Total fertility rate by country, 1999

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

◀▶1999

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1989
1	Niger	7.84	7.82
2	Somalia	7.66	7.42
3	Afghanistan	7.64	7.56
4	Chad	7.26	7.19
5	South Sudan	6.94	7.37
6	Mali	6.91	7.33
7	Burundi	6.90	7.39
8	Uganda	6.83	7.04
9	Ethiopia	6.72	7.23
10	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.69	6.65
11	Angola	6.68	7.33
12	Burkina Faso	6.59	7.05
13	Yemen	6.49	8.71
14	Sierra Leone	6.42	6.57
15	Malawi	6.12	6.80
16	Nigeria	6.08	6.49
17	Rwanda	6.06	7.03
18	Benin	6.03	6.81
19	Zambia	6.00	6.64
20	Guinea	5.99	6.55
21	Timor-Leste	5.97	5.76
22	Liberia	5.95	6.43
23	Equatorial Guinea	5.88	5.99
24	Guinea-Bissau	5.87	6.66
25	Mozambique	5.87	6.35
26	Central African Republic	5.87	6.07
27	Madagascar	5.84	6.15
28	Côte d'Ivoire	5.80	6.85
29	Gambia	5.77	6.25
30	United Republic of Tanzania	5.75	6.30
31	Sudan	5.62	6.11
32	Cameroon	5.60	6.41
33	State of Palestine	5.58	6.84
34	Senegal	5.57	6.48
35	Eritrea	5.52	6.41
36	Mauritania	5.52	6.20
37	Pakistan	5.46	6.42
38	Comoros	5.28	6.65
39	Sao Tome and Principe	5.23	5.88
40	Togo	5.23	6.15
41	Kenya	5.18	6.33
42	Mayotte	5.11	6.18
43	Iraq	5.03	5.99
44	Solomon Islands	4.86	5.87
45	Ghana	4.82	5.82
46	Congo	4.80	5.33
47	Marshall Islands	4.78	6.18
48	Guatemala	4.69	5.56
49	Djibouti	4.69	5.97
50	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4.64	6.10
51	Papua New Guinea	4.59	5.24
52	Samoa	4.57	5.11
53	Vanuatu	4.56	5.21
54	Gabon	4.50	5.55
55	Haiti	4.45	5.44
56	Honduras	4.37	5.35
57	Saudi Arabia	4.35	5.97
58	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	4.27	5.18
59	Tonga	4.23	5.01
60	Kiribati	4.19	4.69
61	Syrian Arab Republic	4.14	5.78
62	Namibia	4.14	5.52
63	Nepal	4.13	5.26
64	Eswatini	4.09	5.48
65	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.09	4.96
66	Oman	4.06	6.72
67	Zimbabwe	4.06	5.07
68	Tokelau	4.00	4.51
69	Jordan	3.97	5.80
70	Cambodia	3.93	5.68
71	Tuvalu	3.92	3.80
72	American Samoa	3.89	4.41
73	Tajikistan	3.85	5.61
74	Philippines	3.83	4.37
75	French Guiana	3.80	3.58
76	Cabo Verde	3.73	5.45
77	Belize	3.73	4.86
78	Paraguay	3.67	4.68
79	Lesotho	3.67	4.96
80	Nauru	3.64	4.07
81	Bhutan	3.61	5.76
82	Western Sahara	3.61	4.81
83	Egypt	3.60	4.68
84	India	3.38	4.13
85	Bangladesh	3.36	4.70
86	Botswana	3.31	4.67
87	El Salvador	3.22	4.03
88	Nicaragua	3.22	4.76
89	Cook Islands	3.19	3.90
90	Ecuador	3.17	3.74
91	Wallis and Futuna Islands	3.13	4.49
92	Guyana	3.13	3.19
93	Qatar	3.12	4.41
94	Malaysia	3.07	3.31
95	Fiji	3.05	3.40
96	Suriname	3.02	3.39
97	Turkmenistan	2.98	4.46
98	Guam	2.97	3.00
99	Niue	2.97	4.13
100	Libya	2.97	5.09
101	Kuwait	2.95	3.59
102	Peru	2.92	4.03
103	Bahrain	2.90	3.96
104	Maldives	2.90	6.39
105	Israel	2.89	2.84
106	Morocco	2.88	4.22
107	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.86	3.52
108	Dominican Republic	2.85	3.48
109	Myanmar	2.85	3.59
110	Saint Martin (French part)	2.84	2.79
111	Uzbekistan	2.83	4.10
112	United Arab Emirates	2.79	4.65
113	Panama	2.77	3.12
114	Mexico	2.76	3.53
115	Kyrgyzstan	2.71	3.91
116	Argentina	2.64	3.02
117	Colombia	2.64	3.01
118	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.63	3.67
119	Türkiye	2.63	3.34
120	Lebanon	2.63	3.36
121	Algeria	2.62	4.76
122	French Polynesia	2.58	3.49
123	Indonesia	2.57	3.25
124	South Africa	2.56	3.98
125	Saint Lucia	2.50	3.31
