Total fertility rate by country, 2025

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

◀▶2025

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2015
1	Chad	5.94	6.71
2	Somalia	5.91	6.97
3	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.90	6.44
4	Central African Republic	5.81	6.13
5	Niger	5.79	7.21
6	Mali	5.42	6.38
7	Angola	4.95	5.77
8	Burundi	4.68	5.70
9	Afghanistan	4.66	5.65
10	Mozambique	4.62	5.24
11	Mauritania	4.56	5.21
12	Mayotte	4.50	4.68
13	United Republic of Tanzania	4.47	5.03
14	Benin	4.42	5.32
15	Yemen	4.41	4.62
16	Nigeria	4.30	5.50
17	Cameroon	4.19	4.84
18	Sudan	4.19	4.90
19	Côte d'Ivoire	4.17	4.97
20	Togo	4.07	4.66
21	Uganda	4.06	5.25
22	Congo	4.05	4.61
23	Guinea	4.04	5.00
24	Equatorial Guinea	4.04	4.77
25	Burkina Faso	4.00	5.48
26	Zambia	3.97	4.78
27	Madagascar	3.84	4.33
28	Ethiopia	3.81	4.53
29	Gambia	3.80	5.00
30	Liberia	3.79	4.52
31	Comoros	3.76	4.42
32	Samoa	3.75	4.34
33	Senegal	3.71	4.75
34	South Sudan	3.71	4.70
35	Guinea-Bissau	3.68	4.66
36	Zimbabwe	3.62	3.91
37	Eritrea	3.61	4.22
38	Sierra Leone	3.61	4.55
39	Rwanda	3.59	4.11
40	Gabon	3.54	3.92
41	Sao Tome and Principe	3.53	4.35
42	Vanuatu	3.53	3.95
43	Malawi	3.53	4.38
44	Pakistan	3.50	3.99
45	Solomon Islands	3.47	4.29
46	Uzbekistan	3.45	2.58
47	Ghana	3.30	3.98
48	French Guiana	3.29	3.55
49	Nauru	3.25	4.08
50	State of Palestine	3.19	3.98
51	Iraq	3.17	4.08
52	Namibia	3.17	3.60
53	Tuvalu	3.14	3.31
54	Kenya	3.12	3.77
55	Kiribati	3.09	3.44
56	Tonga	3.07	3.54
57	Papua New Guinea	3.03	3.56
58	Tajikistan	2.99	3.46
59	Kazakhstan	2.95	2.76
60	Marshall Islands	2.82	3.13
61	Israel	2.75	3.09
62	Kyrgyzstan	2.75	3.21
63	Egypt	2.71	3.50
64	Guam	2.71	2.93
65	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.71	3.05
66	Eswatini	2.68	3.12
67	Algeria	2.67	3.09
68	Syrian Arab Republic	2.66	3.07
69	Botswana	2.66	3.01
70	Lesotho	2.64	3.22
71	Saint Martin (French part)	2.63	2.66
72	Turkmenistan	2.63	3.03
73	Haiti	2.59	3.11
74	Djibouti	2.58	3.04
75	Mongolia	2.58	3.01
76	Tokelau	2.57	2.92
77	Jordan	2.57	3.14
78	Timor-Leste	2.56	3.78
79	Cambodia	2.51	2.73
80	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.50	2.89
81	Oman	2.48	2.97
82	Niue	2.46	2.88
83	Honduras	2.45	2.75
84	Paraguay	2.39	2.65
85	Guyana	2.37	2.67
86	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.36	2.80
87	Saudi Arabia	2.29	2.63
88	Northern Mariana Islands	2.28	3.13
89	Guatemala	2.26	3.03
90	Fiji	2.25	2.57
91	Libya	2.25	2.71
92	American Samoa	2.25	2.78
93	Suriname	2.21	2.57
94	Lebanon	2.21	2.38
95	Faroe Islands	2.20	2.42
96	Dominican Republic	2.19	2.43
97	South Africa	2.19	2.36
98	Nicaragua	2.18	2.43
99	Morocco	2.18	2.41
100	Western Sahara	2.15	2.42
101	Réunion	2.13	2.24
102	Bangladesh	2.11	2.23
103	Indonesia	2.10	2.35
104	Panama	2.09	2.53
105	Monaco	2.09	2.50
106	Seychelles	2.08	2.22
107	Myanmar	2.08	2.27
108	United States Virgin Islands	2.07	2.22
109	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.06	2.25
110	Guadeloupe	2.05	2.18
111	Belize	2.01	2.43
112	Cook Islands	2.00	2.21
113	Martinique	1.97	1.97
114	New Caledonia	1.95	2.08
115	India	1.94	2.29
116	Sri Lanka	1.94	2.09
117	Nepal	1.94	2.27
118	Peru	1.94	2.23
119	Greenland	1.91	2.08
120	Gibraltar	1.88	2.07
121	Philippines	1.88	2.83
122	Viet Nam	1.88	2.10
123	Mexico	1.87	2.14
124	Palau	1.86	2.00
125	Tunisia	1.80	2.31
126	Montenegro	1.80	1.76
127	Ecuador	1.79	2.21
