Total fertility rate by country, 2048

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

◀▶2048

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2038
1	Chad	3.97	4.72
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.78	4.55
3	Somalia	3.71	4.52
4	Mali	3.49	4.24
5	Central African Republic	3.49	4.35
6	Niger	3.34	4.10
7	Mayotte	3.34	3.76
8	Angola	3.33	3.94
9	United Republic of Tanzania	3.31	3.72
10	Mauritania	3.21	3.71
11	Afghanistan	3.18	3.68
12	Benin	3.14	3.57
13	Côte d'Ivoire	3.13	3.51
14	Togo	3.10	3.44
15	Sudan	3.07	3.45
16	Congo	3.06	3.42
17	Burundi	3.04	3.55
18	Cameroon	3.02	3.44
19	Mozambique	3.01	3.60
20	Samoa	2.92	3.24
21	Yemen	2.89	3.38
22	Zambia	2.87	3.25
23	Senegal	2.87	3.17
24	Madagascar	2.87	3.20
25	Vanuatu	2.85	3.10
26	Comoros	2.81	3.15
27	Guinea	2.76	3.16
28	Equatorial Guinea	2.76	3.18
29	Zimbabwe	2.75	3.06
30	Nigeria	2.72	3.21
31	Liberia	2.68	3.02
32	Uganda	2.67	3.09
33	Gabon	2.67	2.97
34	Burkina Faso	2.67	3.05
35	Rwanda	2.67	2.99
36	Solomon Islands	2.66	2.94
37	Eritrea	2.65	2.97
38	Sao Tome and Principe	2.64	2.94
39	Pakistan	2.63	2.94
40	Ethiopia	2.62	2.99
41	Guinea-Bissau	2.62	2.95
42	French Guiana	2.61	2.84
43	Uzbekistan	2.60	2.91
44	South Sudan	2.60	2.96
45	Ghana	2.59	2.84
46	Malawi	2.59	2.90
47	Nauru	2.56	2.80
48	Kiribati	2.52	2.75
49	Tuvalu	2.52	2.74
50	Sierra Leone	2.50	2.84
51	Tonga	2.49	2.70
52	Iraq	2.48	2.71
53	Namibia	2.47	2.72
54	Kazakhstan	2.43	2.62
55	Gambia	2.43	2.81
56	Kenya	2.40	2.66
57	Papua New Guinea	2.40	2.61
58	Tajikistan	2.38	2.60
59	State of Palestine	2.38	2.65
60	Israel	2.34	2.49
61	Kyrgyzstan	2.26	2.43
62	Egypt	2.24	2.42
63	Guam	2.18	2.35
64	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.18	2.38
65	Lesotho	2.17	2.32
66	Tokelau	2.16	2.29
67	Turkmenistan	2.15	2.31
68	Marshall Islands	2.15	2.36
69	Eswatini	2.11	2.30
70	Botswana	2.11	2.28
71	Haiti	2.09	2.24
72	Djibouti	2.08	2.23
73	Syrian Arab Republic	2.08	2.26
74	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.08	2.23
75	Saint Martin (French part)	2.07	2.23
76	Cambodia	2.06	2.20
77	Paraguay	2.04	2.16
78	Algeria	2.03	2.21
79	Niue	2.03	2.18
80	Honduras	2.02	2.16
81	Jordan	2.02	2.21
82	Mongolia	2.01	2.18
83	Guyana	2.00	2.12
84	Faroe Islands	1.98	2.06
85	Monaco	1.97	2.01
86	Fiji	1.94	2.05
87	Timor-Leste	1.94	2.09
88	Oman	1.92	2.07
89	Lebanon	1.92	2.01
90	Réunion	1.92	1.97
91	American Samoa	1.92	2.02
92	Northern Mariana Islands	1.92	1.99
93	South Africa	1.91	2.00
94	Guadeloupe	1.90	1.93
95	Suriname	1.90	2.00
96	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.90	2.04
97	Guatemala	1.89	2.00
98	Saudi Arabia	1.89	2.01
99	Dominican Republic	1.88	1.96
100	Morocco	1.88	1.96
101	Nicaragua	1.87	1.96
102	Panama	1.87	1.93
103	Indonesia	1.86	1.93
104	Western Sahara	1.86	1.94
105	United States Virgin Islands	1.85	1.91
106	Seychelles	1.84	1.89
107	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	1.84	1.91
108	Martinique	1.84	1.87
109	Myanmar	1.84	1.91
110	Libya	1.83	1.92
111	Gibraltar	1.82	1.84
112	Bangladesh	1.82	1.90
113	Greenland	1.80	1.82
114	Cook Islands	1.79	1.84
115	Belize	1.79	1.85
116	Sri Lanka	1.78	1.82
117	New Caledonia	1.78	1.83
118	India	1.77	1.81
119	Viet Nam	1.75	1.77
120	Peru	1.75	1.81
121	Nepal	1.74	1.79
122	Philippines	1.74	1.78
123	Montenegro	1.73	1.75
124	Palau	1.72	1.74
125	Georgia	1.71	1.72
126	Tunisia	1.70	1.72
