Total fertility rate by country, 2021

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

◀▶2021

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2011
1	Somalia	6.35	7.27
2	Chad	6.25	6.95
3	Niger	6.20	7.59
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.16	6.58
5	Central African Republic	6.05	6.01
6	Mali	5.78	6.54
7	Angola	5.30	6.12
8	Burundi	5.08	6.11
9	Afghanistan	5.04	6.09
10	Mozambique	4.91	5.60
11	Mauritania	4.85	5.38
12	United Republic of Tanzania	4.73	5.14
13	Benin	4.71	5.44
14	Mayotte	4.66	4.39
15	Nigeria	4.64	5.89
16	Yemen	4.60	4.63
17	Uganda	4.51	5.88
18	Cameroon	4.47	5.05
19	Sudan	4.46	5.09
20	Côte d'Ivoire	4.41	5.24
21	Guinea	4.40	5.34
22	Burkina Faso	4.36	5.87
23	Togo	4.32	4.98
24	Congo	4.28	4.83
25	Equatorial Guinea	4.27	5.13
26	Zambia	4.25	5.26
27	Ethiopia	4.18	5.08
28	Gambia	4.17	5.54
29	Madagascar	4.10	4.74
30	Liberia	4.09	4.97
31	South Sudan	4.05	5.19
32	Guinea-Bissau	4.00	5.07
33	Comoros	4.00	4.72
34	Sierra Leone	3.98	5.21
35	Samoa	3.94	4.56
36	Senegal	3.94	5.10
37	Eritrea	3.87	4.49
38	Rwanda	3.84	4.33
39	Malawi	3.79	5.08
40	Gabon	3.78	4.15
41	Zimbabwe	3.77	4.13
42	Sao Tome and Principe	3.76	4.72
43	Pakistan	3.72	4.31
44	French Guiana	3.71	3.48
45	Vanuatu	3.70	4.09
46	Solomon Islands	3.69	4.34
47	Ghana	3.49	4.18
48	State of Palestine	3.44	4.30
49	Nauru	3.43	4.12
50	Iraq	3.36	4.59
51	Kazakhstan	3.32	2.61
52	Kenya	3.31	4.28
53	Namibia	3.30	3.66
54	Tuvalu	3.28	3.46
55	Uzbekistan	3.27	2.35
56	Kiribati	3.22	3.88
57	Papua New Guinea	3.21	3.82
58	Tonga	3.20	3.83
59	Tajikistan	3.17	3.46
60	Israel	3.02	3.01
61	Marshall Islands	2.96	3.53
62	Kyrgyzstan	2.89	3.14
63	Timor-Leste	2.89	4.61
64	Algeria	2.87	2.90
65	Guam	2.86	2.88
66	Eswatini	2.84	3.32
67	Botswana	2.83	3.10
68	Mongolia	2.83	2.60
69	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.82	3.22
70	Saint Martin (French part)	2.80	2.42
71	Syrian Arab Republic	2.80	3.28
72	Lesotho	2.77	3.34
73	Egypt	2.75	3.31
74	Turkmenistan	2.75	2.90
75	Haiti	2.75	3.43
76	Jordan	2.73	3.69
77	Djibouti	2.70	3.34
78	Tokelau	2.68	3.16
79	Cambodia	2.66	2.78
80	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.62	3.14
81	Oman	2.59	2.95
82	Niue	2.56	3.03
83	Honduras	2.55	3.00
84	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.49	3.05
85	Paraguay	2.47	2.67
86	Guyana	2.46	2.69
87	Libya	2.46	2.65
88	Northern Mariana Islands	2.44	3.21
89	Guatemala	2.39	3.29
90	Fiji	2.33	2.63
91	American Samoa	2.33	3.17
92	Suriname	2.30	2.67
93	Dominican Republic	2.29	2.53
94	Faroe Islands	2.29	2.33
95	Morocco	2.29	2.60
96	Lebanon	2.28	2.32
97	Nicaragua	2.27	2.56
98	South Africa	2.25	2.44
99	Western Sahara	2.22	2.59
100	Seychelles	2.20	2.37
101	Réunion	2.19	2.19
102	Indonesia	2.17	2.52
103	Saudi Arabia	2.17	2.80
104	Bangladesh	2.17	2.31
105	Myanmar	2.16	2.31
106	Panama	2.15	2.60
107	Guadeloupe	2.13	2.17
108	Monaco	2.12	2.22
109	United States Virgin Islands	2.12	2.34
110	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.10	2.40
111	Cook Islands	2.09	2.40
112	Martinique	2.04	2.01
113	Nepal	2.03	2.46
114	Peru	2.03	2.41
115	India	2.01	2.53
116	New Caledonia	2.01	2.20
117	Sri Lanka	2.00	2.14
118	Greenland	1.99	2.10
119	Georgia	1.98	1.92
120	Mexico	1.97	2.32
121	Palau	1.95	1.97
122	Philippines	1.95	3.24
123	Viet Nam	1.94	1.93
124	Montserrat	1.94	1.57
125	Ecuador	1.91	2.61
126	Gibraltar	1.90	1.97
127	Bahrain	1.85	2.02
