Total fertility rate by country, 2005

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

◀▶2005

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1995
1	Niger	7.77	7.78
2	Somalia	7.53	7.58
3	Chad	7.13	7.29
4	Afghanistan	6.86	7.77
5	Burundi	6.71	7.18
6	Mali	6.71	7.05
7	Uganda	6.53	6.87
8	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.53	6.68
9	Angola	6.46	6.92
10	Ethiopia	6.19	7.00
11	Burkina Faso	6.18	6.81
12	Nigeria	6.06	6.27
13	South Sudan	6.02	7.34
14	Malawi	5.85	6.39
15	Sierra Leone	5.81	6.56
16	Central African Republic	5.81	5.94
17	Guinea	5.73	6.29
18	Gambia	5.71	5.99
19	Zambia	5.70	6.23
20	Benin	5.69	6.33
21	Timor-Leste	5.61	5.94
22	United Republic of Tanzania	5.58	5.82
23	Yemen	5.56	7.53
24	Equatorial Guinea	5.56	5.97
25	Liberia	5.52	6.17
26	Côte d'Ivoire	5.50	6.04
27	Mozambique	5.50	6.02
28	Rwanda	5.50	6.34
29	Guinea-Bissau	5.46	6.22
30	Cameroon	5.42	5.92
31	Sudan	5.40	5.86
32	Mauritania	5.38	5.96
33	Madagascar	5.20	6.04
34	Senegal	5.13	5.82
35	Togo	5.04	5.56
36	Comoros	5.01	5.73
37	Sao Tome and Principe	4.94	5.55
38	Eritrea	4.93	5.94
39	State of Palestine	4.87	6.16
40	Kenya	4.80	5.37
41	Congo	4.67	5.07
42	Pakistan	4.59	5.89
43	Ghana	4.50	5.11
44	Mayotte	4.50	5.59
45	Iraq	4.45	5.36
46	Solomon Islands	4.41	5.33
47	Samoa	4.32	4.77
48	Marshall Islands	4.28	5.09
49	Papua New Guinea	4.22	4.78
50	Gabon	4.21	4.88
51	Tonga	4.20	4.56
52	Vanuatu	4.13	4.85
53	Djibouti	4.04	5.33
54	Guatemala	3.97	5.11
55	American Samoa	3.86	4.12
56	Haiti	3.84	4.88
57	French Guiana	3.78	3.76
58	Kiribati	3.76	4.42
59	Eswatini	3.70	4.52
60	Zimbabwe	3.69	4.15
61	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.68	5.36
62	Jordan	3.65	4.68
63	Syrian Arab Republic	3.61	4.70
64	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	3.59	4.49
65	Honduras	3.58	4.84
66	Namibia	3.57	4.42
67	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.56	4.41
68	Tuvalu	3.55	3.96
69	Philippines	3.45	4.07
70	Tokelau	3.44	4.47
71	Lesotho	3.43	4.13
72	Tajikistan	3.40	4.66
73	Nauru	3.38	3.81
74	Egypt	3.25	3.76
75	Cambodia	3.24	5.08
76	Belize	3.17	3.88
77	Saudi Arabia	3.16	4.99
78	Nepal	3.12	4.87
79	Botswana	3.08	3.79
80	Oman	3.03	5.07
81	Paraguay	2.97	4.11
82	India	2.96	3.65
83	Niue	2.96	3.35
84	Fiji	2.92	3.25
85	Western Sahara	2.89	4.05
86	Bangladesh	2.85	3.59
87	Cook Islands	2.81	3.69
88	Ecuador	2.80	3.38
89	Israel	2.79	2.82
90	Saint Martin (French part)	2.78	2.69
91	Nicaragua	2.76	3.78
92	Libya	2.76	3.44
93	Cabo Verde	2.73	4.49
94	Kuwait	2.73	3.25
95	Bhutan	2.73	4.62
96	Suriname	2.71	2.90
97	Turkmenistan	2.71	3.49
98	Bahrain	2.67	3.13
99	Guyana	2.65	3.24
100	Kyrgyzstan	2.64	3.29
101	Guam	2.64	3.04
102	Panama	2.64	2.85
103	Peru	2.64	3.32
104	Qatar	2.63	3.56
105	Faroe Islands	2.63	2.46
106	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.63	3.08
107	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.62	2.52
108	Morocco	2.61	3.30
109	Dominican Republic	2.57	3.10
110	Algeria	2.56	3.49
111	Myanmar	2.51	3.13
112	South Africa	2.51	3.17
113	Mexico	2.49	3.04
114	Réunion	2.49	2.27
115	Indonesia	2.45	2.81
116	Uzbekistan	2.44	3.57
117	El Salvador	2.44	3.57
118	Argentina	2.43	2.86
119	United States Virgin Islands	2.42	3.24
120	Malaysia	2.39	3.32
121	Greenland	2.34	2.51
122	Colombia	2.31	2.85
123	Guadeloupe	2.30	2.12
124	Lebanon	2.29	2.72
125	Kazakhstan	2.27	2.25
126	Sri Lanka	2.26	2.35
