Total fertility rate by country, 2056

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

◀▶2056

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2046
1	Chad	3.51	4.10
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.32	3.92
3	Somalia	3.27	3.84
4	Mayotte	3.07	3.41
5	Mali	3.06	3.62
6	United Republic of Tanzania	3.04	3.39
7	Central African Republic	3.04	3.63
8	Angola	3.00	3.43
9	Niger	2.93	3.46
10	Mauritania	2.92	3.30
11	Côte d'Ivoire	2.89	3.20
12	Afghanistan	2.88	3.26
13	Togo	2.88	3.17
14	Benin	2.87	3.23
15	Congo	2.84	3.13
16	Sudan	2.83	3.13
17	Cameroon	2.78	3.09
18	Burundi	2.76	3.13
19	Samoa	2.72	2.98
20	Vanuatu	2.69	2.90
21	Mozambique	2.69	3.11
22	Senegal	2.68	2.93
23	Zambia	2.67	2.93
24	Madagascar	2.67	2.92
25	Yemen	2.61	2.97
26	Comoros	2.60	2.87
27	Guinea	2.55	2.82
28	Zimbabwe	2.55	2.81
29	Equatorial Guinea	2.52	2.83
30	Gabon	2.48	2.73
31	Solomon Islands	2.48	2.71
32	Nigeria	2.48	2.80
33	Liberia	2.48	2.73
34	Eritrea	2.47	2.71
35	Sao Tome and Principe	2.47	2.70
36	Burkina Faso	2.47	2.73
37	French Guiana	2.47	2.65
38	Pakistan	2.46	2.69
39	Rwanda	2.45	2.72
40	Uganda	2.44	2.74
41	Ghana	2.43	2.64
42	Uzbekistan	2.42	2.66
43	Guinea-Bissau	2.42	2.67
44	Nauru	2.42	2.61
45	Malawi	2.42	2.64
46	South Sudan	2.42	2.66
47	Ethiopia	2.40	2.68
48	Kiribati	2.38	2.56
49	Tuvalu	2.37	2.57
50	Tonga	2.36	2.52
51	Iraq	2.33	2.52
52	Namibia	2.33	2.51
53	Sierra Leone	2.32	2.55
54	Kazakhstan	2.30	2.47
55	Papua New Guinea	2.27	2.44
56	Gambia	2.25	2.49
57	Tajikistan	2.25	2.42
58	Israel	2.24	2.36
59	Kenya	2.24	2.44
60	State of Palestine	2.22	2.43
61	Kyrgyzstan	2.15	2.29
62	Egypt	2.13	2.27
63	Guam	2.08	2.20
64	Tokelau	2.07	2.18
65	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.07	2.21
66	Lesotho	2.07	2.19
67	Turkmenistan	2.06	2.18
68	Marshall Islands	2.02	2.19
69	Eswatini	2.01	2.14
70	Haiti	2.00	2.11
71	Botswana	2.00	2.14
72	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.00	2.11
73	Cambodia	1.98	2.08
74	Saint Martin (French part)	1.98	2.10
75	Djibouti	1.98	2.10
76	Syrian Arab Republic	1.98	2.11
77	Paraguay	1.97	2.06
78	Niue	1.95	2.06
79	Honduras	1.95	2.05
80	Algeria	1.94	2.05
81	Faroe Islands	1.94	1.99
82	Monaco	1.94	1.97
83	Mongolia	1.94	2.04
84	Guyana	1.93	2.02
85	Jordan	1.93	2.05
86	Fiji	1.89	1.96
87	Réunion	1.88	1.93
88	Northern Mariana Islands	1.88	1.93
89	Timor-Leste	1.87	1.96
90	American Samoa	1.87	1.94
91	Oman	1.86	1.95
92	Guadeloupe	1.86	1.90
93	Suriname	1.86	1.92
94	Lebanon	1.86	1.93
95	South Africa	1.86	1.93
96	Guatemala	1.84	1.91
97	Dominican Republic	1.84	1.89
98	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.84	1.92
99	Saudi Arabia	1.83	1.91
100	Panama	1.83	1.88
101	Morocco	1.83	1.89
102	Indonesia	1.82	1.87
103	Nicaragua	1.82	1.89
104	Western Sahara	1.82	1.87
105	United States Virgin Islands	1.82	1.86
106	Seychelles	1.81	1.85
107	Martinique	1.81	1.85
108	Gibraltar	1.80	1.82
109	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	1.80	1.85
110	Myanmar	1.80	1.85
111	Bangladesh	1.79	1.83
112	Libya	1.79	1.84
113	Greenland	1.78	1.80
114	New Caledonia	1.76	1.79
115	Belize	1.76	1.80
116	Cook Islands	1.75	1.80
117	Sri Lanka	1.75	1.79
118	India	1.74	1.78
119	Viet Nam	1.74	1.76
120	Peru	1.73	1.76
121	Nepal	1.72	1.75
122	Philippines	1.72	1.75
123	Montenegro	1.72	1.74
124	Palau	1.71	1.73
