Total fertility rate by country, 2016

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

◀▶2016

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2006
1	Niger	7.04	7.74
2	Somalia	6.88	7.49
3	Chad	6.62	7.12
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.39	6.55
5	Mali	6.32	6.68
6	Central African Republic	6.13	5.84
7	Angola	5.69	6.42
8	Burundi	5.59	6.66
9	Afghanistan	5.54	6.69
10	Nigeria	5.34	6.05
11	Burkina Faso	5.33	6.17
12	Benin	5.25	5.67
13	Mozambique	5.19	5.45
14	Mauritania	5.16	5.40
15	Uganda	5.11	6.43
16	United Republic of Tanzania	5.01	5.51
17	Guinea	4.92	5.70
18	Côte d'Ivoire	4.87	5.45
19	Cameroon	4.84	5.37
20	Sudan	4.83	5.33
21	Gambia	4.81	5.74
22	Mayotte	4.70	4.51
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.69	5.50
24	Zambia	4.67	5.68
25	Senegal	4.65	5.06
26	Togo	4.63	5.08
27	Yemen	4.61	5.41
28	South Sudan	4.58	5.85
29	Congo	4.55	4.65
30	Guinea-Bissau	4.52	5.41
31	Ethiopia	4.47	6.05
32	Sierra Leone	4.47	5.74
33	Liberia	4.46	5.53
34	Comoros	4.35	4.93
35	Madagascar	4.28	5.13
36	Samoa	4.26	4.32
37	Malawi	4.22	5.80
38	Sao Tome and Principe	4.20	4.93
39	Solomon Islands	4.20	4.39
40	Eritrea	4.16	4.88
41	Rwanda	4.11	5.34
42	Nauru	4.03	3.40
43	Gabon	3.92	4.17
44	Vanuatu	3.92	4.10
45	Pakistan	3.90	4.59
46	State of Palestine	3.89	4.74
47	Ghana	3.87	4.40
48	Iraq	3.84	4.46
49	Zimbabwe	3.83	3.63
50	Kenya	3.69	4.75
51	French Guiana	3.64	3.82
52	Timor-Leste	3.58	5.47
53	Namibia	3.57	3.60
54	Papua New Guinea	3.50	4.15
55	Tonga	3.46	4.14
56	Kiribati	3.38	3.82
57	Tajikistan	3.38	3.34
58	Egypt	3.35	3.22
59	Tuvalu	3.30	3.53
60	Lesotho	3.18	3.41
61	Guam	3.17	2.81
62	Israel	3.11	2.83
63	Kyrgyzstan	3.10	2.74
64	Algeria	3.09	2.63
65	Marshall Islands	3.09	4.20
66	Eswatini	3.07	3.63
67	Jordan	3.07	3.71
68	Haiti	3.05	3.76
69	Syrian Arab Republic	3.01	3.56
70	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	3.00	3.51
71	Turkmenistan	2.99	2.72
72	Botswana	2.99	3.11
73	Guatemala	2.97	3.84
74	Djibouti	2.97	3.90
75	Mongolia	2.96	2.12
76	Oman	2.95	2.88
77	Northern Mariana Islands	2.92	2.61
78	Tokelau	2.86	3.42
79	Niue	2.83	3.00
80	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.83	3.53
81	Kazakhstan	2.80	2.38
82	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.74	3.56
83	Cambodia	2.72	3.17
84	Honduras	2.70	3.45
85	American Samoa	2.70	3.69
86	Philippines	2.68	3.47
87	Libya	2.67	2.70
88	Saudi Arabia	2.65	3.18
89	Saint Martin (French part)	2.64	2.71
90	Guyana	2.63	2.66
91	Paraguay	2.62	2.89
92	Monaco	2.58	2.10
93	Uzbekistan	2.56	2.46
94	Fiji	2.52	2.91
95	Suriname	2.50	2.73
96	Panama	2.50	2.62
97	Faroe Islands	2.49	2.51
98	Dominican Republic	2.41	2.51
99	Nicaragua	2.41	2.73
100	Belize	2.40	3.02
101	Morocco	2.40	2.61
102	Lebanon	2.39	2.24
103	Western Sahara	2.38	2.83
104	Indonesia	2.31	2.46
105	Seychelles	2.30	2.10
106	India	2.28	2.87
107	Tunisia	2.28	1.95
108	Myanmar	2.27	2.47
109	South Africa	2.26	2.55
110	Argentina	2.24	2.40
111	Georgia	2.23	1.62
112	Nepal	2.23	2.97
113	Bangladesh	2.23	2.76
114	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.22	2.59
115	Réunion	2.22	2.44
116	United States Virgin Islands	2.20	2.57
117	Peru	2.19	2.62
118	Cook Islands	2.18	2.80
119	Guadeloupe	2.14	2.29
120	Ecuador	2.12	2.75
121	Türkiye	2.11	2.19
122	Mexico	2.09	2.46
123	New Caledonia	2.08	2.24
124	Greenland	2.07	2.26
125	Kuwait	2.06	2.59
126	Sri Lanka	2.06	2.29
