Total fertility rate by country, 2001

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

◀▶2001

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1991
1	Niger	7.81	7.80
2	Somalia	7.64	7.47
3	Afghanistan	7.45	7.63
4	Chad	7.23	7.26
5	Burundi	6.85	7.34
6	Mali	6.85	7.28
7	Uganda	6.76	6.94
8	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.66	6.64
9	South Sudan	6.65	7.38
10	Angola	6.60	7.21
11	Ethiopia	6.58	7.16
12	Burkina Faso	6.43	6.97
13	Sierra Leone	6.31	6.55
14	Yemen	6.14	8.46
15	Nigeria	6.13	6.43
16	Malawi	5.94	6.68
17	Timor-Leste	5.92	5.83
18	Rwanda	5.89	6.62
19	Zambia	5.85	6.46
20	Benin	5.85	6.67
21	Guinea	5.83	6.48
22	Central African Republic	5.81	6.03
23	Equatorial Guinea	5.78	5.99
24	Liberia	5.77	6.32
25	Mozambique	5.76	6.28
26	Côte d'Ivoire	5.70	6.58
27	Guinea-Bissau	5.69	6.47
28	Gambia	5.67	6.19
29	United Republic of Tanzania	5.62	6.14
30	Sudan	5.56	6.05
31	Madagascar	5.53	6.12
32	Cameroon	5.44	6.32
33	Mauritania	5.41	6.16
34	Senegal	5.40	6.27
35	State of Palestine	5.34	6.75
36	Eritrea	5.31	6.24
37	Comoros	5.20	6.35
38	Pakistan	5.18	6.29
39	Togo	5.13	5.99
40	Sao Tome and Principe	5.10	5.77
41	Kenya	5.09	5.94
42	Mayotte	4.81	5.95
43	Iraq	4.80	5.83
44	Ghana	4.77	5.63
45	Congo	4.67	5.22
46	Solomon Islands	4.67	5.62
47	Marshall Islands	4.58	5.76
48	Djibouti	4.52	5.86
49	Guatemala	4.50	5.38
50	Vanuatu	4.50	5.13
51	Samoa	4.48	4.91
52	Papua New Guinea	4.47	5.11
53	Gabon	4.42	5.37
54	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4.29	5.99
55	Haiti	4.25	5.32
56	Honduras	4.15	5.19
57	Tonga	4.13	4.85
58	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	4.08	4.92
59	Syrian Arab Republic	3.98	5.34
60	Zimbabwe	3.98	4.72
61	Kiribati	3.96	4.64
62	Saudi Arabia	3.96	5.64
63	Eswatini	3.94	5.13
64	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.89	4.85
65	American Samoa	3.87	4.53
66	Namibia	3.83	5.29
67	Jordan	3.80	5.33
68	Nepal	3.79	5.15
69	French Guiana	3.78	3.87
70	Tuvalu	3.75	3.79
71	Philippines	3.72	4.27
72	Cambodia	3.69	5.59
73	Tokelau	3.67	4.60
74	Oman	3.66	6.20
75	Lesotho	3.63	4.68
76	Belize	3.53	4.60
77	Tajikistan	3.49	5.28
78	Egypt	3.46	4.31
79	Nauru	3.46	3.99
80	Cabo Verde	3.37	5.26
81	Paraguay	3.36	4.48
82	Western Sahara	3.34	4.54
83	India	3.30	3.96
84	Botswana	3.25	4.37
85	Bangladesh	3.20	4.26
86	Bhutan	3.19	5.45
87	Qatar	3.08	3.99
88	Cook Islands	3.06	3.99
89	Suriname	3.06	3.09
90	Ecuador	3.04	3.63
91	Nicaragua	3.00	4.43
92	Fiji	2.97	3.37
93	Guyana	2.96	3.18
94	El Salvador	2.93	3.89
95	Saint Martin (French part)	2.90	2.71
96	Israel	2.87	2.83
97	Niue	2.87	3.87
98	Libya	2.87	4.46
99	Kuwait	2.84	3.40
100	Dominican Republic	2.83	3.35
101	Guam	2.82	3.03
102	Turkmenistan	2.81	4.15
103	Malaysia	2.81	3.34
104	Myanmar	2.79	3.43
105	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.78	3.37
106	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.76	3.37
107	Peru	2.74	3.79
108	Panama	2.72	3.00
109	Morocco	2.69	3.95
110	Mexico	2.67	3.36
111	Bahrain	2.65	3.63
112	United Arab Emirates	2.62	4.25
113	Uzbekistan	2.61	4.19
114	Lebanon	2.58	3.16
115	Kyrgyzstan	2.55	3.74
116	Argentina	2.53	3.01
117	Maldives	2.53	5.80
118	Algeria	2.52	4.37
119	Colombia	2.52	2.98
120	French Polynesia	2.52	3.26
121	Indonesia	2.47	3.06
122	United States Virgin Islands	2.47	3.38
123	Greenland	2.45	2.44
124	Réunion	2.45	2.57
125	Grenada	2.42	3.11
