Total fertility rate by country, 2029

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

◀▶2029

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2019
1	Chad	5.54	6.41
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.52	6.25
3	Somalia	5.47	6.56
4	Central African Republic	5.36	6.09
5	Niger	5.22	6.54
6	Mali	5.07	5.89
7	Angola	4.66	5.44
8	Afghanistan	4.30	5.24
9	Mozambique	4.30	5.02
10	Mauritania	4.29	4.98
11	Burundi	4.28	5.27
12	Mayotte	4.24	4.58
13	United Republic of Tanzania	4.22	4.87
14	Benin	4.12	4.90
15	Yemen	4.06	4.60
16	Sudan	3.95	4.62
17	Cameroon	3.93	4.65
18	Côte d'Ivoire	3.93	4.52
19	Nigeria	3.92	4.86
20	Togo	3.84	4.45
21	Congo	3.83	4.38
22	Guinea	3.73	4.58
23	Zambia	3.72	4.42
24	Equatorial Guinea	3.72	4.43
25	Uganda	3.69	4.74
26	Burkina Faso	3.64	4.68
27	Madagascar	3.61	4.22
28	Samoa	3.58	4.06
29	Comoros	3.55	4.14
30	Senegal	3.53	4.10
31	Liberia	3.51	4.26
32	Ethiopia	3.50	4.35
33	Guinea-Bissau	3.44	4.15
34	Zimbabwe	3.43	3.75
35	South Sudan	3.43	4.26
36	Gambia	3.41	4.33
37	Vanuatu	3.39	3.79
38	Eritrea	3.38	4.00
39	Rwanda	3.38	3.99
40	Gabon	3.33	3.88
41	Sao Tome and Principe	3.32	3.90
42	Sierra Leone	3.30	4.19
43	Pakistan	3.30	3.81
44	Malawi	3.29	3.95
45	Solomon Islands	3.28	3.80
46	Uzbekistan	3.27	2.87
47	Ghana	3.14	3.59
48	French Guiana	3.13	3.73
49	Nauru	3.09	3.53
50	Namibia	3.02	3.40
51	Iraq	3.01	3.48
52	Tuvalu	3.00	3.33
53	State of Palestine	2.98	3.59
54	Kiribati	2.97	3.29
55	Kenya	2.95	3.43
56	Tonga	2.95	3.27
57	Papua New Guinea	2.88	3.32
58	Tajikistan	2.86	3.28
59	Kazakhstan	2.84	2.89
60	Israel	2.66	3.03
61	Kyrgyzstan	2.65	3.33
62	Marshall Islands	2.65	3.01
63	Egypt	2.61	2.87
64	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.59	2.88
65	Guam	2.58	2.94
66	Eswatini	2.54	2.93
67	Lesotho	2.53	2.92
68	Botswana	2.52	2.91
69	Syrian Arab Republic	2.51	2.88
70	Turkmenistan	2.51	2.83
71	Algeria	2.49	3.00
72	Saint Martin (French part)	2.48	2.79
73	Tokelau	2.47	2.75
74	Haiti	2.46	2.86
75	Djibouti	2.45	2.80
76	Jordan	2.45	2.86
77	Mongolia	2.42	3.01
78	Cambodia	2.41	2.72
79	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.40	2.69
80	Niue	2.36	2.63
81	Timor-Leste	2.36	3.12
82	Honduras	2.35	2.61
83	Oman	2.33	2.70
84	Paraguay	2.31	2.52
85	Guyana	2.28	2.52
86	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.24	2.59
87	Saudi Arabia	2.20	2.49
88	Fiji	2.18	2.39
89	American Samoa	2.16	2.40
90	Guatemala	2.15	2.59
91	Faroe Islands	2.15	2.40
92	Northern Mariana Islands	2.15	2.56
93	Suriname	2.13	2.35
94	Lebanon	2.13	2.33
95	South Africa	2.12	2.26
96	Dominican Republic	2.11	2.37
97	Libya	2.11	2.54
98	Morocco	2.10	2.34
99	Nicaragua	2.09	2.32
100	Réunion	2.07	2.13
101	Western Sahara	2.07	2.28
102	Monaco	2.06	2.40
103	Indonesia	2.03	2.21
104	Bangladesh	2.03	2.18
105	Panama	2.02	2.29
106	Myanmar	2.01	2.21
107	Guadeloupe	2.00	2.15
108	Seychelles	2.00	2.26
109	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.00	2.13
110	United States Virgin Islands	2.00	2.16
111	Belize	1.94	2.14
112	Cook Islands	1.92	2.13
113	Martinique	1.92	2.02
114	India	1.89	2.12
115	Sri Lanka	1.89	2.02
116	New Caledonia	1.89	2.05
117	Nepal	1.88	2.08
118	Peru	1.88	2.09
119	Greenland	1.87	2.01
120	Gibraltar	1.87	1.91
121	Philippines	1.83	2.21
122	Viet Nam	1.83	1.94
123	Mexico	1.81	2.02
124	Palau	1.80	1.98
125	Montenegro	1.78	1.81
126	Tunisia	1.76	2.10