127	Palau	2.06	2.00
128	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2.05	1.76
129	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.05	2.03
130	Bahrain	2.04	2.46
131	Azerbaijan	2.03	2.02
132	Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.00	2.11
133	Viet Nam	2.00	1.87
134	Uruguay	1.97	2.07
135	El Salvador	1.97	2.40
136	Cabo Verde	1.97	2.56
137	Martinique	1.96	2.00
138	Gibraltar	1.94	1.80
139	Malaysia	1.94	2.31
140	Brunei Darussalam	1.92	1.97
141	Maldives	1.90	2.20
142	France	1.89	1.97
143	Republic of Moldova	1.89	1.54
144	New Zealand	1.88	2.01
145	Qatar	1.86	2.51
146	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.86	1.94
147	Aruba	1.85	1.86
148	Sweden	1.85	1.85
149	Ireland	1.82	1.91
150	United States of America	1.80	2.09
151	Montenegro	1.80	1.74
152	Australia	1.79	1.88
153	North Macedonia	1.79	1.51
154	United Kingdom	1.78	1.81
155	Denmark	1.77	1.84
156	Russian Federation	1.77	1.31
157	China	1.77	1.64
158	French Polynesia	1.76	2.22
159	Costa Rica	1.75	1.94
160	Iceland	1.74	2.08
161	Bhutan	1.74	2.66
162	Latvia	1.74	1.46
163	Brazil	1.73	1.90
164	Belarus	1.73	1.31
165	Colombia	1.72	2.24
166	Barbados	1.72	1.70
167	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.71	2.08
168	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.71	1.59
169	Isle of Man	1.71	1.90
170	Saint Helena	1.70	1.60
171	Norway	1.70	1.90
172	Curaçao	1.69	1.98
173	Chile	1.69	1.80
174	Lithuania	1.69	1.32
175	Romania	1.69	1.42
176	Belgium	1.68	1.79
177	Netherlands	1.66	1.71
178	Czechia	1.65	1.33
179	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.64	2.49
180	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.64	1.76
181	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.63	1.90
182	Armenia	1.62	1.49
183	Grenada	1.62	2.19
184	Montserrat	1.62	1.61
185	Estonia	1.60	1.58
186	Cuba	1.60	1.40
187	Trinidad and Tobago	1.60	1.62
188	Canada	1.59	1.61
189	Slovenia	1.59	1.32
190	Germany	1.59	1.34
191	Liechtenstein	1.59	1.43
192	Dominica	1.58	2.07
193	Albania	1.56	1.69
194	Finland	1.56	1.83
195	Switzerland	1.54	1.43
196	Bulgaria	1.54	1.43
197	Austria	1.53	1.40
198	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.53	1.63
199	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.51	1.95
200	Hungary	1.51	1.34
201	Bahamas	1.50	2.02
202	Slovakia	1.48	1.25
203	Jersey	1.47	1.44
204	Antigua and Barbuda	1.46	1.83
205	Jamaica	1.46	2.09
206	Serbia	1.46	1.32
207	Saint Lucia	1.46	1.77
208	Bermuda	1.45	1.79
209	Guernsey	1.44	1.51
210	Croatia	1.43	1.47
211	Luxembourg	1.41	1.65
212	Japan	1.41	1.28
213	Thailand	1.40	1.63
214	Ukraine	1.39	1.30
215	Poland	1.39	1.27
216	Greece	1.38	1.40
217	United Arab Emirates	1.37	1.96
218	Anguilla	1.37	1.47
219	Malta	1.37	1.36
220	Cyprus	1.36	1.51
221	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.36	1.18
222	Portugal	1.36	1.37
223	Mauritius	1.35	1.71
224	Italy	1.34	1.36
225	Spain	1.33	1.36
226	Puerto Rico	1.26	1.80
227	Cayman Islands	1.23	1.67
228	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.21	0.99
229	Andorra	1.18	1.23
230	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.17	1.12
231	Republic of Korea	1.14	1.14
232	China, Macao SAR	1.14	0.92
233	San Marino	1.13	1.24
234	Holy See	1.00	1.00
235	British Virgin Islands	0.99	1.23
236	Saint Barthélemy	0.97	1.45
237	Singapore	0.94	1.07

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