Total fertility rate by country, 2008

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

◀▶2008

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1998
1	Niger	7.70	7.84
2	Somalia	7.41	7.66
3	Chad	7.06	7.27
4	Mali	6.62	6.94
5	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.58	6.70
6	Burundi	6.51	6.96
7	Afghanistan	6.39	7.69
8	Angola	6.32	6.73
9	Uganda	6.20	6.84
10	Burkina Faso	6.05	6.66
11	Nigeria	6.02	6.07
12	Central African Republic	5.90	5.89
13	Ethiopia	5.69	6.79
14	Gambia	5.63	5.82
15	Malawi	5.61	6.21
16	Guinea	5.60	6.05
17	Mozambique	5.60	5.91
18	South Sudan	5.57	7.08
19	Sierra Leone	5.56	6.50
20	Benin	5.55	6.14
21	Zambia	5.53	6.07
22	Mauritania	5.44	5.62
23	Côte d'Ivoire	5.36	5.85
24	Equatorial Guinea	5.36	5.91
25	Liberia	5.33	6.02
26	United Republic of Tanzania	5.32	5.81
27	Cameroon	5.29	5.66
28	Guinea-Bissau	5.27	5.97
29	Sudan	5.21	5.65
30	Timor-Leste	5.17	5.96
31	Yemen	5.11	6.64
32	Togo	5.10	5.29
33	Madagascar	5.04	5.99
34	Senegal	5.02	5.58
35	Rwanda	4.92	6.17
36	Sao Tome and Principe	4.91	5.30
37	Comoros	4.81	5.39
38	Eritrea	4.74	5.63
39	Congo	4.73	4.91
40	Kenya	4.66	5.24
41	Pakistan	4.52	5.51
42	State of Palestine	4.51	5.69
43	Mayotte	4.47	5.26
44	Samoa	4.42	4.64
45	Iraq	4.37	5.11
46	Solomon Islands	4.36	4.98
47	Ghana	4.22	4.83
48	Vanuatu	4.16	4.60
49	Gabon	4.12	4.58
50	Tonga	4.01	4.31
51	Papua New Guinea	4.01	4.63
52	Marshall Islands	3.97	4.87
53	Kiribati	3.90	4.29
54	Jordan	3.88	4.11
55	Zimbabwe	3.78	4.07
56	Nauru	3.66	3.68
57	Djibouti	3.62	4.80
58	Namibia	3.62	4.18
59	Haiti	3.62	4.56
60	Eswatini	3.57	4.13
61	Guatemala	3.57	4.80
62	French Guiana	3.57	3.74
63	Syrian Arab Republic	3.48	4.25
64	Tuvalu	3.42	3.95
65	American Samoa	3.42	3.88
66	Philippines	3.40	3.88
67	Tajikistan	3.39	4.07
68	Lesotho	3.39	3.82
69	Tokelau	3.38	4.14
70	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	3.37	4.30
71	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.36	4.15
72	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.33	4.79
73	Honduras	3.26	4.47
74	Egypt	3.24	3.68
75	Botswana	3.13	3.36
76	Saudi Arabia	3.07	4.52
77	Cambodia	3.05	4.13
78	Niue	3.01	3.05
79	Israel	2.90	2.92
80	Guam	2.90	3.01
81	Kyrgyzstan	2.84	2.80
82	Fiji	2.82	3.12
83	Northern Mariana Islands	2.81	1.68
84	Paraguay	2.79	3.80
85	Algeria	2.78	2.69
86	Belize	2.78	3.75
87	Oman	2.76	4.27
88	Turkmenistan	2.75	3.08
89	Nepal	2.74	4.28
90	Suriname	2.73	2.99
91	Western Sahara	2.72	3.72
92	India	2.71	3.45
93	Guyana	2.70	3.18
94	Ecuador	2.69	3.23
95	United States Virgin Islands	2.69	2.68
96	South Africa	2.68	2.63
97	Nicaragua	2.66	3.34
98	Uzbekistan	2.63	2.99
99	Kazakhstan	2.62	1.94
100	Panama	2.61	2.79
101	Morocco	2.61	3.04
102	Cook Islands	2.60	3.31
103	Libya	2.60	3.04
104	Bangladesh	2.58	3.43
105	Faroe Islands	2.57	2.34
106	Saint Martin (French part)	2.55	2.79
107	Dominican Republic	2.55	2.83
108	Peru	2.53	3.00
109	Mongolia	2.53	2.36
110	Bhutan	2.48	3.85
111	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.47	2.91
112	Réunion	2.47	2.31
113	Indonesia	2.44	2.66
114	Argentina	2.43	2.66
115	Myanmar	2.40	2.91
116	Mexico	2.39	2.81
117	Monaco	2.38	1.95
118	Qatar	2.37	3.21
119	Maldives	2.37	3.17
120	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.36	2.35
121	Seychelles	2.32	2.04
122	Cabo Verde	2.30	3.90
123	El Salvador	2.29	3.34
124	Kuwait	2.27	3.04
125	Greenland	2.27	2.44
