Total fertility rate by country, 2044

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

◀▶2044

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2034
1	Chad	4.24	5.06
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4.06	4.99
3	Somalia	3.99	4.94
4	Central African Republic	3.78	4.78
5	Mali	3.75	4.60
6	Niger	3.59	4.55
7	Angola	3.53	4.24
8	Mayotte	3.50	3.96
9	United Republic of Tanzania	3.46	3.94
10	Mauritania	3.39	3.97
11	Afghanistan	3.35	3.95
12	Benin	3.31	3.79
13	Côte d'Ivoire	3.27	3.69
14	Togo	3.23	3.61
15	Burundi	3.22	3.85
16	Mozambique	3.22	3.89
17	Congo	3.20	3.59
18	Sudan	3.20	3.66
19	Cameroon	3.17	3.65
20	Yemen	3.07	3.66
21	Samoa	3.04	3.39
22	Zambia	3.00	3.45
23	Senegal	2.99	3.32
24	Madagascar	2.99	3.36
25	Vanuatu	2.94	3.21
26	Comoros	2.93	3.31
27	Guinea	2.90	3.38
28	Equatorial Guinea	2.90	3.40
29	Nigeria	2.89	3.48
30	Zimbabwe	2.87	3.21
31	Uganda	2.82	3.31
32	Burkina Faso	2.81	3.31
33	Liberia	2.80	3.20
34	Gabon	2.78	3.12
35	Rwanda	2.78	3.15
36	Eritrea	2.77	3.13
37	Solomon Islands	2.76	3.08
38	Ethiopia	2.75	3.19
39	Sao Tome and Principe	2.75	3.09
40	Guinea-Bissau	2.74	3.15
41	Pakistan	2.74	3.08
42	Uzbekistan	2.72	3.05
43	South Sudan	2.72	3.15
44	Malawi	2.70	3.05
45	French Guiana	2.69	2.97
46	Ghana	2.68	2.96
47	Nauru	2.65	2.92
48	Sierra Leone	2.62	3.02
49	Tuvalu	2.61	2.84
50	Kiribati	2.60	2.84
51	Iraq	2.57	2.83
52	Gambia	2.56	3.03
53	Tonga	2.56	2.80
54	Namibia	2.56	2.84
55	Kazakhstan	2.50	2.71
56	Kenya	2.50	2.78
57	Papua New Guinea	2.48	2.73
58	State of Palestine	2.48	2.78
59	Tajikistan	2.46	2.70
60	Israel	2.39	2.56
61	Kyrgyzstan	2.33	2.52
62	Egypt	2.31	2.50
63	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.25	2.47
64	Guam	2.23	2.45
65	Marshall Islands	2.23	2.47
66	Lesotho	2.22	2.41
67	Tokelau	2.21	2.36
68	Turkmenistan	2.21	2.39
69	Eswatini	2.18	2.40
70	Botswana	2.17	2.38
71	Syrian Arab Republic	2.14	2.36
72	Haiti	2.14	2.33
73	Saint Martin (French part)	2.13	2.33
74	Djibouti	2.13	2.31
75	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.13	2.30
76	Cambodia	2.11	2.29
77	Algeria	2.08	2.32
78	Niue	2.08	2.26
79	Paraguay	2.08	2.22
80	Jordan	2.08	2.30
81	Honduras	2.07	2.24
82	Mongolia	2.07	2.28
83	Guyana	2.05	2.18
84	Faroe Islands	2.01	2.09
85	Timor-Leste	1.99	2.19
86	Fiji	1.98	2.10
87	Monaco	1.98	2.03
88	Oman	1.97	2.16
89	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.95	2.12
90	Lebanon	1.95	2.06
91	South Africa	1.95	2.05
92	American Samoa	1.95	2.08
93	Suriname	1.94	2.05
94	Northern Mariana Islands	1.94	2.04
95	Saudi Arabia	1.93	2.09
96	Réunion	1.93	2.00
97	Guatemala	1.92	2.06
98	Guadeloupe	1.91	1.96
99	Dominican Republic	1.91	2.02
100	Nicaragua	1.90	2.01
101	Morocco	1.90	2.02
102	Panama	1.89	1.96
103	Western Sahara	1.89	2.00
104	Indonesia	1.88	1.97
105	United States Virgin Islands	1.87	1.95
106	Seychelles	1.86	1.93
107	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	1.86	1.95
108	Myanmar	1.86	1.94
109	Martinique	1.85	1.89
110	Libya	1.85	1.99
111	Bangladesh	1.84	1.95
112	Gibraltar	1.83	1.85
113	Greenland	1.81	1.84
114	Belize	1.81	1.89
115	Cook Islands	1.80	1.87
116	New Caledonia	1.80	1.85
117	Sri Lanka	1.79	1.85
118	India	1.78	1.84
119	Peru	1.77	1.83
120	Nepal	1.76	1.82
121	Viet Nam	1.76	1.79
