Total fertility rate by country, 2053

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

◀▶2053

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2043
1	Chad	3.67	4.32
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.48	4.14
3	Somalia	3.43	4.07
4	Mali	3.20	3.82
5	Central African Republic	3.19	3.86
6	Mayotte	3.17	3.54
7	United Republic of Tanzania	3.13	3.49
8	Angola	3.11	3.59
9	Niger	3.08	3.66
10	Mauritania	3.02	3.45
11	Afghanistan	2.98	3.39
12	Côte d'Ivoire	2.98	3.31
13	Togo	2.96	3.27
14	Benin	2.96	3.35
15	Congo	2.92	3.24
16	Sudan	2.91	3.24
17	Cameroon	2.87	3.21
18	Burundi	2.86	3.27
19	Mozambique	2.80	3.28
20	Samoa	2.79	3.06
21	Senegal	2.75	3.02
22	Vanuatu	2.75	2.97
23	Zambia	2.74	3.03
24	Madagascar	2.74	3.02
25	Yemen	2.70	3.12
26	Comoros	2.67	2.97
27	Guinea	2.63	2.94
28	Zimbabwe	2.62	2.90
29	Equatorial Guinea	2.60	2.94
30	Nigeria	2.57	2.94
31	Liberia	2.55	2.83
32	Gabon	2.54	2.81
33	Solomon Islands	2.54	2.79
34	Eritrea	2.53	2.80
35	Sao Tome and Principe	2.53	2.78
36	Burkina Faso	2.53	2.84
37	Uganda	2.52	2.86
38	Pakistan	2.52	2.77
39	Rwanda	2.52	2.81
40	French Guiana	2.52	2.72
41	Guinea-Bissau	2.49	2.77
42	Uzbekistan	2.48	2.75
43	Ghana	2.48	2.71
44	Nauru	2.48	2.67
45	Malawi	2.48	2.73
46	South Sudan	2.48	2.76
47	Ethiopia	2.47	2.79
48	Kiribati	2.44	2.62
49	Tuvalu	2.42	2.63
50	Tonga	2.40	2.59
51	Iraq	2.39	2.59
52	Sierra Leone	2.38	2.65
53	Namibia	2.38	2.58
54	Kazakhstan	2.34	2.52
55	Papua New Guinea	2.32	2.49
56	Gambia	2.31	2.59
57	Kenya	2.30	2.53
58	Tajikistan	2.30	2.49
59	Israel	2.28	2.41
60	State of Palestine	2.28	2.51
61	Kyrgyzstan	2.19	2.35
62	Egypt	2.17	2.33
63	Guam	2.11	2.25
64	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.11	2.27
65	Lesotho	2.11	2.24
66	Tokelau	2.10	2.22
67	Turkmenistan	2.09	2.22
68	Marshall Islands	2.06	2.24
69	Eswatini	2.04	2.20
70	Botswana	2.04	2.18
71	Haiti	2.03	2.16
72	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.03	2.15
73	Syrian Arab Republic	2.02	2.16
74	Saint Martin (French part)	2.01	2.14
75	Djibouti	2.01	2.14
76	Cambodia	2.00	2.12
77	Paraguay	1.99	2.09
78	Niue	1.98	2.10
79	Algeria	1.97	2.10
80	Honduras	1.97	2.09
81	Faroe Islands	1.96	2.01
82	Mongolia	1.96	2.08
83	Jordan	1.96	2.10
84	Guyana	1.95	2.06
85	Monaco	1.95	1.99
86	Fiji	1.91	1.99
87	Northern Mariana Islands	1.90	1.95
88	Réunion	1.89	1.94
89	Timor-Leste	1.89	2.00
90	Oman	1.88	1.98
91	Guadeloupe	1.88	1.91
92	Suriname	1.88	1.95
93	Lebanon	1.88	1.96
94	South Africa	1.88	1.96
95	American Samoa	1.88	1.96
96	Guatemala	1.86	1.93
97	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.86	1.96
98	Saudi Arabia	1.85	1.94
99	Dominican Republic	1.85	1.92
100	Morocco	1.85	1.91
101	Panama	1.84	1.89
102	Western Sahara	1.84	1.90
103	Indonesia	1.83	1.89
104	Nicaragua	1.83	1.91
105	United States Virgin Islands	1.83	1.88
106	Seychelles	1.82	1.87
107	Martinique	1.82	1.85
108	Gibraltar	1.81	1.83
109	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	1.81	1.87
110	Myanmar	1.81	1.87
111	Bangladesh	1.80	1.85
112	Libya	1.80	1.87
113	Greenland	1.79	1.81
114	New Caledonia	1.77	1.80
115	Belize	1.77	1.81
116	Cook Islands	1.76	1.81
117	Sri Lanka	1.76	1.80
118	India	1.75	1.79
119	Viet Nam	1.74	1.76
120	Peru	1.74	1.78
121	Nepal	1.73	1.76
122	Philippines	1.73	1.76
123	Montenegro	1.72	1.74
124	Palau	1.71	1.73
125	Georgia	1.70	1.72
126	Tunisia	1.70	1.71
127	Bulgaria	1.70	1.71