127	Bulgaria	1.70	1.71
128	Mexico	1.70	1.74
129	Republic of Moldova	1.70	1.71
130	Armenia	1.69	1.70
131	Ecuador	1.69	1.71
132	Barbados	1.68	1.69
133	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.68	1.69
134	Romania	1.68	1.69
135	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.67	1.69
136	El Salvador	1.66	1.67
137	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.66	1.67
138	Bahrain	1.66	1.69
139	France	1.65	1.64
140	United States of America	1.64	1.64
141	Australia	1.64	1.64
142	Azerbaijan	1.63	1.64
143	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.63	1.63
144	Qatar	1.63	1.63
145	Saint Helena	1.63	1.63
146	Aruba	1.62	1.61
147	Türkiye	1.62	1.61
148	Brunei Darussalam	1.62	1.64
149	New Zealand	1.61	1.61
150	Ireland	1.60	1.60
151	Slovakia	1.60	1.59
152	Slovenia	1.60	1.59
153	Colombia	1.58	1.57
154	Antigua and Barbuda	1.57	1.57
155	Denmark	1.57	1.55
156	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.57	1.54
157	Portugal	1.57	1.56
158	Serbia	1.56	1.54
159	Czechia	1.56	1.54
160	Brazil	1.56	1.57
161	Liechtenstein	1.56	1.55
162	Hungary	1.55	1.53
163	United Kingdom	1.54	1.53
164	Germany	1.54	1.51
165	Maldives	1.54	1.52
166	Russian Federation	1.54	1.51
167	Argentina	1.53	1.52
168	Malaysia	1.53	1.51
169	Isle of Man	1.53	1.52
170	Croatia	1.52	1.50
171	Cayman Islands	1.52	1.50
172	Switzerland	1.52	1.49
173	Sweden	1.52	1.49
174	Trinidad and Tobago	1.52	1.51
175	Netherlands	1.51	1.48
176	Cuba	1.51	1.49
177	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.51	1.50
178	North Macedonia	1.51	1.49
179	Iceland	1.50	1.49
180	Estonia	1.50	1.47
181	Cabo Verde	1.50	1.47
182	Kuwait	1.50	1.48
183	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.50	1.49
184	Montserrat	1.50	1.48
185	Dominica	1.49	1.47
186	Norway	1.49	1.47
187	French Polynesia	1.49	1.48
188	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.48	1.45
189	Belgium	1.48	1.45
190	Luxembourg	1.48	1.45
191	Grenada	1.47	1.45
192	Jersey	1.47	1.44
193	Bermuda	1.47	1.45
194	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.46	1.44
195	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.45	1.42
196	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.45	1.43
197	Bhutan	1.45	1.43
198	Guernsey	1.44	1.41
199	Latvia	1.44	1.40
200	Uruguay	1.43	1.40
201	Austria	1.43	1.40
202	Cyprus	1.42	1.38
203	Greece	1.41	1.38
204	Saint Lucia	1.41	1.38
205	Bahamas	1.41	1.38
206	Finland	1.41	1.37
207	Anguilla	1.40	1.37
208	Jamaica	1.40	1.36
209	Albania	1.39	1.36
210	Canada	1.39	1.35
211	Poland	1.39	1.36
212	Costa Rica	1.38	1.34
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.37	1.34
214	Belarus	1.37	1.32
215	Spain	1.35	1.30
216	Italy	1.34	1.30
217	Lithuania	1.34	1.30
218	Japan	1.34	1.31
219	United Arab Emirates	1.32	1.28
220	Mauritius	1.31	1.26
221	San Marino	1.29	1.24
222	Thailand	1.28	1.24
223	Malta	1.25	1.20
224	Andorra	1.24	1.18
225	Chile	1.23	1.18
226	Curaçao	1.21	1.15
227	British Virgin Islands	1.21	1.15
228	China	1.17	1.12
229	Singapore	1.14	1.07
230	Ukraine	1.13	1.07
231	Puerto Rico	1.11	1.04
232	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.06	0.97
233	Saint Barthélemy	1.05	0.97
234	Republic of Korea	1.01	0.91
235	Holy See	0.99	1.00
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.95	0.86
237	China, Macao SAR	0.89	0.82

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