Total fertility rate by country, 2022

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

◀▶2022

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2012
1	Somalia	6.26	7.21
2	Chad	6.22	6.91
3	Niger	6.14	7.53
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.11	6.56
5	Central African Republic	6.02	6.05
6	Mali	5.69	6.52
7	Angola	5.21	6.04
8	Burundi	4.98	5.99
9	Afghanistan	4.93	5.98
10	Mozambique	4.84	5.52
11	Mauritania	4.77	5.35
12	United Republic of Tanzania	4.67	5.14
13	Mayotte	4.66	4.36
14	Benin	4.63	5.43
15	Yemen	4.59	4.63
16	Nigeria	4.55	5.80
17	Cameroon	4.40	4.98
18	Uganda	4.39	5.73
19	Sudan	4.38	5.03
20	Côte d'Ivoire	4.35	5.19
21	Guinea	4.30	5.23
22	Burkina Faso	4.27	5.79
23	Togo	4.25	4.85
24	Congo	4.22	4.79
25	Zambia	4.18	5.14
26	Equatorial Guinea	4.17	5.04
27	Ethiopia	4.08	4.89
28	Gambia	4.08	5.52
29	Madagascar	4.04	4.61
30	Liberia	4.02	4.88
31	South Sudan	3.96	5.06
32	Comoros	3.93	4.65
33	Guinea-Bissau	3.91	5.00
34	Samoa	3.88	4.55
35	Sierra Leone	3.88	5.06
36	Senegal	3.86	5.13
37	Eritrea	3.79	4.41
38	Rwanda	3.78	4.20
39	Zimbabwe	3.77	4.13
40	Malawi	3.72	4.90
41	Gabon	3.71	4.09
42	Sao Tome and Principe	3.69	4.66
43	Pakistan	3.66	4.20
44	Vanuatu	3.65	4.06
45	Solomon Islands	3.62	4.33
46	French Guiana	3.44	3.62
47	Ghana	3.43	4.15
48	Uzbekistan	3.40	2.34
49	Nauru	3.38	4.11
50	State of Palestine	3.38	4.15
51	Iraq	3.29	4.54
52	Kenya	3.26	4.12
53	Namibia	3.25	3.68
54	Tuvalu	3.24	3.47
55	Kiribati	3.18	3.77
56	Tonga	3.17	3.77
57	Papua New Guinea	3.16	3.75
58	Tajikistan	3.13	3.42
59	Kazakhstan	3.05	2.64
60	Israel	2.94	3.05
61	Marshall Islands	2.94	3.38
62	Algeria	2.82	3.00
63	Guam	2.82	3.12
64	Kyrgyzstan	2.81	3.18
65	Eswatini	2.80	3.27
66	Timor-Leste	2.80	4.40
67	Botswana	2.78	3.07
68	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.78	3.18
69	Saint Martin (French part)	2.76	2.77
70	Egypt	2.75	3.40
71	Syrian Arab Republic	2.75	3.22
72	Mongolia	2.75	2.74
73	Turkmenistan	2.73	2.96
74	Lesotho	2.72	3.30
75	Haiti	2.70	3.32
76	Jordan	2.68	3.57
77	Djibouti	2.65	3.26
78	Tokelau	2.65	3.10
79	Cambodia	2.62	2.75
80	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.58	3.08
81	Niue	2.54	3.01
82	Honduras	2.52	2.93
83	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.46	2.95
84	Oman	2.45	2.93
85	Guyana	2.44	2.70
86	Paraguay	2.44	2.66
87	Libya	2.40	2.68
88	Northern Mariana Islands	2.39	3.33
89	Guatemala	2.34	3.22
90	American Samoa	2.31	3.04
91	Fiji	2.30	2.61
92	Suriname	2.27	2.67
93	Dominican Republic	2.27	2.50
94	Faroe Islands	2.26	2.56
95	Morocco	2.26	2.54
96	Lebanon	2.26	2.34
97	Nicaragua	2.24	2.53
98	South Africa	2.23	2.45
99	Réunion	2.19	2.23
100	Western Sahara	2.19	2.55
101	Bangladesh	2.18	2.26
102	Seychelles	2.17	2.41
103	Indonesia	2.15	2.51
104	Saudi Arabia	2.14	2.78
105	Panama	2.14	2.59
106	Myanmar	2.13	2.28
107	Guadeloupe	2.11	2.19
108	Monaco	2.11	2.29
109	United States Virgin Islands	2.10	2.25
110	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.09	2.38
111	Cook Islands	2.07	2.34
112	Martinique	2.02	2.00
113	New Caledonia	2.00	2.20
114	Nepal	2.00	2.42
115	Peru	2.00	2.36
116	India	1.99	2.47
117	Sri Lanka	1.98	2.17
118	Greenland	1.97	2.00
119	Belize	1.95	2.51
120	Mexico	1.94	2.29
121	Palau	1.93	2.01
122	Philippines	1.93	3.14
123	Viet Nam	1.93	1.97
124	Gibraltar	1.89	2.00
125	Montenegro	1.88	1.73
126	Ecuador	1.86	2.51
127	Tunisia	1.85	2.28