127	Ecuador	1.75	2.03
128	Georgia	1.75	2.02
129	Bahrain	1.74	1.84
130	Bulgaria	1.73	1.58
131	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.73	1.83
132	El Salvador	1.72	1.84
133	Republic of Moldova	1.72	1.78
134	Armenia	1.71	1.60
135	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.71	1.86
136	Barbados	1.70	1.72
137	Romania	1.70	1.71
138	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.69	1.70
139	Brunei Darussalam	1.67	1.82
140	Azerbaijan	1.66	1.85
141	Qatar	1.66	1.73
142	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.64	1.77
143	Australia	1.64	1.67
144	Saint Helena	1.64	1.67
145	France	1.64	1.83
146	United States of America	1.63	1.68
147	New Zealand	1.62	1.72
148	Aruba	1.61	1.70
149	Türkiye	1.61	1.89
150	Ireland	1.60	1.72
151	Colombia	1.59	1.71
152	Slovakia	1.58	1.57
153	Slovenia	1.58	1.61
154	Brazil	1.58	1.70
155	Antigua and Barbuda	1.57	1.47
156	Liechtenstein	1.55	1.48
157	Denmark	1.53	1.70
158	Portugal	1.53	1.42
159	United Kingdom	1.52	1.63
160	Isle of Man	1.52	1.61
161	Maldives	1.52	1.64
162	Argentina	1.51	1.88
163	Serbia	1.51	1.51
164	Trinidad and Tobago	1.51	1.58
165	Hungary	1.51	1.53
166	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.51	1.51
167	Malaysia	1.51	1.78
168	Cayman Islands	1.50	1.51
169	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.50	1.57
170	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.49	1.57
171	Czechia	1.49	1.75
172	Iceland	1.48	1.74
173	Kuwait	1.48	2.09
174	Croatia	1.48	1.47
175	Russian Federation	1.48	1.50
176	North Macedonia	1.48	1.65
177	Cabo Verde	1.47	1.70
178	Germany	1.47	1.54
179	Cuba	1.46	1.54
180	Sweden	1.46	1.71
181	Dominica	1.46	1.50
182	Montserrat	1.46	1.86
183	French Polynesia	1.46	1.57
184	Netherlands	1.45	1.57
185	Switzerland	1.45	1.48
186	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.44	1.52
187	Grenada	1.44	1.54
188	Norway	1.43	1.53
189	Luxembourg	1.43	1.34
190	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.42	1.48
191	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.42	1.62
192	Bermuda	1.42	1.38
193	Bhutan	1.42	1.45
194	Estonia	1.41	1.66
195	Belgium	1.41	1.61
196	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.40	2.05
197	Jersey	1.40	1.36
198	Uruguay	1.38	1.57
199	Guernsey	1.38	1.32
200	Saint Lucia	1.37	1.42
201	Latvia	1.37	1.61
202	Austria	1.36	1.46
203	Cyprus	1.36	1.33
204	Greece	1.36	1.34
205	Bahamas	1.35	1.40
206	Anguilla	1.34	1.38
207	Jamaica	1.33	1.39
208	Poland	1.33	1.44
209	Albania	1.32	1.40
210	Canada	1.32	1.48
211	Finland	1.32	1.35
212	Costa Rica	1.31	1.60
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.30	1.36
214	Spain	1.26	1.23
215	Belarus	1.25	1.39
216	Japan	1.25	1.32
217	Italy	1.24	1.26
218	Lithuania	1.24	1.61
219	United Arab Emirates	1.22	1.25
220	Mauritius	1.21	1.35
221	Thailand	1.20	1.29
222	San Marino	1.19	1.10
223	Malta	1.14	1.15
224	Andorra	1.13	1.04
225	Chile	1.12	1.43
226	Curaçao	1.09	1.18
227	British Virgin Islands	1.09	0.94
228	China	1.05	1.50
229	Ukraine	1.02	1.22
230	Singapore	1.00	0.94
231	Holy See	1.00	1.00
232	Puerto Rico	0.96	0.98
233	Saint Barthélemy	0.88	0.73
234	China, Taiwan Province of China	0.88	1.04
235	Republic of Korea	0.80	0.88
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.78	1.06
237	China, Macao SAR	0.73	0.94

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