Total fertility rate by country, 2004

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

◀▶2004

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1994
1	Niger	7.78	7.79
2	Somalia	7.57	7.54
3	Chad	7.16	7.31
4	Afghanistan	7.02	7.77
5	Burundi	6.75	7.23
6	Mali	6.74	7.12
7	Uganda	6.61	6.90
8	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.53	6.64
9	Angola	6.50	6.99
10	Ethiopia	6.30	7.05
11	Burkina Faso	6.22	6.84
12	South Sudan	6.19	7.35
13	Nigeria	6.09	6.32
14	Sierra Leone	5.92	6.56
15	Malawi	5.86	6.49
16	Central African Republic	5.78	5.92
17	Timor-Leste	5.74	5.91
18	Guinea	5.73	6.36
19	Benin	5.72	6.42
20	Yemen	5.71	7.80
21	Zambia	5.70	6.26
22	Gambia	5.68	6.03
23	Rwanda	5.64	6.42
24	Equatorial Guinea	5.62	5.98
25	United Republic of Tanzania	5.60	5.89
26	Mozambique	5.55	6.08
27	Côte d'Ivoire	5.53	6.13
28	Liberia	5.51	6.21
29	Guinea-Bissau	5.50	6.30
30	Sudan	5.45	5.91
31	Cameroon	5.44	6.04
32	Mauritania	5.37	6.06
33	Madagascar	5.26	6.04
34	Senegal	5.19	5.92
35	Comoros	5.07	5.86
36	Eritrea	5.04	6.00
37	Togo	4.99	5.67
38	State of Palestine	4.97	6.33
39	Sao Tome and Principe	4.96	5.56
40	Kenya	4.86	5.44
41	Congo	4.69	5.10
42	Pakistan	4.69	6.01
43	Iraq	4.53	5.49
44	Ghana	4.50	5.25
45	Solomon Islands	4.47	5.40
46	Mayotte	4.45	5.67
47	Samoa	4.34	4.79
48	Marshall Islands	4.34	5.23
49	Papua New Guinea	4.28	4.87
50	Gabon	4.25	5.04
51	Vanuatu	4.21	4.94
52	Tonga	4.19	4.66
53	Djibouti	4.16	5.51
54	Guatemala	4.13	5.19
55	American Samoa	3.95	4.38
56	Haiti	3.94	4.99
57	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.90	5.60
58	Zimbabwe	3.78	4.28
59	Eswatini	3.76	4.66
60	Kiribati	3.73	4.44
61	Jordan	3.73	4.82
62	Honduras	3.71	4.93
63	Syrian Arab Republic	3.68	4.86
64	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	3.68	4.58
65	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.63	4.49
66	Tuvalu	3.55	3.92
67	Namibia	3.54	4.68
68	Philippines	3.52	4.08
69	Tajikistan	3.51	4.79
70	Lesotho	3.51	4.21
71	Tokelau	3.47	4.52
72	French Guiana	3.47	3.82
73	Nauru	3.38	3.84
74	Cambodia	3.31	5.28
75	Egypt	3.28	3.87
76	Nepal	3.28	4.96
77	Saudi Arabia	3.26	5.16
78	Belize	3.25	3.97
79	Oman	3.20	5.36
80	Botswana	3.06	4.02
81	India	3.05	3.72
82	Paraguay	3.05	4.20
83	Western Sahara	2.97	4.15
84	Bangladesh	2.94	3.74
85	Fiji	2.94	3.26
86	Niue	2.92	3.46
87	Cabo Verde	2.90	4.72
88	Israel	2.85	2.84
89	Ecuador	2.85	3.42
90	Cook Islands	2.83	3.76
91	Saint Martin (French part)	2.83	2.67
92	Qatar	2.79	3.66
93	Nicaragua	2.78	3.94
94	Bhutan	2.78	4.87
95	Guam	2.77	3.04
96	Bahrain	2.77	3.29
97	Libya	2.77	3.65
98	Kuwait	2.76	3.27
99	Suriname	2.74	2.90
100	Guyana	2.68	3.23
101	Panama	2.68	2.88
102	Turkmenistan	2.67	3.62
103	Peru	2.67	3.43
104	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.65	2.52
105	Dominican Republic	2.64	3.16
106	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.64	3.15
107	Kyrgyzstan	2.63	3.28
108	Morocco	2.61	3.41
109	Faroe Islands	2.59	2.40
110	Myanmar	2.59	3.20
111	Mexico	2.54	3.13
112	El Salvador	2.52	3.61
113	Algeria	2.50	3.91
114	Uzbekistan	2.50	3.66
115	Malaysia	2.49	3.35
116	Réunion	2.45	2.33
117	South Africa	2.44	3.26
118	Argentina	2.43	2.94
119	United States Virgin Islands	2.43	3.68
120	Indonesia	2.42	2.85
121	United Arab Emirates	2.38	3.76
122	Greenland	2.38	2.53
123	Colombia	2.38	2.94
124	Lebanon	2.38	2.82
125	Grenada	2.29	2.79
