Total fertility rate by country, 2038

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

◀▶2038

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2028
1	Chad	4.72	5.63
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4.55	5.62
3	Somalia	4.52	5.58
4	Central African Republic	4.35	5.47
5	Mali	4.24	5.15
6	Niger	4.10	5.35
7	Angola	3.94	4.74
8	Mayotte	3.76	4.30
9	United Republic of Tanzania	3.72	4.28
10	Mauritania	3.71	4.36
11	Afghanistan	3.68	4.40
12	Mozambique	3.60	4.39
13	Benin	3.57	4.19
14	Burundi	3.55	4.37
15	Côte d'Ivoire	3.51	3.99
16	Sudan	3.45	4.00
17	Cameroon	3.44	4.00
18	Togo	3.44	3.89
19	Congo	3.42	3.87
20	Yemen	3.38	4.14
21	Zambia	3.25	3.77
22	Samoa	3.24	3.62
23	Nigeria	3.21	4.01
24	Madagascar	3.20	3.66
25	Equatorial Guinea	3.18	3.80
26	Senegal	3.17	3.57
27	Guinea	3.16	3.81
28	Comoros	3.15	3.60
29	Vanuatu	3.10	3.42
30	Uganda	3.09	3.79
31	Zimbabwe	3.06	3.47
32	Burkina Faso	3.05	3.73
33	Liberia	3.02	3.57
34	Ethiopia	2.99	3.57
35	Rwanda	2.99	3.43
36	Eritrea	2.97	3.43
37	Gabon	2.97	3.37
38	South Sudan	2.96	3.49
39	Guinea-Bissau	2.95	3.50
40	Sao Tome and Principe	2.94	3.36
41	Solomon Islands	2.94	3.32
42	Pakistan	2.94	3.34
43	Uzbekistan	2.91	3.31
44	Malawi	2.90	3.33
45	Ghana	2.84	3.18
46	Sierra Leone	2.84	3.37
47	French Guiana	2.84	3.17
48	Gambia	2.81	3.51
49	Nauru	2.80	3.12
50	Kiribati	2.75	3.00
51	Tuvalu	2.74	3.03
52	Namibia	2.72	3.06
53	Iraq	2.71	3.05
54	Tonga	2.70	2.97
55	Kenya	2.66	2.99
56	State of Palestine	2.65	3.02
57	Kazakhstan	2.62	2.87
58	Papua New Guinea	2.61	2.92
59	Tajikistan	2.60	2.89
60	Israel	2.49	2.68
61	Kyrgyzstan	2.43	2.67
62	Egypt	2.42	2.63
63	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.38	2.62
64	Marshall Islands	2.36	2.69
65	Guam	2.35	2.61
66	Lesotho	2.32	2.55
67	Turkmenistan	2.31	2.54
68	Eswatini	2.30	2.57
69	Tokelau	2.29	2.49
70	Botswana	2.28	2.56
71	Syrian Arab Republic	2.26	2.54
72	Haiti	2.24	2.49
73	Saint Martin (French part)	2.23	2.51
74	Djibouti	2.23	2.48
75	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.23	2.42
76	Algeria	2.21	2.53
77	Jordan	2.21	2.48
78	Cambodia	2.20	2.43
79	Niue	2.18	2.39
80	Mongolia	2.18	2.46
81	Paraguay	2.16	2.33
82	Honduras	2.16	2.38
83	Guyana	2.12	2.30
84	Timor-Leste	2.09	2.40
85	Oman	2.07	2.37
86	Faroe Islands	2.06	2.16
87	Fiji	2.05	2.20
88	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.04	2.27
89	American Samoa	2.02	2.18
90	Saudi Arabia	2.01	2.22
91	Monaco	2.01	2.07
92	Lebanon	2.01	2.15
93	Guatemala	2.00	2.17
94	Suriname	2.00	2.15
95	South Africa	2.00	2.13
96	Northern Mariana Islands	1.99	2.18
97	Réunion	1.97	2.08
98	Dominican Republic	1.96	2.13
99	Nicaragua	1.96	2.11
100	Morocco	1.96	2.12
101	Western Sahara	1.94	2.09
102	Indonesia	1.93	2.04
103	Guadeloupe	1.93	2.01
104	Panama	1.93	2.04
105	Libya	1.92	2.14
106	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	1.91	2.01
107	Myanmar	1.91	2.02
108	United States Virgin Islands	1.91	2.02
109	Bangladesh	1.90	2.05
110	Seychelles	1.89	2.02
111	Martinique	1.87	1.93
112	Belize	1.85	1.96
113	Cook Islands	1.84	1.94
114	Gibraltar	1.84	1.87
115	New Caledonia	1.83	1.91
116	Greenland	1.82	1.87
117	Sri Lanka	1.82	1.90
118	India	1.81	1.90
119	Peru	1.81	1.90
120	Nepal	1.79	1.89
121	Philippines	1.78	1.84
122	Viet Nam	1.77	1.84
123	Montenegro	1.75	1.79
124	Palau	1.74	1.81
125	Mexico	1.74	1.82
126	Georgia	1.72	1.76