125	Georgia	1.70	1.71
126	Tunisia	1.70	1.71
127	Bulgaria	1.70	1.70
128	Republic of Moldova	1.70	1.70
129	Armenia	1.69	1.69
130	Mexico	1.69	1.71
131	Romania	1.68	1.69
132	Ecuador	1.67	1.69
133	Barbados	1.67	1.68
134	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.67	1.68
135	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.67	1.68
136	Bahrain	1.66	1.67
137	El Salvador	1.65	1.66
138	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.65	1.66
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	1.63
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	1.61
148	Brunei Darussalam	1.62	1.62
149	Slovakia	1.61	1.60
150	Slovenia	1.61	1.60
151	Türkiye	1.61	1.62
152	Ireland	1.60	1.60
153	Denmark	1.59	1.57
154	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58	1.57
155	Colombia	1.58	1.57
156	Czechia	1.58	1.56
157	Portugal	1.58	1.57
158	Serbia	1.57	1.56
159	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.57	1.56
160	Liechtenstein	1.57	1.56
161	United Kingdom	1.56	1.54
162	Hungary	1.56	1.55
163	Brazil	1.56	1.57
164	Argentina	1.55	1.53
165	Germany	1.55	1.53
166	Isle of Man	1.55	1.53
167	Russian Federation	1.55	1.53
168	Maldives	1.54	1.53
169	Netherlands	1.53	1.50
170	Cuba	1.53	1.51
171	Croatia	1.53	1.51
172	Cayman Islands	1.53	1.51
173	Switzerland	1.53	1.51
174	Sweden	1.53	1.51
175	Malaysia	1.53	1.52
176	Estonia	1.52	1.50
177	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.52	1.50
178	Trinidad and Tobago	1.52	1.51
179	Montserrat	1.52	1.50
180	North Macedonia	1.52	1.51
181	Iceland	1.51	1.50
182	Kuwait	1.51	1.50
183	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.51	1.50
184	Dominica	1.51	1.49
185	Norway	1.51	1.49
186	Cabo Verde	1.50	1.49
187	Belgium	1.50	1.48
188	French Polynesia	1.50	1.49
189	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.49	1.48
190	Grenada	1.49	1.47
191	Jersey	1.49	1.46
192	Luxembourg	1.49	1.47
193	Bermuda	1.48	1.46
194	Bhutan	1.48	1.45
195	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.47	1.44
196	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.47	1.45
197	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.47	1.46
198	Guernsey	1.46	1.44
199	Latvia	1.46	1.43
200	Uruguay	1.45	1.42
201	Austria	1.45	1.42
202	Cyprus	1.44	1.41
203	Anguilla	1.43	1.40
204	Greece	1.43	1.40
205	Saint Lucia	1.43	1.41
206	Finland	1.43	1.40
207	Jamaica	1.42	1.39
208	Bahamas	1.42	1.40
209	Albania	1.41	1.39
210	Canada	1.41	1.38
211	Poland	1.41	1.39
212	Costa Rica	1.40	1.37
213	Belarus	1.40	1.36
214	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.39	1.37
215	Spain	1.38	1.35
216	Lithuania	1.38	1.34
217	Italy	1.37	1.33
218	Japan	1.37	1.33
219	United Arab Emirates	1.35	1.31
220	Mauritius	1.34	1.30
221	San Marino	1.32	1.28
222	Thailand	1.32	1.27
223	Malta	1.28	1.24
224	Andorra	1.27	1.23
225	Chile	1.27	1.22
226	Curaçao	1.25	1.21
227	British Virgin Islands	1.25	1.20
228	China	1.21	1.16
229	Singapore	1.18	1.13
230	Ukraine	1.16	1.12
231	Puerto Rico	1.16	1.10
232	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.12	1.05
233	Saint Barthélemy	1.11	1.04
234	Republic of Korea	1.07	0.99
235	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.00	0.93
236	Holy See	0.99	0.99
237	China, Macao SAR	0.95	0.88

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