128	Montenegro	1.85	1.68
129	Belize	1.84	2.53
130	Iceland	1.82	2.02
131	Kuwait	1.82	1.96
132	Czechia	1.82	1.43
133	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.81	2.08
134	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.81	1.88
135	El Salvador	1.80	2.22
136	Tunisia	1.80	2.19
137	France	1.80	1.99
138	Ireland	1.78	2.03
139	Brunei Darussalam	1.78	1.96
140	Republic of Moldova	1.75	1.65
141	Denmark	1.73	1.75
142	Romania	1.72	1.48
143	Azerbaijan	1.71	1.98
144	Armenia	1.71	1.62
145	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.71	1.79
146	Türkiye	1.71	2.05
147	Barbados	1.71	1.76
148	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.70	1.65
149	Colombia	1.68	1.94
150	Sweden	1.67	1.90
151	Australia	1.65	1.92
152	New Zealand	1.65	2.10
153	Slovenia	1.64	1.57
154	Saint Helena	1.64	1.67
155	Brazil	1.64	1.78
156	United States of America	1.63	1.88
157	Aruba	1.63	1.86
158	Slovakia	1.63	1.44
159	Netherlands	1.62	1.75
160	Croatia	1.62	1.49
161	North Macedonia	1.62	1.63
162	Qatar	1.61	2.07
163	Hungary	1.61	1.25
164	Belgium	1.60	1.80
165	Maldives	1.60	2.31
166	Argentina	1.59	2.39
167	Estonia	1.59	1.62
168	Bulgaria	1.59	1.51
169	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58	1.75
170	United Kingdom	1.58	1.91
171	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.58	1.63
172	Germany	1.58	1.38
173	Isle of Man	1.57	1.90
174	Latvia	1.57	1.34
175	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.56	2.04
176	Trinidad and Tobago	1.56	1.61
177	Norway	1.56	1.88
178	Cabo Verde	1.55	2.33
179	Cayman Islands	1.55	1.64
180	Malaysia	1.55	2.15
181	Switzerland	1.53	1.51
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.53	1.74
183	French Polynesia	1.53	2.06
184	Grenada	1.52	2.01
185	Serbia	1.52	1.40
186	Liechtenstein	1.52	1.66
187	Russian Federation	1.51	1.60
188	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.50	1.86
189	Bhutan	1.49	2.16
190	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.49	1.21
191	Dominica	1.48	1.86
192	Austria	1.47	1.43
193	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.46	2.28
194	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.46	1.99
195	Finland	1.46	1.83
196	Uruguay	1.45	1.99
197	Canada	1.43	1.63
198	Cuba	1.43	1.73
199	Greece	1.43	1.40
200	Saint Lucia	1.40	1.50
201	Cyprus	1.39	1.36
202	Bermuda	1.39	1.57
203	Anguilla	1.38	1.63
204	Jamaica	1.38	1.72
205	Bahamas	1.38	1.79
206	Luxembourg	1.38	1.53
207	Albania	1.37	1.68
208	Belarus	1.37	1.52
209	Guernsey	1.36	1.56
210	Jersey	1.36	1.60
211	Lithuania	1.36	1.55
212	Costa Rica	1.35	1.88
213	Mauritius	1.35	1.48
214	Portugal	1.33	1.34
215	Poland	1.32	1.34
216	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.30	1.83
217	Japan	1.27	1.36
218	Italy	1.25	1.43
219	Thailand	1.23	1.57
220	Spain	1.19	1.34
221	Chile	1.18	1.82
222	United Arab Emirates	1.16	1.54
223	Ukraine	1.15	1.46
224	San Marino	1.13	1.46
225	China	1.12	1.67
226	Malta	1.11	1.44
227	Curaçao	1.08	2.11
228	Andorra	1.06	1.32
229	Holy See	1.00	1.00
230	British Virgin Islands	1.00	1.27
231	China, Taiwan Province of China	0.98	1.06
232	Singapore	0.94	0.96
233	Puerto Rico	0.94	1.60
234	Saint Barthélemy	0.78	1.24
235	Republic of Korea	0.78	1.26
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.78	1.14
237	China, Macao SAR	0.77	1.13

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