Total fertility rate by country, 1998

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

◀▶1998

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1988
1	Niger	7.84	7.84
2	Afghanistan	7.69	7.55
3	Somalia	7.66	7.40
4	Chad	7.27	7.15
5	South Sudan	7.08	7.38
6	Burundi	6.96	7.38
7	Mali	6.94	7.32
8	Uganda	6.84	7.10
9	Ethiopia	6.79	7.26
10	Angola	6.73	7.37
11	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.70	6.66
12	Burkina Faso	6.66	7.11
13	Yemen	6.64	8.79
14	Sierra Leone	6.50	6.59
15	Malawi	6.21	6.88
16	Rwanda	6.17	7.23
17	Benin	6.14	6.87
18	Zambia	6.07	6.70
19	Nigeria	6.07	6.50
20	Guinea	6.05	6.56
21	Liberia	6.02	6.51
22	Madagascar	5.99	6.18
23	Guinea-Bissau	5.97	6.69
24	Timor-Leste	5.96	5.72
25	Mozambique	5.91	6.37
26	Equatorial Guinea	5.91	5.98
27	Central African Republic	5.89	6.10
28	Côte d'Ivoire	5.85	6.97
29	Gambia	5.82	6.26
30	United Republic of Tanzania	5.81	6.38
31	State of Palestine	5.69	6.87
32	Cameroon	5.66	6.48
33	Sudan	5.65	6.13
34	Eritrea	5.63	6.47
35	Mauritania	5.62	6.21
36	Senegal	5.58	6.58
37	Pakistan	5.51	6.48
38	Comoros	5.39	6.76
39	Sao Tome and Principe	5.30	5.94
40	Togo	5.29	6.23
41	Mayotte	5.26	6.31
42	Kenya	5.24	6.52
43	Iraq	5.11	6.05
44	Solomon Islands	4.98	5.99
45	Congo	4.91	5.39
46	Marshall Islands	4.87	6.38
47	Ghana	4.83	5.92
48	Guatemala	4.80	5.62
49	Djibouti	4.80	6.03
50	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4.79	6.16
51	Samoa	4.64	5.21
52	Papua New Guinea	4.63	5.30
53	Vanuatu	4.60	5.27
54	Gabon	4.58	5.62
55	Haiti	4.56	5.47
56	Saudi Arabia	4.52	6.15
57	Honduras	4.47	5.47
58	Tonga	4.31	5.10
59	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	4.30	5.32
60	Kiribati	4.29	4.73
61	Nepal	4.28	5.31
62	Oman	4.27	6.95
63	Syrian Arab Republic	4.25	6.00
64	Namibia	4.18	5.61
65	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.15	5.03
66	Tokelau	4.14	4.42
67	Eswatini	4.13	5.69
68	Cambodia	4.13	5.94
69	Jordan	4.11	6.01
70	Zimbabwe	4.07	5.28
71	Tajikistan	4.07	5.75
72	Tuvalu	3.95	3.88
73	Cabo Verde	3.90	5.55
74	Philippines	3.88	4.45
75	American Samoa	3.88	4.31
76	Bhutan	3.85	5.88
77	Lesotho	3.82	5.10
78	Paraguay	3.80	4.77
79	Belize	3.75	4.87
80	French Guiana	3.74	3.46
81	Western Sahara	3.72	4.94
82	Egypt	3.68	4.83
83	Nauru	3.68	4.11
84	India	3.45	4.22
85	Bangladesh	3.43	4.85
86	Botswana	3.36	4.88
87	El Salvador	3.34	4.10
88	Nicaragua	3.34	4.93
89	Cook Islands	3.31	3.85
90	Ecuador	3.23	3.79
91	Qatar	3.21	4.51
92	Guyana	3.18	3.23
93	Maldives	3.17	6.58
94	Fiji	3.12	3.43
95	Malaysia	3.12	3.50
96	Turkmenistan	3.08	4.68
97	Niue	3.05	4.20
98	Kuwait	3.04	3.70
99	Morocco	3.04	4.39
100	Libya	3.04	5.41
101	Guam	3.01	2.99
102	Peru	3.00	4.14
103	Uzbekistan	2.99	4.26
104	Suriname	2.99	3.46
105	Israel	2.92	2.90
106	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.91	3.60
107	Myanmar	2.91	3.67
108	Bahrain	2.89	4.04
109	Dominican Republic	2.83	3.50
110	Mexico	2.81	3.64
111	Kyrgyzstan	2.80	4.03
112	Saint Martin (French part)	2.79	2.82
113	Panama	2.79	3.17
114	United Arab Emirates	2.77	4.77
115	Colombia	2.72	3.04
116	Türkiye	2.71	3.44
117	Algeria	2.69	5.02
118	United States Virgin Islands	2.68	2.84
119	Argentina	2.66	3.05
120	Indonesia	2.66	3.35
121	Lebanon	2.65	3.39
122	South Africa	2.63	4.18
123	Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.62	4.81
124	Jamaica	2.57	2.98
125	New Caledonia	2.55	3.08
