Total fertility rate by country, 2043

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

◀▶2043

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2033
1	Chad	4.32	5.15
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4.14	5.09
3	Somalia	4.07	5.04
4	Central African Republic	3.86	4.91
5	Mali	3.82	4.70
6	Niger	3.66	4.69
7	Angola	3.59	4.31
8	Mayotte	3.54	4.01
9	United Republic of Tanzania	3.49	3.98
10	Mauritania	3.45	4.02
11	Afghanistan	3.39	4.00
12	Benin	3.35	3.85
13	Côte d'Ivoire	3.31	3.75
14	Mozambique	3.28	3.97
15	Togo	3.27	3.65
16	Burundi	3.27	3.96
17	Congo	3.24	3.64
18	Sudan	3.24	3.70
19	Cameroon	3.21	3.70
20	Yemen	3.12	3.73
21	Samoa	3.06	3.43
22	Zambia	3.03	3.50
23	Senegal	3.02	3.35
24	Madagascar	3.02	3.41
25	Comoros	2.97	3.36
26	Vanuatu	2.97	3.25
27	Guinea	2.94	3.45
28	Nigeria	2.94	3.56
29	Equatorial Guinea	2.94	3.46
30	Zimbabwe	2.90	3.25
31	Uganda	2.86	3.38
32	Burkina Faso	2.84	3.38
33	Liberia	2.83	3.25
34	Gabon	2.81	3.16
35	Rwanda	2.81	3.19
36	Eritrea	2.80	3.18
37	Ethiopia	2.79	3.24
38	Solomon Islands	2.79	3.12
39	Sao Tome and Principe	2.78	3.13
40	Guinea-Bissau	2.77	3.20
41	Pakistan	2.77	3.12
42	South Sudan	2.76	3.20
43	Uzbekistan	2.75	3.09
44	Malawi	2.73	3.09
45	French Guiana	2.72	3.00
46	Ghana	2.71	2.99
47	Nauru	2.67	2.95
48	Sierra Leone	2.65	3.07
49	Tuvalu	2.63	2.88
50	Kiribati	2.62	2.87
51	Iraq	2.59	2.86
52	Gambia	2.59	3.10
53	Tonga	2.59	2.82
54	Namibia	2.58	2.88
55	Kenya	2.53	2.82
56	Kazakhstan	2.52	2.74
57	State of Palestine	2.51	2.81
58	Tajikistan	2.49	2.73
59	Papua New Guinea	2.49	2.75
60	Israel	2.41	2.58
61	Kyrgyzstan	2.35	2.54
62	Egypt	2.33	2.52
63	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.27	2.49
64	Guam	2.25	2.47
65	Marshall Islands	2.24	2.50
66	Lesotho	2.24	2.43
67	Tokelau	2.22	2.38
68	Turkmenistan	2.22	2.41
69	Eswatini	2.20	2.42
70	Botswana	2.18	2.40
71	Syrian Arab Republic	2.16	2.39
72	Haiti	2.16	2.35
73	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.15	2.32
74	Saint Martin (French part)	2.14	2.35
75	Djibouti	2.14	2.33
76	Cambodia	2.12	2.31
77	Algeria	2.10	2.34
78	Niue	2.10	2.28
79	Jordan	2.10	2.33
80	Paraguay	2.09	2.24
81	Honduras	2.09	2.26
82	Mongolia	2.08	2.30
83	Guyana	2.06	2.20
84	Faroe Islands	2.01	2.10
85	Timor-Leste	2.00	2.22
86	Fiji	1.99	2.12
87	Monaco	1.99	2.04
88	Oman	1.98	2.19
89	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.96	2.14
90	Lebanon	1.96	2.08
91	South Africa	1.96	2.06
92	American Samoa	1.96	2.10
93	Suriname	1.95	2.06
94	Northern Mariana Islands	1.95	2.06
95	Saudi Arabia	1.94	2.11
96	Réunion	1.94	2.01
97	Guatemala	1.93	2.08
98	Dominican Republic	1.92	2.03
99	Guadeloupe	1.91	1.97
100	Nicaragua	1.91	2.02
101	Morocco	1.91	2.03
102	Western Sahara	1.90	2.01
103	Indonesia	1.89	1.98
104	Panama	1.89	1.97
105	United States Virgin Islands	1.88	1.96
106	Seychelles	1.87	1.94
107	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	1.87	1.96
108	Myanmar	1.87	1.96
109	Libya	1.87	2.01
110	Bangladesh	1.85	1.96
111	Martinique	1.85	1.89
112	Gibraltar	1.83	1.85
113	Cook Islands	1.81	1.88
114	Greenland	1.81	1.84
115	Belize	1.81	1.90
116	Sri Lanka	1.80	1.85
117	New Caledonia	1.80	1.86
118	India	1.79	1.85
119	Peru	1.78	1.84
120	Nepal	1.76	1.83
121	Philippines	1.76	1.80
122	Viet Nam	1.76	1.79
123	Montenegro	1.74	1.77
124	Palau	1.73	1.76
125	Georgia	1.72	1.74
126	Mexico	1.72	1.77