128	Georgia	1.79	2.21
129	Bahrain	1.78	2.11
130	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.77	1.86
131	El Salvador	1.75	2.07
132	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.75	2.13
133	Bulgaria	1.74	1.53
134	Republic of Moldova	1.72	1.87
135	Armenia	1.71	1.62
136	Brunei Darussalam	1.71	1.95
137	Romania	1.71	1.62
138	Qatar	1.70	1.98
139	Barbados	1.70	1.73
140	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.69	1.71
141	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.67	2.02
142	Azerbaijan	1.66	2.09
143	New Zealand	1.65	1.98
144	Australia	1.64	1.80
145	Saint Helena	1.64	1.70
146	France	1.64	1.93
147	United States of America	1.62	1.83
148	Colombia	1.62	1.77
149	Türkiye	1.62	2.16
150	Aruba	1.61	1.90
151	Ireland	1.60	1.86
152	Brazil	1.60	1.78
153	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58	1.57
154	Slovenia	1.58	1.58
155	Slovakia	1.57	1.40
156	Maldives	1.55	2.00
157	United Kingdom	1.54	1.80
158	Liechtenstein	1.54	1.43
159	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.53	1.76
160	Malaysia	1.53	2.01
161	Isle of Man	1.53	1.75
162	Denmark	1.52	1.71
163	Trinidad and Tobago	1.52	1.60
164	Portugal	1.52	1.30
165	Cayman Islands	1.51	1.27
166	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.51	1.64
167	Iceland	1.50	1.81
168	Argentina	1.50	2.35
169	Cabo Verde	1.50	1.97
170	Kuwait	1.50	2.03
171	Serbia	1.50	1.46
172	Hungary	1.50	1.45
173	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.50	1.32
174	French Polynesia	1.48	1.87
175	Croatia	1.47	1.40
176	Czechia	1.47	1.59
177	Dominica	1.47	1.65
178	North Macedonia	1.47	1.76
179	Grenada	1.46	1.71
180	Germany	1.46	1.50
181	Russian Federation	1.46	1.79
182	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.45	1.32
183	Cuba	1.45	1.69
184	Montserrat	1.45	1.51
185	Netherlands	1.44	1.66
186	Switzerland	1.44	1.54
187	Sweden	1.44	1.85
188	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.44	1.72
189	Bhutan	1.44	1.84
190	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.43	1.73
191	Norway	1.42	1.73
192	Bermuda	1.41	1.44
193	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.40	1.97
194	Luxembourg	1.40	1.46
195	Uruguay	1.39	2.04
196	Belgium	1.39	1.69
197	Jersey	1.38	1.51
198	Saint Lucia	1.38	1.47
199	Estonia	1.37	1.58
200	Guernsey	1.37	1.47
201	Cyprus	1.37	1.32
202	Bahamas	1.36	1.57
203	Anguilla	1.35	1.39
204	Latvia	1.35	1.71
205	Greece	1.34	1.33
206	Jamaica	1.34	1.51
207	Albania	1.33	1.63
208	Austria	1.33	1.49
209	Canada	1.33	1.60
210	Costa Rica	1.31	1.80
211	Poland	1.31	1.32
212	Finland	1.30	1.65
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.28	1.52
214	Spain	1.23	1.33
215	Japan	1.23	1.42
216	Belarus	1.22	1.73
217	Lithuania	1.22	1.71
218	United Arab Emirates	1.21	1.42
219	Italy	1.21	1.34
220	Mauritius	1.21	1.32
221	Thailand	1.19	1.45
222	San Marino	1.16	1.20
223	Chile	1.13	1.74
224	Malta	1.11	1.38
225	Andorra	1.10	1.22
226	Curaçao	1.07	1.90
227	British Virgin Islands	1.06	1.19
228	China	1.02	1.67
229	Ukraine	1.00	1.39
230	Holy See	1.00	1.00
231	Singapore	0.96	0.98
232	Puerto Rico	0.94	1.35
233	China, Taiwan Province of China	0.86	1.18
234	Saint Barthélemy	0.83	1.05
235	Republic of Korea	0.75	1.20
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.74	1.23
237	China, Macao SAR	0.69	1.14

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