Total fertility rate by country, 2003

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

◀▶2003

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1993
1	Niger	7.79	7.79
2	Somalia	7.60	7.53
3	Chad	7.18	7.34
4	Afghanistan	7.17	7.76
5	Burundi	6.79	7.27
6	Mali	6.78	7.18
7	Uganda	6.67	6.89
8	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.55	6.64
9	Angola	6.53	7.06
10	Ethiopia	6.40	7.09
11	South Sudan	6.35	7.36
12	Burkina Faso	6.28	6.89
13	Nigeria	6.10	6.35
14	Sierra Leone	6.09	6.57
15	Malawi	5.88	6.57
16	Timor-Leste	5.85	5.88
17	Yemen	5.84	8.05
18	Central African Republic	5.80	5.93
19	Benin	5.76	6.51
20	Guinea	5.74	6.41
21	Rwanda	5.74	6.48
22	Zambia	5.71	6.30
23	Equatorial Guinea	5.68	5.98
24	Gambia	5.66	6.03
25	Mozambique	5.60	6.15
26	Guinea-Bissau	5.58	6.37
27	United Republic of Tanzania	5.58	6.00
28	Côte d'Ivoire	5.57	6.27
29	Liberia	5.55	6.25
30	Sudan	5.49	5.97
31	Cameroon	5.43	6.15
32	Mauritania	5.36	6.09
33	Madagascar	5.33	6.06
34	Senegal	5.25	6.05
35	Eritrea	5.14	6.07
36	Comoros	5.11	6.02
37	State of Palestine	5.06	6.50
38	Togo	5.05	5.78
39	Sao Tome and Principe	5.01	5.64
40	Kenya	4.94	5.57
41	Pakistan	4.89	6.11
42	Congo	4.70	5.13
43	Ghana	4.60	5.41
44	Iraq	4.58	5.61
45	Solomon Islands	4.54	5.45
46	Mayotte	4.53	5.76
47	Marshall Islands	4.42	5.38
48	Samoa	4.39	4.83
49	Papua New Guinea	4.36	4.96
50	Gabon	4.30	5.19
51	Djibouti	4.30	5.64
52	Vanuatu	4.29	5.02
53	Guatemala	4.25	5.25
54	Tonga	4.18	4.73
55	Haiti	4.05	5.10
56	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4.02	5.80
57	American Samoa	3.91	4.61
58	Zimbabwe	3.86	4.39
59	Honduras	3.84	5.03
60	Jordan	3.82	4.97
61	Eswatini	3.80	4.81
62	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	3.78	4.68
63	French Guiana	3.77	3.86
64	Syrian Arab Republic	3.76	4.99
65	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.72	4.59
66	Kiribati	3.70	4.49
67	Lesotho	3.62	4.36
68	Philippines	3.59	4.10
69	Tuvalu	3.58	3.92
70	Namibia	3.58	4.91
71	Tokelau	3.51	4.58
72	Saudi Arabia	3.47	5.33
73	Nepal	3.44	5.04
74	Cambodia	3.43	5.43
75	Tajikistan	3.42	4.92
76	Nauru	3.39	3.89
77	Oman	3.37	5.64
78	Egypt	3.35	3.99
79	Belize	3.34	4.21
80	India	3.12	3.80
81	Paraguay	3.12	4.28
82	Botswana	3.11	4.15
83	Western Sahara	3.07	4.27
84	Cabo Verde	3.03	4.95
85	Bangladesh	3.03	3.83
86	Fiji	2.96	3.29
87	Israel	2.92	2.87
88	Qatar	2.92	3.77
89	Ecuador	2.91	3.49
90	Cook Islands	2.89	3.86
91	Niue	2.89	3.60
92	Saint Martin (French part)	2.87	2.66
93	Bhutan	2.87	5.07
94	Suriname	2.84	2.94
95	Nicaragua	2.83	4.10
96	Libya	2.80	3.88
97	Bahrain	2.78	3.46
98	Kuwait	2.77	3.31
99	Guyana	2.75	3.20
100	Dominican Republic	2.70	3.23
101	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.70	3.22
102	Panama	2.68	2.91
103	Myanmar	2.68	3.28
104	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.67	2.65
105	Turkmenistan	2.67	3.78
106	Guam	2.66	3.05
107	Peru	2.66	3.55
108	El Salvador	2.64	3.69
109	Morocco	2.61	3.55
110	Kyrgyzstan	2.60	3.41
111	Malaysia	2.60	3.36
112	Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.58	3.92
113	Mexico	2.58	3.21
114	Faroe Islands	2.54	2.50
115	Uzbekistan	2.50	3.86
116	United Arab Emirates	2.49	3.82
117	Lebanon	2.46	2.94
118	Algeria	2.45	4.08
119	Argentina	2.45	2.97
120	Colombia	2.45	2.98
121	Réunion	2.43	2.39
122	Indonesia	2.41	2.90
123	Greenland	2.39	2.57
124	South Africa	2.36	3.37
