Total fertility rate by country, 2013

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

◀▶2013

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2003
1	Niger	7.44	7.79
2	Somalia	7.14	7.60
3	Chad	6.84	7.18
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.53	6.55
5	Mali	6.49	6.78
6	Central African Republic	6.07	5.80
7	Angola	5.95	6.53
8	Burundi	5.89	6.79
9	Afghanistan	5.88	7.17
10	Burkina Faso	5.70	6.28
11	Nigeria	5.69	6.10
12	Uganda	5.56	6.67
13	Mozambique	5.43	5.60
14	Benin	5.41	5.76
15	Gambia	5.39	5.66
16	Mauritania	5.32	5.36
17	United Republic of Tanzania	5.16	5.58
18	Guinea	5.15	5.74
19	Côte d'Ivoire	5.14	5.57
20	Senegal	5.05	5.25
21	Zambia	5.01	5.71
22	Sudan	4.97	5.49
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.95	5.68
24	South Sudan	4.94	6.35
25	Guinea-Bissau	4.93	5.58
26	Cameroon	4.91	5.43
27	Sierra Leone	4.87	6.09
28	Malawi	4.76	5.88
29	Togo	4.75	5.05
30	Liberia	4.75	5.55
31	Congo	4.73	4.70
32	Ethiopia	4.71	6.40
33	Yemen	4.62	5.84
34	Sao Tome and Principe	4.58	5.01
35	Comoros	4.57	5.11
36	Madagascar	4.53	5.33
37	Samoa	4.49	4.39
38	Iraq	4.44	4.58
39	Mayotte	4.43	4.53
40	Eritrea	4.34	5.14
41	Solomon Islands	4.33	4.54
42	Timor-Leste	4.21	5.85
43	Rwanda	4.14	5.74
44	Pakistan	4.12	4.89
45	Ghana	4.11	4.60
46	Zimbabwe	4.11	3.86
47	Nauru	4.10	3.39
48	State of Palestine	4.05	5.06
49	Vanuatu	4.04	4.29
50	Gabon	4.02	4.30
51	Kenya	3.96	4.94
52	Tonga	3.70	4.18
53	Papua New Guinea	3.68	4.36
54	Namibia	3.65	3.58
55	Kiribati	3.64	3.70
56	Northern Mariana Islands	3.54	1.89
57	Egypt	3.49	3.35
58	French Guiana	3.47	3.77
59	Jordan	3.45	3.82
60	Tajikistan	3.43	3.42
61	Tuvalu	3.39	3.58
62	Lesotho	3.28	3.62
63	Marshall Islands	3.25	4.42
64	Eswatini	3.24	3.80
65	Haiti	3.22	4.05
66	Djibouti	3.19	4.30
67	Syrian Arab Republic	3.16	3.76
68	Kyrgyzstan	3.15	2.60
69	Guatemala	3.15	4.25
70	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	3.13	3.78
71	Israel	3.04	2.92
72	Tokelau	3.04	3.51
73	Philippines	3.04	3.59
74	Botswana	3.04	3.11
75	Turkmenistan	3.01	2.67
76	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.01	3.72
77	Algeria	3.00	2.45
78	Niue	2.97	2.89
79	Oman	2.95	3.37
80	Mongolia	2.94	2.02
81	American Samoa	2.93	3.91
82	Guam	2.88	2.66
83	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.87	4.02
84	Honduras	2.85	3.84
85	Cambodia	2.74	3.43
86	Saint Martin (French part)	2.72	2.87
87	Libya	2.72	2.80
88	Guyana	2.71	2.75
89	Kazakhstan	2.67	2.08
90	Saudi Arabia	2.67	3.47
91	Suriname	2.65	2.84
92	Paraguay	2.64	3.12
93	Fiji	2.60	2.96
94	Panama	2.57	2.68
95	Faroe Islands	2.54	2.54
96	Belize	2.50	3.34
97	Western Sahara	2.50	3.07
98	Nicaragua	2.49	2.83
99	Morocco	2.48	2.61
100	Dominican Republic	2.47	2.70
101	Uzbekistan	2.45	2.50
102	Indonesia	2.44	2.41
103	South Africa	2.43	2.36
104	India	2.40	3.12
105	Ecuador	2.36	2.91
106	Nepal	2.36	3.44
107	Lebanon	2.36	2.46
108	Argentina	2.33	2.45
109	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.33	2.70
110	Peru	2.32	2.66
111	Tunisia	2.31	1.96
112	Monaco	2.31	1.91
113	Cook Islands	2.29	2.89
114	Mexico	2.27	2.58
115	Myanmar	2.26	2.68
116	Bangladesh	2.25	3.03
117	United States Virgin Islands	2.23	2.33
118	Guadeloupe	2.22	2.22
119	Réunion	2.22	2.43
120	Sri Lanka	2.18	2.30
121	Seychelles	2.18	2.05
122	New Caledonia	2.17	2.27
123	Bahrain	2.17	2.78
124	Maldives	2.17	2.34
125	Azerbaijan	2.15	1.59
126	El Salvador	2.15	2.64
