Total fertility rate by country, 2002

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

◀▶2002

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1992
1	Niger	7.80	7.79
2	Somalia	7.63	7.50
3	Afghanistan	7.32	7.70
4	Chad	7.20	7.30
5	Burundi	6.82	7.30
6	Mali	6.82	7.24
7	Uganda	6.74	6.91
8	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.61	6.64
9	Angola	6.57	7.14
10	South Sudan	6.52	7.37
11	Ethiopia	6.50	7.12
12	Burkina Faso	6.34	6.94
13	Sierra Leone	6.23	6.56
14	Nigeria	6.12	6.39
15	Yemen	5.97	8.27
16	Malawi	5.90	6.63
17	Timor-Leste	5.90	5.87
18	Rwanda	5.82	6.54
19	Benin	5.79	6.59
20	Central African Republic	5.79	5.96
21	Guinea	5.78	6.45
22	Zambia	5.77	6.35
23	Equatorial Guinea	5.73	5.98
24	Mozambique	5.67	6.22
25	Gambia	5.66	6.11
26	Liberia	5.65	6.28
27	Côte d'Ivoire	5.64	6.43
28	Guinea-Bissau	5.63	6.43
29	United Republic of Tanzania	5.57	6.08
30	Sudan	5.53	6.02
31	Cameroon	5.43	6.26
32	Madagascar	5.41	6.08
33	Mauritania	5.37	6.13
34	Senegal	5.30	6.15
35	Eritrea	5.23	6.16
36	State of Palestine	5.22	6.65
37	Comoros	5.16	6.19
38	Togo	5.09	5.89
39	Sao Tome and Principe	5.06	5.70
40	Kenya	5.03	5.74
41	Pakistan	5.01	6.21
42	Congo	4.70	5.18
43	Ghana	4.69	5.52
44	Iraq	4.67	5.72
45	Mayotte	4.66	5.85
46	Solomon Islands	4.60	5.51
47	Marshall Islands	4.49	5.55
48	Samoa	4.44	4.86
49	Papua New Guinea	4.42	5.03
50	Djibouti	4.41	5.75
51	Vanuatu	4.38	5.09
52	Guatemala	4.37	5.31
53	Gabon	4.36	5.29
54	Tonga	4.14	4.79
55	Haiti	4.13	5.21
56	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4.13	5.90
57	Honduras	4.00	5.11
58	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	3.93	4.80
59	Zimbabwe	3.92	4.57
60	Syrian Arab Republic	3.87	5.14
61	American Samoa	3.87	4.56
62	Eswatini	3.85	4.98
63	Kiribati	3.81	4.57
64	Jordan	3.81	5.14
65	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.80	4.71
66	French Guiana	3.72	3.89
67	Saudi Arabia	3.71	5.49
68	Namibia	3.69	5.11
69	Lesotho	3.68	4.54
70	Philippines	3.65	4.16
71	Tuvalu	3.64	3.86
72	Nepal	3.60	5.07
73	Cambodia	3.57	5.49
74	Tokelau	3.57	4.61
75	Oman	3.51	5.92
76	Tajikistan	3.47	5.06
77	Belize	3.43	4.43
78	Egypt	3.41	4.15
79	Nauru	3.40	3.95
80	Paraguay	3.23	4.40
81	India	3.22	3.88
82	Cabo Verde	3.19	5.12
83	Western Sahara	3.19	4.40
84	Botswana	3.17	4.25
85	Bangladesh	3.13	4.03
86	Qatar	3.01	3.85
87	Bhutan	3.01	5.27
88	Ecuador	2.97	3.57
89	Cook Islands	2.97	3.95
90	Fiji	2.97	3.33
91	Suriname	2.96	3.01
92	Saint Martin (French part)	2.90	2.68
93	Nicaragua	2.89	4.27
94	Israel	2.88	2.87
95	Niue	2.86	3.73
96	Guyana	2.84	3.19
97	Libya	2.83	4.16
98	Kuwait	2.79	3.35
99	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.79	2.77
100	El Salvador	2.77	3.80
101	Dominican Republic	2.76	3.29
102	Myanmar	2.76	3.35
103	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.74	3.29
104	Turkmenistan	2.71	3.96
105	Bahrain	2.70	3.55
106	Panama	2.70	2.95
107	Peru	2.69	3.67
108	Malaysia	2.66	3.37
109	Mexico	2.63	3.29
110	Morocco	2.62	3.76
111	Guam	2.58	3.04
112	Uzbekistan	2.57	4.06
113	Kyrgyzstan	2.57	3.64
114	United Arab Emirates	2.54	4.09
115	Faroe Islands	2.54	2.53
116	Lebanon	2.52	3.05
117	Argentina	2.49	2.99
118	Greenland	2.49	2.55
119	Colombia	2.49	2.98
120	Indonesia	2.44	2.95
121	Algeria	2.43	4.27
122	Maldives	2.43	5.43
123	French Polynesia	2.42	3.15
124	United States Virgin Islands	2.42	3.63
125	Réunion	2.41	2.55
