Total fertility rate by country, 2031

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

◀▶2031

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2021
1	Chad	5.36	6.25
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.32	6.16
3	Somalia	5.25	6.35
4	Central African Republic	5.14	6.05
5	Niger	4.93	6.20
6	Mali	4.88	5.78
7	Angola	4.48	5.30
8	Mauritania	4.18	4.85
9	Afghanistan	4.15	5.04
10	Mozambique	4.14	4.91
11	Mayotte	4.12	4.66
12	United Republic of Tanzania	4.11	4.73
13	Burundi	4.11	5.08
14	Benin	3.98	4.71
15	Yemen	3.87	4.60
16	Côte d'Ivoire	3.83	4.41
17	Sudan	3.82	4.46
18	Cameroon	3.81	4.47
19	Togo	3.75	4.32
20	Congo	3.73	4.28
21	Nigeria	3.73	4.64
22	Zambia	3.61	4.25
23	Guinea	3.59	4.40
24	Equatorial Guinea	3.59	4.27
25	Uganda	3.53	4.51
26	Madagascar	3.51	4.10
27	Samoa	3.50	3.94
28	Burkina Faso	3.50	4.36
29	Comoros	3.44	4.00
30	Senegal	3.44	3.94
31	Liberia	3.38	4.09
32	Ethiopia	3.36	4.18
33	Zimbabwe	3.33	3.77
34	Vanuatu	3.32	3.70
35	Guinea-Bissau	3.31	4.00
36	South Sudan	3.31	4.05
37	Rwanda	3.28	3.84
38	Eritrea	3.27	3.87
39	Gabon	3.24	3.78
40	Gambia	3.24	4.17
41	Sao Tome and Principe	3.21	3.76
42	Pakistan	3.21	3.72
43	Solomon Islands	3.20	3.69
44	Uzbekistan	3.18	3.27
45	Sierra Leone	3.18	3.98
46	Malawi	3.18	3.79
47	Ghana	3.06	3.49
48	French Guiana	3.06	3.71
49	Nauru	3.01	3.43
50	Tuvalu	2.94	3.28
51	Namibia	2.94	3.30
52	Iraq	2.93	3.36
53	Kiribati	2.92	3.22
54	Kenya	2.89	3.31
55	Tonga	2.89	3.20
56	State of Palestine	2.89	3.44
57	Papua New Guinea	2.81	3.21
58	Tajikistan	2.80	3.17
59	Kazakhstan	2.79	3.32
60	Israel	2.62	3.02
61	Kyrgyzstan	2.59	2.89
62	Egypt	2.57	2.75
63	Marshall Islands	2.57	2.96
64	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.54	2.82
65	Guam	2.52	2.86
66	Eswatini	2.48	2.84
67	Lesotho	2.47	2.77
68	Turkmenistan	2.46	2.75
69	Botswana	2.46	2.83
70	Syrian Arab Republic	2.45	2.80
71	Tokelau	2.42	2.68
72	Algeria	2.41	2.87
73	Saint Martin (French part)	2.41	2.80
74	Haiti	2.41	2.75
75	Djibouti	2.39	2.70
76	Jordan	2.39	2.73
77	Cambodia	2.36	2.66
78	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.36	2.62
79	Mongolia	2.36	2.83
80	Niue	2.32	2.56
81	Honduras	2.30	2.55
82	Timor-Leste	2.29	2.89
83	Paraguay	2.27	2.47
84	Oman	2.26	2.59
85	Guyana	2.23	2.46
86	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.19	2.49
87	Saudi Arabia	2.15	2.17
88	Fiji	2.15	2.33
89	American Samoa	2.13	2.33
90	Faroe Islands	2.12	2.29
91	Guatemala	2.11	2.39
92	Lebanon	2.10	2.28
93	Northern Mariana Islands	2.10	2.44
94	Suriname	2.09	2.30
95	South Africa	2.09	2.25
96	Dominican Republic	2.07	2.29
97	Morocco	2.06	2.29
98	Libya	2.06	2.46
99	Nicaragua	2.05	2.27
100	Monaco	2.05	2.12
101	Réunion	2.04	2.19
102	Western Sahara	2.04	2.22
103	Indonesia	2.00	2.17
104	Panama	2.00	2.15
105	Bangladesh	2.00	2.17
106	Guadeloupe	1.98	2.13
107	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	1.98	2.10
108	Myanmar	1.98	2.16
109	United States Virgin Islands	1.98	2.12
110	Seychelles	1.97	2.20
111	Belize	1.92	1.84
112	Cook Islands	1.90	2.09
113	Martinique	1.90	2.04
114	India	1.87	2.01
115	Sri Lanka	1.87	2.00
116	New Caledonia	1.87	2.01
117	Gibraltar	1.86	1.90
118	Peru	1.86	2.03
119	Greenland	1.85	1.99
120	Nepal	1.85	2.03
121	Philippines	1.81	1.95
122	Viet Nam	1.81	1.94
123	Palau	1.78	1.95
124	Mexico	1.78	1.97
125	Montenegro	1.78	1.85
126	Georgia	1.75	1.98
