Total fertility rate by country, 2024

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

◀▶2024

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2014
1	Chad	6.03	6.78
2	Somalia	6.01	7.06
3	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.98	6.48
4	Central African Republic	5.95	6.10
5	Niger	5.94	7.34
6	Mali	5.51	6.44
7	Angola	5.05	5.86
8	Burundi	4.79	5.79
9	Afghanistan	4.76	5.77
10	Mozambique	4.69	5.30
11	Mauritania	4.63	5.26
12	Mayotte	4.56	4.53
13	United Republic of Tanzania	4.54	5.12
14	Yemen	4.50	4.62
15	Benin	4.48	5.37
16	Nigeria	4.38	5.62
17	Cameroon	4.26	4.84
18	Sudan	4.26	4.91
19	Côte d'Ivoire	4.23	5.07
20	Uganda	4.16	5.41
21	Guinea	4.13	5.07
22	Togo	4.12	4.70
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.12	4.86
24	Congo	4.11	4.67
25	Burkina Faso	4.11	5.59
26	Zambia	4.04	4.89
27	Ethiopia	3.91	4.60
28	Gambia	3.91	5.20
29	Madagascar	3.91	4.42
30	Liberia	3.86	4.62
31	Comoros	3.82	4.49
32	Samoa	3.80	4.42
33	South Sudan	3.79	4.82
34	Senegal	3.77	4.88
35	Guinea-Bissau	3.76	4.79
36	Sierra Leone	3.70	4.70
37	Eritrea	3.68	4.27
38	Zimbabwe	3.67	4.01
39	Rwanda	3.64	4.12
40	Sao Tome and Principe	3.60	4.48
41	Gabon	3.59	3.95
42	Malawi	3.59	4.57
43	Vanuatu	3.57	4.00
44	Pakistan	3.55	4.06
45	Solomon Islands	3.51	4.36
46	Uzbekistan	3.49	2.55
47	Ghana	3.34	4.03
48	French Guiana	3.34	3.47
49	Nauru	3.29	4.08
50	State of Palestine	3.25	3.99
51	Iraq	3.22	4.31
52	Namibia	3.21	3.64
53	Kenya	3.17	3.84
54	Tuvalu	3.17	3.33
55	Kiribati	3.12	3.52
56	Tonga	3.10	3.62
57	Papua New Guinea	3.07	3.63
58	Tajikistan	3.04	3.46
59	Kazakhstan	2.98	2.76
60	Marshall Islands	2.86	3.18
61	Israel	2.78	3.08
62	Kyrgyzstan	2.78	3.21
63	Guam	2.75	2.95
64	Egypt	2.74	3.49
65	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.74	3.09
66	Algeria	2.72	3.08
67	Eswatini	2.72	3.18
68	Syrian Arab Republic	2.70	3.12
69	Botswana	2.70	3.03
70	Saint Martin (French part)	2.67	2.71
71	Turkmenistan	2.66	3.02
72	Lesotho	2.66	3.24
73	Haiti	2.63	3.16
74	Mongolia	2.63	3.00
75	Timor-Leste	2.63	4.00
76	Djibouti	2.62	3.12
77	Tokelau	2.60	2.99
78	Jordan	2.60	3.30
79	Cambodia	2.55	2.73
80	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.52	2.95
81	Oman	2.51	2.97
82	Niue	2.49	2.93
83	Honduras	2.48	2.79
84	Paraguay	2.42	2.65
85	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.40	2.80
86	Guyana	2.39	2.70
87	Northern Mariana Islands	2.32	3.37
88	Saudi Arabia	2.31	2.68
89	Libya	2.30	2.75
90	Guatemala	2.29	3.09
91	Fiji	2.27	2.59
92	American Samoa	2.27	2.85
93	Suriname	2.23	2.62
94	Lebanon	2.23	2.38
95	Dominican Republic	2.22	2.45
96	Faroe Islands	2.22	2.56
97	Nicaragua	2.21	2.46
98	Morocco	2.21	2.43
99	South Africa	2.21	2.42
100	Western Sahara	2.18	2.46
101	Réunion	2.15	2.24
102	Bangladesh	2.14	2.23
103	Indonesia	2.11	2.39
104	Seychelles	2.11	2.16
105	Panama	2.11	2.55
106	Myanmar	2.10	2.25
107	Monaco	2.10	2.48
108	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.08	2.30
109	United States Virgin Islands	2.08	2.22
110	Guadeloupe	2.07	2.21
111	Cook Islands	2.02	2.24
112	Belize	2.02	2.47
113	Martinique	1.99	1.99
114	India	1.96	2.29
115	New Caledonia	1.96	2.12
116	Nepal	1.96	2.32
117	Peru	1.96	2.27
118	Sri Lanka	1.95	2.13
119	Greenland	1.93	2.01
120	Viet Nam	1.90	2.09
121	Gibraltar	1.89	2.08
122	Philippines	1.89	2.89
123	Mexico	1.89	2.21
124	Palau	1.88	2.03
125	Tunisia	1.82	2.32
126	Ecuador	1.81	2.27