128	Mexico	1.70	1.72
129	Republic of Moldova	1.70	1.70
130	Armenia	1.69	1.70
131	Ecuador	1.68	1.70
132	Barbados	1.68	1.68
133	Romania	1.68	1.69
134	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.67	1.69
135	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.67	1.69
136	Bahrain	1.66	1.68
137	El Salvador	1.65	1.67
138	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.65	1.67
139	France	1.65	1.65
140	Azerbaijan	1.64	1.64
141	United States of America	1.64	1.64
142	Australia	1.64	1.64
143	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.63	1.63
144	Saint Helena	1.63	1.63
145	Aruba	1.62	1.62
146	Qatar	1.62	1.63
147	New Zealand	1.62	1.62
148	Slovakia	1.61	1.59
149	Slovenia	1.61	1.60
150	Türkiye	1.61	1.61
151	Brunei Darussalam	1.61	1.62
152	Ireland	1.60	1.60
153	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58	1.57
154	Colombia	1.58	1.57
155	Denmark	1.58	1.57
156	Portugal	1.58	1.56
157	Czechia	1.57	1.55
158	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.57	1.56
159	Serbia	1.56	1.55
160	Hungary	1.56	1.54
161	Brazil	1.56	1.57
162	Liechtenstein	1.56	1.56
163	United Kingdom	1.55	1.54
164	Argentina	1.54	1.53
165	Germany	1.54	1.52
166	Isle of Man	1.54	1.53
167	Maldives	1.54	1.52
168	Russian Federation	1.54	1.52
169	Cayman Islands	1.53	1.51
170	Switzerland	1.53	1.51
171	Malaysia	1.53	1.52
172	Netherlands	1.52	1.50
173	Cuba	1.52	1.50
174	Croatia	1.52	1.51
175	Sweden	1.52	1.50
176	Trinidad and Tobago	1.52	1.51
177	North Macedonia	1.52	1.50
178	Iceland	1.51	1.49
179	Estonia	1.51	1.48
180	Kuwait	1.51	1.49
181	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.51	1.50
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.51	1.50
183	Norway	1.51	1.48
184	Montserrat	1.51	1.49
185	Cabo Verde	1.50	1.49
186	Dominica	1.50	1.48
187	Belgium	1.50	1.47
188	French Polynesia	1.50	1.49
189	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.49	1.47
190	Grenada	1.49	1.47
191	Luxembourg	1.49	1.47
192	Jersey	1.48	1.46
193	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.47	1.44
194	Bermuda	1.47	1.46
195	Bhutan	1.47	1.44
196	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.46	1.43
197	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.46	1.44
198	Guernsey	1.45	1.42
199	Latvia	1.45	1.42
200	Uruguay	1.44	1.42
201	Austria	1.44	1.42
202	Cyprus	1.43	1.40
203	Saint Lucia	1.43	1.40
204	Anguilla	1.42	1.38
205	Greece	1.42	1.40
206	Bahamas	1.42	1.39
207	Finland	1.42	1.39
208	Albania	1.41	1.38
209	Jamaica	1.41	1.38
210	Canada	1.40	1.37
211	Poland	1.40	1.38
212	Costa Rica	1.39	1.36
213	Belarus	1.39	1.35
214	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.38	1.35
215	Spain	1.37	1.33
216	Lithuania	1.37	1.32
217	Italy	1.36	1.32
218	Japan	1.36	1.32
219	United Arab Emirates	1.34	1.30
220	Mauritius	1.32	1.28
221	San Marino	1.31	1.26
222	Thailand	1.30	1.26
223	Malta	1.27	1.22
224	Andorra	1.26	1.21
225	Chile	1.26	1.21
226	Curaçao	1.24	1.19
227	British Virgin Islands	1.23	1.18
228	China	1.20	1.15
229	Singapore	1.17	1.10
230	Ukraine	1.15	1.10
231	Puerto Rico	1.15	1.08
232	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.10	1.02
233	Saint Barthélemy	1.09	1.01
234	Republic of Korea	1.05	0.96
235	Holy See	0.98	0.99
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.98	0.91
237	China, Macao SAR	0.93	0.86

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