127	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.11	2.14
128	Türkiye	2.11	2.20
129	Curaçao	2.10	2.19
130	Gibraltar	2.10	1.63
131	Cabo Verde	2.07	3.03
132	Malaysia	2.07	2.60
133	Palau	2.05	1.96
134	Uruguay	2.03	2.12
135	Qatar	2.03	2.92
136	Greenland	2.01	2.39
137	New Zealand	2.00	1.93
138	Bhutan	2.00	2.87
139	Georgia	1.99	1.55
140	Martinique	1.99	1.90
141	Brunei Darussalam	1.98	2.19
142	Viet Nam	1.98	2.00
143	Kuwait	1.97	2.77
144	France	1.97	1.87
145	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.95	2.67
146	Iceland	1.94	1.99
147	Aruba	1.94	1.81
148	French Polynesia	1.94	2.26
149	Ireland	1.93	1.96
150	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.91	1.80
151	Grenada	1.91	2.33
152	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.89	1.74
153	Australia	1.88	1.76
154	Sweden	1.88	1.71
155	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.88	1.91
156	Colombia	1.86	2.45
157	United States of America	1.84	2.03
158	United Kingdom	1.83	1.70
159	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.83	2.58
160	Isle of Man	1.82	1.84
161	Chile	1.79	1.89
162	Costa Rica	1.78	2.08
163	Dominica	1.78	2.07
164	Norway	1.78	1.80
165	Brazil	1.76	2.01
166	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.75	2.18
167	Finland	1.75	1.76
168	Belgium	1.75	1.67
169	Albania	1.74	2.01
170	Bahamas	1.74	1.97
171	Montenegro	1.74	1.80
172	Barbados	1.73	1.86
173	Russian Federation	1.72	1.33
174	China	1.71	1.57
175	North Macedonia	1.70	1.75
176	Saint Helena	1.69	1.60
177	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.69	1.55
178	Netherlands	1.68	1.74
179	Cuba	1.68	1.63
180	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.68	2.00
181	Armenia	1.67	1.47
182	Denmark	1.67	1.76
183	Belarus	1.67	1.19
184	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.64	1.64
185	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.62	1.95
186	Republic of Moldova	1.62	1.48
187	Canada	1.61	1.54
188	Trinidad and Tobago	1.60	1.65
189	Jamaica	1.59	2.24
190	Lithuania	1.58	1.26
191	Jersey	1.57	1.54
192	Anguilla	1.55	1.64
193	Slovenia	1.55	1.20
194	Luxembourg	1.55	1.62
195	Antigua and Barbuda	1.54	1.89
196	Guernsey	1.54	1.46
197	United Arab Emirates	1.53	2.49
198	Thailand	1.53	1.67
199	Latvia	1.53	1.32
200	Ukraine	1.52	1.17
201	Estonia	1.52	1.36
202	Bermuda	1.52	1.79
203	Switzerland	1.51	1.38
204	Saint Lucia	1.50	1.94
205	San Marino	1.48	1.30
206	Bulgaria	1.48	1.25
207	Montserrat	1.48	1.60
208	Puerto Rico	1.47	1.81
209	Romania	1.47	1.30
210	Croatia	1.46	1.41
211	Czechia	1.46	1.18
212	Liechtenstein	1.46	1.37
213	Austria	1.44	1.37
214	Cayman Islands	1.44	1.67
215	Serbia	1.43	1.37
216	Mauritius	1.42	1.87
217	Germany	1.41	1.34
218	Slovakia	1.40	1.20
219	Japan	1.39	1.29
220	Italy	1.38	1.29
221	Malta	1.37	1.48
222	Hungary	1.35	1.28
223	Cyprus	1.30	1.51
224	Greece	1.29	1.33
225	Poland	1.29	1.23
226	Spain	1.28	1.29
227	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.28	1.22
228	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.26	0.90
229	Portugal	1.21	1.44
230	Republic of Korea	1.21	1.20
231	China, Macao SAR	1.15	0.80
232	Andorra	1.14	1.18
233	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.13	1.25
234	Saint Barthélemy	1.09	1.52
235	British Virgin Islands	1.09	1.31
236	Holy See	1.00	1.00
237	Singapore	0.95	1.08

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