Total fertility rate by country, 1996

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

◀▶1996

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1986
1	Niger	7.78	7.90
2	Afghanistan	7.76	7.55
3	Somalia	7.62	7.35
4	South Sudan	7.32	7.38
5	Chad	7.29	7.07
6	Burundi	7.12	7.32
7	Mali	7.01	7.31
8	Yemen	7.00	8.86
9	Ethiopia	6.93	7.32
10	Angola	6.85	7.43
11	Uganda	6.83	7.08
12	Burkina Faso	6.78	7.22
13	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.67	6.63
14	Sierra Leone	6.55	6.60
15	Rwanda	6.29	7.61
16	Benin	6.28	6.96
17	Malawi	6.28	7.07
18	Nigeria	6.22	6.56
19	Guinea	6.21	6.55
20	Zambia	6.18	6.87
21	Guinea-Bissau	6.14	6.73
22	Liberia	6.13	6.64
23	Madagascar	6.03	6.34
24	State of Palestine	5.99	6.91
25	Mozambique	5.97	6.41
26	Equatorial Guinea	5.96	5.96
27	Central African Republic	5.96	6.11
28	Côte d'Ivoire	5.95	7.19
29	Timor-Leste	5.94	5.67
30	Gambia	5.92	6.34
31	Mauritania	5.86	6.34
32	Eritrea	5.84	6.55
33	United Republic of Tanzania	5.83	6.49
34	Cameroon	5.79	6.57
35	Sudan	5.79	6.22
36	Pakistan	5.77	6.55
37	Senegal	5.72	6.90
38	Comoros	5.63	6.95
39	Mayotte	5.51	6.56
40	Sao Tome and Principe	5.47	6.05
41	Togo	5.46	6.38
42	Kenya	5.31	6.84
43	Iraq	5.25	6.18
44	Solomon Islands	5.22	6.26
45	Djibouti	5.15	6.14
46	Lao People's Democratic Republic	5.15	6.25
47	Congo	5.03	5.51
48	Marshall Islands	5.02	6.73
49	Guatemala	5.01	5.66
50	Ghana	4.96	6.08
51	Cambodia	4.87	6.23
52	Saudi Arabia	4.81	6.52
53	Oman	4.79	7.35
54	Haiti	4.78	5.48
55	Vanuatu	4.75	5.38
56	Gabon	4.74	5.69
57	Samoa	4.74	5.42
58	Papua New Guinea	4.73	5.42
59	Honduras	4.71	5.70
60	Nepal	4.67	5.40
61	Syrian Arab Republic	4.54	6.37
62	Jordan	4.51	6.39
63	Tonga	4.46	5.27
64	Kiribati	4.43	4.87
65	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	4.43	5.61
66	Eswatini	4.38	6.11
67	Tokelau	4.38	4.26
68	Bhutan	4.37	6.10
69	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.34	5.12
70	Cabo Verde	4.26	5.81
71	Namibia	4.20	5.79
72	Zimbabwe	4.11	5.69
73	Lesotho	4.06	5.32
74	Paraguay	4.01	4.93
75	Philippines	4.00	4.56
76	Tuvalu	3.95	3.97
77	Tajikistan	3.94	5.91
78	Western Sahara	3.94	5.22
79	American Samoa	3.94	4.28
80	Maldives	3.86	6.85
81	Nauru	3.77	4.15
82	Belize	3.76	4.94
83	French Guiana	3.71	3.38
84	Egypt	3.70	5.00
85	Nicaragua	3.62	5.22
86	Cook Islands	3.60	3.83
87	India	3.58	4.40
88	Botswana	3.57	5.33
89	Bangladesh	3.51	5.30
90	El Salvador	3.48	4.19
91	Qatar	3.44	4.57
92	Uzbekistan	3.39	4.67
93	Ecuador	3.35	4.00
94	Malaysia	3.30	3.70
95	Turkmenistan	3.29	4.94
96	Libya	3.26	6.02
97	Fiji	3.25	3.54
98	Niue	3.24	4.37
99	Guyana	3.23	3.38
100	Morocco	3.23	4.77
101	Kuwait	3.22	4.00
102	Peru	3.20	4.35
103	Algeria	3.14	5.65
104	Kyrgyzstan	3.09	4.22
105	Wallis and Futuna Islands	3.08	5.59
106	United Arab Emirates	3.06	5.00
107	Myanmar	3.06	4.08
108	Dominican Republic	3.04	3.60
109	Guam	3.03	2.93
110	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.02	3.73
111	Bahrain	2.99	4.25
112	South Africa	2.99	4.41
113	Mexico	2.96	3.97
114	United States Virgin Islands	2.94	2.74
115	Suriname	2.92	3.61
116	Israel	2.86	2.99
117	Grenada	2.85	3.58
118	Panama	2.83	3.34
119	Argentina	2.78	3.05
120	Indonesia	2.78	3.53
121	Türkiye	2.78	3.66
122	Colombia	2.77	3.15
123	Jamaica	2.77	3.11
124	French Polynesia	2.72	3.71
125	Saint Martin (French part)	2.71	2.89
126	Saint Lucia	2.71	3.80
127	Lebanon	2.70	3.47
