Total fertility rate by country, 2023

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

◀▶2023

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2013
1	Somalia	6.13	7.14
2	Chad	6.12	6.84
3	Niger	6.06	7.44
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.05	6.53
5	Central African Republic	6.01	6.07
6	Mali	5.61	6.49
7	Angola	5.12	5.95
8	Burundi	4.88	5.89
9	Afghanistan	4.84	5.88
10	Mozambique	4.76	5.43
11	Mauritania	4.70	5.32
12	Mayotte	4.62	4.43
13	United Republic of Tanzania	4.61	5.16
14	Yemen	4.59	4.62
15	Benin	4.56	5.41
16	Nigeria	4.48	5.69
17	Cameroon	4.32	4.91
18	Sudan	4.32	4.97
19	Uganda	4.28	5.56
20	Côte d'Ivoire	4.28	5.14
21	Guinea	4.22	5.15
22	Togo	4.19	4.75
23	Burkina Faso	4.19	5.70
24	Congo	4.16	4.73
25	Zambia	4.10	5.01
26	Equatorial Guinea	4.08	4.95
27	Gambia	4.01	5.39
28	Ethiopia	3.99	4.71
29	Madagascar	3.97	4.53
30	Liberia	3.95	4.75
31	Comoros	3.88	4.57
32	South Sudan	3.86	4.94
33	Guinea-Bissau	3.84	4.93
34	Samoa	3.83	4.49
35	Senegal	3.82	5.05
36	Sierra Leone	3.79	4.87
37	Zimbabwe	3.72	4.11
38	Eritrea	3.71	4.34
39	Rwanda	3.70	4.14
40	Gabon	3.65	4.02
41	Malawi	3.65	4.76
42	Sao Tome and Principe	3.64	4.58
43	Pakistan	3.61	4.12
44	Vanuatu	3.60	4.04
45	Solomon Islands	3.56	4.33
46	Uzbekistan	3.50	2.45
47	Ghana	3.40	4.11
48	French Guiana	3.39	3.47
49	Nauru	3.33	4.10
50	State of Palestine	3.31	4.05
51	Iraq	3.25	4.44
52	Kenya	3.21	3.96
53	Tuvalu	3.21	3.39
54	Namibia	3.21	3.65
55	Kiribati	3.15	3.64
56	Tonga	3.13	3.70
57	Papua New Guinea	3.10	3.68
58	Tajikistan	3.07	3.43
59	Kazakhstan	3.01	2.67
60	Marshall Islands	2.92	3.25
61	Israel	2.83	3.04
62	Kyrgyzstan	2.80	3.15
63	Guam	2.78	2.88
64	Algeria	2.77	3.00
65	Egypt	2.75	3.49
66	Eswatini	2.75	3.24
67	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.75	3.13
68	Botswana	2.73	3.04
69	Saint Martin (French part)	2.72	2.72
70	Syrian Arab Republic	2.71	3.16
71	Timor-Leste	2.71	4.21
72	Turkmenistan	2.69	3.01
73	Mongolia	2.69	2.94
74	Lesotho	2.69	3.28
75	Haiti	2.66	3.22
76	Jordan	2.64	3.45
77	Djibouti	2.61	3.19
78	Tokelau	2.61	3.04
79	Cambodia	2.58	2.74
80	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.55	3.01
81	Oman	2.53	2.95
82	Niue	2.51	2.97
83	Honduras	2.50	2.85
84	Paraguay	2.42	2.64
85	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.42	2.87
86	Guyana	2.41	2.71
87	Libya	2.35	2.72
88	Northern Mariana Islands	2.35	3.54
89	Guatemala	2.31	3.15
90	American Samoa	2.29	2.93
91	Saudi Arabia	2.28	2.67
92	Fiji	2.28	2.60
93	Suriname	2.25	2.65
94	Dominican Republic	2.24	2.47
95	Faroe Islands	2.24	2.54
96	Lebanon	2.24	2.36
97	Morocco	2.23	2.48
98	Nicaragua	2.22	2.49
99	South Africa	2.22	2.43
100	Réunion	2.17	2.22
101	Bangladesh	2.16	2.25
102	Western Sahara	2.16	2.50
103	Indonesia	2.13	2.44
104	Seychelles	2.13	2.18
105	Panama	2.12	2.57
106	Myanmar	2.12	2.26
107	Monaco	2.11	2.31
108	Guadeloupe	2.09	2.22
109	United States Virgin Islands	2.09	2.23
110	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.08	2.33
111	Cook Islands	2.05	2.29
112	Belize	2.01	2.50
113	Martinique	2.01	1.99
114	India	1.98	2.40
115	New Caledonia	1.98	2.17
116	Nepal	1.98	2.36
117	Peru	1.98	2.32
118	Sri Lanka	1.97	2.18
119	Greenland	1.95	2.01
120	Philippines	1.92	3.04
121	Palau	1.91	2.05
122	Viet Nam	1.91	1.98
123	Mexico	1.91	2.27
124	Gibraltar	1.89	2.10
125	Tunisia	1.83	2.31
126	Ecuador	1.82	2.36
127	Bahrain	1.82	2.17
