Total fertility rate by country, 2009

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

◀▶2009

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	1999
1	Niger	7.68	7.84
2	Somalia	7.38	7.66
3	Chad	7.02	7.26
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.59	6.69
5	Mali	6.59	6.91
6	Burundi	6.41	6.90
7	Afghanistan	6.29	7.64
8	Angola	6.26	6.68
9	Uganda	6.12	6.83
10	Nigeria	5.99	6.08
11	Burkina Faso	5.99	6.59
12	Central African Republic	5.94	5.87
13	Mozambique	5.68	5.87
14	Gambia	5.57	5.77
15	Guinea	5.53	5.99
16	Ethiopia	5.49	6.72
17	Benin	5.49	6.03
18	Zambia	5.45	6.00
19	Sierra Leone	5.45	6.42
20	Malawi	5.45	6.12
21	South Sudan	5.45	6.94
22	Mauritania	5.41	5.52
23	Côte d'Ivoire	5.33	5.80
24	Equatorial Guinea	5.29	5.88
25	United Republic of Tanzania	5.26	5.75
26	Cameroon	5.24	5.60
27	Guinea-Bissau	5.18	5.87
28	Sudan	5.17	5.62
29	Liberia	5.17	5.95
30	Togo	5.10	5.23
31	Senegal	5.03	5.57
32	Yemen	5.00	6.49
33	Madagascar	5.00	5.84
34	Timor-Leste	4.99	5.97
35	Sao Tome and Principe	4.84	5.23
36	Congo	4.81	4.80
37	Comoros	4.78	5.28
38	Rwanda	4.71	6.06
39	Eritrea	4.66	5.52
40	Kenya	4.57	5.18
41	Samoa	4.47	4.57
42	Pakistan	4.47	5.46
43	Mayotte	4.46	5.11
44	State of Palestine	4.44	5.58
45	Iraq	4.38	5.03
46	Solomon Islands	4.35	4.86
47	Ghana	4.18	4.82
48	Vanuatu	4.16	4.56
49	Gabon	4.14	4.50
50	Zimbabwe	3.95	4.06
51	Tonga	3.95	4.23
52	Papua New Guinea	3.94	4.59
53	Kiribati	3.91	4.19
54	Nauru	3.85	3.64
55	Jordan	3.84	3.97
56	Marshall Islands	3.83	4.78
57	Namibia	3.63	4.14
58	Haiti	3.56	4.45
59	Djibouti	3.52	4.69
60	Eswatini	3.50	4.09
61	French Guiana	3.49	3.80
62	Guatemala	3.46	4.69
63	Tajikistan	3.43	3.85
64	Syrian Arab Republic	3.42	4.14
65	Tuvalu	3.42	3.92
66	Philippines	3.38	3.83
67	American Samoa	3.36	3.89
68	Tokelau	3.34	4.00
69	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	3.31	4.27
70	Lesotho	3.31	3.67
71	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.29	4.09
72	Egypt	3.26	3.60
73	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.23	4.64
74	Honduras	3.17	4.37
75	Botswana	3.13	3.31
76	Niue	3.04	2.97
77	Cambodia	2.97	3.93
78	Kyrgyzstan	2.95	2.71
79	Saudi Arabia	2.95	4.35
80	Israel	2.94	2.89
81	Guam	2.89	2.97
82	Oman	2.83	4.06
83	Algeria	2.82	2.62
84	Turkmenistan	2.79	2.98
85	Paraguay	2.76	3.67
86	Fiji	2.76	3.05
87	Northern Mariana Islands	2.74	1.61
88	Suriname	2.71	3.02
89	Guyana	2.69	3.13
90	Ecuador	2.68	3.17
91	India	2.67	3.38
92	Western Sahara	2.67	3.61
93	Belize	2.66	3.73
94	Nicaragua	2.63	3.22
95	Nepal	2.63	4.13
96	Morocco	2.62	2.88
97	Mongolia	2.62	2.30
98	Panama	2.59	2.77
99	Kazakhstan	2.58	1.90
100	United States Virgin Islands	2.58	2.45
101	Dominican Republic	2.57	2.85
102	Uzbekistan	2.56	2.83
103	Libya	2.56	2.97
104	Cook Islands	2.52	3.19
105	South Africa	2.50	2.56
106	Bangladesh	2.48	3.36
107	Peru	2.48	2.92
108	Saint Martin (French part)	2.46	2.84
109	Indonesia	2.44	2.57
110	Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.43	3.13
111	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.42	2.86
112	Argentina	2.40	2.64
113	Monaco	2.40	2.01
114	Faroe Islands	2.39	2.34
115	Maldives	2.39	2.90
116	Seychelles	2.37	2.04
117	Myanmar	2.37	2.85
118	Réunion	2.37	2.34
119	Bhutan	2.36	3.61
120	Mexico	2.36	2.76
121	Greenland	2.32	2.37
122	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.32	2.63
123	El Salvador	2.26	3.22
