Total fertility rate by country, 2017

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

◀▶2017

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2007
1	Niger	6.87	7.73
2	Somalia	6.77	7.46
3	Chad	6.54	7.09
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.35	6.56
5	Mali	6.25	6.65
6	Central African Republic	6.13	5.87
7	Angola	5.60	6.37
8	Burundi	5.48	6.59
9	Afghanistan	5.43	6.51
10	Nigeria	5.18	6.03
11	Burkina Faso	5.17	6.11
12	Benin	5.16	5.63
13	Mozambique	5.13	5.47
14	Mauritania	5.11	5.43
15	Uganda	4.99	6.33
16	United Republic of Tanzania	4.99	5.40
17	Cameroon	4.80	5.34
18	Guinea	4.79	5.66
19	Côte d'Ivoire	4.76	5.40
20	Sudan	4.76	5.27
21	Mayotte	4.66	4.49
22	Yemen	4.61	5.26
23	Gambia	4.61	5.69
24	Equatorial Guinea	4.60	5.43
25	Togo	4.58	5.10
26	Zambia	4.57	5.61
27	Congo	4.50	4.65
28	Senegal	4.49	5.02
29	South Sudan	4.48	5.70
30	Ethiopia	4.40	5.89
31	Liberia	4.40	5.46
32	Sierra Leone	4.39	5.64
33	Guinea-Bissau	4.35	5.37
34	Comoros	4.28	4.86
35	Madagascar	4.26	5.08
36	Samoa	4.20	4.36
37	Eritrea	4.11	4.81
38	Malawi	4.11	5.72
39	Rwanda	4.08	5.14
40	Sao Tome and Principe	4.07	4.96
41	Solomon Islands	4.06	4.37
42	Gabon	3.91	4.14
43	Pakistan	3.90	4.55
44	Nauru	3.88	3.50
45	Vanuatu	3.88	4.12
46	French Guiana	3.88	3.78
47	Zimbabwe	3.77	3.68
48	State of Palestine	3.77	4.63
49	Ghana	3.72	4.29
50	Iraq	3.64	4.40
51	Kenya	3.61	4.72
52	Namibia	3.51	3.61
53	Papua New Guinea	3.43	4.08
54	Timor-Leste	3.40	5.33
55	Tonga	3.39	4.09
56	Kiribati	3.34	3.86
57	Egypt	3.31	3.24
58	Tuvalu	3.30	3.45
59	Tajikistan	3.29	3.37
60	Israel	3.12	2.85
61	Lesotho	3.11	3.44
62	Algeria	3.09	2.70
63	Guam	3.09	2.90
64	Marshall Islands	3.06	4.09
65	Kyrgyzstan	3.04	2.78
66	Eswatini	3.02	3.58
67	Jordan	2.99	3.80
68	Haiti	2.98	3.69
69	Syrian Arab Republic	2.97	3.54
70	Botswana	2.97	3.13
71	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.96	3.44
72	Turkmenistan	2.93	2.73
73	Oman	2.92	2.76
74	Djibouti	2.92	3.76
75	Mongolia	2.89	2.32
76	Guatemala	2.86	3.72
77	Tokelau	2.81	3.40
78	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.78	3.45
79	Niue	2.77	3.01
80	Northern Mariana Islands	2.76	2.79
81	Kazakhstan	2.75	2.49
82	Cambodia	2.72	3.13
83	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.69	3.44
84	Saudi Arabia	2.67	3.18
85	Saint Martin (French part)	2.66	2.63
86	Honduras	2.66	3.35
87	Libya	2.63	2.65
88	American Samoa	2.60	3.51
89	Guyana	2.59	2.68
90	Paraguay	2.59	2.82
91	Uzbekistan	2.57	2.57
92	Philippines	2.53	3.40
93	Faroe Islands	2.50	2.56
94	Panama	2.46	2.61
95	Fiji	2.46	2.87
96	Suriname	2.43	2.73
97	Monaco	2.42	2.21
98	Dominican Republic	2.40	2.51
99	Nicaragua	2.38	2.70
100	Morocco	2.38	2.62
101	Belize	2.37	2.88
102	Lebanon	2.37	2.20
103	Western Sahara	2.35	2.78
104	Seychelles	2.31	2.23
105	South Africa	2.28	2.55
106	Indonesia	2.25	2.48
107	Myanmar	2.25	2.45
108	Réunion	2.23	2.47
109	Tunisia	2.21	1.96
110	Bangladesh	2.21	2.67
111	India	2.19	2.78
112	United States Virgin Islands	2.19	2.60
113	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.18	2.52
114	Argentina	2.17	2.37
115	Cook Islands	2.17	2.71
116	Nepal	2.17	2.86
117	Kuwait	2.16	2.41
118	Peru	2.15	2.58
119	Georgia	2.14	1.70
120	Ecuador	2.13	2.70
121	Guadeloupe	2.08	2.23
122	Türkiye	2.08	2.18
123	Greenland	2.07	2.27
124	Sri Lanka	2.04	2.30
125	New Caledonia	2.04	2.21
126	Mexico	2.04	2.42
