Total fertility rate by country, 2020

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

◀▶2020

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2010
1	Somalia	6.45	7.32
2	Niger	6.37	7.64
3	Chad	6.35	6.99
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.21	6.59
5	Central African Republic	6.06	5.96
6	Mali	5.85	6.58
7	Angola	5.37	6.19
8	Burundi	5.18	6.26
9	Afghanistan	5.15	6.20
10	Mozambique	4.96	5.66
11	Mauritania	4.91	5.38
12	United Republic of Tanzania	4.80	5.23
13	Benin	4.80	5.45
14	Nigeria	4.70	5.95
15	Uganda	4.62	6.02
16	Yemen	4.60	4.81
17	Cameroon	4.56	5.15
18	Sudan	4.54	5.14
19	Guinea	4.49	5.44
20	Côte d'Ivoire	4.46	5.29
21	Burkina Faso	4.44	5.94
22	Togo	4.39	5.09
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.35	5.21
24	Congo	4.33	4.85
25	Zambia	4.32	5.36
26	Ethiopia	4.27	5.28
27	Gambia	4.25	5.56
28	Madagascar	4.17	4.90
29	Mayotte	4.17	4.43
30	Liberia	4.17	5.06
31	South Sudan	4.16	5.32
32	Guinea-Bissau	4.08	5.11
33	Sierra Leone	4.08	5.33
34	Comoros	4.07	4.75
35	Samoa	4.00	4.52
36	Senegal	4.00	5.06
37	Eritrea	3.93	4.57
38	Rwanda	3.91	4.52
39	Malawi	3.88	5.26
40	Gabon	3.83	4.15
41	Sao Tome and Principe	3.83	4.77
42	Pakistan	3.77	4.40
43	Zimbabwe	3.75	4.04
44	Solomon Islands	3.75	4.34
45	Vanuatu	3.74	4.13
46	French Guiana	3.66	3.43
47	Ghana	3.54	4.18
48	State of Palestine	3.51	4.43
49	Nauru	3.47	4.02
50	Iraq	3.42	4.46
51	Kenya	3.36	4.45
52	Namibia	3.35	3.66
53	Tuvalu	3.31	3.44
54	Papua New Guinea	3.27	3.88
55	Kiribati	3.25	3.90
56	Tonga	3.23	3.88
57	Tajikistan	3.21	3.46
58	Kazakhstan	3.13	2.61
59	Uzbekistan	3.06	2.44
60	Kyrgyzstan	3.05	3.10
61	Timor-Leste	3.01	4.82
62	Marshall Islands	2.99	3.67
63	Mongolia	2.95	2.52
64	Algeria	2.94	2.87
65	Israel	2.94	3.03
66	Guam	2.90	2.97
67	Eswatini	2.89	3.37
68	Botswana	2.86	3.13
69	Egypt	2.85	3.30
70	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.85	3.27
71	Lesotho	2.85	3.25
72	Syrian Arab Republic	2.84	3.36
73	Saint Martin (French part)	2.83	2.40
74	Haiti	2.80	3.50
75	Turkmenistan	2.79	2.85
76	Jordan	2.79	3.78
77	Djibouti	2.75	3.43
78	Tokelau	2.71	3.25
79	Cambodia	2.70	2.86
80	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.65	3.21
81	Oman	2.64	2.97
82	Niue	2.60	3.05
83	Honduras	2.58	3.08
84	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.54	3.14
85	Libya	2.51	2.60
86	Paraguay	2.50	2.69
87	Guyana	2.49	2.68
88	Northern Mariana Islands	2.49	2.98
89	Guatemala	2.47	3.38
90	Monaco	2.38	2.39
91	Fiji	2.36	2.70
92	Faroe Islands	2.36	2.50
93	American Samoa	2.36	3.29
94	Dominican Republic	2.33	2.56
95	Morocco	2.32	2.63
96	Suriname	2.31	2.69
97	Lebanon	2.31	2.26
98	Nicaragua	2.30	2.60
99	Saudi Arabia	2.27	2.81
100	South Africa	2.26	2.44
101	Western Sahara	2.25	2.64
102	Seychelles	2.23	2.20
103	Indonesia	2.19	2.46
104	Panama	2.18	2.59
105	Bangladesh	2.18	2.38
106	Myanmar	2.18	2.34
107	Guadeloupe	2.17	2.14
108	Réunion	2.15	2.19
109	United States Virgin Islands	2.14	2.48
110	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.12	2.40
111	Cook Islands	2.11	2.45
112	Kuwait	2.10	2.04
113	Philippines	2.08	3.31
114	Peru	2.06	2.42
115	India	2.05	2.60
116	Nepal	2.05	2.54
117	Belize	2.04	2.55
118	Martinique	2.03	2.04
119	New Caledonia	2.02	2.19
120	Sri Lanka	2.01	2.13
121	Greenland	2.00	2.24
122	Tunisia	2.00	2.08
123	Mexico	1.99	2.34
124	Georgia	1.98	1.97
125	Ecuador	1.97	2.61
126	Palau	1.97	1.94
