Total fertility rate by country, 1995

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

◀▶1995

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1985
1	Niger	7.78	7.93
2	Afghanistan	7.77	7.55
3	Somalia	7.58	7.33
4	Yemen	7.53	8.86
5	South Sudan	7.34	7.36
6	Chad	7.29	7.04
7	Burundi	7.18	7.29
8	Mali	7.05	7.26
9	Ethiopia	7.00	7.34
10	Angola	6.92	7.45
11	Uganda	6.87	7.04
12	Burkina Faso	6.81	7.24
13	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.68	6.61
14	Sierra Leone	6.56	6.59
15	Malawi	6.39	7.17
16	Rwanda	6.34	7.79
17	Benin	6.33	7.00
18	Guinea	6.29	6.53
19	Nigeria	6.27	6.62
20	Zambia	6.23	6.93
21	Guinea-Bissau	6.22	6.74
22	Liberia	6.17	6.69
23	State of Palestine	6.16	6.94
24	Côte d'Ivoire	6.04	7.27
25	Madagascar	6.04	6.46
26	Mozambique	6.02	6.43
27	Gambia	5.99	6.36
28	Equatorial Guinea	5.97	5.95
29	Mauritania	5.96	6.42
30	Eritrea	5.94	6.59
31	Central African Republic	5.94	6.12
32	Timor-Leste	5.94	5.65
33	Cameroon	5.92	6.56
34	Pakistan	5.89	6.59
35	Sudan	5.86	6.28
36	Senegal	5.82	7.01
37	United Republic of Tanzania	5.82	6.60
38	Comoros	5.73	7.02
39	Mayotte	5.59	6.69
40	Togo	5.56	6.46
41	Sao Tome and Principe	5.55	6.10
42	Kenya	5.37	6.96
43	Iraq	5.36	6.25
44	Lao People's Democratic Republic	5.36	6.33
45	Djibouti	5.33	6.19
46	Solomon Islands	5.33	6.37
47	Ghana	5.11	6.12
48	Guatemala	5.11	5.73
49	Marshall Islands	5.09	6.87
50	Cambodia	5.08	6.31
51	Oman	5.07	7.51
52	Congo	5.07	5.59
53	Saudi Arabia	4.99	6.65
54	Gabon	4.88	5.71
55	Haiti	4.88	5.50
56	Nepal	4.87	5.46
57	Vanuatu	4.85	5.43
58	Honduras	4.84	5.82
59	Papua New Guinea	4.78	5.47
60	Samoa	4.77	5.49
61	Syrian Arab Republic	4.70	6.48
62	Jordan	4.68	6.53
63	Tajikistan	4.66	5.94
64	Bhutan	4.62	6.18
65	Tonga	4.56	5.34
66	Eswatini	4.52	6.28
67	Cabo Verde	4.49	5.92
68	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	4.49	5.75
69	Tokelau	4.47	4.19
70	Kiribati	4.42	4.91
71	Namibia	4.42	5.88
72	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.41	5.15
73	Maldives	4.29	6.94
74	Zimbabwe	4.15	5.87
75	Lesotho	4.13	5.40
76	American Samoa	4.12	4.26
77	Paraguay	4.11	4.97
78	Philippines	4.07	4.66
79	Western Sahara	4.05	5.36
80	Tuvalu	3.96	3.97
81	Belize	3.88	5.00
82	Nauru	3.81	4.14
83	Botswana	3.79	5.48
84	Nicaragua	3.78	5.36
85	Egypt	3.76	5.12
86	French Guiana	3.76	3.37
87	Cook Islands	3.69	3.84
88	India	3.65	4.43
89	Bangladesh	3.59	5.54
90	Uzbekistan	3.57	4.69
91	El Salvador	3.57	4.32
92	Qatar	3.56	4.64
93	Algeria	3.49	6.04
94	Turkmenistan	3.49	4.97
95	Libya	3.44	6.33
96	Wallis and Futuna Islands	3.38	5.44
97	Ecuador	3.38	4.14
98	Niue	3.35	4.48
99	Peru	3.32	4.46
100	Malaysia	3.32	3.80
101	Morocco	3.30	4.99
102	Kyrgyzstan	3.29	4.20
103	United Arab Emirates	3.28	5.13
104	Kuwait	3.25	4.22
105	Fiji	3.25	3.66
106	Guyana	3.24	3.47
107	United States Virgin Islands	3.24	2.83
108	South Africa	3.17	4.50
109	Bahrain	3.13	4.28
110	Myanmar	3.13	4.32
111	Dominican Republic	3.10	3.69
112	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.08	3.79
113	Northern Mariana Islands	3.08	2.15
114	Guam	3.04	2.90
115	Mexico	3.04	4.09
116	Saint Lucia	3.03	3.97
117	Suriname	2.90	3.71
118	Argentina	2.86	3.07
119	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2.85	6.24
120	Colombia	2.85	3.22
121	Jamaica	2.85	3.21
122	Panama	2.85	3.43
123	Türkiye	2.84	3.78
124	Israel	2.82	3.04
125	Grenada	2.82	3.48
