Total fertility rate by country, 2007

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

◀▶2007

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1997
1	Niger	7.73	7.80
2	Somalia	7.46	7.66
3	Chad	7.09	7.27
4	Mali	6.65	6.97
5	Burundi	6.59	7.04
6	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.56	6.69
7	Afghanistan	6.51	7.73
8	Angola	6.37	6.79
9	Uganda	6.33	6.86
10	Burkina Faso	6.11	6.72
11	Nigeria	6.03	6.14
12	Ethiopia	5.89	6.87
13	Central African Republic	5.87	5.92
14	Malawi	5.72	6.23
15	South Sudan	5.70	7.20
16	Gambia	5.69	5.85
17	Guinea	5.66	6.12
18	Sierra Leone	5.64	6.53
19	Benin	5.63	6.23
20	Zambia	5.61	6.12
21	Mozambique	5.47	5.93
22	Liberia	5.46	6.08
23	Mauritania	5.43	5.74
24	Equatorial Guinea	5.43	5.94
25	Côte d'Ivoire	5.40	5.90
26	United Republic of Tanzania	5.40	5.84
27	Guinea-Bissau	5.37	6.06
28	Cameroon	5.34	5.71
29	Timor-Leste	5.33	5.96
30	Sudan	5.27	5.72
31	Yemen	5.26	6.82
32	Rwanda	5.14	6.23
33	Togo	5.10	5.36
34	Madagascar	5.08	6.02
35	Senegal	5.02	5.64
36	Sao Tome and Principe	4.96	5.40
37	Comoros	4.86	5.51
38	Eritrea	4.81	5.74
39	Kenya	4.72	5.27
40	Congo	4.65	5.00
41	State of Palestine	4.63	5.82
42	Pakistan	4.55	5.64
43	Mayotte	4.49	5.39
44	Iraq	4.40	5.19
45	Solomon Islands	4.37	5.09
46	Samoa	4.36	4.69
47	Ghana	4.29	4.88
48	Gabon	4.14	4.66
49	Vanuatu	4.12	4.66
50	Tonga	4.09	4.38
51	Marshall Islands	4.09	4.96
52	Papua New Guinea	4.08	4.68
53	Kiribati	3.86	4.37
54	Jordan	3.80	4.32
55	French Guiana	3.78	3.66
56	Djibouti	3.76	4.97
57	Guatemala	3.72	4.91
58	Haiti	3.69	4.67
59	Zimbabwe	3.68	4.08
60	Namibia	3.61	4.17
61	Eswatini	3.58	4.23
62	Syrian Arab Republic	3.54	4.37
63	American Samoa	3.51	3.89
64	Nauru	3.50	3.74
65	Tuvalu	3.45	3.95
66	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.45	4.22
67	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	3.44	4.36
68	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.44	4.96
69	Lesotho	3.44	3.98
70	Tokelau	3.40	4.27
71	Philippines	3.40	3.94
72	Tajikistan	3.37	4.06
73	Honduras	3.35	4.59
74	Egypt	3.24	3.68
75	Saudi Arabia	3.18	4.66
76	Cambodia	3.13	4.39
77	Botswana	3.13	3.43
78	Niue	3.01	3.15
79	Guam	2.90	3.02
80	Belize	2.88	3.74
81	Fiji	2.87	3.19
82	Nepal	2.86	4.44
83	Israel	2.85	2.88
84	Paraguay	2.82	3.91
85	Northern Mariana Islands	2.79	2.25
86	India	2.78	3.51
87	Kyrgyzstan	2.78	2.88
88	Western Sahara	2.78	3.83
89	Oman	2.76	4.52
90	Suriname	2.73	2.95
91	Turkmenistan	2.73	3.18
92	Cook Islands	2.71	3.46
93	Algeria	2.70	2.89
94	Ecuador	2.70	3.29
95	Nicaragua	2.70	3.47
96	Guyana	2.68	3.22
97	Bangladesh	2.67	3.50
98	Libya	2.65	3.13
99	Saint Martin (French part)	2.63	2.75
100	Morocco	2.62	3.15
101	Panama	2.61	2.81
102	United States Virgin Islands	2.60	3.02
103	Bhutan	2.59	4.09
104	Peru	2.58	3.10
105	Uzbekistan	2.57	3.19
106	Faroe Islands	2.56	2.50
107	South Africa	2.55	2.73
108	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.52	2.97
109	Dominican Republic	2.51	2.92
110	Kazakhstan	2.49	1.97
111	Indonesia	2.48	2.74
112	Réunion	2.47	2.34
113	Myanmar	2.45	2.98
114	Qatar	2.44	3.33
115	Mexico	2.42	2.89
116	Cabo Verde	2.41	4.05
117	Kuwait	2.41	3.13
118	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.39	2.31
119	Argentina	2.37	2.71
120	El Salvador	2.35	3.38
121	Mongolia	2.32	2.48
122	Sri Lanka	2.30	2.22
123	Maldives	2.29	3.48
124	Bahrain	2.28	2.92
125	Greenland	2.27	2.60
