List of sovereign states and dependent territories by fertility rate

This is a list of all countries and dependent territories by total fertility rate (TFR): the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years.

The UN ranking is sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects. Figures are from the 2006 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2000-2005 and 2005–2010, using the medium assumption. Only countries/territories with a population of 100,000 or more in 2007 are included. Rank is based on 2005-2010 figure.

The CIA ranking is sourced from the CIA World Factbook unless otherwise specified. Sovereign states and countries are ranked. Some countries might not be listed because they are not fully recognized as countries at the time of this census.

The third list is based on World Bank estimates for year 2009.

2005-2010 List by the United Nations	2010 List by the CIA World Factbook	2009 List by the World Bank
Rank Country Fertility rate (2005–2010) (births/woman) 1 Niger 7.19 2 Guinea-Bissau 7.07 3 Afghanistan 7.07 4 Burundi 6.80 5 Liberia 6.77 6 DR Congo 6.70 7 East Timor 6.53 8 Mali 6.52 9 Sierra Leone 6.47 10 Uganda 6.46 11 Angola 6.43 12 Chad 6.20 13 Somalia 6.04 14 Burkina Faso 6.00 15 Rwanda 5.92 16 Malawi 5.59 17 Yemen 5.50 18 Guinea 5.44 19 Benin 5.42 20 Equatorial Guinea 5.36 21 Nigeria 5.32 22 Ethiopia 5.29 23 Zambia 5.18 24 Tanzania 5.16 25 Mozambique 5.11 26 Palestinian territories 5.09 27 Eritrea 5.05 28 Kenya 4.96 29 Togo 4.80 30 Madagascar 4.78 31 Gambia 4.70 32 Senegal 4.69 33 Central African Republic 4.58 34 Republic of the Congo 4.49 35 Côte d'Ivoire 4.46 36 Mauritania 4.37 37 Cameroon 4.31 38 Comoros 4.30 39 Iraq 4.26 40 Sudan 4.23 41 Guatemala 4.15 42 Djibouti 3.95 43 Samoa 3.93 44 Solomon Islands 3.87 45 Sao Tome and Principe 3.85 46 Ghana 3.84 47 Tonga 3.83 48 Papua New Guinea 3.78 49 Vanuatu 3.74 50 Federated States of Micronesia 3.71 51 Haiti 3.54 52 Pakistan 3.52 53 Bolivia 3.50 54 Swaziland 3.45 55 Lesotho 3.37 56 Cape Verde 3.37 57 Saudi Arabia 3.35 58 Tajikistan 3.35 59 Honduras 3.31 60 Nepal 3.28 61 French Guiana (France) 3.27 62 Philippines 3.23 63 Laos 3.21 64 Namibia 3.19 65 Zimbabwe 3.19 66 Cambodia 3.18 67 Jordan 3.13 68 Paraguay 3.08 69 Syria 3.08 70 Gabon 3.06 71 Oman 3.00 72 Belize 2.93 73 Botswana 2.90 74 Egypt 2.89 75 Bangladesh 2.83 76 Dominican Republic 2.81 77 India 2.81 78 Nicaragua 2.76 79 Fiji 2.75 80 Israel 2.75 81 Libya 2.72 82 Western Sahara 2.70 83 El Salvador 2.68 84 Qatar 2.66 85 South Africa 2.64 86 Maldives 2.63 87 Malaysia 2.60 88 Ecuador 2.58 89 Panama 2.56 World 2.55 90 Venezuela 2.55 91 Guam (US) 2.54 92 Peru 2.51 93 Turkmenistan 2.50 94 Uzbekistan 2.49 95 Kyrgyzstan 2.48 96 Jamaica 2.43 97 Suriname 2.42 98 Algeria 2.38 99 Morocco 2.38 100 Réunion (France) 2.36 101 Guyana 2.33 102 Kazakhstan 2.31 103 United Arab Emirates 2.31 104 Grenada 2.30 105 Brunei 2.29 106 Bahrain 2.29 107 French Polynesia (France) 2.26 108 Argentina 2.25 109 Colombia 2.22 110 Mexico 2.21 111 Lebanon 2.21 112 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.19 113 Bhutan 2.19 114 Kuwait 2.18 115 Saint Lucia 2.18 116 Indonesia 2.18 117 United States Virgin Islands (US) 2.15 118 Turkey 2.14 119 Vietnam 2.14 120 Uruguay 2.12 121 Guadeloupe (France) 2.11 122 Costa Rica 2.10 123 New Caledonia (France) 2.08 124 Myanmar 2.07 125 Albania 2.06 126 United States 2.05 127 Iceland 2.05 128 Aruba (Netherlands) 2.04 129 Iran 2.04 130 Bahamas 2.02 131 New Zealand 1.99 132 Ireland 1.96 133 Chile 1.94 134 