126	Costa Rica	2.53	3.31
127	Brunei Darussalam	2.53	3.43
128	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.52	3.50
129	Grenada	2.49	3.19
130	French Polynesia	2.49	3.75
131	Greenland	2.44	2.27
132	Albania	2.42	3.07
133	Brazil	2.42	3.11
134	Saint Lucia	2.40	3.43
135	Mongolia	2.36	4.65
136	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.35	3.97
137	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.34	2.75
138	Faroe Islands	2.34	2.57
139	Curaçao	2.32	2.25
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.31	2.62
141	Dominica	2.31	3.06
142	Réunion	2.31	2.36
143	Uruguay	2.27	2.50
144	Bahamas	2.23	2.52
145	Gibraltar	2.20	2.34
146	Tunisia	2.20	3.83
147	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2.19	5.43
148	Guadeloupe	2.15	2.28
149	Chile	2.15	2.59
150	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.14	1.96
151	Sri Lanka	2.14	2.57
152	Viet Nam	2.10	3.62
153	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	2.09	2.44
154	Puerto Rico	2.08	2.22
155	Iceland	2.04	2.26
156	Seychelles	2.04	2.79
157	Antigua and Barbuda	2.02	2.13
158	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.01	2.29
159	Palau	2.01	2.91
160	Aruba	2.00	2.27
161	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.99	2.47
162	United States of America	1.98	1.94
163	Monaco	1.95	2.01
164	Ireland	1.94	2.17
165	Kazakhstan	1.94	3.00
166	Mauritius	1.91	2.10
167	Anguilla	1.90	2.21
168	New Zealand	1.90	2.10
169	Isle of Man	1.90	1.92
170	Martinique	1.89	2.05
171	Montenegro	1.89	2.01
172	North Macedonia	1.89	2.32
173	Azerbaijan	1.85	3.04
174	Malta	1.84	2.06
175	Norway	1.82	1.84
176	Armenia	1.81	2.68
177	Thailand	1.81	2.17
178	Bermuda	1.79	1.80
179	Trinidad and Tobago	1.78	2.65
180	Australia	1.77	1.84
181	Cyprus	1.76	2.47
182	France	1.76	1.81
183	Saint Helena	1.72	2.25
184	Denmark	1.72	1.56
185	United Kingdom	1.71	1.82
186	Cayman Islands	1.70	1.63
187	Georgia	1.70	2.32
188	Finland	1.70	1.69
189	Luxembourg	1.69	1.51
190	Northern Mariana Islands	1.68	2.16
191	Republic of Moldova	1.65	2.63
192	Netherlands	1.63	1.54
193	Cuba	1.62	1.85
194	Barbados	1.62	1.58
195	Belgium	1.59	1.57
196	Liechtenstein	1.59	1.50
197	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.56	1.85
198	Canada	1.55	1.59
199	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.54	1.80
200	Jersey	1.53	1.45
201	British Virgin Islands	1.52	1.71
202	China	1.52	2.54
203	Sweden	1.51	1.96
204	Croatia	1.50	1.71
205	Republic of Korea	1.50	1.56
206	Guernsey	1.48	1.54
207	Switzerland	1.47	1.56
208	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.47	1.68
209	Portugal	1.47	1.61
210	Lithuania	1.46	2.01
211	Poland	1.44	2.14
212	Saint Barthélemy	1.39	1.47
213	Andorra	1.38	1.37
214	Slovakia	1.38	2.13
215	Austria	1.37	1.46
216	Serbia	1.37	1.72
217	Japan	1.37	1.63
218	Germany	1.36	1.46
219	Montserrat	1.35	2.19
220	Greece	1.34	1.54
221	Hungary	1.33	1.82
222	Romania	1.32	2.31
223	Estonia	1.27	2.27
224	Belarus	1.27	2.07
225	San Marino	1.26	1.14
226	Singapore	1.26	1.75
227	Russian Federation	1.24	2.16
228	Slovenia	1.23	1.63
229	Italy	1.21	1.36
230	Ukraine	1.21	2.04
231	Czechia	1.16	1.93
232	Bulgaria	1.14	1.97
233	Spain	1.13	1.44
234	China, Macao SAR	1.11	1.86
235	Latvia	1.10	2.14
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.03	1.40
237	Holy See	1.00	1.00

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