127	Northern Mariana Islands	2.26	3.08
128	Grenada	2.24	2.82
129	United Arab Emirates	2.23	3.28
130	New Caledonia	2.23	2.65
131	Türkiye	2.20	2.84
132	Maldives	2.20	4.29
133	Seychelles	2.18	2.36
134	French Polynesia	2.18	2.78
135	Jamaica	2.15	2.85
136	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.11	2.70
137	Uruguay	2.10	2.40
138	Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.07	3.38
139	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.07	2.61
140	Iceland	2.05	2.08
141	United States of America	2.04	1.97
142	Curaçao	2.04	2.42
143	Costa Rica	2.04	2.78
144	Palau	2.02	2.55
145	Brunei Darussalam	2.02	2.79
146	Bahamas	2.01	2.42
147	Monaco	2.01	1.78
148	Dominica	2.00	2.71
149	Mongolia	1.99	2.74
150	Azerbaijan	1.98	2.19
151	New Zealand	1.96	1.98
152	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.95	2.09
153	Tunisia	1.95	2.67
154	Brazil	1.94	2.57
155	Martinique	1.94	1.92
156	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.93	2.30
157	France	1.92	1.72
158	Viet Nam	1.89	2.70
159	Ireland	1.87	1.84
160	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.87	2.15
161	Isle of Man	1.86	1.92
162	Australia	1.85	1.82
163	Aruba	1.84	2.29
164	Norway	1.84	1.87
165	Puerto Rico	1.84	2.15
166	Antigua and Barbuda	1.83	2.16
167	Chile	1.82	2.35
168	Mauritius	1.82	2.14
169	Saint Lucia	1.81	3.03
170	Denmark	1.80	1.80
171	Finland	1.80	1.81
172	Albania	1.79	2.76
173	Bermuda	1.78	1.68
174	Sweden	1.77	1.73
175	United Kingdom	1.76	1.71
176	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.76	2.85
177	Gibraltar	1.75	2.33
178	Belgium	1.75	1.56
179	Barbados	1.74	1.70
180	Netherlands	1.71	1.53
181	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.71	2.14
182	Montenegro	1.70	1.96
183	Cayman Islands	1.66	1.67
184	Thailand	1.64	1.89
185	Luxembourg	1.63	1.71
186	Trinidad and Tobago	1.62	1.97
187	China	1.62	1.59
188	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.61	2.36
189	Montserrat	1.61	1.94
190	Saint Helena	1.59	1.83
191	Georgia	1.58	1.81
192	Canada	1.57	1.67
193	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.57	1.46
194	Anguilla	1.53	1.94
195	Republic of Moldova	1.53	1.82
196	Estonia	1.51	1.37
197	Croatia	1.51	1.58
198	Armenia	1.49	2.07
199	Guernsey	1.49	1.34
200	Cuba	1.49	1.48
201	Saint Barthélemy	1.49	1.37
202	Liechtenstein	1.49	1.43
203	Cyprus	1.48	2.03
204	North Macedonia	1.47	2.13
205	Jersey	1.43	1.52
206	Switzerland	1.42	1.48
207	Austria	1.41	1.43
208	Portugal	1.41	1.41
209	Latvia	1.39	1.25
210	Romania	1.39	1.34
211	Malta	1.38	1.79
212	Greece	1.36	1.39
213	Bulgaria	1.36	1.25
214	Serbia	1.34	1.47
215	Germany	1.34	1.26
216	British Virgin Islands	1.34	1.78
217	Italy	1.33	1.19
218	Spain	1.33	1.15
219	Hungary	1.31	1.57
220	Russian Federation	1.30	1.35
221	Lithuania	1.29	1.55
222	Czechia	1.28	1.28
223	Slovakia	1.26	1.52
224	Slovenia	1.26	1.29
225	Japan	1.25	1.41
226	Poland	1.24	1.63
227	Andorra	1.22	1.32
228	Ukraine	1.22	1.40
229	Belarus	1.22	1.37
230	San Marino	1.20	1.17
231	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.20	1.67
232	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.13	1.78
233	Republic of Korea	1.12	1.65
234	Singapore	1.07	1.44
235	Holy See	1.00	1.00
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.96	1.30
237	China, Macao SAR	0.86	1.37

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