122	Philippines	1.75	1.80
123	Montenegro	1.74	1.77
124	Palau	1.73	1.76
125	Georgia	1.72	1.73
126	Mexico	1.72	1.76
127	Tunisia	1.71	1.73
128	Armenia	1.70	1.70
129	Bulgaria	1.70	1.73
130	Republic of Moldova	1.70	1.71
131	Ecuador	1.69	1.72
132	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.69	1.69
133	Romania	1.69	1.70
134	Bahrain	1.68	1.71
135	Barbados	1.68	1.69
136	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.68	1.71
137	El Salvador	1.66	1.69
138	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.66	1.68
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	1.61
147	Brunei Darussalam	1.62	1.64
148	Türkiye	1.61	1.61
149	New Zealand	1.61	1.62
150	Ireland	1.60	1.60
151	Slovakia	1.60	1.59
152	Slovenia	1.60	1.59
153	Antigua and Barbuda	1.57	1.56
154	Colombia	1.57	1.57
155	Denmark	1.57	1.55
156	Brazil	1.57	1.57
157	Portugal	1.57	1.55
158	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.56	1.53
159	Liechtenstein	1.56	1.55
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	Germany	1.53	1.49
166	Isle of Man	1.53	1.52
167	Russian Federation	1.53	1.50
168	Malaysia	1.52	1.50
169	Maldives	1.52	1.52
170	Croatia	1.51	1.49
171	Cayman Islands	1.51	1.50
172	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.51	1.50
173	Switzerland	1.51	1.48
174	Sweden	1.51	1.48
175	Trinidad and Tobago	1.51	1.51
176	Iceland	1.50	1.48
177	Netherlands	1.50	1.48
178	Cuba	1.50	1.48
179	Kuwait	1.50	1.48
180	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.50	1.48
181	Montserrat	1.50	1.48
182	North Macedonia	1.50	1.49
183	Estonia	1.49	1.44
184	Cabo Verde	1.49	1.47
185	French Polynesia	1.49	1.47
186	Dominica	1.48	1.46
187	Norway	1.48	1.45
188	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.47	1.45
189	Grenada	1.47	1.44
190	Belgium	1.47	1.44
191	Luxembourg	1.47	1.45
192	Jersey	1.46	1.42
193	Bermuda	1.46	1.44
194	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.45	1.43
195	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.44	1.42
196	Bhutan	1.44	1.42
197	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.43	1.41
198	Guernsey	1.43	1.40
199	Uruguay	1.42	1.39
200	Austria	1.42	1.38
201	Latvia	1.42	1.39
202	Cyprus	1.40	1.37
203	Greece	1.40	1.37
204	Saint Lucia	1.40	1.38
205	Bahamas	1.40	1.37
206	Anguilla	1.39	1.35
207	Finland	1.39	1.35
208	Albania	1.38	1.34
209	Jamaica	1.38	1.34
210	Poland	1.38	1.35
211	Canada	1.37	1.34
212	Costa Rica	1.37	1.32
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.36	1.32
214	Belarus	1.35	1.29
215	Spain	1.34	1.29
216	Lithuania	1.33	1.28
217	Italy	1.32	1.27
218	Japan	1.32	1.28
219	United Arab Emirates	1.30	1.25
220	Mauritius	1.29	1.23
221	San Marino	1.27	1.22
222	Thailand	1.27	1.22
223	Malta	1.23	1.17
224	Andorra	1.22	1.16
225	Chile	1.21	1.15
226	Curaçao	1.19	1.12
227	British Virgin Islands	1.19	1.13
228	China	1.15	1.09
229	Ukraine	1.11	1.05
230	Singapore	1.11	1.04
231	Puerto Rico	1.08	1.01
232	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.03	0.93
233	Saint Barthélemy	1.02	0.93
234	Holy See	1.00	1.00
235	Republic of Korea	0.97	0.86
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.92	0.82
237	China, Macao SAR	0.87	0.78

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