127	Tunisia	1.72	1.77
128	Ecuador	1.71	1.76
129	Bulgaria	1.71	1.74
130	Republic of Moldova	1.71	1.72
131	Armenia	1.70	1.71
132	Bahrain	1.69	1.74
133	Barbados	1.69	1.70
134	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.69	1.69
135	Romania	1.69	1.70
136	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.69	1.73
137	El Salvador	1.67	1.72
138	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.67	1.71
139	Azerbaijan	1.64	1.66
140	United States of America	1.64	1.63
141	Australia	1.64	1.64
142	France	1.64	1.64
143	Brunei Darussalam	1.64	1.68
144	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.63	1.64
145	Qatar	1.63	1.67
146	Saint Helena	1.63	1.64
147	Aruba	1.61	1.61
148	Türkiye	1.61	1.62
149	New Zealand	1.61	1.63
150	Ireland	1.60	1.60
151	Slovakia	1.59	1.58
152	Slovenia	1.59	1.58
153	Antigua and Barbuda	1.57	1.57
154	Colombia	1.57	1.59
155	Brazil	1.57	1.58
156	Portugal	1.56	1.53
157	Denmark	1.55	1.53
158	Liechtenstein	1.55	1.54
159	Serbia	1.54	1.51
160	Czechia	1.54	1.49
161	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.54	1.51
162	United Kingdom	1.53	1.53
163	Hungary	1.53	1.51
164	Argentina	1.52	1.51
165	Isle of Man	1.52	1.52
166	Maldives	1.52	1.52
167	Germany	1.51	1.47
168	Trinidad and Tobago	1.51	1.51
169	Malaysia	1.51	1.51
170	Russian Federation	1.51	1.48
171	Croatia	1.50	1.47
172	Cayman Islands	1.50	1.50
173	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.50	1.51
174	Iceland	1.49	1.48
175	Cuba	1.49	1.46
176	Switzerland	1.49	1.45
177	Sweden	1.49	1.45
178	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.49	1.49
179	North Macedonia	1.49	1.48
180	Netherlands	1.48	1.45
181	Kuwait	1.48	1.48
182	Montserrat	1.48	1.46
183	French Polynesia	1.48	1.46
184	Estonia	1.47	1.40
185	Cabo Verde	1.47	1.47
186	Dominica	1.47	1.46
187	Norway	1.47	1.43
188	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.45	1.44
189	Grenada	1.45	1.44
190	Bermuda	1.45	1.42
191	Belgium	1.45	1.41
192	Luxembourg	1.45	1.42
193	Jersey	1.44	1.40
194	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.44	1.43
195	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.43	1.42
196	Bhutan	1.43	1.42
197	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.42	1.39
198	Guernsey	1.41	1.38
199	Uruguay	1.40	1.38
200	Austria	1.40	1.35
201	Latvia	1.40	1.37
202	Cyprus	1.38	1.36
203	Greece	1.38	1.35
204	Saint Lucia	1.38	1.36
205	Bahamas	1.38	1.35
206	Anguilla	1.37	1.34
207	Finland	1.37	1.32
208	Albania	1.36	1.32
209	Jamaica	1.36	1.33
210	Poland	1.36	1.32
211	Canada	1.35	1.32
212	Costa Rica	1.34	1.30
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.34	1.29
214	Belarus	1.32	1.25
215	Japan	1.31	1.25
216	Italy	1.30	1.24
217	Spain	1.30	1.25
218	Lithuania	1.30	1.24
219	United Arab Emirates	1.28	1.22
220	Mauritius	1.26	1.21
221	San Marino	1.24	1.19
222	Thailand	1.24	1.19
223	Malta	1.20	1.14
224	Andorra	1.18	1.12
225	Chile	1.18	1.12
226	Curaçao	1.15	1.08
227	British Virgin Islands	1.15	1.08
228	China	1.12	1.05
229	Ukraine	1.07	1.02
230	Singapore	1.07	0.99
231	Puerto Rico	1.04	0.95
232	Holy See	1.00	1.00
233	Saint Barthélemy	0.97	0.86
234	China, Taiwan Province of China	0.97	0.88
235	Republic of Korea	0.91	0.79
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.86	0.77
237	China, Macao SAR	0.82	0.72

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