Total fertility rate by country, 2014

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

◀▶2014

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2004
1	Niger	7.34	7.78
2	Somalia	7.06	7.57
3	Chad	6.78	7.16
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.48	6.53
5	Mali	6.44	6.74
6	Central African Republic	6.10	5.78
7	Angola	5.86	6.50
8	Burundi	5.79	6.75
9	Afghanistan	5.77	7.02
10	Nigeria	5.62	6.09
11	Burkina Faso	5.59	6.22
12	Uganda	5.41	6.61
13	Benin	5.37	5.72
14	Mozambique	5.30	5.55
15	Mauritania	5.26	5.37
16	Gambia	5.20	5.68
17	United Republic of Tanzania	5.12	5.60
18	Guinea	5.07	5.73
19	Côte d'Ivoire	5.07	5.53
20	Sudan	4.91	5.45
21	Zambia	4.89	5.70
22	Senegal	4.88	5.19
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.86	5.62
24	Cameroon	4.84	5.44
25	South Sudan	4.82	6.19
26	Guinea-Bissau	4.79	5.50
27	Sierra Leone	4.70	5.92
28	Togo	4.70	4.99
29	Congo	4.67	4.69
30	Yemen	4.62	5.71
31	Liberia	4.62	5.51
32	Ethiopia	4.60	6.30
33	Malawi	4.57	5.86
34	Mayotte	4.53	4.45
35	Comoros	4.49	5.07
36	Sao Tome and Principe	4.48	4.96
37	Samoa	4.42	4.34
38	Madagascar	4.42	5.26
39	Solomon Islands	4.36	4.47
40	Iraq	4.31	4.53
41	Eritrea	4.27	5.04
42	Rwanda	4.12	5.64
43	Nauru	4.08	3.38
44	Pakistan	4.06	4.69
45	Ghana	4.03	4.50
46	Zimbabwe	4.01	3.78
47	Vanuatu	4.00	4.21
48	Timor-Leste	4.00	5.74
49	State of Palestine	3.99	4.97
50	Gabon	3.95	4.25
51	Kenya	3.84	4.86
52	Namibia	3.64	3.54
53	Papua New Guinea	3.63	4.28
54	Tonga	3.62	4.19
55	Kiribati	3.52	3.73
56	Egypt	3.49	3.28
57	French Guiana	3.47	3.47
58	Tajikistan	3.46	3.51
59	Northern Mariana Islands	3.37	2.07
60	Tuvalu	3.33	3.55
61	Jordan	3.30	3.73
62	Lesotho	3.24	3.51
63	Kyrgyzstan	3.21	2.63
64	Eswatini	3.18	3.76
65	Marshall Islands	3.18	4.34
66	Haiti	3.16	3.94
67	Djibouti	3.12	4.16
68	Syrian Arab Republic	3.12	3.68
69	Guatemala	3.09	4.13
70	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	3.09	3.68
71	Algeria	3.08	2.50
72	Israel	3.08	2.85
73	Botswana	3.03	3.06
74	Turkmenistan	3.02	2.67
75	Mongolia	3.00	1.98
76	Tokelau	2.99	3.47
77	Oman	2.97	3.20
78	Guam	2.95	2.77
79	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.95	3.63
80	Niue	2.93	2.92
81	Philippines	2.89	3.52
82	American Samoa	2.85	3.95
83	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.80	3.90
84	Honduras	2.79	3.71
85	Kazakhstan	2.76	2.20
86	Libya	2.75	2.77
87	Cambodia	2.73	3.31
88	Saint Martin (French part)	2.71	2.83
89	Guyana	2.70	2.68
90	Saudi Arabia	2.68	3.26
91	Paraguay	2.65	3.05
92	Suriname	2.62	2.74
93	Fiji	2.59	2.94
94	Faroe Islands	2.56	2.59
95	Uzbekistan	2.55	2.50
96	Panama	2.55	2.68
97	Monaco	2.48	1.99
98	Belize	2.47	3.25
99	Nicaragua	2.46	2.78
100	Western Sahara	2.46	2.97
101	Dominican Republic	2.45	2.64
102	Morocco	2.43	2.61
103	South Africa	2.42	2.44
104	Argentina	2.39	2.43
105	Indonesia	2.39	2.42
106	Lebanon	2.38	2.38
107	Tunisia	2.32	1.95
108	Nepal	2.32	3.28
109	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.30	2.64
110	India	2.29	3.05
111	Ecuador	2.27	2.85
112	Peru	2.27	2.67
113	Myanmar	2.25	2.59
114	Cook Islands	2.24	2.83
115	Réunion	2.24	2.45
116	Bangladesh	2.23	2.94
117	United States Virgin Islands	2.22	2.43
118	Guadeloupe	2.21	2.23
119	Mexico	2.21	2.54
120	Türkiye	2.19	2.20
121	Georgia	2.18	1.57
122	Seychelles	2.16	2.04
123	Bahrain	2.15	2.77
124	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.14	2.09