Tunisia 1.93 135 Martinique (France) 1.91 136 Brazil 1.90 137 France 1.89 138 Sri Lanka 1.88 139 Mongolia 1.87 140 Mauritius 1.86 141 Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) 1.85 142 North Korea 1.85 143 Thailand 1.85 144 Norway 1.85 145 Montenegro 1.83 146 Puerto Rico (US) 1.83 147 Finland 1.83 148 United Kingdom 1.82 149 Azerbaijan 1.82 150 Denmark 1.80 151 Sweden 1.80 152 Serbia 1.79 153 Australia 1.79 154 People's Republic of China (mainland only) 1.73 155 Netherlands 1.72 156 Luxembourg 1.66 157 Belgium 1.65 158 Trinidad and Tobago 1.64 159 Cyprus 1.61 160 Canada 1.53 161 Barbados 1.50 162 Cuba 1.49 163 Estonia 1.49 164 Portugal 1.46 165 Macedonia 1.43 166 Switzerland 1.42 167 Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey) (UK) 1.42 168 Austria 1.42 169 Spain 1.41 170 Georgia 1.41 171 Germany 1.41 172 Moldova 1.40 173 Armenia 1.39 174 Italy 1.38 175 Malta 1.37 176 Croatia 1.35 177 Russia 1.34 178 Greece 1.33 179 Bulgaria 1.31 180 Romania 1.30 181 Latvia 1.29 182 Hungary 1.28 183 Slovenia 1.28 184 Japan 1.27 185 Lithuania 1.26 186 Singapore 1.26 187 Slovakia 1.25 188 Czech Republic 1.24 189 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.23 190 Poland 1.23 191 Ukraine 1.22 192 South Korea 1.21 193 Belarus 1.20 194 Hong Kong (PRC) 0.97 195 Macau (PRC) 0.91	Rank Country Fertility rate in 2010 (births/woman) 1 Niger 7.68 2 Uganda 6.73 3 Mali 6.54 4 Somalia 6.44 5 Burundi 6.25 6 Burkina Faso 6.21 7 DR Congo 6.11 8 Ethiopia 6.07 9 Zambia 6.07 10 Angola 6.05 11 Republic of the Congo 5.77 12 Malawi 5.51 13 Afghanistan 5.50 14 Benin 5.40 15 Mayotte (France) 5.40 16 Liberia 5.24 17 Sao Tome and Principe 5.21 18 Chad 5.18 19 Guinea 5.15 20 Mozambique 5.13 21 Madagascar 5.09 22 Equatorial Guinea 5.00 23 Rwanda 4.99 24 Sierra Leone 4.97 25 The Gambia 4.96 26 Sudan 4.93 27 Gaza Strip 4.90 28 Senegal 4.86 29 Nigeria 4.82 30 Yemen 4.81 31 Comoros 4.78 32 Togo 4.74 33 Central African Republic 4.68 34 Gabon 4.62 35 Eritrea 4.60 36 Guinea-Bissau 4.58 37 Kenya 4.38 38 Mauritania 4.37 39 Western Sahara 4.37 40 Tanzania 4.31 41 Cameroon 4.25 42 Côte d'Ivoire 4.01 43 Iraq 3.76 44 Solomon Islands 3.67 45 Zimbabwe 3.66 46 Ghana 3.57 47 Papua New Guinea 3.54 48 Marshall Islands 3.51 49 French Guiana (France) 3.46 (in 2004) 50 Jordan 3.42 51 Guatemala 3.36 52 Samoa 3.32 53 Belize 3.28 54 Pakistan 3.28 55 Philippines 3.23 56 American Samoa (US) 3.22 57 Laos 3.22 58 Timor-Leste 3.20 59 Swaziland 3.19 60 Honduras 3.17 61 Tuvalu 3.14 62 Nauru 3.13 63 West Bank 3.12 64 Bolivia 3.07 65 Haiti 3.07 66 Syria 3.02 67 Egypt 3.01 68 Libya 3.01 69 Lesotho 3.00 70 Tajikistan 2.94 71 Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 2.92 72 Cambodia 2.90 73 Oman 2.87 74 Kiribati 2.86 75 Federated States of Micronesia 2.80 76 Djibouti 2.79 77 Israel 2.72 78 Kuwait 2.70 79 Malaysia 2.70 80 Bangladesh 2.65 81 Fiji 2.65 82 India 2.65 83 Kyrgyzstan 2.64 84 Namibia 2.57 85 World 2.56 86 Botswana 2.54 87 Cape Verde 2.54 88 Nepal 2.53 89 Guam (US) 2.52 90 Nicaragua 2.51 91 Panama 2.48 92 Bahrain 2.47 93 Dominican Republic 2.47 94 Ecuador 2.46 95 Venezuela 2.45 96 Qatar 2.44 97 Cook Islands 2.43 98 Vanuatu 2.43 99 Faroe Islands (Denmark) 2.43 100 Réunion (France) 2.42 (in 2005) 101 United Arab Emirates 2.41 102 Guyana 2.40 103 Saudi Arabia 2.35 104 Argentina 2.33 105 South Africa 2.33 106 Peru 2.32 107 Mexico 2.31 108 Bhutan 2.29 109 Burma 2.28 110 Indonesia 2.28 111 Guadeloupe (France) 2.26 (in 2004) 112 Morocco 2.23 113 Mongolia 2.22 114 Grenada 2.21 115 Jamaica 2.21 