126	Costa Rica	2.48	3.24
127	New Caledonia	2.48	3.06
128	Jamaica	2.47	2.93
129	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.46	3.33
130	Dominica	2.46	3.06
131	Brunei Darussalam	2.46	3.36
132	United States Virgin Islands	2.45	3.02
133	Grenada	2.39	3.23
134	Greenland	2.37	2.34
135	Faroe Islands	2.34	2.71
136	Brazil	2.34	3.01
137	Réunion	2.34	2.40
138	Albania	2.31	3.03
139	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.31	2.73
140	Mongolia	2.30	4.42
141	Curaçao	2.28	2.27
142	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.26	2.69
143	Uruguay	2.25	2.50
144	Gibraltar	2.19	2.35
145	Guadeloupe	2.18	2.26
146	Sri Lanka	2.14	2.58
147	Bahamas	2.13	2.52
148	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2.09	5.17
149	Tunisia	2.08	3.57
150	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.07	1.90
151	Chile	2.07	2.59
152	Seychelles	2.04	2.67
153	Puerto Rico	2.04	2.30
154	Mauritius	2.03	2.21
155	Monaco	2.01	1.93
156	Iceland	2.00	2.21
157	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.00	2.26
158	Viet Nam	2.00	3.64
159	United States of America	1.99	2.01
160	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.97	2.41
161	New Zealand	1.97	2.12
162	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.97	2.41
163	Antigua and Barbuda	1.96	2.20
164	Anguilla	1.91	2.40
165	Palau	1.91	2.92
166	Ireland	1.90	2.08
167	Aruba	1.90	2.31
168	Kazakhstan	1.90	2.87
169	Martinique	1.88	2.04
170	Montenegro	1.88	1.94
171	Isle of Man	1.86	1.93
172	Norway	1.85	1.89
173	Bermuda	1.79	1.76
174	France	1.79	1.79
175	British Virgin Islands	1.79	1.77
176	Barbados	1.78	1.64
177	Thailand	1.77	2.14
178	North Macedonia	1.77	2.25
179	Australia	1.76	1.84
180	Trinidad and Tobago	1.76	2.53
181	Luxembourg	1.74	1.53
182	Denmark	1.73	1.62
183	Finland	1.73	1.71
184	Malta	1.73	2.09
185	Azerbaijan	1.72	3.00
186	Cayman Islands	1.71	1.76
187	Saint Helena	1.70	2.21
188	United Kingdom	1.68	1.79
189	Cyprus	1.67	2.37
190	Netherlands	1.66	1.56
191	Cuba	1.64	1.83
192	Georgia	1.64	2.32
193	Belgium	1.61	1.59
194	Northern Mariana Islands	1.61	2.02
195	Liechtenstein	1.60	1.50
196	Republic of Moldova	1.56	2.46
197	Canada	1.54	1.64
198	Armenia	1.53	2.71
199	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.53	1.74
200	China	1.53	2.52
201	Jersey	1.52	1.45
202	Guernsey	1.50	1.55
203	Sweden	1.50	2.02
204	Portugal	1.50	1.57
205	Switzerland	1.48	1.56
206	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.47	1.61
207	Republic of Korea	1.47	1.56
208	Lithuania	1.46	1.99
209	Croatia	1.44	1.65
210	Saint Barthélemy	1.44	1.44
211	Andorra	1.42	1.39
212	Poland	1.38	2.10
213	Germany	1.37	1.43
214	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.37	1.79
215	Serbia	1.35	1.69
216	Austria	1.34	1.46
217	Japan	1.34	1.55
218	Greece	1.33	1.49
219	Slovakia	1.33	2.07
220	Romania	1.30	2.20
221	Estonia	1.29	2.21
222	San Marino	1.29	1.15
223	Hungary	1.29	1.82
224	Bulgaria	1.26	1.89
225	Belarus	1.26	1.98
226	Singapore	1.24	1.53
227	Italy	1.23	1.33
228	Slovenia	1.21	1.52
229	Montserrat	1.20	2.17
230	Russian Federation	1.18	2.03
231	Spain	1.17	1.40
232	Latvia	1.17	2.03
233	Czechia	1.14	1.87
234	Ukraine	1.13	1.93
235	China, Macao SAR	1.02	1.81
236	Holy See	1.00	1.00
237	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.99	1.32

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