126	New Caledonia	2.42	3.07
127	Curaçao	2.41	2.37
128	Dominica	2.40	3.14
129	Türkiye	2.39	3.00
130	Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.37	4.42
131	South Africa	2.37	3.62
132	Faroe Islands	2.35	2.63
133	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.34	3.05
134	Brunei Darussalam	2.34	3.21
135	Costa Rica	2.31	3.07
136	Jamaica	2.30	3.00
137	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.30	2.75
138	Sri Lanka	2.28	2.51
139	Guadeloupe	2.23	2.23
140	Mongolia	2.19	3.86
141	Monaco	2.18	1.79
142	Uruguay	2.16	2.45
143	Brazil	2.16	2.80
144	Albania	2.14	2.96
145	Saint Lucia	2.13	3.19
146	Gibraltar	2.10	2.43
147	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.08	2.60
148	Antigua and Barbuda	2.02	2.04
149	Bahamas	2.02	2.51
150	Viet Nam	2.02	3.52
151	United States of America	2.01	2.06
152	Chile	2.01	2.56
153	Anguilla	2.00	2.14
154	Seychelles	1.98	2.69
155	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.97	2.20
156	Tunisia	1.97	3.31
157	New Zealand	1.96	2.09
158	Iceland	1.95	2.20
159	Barbados	1.95	1.84
160	Puerto Rico	1.95	2.21
161	Ireland	1.94	2.08
162	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.94	2.35
163	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.92	4.57
164	Kazakhstan	1.91	2.68
165	Martinique	1.90	2.00
166	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.89	1.85
167	Mauritius	1.89	2.29
168	France	1.88	1.77
169	Palau	1.87	2.74
170	Isle of Man	1.87	1.98
171	Bermuda	1.86	1.74
172	Montenegro	1.85	2.01
173	Aruba	1.81	2.36
174	Norway	1.79	1.92
175	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.77	2.41
176	Australia	1.74	1.86
177	Denmark	1.74	1.68
178	Northern Mariana Islands	1.74	2.82
179	North Macedonia	1.73	2.31
180	Finland	1.72	1.79
181	Netherlands	1.71	1.61
182	Thailand	1.71	2.04
183	Trinidad and Tobago	1.71	2.29
184	Cayman Islands	1.70	1.85
185	Belgium	1.67	1.66
186	Luxembourg	1.66	1.61
187	Saint Helena	1.65	2.08
188	United Kingdom	1.62	1.82
189	Azerbaijan	1.59	2.95
190	Cuba	1.59	1.66
191	Georgia	1.58	2.21
192	Cyprus	1.57	2.34
193	Sweden	1.57	2.11
194	China	1.56	1.93
195	Canada	1.53	1.72
196	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.53	1.59
197	Saint Barthélemy	1.52	1.40
198	San Marino	1.52	1.17
199	Montserrat	1.52	2.17
200	Liechtenstein	1.52	1.50
201	British Virgin Islands	1.52	1.84
202	Jersey	1.49	1.40
203	Malta	1.49	2.00
204	Republic of Moldova	1.47	2.28
205	Croatia	1.46	1.54
206	Portugal	1.46	1.56
207	Guernsey	1.45	1.56
208	Armenia	1.40	2.64
209	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.40	1.75
210	Switzerland	1.39	1.58
211	Serbia	1.35	1.61
212	Germany	1.35	1.34
213	Republic of Korea	1.34	1.70
214	Austria	1.33	1.52
215	Greece	1.33	1.46
216	Estonia	1.32	1.80
217	Poland	1.32	2.07
218	Japan	1.32	1.50
219	Hungary	1.31	1.86
220	Andorra	1.30	1.40
221	Lithuania	1.28	2.01
222	Romania	1.27	1.60
223	Italy	1.25	1.30
224	Belarus	1.24	1.75
225	Spain	1.23	1.33
226	Bulgaria	1.23	1.65
227	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.23	1.78
228	Latvia	1.22	1.84
229	Russian Federation	1.22	1.75
230	Slovenia	1.21	1.42
231	Slovakia	1.20	2.03
232	Singapore	1.19	1.49
233	Czechia	1.15	1.84
234	Ukraine	1.09	1.77
235	Holy See	1.00	1.00
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.94	1.30
237	China, Macao SAR	0.85	1.62

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