Total fertility rate by country, 2036

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

◀▶2036

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2026
1	Chad	4.89	5.84
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4.77	5.80
3	Somalia	4.74	5.80
4	Central African Republic	4.56	5.69
5	Mali	4.41	5.33
6	Niger	4.32	5.64
7	Angola	4.09	4.89
8	Mayotte	3.85	4.43
9	United Republic of Tanzania	3.83	4.41
10	Mauritania	3.83	4.48
11	Afghanistan	3.82	4.56
12	Mozambique	3.75	4.54
13	Burundi	3.69	4.57
14	Benin	3.68	4.34
15	Côte d'Ivoire	3.60	4.10
16	Cameroon	3.55	4.12
17	Sudan	3.54	4.13
18	Togo	3.52	4.01
19	Yemen	3.51	4.33
20	Congo	3.50	3.99
21	Zambia	3.35	3.91
22	Nigeria	3.34	4.20
23	Samoa	3.31	3.70
24	Equatorial Guinea	3.29	3.95
25	Madagascar	3.28	3.78
26	Guinea	3.27	3.96
27	Senegal	3.24	3.66
28	Comoros	3.23	3.71
29	Uganda	3.19	3.97
30	Burkina Faso	3.17	3.91
31	Vanuatu	3.15	3.50
32	Zimbabwe	3.13	3.57
33	Liberia	3.11	3.71
34	Ethiopia	3.08	3.72
35	Rwanda	3.07	3.54
36	South Sudan	3.06	3.63
37	Eritrea	3.05	3.55
38	Gabon	3.04	3.49
39	Guinea-Bissau	3.04	3.62
40	Sao Tome and Principe	3.01	3.47
41	Pakistan	3.01	3.44
42	Solomon Islands	3.00	3.42
43	Uzbekistan	2.98	3.40
44	Malawi	2.97	3.45
45	Sierra Leone	2.93	3.53
46	Gambia	2.91	3.70
47	Ghana	2.90	3.26
48	French Guiana	2.90	3.25
49	Nauru	2.86	3.20
50	Kiribati	2.79	3.06
51	Tuvalu	2.79	3.10
52	Namibia	2.78	3.13
53	Iraq	2.77	3.13
54	Tonga	2.75	3.04
55	Kenya	2.72	3.07
56	State of Palestine	2.71	3.13
57	Papua New Guinea	2.67	2.99
58	Kazakhstan	2.66	2.92
59	Tajikistan	2.65	2.96
60	Israel	2.53	2.73
61	Kyrgyzstan	2.47	2.72
62	Egypt	2.46	2.68
63	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.42	2.67
64	Marshall Islands	2.41	2.77
65	Guam	2.40	2.68
66	Lesotho	2.37	2.61
67	Eswatini	2.35	2.64
68	Turkmenistan	2.35	2.60
69	Tokelau	2.32	2.54
70	Botswana	2.32	2.63
71	Syrian Arab Republic	2.31	2.62
72	Saint Martin (French part)	2.28	2.59
73	Haiti	2.28	2.55
74	Djibouti	2.27	2.54
75	Algeria	2.26	2.62
76	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.26	2.47
77	Jordan	2.25	2.54
78	Cambodia	2.24	2.49
79	Niue	2.22	2.44
80	Mongolia	2.22	2.54
81	Honduras	2.20	2.42
82	Paraguay	2.19	2.37
83	Guyana	2.15	2.35
84	Timor-Leste	2.14	2.50
85	Oman	2.11	2.44
86	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.08	2.33
87	Fiji	2.07	2.23
88	Faroe Islands	2.07	2.19
89	Saudi Arabia	2.05	2.27
90	American Samoa	2.05	2.22
91	Lebanon	2.04	2.19
92	Guatemala	2.03	2.23
93	South Africa	2.03	2.17
94	Suriname	2.02	2.19
95	Monaco	2.02	2.08
96	Northern Mariana Islands	2.02	2.24
97	Dominican Republic	1.99	2.17
98	Morocco	1.99	2.16
99	Réunion	1.99	2.12
100	Nicaragua	1.98	2.16
101	Western Sahara	1.97	2.13
102	Guadeloupe	1.95	2.04
103	Panama	1.95	2.07
104	Libya	1.95	2.21
105	Indonesia	1.94	2.08
106	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	1.93	2.04
107	United States Virgin Islands	1.93	2.05
108	Bangladesh	1.92	2.09
109	Myanmar	1.92	2.06
110	Seychelles	1.91	2.06
111	Martinique	1.88	1.95
112	Belize	1.86	1.99
113	Cook Islands	1.85	1.97
114	Gibraltar	1.84	1.88
115	New Caledonia	1.84	1.93
116	India	1.83	1.93
117	Greenland	1.83	1.90
118	Sri Lanka	1.83	1.93
119	Peru	1.82	1.93
120	Nepal	1.80	1.92
121	Philippines	1.79	1.86
122	Viet Nam	1.78	1.86
123	Montenegro	1.76	1.79
124	Palau	1.75	1.84
125	Mexico	1.75	1.85
126	Georgia	1.73	1.78
