Total fertility rate by country, 2072

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

◀▶2072

#	Country / area	Total fertility rate	2062
1	Chad	2.86	3.23
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.71	3.06
3	Somalia	2.70	3.02
4	United Republic of Tanzania	2.68	2.90
5	Mayotte	2.65	2.89
6	Togo	2.57	2.75
7	Angola	2.56	2.80
8	Côte d'Ivoire	2.56	2.76
9	Mali	2.53	2.82
10	Congo	2.52	2.70
11	Benin	2.52	2.71
12	Mauritania	2.52	2.74
13	Sudan	2.50	2.69
14	Central African Republic	2.47	2.79
15	Afghanistan	2.46	2.70
16	Cameroon	2.45	2.64
17	Vanuatu	2.43	2.58
18	Niger	2.42	2.70
19	Samoa	2.39	2.59
20	Burundi	2.39	2.60
21	Zambia	2.38	2.55
22	Senegal	2.38	2.56
23	Madagascar	2.37	2.55
24	Mozambique	2.30	2.52
25	Comoros	2.29	2.48
26	Guinea	2.27	2.42
27	Zimbabwe	2.25	2.42
28	French Guiana	2.25	2.38
29	Yemen	2.24	2.45
30	Gabon	2.23	2.37
31	Liberia	2.23	2.37
32	Sao Tome and Principe	2.22	2.36
33	Solomon Islands	2.22	2.37
34	Nauru	2.20	2.33
35	Burkina Faso	2.20	2.35
36	Malawi	2.19	2.32
37	Eritrea	2.18	2.35
38	Kiribati	2.18	2.30
39	Pakistan	2.18	2.33
40	Equatorial Guinea	2.18	2.38
41	Uzbekistan	2.17	2.31
42	Ghana	2.17	2.31
43	Guinea-Bissau	2.17	2.32
44	Tuvalu	2.17	2.29
45	Nigeria	2.17	2.34
46	Tonga	2.16	2.28
47	Rwanda	2.16	2.33
48	Uganda	2.15	2.31
49	South Sudan	2.15	2.29
50	Ethiopia	2.13	2.28
51	Kazakhstan	2.13	2.23
52	Iraq	2.12	2.24
53	Namibia	2.11	2.23
54	Israel	2.08	2.17
55	Sierra Leone	2.08	2.22
56	Papua New Guinea	2.08	2.19
57	Tajikistan	2.05	2.17
58	Kenya	2.03	2.14
59	Gambia	2.01	2.14
60	Kyrgyzstan	2.00	2.08
61	State of Palestine	2.00	2.12
62	Egypt	1.99	2.07
63	Guam	1.96	2.03
64	Tokelau	1.95	2.02
65	Turkmenistan	1.93	2.00
66	Lesotho	1.93	2.00
67	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	1.92	2.01
68	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	1.90	1.95
69	Eswatini	1.89	1.96
70	Cambodia	1.89	1.93
71	Monaco	1.89	1.92
72	Saint Martin (French part)	1.88	1.94
73	Haiti	1.88	1.95
74	Faroe Islands	1.88	1.91
75	Paraguay	1.87	1.93
76	Botswana	1.87	1.94
77	Marshall Islands	1.87	1.95
78	Djibouti	1.86	1.93
79	Syrian Arab Republic	1.86	1.93
80	Honduras	1.86	1.91
81	Mongolia	1.86	1.90
82	Algeria	1.85	1.90
83	Guyana	1.85	1.89
84	Niue	1.84	1.90
85	Guadeloupe	1.83	1.85
86	Northern Mariana Islands	1.83	1.86
87	Fiji	1.82	1.87
88	Jordan	1.82	1.87
89	Réunion	1.82	1.86
90	Suriname	1.81	1.84
91	American Samoa	1.80	1.84
92	Oman	1.79	1.83
93	Panama	1.79	1.81
94	Lebanon	1.79	1.83
95	Timor-Leste	1.79	1.83
96	South Africa	1.79	1.83
97	Gibraltar	1.78	1.79
98	Martinique	1.78	1.80
99	Morocco	1.78	1.81
100	United States Virgin Islands	1.78	1.80
101	Indonesia	1.77	1.80
102	Dominican Republic	1.77	1.81
103	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.77	1.81
104	Western Sahara	1.77	1.79
105	Guatemala	1.76	1.81
106	Greenland	1.76	1.77
107	Saudi Arabia	1.76	1.80
108	Seychelles	1.76	1.79
109	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	1.76	1.78
110	Myanmar	1.76	1.78
111	Nicaragua	1.75	1.79
112	Bangladesh	1.75	1.77
113	Libya	1.75	1.77
114	New Caledonia	1.73	1.75
115	Belize	1.73	1.74
116	India	1.72	1.73
117	Cook Islands	1.72	1.74
118	Sri Lanka	1.72	1.74
119	Viet Nam	1.72	1.72
120	Montenegro	1.71	1.72
121	Nepal	1.70	1.71
122	Philippines	1.70	1.71
123	Peru	1.70	1.71
124	Georgia	1.69	1.69
125	Palau	1.69	1.70
126	Bulgaria	1.69	1.69
127	Armenia	1.68	1.69
