37	1.58
231	Andorra	1.32	1.47
232	Slovenia	1.32	1.75
233	Germany	1.25	1.39
234	Italy	1.21	1.46
235	Spain	1.19	1.72
236	San Marino	1.14	1.20
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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