128	Georgia	1.81	1.99
129	Montenegro	1.80	1.74
130	El Salvador	1.78	2.15
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.78	2.11
132	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.78	1.88
133	Bulgaria	1.75	1.48
134	Brunei Darussalam	1.75	1.98
135	Qatar	1.73	2.03
136	Republic of Moldova	1.73	1.62
137	Armenia	1.71	1.67
138	Barbados	1.71	1.73
139	Romania	1.71	1.47
140	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.70	1.91
141	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.69	1.69
142	Azerbaijan	1.67	2.15
143	New Zealand	1.67	2.00
144	Colombia	1.65	1.86
145	Australia	1.64	1.88
146	Saint Helena	1.64	1.69
147	France	1.64	1.97
148	Türkiye	1.63	2.11
149	United States of America	1.62	1.84
150	Brazil	1.62	1.76
151	Ireland	1.60	1.93
152	Aruba	1.60	1.94
153	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58	1.54
154	Slovenia	1.58	1.55
155	Maldives	1.58	2.17
156	United Kingdom	1.56	1.83
157	Slovakia	1.56	1.40
158	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.55	1.95
159	Malaysia	1.55	2.07
160	Isle of Man	1.55	1.82
161	Iceland	1.54	1.94
162	Liechtenstein	1.54	1.46
163	Cayman Islands	1.53	1.44
164	Trinidad and Tobago	1.53	1.60
165	Cabo Verde	1.52	2.07
166	Kuwait	1.52	1.97
167	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.51	1.68
168	Denmark	1.51	1.67
169	Portugal	1.51	1.21
170	Argentina	1.50	2.33
171	Serbia	1.50	1.43
172	French Polynesia	1.50	1.94
173	Grenada	1.49	1.91
174	Hungary	1.49	1.35
175	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.49	1.28
176	Dominica	1.48	1.78
177	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.47	1.64
178	Croatia	1.47	1.46
179	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.46	1.75
180	Bhutan	1.46	2.00
181	North Macedonia	1.46	1.70
182	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.45	1.89
183	Czechia	1.45	1.46
184	Russian Federation	1.45	1.72
185	Cuba	1.44	1.68
186	Germany	1.44	1.41
187	Montserrat	1.44	1.48
188	Netherlands	1.43	1.68
189	Switzerland	1.43	1.51
190	Sweden	1.43	1.88
191	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.41	1.83
192	Uruguay	1.41	2.03
193	Norway	1.40	1.78
194	Bermuda	1.40	1.52
195	Luxembourg	1.40	1.55
196	Cyprus	1.39	1.30
197	Saint Lucia	1.38	1.50
198	Belgium	1.38	1.75
199	Jersey	1.37	1.57
200	Bahamas	1.37	1.74
201	Anguilla	1.36	1.55
202	Guernsey	1.36	1.54
203	Jamaica	1.36	1.59
204	Albania	1.35	1.74
205	Estonia	1.35	1.52
206	Canada	1.35	1.61
207	Latvia	1.34	1.53
208	Greece	1.33	1.29
209	Costa Rica	1.33	1.78
210	Austria	1.32	1.44
211	Poland	1.30	1.29
212	Finland	1.28	1.75
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.27	1.62
214	Mauritius	1.24	1.42
215	Spain	1.21	1.28
216	Thailand	1.21	1.53
217	Belarus	1.21	1.67
218	Japan	1.21	1.39
219	United Arab Emirates	1.20	1.53
220	Italy	1.20	1.38
221	Lithuania	1.20	1.58
222	Chile	1.17	1.79
223	San Marino	1.15	1.48
224	Malta	1.10	1.37
225	Andorra	1.08	1.14
226	Curaçao	1.07	2.10
227	British Virgin Islands	1.04	1.09
228	Holy See	1.00	1.00
229	China	1.00	1.71
230	Ukraine	0.98	1.52
231	Singapore	0.94	0.95
232	Puerto Rico	0.94	1.47
233	China, Taiwan Province of China	0.87	1.13
234	Saint Barthélemy	0.80	1.09
235	Republic of Korea	0.72	1.21
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.72	1.26
237	China, Macao SAR	0.66	1.15

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