Total fertility rate by country, 2006

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

◀▶2006

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1996
1	Niger	7.74	7.78
2	Somalia	7.49	7.62
3	Chad	7.12	7.29
4	Afghanistan	6.69	7.76
5	Mali	6.68	7.01
6	Burundi	6.66	7.12
7	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.55	6.67
8	Uganda	6.43	6.83
9	Angola	6.42	6.85
10	Burkina Faso	6.17	6.78
11	Ethiopia	6.05	6.93
12	Nigeria	6.05	6.22
13	South Sudan	5.85	7.32
14	Central African Republic	5.84	5.96
15	Malawi	5.80	6.28
16	Gambia	5.74	5.92
17	Sierra Leone	5.74	6.55
18	Guinea	5.70	6.21
19	Zambia	5.68	6.18
20	Benin	5.67	6.28
21	Liberia	5.53	6.13
22	United Republic of Tanzania	5.51	5.83
23	Equatorial Guinea	5.50	5.96
24	Timor-Leste	5.47	5.94
25	Côte d'Ivoire	5.45	5.95
26	Mozambique	5.45	5.97
27	Yemen	5.41	7.00
28	Guinea-Bissau	5.41	6.14
29	Mauritania	5.40	5.86
30	Cameroon	5.37	5.79
31	Rwanda	5.34	6.29
32	Sudan	5.33	5.79
33	Madagascar	5.13	6.03
34	Togo	5.08	5.46
35	Senegal	5.06	5.72
36	Comoros	4.93	5.63
37	Sao Tome and Principe	4.93	5.47
38	Eritrea	4.88	5.84
39	Kenya	4.75	5.31
40	State of Palestine	4.74	5.99
41	Congo	4.65	5.03
42	Pakistan	4.59	5.77
43	Mayotte	4.51	5.51
44	Iraq	4.46	5.25
45	Ghana	4.40	4.96
46	Solomon Islands	4.39	5.22
47	Samoa	4.32	4.74
48	Marshall Islands	4.20	5.02
49	Gabon	4.17	4.74
50	Papua New Guinea	4.15	4.73
51	Tonga	4.14	4.46
52	Vanuatu	4.10	4.75
53	Djibouti	3.90	5.15
54	Guatemala	3.84	5.01
55	Kiribati	3.82	4.43
56	French Guiana	3.82	3.71
57	Haiti	3.76	4.78
58	Jordan	3.71	4.51
59	American Samoa	3.69	3.94
60	Eswatini	3.63	4.38
61	Zimbabwe	3.63	4.11
62	Namibia	3.60	4.20
63	Syrian Arab Republic	3.56	4.54
64	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.56	5.15
65	Tuvalu	3.53	3.95
66	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.53	4.34
67	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	3.51	4.43
68	Philippines	3.47	4.00
69	Honduras	3.45	4.71
70	Tokelau	3.42	4.38
71	Lesotho	3.41	4.06
72	Nauru	3.40	3.77
73	Tajikistan	3.34	3.94
74	Egypt	3.22	3.70
75	Saudi Arabia	3.18	4.81
76	Cambodia	3.17	4.87
77	Botswana	3.11	3.57
78	Belize	3.02	3.76
79	Niue	3.00	3.24
80	Nepal	2.97	4.67
81	Fiji	2.91	3.25
82	Paraguay	2.89	4.01
83	Oman	2.88	4.79
84	India	2.87	3.58
85	Israel	2.83	2.86
86	Western Sahara	2.83	3.94
87	Guam	2.81	3.03
88	Cook Islands	2.80	3.60
89	Bangladesh	2.76	3.51
90	Ecuador	2.75	3.35
91	Kyrgyzstan	2.74	3.09
92	Suriname	2.73	2.92
93	Nicaragua	2.73	3.62
94	Turkmenistan	2.72	3.29
95	Saint Martin (French part)	2.71	2.71
96	Libya	2.70	3.26
97	Guyana	2.66	3.23
98	Bhutan	2.66	4.37
99	Algeria	2.63	3.14
100	Panama	2.62	2.83
101	Peru	2.62	3.20
102	Morocco	2.61	3.23
103	Northern Mariana Islands	2.61	2.59
104	Kuwait	2.59	3.22
105	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.59	3.02
106	United States Virgin Islands	2.57	2.94
107	Cabo Verde	2.56	4.26
108	South Africa	2.55	2.99
109	Qatar	2.51	3.44
110	Dominican Republic	2.51	3.04
111	Faroe Islands	2.51	2.58
112	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.49	2.54
113	Myanmar	2.47	3.06
114	Indonesia	2.46	2.78
115	Uzbekistan	2.46	3.39
116	Bahrain	2.46	2.99
117	Mexico	2.46	2.96
118	Réunion	2.44	2.26
119	Argentina	2.40	2.78
120	El Salvador	2.40	3.48
121	Kazakhstan	2.38	2.08
122	Malaysia	2.31	3.30
123	Guadeloupe	2.29	2.12
124	Sri Lanka	2.29	2.29
125	Greenland	2.26	2.51
