Total fertility rate by country, 2019

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

◀▶2019

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2009
1	Somalia	6.56	7.38
2	Niger	6.54	7.68
3	Chad	6.41	7.02
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.25	6.59
5	Central African Republic	6.09	5.94
6	Mali	5.89	6.59
7	Angola	5.44	6.26
8	Burundi	5.27	6.41
9	Afghanistan	5.24	6.29
10	Mozambique	5.02	5.68
11	Mauritania	4.98	5.41
12	Benin	4.90	5.49
13	United Republic of Tanzania	4.87	5.26
14	Nigeria	4.86	5.99
15	Uganda	4.74	6.12
16	Burkina Faso	4.68	5.99
17	Cameroon	4.65	5.24
18	Sudan	4.62	5.17
19	Yemen	4.60	5.00
20	Guinea	4.58	5.53
21	Mayotte	4.58	4.46
22	Côte d'Ivoire	4.52	5.33
23	Togo	4.45	5.10
24	Equatorial Guinea	4.43	5.29
25	Zambia	4.42	5.45
26	Congo	4.38	4.81
27	Ethiopia	4.35	5.49
28	Gambia	4.33	5.57
29	Liberia	4.26	5.17
30	South Sudan	4.26	5.45
31	Madagascar	4.22	5.00
32	Sierra Leone	4.19	5.45
33	Guinea-Bissau	4.15	5.18
34	Comoros	4.14	4.78
35	Senegal	4.10	5.03
36	Samoa	4.06	4.47
37	Eritrea	4.00	4.66
38	Rwanda	3.99	4.71
39	Malawi	3.95	5.45
40	Sao Tome and Principe	3.90	4.84
41	Gabon	3.88	4.14
42	Pakistan	3.81	4.47
43	Solomon Islands	3.80	4.35
44	Vanuatu	3.79	4.16
45	Zimbabwe	3.75	3.95
46	French Guiana	3.73	3.49
47	Ghana	3.59	4.18
48	State of Palestine	3.59	4.44
49	Nauru	3.53	3.85
50	Iraq	3.48	4.38
51	Kenya	3.43	4.57
52	Namibia	3.40	3.63
53	Kyrgyzstan	3.33	2.95
54	Tuvalu	3.33	3.42
55	Papua New Guinea	3.32	3.94
56	Kiribati	3.29	3.91
57	Tajikistan	3.28	3.43
58	Tonga	3.27	3.95
59	Timor-Leste	3.12	4.99
60	Israel	3.03	2.94
61	Marshall Islands	3.01	3.83
62	Mongolia	3.01	2.62
63	Algeria	3.00	2.82
64	Guam	2.94	2.89
65	Eswatini	2.93	3.50
66	Lesotho	2.92	3.31
67	Botswana	2.91	3.13
68	Kazakhstan	2.89	2.58
69	Syrian Arab Republic	2.88	3.42
70	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.88	3.31
71	Uzbekistan	2.87	2.56
72	Egypt	2.87	3.26
73	Haiti	2.86	3.56
74	Jordan	2.86	3.84
75	Turkmenistan	2.83	2.79
76	Djibouti	2.80	3.52
77	Saint Martin (French part)	2.79	2.46
78	Tokelau	2.75	3.34
79	Cambodia	2.72	2.97
80	Oman	2.70	2.83
81	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.69	3.29
82	Niue	2.63	3.04
83	Honduras	2.61	3.17
84	Guatemala	2.59	3.46
85	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.59	3.23
86	Northern Mariana Islands	2.56	2.74
87	Libya	2.54	2.56
88	Guyana	2.52	2.69
89	Paraguay	2.52	2.76
90	Saudi Arabia	2.49	2.95
91	Faroe Islands	2.40	2.39
92	Monaco	2.40	2.40
93	American Samoa	2.40	3.36
94	Fiji	2.39	2.76
95	Dominican Republic	2.37	2.57
96	Suriname	2.35	2.71
97	Morocco	2.34	2.62
98	Lebanon	2.33	2.19
99	Nicaragua	2.32	2.63
100	Panama	2.29	2.59
101	Western Sahara	2.28	2.67
102	Seychelles	2.26	2.37
103	South Africa	2.26	2.50
104	Indonesia	2.21	2.44
105	Philippines	2.21	3.38
106	Myanmar	2.21	2.37
107	Bangladesh	2.18	2.48
108	United States Virgin Islands	2.16	2.58
109	Guadeloupe	2.15	2.11
110	Belize	2.14	2.66
111	Cook Islands	2.13	2.52
112	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.13	2.42
113	Réunion	2.13	2.37
114	India	2.12	2.67
115	Tunisia	2.10	2.00
116	Kuwait	2.09	2.15
117	Peru	2.09	2.48
118	Nepal	2.08	2.63
119	Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.05	2.43
120	New Caledonia	2.05	2.19
121	Ecuador	2.03	2.68
122	Georgia	2.02	1.99
123	Sri Lanka	2.02	2.18
124	Martinique	2.02	2.05
125	Mexico	2.02	2.36