128	Costa Rica	2.68	3.45
129	Brunei Darussalam	2.68	3.55
130	Albania	2.67	3.14
131	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.65	3.79
132	New Caledonia	2.65	3.08
133	Mongolia	2.62	5.03
134	Northern Mariana Islands	2.59	2.17
135	Faroe Islands	2.58	2.40
136	Dominica	2.55	3.08
137	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2.54	6.01
138	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.54	4.11
139	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.53	2.92
140	Greenland	2.51	2.08
141	Brazil	2.51	3.36
142	Tunisia	2.49	4.36
143	Viet Nam	2.47	3.96
144	Curaçao	2.40	2.24
145	Palau	2.39	2.98
146	Uruguay	2.36	2.47
147	Bahamas	2.35	2.53
148	Seychelles	2.31	3.07
149	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.29	2.55
150	Sri Lanka	2.29	2.74
151	Chile	2.28	2.59
152	Antigua and Barbuda	2.27	2.03
153	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.26	2.68
154	Réunion	2.26	2.39
155	Gibraltar	2.25	2.36
156	Aruba	2.23	2.21
157	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.18	2.10
158	Puerto Rico	2.14	2.27
159	Guadeloupe	2.12	2.37
160	Mauritius	2.12	1.95
161	Iceland	2.11	1.93
162	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.09	2.59
163	Kazakhstan	2.08	3.19
164	Armenia	2.06	2.66
165	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.06	2.36
166	North Macedonia	2.06	2.25
167	Azerbaijan	1.98	3.14
168	Malta	1.97	1.93
169	United States of America	1.96	1.85
170	New Zealand	1.96	1.96
171	Cyprus	1.95	2.45
172	Isle of Man	1.93	1.89
173	Montenegro	1.92	2.09
174	Martinique	1.91	2.07
175	Trinidad and Tobago	1.89	2.90
176	Norway	1.89	1.71
177	British Virgin Islands	1.89	1.78
178	Ireland	1.88	2.44
179	Anguilla	1.88	2.51
180	Thailand	1.87	2.36
181	Monaco	1.82	2.11
182	Australia	1.80	1.87
183	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.78	1.72
184	Saint Helena	1.77	2.35
185	Finland	1.77	1.60
186	Luxembourg	1.77	1.43
187	Georgia	1.76	2.38
188	Denmark	1.75	1.48
189	France	1.74	1.83
190	United Kingdom	1.72	1.78
191	Republic of Moldova	1.71	2.74
192	Bermuda	1.70	1.73
193	Montserrat	1.70	2.26
194	Cayman Islands	1.69	1.69
195	Croatia	1.67	1.77
196	Barbados	1.67	1.69
197	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.65	1.91
198	Canada	1.63	1.58
199	Sweden	1.60	1.79
200	Republic of Korea	1.60	1.62
201	Belgium	1.59	1.54
202	Poland	1.59	2.22
203	China	1.55	2.72
204	Netherlands	1.53	1.55
205	Jersey	1.53	1.32
206	Liechtenstein	1.52	1.48
207	Switzerland	1.50	1.53
208	Lithuania	1.49	2.13
209	Slovakia	1.47	2.19
210	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.47	1.80
211	Cuba	1.46	1.78
212	Hungary	1.46	1.85
213	Austria	1.45	1.45
214	Serbia	1.44	1.78
215	Portugal	1.44	1.66
216	Singapore	1.42	1.35
217	Guernsey	1.41	1.59
218	Japan	1.40	1.70
219	Saint Barthélemy	1.37	1.54
220	Estonia	1.36	2.17
221	Greece	1.36	1.66
222	Andorra	1.33	1.40
223	Ukraine	1.33	2.12
224	Germany	1.33	1.42
225	Belarus	1.31	2.13
226	Romania	1.30	2.38
227	Russian Federation	1.29	2.20
228	China, Macao SAR	1.29	2.19
229	Slovenia	1.28	1.67
230	Bulgaria	1.24	2.00
231	San Marino	1.21	1.15
232	Italy	1.20	1.35
233	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.20	1.39
234	Czechia	1.19	1.92
235	Latvia	1.16	2.17
236	Spain	1.14	1.55
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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