Total fertility rate by country, 2027

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

◀▶2027

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2017
1	Chad	5.74	6.54
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.71	6.35
3	Somalia	5.68	6.77
4	Central African Republic	5.58	6.13
5	Niger	5.49	6.87
6	Mali	5.24	6.25
7	Angola	4.81	5.60
8	Afghanistan	4.48	5.43
9	Burundi	4.46	5.48
10	Mozambique	4.46	5.13
11	Mauritania	4.43	5.11
12	Mayotte	4.36	4.66
13	United Republic of Tanzania	4.34	4.99
14	Benin	4.27	5.16
15	Yemen	4.23	4.61
16	Nigeria	4.10	5.18
17	Sudan	4.06	4.76
18	Cameroon	4.05	4.80
19	Côte d'Ivoire	4.05	4.76
20	Togo	3.95	4.58
21	Congo	3.93	4.50
22	Guinea	3.89	4.79
23	Uganda	3.87	4.99
24	Equatorial Guinea	3.87	4.60
25	Zambia	3.85	4.57
26	Burkina Faso	3.82	5.17
27	Madagascar	3.72	4.26
28	Samoa	3.66	4.20
29	Comoros	3.65	4.28
30	Ethiopia	3.64	4.40
31	Liberia	3.64	4.40
32	Senegal	3.61	4.49
33	Gambia	3.60	4.61
34	Guinea-Bissau	3.56	4.35
35	South Sudan	3.56	4.48
36	Zimbabwe	3.52	3.77
37	Eritrea	3.49	4.11
38	Rwanda	3.49	4.08
39	Sierra Leone	3.47	4.39
40	Vanuatu	3.46	3.88
41	Gabon	3.43	3.91
42	Sao Tome and Principe	3.42	4.07
43	Pakistan	3.39	3.90
44	Malawi	3.39	4.11
45	Solomon Islands	3.37	4.06
46	Uzbekistan	3.36	2.57
47	Ghana	3.22	3.72
48	French Guiana	3.21	3.88
49	Nauru	3.16	3.88
50	Iraq	3.09	3.64
51	Namibia	3.09	3.51
52	State of Palestine	3.07	3.77
53	Tuvalu	3.06	3.30
54	Kiribati	3.03	3.34
55	Kenya	3.03	3.61
56	Tonga	3.00	3.39
57	Papua New Guinea	2.95	3.43
58	Tajikistan	2.93	3.29
59	Kazakhstan	2.90	2.75
60	Marshall Islands	2.73	3.06
61	Israel	2.70	3.12
62	Kyrgyzstan	2.70	3.04
63	Egypt	2.66	3.31
64	Guam	2.65	3.09
65	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.64	2.96
66	Eswatini	2.61	3.02
67	Botswana	2.59	2.97
68	Algeria	2.58	3.09
69	Syrian Arab Republic	2.58	2.97
70	Lesotho	2.58	3.11
71	Turkmenistan	2.57	2.93
72	Saint Martin (French part)	2.54	2.66
73	Tokelau	2.52	2.81
74	Haiti	2.52	2.98
75	Djibouti	2.51	2.92
76	Jordan	2.51	2.99
77	Mongolia	2.50	2.89
78	Cambodia	2.46	2.72
79	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.45	2.78
80	Timor-Leste	2.45	3.40
81	Oman	2.41	2.92
82	Niue	2.41	2.77
83	Honduras	2.40	2.66
84	Paraguay	2.35	2.59
85	Guyana	2.33	2.59
86	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.30	2.69
87	Saudi Arabia	2.25	2.67
88	Fiji	2.21	2.46
89	Northern Mariana Islands	2.21	2.76
90	Guatemala	2.20	2.86
91	American Samoa	2.20	2.60
92	Libya	2.18	2.63
93	Faroe Islands	2.17	2.50
94	Lebanon	2.17	2.37
95	Suriname	2.16	2.43
96	Dominican Republic	2.15	2.40
97	South Africa	2.15	2.28
98	Nicaragua	2.14	2.38
99	Morocco	2.14	2.38
100	Western Sahara	2.11	2.35
101	Réunion	2.10	2.23
102	Monaco	2.08	2.42
103	Bangladesh	2.07	2.21
104	Indonesia	2.06	2.25
105	Panama	2.06	2.46
106	Seychelles	2.04	2.31
107	Myanmar	2.04	2.25
108	Guadeloupe	2.03	2.08
109	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.03	2.18
110	United States Virgin Islands	2.03	2.19
111	Belize	1.98	2.37
112	Cook Islands	1.96	2.17
113	Martinique	1.94	1.97
114	India	1.92	2.19
115	New Caledonia	1.92	2.04
116	Sri Lanka	1.91	2.04
117	Peru	1.91	2.15
118	Nepal	1.90	2.17
119	Greenland	1.88	2.07
120	Gibraltar	1.87	1.93
121	Philippines	1.85	2.53
122	Viet Nam	1.85	1.99
123	Mexico	1.83	2.04
124	Palau	1.82	2.02
125	Montenegro	1.79	1.79
126	Tunisia	1.78	2.21