126	Greenland	2.01	2.32
127	Palau	1.98	1.94
128	Viet Nam	1.94	1.92
129	Gibraltar	1.91	1.93
130	Türkiye	1.89	2.14
131	Argentina	1.88	2.40
132	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.86	2.17
133	Montserrat	1.86	1.59
134	Azerbaijan	1.85	1.82
135	El Salvador	1.84	2.26
136	Bahrain	1.84	2.05
137	France	1.83	1.99
138	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.83	1.90
139	Brunei Darussalam	1.82	1.92
140	Montenegro	1.81	1.96
141	Malaysia	1.78	2.22
142	Republic of Moldova	1.78	1.72
143	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.77	1.74
144	Czechia	1.75	1.51
145	Iceland	1.74	2.23
146	Qatar	1.73	2.25
147	Ireland	1.72	2.06
148	New Zealand	1.72	2.13
149	Barbados	1.72	1.77
150	Colombia	1.71	2.10
151	Sweden	1.71	1.93
152	Romania	1.71	1.64
153	Aruba	1.70	1.87
154	Cabo Verde	1.70	2.25
155	Denmark	1.70	1.84
156	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.70	1.62
157	Brazil	1.70	1.80
158	United States of America	1.68	1.99
159	Australia	1.67	1.97
160	Saint Helena	1.67	1.63
161	Estonia	1.66	1.70
162	North Macedonia	1.65	1.64
163	Maldives	1.64	2.39
164	United Kingdom	1.63	1.89
165	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.62	1.96
166	Slovenia	1.61	1.54
167	Belgium	1.61	1.84
168	Isle of Man	1.61	1.94
169	Latvia	1.61	1.47
170	Lithuania	1.61	1.50
171	Armenia	1.60	1.57
172	Costa Rica	1.60	1.95
173	Trinidad and Tobago	1.58	1.62
174	Bulgaria	1.58	1.64
175	Uruguay	1.57	2.02
176	Netherlands	1.57	1.78
177	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.57	2.32
178	Slovakia	1.57	1.43
179	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.57	1.80
180	French Polynesia	1.57	2.15
181	Cuba	1.54	1.68
182	Grenada	1.54	2.08
183	Germany	1.54	1.37
184	Norway	1.53	1.97
185	Hungary	1.53	1.32
186	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.52	1.70
187	Cayman Islands	1.51	1.72
188	Serbia	1.51	1.36
189	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.51	1.27
190	Dominica	1.50	1.92
191	Russian Federation	1.50	1.56
192	China	1.50	1.71
193	Canada	1.48	1.68
194	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.48	1.71
195	Switzerland	1.48	1.49
196	Liechtenstein	1.48	1.68
197	Antigua and Barbuda	1.47	2.01
198	Croatia	1.47	1.59
199	Austria	1.46	1.39
200	Bhutan	1.45	2.36
201	Poland	1.44	1.40
202	Chile	1.43	1.86
203	Saint Lucia	1.42	1.74
204	Portugal	1.42	1.35
205	Albania	1.40	1.64
206	Bahamas	1.40	2.01
207	Jamaica	1.39	1.88
208	Belarus	1.39	1.48
209	Anguilla	1.38	1.61
210	Bermuda	1.38	1.85
211	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.36	1.98
212	Jersey	1.36	1.58
213	Finland	1.35	1.86
214	Mauritius	1.35	1.53
215	Greece	1.34	1.51
216	Luxembourg	1.34	1.59
217	Cyprus	1.33	1.47
218	Guernsey	1.32	1.55
219	Japan	1.32	1.33
220	Thailand	1.29	1.56
221	Italy	1.26	1.44
222	United Arab Emirates	1.25	1.58
223	Spain	1.23	1.38
224	Ukraine	1.22	1.47
225	Curaçao	1.18	1.88
226	Malta	1.15	1.41
227	San Marino	1.10	1.36
228	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.06	1.05
229	Andorra	1.04	1.21
230	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.04	1.01
231	Holy See	1.00	1.00
232	Puerto Rico	0.98	1.60
233	Singapore	0.94	1.00
234	British Virgin Islands	0.94	1.23
235	China, Macao SAR	0.94	1.00
236	Republic of Korea	0.88	1.18
237	Saint Barthélemy	0.73	1.29

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