127	Tunisia	1.75	1.80
128	Ecuador	1.74	1.91
129	Bulgaria	1.73	1.59
130	Bahrain	1.72	1.85
131	Republic of Moldova	1.72	1.75
132	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.72	1.81
133	Armenia	1.71	1.71
134	El Salvador	1.70	1.80
135	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.70	1.81
136	Romania	1.70	1.72
137	Barbados	1.69	1.71
138	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.69	1.70
139	Azerbaijan	1.65	1.71
140	Qatar	1.65	1.61
141	Brunei Darussalam	1.65	1.78
142	Australia	1.64	1.65
143	France	1.64	1.80
144	United States of America	1.63	1.63
145	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.63	1.71
146	Saint Helena	1.63	1.64
147	New Zealand	1.62	1.65
148	Aruba	1.61	1.63
149	Türkiye	1.61	1.71
150	Ireland	1.60	1.78
151	Slovenia	1.59	1.64
152	Colombia	1.58	1.68
153	Slovakia	1.58	1.63
154	Brazil	1.57	1.64
155	Antigua and Barbuda	1.56	1.58
156	Liechtenstein	1.55	1.52
157	Denmark	1.54	1.73
158	Portugal	1.54	1.33
159	United Kingdom	1.52	1.58
160	Serbia	1.52	1.52
161	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.52	1.49
162	Argentina	1.51	1.59
163	Czechia	1.51	1.82
164	Trinidad and Tobago	1.51	1.56
165	Hungary	1.51	1.61
166	Isle of Man	1.51	1.57
167	Maldives	1.51	1.60
168	Cayman Islands	1.50	1.55
169	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.50	1.56
170	Malaysia	1.50	1.55
171	Russian Federation	1.49	1.51
172	Iceland	1.48	1.82
173	Kuwait	1.48	1.82
174	Croatia	1.48	1.62
175	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.48	1.53
176	Germany	1.48	1.58
177	North Macedonia	1.48	1.62
178	Cabo Verde	1.47	1.55
179	Cuba	1.47	1.43
180	Montserrat	1.47	1.94
181	Netherlands	1.46	1.62
182	Switzerland	1.46	1.53
183	Sweden	1.46	1.67
184	Dominica	1.46	1.48
185	French Polynesia	1.46	1.53
186	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.44	1.58
187	Grenada	1.44	1.52
188	Norway	1.44	1.56
189	Luxembourg	1.44	1.38
190	Estonia	1.43	1.59
191	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.43	1.50
192	Bermuda	1.43	1.39
193	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.42	1.46
194	Bhutan	1.42	1.49
195	Belgium	1.42	1.60
196	Jersey	1.41	1.36
197	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.40	1.46
198	Uruguay	1.39	1.45
199	Guernsey	1.39	1.36
200	Latvia	1.38	1.57
201	Cyprus	1.37	1.39
202	Saint Lucia	1.37	1.40
203	Austria	1.36	1.47
204	Greece	1.36	1.43
205	Bahamas	1.36	1.38
206	Anguilla	1.35	1.38
207	Albania	1.33	1.37
208	Canada	1.33	1.43
209	Jamaica	1.33	1.38
210	Finland	1.33	1.46
211	Poland	1.33	1.32
212	Costa Rica	1.31	1.35
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.31	1.30
214	Spain	1.27	1.19
215	Belarus	1.27	1.37
216	Japan	1.27	1.27
217	Italy	1.26	1.25
218	Lithuania	1.25	1.36
219	United Arab Emirates	1.23	1.16
220	Mauritius	1.22	1.35
221	Thailand	1.21	1.23
222	San Marino	1.20	1.13
223	Malta	1.16	1.11
224	Andorra	1.14	1.06
225	Chile	1.13	1.18
226	Curaçao	1.10	1.08
227	British Virgin Islands	1.10	1.00
228	China	1.07	1.12
229	Ukraine	1.04	1.15
230	Singapore	1.01	0.94
231	Holy See	1.00	1.00
232	Puerto Rico	0.98	0.94
233	Saint Barthélemy	0.90	0.78
234	China, Taiwan Province of China	0.90	0.98
235	Republic of Korea	0.83	0.78
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.80	0.78
237	China, Macao SAR	0.75	0.77

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