126	Malaysia	2.26	3.12
127	Sri Lanka	2.23	2.14
128	New Caledonia	2.20	2.55
129	New Zealand	2.19	1.90
130	French Polynesia	2.19	2.49
131	Türkiye	2.17	2.71
132	Lebanon	2.17	2.65
133	Iceland	2.16	2.04
134	Guadeloupe	2.16	2.15
135	Colombia	2.16	2.72
136	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.15	2.34
137	Bahrain	2.15	2.89
138	Grenada	2.12	2.49
139	Martinique	2.07	1.89
140	Ireland	2.06	1.94
141	United States of America	2.05	1.98
142	Antigua and Barbuda	2.04	2.02
143	Uruguay	2.03	2.27
144	Australia	2.02	1.77
145	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.01	2.52
146	Bahamas	2.00	2.23
147	France	1.99	1.76
148	Costa Rica	1.98	2.53
149	Tunisia	1.98	2.20
150	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.97	2.01
151	Dominica	1.97	2.31
152	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.97	1.99
153	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.96	2.62
154	Jamaica	1.95	2.57
155	Norway	1.95	1.82
156	Palau	1.95	2.01
157	Isle of Man	1.94	1.90
158	Viet Nam	1.93	2.10
159	Brunei Darussalam	1.92	2.53
160	United Kingdom	1.91	1.71
161	Azerbaijan	1.90	1.85
162	Gibraltar	1.90	2.20
163	Sweden	1.90	1.51
164	Montenegro	1.90	1.89
165	Aruba	1.89	2.00
166	Denmark	1.88	1.72
167	Curaçao	1.87	2.32
168	Bermuda	1.86	1.79
169	Chile	1.85	2.15
170	Belgium	1.85	1.59
171	Finland	1.84	1.70
172	Georgia	1.83	1.70
173	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.83	2.31
174	Brazil	1.81	2.42
175	Netherlands	1.76	1.63
176	Barbados	1.76	1.62
177	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.74	2.19
178	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.73	2.14
179	Estonia	1.72	1.27
180	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.70	2.09
181	Cayman Islands	1.70	1.70
182	Saint Lucia	1.70	2.40
183	China	1.70	1.52
184	Canada	1.68	1.55
185	Republic of Moldova	1.64	1.65
186	Albania	1.62	2.42
187	Saint Helena	1.62	1.72
188	Trinidad and Tobago	1.62	1.78
189	Puerto Rico	1.62	2.08
190	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.62	1.47
191	Luxembourg	1.61	1.69
192	Mauritius	1.60	1.91
193	Montserrat	1.60	1.35
194	Thailand	1.59	1.81
195	Latvia	1.59	1.10
196	Cuba	1.58	1.62
197	Romania	1.58	1.32
198	North Macedonia	1.57	1.89
199	Anguilla	1.56	1.90
200	Jersey	1.56	1.53
201	Guernsey	1.55	1.48
202	Croatia	1.55	1.50
203	Bulgaria	1.55	1.14
204	Armenia	1.54	1.81
205	Slovenia	1.53	1.23
206	United Arab Emirates	1.52	2.77
207	San Marino	1.52	1.26
208	Russian Federation	1.52	1.24
209	Czechia	1.51	1.16
210	Greece	1.49	1.34
211	Cyprus	1.48	1.76
212	Switzerland	1.48	1.47
213	Belarus	1.45	1.27
214	Italy	1.44	1.21
215	Ukraine	1.44	1.21
216	Spain	1.44	1.13
217	Lithuania	1.44	1.46
218	Liechtenstein	1.44	1.59
219	Malta	1.42	1.84
220	Austria	1.41	1.37
221	Germany	1.39	1.36
222	Poland	1.39	1.44
223	Portugal	1.38	1.47
224	Hungary	1.35	1.33
225	Saint Barthélemy	1.34	1.39
226	Slovakia	1.34	1.38
227	Serbia	1.33	1.37
228	Japan	1.33	1.37
229	British Virgin Islands	1.27	1.52
230	Andorra	1.25	1.38
231	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.21	1.56
232	Republic of Korea	1.19	1.50
233	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.06	1.54
234	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.05	1.03
235	Singapore	1.04	1.26
236	Holy See	1.00	1.00
237	China, Macao SAR	0.98	1.11

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