Total fertility rate by country, 1997

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

◀▶1997

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1987
1	Niger	7.80	7.87
2	Afghanistan	7.73	7.55
3	Somalia	7.66	7.37
4	Chad	7.27	7.10
5	South Sudan	7.20	7.39
6	Burundi	7.04	7.38
7	Mali	6.97	7.31
8	Ethiopia	6.87	7.29
9	Uganda	6.86	7.12
10	Yemen	6.82	8.83
11	Angola	6.79	7.41
12	Burkina Faso	6.72	7.17
13	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.69	6.65
14	Sierra Leone	6.53	6.61
15	Benin	6.23	6.92
16	Malawi	6.23	6.97
17	Rwanda	6.23	7.43
18	Nigeria	6.14	6.50
19	Guinea	6.12	6.57
20	Zambia	6.12	6.80
21	Liberia	6.08	6.57
22	Guinea-Bissau	6.06	6.72
23	Madagascar	6.02	6.24
24	Timor-Leste	5.96	5.68
25	Equatorial Guinea	5.94	5.97
26	Mozambique	5.93	6.39
27	Central African Republic	5.92	6.12
28	Côte d'Ivoire	5.90	7.09
29	Gambia	5.85	6.30
30	United Republic of Tanzania	5.84	6.41
31	State of Palestine	5.82	6.89
32	Eritrea	5.74	6.52
33	Mauritania	5.74	6.27
34	Sudan	5.72	6.18
35	Cameroon	5.71	6.54
36	Senegal	5.64	6.78
37	Pakistan	5.64	6.52
38	Comoros	5.51	6.87
39	Sao Tome and Principe	5.40	5.99
40	Mayotte	5.39	6.43
41	Togo	5.36	6.30
42	Kenya	5.27	6.69
43	Iraq	5.19	6.11
44	Solomon Islands	5.09	6.12
45	Congo	5.00	5.46
46	Djibouti	4.97	6.09
47	Marshall Islands	4.96	6.57
48	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4.96	6.21
49	Guatemala	4.91	5.64
50	Ghana	4.88	6.02
51	Samoa	4.69	5.32
52	Papua New Guinea	4.68	5.36
53	Haiti	4.67	5.47
54	Gabon	4.66	5.67
55	Saudi Arabia	4.66	6.34
56	Vanuatu	4.66	5.33
57	Honduras	4.59	5.58
58	Oman	4.52	7.18
59	Nepal	4.44	5.35
60	Cambodia	4.39	6.10
61	Tonga	4.38	5.19
62	Kiribati	4.37	4.81
63	Syrian Arab Republic	4.37	6.20
64	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	4.36	5.47
65	Jordan	4.32	6.20
66	Tokelau	4.27	4.32
67	Eswatini	4.23	5.90
68	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.22	5.06
69	Namibia	4.17	5.70
70	Bhutan	4.09	6.00
71	Zimbabwe	4.08	5.50
72	Tajikistan	4.06	5.84
73	Cabo Verde	4.05	5.68
74	Lesotho	3.98	5.22
75	Tuvalu	3.95	3.94
76	Philippines	3.94	4.51
77	Paraguay	3.91	4.85
78	American Samoa	3.89	4.30
79	Western Sahara	3.83	5.08
80	Nauru	3.74	4.14
81	Belize	3.74	4.88
82	Egypt	3.68	4.91
83	French Guiana	3.66	3.41
84	India	3.51	4.31
85	Bangladesh	3.50	5.08
86	Maldives	3.48	6.73
87	Nicaragua	3.47	5.07
88	Cook Islands	3.46	3.84
89	Botswana	3.43	5.10
90	El Salvador	3.38	4.18
91	Qatar	3.33	4.54
92	Ecuador	3.29	3.87
93	Malaysia	3.23	3.57
94	Guyana	3.22	3.31
95	Uzbekistan	3.19	4.53
96	Fiji	3.19	3.48
97	Turkmenistan	3.18	4.84
98	Niue	3.15	4.28
99	Morocco	3.15	4.58
100	Kuwait	3.13	3.83
101	Libya	3.13	5.72
102	Peru	3.10	4.25
103	Guam	3.02	2.97
104	United States Virgin Islands	3.02	2.84
105	Myanmar	2.98	3.86
106	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.97	3.67
107	Suriname	2.95	3.53
108	Dominican Republic	2.92	3.53
109	Bahrain	2.92	4.13
110	Algeria	2.89	5.30
111	Mexico	2.89	3.80
112	Israel	2.88	2.92
113	Kyrgyzstan	2.88	4.16
114	United Arab Emirates	2.83	4.88
115	Panama	2.81	3.25
116	Grenada	2.80	3.58
117	Saint Martin (French part)	2.75	2.86
118	Indonesia	2.74	3.42
119	Colombia	2.74	3.09
120	Saint Lucia	2.74	3.61
121	Türkiye	2.74	3.54
122	South Africa	2.73	4.35
123	Argentina	2.71	3.04
124	Jamaica	2.68	3.02
125	Lebanon	2.67	3.42
126	New Caledonia	2.65	3.08
127	Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.63	5.63