125	Maldives	2.34	5.06
126	Grenada	2.33	2.81
127	United States Virgin Islands	2.33	3.64
128	Sri Lanka	2.30	2.44
129	New Caledonia	2.27	2.82
130	French Polynesia	2.26	3.08
131	Jamaica	2.24	2.99
132	Guadeloupe	2.22	2.16
133	Türkiye	2.20	2.92
134	Curaçao	2.19	2.44
135	Brunei Darussalam	2.19	3.01
136	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.18	2.84
137	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.14	2.74
138	Uruguay	2.12	2.41
139	Kazakhstan	2.08	2.48
140	Costa Rica	2.08	2.93
141	Dominica	2.07	3.20
142	Seychelles	2.05	2.58
143	United States of America	2.03	2.01
144	Mongolia	2.02	3.02
145	Albania	2.01	2.81
146	Brazil	2.01	2.66
147	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.00	2.37
148	Viet Nam	2.00	3.17
149	Iceland	1.99	2.22
150	Bahamas	1.97	2.61
151	Ireland	1.96	1.90
152	Tunisia	1.96	3.06
153	Palau	1.96	2.73
154	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.95	2.15
155	Saint Lucia	1.94	3.00
156	New Zealand	1.93	2.04
157	Monaco	1.91	1.75
158	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.91	2.22
159	Martinique	1.90	1.97
160	Antigua and Barbuda	1.89	2.04
161	Chile	1.89	2.43
162	Northern Mariana Islands	1.89	3.23
163	France	1.87	1.66
164	Mauritius	1.87	2.31
165	Barbados	1.86	1.77
166	Isle of Man	1.84	1.95
167	Aruba	1.81	2.33
168	Puerto Rico	1.81	2.21
169	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.80	3.67
170	Norway	1.80	1.87
171	Montenegro	1.80	1.96
172	Bermuda	1.79	1.70
173	Australia	1.76	1.86
174	Denmark	1.76	1.75
175	Finland	1.76	1.81
176	North Macedonia	1.75	2.26
177	Netherlands	1.74	1.57
178	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.74	1.94
179	Sweden	1.71	1.99
180	United Kingdom	1.70	1.76
181	Cayman Islands	1.67	1.67
182	Thailand	1.67	1.97
183	Belgium	1.67	1.61
184	Trinidad and Tobago	1.65	2.13
185	Anguilla	1.64	2.00
186	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.64	2.42
187	Cuba	1.63	1.49
188	Gibraltar	1.63	2.42
189	Luxembourg	1.62	1.71
190	Saint Helena	1.60	1.95
191	Montserrat	1.60	2.14
192	Azerbaijan	1.59	2.75
193	China	1.57	1.69
194	Georgia	1.55	1.91
195	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.55	1.52
196	Canada	1.54	1.69
197	Jersey	1.54	1.41
198	Saint Barthélemy	1.52	1.37
199	Cyprus	1.51	2.25
200	Malta	1.48	1.96
201	Republic of Moldova	1.48	2.11
202	Armenia	1.47	2.29
203	Guernsey	1.46	1.44
204	Portugal	1.44	1.51
205	Croatia	1.41	1.51
206	Switzerland	1.38	1.51
207	Austria	1.37	1.51
208	Serbia	1.37	1.54
209	Liechtenstein	1.37	1.45
210	Estonia	1.36	1.49
211	Germany	1.34	1.29
212	Greece	1.33	1.43
213	Russian Federation	1.33	1.39
214	Latvia	1.32	1.50
215	British Virgin Islands	1.31	1.81
216	San Marino	1.30	1.12
217	Romania	1.30	1.44
218	Italy	1.29	1.25
219	Spain	1.29	1.25
220	Japan	1.29	1.44
221	Hungary	1.28	1.69
222	Lithuania	1.26	1.74
223	Bulgaria	1.25	1.46
224	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.25	1.77
225	Poland	1.23	1.87
226	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.22	1.73
227	Slovakia	1.20	1.86
228	Slovenia	1.20	1.33
229	Republic of Korea	1.20	1.68
230	Belarus	1.19	1.58
231	Andorra	1.18	1.33
232	Czechia	1.18	1.65
233	Ukraine	1.17	1.56
234	Singapore	1.08	1.50
235	Holy See	1.00	1.00
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.90	1.36
237	China, Macao SAR	0.80	1.47

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