128	Bahrain	1.84	2.11
129	Georgia	1.82	1.93
130	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.80	1.88
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.79	2.11
132	El Salvador	1.78	2.19
133	Bulgaria	1.77	1.50
134	France	1.76	1.99
135	Brunei Darussalam	1.76	1.97
136	Qatar	1.74	2.04
137	Armenia	1.72	1.65
138	Romania	1.72	1.51
139	Barbados	1.71	1.73
140	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.70	1.85
141	Azerbaijan	1.69	2.14
142	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.69	1.67
143	Republic of Moldova	1.69	1.66
144	United States of America	1.67	1.86
145	New Zealand	1.67	2.09
146	Colombia	1.66	1.90
147	Australia	1.64	1.93
148	Saint Helena	1.64	1.69
149	Brazil	1.63	1.77
150	Aruba	1.62	1.91
151	Czechia	1.62	1.45
152	Türkiye	1.62	2.11
153	Iceland	1.59	2.03
154	Ireland	1.59	1.99
155	North Macedonia	1.59	1.71
156	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58	1.66
157	Maldives	1.58	2.25
158	Slovenia	1.57	1.59
159	United Kingdom	1.56	1.91
160	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.56	1.97
161	Slovakia	1.56	1.39
162	Denmark	1.56	1.72
163	Isle of Man	1.56	1.86
164	Kuwait	1.55	1.99
165	Hungary	1.55	1.33
166	Belgium	1.55	1.78
167	Malaysia	1.55	2.12
168	Montserrat	1.55	1.56
169	Cayman Islands	1.54	1.53
170	Sweden	1.54	1.90
171	Trinidad and Tobago	1.54	1.61
172	Cabo Verde	1.53	2.15
173	Croatia	1.53	1.52
174	Liechtenstein	1.53	1.51
175	Serbia	1.52	1.44
176	Netherlands	1.51	1.72
177	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.51	1.71
178	French Polynesia	1.51	2.03
179	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.50	1.53
180	Grenada	1.50	1.97
181	Argentina	1.48	2.30
182	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.48	1.81
183	Dominica	1.48	1.83
184	Bhutan	1.48	2.07
185	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.48	1.25
186	Latvia	1.47	1.44
187	Germany	1.46	1.40
188	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.45	1.96
189	Portugal	1.45	1.28
190	Russian Federation	1.45	1.71
191	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.42	2.07
192	Uruguay	1.42	2.01
193	Estonia	1.41	1.56
194	Austria	1.41	1.44
195	Cuba	1.41	1.67
196	Norway	1.41	1.85
197	Bermuda	1.40	1.53
198	Cyprus	1.39	1.38
199	Switzerland	1.39	1.52
200	Saint Lucia	1.39	1.50
201	Luxembourg	1.39	1.57
202	Bahamas	1.38	1.76
203	Anguilla	1.37	1.61
204	Guernsey	1.37	1.56
205	Canada	1.37	1.63
206	Jamaica	1.37	1.65
207	Albania	1.36	1.72
208	Jersey	1.36	1.59
209	Costa Rica	1.33	1.85
210	Belarus	1.33	1.62
211	Finland	1.32	1.80
212	Greece	1.31	1.34
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.28	1.67
214	Mauritius	1.27	1.48
215	Lithuania	1.27	1.59
216	Chile	1.26	1.80
217	Poland	1.26	1.33
218	Japan	1.26	1.38
219	Italy	1.24	1.42
220	Thailand	1.22	1.56
221	Spain	1.21	1.32
222	United Arab Emirates	1.15	1.53
223	San Marino	1.14	1.29
224	Malta	1.10	1.42
225	Andorra	1.07	1.26
226	Curaçao	1.07	2.19
227	China	1.03	1.80
228	British Virgin Islands	1.02	1.10
229	Holy See	1.00	1.00
230	Singapore	0.94	1.03
231	Puerto Rico	0.94	1.54
232	Ukraine	0.90	1.53
233	China, Taiwan Province of China	0.87	1.19
234	Saint Barthélemy	0.79	1.25
235	Republic of Korea	0.78	1.27
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.71	1.21
237	China, Macao SAR	0.66	1.19

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