128	Tunisia	1.68	1.69
129	Mexico	1.68	1.69
130	Republic of Moldova	1.68	1.70
131	Romania	1.67	1.68
132	Barbados	1.66	1.67
133	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.66	1.67
134	Ecuador	1.65	1.66
135	France	1.65	1.65
136	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.65	1.66
137	Azerbaijan	1.64	1.64
138	United States of America	1.64	1.64
139	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.64	1.63
140	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.64	1.65
141	Bahrain	1.64	1.65
142	Aruba	1.63	1.63
143	El Salvador	1.63	1.64
144	Australia	1.63	1.63
145	Saint Helena	1.63	1.63
146	Slovakia	1.62	1.61
147	Slovenia	1.62	1.61
148	Brunei Darussalam	1.62	1.62
149	Ireland	1.61	1.60
150	Türkiye	1.61	1.62
151	New Zealand	1.61	1.61
152	Antigua and Barbuda	1.60	1.59
153	Qatar	1.60	1.61
154	Denmark	1.60	1.59
155	Colombia	1.59	1.58
156	Serbia	1.59	1.58
157	Czechia	1.59	1.59
158	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.59	1.58
159	Portugal	1.59	1.58
160	Hungary	1.58	1.57
161	Liechtenstein	1.58	1.57
162	United Kingdom	1.57	1.56
163	Germany	1.57	1.56
164	Brazil	1.57	1.56
165	Russian Federation	1.57	1.56
166	Argentina	1.56	1.55
167	Sweden	1.56	1.55
168	Isle of Man	1.56	1.56
169	Maldives	1.56	1.55
170	Netherlands	1.55	1.54
171	Cuba	1.55	1.54
172	Cayman Islands	1.55	1.54
173	Switzerland	1.55	1.54
174	Trinidad and Tobago	1.55	1.53
175	Malaysia	1.55	1.54
176	Estonia	1.54	1.53
177	Kuwait	1.54	1.52
178	Croatia	1.54	1.53
179	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.54	1.52
180	Montserrat	1.54	1.53
181	North Macedonia	1.54	1.53
182	Iceland	1.53	1.51
183	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.53	1.52
184	Jersey	1.53	1.51
185	Dominica	1.53	1.51
186	Norway	1.53	1.51
187	French Polynesia	1.53	1.51
188	Cabo Verde	1.52	1.51
189	Grenada	1.52	1.50
190	Belgium	1.52	1.51
191	Luxembourg	1.52	1.50
192	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.51	1.51
193	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.50	1.48
194	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.50	1.48
195	Bermuda	1.50	1.49
196	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.49	1.47
197	Austria	1.49	1.46
198	Guernsey	1.49	1.47
199	Bhutan	1.49	1.48
200	Latvia	1.49	1.47
201	Uruguay	1.48	1.47
202	Cyprus	1.47	1.45
203	Finland	1.47	1.45
204	Albania	1.46	1.43
205	Anguilla	1.46	1.44
206	Greece	1.46	1.44
207	Jamaica	1.46	1.43
208	Saint Lucia	1.46	1.45
209	Bahamas	1.46	1.44
210	Canada	1.45	1.43
211	Belarus	1.45	1.42
212	Poland	1.45	1.43
213	Costa Rica	1.44	1.42
214	Spain	1.44	1.40
215	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.43	1.40
216	Italy	1.42	1.39
217	Japan	1.42	1.39
218	Lithuania	1.41	1.39
219	United Arab Emirates	1.39	1.37
220	Mauritius	1.39	1.36
221	San Marino	1.37	1.34
222	Thailand	1.37	1.34
223	Andorra	1.34	1.30
224	Chile	1.34	1.30
225	Malta	1.34	1.31
226	British Virgin Islands	1.32	1.28
227	Curaçao	1.31	1.28
228	Singapore	1.27	1.22
229	China	1.27	1.24
230	Puerto Rico	1.25	1.20
231	Ukraine	1.23	1.19
232	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.21	1.16
233	Saint Barthélemy	1.20	1.15
234	Republic of Korea	1.17	1.11
235	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.09	1.04
236	China, Macao SAR	1.04	0.98
237	Holy See	0.98	0.99

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