127	Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.03	2.11
128	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2.02	1.75
129	Palau	2.02	1.97
130	Viet Nam	1.99	1.91
131	Bahrain	1.98	2.28
132	Martinique	1.97	2.04
133	Azerbaijan	1.96	1.97
134	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.94	2.06
135	Cabo Verde	1.93	2.41
136	Gibraltar	1.93	1.85
137	El Salvador	1.90	2.35
138	Malaysia	1.89	2.25
139	Brunei Darussalam	1.88	1.93
140	France	1.86	1.95
141	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.85	1.94
142	Qatar	1.83	2.44
143	Uruguay	1.82	2.05
144	New Zealand	1.81	2.17
145	Republic of Moldova	1.81	1.57
146	Maldives	1.80	2.29
147	China	1.80	1.67
148	Aruba	1.79	1.88
149	Montenegro	1.79	1.80
150	Sweden	1.78	1.88
151	Ireland	1.77	2.01
152	Romania	1.77	1.45
153	United States of America	1.75	2.10
154	Australia	1.75	1.99
155	Denmark	1.75	1.84
156	Brazil	1.74	1.85
157	United Kingdom	1.73	1.86
158	North Macedonia	1.73	1.53
159	Colombia	1.72	2.20
160	Barbados	1.72	1.76
161	Iceland	1.71	2.09
162	Costa Rica	1.71	1.95
163	Czechia	1.71	1.44
164	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.71	1.60
165	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.70	2.05
166	Latvia	1.70	1.54
167	Saint Helena	1.69	1.61
168	Montserrat	1.69	1.60
169	Isle of Man	1.67	1.93
170	French Polynesia	1.67	2.12
171	Belgium	1.64	1.81
172	Lithuania	1.63	1.36
173	Russian Federation	1.63	1.43
174	Netherlands	1.62	1.71
175	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.62	2.39
176	Slovenia	1.62	1.39
177	Norway	1.62	1.90
178	Bhutan	1.62	2.59
179	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.61	1.87
180	Estonia	1.60	1.68
181	Cuba	1.59	1.44
182	Trinidad and Tobago	1.59	1.62
183	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.57	1.57
184	Germany	1.57	1.38
185	Armenia	1.56	1.52
186	Chile	1.56	1.83
187	Bulgaria	1.56	1.48
188	Canada	1.55	1.66
189	Belarus	1.55	1.39
190	Dominica	1.54	2.02
191	Austria	1.52	1.38
192	Switzerland	1.52	1.45
193	Slovakia	1.52	1.27
194	Hungary	1.52	1.32
195	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.50	1.67
196	Albania	1.49	1.63
197	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.49	1.96
198	Finland	1.49	1.83
199	Antigua and Barbuda	1.48	1.86
200	Serbia	1.48	1.32
201	Poland	1.47	1.31
202	Liechtenstein	1.46	1.42
203	Curaçao	1.45	1.92
204	Saint Lucia	1.45	1.70
205	Grenada	1.44	2.15
206	Jamaica	1.43	2.02
207	Croatia	1.42	1.49
208	Jersey	1.42	1.53
209	Bahamas	1.42	2.04
210	Bermuda	1.42	1.93
211	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.42	1.19
212	Mauritius	1.40	1.67
213	Luxembourg	1.39	1.61
214	Japan	1.39	1.31
215	Guernsey	1.38	1.53
216	Portugal	1.38	1.35
217	Anguilla	1.37	1.51
218	Thailand	1.36	1.62
219	United Arab Emirates	1.35	1.79
220	Greece	1.35	1.42
221	Italy	1.32	1.39
222	Cyprus	1.32	1.45
223	Spain	1.31	1.38
224	Ukraine	1.30	1.34
225	Malta	1.27	1.36
226	Cayman Islands	1.22	1.68
227	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.14	1.03
228	Andorra	1.13	1.19
229	Puerto Rico	1.13	1.74
230	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.12	1.10
231	San Marino	1.05	1.26
232	Republic of Korea	1.04	1.22
233	China, Macao SAR	1.02	0.97
234	Holy See	1.00	1.00
235	Singapore	0.94	1.07
236	British Virgin Islands	0.87	1.31
237	Saint Barthélemy	0.81	1.40

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