127	Tunisia	1.73	1.79
128	Bulgaria	1.72	1.74
129	Ecuador	1.71	1.78
130	Republic of Moldova	1.71	1.72
131	Armenia	1.70	1.71
132	Bahrain	1.70	1.77
133	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.70	1.75
134	Barbados	1.69	1.70
135	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.69	1.69
136	Romania	1.69	1.71
137	El Salvador	1.68	1.74
138	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.68	1.73
139	Azerbaijan	1.65	1.66
140	United States of America	1.64	1.62
141	Australia	1.64	1.64
142	France	1.64	1.64
143	Brunei Darussalam	1.64	1.70
144	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.63	1.66
145	Qatar	1.63	1.69
146	Saint Helena	1.63	1.64
147	New Zealand	1.62	1.64
148	Aruba	1.61	1.61
149	Türkiye	1.61	1.62
150	Ireland	1.60	1.60
151	Slovakia	1.59	1.57
152	Slovenia	1.59	1.58
153	Antigua and Barbuda	1.57	1.57
154	Colombia	1.57	1.60
155	Brazil	1.57	1.59
156	Denmark	1.55	1.52
157	Portugal	1.55	1.52
158	Liechtenstein	1.55	1.54
159	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.54	1.50
160	United Kingdom	1.53	1.53
161	Serbia	1.53	1.51
162	Czechia	1.53	1.47
163	Hungary	1.53	1.50
164	Argentina	1.52	1.51
165	Isle of Man	1.52	1.53
166	Maldives	1.52	1.53
167	Trinidad and Tobago	1.51	1.52
168	Malaysia	1.51	1.52
169	Russian Federation	1.51	1.47
170	Cayman Islands	1.50	1.50
171	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.50	1.52
172	Germany	1.50	1.46
173	Cuba	1.49	1.45
174	Croatia	1.49	1.47
175	North Macedonia	1.49	1.47
176	Iceland	1.48	1.49
177	Netherlands	1.48	1.44
178	Kuwait	1.48	1.49
179	Switzerland	1.48	1.45
180	Sweden	1.48	1.44
181	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.48	1.50
182	Montserrat	1.48	1.45
183	French Polynesia	1.48	1.47
184	Cabo Verde	1.47	1.49
185	Estonia	1.46	1.38
186	Dominica	1.46	1.46
187	Norway	1.46	1.42
188	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.45	1.44
189	Grenada	1.45	1.45
190	Luxembourg	1.45	1.41
191	Bermuda	1.44	1.42
192	Belgium	1.44	1.40
193	Jersey	1.43	1.38
194	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.43	1.42
195	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.43	1.43
196	Bhutan	1.43	1.43
197	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.42	1.39
198	Guernsey	1.41	1.37
199	Uruguay	1.40	1.38
200	Latvia	1.40	1.35
201	Austria	1.39	1.34
202	Cyprus	1.38	1.37
203	Greece	1.38	1.34
204	Saint Lucia	1.38	1.37
205	Bahamas	1.37	1.36
206	Anguilla	1.36	1.34
207	Finland	1.36	1.30
208	Poland	1.36	1.31
209	Albania	1.35	1.32
210	Canada	1.35	1.33
211	Jamaica	1.35	1.33
212	Costa Rica	1.33	1.31
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.33	1.29
214	Belarus	1.31	1.23
215	Spain	1.30	1.24
216	Italy	1.29	1.22
217	Lithuania	1.29	1.22
218	Japan	1.29	1.23
219	United Arab Emirates	1.26	1.21
220	Mauritius	1.24	1.21
221	San Marino	1.23	1.17
222	Thailand	1.23	1.19
223	Malta	1.19	1.12
224	Andorra	1.17	1.11
225	Chile	1.17	1.12
226	Curaçao	1.14	1.07
227	British Virgin Islands	1.14	1.07
228	China	1.10	1.03
229	Ukraine	1.06	1.00
230	Singapore	1.05	0.97
231	Puerto Rico	1.02	0.94
232	Holy See	1.00	1.00
233	Saint Barthélemy	0.95	0.84
234	China, Taiwan Province of China	0.95	0.86
235	Republic of Korea	0.89	0.76
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.84	0.75
237	China, Macao SAR	0.80	0.70

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