127	Viet Nam	1.96	1.91
128	Montserrat	1.95	1.58
129	Gibraltar	1.91	1.95
130	Bahrain	1.86	1.99
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.83	2.14
132	Montenegro	1.83	1.73
133	El Salvador	1.82	2.24
134	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.82	1.89
135	Brunei Darussalam	1.80	1.94
136	France	1.79	2.02
137	Türkiye	1.77	2.08
138	Republic of Moldova	1.77	1.70
139	Azerbaijan	1.76	1.92
140	Czechia	1.76	1.51
141	Romania	1.73	1.57
142	Iceland	1.72	2.19
143	Barbados	1.71	1.78
144	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.70	1.75
145	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.70	1.68
146	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.70	1.63
147	Colombia	1.69	2.01
148	Qatar	1.68	2.14
149	Denmark	1.68	1.86
150	Malaysia	1.68	2.14
151	Sweden	1.67	1.97
152	Aruba	1.66	1.86
153	Saint Helena	1.66	1.65
154	Ireland	1.65	2.06
155	Brazil	1.65	1.79
156	New Zealand	1.63	2.17
157	North Macedonia	1.63	1.71
158	United States of America	1.62	1.92
159	Armenia	1.62	1.59
160	Maldives	1.61	2.35
161	Argentina	1.60	2.41
162	Estonia	1.59	1.72
163	Australia	1.59	1.95
164	Cabo Verde	1.59	2.33
165	Slovakia	1.59	1.43
166	Slovenia	1.59	1.58
167	Isle of Man	1.59	1.93
168	Hungary	1.58	1.26
169	Belgium	1.58	1.85
170	Antigua and Barbuda	1.57	1.79
171	United Kingdom	1.57	1.92
172	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.57	1.87
173	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.57	2.22
174	Trinidad and Tobago	1.57	1.61
175	French Polynesia	1.57	2.17
176	Bulgaria	1.56	1.57
177	Cayman Islands	1.55	1.69
178	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.55	1.76
179	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.55	1.91
180	Latvia	1.55	1.37
181	Netherlands	1.54	1.79
182	Grenada	1.53	2.04
183	Germany	1.53	1.40
184	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.52	1.26
185	Russian Federation	1.51	1.59
186	Uruguay	1.50	2.01
187	Dominica	1.50	1.89
188	Bhutan	1.50	2.25
189	Cuba	1.49	1.67
190	Lithuania	1.49	1.50
191	Croatia	1.48	1.55
192	Serbia	1.48	1.40
193	Norway	1.48	1.94
194	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.47	1.85
195	Switzerland	1.47	1.52
196	Liechtenstein	1.46	1.43
197	Costa Rica	1.45	1.83
198	Bermuda	1.45	1.77
199	Austria	1.44	1.44
200	Canada	1.41	1.64
201	Saint Lucia	1.41	1.67
202	Portugal	1.41	1.38
203	Greece	1.39	1.48
204	Bahamas	1.39	1.84
205	Mauritius	1.39	1.49
206	Anguilla	1.38	1.63
207	Jamaica	1.38	1.80
208	Poland	1.38	1.41
209	Albania	1.37	1.65
210	Finland	1.37	1.86
211	Belarus	1.37	1.48
212	Cyprus	1.36	1.43
213	Luxembourg	1.36	1.62
214	Jersey	1.34	1.59
215	Guernsey	1.33	1.56
216	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.32	1.96
217	Chile	1.31	1.84
218	Japan	1.30	1.36
219	United Arab Emirates	1.29	1.57
220	Thailand	1.26	1.56
221	Italy	1.24	1.44
222	China	1.24	1.69
223	Ukraine	1.21	1.44
224	Spain	1.19	1.37
225	Malta	1.13	1.38
226	San Marino	1.11	1.46
227	Curaçao	1.10	2.18
228	Andorra	1.03	1.27
229	Holy See	1.00	1.00
230	China, Taiwan Province of China	0.99	0.92
231	British Virgin Islands	0.97	1.18
232	Singapore	0.94	0.93
233	Puerto Rico	0.93	1.62
234	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.89	1.12
235	China, Macao SAR	0.86	1.05
236	Republic of Korea	0.81	1.23
237	Saint Barthélemy	0.76	1.25

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