Total fertility rate by country, 2000

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

◀▶2000

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1990
1	Niger	7.83	7.81
2	Somalia	7.64	7.44
3	Afghanistan	7.57	7.58
4	Chad	7.25	7.22
5	Mali	6.89	7.31
6	Burundi	6.87	7.37
7	South Sudan	6.80	7.38
8	Uganda	6.79	7.01
9	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.70	6.65
10	Ethiopia	6.65	7.20
11	Angola	6.64	7.27
12	Burkina Faso	6.52	7.01
13	Sierra Leone	6.35	6.57
14	Yemen	6.32	8.61
15	Nigeria	6.12	6.46
16	Malawi	6.00	6.74
17	Rwanda	5.97	6.80
18	Benin	5.94	6.74
19	Timor-Leste	5.93	5.81
20	Guinea	5.92	6.51
21	Zambia	5.92	6.57
22	Liberia	5.87	6.37
23	Central African Republic	5.85	6.05
24	Mozambique	5.83	6.32
25	Equatorial Guinea	5.83	5.99
26	Guinea-Bissau	5.79	6.50
27	Côte d'Ivoire	5.77	6.72
28	Gambia	5.72	6.25
29	United Republic of Tanzania	5.67	6.20
30	Madagascar	5.66	6.14
31	Sudan	5.60	6.07
32	Cameroon	5.51	6.36
33	Senegal	5.50	6.40
34	State of Palestine	5.46	6.81
35	Mauritania	5.46	6.17
36	Eritrea	5.40	6.34
37	Pakistan	5.35	6.36
38	Comoros	5.23	6.50
39	Togo	5.17	6.07
40	Sao Tome and Principe	5.16	5.83
41	Kenya	5.14	6.14
42	Mayotte	4.96	6.05
43	Iraq	4.92	5.93
44	Ghana	4.83	5.74
45	Solomon Islands	4.76	5.74
46	Congo	4.72	5.27
47	Marshall Islands	4.70	5.97
48	Djibouti	4.60	5.93
49	Guatemala	4.58	5.48
50	Vanuatu	4.54	5.17
51	Samoa	4.52	5.01
52	Papua New Guinea	4.52	5.18
53	Gabon	4.47	5.46
54	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4.43	6.06
55	Haiti	4.39	5.41
56	Honduras	4.29	5.27
57	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	4.22	5.05
58	Saudi Arabia	4.21	5.80
59	Tonga	4.16	4.93
60	Kiribati	4.07	4.67
61	Syrian Arab Republic	4.07	5.56
62	Eswatini	4.03	5.29
63	Zimbabwe	4.01	4.88
64	Namibia	3.99	5.40
65	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.99	4.90
66	Nepal	3.98	5.21
67	French Guiana	3.96	3.74
68	American Samoa	3.89	4.47
69	Jordan	3.86	5.54
70	Oman	3.85	6.46
71	Tuvalu	3.84	3.75
72	Tokelau	3.82	4.56
73	Cambodia	3.79	5.64
74	Philippines	3.75	4.32
75	Belize	3.63	4.80
76	Lesotho	3.61	4.81
77	Cabo Verde	3.55	5.36
78	Nauru	3.54	4.02
79	Egypt	3.51	4.51
80	Paraguay	3.51	4.57
81	Tajikistan	3.49	5.46
82	Western Sahara	3.49	4.69
83	Bhutan	3.38	5.60
84	India	3.35	4.04
85	Botswana	3.29	4.51
86	Bangladesh	3.28	4.51
87	Nicaragua	3.12	4.60
88	Cook Islands	3.11	3.97
89	Ecuador	3.10	3.68
90	El Salvador	3.08	3.96
91	Qatar	3.07	4.23
92	Guyana	3.06	3.18
93	Suriname	3.05	3.22
94	Fiji	2.99	3.39
95	Malaysia	2.94	3.30
96	Israel	2.92	2.84
97	Guam	2.92	3.02
98	Libya	2.91	4.78
99	Turkmenistan	2.90	4.29
100	Niue	2.90	4.02
101	Kuwait	2.89	3.49
102	Saint Martin (French part)	2.88	2.75
103	Dominican Republic	2.87	3.41
104	Peru	2.85	3.91
105	Myanmar	2.81	3.50
106	Bahrain	2.80	3.82
107	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.79	3.45
108	Morocco	2.77	4.06
109	Panama	2.74	3.07
110	United Arab Emirates	2.73	4.51
111	Mexico	2.71	3.44
112	Uzbekistan	2.70	4.12
113	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.70	3.67
114	Maldives	2.69	6.13
115	Lebanon	2.60	3.27
116	French Polynesia	2.60	3.43
117	Algeria	2.59	4.51
118	Argentina	2.59	3.03
119	Kyrgyzstan	2.58	3.80
120	Colombia	2.57	3.00
121	Faroe Islands	2.56	2.78
122	New Caledonia	2.51	3.10
123	Indonesia	2.50	3.11
124	Réunion	2.50	2.57
125	Türkiye	2.49	3.11