126	Malaysia	2.25	3.23
127	Guadeloupe	2.23	2.13
128	Seychelles	2.23	2.14
129	New Caledonia	2.21	2.65
130	Monaco	2.21	1.88
131	Colombia	2.20	2.74
132	Lebanon	2.20	2.67
133	Türkiye	2.18	2.74
134	New Zealand	2.17	1.96
135	Grenada	2.15	2.80
136	French Polynesia	2.12	2.59
137	Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.11	2.63
138	United States of America	2.10	1.96
139	Iceland	2.09	2.04
140	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.06	2.43
141	Uruguay	2.05	2.33
142	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.05	2.58
143	Bahamas	2.04	2.29
144	Martinique	2.04	1.90
145	Jamaica	2.02	2.68
146	Dominica	2.02	2.41
147	Ireland	2.01	1.93
148	Australia	1.99	1.78
149	Azerbaijan	1.97	2.02
150	Palau	1.97	2.19
151	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.96	2.03
152	Tunisia	1.96	2.34
153	Costa Rica	1.95	2.59
154	France	1.95	1.73
155	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.94	2.03
156	Bermuda	1.93	1.69
157	Brunei Darussalam	1.93	2.60
158	Isle of Man	1.93	1.93
159	Curaçao	1.92	2.37
160	Viet Nam	1.91	2.27
161	Norway	1.90	1.86
162	Aruba	1.88	2.14
163	Sweden	1.88	1.53
164	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.87	2.30
165	Antigua and Barbuda	1.86	2.19
166	United Kingdom	1.86	1.72
167	Gibraltar	1.85	2.23
168	Brazil	1.85	2.47
169	Denmark	1.84	1.75
170	Chile	1.83	2.20
171	Finland	1.83	1.74
172	Belgium	1.81	1.60
173	Montenegro	1.80	1.89
174	United Arab Emirates	1.79	2.83
175	Barbados	1.76	1.65
176	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.75	2.32
177	Puerto Rico	1.74	2.17
178	Netherlands	1.71	1.56
179	Georgia	1.70	1.73
180	Saint Lucia	1.70	2.74
181	Estonia	1.68	1.31
182	Cayman Islands	1.68	1.70
183	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.67	2.20
184	Mauritius	1.67	2.03
185	China	1.67	1.53
186	Canada	1.66	1.57
187	Albania	1.63	2.53
188	Thailand	1.62	1.85
189	Trinidad and Tobago	1.62	1.83
190	Saint Helena	1.61	1.75
191	Luxembourg	1.61	1.72
192	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.60	1.47
193	Montserrat	1.60	1.50
194	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.57	2.17
195	Republic of Moldova	1.57	1.79
196	Latvia	1.54	1.12
197	Guernsey	1.53	1.47
198	Jersey	1.53	1.54
199	North Macedonia	1.53	1.92
200	Armenia	1.52	1.90
201	Anguilla	1.51	1.87
202	Croatia	1.49	1.68
203	Bulgaria	1.48	1.11
204	Cyprus	1.45	1.86
205	Switzerland	1.45	1.48
206	Romania	1.45	1.32
207	Cuba	1.44	1.59
208	Czechia	1.44	1.17
209	Russian Federation	1.43	1.24
210	Greece	1.42	1.36
211	Liechtenstein	1.42	1.57
212	Saint Barthélemy	1.40	1.37
213	Italy	1.39	1.21
214	Slovenia	1.39	1.25
215	Belarus	1.39	1.22
216	Austria	1.38	1.40
217	Spain	1.38	1.14
218	Germany	1.38	1.38
219	Malta	1.36	1.94
220	Lithuania	1.36	1.47
221	Portugal	1.35	1.47
222	Ukraine	1.34	1.27
223	Serbia	1.32	1.40
224	Hungary	1.32	1.38
225	Poland	1.31	1.52
226	British Virgin Islands	1.31	2.01
227	Japan	1.31	1.38
228	Slovakia	1.27	1.43
229	San Marino	1.26	1.24
230	Republic of Korea	1.22	1.56
231	Andorra	1.19	1.35
232	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.19	1.69
233	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.10	1.74
234	Singapore	1.07	1.37
235	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.03	1.12
236	Holy See	1.00	1.00
237	China, Macao SAR	0.97	1.21

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