Total fertility rate by country, 2028

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

◀▶2028

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2018
1	Chad	5.63	6.46
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.62	6.30
3	Somalia	5.58	6.66
4	Central African Republic	5.47	6.11
5	Niger	5.35	6.71
6	Mali	5.15	6.12
7	Angola	4.74	5.52
8	Afghanistan	4.40	5.33
9	Mozambique	4.39	5.07
10	Burundi	4.37	5.38
11	Mauritania	4.36	5.04
12	Mayotte	4.30	4.66
13	United Republic of Tanzania	4.28	4.93
14	Benin	4.19	5.03
15	Yemen	4.14	4.61
16	Nigeria	4.01	5.02
17	Cameroon	4.00	4.74
18	Sudan	4.00	4.68
19	Côte d'Ivoire	3.99	4.60
20	Togo	3.89	4.51
21	Congo	3.87	4.44
22	Guinea	3.81	4.67
23	Equatorial Guinea	3.80	4.51
24	Uganda	3.79	4.87
25	Zambia	3.77	4.49
26	Burkina Faso	3.73	4.92
27	Madagascar	3.66	4.25
28	Samoa	3.62	4.14
29	Comoros	3.60	4.21
30	Ethiopia	3.57	4.37
31	Senegal	3.57	4.29
32	Liberia	3.57	4.34
33	Gambia	3.51	4.42
34	Guinea-Bissau	3.50	4.24
35	South Sudan	3.49	4.37
36	Zimbabwe	3.47	3.74
37	Eritrea	3.43	4.06
38	Rwanda	3.43	4.05
39	Vanuatu	3.42	3.83
40	Gabon	3.37	3.91
41	Sierra Leone	3.37	4.29
42	Sao Tome and Principe	3.36	3.98
43	Pakistan	3.34	3.86
44	Malawi	3.33	4.02
45	Solomon Islands	3.32	3.93
46	Uzbekistan	3.31	2.71
47	Ghana	3.18	3.65
48	French Guiana	3.17	3.78
49	Nauru	3.12	3.68
50	Namibia	3.06	3.46
51	Iraq	3.05	3.55
52	Tuvalu	3.03	3.33
53	State of Palestine	3.02	3.67
54	Kiribati	3.00	3.32
55	Kenya	2.99	3.54
56	Tonga	2.97	3.33
57	Papua New Guinea	2.92	3.38
58	Tajikistan	2.89	3.29
59	Kazakhstan	2.87	2.85
60	Marshall Islands	2.69	3.04
61	Israel	2.68	3.10
62	Kyrgyzstan	2.67	3.28
63	Egypt	2.63	3.02
64	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.62	2.92
65	Guam	2.61	2.99
66	Eswatini	2.57	2.97
67	Botswana	2.56	2.94
68	Lesotho	2.55	3.02
69	Syrian Arab Republic	2.54	2.93
70	Turkmenistan	2.54	2.87
71	Algeria	2.53	3.02
72	Saint Martin (French part)	2.51	2.73
73	Tokelau	2.49	2.78
74	Haiti	2.49	2.92
75	Djibouti	2.48	2.86
76	Jordan	2.48	2.92
77	Mongolia	2.46	2.92
78	Cambodia	2.43	2.72
79	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.42	2.73
80	Timor-Leste	2.40	3.24
81	Niue	2.39	2.70
82	Honduras	2.38	2.65
83	Oman	2.37	2.81
84	Paraguay	2.33	2.56
85	Guyana	2.30	2.55
86	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.27	2.63
87	Saudi Arabia	2.22	2.67
88	Fiji	2.20	2.42
89	American Samoa	2.18	2.49
90	Northern Mariana Islands	2.18	2.64
91	Guatemala	2.17	2.74
92	Faroe Islands	2.16	2.43
93	Suriname	2.15	2.38
94	Lebanon	2.15	2.35
95	Libya	2.14	2.58
96	Dominican Republic	2.13	2.40
97	South Africa	2.13	2.27
98	Morocco	2.12	2.35
99	Nicaragua	2.11	2.35
100	Western Sahara	2.09	2.32
101	Réunion	2.08	2.16
102	Monaco	2.07	2.49
103	Bangladesh	2.05	2.19
104	Indonesia	2.04	2.22
105	Panama	2.04	2.40
106	Seychelles	2.02	2.29
107	Myanmar	2.02	2.23
108	United States Virgin Islands	2.02	2.18
109	Guadeloupe	2.01	2.10
110	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.01	2.15
111	Belize	1.96	2.34
112	Cook Islands	1.94	2.16
113	Martinique	1.93	1.99
114	New Caledonia	1.91	2.04
115	India	1.90	2.18
116	Sri Lanka	1.90	2.03
117	Peru	1.90	2.12
118	Nepal	1.89	2.12
119	Greenland	1.87	2.02
120	Gibraltar	1.87	1.92
121	Philippines	1.84	2.38
122	Viet Nam	1.84	1.88
123	Mexico	1.82	2.03
124	Palau	1.81	1.97
125	Montenegro	1.79	1.78
126	Tunisia	1.77	2.13
