Total fertility rate by country, 2018

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

◀▶2018

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2008
1	Niger	6.71	7.70
2	Somalia	6.66	7.41
3	Chad	6.46	7.06
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.30	6.58
5	Mali	6.12	6.62
6	Central African Republic	6.11	5.90
7	Angola	5.52	6.32
8	Burundi	5.38	6.51
9	Afghanistan	5.33	6.39
10	Mozambique	5.07	5.60
11	Mauritania	5.04	5.44
12	Benin	5.03	5.55
13	Nigeria	5.02	6.02
14	United Republic of Tanzania	4.93	5.32
15	Burkina Faso	4.92	6.05
16	Uganda	4.87	6.20
17	Cameroon	4.74	5.29
18	Sudan	4.68	5.21
19	Guinea	4.67	5.60
20	Mayotte	4.66	4.47
21	Yemen	4.61	5.11
22	Côte d'Ivoire	4.60	5.36
23	Togo	4.51	5.10
24	Equatorial Guinea	4.51	5.36
25	Zambia	4.49	5.53
26	Congo	4.44	4.73
27	Gambia	4.42	5.63
28	Ethiopia	4.37	5.69
29	South Sudan	4.37	5.57
30	Liberia	4.34	5.33
31	Sierra Leone	4.29	5.56
32	Senegal	4.29	5.02
33	Madagascar	4.25	5.04
34	Guinea-Bissau	4.24	5.27
35	Comoros	4.21	4.81
36	Samoa	4.14	4.42
37	Eritrea	4.06	4.74
38	Rwanda	4.05	4.92
39	Malawi	4.02	5.61
40	Sao Tome and Principe	3.98	4.91
41	Solomon Islands	3.93	4.36
42	Gabon	3.91	4.12
43	Pakistan	3.86	4.52
44	Vanuatu	3.83	4.16
45	French Guiana	3.78	3.57
46	Zimbabwe	3.74	3.78
47	Nauru	3.68	3.66
48	State of Palestine	3.67	4.51
49	Ghana	3.65	4.22
50	Iraq	3.55	4.37
51	Kenya	3.54	4.66
52	Namibia	3.46	3.62
53	Papua New Guinea	3.38	4.01
54	Tuvalu	3.33	3.42
55	Tonga	3.33	4.01
56	Kiribati	3.32	3.90
57	Tajikistan	3.29	3.39
58	Kyrgyzstan	3.28	2.84
59	Timor-Leste	3.24	5.17
60	Israel	3.10	2.90
61	Marshall Islands	3.04	3.97
62	Algeria	3.02	2.78
63	Egypt	3.02	3.24
64	Lesotho	3.02	3.39
65	Guam	2.99	2.90
66	Eswatini	2.97	3.57
67	Botswana	2.94	3.13
68	Syrian Arab Republic	2.93	3.48
69	Haiti	2.92	3.62
70	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.92	3.37
71	Mongolia	2.92	2.53
72	Jordan	2.92	3.88
73	Turkmenistan	2.87	2.75
74	Djibouti	2.86	3.62
75	Kazakhstan	2.85	2.62
76	Oman	2.81	2.76
77	Tokelau	2.78	3.38
78	Guatemala	2.74	3.57
79	Saint Martin (French part)	2.73	2.55
80	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.73	3.36
81	Cambodia	2.72	3.05
82	Uzbekistan	2.71	2.63
83	Niue	2.70	3.01
84	Saudi Arabia	2.67	3.07
85	Honduras	2.65	3.26
86	Northern Mariana Islands	2.64	2.81
87	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.63	3.33
88	Libya	2.58	2.60
89	Paraguay	2.56	2.79
90	Guyana	2.55	2.70
91	Monaco	2.49	2.38
92	American Samoa	2.49	3.42
93	Faroe Islands	2.43	2.57
94	Fiji	2.42	2.82
95	Dominican Republic	2.40	2.55
96	Panama	2.40	2.61
97	Suriname	2.38	2.73
98	Philippines	2.38	3.40
99	Nicaragua	2.35	2.66
100	Morocco	2.35	2.61
101	Lebanon	2.35	2.17
102	Belize	2.34	2.78
103	Western Sahara	2.32	2.72
104	Seychelles	2.29	2.32
105	South Africa	2.27	2.68
106	Myanmar	2.23	2.40
107	Indonesia	2.22	2.44
108	Bangladesh	2.19	2.58
109	India	2.18	2.71
110	United States Virgin Islands	2.18	2.69
111	Cook Islands	2.16	2.60
112	Réunion	2.16	2.47
113	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.15	2.47
114	Tunisia	2.13	1.98
115	Kuwait	2.12	2.27
116	Nepal	2.12	2.74
117	Peru	2.12	2.53
118	Ecuador	2.11	2.69
119	Guadeloupe	2.10	2.16
120	Georgia	2.09	1.83
121	Argentina	2.07	2.43
122	New Caledonia	2.04	2.20
123	Sri Lanka	2.03	2.23
124	Mexico	2.03	2.39
125	Greenland	2.02	2.27
126	Türkiye	2.00	2.17
127	Martinique	1.99	2.07