127	Tunisia	1.71	1.74
128	Bulgaria	1.71	1.73
129	Armenia	1.70	1.70
130	Ecuador	1.70	1.73
131	Republic of Moldova	1.70	1.71
132	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.69	1.69
133	Romania	1.69	1.70
134	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.69	1.71
135	Bahrain	1.68	1.71
136	Barbados	1.68	1.69
137	El Salvador	1.67	1.69
138	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.67	1.69
139	France	1.65	1.64
140	Azerbaijan	1.64	1.65
141	United States of America	1.64	1.63
142	Australia	1.64	1.64
143	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.63	1.63
144	Qatar	1.63	1.64
145	Saint Helena	1.63	1.63
146	Aruba	1.62	1.60
147	New Zealand	1.62	1.62
148	Brunei Darussalam	1.62	1.65
149	Türkiye	1.61	1.61
150	Ireland	1.60	1.60
151	Slovenia	1.60	1.59
152	Slovakia	1.59	1.59
153	Antigua and Barbuda	1.57	1.56
154	Colombia	1.57	1.57
155	Denmark	1.57	1.54
156	Brazil	1.57	1.57
157	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.56	1.53
158	Portugal	1.56	1.54
159	Liechtenstein	1.56	1.54
160	Serbia	1.55	1.53
161	Czechia	1.55	1.52
162	United Kingdom	1.54	1.53
163	Hungary	1.54	1.52
164	Argentina	1.53	1.52
165	Isle of Man	1.53	1.51
166	Germany	1.52	1.49
167	Malaysia	1.52	1.50
168	Maldives	1.52	1.51
169	Russian Federation	1.52	1.50
170	Croatia	1.51	1.48
171	Cayman Islands	1.51	1.50
172	Switzerland	1.51	1.47
173	Trinidad and Tobago	1.51	1.51
174	Netherlands	1.50	1.47
175	Cuba	1.50	1.48
176	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.50	1.50
177	Sweden	1.50	1.47
178	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.50	1.48
179	North Macedonia	1.50	1.49
180	Iceland	1.49	1.48
181	Cabo Verde	1.49	1.47
182	Kuwait	1.49	1.48
183	Montserrat	1.49	1.48
184	French Polynesia	1.49	1.47
185	Estonia	1.48	1.44
186	Dominica	1.48	1.46
187	Norway	1.48	1.45
188	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.47	1.44
189	Grenada	1.47	1.44
190	Belgium	1.47	1.43
191	Luxembourg	1.47	1.44
192	Jersey	1.46	1.42
193	Bermuda	1.46	1.43
194	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.44	1.42
195	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.44	1.43
196	Bhutan	1.44	1.42
197	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.43	1.41
198	Uruguay	1.42	1.39
199	Austria	1.42	1.38
200	Guernsey	1.42	1.40
201	Latvia	1.42	1.39
202	Cyprus	1.40	1.37
203	Greece	1.40	1.36
204	Saint Lucia	1.40	1.37
205	Bahamas	1.39	1.36
206	Finland	1.39	1.35
207	Albania	1.38	1.34
208	Anguilla	1.38	1.35
209	Jamaica	1.38	1.34
210	Poland	1.38	1.34
211	Canada	1.37	1.33
212	Costa Rica	1.36	1.32
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.35	1.32
214	Belarus	1.35	1.28
215	Spain	1.33	1.28
216	Italy	1.32	1.27
217	Lithuania	1.32	1.27
218	Japan	1.32	1.28
219	United Arab Emirates	1.30	1.25
220	Mauritius	1.28	1.23
221	San Marino	1.26	1.21
222	Thailand	1.26	1.22
223	Malta	1.22	1.17
224	Andorra	1.21	1.15
225	Chile	1.21	1.15
226	Curaçao	1.19	1.12
227	British Virgin Islands	1.18	1.12
228	China	1.15	1.08
229	Ukraine	1.10	1.05
230	Singapore	1.10	1.03
231	Puerto Rico	1.08	1.00
232	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.02	0.92
233	Saint Barthélemy	1.01	0.92
234	Holy See	0.99	1.00
235	Republic of Korea	0.96	0.85
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.91	0.82
237	China, Macao SAR	0.86	0.77

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