125	Azerbaijan	2.13	1.97
126	El Salvador	2.13	2.52
127	Sri Lanka	2.13	2.27
128	New Caledonia	2.12	2.24
129	Viet Nam	2.09	1.97
130	Maldives	2.09	2.26
131	Gibraltar	2.08	1.69
132	Kuwait	2.06	2.76
133	Malaysia	2.06	2.49
134	Uruguay	2.03	2.09
135	Cabo Verde	2.03	2.90
136	Qatar	2.03	2.79
137	Palau	2.03	1.99
138	Greenland	2.01	2.38
139	Curaçao	2.00	2.10
140	Martinique	1.99	1.90
141	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.98	1.78
142	France	1.97	1.90
143	Brunei Darussalam	1.97	2.10
144	French Polynesia	1.96	2.20
145	Aruba	1.94	1.82
146	Iceland	1.93	2.04
147	New Zealand	1.92	1.98
148	Bhutan	1.92	2.78
149	Ireland	1.90	1.93
150	Sweden	1.88	1.75
151	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.87	2.65
152	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.87	1.90
153	United States of America	1.85	2.03
154	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.82	2.19
155	Colombia	1.82	2.38
156	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.82	1.70
157	Republic of Moldova	1.82	1.54
158	United Kingdom	1.81	1.75
159	Australia	1.81	1.78
160	Grenada	1.80	2.29
161	Costa Rica	1.80	2.03
162	Isle of Man	1.79	1.83
163	Chile	1.77	1.84
164	Brazil	1.77	1.97
165	Russian Federation	1.77	1.35
166	China	1.77	1.61
167	North Macedonia	1.77	1.52
168	Montenegro	1.76	1.73
169	Norway	1.75	1.83
170	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.73	2.14
171	Barbados	1.73	1.80
172	Belgium	1.73	1.72
173	Albania	1.72	1.89
174	Dominica	1.71	2.02
175	Finland	1.71	1.79
176	Netherlands	1.70	1.72
177	Saint Helena	1.70	1.59
178	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.70	1.56
179	Belarus	1.70	1.20
180	Denmark	1.69	1.78
181	Bahamas	1.69	1.98
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.67	1.96
183	Armenia	1.66	1.49
184	Cuba	1.66	1.55
185	Latvia	1.65	1.30
186	Lithuania	1.63	1.27
187	Canada	1.61	1.54
188	Trinidad and Tobago	1.60	1.63
189	Slovenia	1.58	1.25
190	Liechtenstein	1.57	1.44
191	Romania	1.56	1.34
192	Jersey	1.55	1.52
193	Estonia	1.54	1.47
194	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.54	1.95
195	Jamaica	1.54	2.20
196	Antigua and Barbuda	1.53	1.85
197	Switzerland	1.53	1.41
198	Czechia	1.53	1.23
199	Bulgaria	1.53	1.32
200	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.51	1.61
201	Guernsey	1.51	1.47
202	Luxembourg	1.50	1.66
203	United Arab Emirates	1.48	2.38
204	Saint Lucia	1.48	1.86
205	Thailand	1.48	1.66
206	Anguilla	1.47	1.61
207	Ukraine	1.47	1.21
208	Germany	1.47	1.36
209	Montserrat	1.47	1.62
210	Austria	1.46	1.42
211	Croatia	1.46	1.42
212	Serbia	1.46	1.36
213	Puerto Rico	1.44	1.84
214	Slovakia	1.42	1.25
215	Bermuda	1.42	1.76
216	Hungary	1.42	1.28
217	Japan	1.39	1.28
218	Malta	1.38	1.40
219	Mauritius	1.37	1.87
220	Italy	1.36	1.34
221	Cayman Islands	1.33	1.67
222	Spain	1.32	1.31
223	Poland	1.32	1.23
224	Cyprus	1.31	1.51
225	Greece	1.30	1.34
226	San Marino	1.26	1.30
227	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.26	1.22
228	British Virgin Islands	1.24	1.50
229	Portugal	1.23	1.41
230	China, Macao SAR	1.22	0.80
231	Republic of Korea	1.20	1.16
232	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.20	0.92
233	Andorra	1.17	1.23
234	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.16	1.19
235	Singapore	1.00	1.07
236	Holy See	1.00	1.00
237	Saint Barthélemy	0.93	1.51

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