127	Ecuador	1.77	2.13
128	Georgia	1.77	2.14
129	Bahrain	1.75	1.98
130	Bulgaria	1.74	1.56
131	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.74	1.85
132	El Salvador	1.73	1.90
133	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.72	1.94
134	Republic of Moldova	1.72	1.81
135	Armenia	1.71	1.56
136	Barbados	1.70	1.72
137	Romania	1.70	1.77
138	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.69	1.71
139	Qatar	1.68	1.83
140	Brunei Darussalam	1.68	1.88
141	Azerbaijan	1.66	1.96
142	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.65	2.02
143	Australia	1.64	1.75
144	Saint Helena	1.64	1.69
145	France	1.64	1.86
146	New Zealand	1.63	1.81
147	United States of America	1.62	1.75
148	Türkiye	1.62	2.08
149	Aruba	1.61	1.79
150	Ireland	1.60	1.77
151	Colombia	1.60	1.72
152	Slovenia	1.58	1.62
153	Brazil	1.58	1.74
154	Antigua and Barbuda	1.57	1.48
155	Slovakia	1.57	1.52
156	Liechtenstein	1.54	1.46
157	United Kingdom	1.53	1.73
158	Denmark	1.53	1.75
159	Portugal	1.53	1.38
160	Maldives	1.53	1.80
161	Isle of Man	1.52	1.67
162	Argentina	1.51	2.17
163	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.51	1.62
164	Serbia	1.51	1.48
165	Trinidad and Tobago	1.51	1.59
166	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.51	1.42
167	Malaysia	1.51	1.89
168	Cayman Islands	1.50	1.22
169	Hungary	1.50	1.52
170	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.49	1.61
171	Iceland	1.48	1.71
172	Cabo Verde	1.48	1.93
173	Kuwait	1.48	2.16
174	Czechia	1.48	1.71
175	Croatia	1.47	1.42
176	Russian Federation	1.47	1.63
177	French Polynesia	1.47	1.67
178	North Macedonia	1.47	1.73
179	Cuba	1.46	1.59
180	Germany	1.46	1.57
181	Dominica	1.46	1.54
182	Netherlands	1.45	1.62
183	Switzerland	1.45	1.52
184	Sweden	1.45	1.78
185	Montserrat	1.45	1.69
186	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.44	1.50
187	Grenada	1.44	1.44
188	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.43	1.70
189	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.42	1.57
190	Norway	1.42	1.62
191	Bermuda	1.42	1.42
192	Bhutan	1.42	1.62
193	Luxembourg	1.42	1.39
194	Belgium	1.40	1.64
195	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.39	2.03
196	Estonia	1.39	1.60
197	Jersey	1.39	1.42
198	Uruguay	1.38	1.82
199	Guernsey	1.38	1.38
200	Saint Lucia	1.37	1.45
201	Cyprus	1.36	1.32
202	Latvia	1.36	1.70
203	Greece	1.35	1.35
204	Bahamas	1.35	1.42
205	Anguilla	1.34	1.37
206	Austria	1.34	1.52
207	Jamaica	1.33	1.43
208	Albania	1.32	1.49
209	Canada	1.32	1.55
210	Poland	1.32	1.47
211	Costa Rica	1.31	1.71
212	Finland	1.31	1.49
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.29	1.49
214	Spain	1.24	1.31
215	Belarus	1.24	1.55
216	Japan	1.24	1.39
217	Italy	1.23	1.32
218	Lithuania	1.23	1.63
219	United Arab Emirates	1.21	1.35
220	Mauritius	1.21	1.40
221	Thailand	1.19	1.36
222	San Marino	1.18	1.05
223	Malta	1.13	1.27
224	Chile	1.12	1.56
225	Andorra	1.11	1.13
226	Curaçao	1.08	1.45
227	British Virgin Islands	1.07	0.87
228	China	1.04	1.80
229	Ukraine	1.01	1.30
230	Holy See	1.00	1.00
231	Singapore	0.98	0.94
232	Puerto Rico	0.95	1.13
233	China, Taiwan Province of China	0.87	1.12
234	Saint Barthélemy	0.85	0.81
235	Republic of Korea	0.78	1.04
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.76	1.14
237	China, Macao SAR	0.71	1.02

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