126	Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.38	4.18
127	Grenada	2.38	2.97
128	New Caledonia	2.35	2.95
129	South Africa	2.32	3.48
130	Sri Lanka	2.31	2.49
131	Curaçao	2.30	2.43
132	Jamaica	2.27	3.03
133	Türkiye	2.27	2.94
134	Brunei Darussalam	2.26	3.11
135	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.24	2.94
136	Guadeloupe	2.22	2.20
137	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.22	2.76
138	Uruguay	2.16	2.43
139	Costa Rica	2.16	3.00
140	Dominica	2.16	3.18
141	Mongolia	2.10	3.43
142	Brazil	2.08	2.71
143	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.04	2.43
144	Seychelles	2.03	2.53
145	Saint Lucia	2.03	3.11
146	Viet Nam	2.01	3.35
147	Monaco	2.01	1.76
148	United States of America	2.00	2.04
149	Albania	2.00	2.89
150	Bahamas	1.98	2.71
151	Ireland	1.97	1.99
152	Kazakhstan	1.96	2.58
153	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.96	2.18
154	Iceland	1.94	2.21
155	Antigua and Barbuda	1.94	2.13
156	Tunisia	1.94	3.19
157	Chile	1.93	2.48
158	Palau	1.92	2.71
159	Mauritius	1.92	2.36
160	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.92	2.29
161	New Zealand	1.89	2.06
162	Martinique	1.89	1.99
163	France	1.87	1.74
164	Barbados	1.86	1.80
165	Puerto Rico	1.86	2.20
166	Isle of Man	1.86	1.97
167	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.84	4.10
168	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.81	1.88
169	Bermuda	1.81	1.73
170	Montenegro	1.81	2.01
171	Aruba	1.80	2.35
172	North Macedonia	1.79	2.28
173	Australia	1.76	1.89
174	Norway	1.76	1.89
175	Anguilla	1.74	2.03
176	Netherlands	1.73	1.59
177	Denmark	1.73	1.76
178	Finland	1.72	1.84
179	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.69	2.42
180	Thailand	1.69	2.01
181	Cayman Islands	1.68	1.73
182	Gibraltar	1.68	2.44
183	Northern Mariana Islands	1.68	3.07
184	Trinidad and Tobago	1.67	2.21
185	Cuba	1.65	1.56
186	Sweden	1.65	2.08
187	Belgium	1.65	1.65
188	United Kingdom	1.63	1.79
189	Luxembourg	1.63	1.65
190	Saint Helena	1.62	2.02
191	Azerbaijan	1.58	2.86
192	Georgia	1.57	2.05
193	China	1.57	1.78
194	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.55	1.56
195	Saint Barthélemy	1.54	1.38
196	Canada	1.51	1.72
197	Cyprus	1.50	2.46
198	Jersey	1.48	1.47
199	Liechtenstein	1.47	1.48
200	Portugal	1.46	1.54
201	Malta	1.46	2.06
202	Guernsey	1.45	1.48
203	Republic of Moldova	1.45	2.22
204	Montserrat	1.45	2.16
205	Croatia	1.43	1.46
206	San Marino	1.43	1.15
207	Armenia	1.41	2.50
208	Austria	1.39	1.52
209	Switzerland	1.38	1.57
210	Serbia	1.36	1.57
211	Estonia	1.35	1.70
212	Greece	1.34	1.45
213	Germany	1.34	1.31
214	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.33	1.74
215	Japan	1.31	1.48
216	Hungary	1.30	1.77
217	Russian Federation	1.29	1.57
218	Romania	1.27	1.51
219	Andorra	1.26	1.37
220	Italy	1.26	1.30
221	Latvia	1.26	1.72
222	Spain	1.25	1.31
223	Poland	1.25	1.96
224	British Virgin Islands	1.25	1.88
225	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.23	1.76
226	Lithuania	1.23	1.97
227	Republic of Korea	1.23	1.74
228	Bulgaria	1.22	1.54
229	Slovenia	1.21	1.33
230	Belarus	1.20	1.70
231	Slovakia	1.19	1.93
232	Singapore	1.17	1.48
233	Czechia	1.17	1.71
234	Ukraine	1.13	1.67
235	Holy See	1.00	1.00
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.93	1.36
237	China, Macao SAR	0.81	1.55

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