127	Georgia	1.80	2.18
128	Bahrain	1.80	2.15
129	Montenegro	1.80	1.76
130	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.78	1.87
131	El Salvador	1.77	2.13
132	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.76	2.14
133	Bulgaria	1.75	1.53
134	Brunei Darussalam	1.73	1.97
135	Republic of Moldova	1.73	1.82
136	Armenia	1.72	1.66
137	Qatar	1.72	2.03
138	Barbados	1.71	1.73
139	Romania	1.71	1.56
140	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.69	1.70
141	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.68	1.98
142	Azerbaijan	1.67	2.13
143	New Zealand	1.66	1.92
144	Australia	1.64	1.81
145	Saint Helena	1.64	1.70
146	France	1.64	1.97
147	Colombia	1.63	1.82
148	United States of America	1.62	1.85
149	Türkiye	1.62	2.19
150	Aruba	1.61	1.94
151	Brazil	1.61	1.77
152	Ireland	1.60	1.90
153	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58	1.53
154	Slovenia	1.58	1.58
155	Slovakia	1.56	1.42
156	Maldives	1.56	2.09
157	United Kingdom	1.55	1.81
158	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.54	1.87
159	Trinidad and Tobago	1.54	1.60
160	Malaysia	1.54	2.06
161	Isle of Man	1.54	1.79
162	Liechtenstein	1.54	1.57
163	Cayman Islands	1.53	1.33
164	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.53	1.67
165	Iceland	1.52	1.93
166	Denmark	1.52	1.69
167	Cabo Verde	1.51	2.03
168	Kuwait	1.51	2.06
169	Portugal	1.51	1.23
170	Argentina	1.50	2.39
171	Serbia	1.50	1.46
172	Hungary	1.49	1.42
173	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.49	1.26
174	French Polynesia	1.49	1.96
175	Dominica	1.48	1.71
176	Grenada	1.47	1.80
177	Croatia	1.47	1.46
178	North Macedonia	1.47	1.77
179	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.46	1.51
180	Czechia	1.46	1.53
181	Russian Federation	1.46	1.77
182	Cuba	1.45	1.66
183	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.45	1.73
184	Germany	1.45	1.47
185	Bhutan	1.45	1.92
186	Montserrat	1.45	1.47
187	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.44	1.82
188	Switzerland	1.44	1.53
189	Netherlands	1.43	1.70
190	Sweden	1.43	1.88
191	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.41	1.82
192	Norway	1.41	1.75
193	Bermuda	1.41	1.42
194	Uruguay	1.40	2.03
195	Luxembourg	1.40	1.50
196	Saint Lucia	1.39	1.48
197	Cyprus	1.38	1.31
198	Belgium	1.38	1.73
199	Guernsey	1.37	1.51
200	Jersey	1.37	1.55
201	Bahamas	1.37	1.69
202	Anguilla	1.36	1.47
203	Estonia	1.36	1.54
204	Jamaica	1.35	1.54
205	Albania	1.34	1.72
206	Canada	1.34	1.61
207	Greece	1.34	1.30
208	Latvia	1.34	1.65
209	Austria	1.32	1.46
210	Costa Rica	1.32	1.80
211	Poland	1.30	1.32
212	Finland	1.29	1.71
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.27	1.54
214	Mauritius	1.23	1.37
215	Spain	1.22	1.32
216	Belarus	1.22	1.70
217	Japan	1.22	1.39
218	United Arab Emirates	1.21	1.48
219	Italy	1.21	1.36
220	Lithuania	1.21	1.63
221	Thailand	1.20	1.48
222	San Marino	1.16	1.26
223	Chile	1.14	1.77
224	Malta	1.11	1.38
225	Andorra	1.09	1.17
226	Curaçao	1.07	2.00
227	British Virgin Islands	1.05	1.24
228	China	1.01	1.77
229	Holy See	1.00	1.00
230	Ukraine	0.99	1.47
231	Singapore	0.95	1.00
232	Puerto Rico	0.94	1.44
233	China, Taiwan Province of China	0.86	1.16
234	Saint Barthélemy	0.81	0.93
235	Republic of Korea	0.73	1.20
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.73	1.20
237	China, Macao SAR	0.68	1.22

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