128	Palau	1.97	1.95
129	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.92	1.74
130	Gibraltar	1.92	1.90
131	Azerbaijan	1.91	1.90
132	Bahrain	1.91	2.15
133	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.90	2.15
134	Viet Nam	1.88	1.93
135	El Salvador	1.85	2.29
136	Brunei Darussalam	1.85	1.92
137	France	1.84	1.99
138	Malaysia	1.84	2.26
139	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.83	1.97
140	Republic of Moldova	1.81	1.64
141	Cabo Verde	1.80	2.30
142	Montenegro	1.78	1.90
143	Ireland	1.76	2.06
144	Qatar	1.76	2.37
145	Sweden	1.75	1.90
146	Montserrat	1.75	1.60
147	Romania	1.75	1.58
148	Australia	1.74	2.02
149	Czechia	1.74	1.51
150	Brazil	1.74	1.81
151	Aruba	1.73	1.89
152	Denmark	1.73	1.88
153	North Macedonia	1.73	1.57
154	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.72	1.96
155	New Zealand	1.72	2.19
156	Barbados	1.72	1.76
157	Iceland	1.71	2.16
158	United States of America	1.71	2.05
159	Costa Rica	1.71	1.98
160	Colombia	1.71	2.16
161	Maldives	1.71	2.37
162	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.70	1.62
163	United Kingdom	1.68	1.91
164	Uruguay	1.68	2.03
165	Saint Helena	1.68	1.62
166	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.68	2.01
167	Estonia	1.67	1.72
168	French Polynesia	1.65	2.19
169	Isle of Man	1.64	1.94
170	Lithuania	1.64	1.44
171	Belgium	1.62	1.85
172	Cuba	1.61	1.58
173	Slovenia	1.61	1.53
174	Latvia	1.61	1.59
175	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.59	1.83
176	Trinidad and Tobago	1.59	1.62
177	Netherlands	1.58	1.76
178	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.58	1.70
179	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.58	2.36
180	Russian Federation	1.58	1.52
181	Armenia	1.57	1.54
182	Germany	1.57	1.39
183	Norway	1.57	1.95
184	Bulgaria	1.56	1.55
185	Liechtenstein	1.56	1.44
186	Slovakia	1.55	1.34
187	Chile	1.54	1.85
188	China	1.54	1.70
189	Grenada	1.53	2.12
190	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.52	1.73
191	Dominica	1.52	1.97
192	Hungary	1.52	1.35
193	Bhutan	1.52	2.48
194	Canada	1.51	1.68
195	Switzerland	1.51	1.48
196	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.50	1.21
197	Curaçao	1.49	1.87
198	Serbia	1.49	1.33
199	Austria	1.48	1.41
200	Croatia	1.47	1.55
201	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.46	1.97
202	Belarus	1.46	1.45
203	Saint Lucia	1.44	1.70
204	Poland	1.44	1.39
205	Albania	1.42	1.62
206	Finland	1.41	1.84
207	Portugal	1.41	1.38
208	Jamaica	1.40	1.95
209	Bahamas	1.40	2.00
210	Jersey	1.38	1.56
211	Luxembourg	1.38	1.61
212	Anguilla	1.37	1.56
213	Antigua and Barbuda	1.37	2.04
214	Bermuda	1.37	1.86
215	Mauritius	1.37	1.60
216	Japan	1.37	1.33
217	Greece	1.35	1.49
218	Guernsey	1.34	1.55
219	Cyprus	1.32	1.48
220	Thailand	1.32	1.59
221	United Arab Emirates	1.29	1.52
222	Italy	1.29	1.44
223	Cayman Islands	1.28	1.70
224	Spain	1.26	1.44
225	Ukraine	1.23	1.44
226	Malta	1.23	1.42
227	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.09	1.05
228	San Marino	1.08	1.52
229	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.08	1.06
230	Andorra	1.05	1.25
231	Puerto Rico	1.03	1.62
232	Holy See	1.00	1.00
233	Singapore	0.95	1.04
234	Republic of Korea	0.95	1.19
235	China, Macao SAR	0.92	0.98
236	British Virgin Islands	0.91	1.27
237	Saint Barthélemy	0.71	1.34

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