126	Colombia	2.24	2.77
127	New Caledonia	2.24	2.65
128	Lebanon	2.24	2.70
129	French Polynesia	2.22	2.72
130	Maldives	2.20	3.86
131	Grenada	2.19	2.85
132	Türkiye	2.19	2.78
133	Mongolia	2.12	2.62
134	Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.11	3.08
135	Seychelles	2.10	2.31
136	Monaco	2.10	1.82
137	United States of America	2.09	1.96
138	Jamaica	2.09	2.77
139	Iceland	2.08	2.11
140	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.08	2.65
141	Uruguay	2.07	2.36
142	Dominica	2.07	2.55
143	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.03	2.53
144	Azerbaijan	2.02	1.98
145	Bahamas	2.02	2.35
146	New Zealand	2.01	1.96
147	Palau	2.00	2.39
148	Martinique	2.00	1.91
149	Curaçao	1.98	2.40
150	France	1.97	1.74
151	Brunei Darussalam	1.97	2.68
152	United Arab Emirates	1.96	3.06
153	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.95	2.06
154	Tunisia	1.95	2.49
155	Costa Rica	1.94	2.68
156	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.94	2.09
157	Ireland	1.91	1.88
158	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.90	2.26
159	Norway	1.90	1.89
160	Brazil	1.90	2.51
161	Isle of Man	1.90	1.93
162	Australia	1.88	1.80
163	Viet Nam	1.87	2.47
164	Aruba	1.86	2.23
165	Sweden	1.85	1.60
166	Denmark	1.84	1.75
167	Antigua and Barbuda	1.83	2.27
168	Finland	1.83	1.77
169	United Kingdom	1.81	1.72
170	Gibraltar	1.80	2.25
171	Chile	1.80	2.28
172	Puerto Rico	1.80	2.14
173	Bermuda	1.79	1.70
174	Belgium	1.79	1.59
175	Saint Lucia	1.77	2.71
176	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.76	2.54
177	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.76	2.18
178	Montenegro	1.74	1.92
179	Netherlands	1.71	1.53
180	Mauritius	1.71	2.12
181	Barbados	1.70	1.67
182	Albania	1.69	2.67
183	Cayman Islands	1.67	1.69
184	Luxembourg	1.65	1.77
185	China	1.64	1.55
186	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.63	2.29
187	Thailand	1.63	1.87
188	Georgia	1.62	1.76
189	Trinidad and Tobago	1.62	1.89
190	Canada	1.61	1.63
191	Montserrat	1.61	1.70
192	Saint Helena	1.60	1.77
193	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.59	1.47
194	Estonia	1.58	1.36
195	Republic of Moldova	1.54	1.71
196	Guernsey	1.51	1.41
197	Cyprus	1.51	1.95
198	North Macedonia	1.51	2.06
199	Armenia	1.49	2.06
200	Anguilla	1.47	1.88
201	Croatia	1.47	1.67
202	Latvia	1.46	1.16
203	Saint Barthélemy	1.45	1.37
204	Jersey	1.44	1.53
205	Switzerland	1.43	1.50
206	Bulgaria	1.43	1.24
207	Liechtenstein	1.43	1.52
208	Romania	1.42	1.30
209	Austria	1.40	1.45
210	Cuba	1.40	1.46
211	Greece	1.40	1.36
212	Portugal	1.37	1.44
213	Italy	1.36	1.20
214	Spain	1.36	1.14
215	Malta	1.36	1.97
216	Germany	1.34	1.33
217	Hungary	1.34	1.46
218	Czechia	1.33	1.19
219	Slovenia	1.32	1.28
220	Serbia	1.32	1.44
221	Lithuania	1.32	1.49
222	Belarus	1.31	1.31
223	Russian Federation	1.31	1.29
224	Ukraine	1.30	1.33
225	Japan	1.28	1.40
226	Poland	1.27	1.59
227	Slovakia	1.25	1.47
228	San Marino	1.24	1.21
229	Andorra	1.23	1.33
230	British Virgin Islands	1.23	1.89
231	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.18	1.65
232	Republic of Korea	1.14	1.60
233	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.12	1.78
234	Singapore	1.07	1.42
235	Holy See	1.00	1.00
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.99	1.20
237	China, Macao SAR	0.92	1.29

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