128	Greenland	2.60	2.10
129	Brunei Darussalam	2.60	3.49
130	Costa Rica	2.59	3.38
131	French Polynesia	2.59	3.62
132	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.58	3.65
133	Albania	2.53	3.11
134	Faroe Islands	2.50	2.38
135	Mongolia	2.48	4.83
136	Brazil	2.47	3.23
137	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.43	2.82
138	Dominica	2.41	3.06
139	Curaçao	2.37	2.24
140	Tunisia	2.34	4.10
141	Réunion	2.34	2.37
142	Uruguay	2.33	2.49
143	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2.32	5.72
144	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.31	4.10
145	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.30	2.62
146	Bahamas	2.29	2.52
147	Viet Nam	2.27	3.72
148	Northern Mariana Islands	2.25	2.34
149	Gibraltar	2.23	2.35
150	Sri Lanka	2.22	2.64
151	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.20	2.49
152	Chile	2.20	2.59
153	Antigua and Barbuda	2.19	2.07
154	Palau	2.19	2.93
155	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.17	2.03
156	Puerto Rico	2.17	2.23
157	Aruba	2.14	2.24
158	Seychelles	2.14	2.92
159	Guadeloupe	2.13	2.32
160	Iceland	2.04	2.07
161	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.03	2.31
162	Mauritius	2.03	2.00
163	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2.03	2.53
164	Azerbaijan	2.02	3.07
165	British Virgin Islands	2.01	1.72
166	Kazakhstan	1.97	3.12
167	United States of America	1.96	1.89
168	New Zealand	1.96	2.03
169	Malta	1.94	1.97
170	Ireland	1.93	2.31
171	Isle of Man	1.93	1.91
172	North Macedonia	1.92	2.32
173	Armenia	1.90	2.66
174	Martinique	1.90	2.08
175	Montenegro	1.89	2.07
176	Monaco	1.88	2.06
177	Anguilla	1.87	2.31
178	Cyprus	1.86	2.39
179	Norway	1.86	1.74
180	Thailand	1.85	2.26
181	Trinidad and Tobago	1.83	2.78
182	Republic of Moldova	1.79	2.78
183	Australia	1.78	1.85
184	Saint Helena	1.75	2.29
185	Denmark	1.75	1.50
186	Finland	1.74	1.59
187	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.74	1.71
188	Georgia	1.73	2.32
189	France	1.73	1.80
190	United Kingdom	1.72	1.81
191	Luxembourg	1.72	1.41
192	Cayman Islands	1.70	1.58
193	Bermuda	1.69	1.75
194	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.69	1.88
195	Croatia	1.68	1.74
196	Barbados	1.65	1.61
197	Belgium	1.60	1.54
198	Cuba	1.59	1.80
199	Canada	1.57	1.56
200	Liechtenstein	1.57	1.50
201	Netherlands	1.56	1.56
202	Republic of Korea	1.56	1.57
203	Jersey	1.54	1.39
204	Sweden	1.53	1.84
205	China	1.53	2.76
206	Poland	1.52	2.16
207	Montserrat	1.50	2.22
208	Switzerland	1.48	1.52
209	Guernsey	1.47	1.57
210	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.47	1.74
211	Portugal	1.47	1.62
212	Lithuania	1.47	2.11
213	Slovakia	1.43	2.14
214	Austria	1.40	1.44
215	Serbia	1.40	1.75
216	Germany	1.38	1.44
217	Hungary	1.38	1.83
218	Japan	1.38	1.67
219	Saint Barthélemy	1.37	1.51
220	Singapore	1.37	1.49
221	Greece	1.36	1.58
222	Andorra	1.35	1.37
223	Romania	1.32	2.38
224	Estonia	1.31	2.26
225	Ukraine	1.27	2.07
226	Slovenia	1.25	1.65
227	San Marino	1.24	1.13
228	Russian Federation	1.24	2.25
229	Belarus	1.22	2.06
230	Italy	1.21	1.33
231	China, Macao SAR	1.21	2.06
232	Czechia	1.17	1.90
233	Spain	1.14	1.49
234	Latvia	1.12	2.18
235	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.12	1.34
236	Bulgaria	1.11	1.96
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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