126	Indonesia	2.81	3.73
127	Brunei Darussalam	2.79	3.61
128	Costa Rica	2.78	3.51
129	French Polynesia	2.78	3.86
130	Albania	2.76	3.21
131	Mongolia	2.74	5.26
132	Lebanon	2.72	3.53
133	Dominica	2.71	3.12
134	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.70	3.91
135	Viet Nam	2.70	4.21
136	Saint Martin (French part)	2.69	2.95
137	Tunisia	2.67	4.52
138	New Caledonia	2.65	3.05
139	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.61	3.08
140	Brazil	2.57	3.48
141	Palau	2.55	3.01
142	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.52	4.20
143	Greenland	2.51	2.17
144	Faroe Islands	2.46	2.28
145	Curaçao	2.42	2.24
146	Bahamas	2.42	2.55
147	Uruguay	2.40	2.47
148	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.36	2.62
149	Seychelles	2.36	3.09
150	Sri Lanka	2.35	2.89
151	Chile	2.35	2.59
152	Gibraltar	2.33	2.37
153	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.30	2.82
154	Aruba	2.29	2.19
155	Réunion	2.27	2.51
156	Kazakhstan	2.25	3.21
157	Azerbaijan	2.19	3.20
158	Antigua and Barbuda	2.16	2.15
159	Puerto Rico	2.15	2.22
160	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.15	2.65
161	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.14	2.18
162	Mauritius	2.14	2.05
163	North Macedonia	2.13	2.25
164	Guadeloupe	2.12	2.43
165	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.09	2.38
166	Iceland	2.08	1.94
167	Armenia	2.07	2.64
168	Cyprus	2.03	2.43
169	New Zealand	1.98	1.93
170	United States of America	1.97	1.85
171	Trinidad and Tobago	1.97	2.99
172	Montenegro	1.96	2.13
173	Anguilla	1.94	2.73
174	Montserrat	1.94	2.36
175	Martinique	1.92	2.08
176	Isle of Man	1.92	1.88
177	Thailand	1.89	2.45
178	Norway	1.87	1.67
179	Ireland	1.84	2.49
180	Saint Helena	1.83	2.42
181	Australia	1.82	1.90
182	Republic of Moldova	1.82	2.67
183	Georgia	1.81	2.40
184	Finland	1.81	1.64
185	Denmark	1.80	1.44
186	Malta	1.79	1.95
187	Monaco	1.78	2.14
188	British Virgin Islands	1.78	1.92
189	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.78	1.88
190	Sweden	1.73	1.73
191	France	1.72	1.82
192	United Kingdom	1.71	1.79
193	Luxembourg	1.71	1.39
194	Barbados	1.70	1.77
195	Bermuda	1.68	1.77
196	Canada	1.67	1.59
197	Cayman Islands	1.67	1.75
198	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.67	1.96
199	Republic of Korea	1.65	1.71
200	Poland	1.63	2.32
201	China	1.59	2.63
202	Croatia	1.58	1.83
203	Hungary	1.57	1.85
204	Belgium	1.56	1.50
205	Lithuania	1.55	2.10
206	Netherlands	1.53	1.51
207	Jersey	1.52	1.30
208	Slovakia	1.52	2.25
209	Cuba	1.48	1.77
210	Switzerland	1.48	1.51
211	Serbia	1.47	1.80
212	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.46	1.84
213	Singapore	1.44	1.53
214	Austria	1.43	1.48
215	Liechtenstein	1.43	1.49
216	Portugal	1.41	1.73
217	Japan	1.41	1.74
218	Ukraine	1.40	2.03
219	Greece	1.39	1.74
220	Estonia	1.37	2.13
221	Saint Barthélemy	1.37	1.56
222	Belarus	1.37	2.04
223	China, Macao SAR	1.37	2.24
224	Russian Federation	1.35	2.09
225	Guernsey	1.34	1.55
226	Romania	1.34	2.31
227	Andorra	1.32	1.43
228	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.30	1.50
229	Slovenia	1.29	1.72
230	Czechia	1.28	1.95
231	Germany	1.26	1.38
232	Bulgaria	1.25	1.97
233	Latvia	1.25	2.06
234	Italy	1.19	1.42
235	San Marino	1.17	1.17
236	Spain	1.15	1.64
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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