124	Cabo Verde	2.25	3.73
125	Qatar	2.25	3.12
126	Iceland	2.23	2.00
127	Malaysia	2.22	3.07
128	New Caledonia	2.19	2.48
129	Lebanon	2.19	2.63
130	Sri Lanka	2.18	2.14
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.17	2.31
132	Kuwait	2.15	2.95
133	French Polynesia	2.15	2.58
134	Türkiye	2.14	2.63
135	New Zealand	2.13	1.97
136	Guadeloupe	2.11	2.18
137	Colombia	2.10	2.64
138	Grenada	2.08	2.39
139	Ireland	2.06	1.90
140	Bahrain	2.05	2.90
141	Martinique	2.05	1.88
142	Uruguay	2.02	2.25
143	Antigua and Barbuda	2.01	1.96
144	Bahamas	2.01	2.13
145	Tunisia	2.00	2.08
146	United States of America	1.99	1.99
147	Georgia	1.99	1.64
148	France	1.99	1.79
149	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.98	2.00
150	Australia	1.97	1.76
151	Norway	1.97	1.85
152	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.96	2.46
153	Montenegro	1.96	1.88
154	Costa Rica	1.95	2.48
155	Palau	1.94	1.91
156	Isle of Man	1.94	1.86
157	Gibraltar	1.93	2.19
158	Sweden	1.93	1.50
159	Dominica	1.92	2.46
160	Brunei Darussalam	1.92	2.46
161	Viet Nam	1.92	2.00
162	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.90	1.97
163	United Kingdom	1.89	1.68
164	Curaçao	1.88	2.28
165	Jamaica	1.88	2.47
166	Aruba	1.87	1.90
167	Chile	1.86	2.07
168	Finland	1.86	1.73
169	Bermuda	1.85	1.79
170	Denmark	1.84	1.73
171	Belgium	1.84	1.61
172	Azerbaijan	1.82	1.72
173	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.80	2.26
174	Brazil	1.80	2.34
175	Netherlands	1.78	1.66
176	Barbados	1.77	1.78
177	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.74	2.09
178	Saint Lucia	1.74	2.50
179	Cayman Islands	1.72	1.71
180	Republic of Moldova	1.72	1.56
181	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.71	2.07
182	China	1.71	1.53
183	Estonia	1.70	1.29
184	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.70	1.97
185	Canada	1.68	1.54
186	Cuba	1.68	1.64
187	Liechtenstein	1.68	1.60
188	Albania	1.64	2.31
189	Bulgaria	1.64	1.26
190	Romania	1.64	1.30
191	North Macedonia	1.64	1.77
192	Saint Helena	1.63	1.70
193	Trinidad and Tobago	1.62	1.76
194	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.62	1.47
195	Anguilla	1.61	1.91
196	Puerto Rico	1.60	2.04
197	Croatia	1.59	1.44
198	Montserrat	1.59	1.20
199	Luxembourg	1.59	1.74
200	United Arab Emirates	1.58	2.79
201	Jersey	1.58	1.52
202	Armenia	1.57	1.53
203	Thailand	1.56	1.77
204	Russian Federation	1.56	1.18
205	Guernsey	1.55	1.50
206	Slovenia	1.54	1.21
207	Mauritius	1.53	2.03
208	Greece	1.51	1.33
209	Czechia	1.51	1.14
210	Lithuania	1.50	1.46
211	Switzerland	1.49	1.48
212	Belarus	1.48	1.26
213	Ukraine	1.47	1.13
214	Cyprus	1.47	1.67
215	Latvia	1.47	1.17
216	Italy	1.44	1.23
217	Slovakia	1.43	1.33
218	Malta	1.41	1.73
219	Poland	1.40	1.38
220	Austria	1.39	1.34
221	Spain	1.38	1.17
222	Germany	1.37	1.37
223	San Marino	1.36	1.29
224	Serbia	1.36	1.35
225	Portugal	1.35	1.50
226	Japan	1.33	1.34
227	Hungary	1.32	1.29
228	Saint Barthélemy	1.29	1.44
229	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.27	1.37
230	British Virgin Islands	1.23	1.79
231	Andorra	1.21	1.42
232	Republic of Korea	1.18	1.47
233	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.05	0.99
234	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.01	1.53
235	Singapore	1.00	1.24
236	Holy See	1.00	1.00
237	China, Macao SAR	1.00	1.02

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