127	Ecuador	1.76	2.11
128	Georgia	1.76	2.09
129	Bahrain	1.74	1.91
130	Bulgaria	1.74	1.56
131	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.73	1.83
132	El Salvador	1.72	1.85
133	Republic of Moldova	1.72	1.81
134	Armenia	1.71	1.57
135	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.71	1.90
136	Barbados	1.70	1.72
137	Romania	1.70	1.75
138	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.69	1.70
139	Brunei Darussalam	1.68	1.85
140	Qatar	1.67	1.76
141	Azerbaijan	1.66	1.91
142	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.64	1.92
143	Australia	1.64	1.74
144	Saint Helena	1.64	1.68
145	France	1.64	1.84
146	United States of America	1.63	1.71
147	New Zealand	1.63	1.72
148	Türkiye	1.62	2.00
149	Aruba	1.61	1.73
150	Ireland	1.60	1.76
151	Colombia	1.59	1.71
152	Slovakia	1.58	1.55
153	Slovenia	1.58	1.61
154	Brazil	1.58	1.74
155	Antigua and Barbuda	1.57	1.37
156	Liechtenstein	1.54	1.56
157	United Kingdom	1.53	1.68
158	Denmark	1.53	1.73
159	Portugal	1.53	1.41
160	Isle of Man	1.52	1.64
161	Maldives	1.52	1.71
162	Argentina	1.51	2.07
163	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.51	1.58
164	Serbia	1.51	1.49
165	Trinidad and Tobago	1.51	1.59
166	Hungary	1.51	1.52
167	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.51	1.50
168	Malaysia	1.51	1.84
169	Cayman Islands	1.50	1.28
170	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.49	1.59
171	Czechia	1.49	1.74
172	Iceland	1.48	1.71
173	Kuwait	1.48	2.12
174	Russian Federation	1.48	1.58
175	North Macedonia	1.48	1.73
176	Cabo Verde	1.47	1.80
177	Croatia	1.47	1.47
178	Germany	1.47	1.57
179	Cuba	1.46	1.61
180	Dominica	1.46	1.52
181	Montserrat	1.46	1.75
182	French Polynesia	1.46	1.65
183	Netherlands	1.45	1.58
184	Switzerland	1.45	1.51
185	Sweden	1.45	1.75
186	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.44	1.58
187	Grenada	1.44	1.53
188	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.43	1.68
189	Norway	1.43	1.57
190	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.42	1.52
191	Bermuda	1.42	1.37
192	Bhutan	1.42	1.52
193	Luxembourg	1.42	1.38
194	Belgium	1.41	1.62
195	Estonia	1.40	1.67
196	Jersey	1.40	1.38
197	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.39	1.72
198	Uruguay	1.38	1.68
199	Guernsey	1.38	1.34
200	Latvia	1.37	1.61
201	Cyprus	1.36	1.32
202	Saint Lucia	1.36	1.44
203	Austria	1.35	1.48
204	Greece	1.35	1.35
205	Bahamas	1.35	1.40
206	Anguilla	1.34	1.37
207	Jamaica	1.33	1.40
208	Albania	1.32	1.42
209	Canada	1.32	1.51
210	Finland	1.32	1.41
211	Poland	1.32	1.44
212	Costa Rica	1.30	1.71
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.29	1.46
214	Spain	1.25	1.26
215	Belarus	1.25	1.46
216	Japan	1.25	1.37
217	Italy	1.24	1.29
218	Lithuania	1.24	1.64
219	United Arab Emirates	1.22	1.29
220	Mauritius	1.21	1.37
221	San Marino	1.19	1.08
222	Thailand	1.19	1.32
223	Malta	1.14	1.23
224	Andorra	1.12	1.05
225	Chile	1.12	1.54
226	Curaçao	1.08	1.49
227	British Virgin Islands	1.08	0.91
228	China	1.05	1.54
229	Ukraine	1.02	1.23
230	Holy See	1.00	1.00
231	Singapore	0.99	0.95
232	Puerto Rico	0.95	1.03
233	China, Taiwan Province of China	0.88	1.08
234	Saint Barthélemy	0.86	0.71
235	Republic of Korea	0.79	0.95
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.77	1.09
237	China, Macao SAR	0.72	0.92

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