126	Sri Lanka	2.27	2.41
127	Maldives	2.26	4.69
128	New Caledonia	2.24	2.72
129	Guadeloupe	2.23	2.13
130	Kazakhstan	2.20	2.38
131	Jamaica	2.20	2.93
132	Türkiye	2.20	2.87
133	French Polynesia	2.20	2.94
134	Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.19	3.64
135	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.14	2.76
136	Curaçao	2.10	2.43
137	Brunei Darussalam	2.10	2.90
138	Uruguay	2.09	2.42
139	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.09	2.68
140	Northern Mariana Islands	2.07	2.98
141	Iceland	2.04	2.14
142	Seychelles	2.04	2.60
143	United States of America	2.03	1.99
144	Costa Rica	2.03	2.86
145	Dominica	2.02	2.96
146	Palau	1.99	2.66
147	Monaco	1.99	1.76
148	New Zealand	1.98	1.98
149	Bahamas	1.98	2.47
150	Mongolia	1.98	2.82
151	Azerbaijan	1.97	2.44
152	Brazil	1.97	2.60
153	Viet Nam	1.97	2.94
154	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.96	2.31
155	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.95	2.12
156	Tunisia	1.95	2.87
157	Ireland	1.93	1.85
158	France	1.90	1.67
159	Martinique	1.90	1.95
160	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.90	2.18
161	Albania	1.89	2.80
162	Mauritius	1.87	2.24
163	Saint Lucia	1.86	3.03
164	Antigua and Barbuda	1.85	2.07
165	Chile	1.84	2.38
166	Puerto Rico	1.84	2.18
167	Norway	1.83	1.87
168	Isle of Man	1.83	1.92
169	Aruba	1.82	2.30
170	Barbados	1.80	1.73
171	Finland	1.79	1.84
172	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.78	3.24
173	Australia	1.78	1.85
174	Denmark	1.78	1.80
175	Bermuda	1.76	1.68
176	United Kingdom	1.75	1.74
177	Sweden	1.75	1.88
178	Montenegro	1.73	1.94
179	Netherlands	1.72	1.57
180	Belgium	1.72	1.56
181	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.70	2.05
182	Gibraltar	1.69	2.38
183	Cayman Islands	1.67	1.66
184	Thailand	1.66	1.93
185	Luxembourg	1.66	1.73
186	Trinidad and Tobago	1.63	2.06
187	Montserrat	1.62	2.08
188	Anguilla	1.61	1.93
189	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.61	2.40
190	China	1.61	1.63
191	Saint Helena	1.59	1.88
192	Georgia	1.57	1.83
193	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.56	1.46
194	Cuba	1.55	1.47
195	Canada	1.54	1.69
196	Republic of Moldova	1.54	1.99
197	Jersey	1.52	1.50
198	North Macedonia	1.52	2.23
199	Cyprus	1.51	2.16
200	Saint Barthélemy	1.51	1.37
201	British Virgin Islands	1.50	1.66
202	Armenia	1.49	2.08
203	Estonia	1.47	1.41
204	Guernsey	1.47	1.42
205	Liechtenstein	1.44	1.44
206	Austria	1.42	1.47
207	Croatia	1.42	1.52
208	Switzerland	1.41	1.49
209	Portugal	1.41	1.44
210	Malta	1.40	1.84
211	Serbia	1.36	1.50
212	Germany	1.36	1.25
213	Russian Federation	1.35	1.40
214	Italy	1.34	1.21
215	Greece	1.34	1.41
216	Romania	1.34	1.40
217	Bulgaria	1.32	1.37
218	Spain	1.31	1.19
219	San Marino	1.30	1.14
220	Latvia	1.30	1.38
221	Hungary	1.28	1.64
222	Japan	1.28	1.47
223	Lithuania	1.27	1.58
224	Slovakia	1.25	1.67
225	Slovenia	1.25	1.32
226	Andorra	1.23	1.32
227	Czechia	1.23	1.44
228	Poland	1.23	1.80
229	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.22	1.70
230	Ukraine	1.21	1.47
231	Belarus	1.20	1.49
232	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.19	1.77
233	Republic of Korea	1.16	1.67
234	Singapore	1.07	1.47
235	Holy See	1.00	1.00
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.92	1.37
237	China, Macao SAR	0.80	1.43

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