126	Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.45	4.58
127	Grenada	2.44	3.06
128	Costa Rica	2.41	3.17
129	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.41	3.19
130	South Africa	2.41	3.72
131	Brunei Darussalam	2.40	3.29
132	Greenland	2.35	2.42
133	Dominica	2.35	3.09
134	Curaçao	2.34	2.30
135	Jamaica	2.34	2.95
136	United States Virgin Islands	2.34	3.11
137	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.31	2.73
138	Brazil	2.25	2.90
139	Mongolia	2.25	4.21
140	Albania	2.22	3.01
141	Guadeloupe	2.22	2.24
142	Sri Lanka	2.21	2.54
143	Saint Lucia	2.21	3.24
144	Antigua and Barbuda	2.20	2.25
145	Uruguay	2.20	2.48
146	Gibraltar	2.18	2.39
147	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.13	2.73
148	Monaco	2.08	1.85
149	Iceland	2.07	2.30
150	Seychelles	2.07	2.61
151	Bahamas	2.06	2.52
152	Chile	2.05	2.58
153	Puerto Rico	2.04	2.29
154	United States of America	2.03	2.07
155	Tunisia	2.03	3.44
156	Viet Nam	2.03	3.60
157	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2.00	4.93
158	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.98	2.23
159	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.98	1.85
160	New Zealand	1.98	2.17
161	Mauritius	1.98	2.30
162	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.94	2.39
163	Barbados	1.93	1.84
164	Kazakhstan	1.90	2.74
165	Martinique	1.90	2.02
166	Montenegro	1.90	1.94
167	Ireland	1.89	2.11
168	Anguilla	1.88	2.19
169	France	1.88	1.78
170	Isle of Man	1.87	1.96
171	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.86	2.40
172	North Macedonia	1.86	2.27
173	Aruba	1.85	2.34
174	Norway	1.85	1.93
175	British Virgin Islands	1.84	1.78
176	Palau	1.82	2.88
177	Australia	1.76	1.91
178	Denmark	1.76	1.66
179	Luxembourg	1.76	1.60
180	Bermuda	1.74	1.70
181	Thailand	1.73	2.07
182	Trinidad and Tobago	1.73	2.39
183	Finland	1.73	1.78
184	Netherlands	1.72	1.61
185	Cayman Islands	1.71	1.78
186	Azerbaijan	1.70	2.98
187	Saint Helena	1.68	2.14
188	Malta	1.67	2.04
189	Belgium	1.66	1.63
190	United Kingdom	1.64	1.83
191	Cyprus	1.64	2.40
192	Northern Mariana Islands	1.64	2.34
193	China	1.63	2.51
194	Cuba	1.61	1.81
195	Georgia	1.61	2.31
196	Liechtenstein	1.57	1.50
197	Sweden	1.54	2.12
198	Portugal	1.54	1.56
199	Canada	1.51	1.70
200	Jersey	1.51	1.45
201	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.50	1.60
202	Republic of Moldova	1.50	2.39
203	Saint Barthélemy	1.49	1.41
204	Switzerland	1.49	1.58
205	Armenia	1.47	2.71
206	Guernsey	1.47	1.61
207	Republic of Korea	1.47	1.60
208	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.47	1.79
209	Croatia	1.42	1.63
210	San Marino	1.40	1.16
211	Germany	1.39	1.46
212	Lithuania	1.38	2.03
213	Poland	1.37	2.06
214	Austria	1.36	1.47
215	Estonia	1.35	2.04
216	Serbia	1.35	1.65
217	Japan	1.35	1.51
218	Singapore	1.34	1.58
219	Greece	1.33	1.47
220	Hungary	1.32	1.86
221	Romania	1.30	1.84
222	Slovakia	1.29	2.08
223	Bulgaria	1.29	1.79
224	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.28	1.79
225	Andorra	1.27	1.40
226	Belarus	1.27	1.86
227	Italy	1.25	1.33
228	Slovenia	1.25	1.46
229	Latvia	1.24	1.99
230	Montserrat	1.23	2.16
231	Spain	1.21	1.36
232	Russian Federation	1.19	1.91
233	Czechia	1.15	1.88
234	Ukraine	1.11	1.84
235	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.03	1.28
236	Holy See	1.00	1.00
237	China, Macao SAR	0.93	1.71

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