116 Brazil 2.19 117 Turkmenistan 2.19 118 Colombia 2.18 119 Turkey 2.18 120 Northern Mariana Islands (US) 2.18 121 Greenland (Denmark) 2.16 122 Paraguay 2.16 123 El Salvador 2.12 124 Curacao (Netherlands) 2.10 125 New Caledonia (France) 2.09 126 New Zealand 2.09 127 Dominica 2.08 128 Antigua and Barbuda 2.06 129 United States 2.06 130 Azerbaijan 2.03 131 Ireland 2.03 132 The Bahamas 2.00 133 Tonga 2.00 134 Bermuda (UK) 1.98 135 France (Metropolitan) 1.97 136 Former Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) 1.97 137 Suriname 1.97 138 Isle of Man (UK) 1.97 139 Gibraltar (UK) 1.96 140 Sri Lanka 1.96 141 North Korea 1.94 142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.94 143 Costa Rica 1.93 144 Vietnam 1.93 145 Seychelles 1.92 146 Uzbekistan 1.92 147 United Kingdom 1.92 148 Chile 1.90 149 Iceland 1.90 150 French Polynesia (France) 1.89 151 Uruguay 1.89 152 Iran 1.89 153 Brunei 1.88 154 Cayman Islands (UK) 1.88 155 Martinique (France) 1.88 (in 2004) 156 Kazakhstan 1.87 157 Aruba (Netherlands) 1.84 158 Wallis and Futuna (France) 1.84 159 Maldives 1.83 160 Saint Lucia 1.82 162 U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 1.81 163 Mauritius 1.80 164 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.79 165 Australia 1.78 166 Luxembourg 1.78 167 Lebanon 1.78 168 Norway 1.77 169 Algeria 1.76 170 Anguilla (UK) 1.75 171 Denmark 1.74 172 Finland 1.73 173 Palau 1.73 174 Trinidad and Tobago 1.72 175 British Virgin Islands (UK) 1.71 176 Tunisia 1.71 177 Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 1.71 178 Sweden 1.67 178 Barbados 1.68 179 Jersey (UK) 1.66 180 Netherlands 1.66 181 Belgium 1.65 182 Thailand 1.65 183 Puerto Rico (US) 1.62 184 Cuba 1.61 185 Canada 1.58 186 Republic of Macedonia 1.58 187 Saint Helena (UK) 1.56 188 People's Republic of China (mainland only) 1.54 188 Russia 1.54 189 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 1.54 190 Guernsey (UK) 1.53 191 Liechtenstein 1.53 192 Malta 1.52 193 Monaco 1.50 194 Portugal 1.50 195 Albania 1.47 196 Spain 1.47 197 San Marino 1.46 198 Switzerland 1.46 199 Cyprus 1.45 200 Georgia 1.44 201 Croatia 1.43 202 Estonia 1.43 203 Germany 1.42 204 Bulgaria 1.41 205 Austria 1.39 206 Serbia 1.39 207 Hungary 1.39 208 Greece 1.37 209 Armenia 1.36 210 Slovakia 1.36 211 Andorra 1.35 212 Italy 1.32 213 Latvia 1.31 214 Poland 1.29 215 Slovenia 1.29 216 Moldova 1.28 217 Romania 1.27 218 Ukraine 1.27 219 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.26 220 Belarus 1.25 221 Czech Republic 1.25 222 Montserrat (UK) 1.25 223 Lithuania 1.24 224 South Korea 1.22 225 Japan 1.21 226 Republic of China (Taiwan) 1.15 227 Singapore 1.10 228 Hong Kong (PRC) 1.04 229 Macau (PRC) 0.91	Rank Country Fertility rate in 2009 (births/woman) 1 Niger 7.07 2 Mali 6.52 3 Afghanistan 6.48 4 East Timor 6.38 5 Somalia 6.35 6 Uganda 6.25 7 Chad 6.08 8 DR Congo 5.91 9 Burkina Faso 5.84 10 Liberia 5.81 11 Zambia 5.74 12 Guinea-Bissau 5.66 13 Angola 5.64 14 Nigeria 5.60 15 Tanzania 5.52 16 Malawi 5.46 17 Benin 5.38 18 Rwanda 5.33 19 Guinea 5.33 20 Equatorial Guinea 5.28 21 Ethiopia 5.21 22 Sierra Leone 5.17 23 Yemen 5.10 24 Gambia 4.97 25 Mozambique 4.97 26 Palestinian territories 4.92 27 Kenya 4.86 28 Senegal 4.74 29 Central African Republic 4.70 30 Madagascar 4.62 31 Cameroon 4.54 32 Eritrea 4.53 33 Cote d'Ivoire 4.51 34 Burundi 4.45 35 Mauritania 4.39 36 Republic of the Congo 4.27 37 Togo 4.17 38 Sudan 4.06 39 Guatemala 4.02 40 Papua New Guinea 4.01 41 Tonga 3.93 42 Iraq 3.93 43 Ghana 3.91 44 Comoros 3.89 45 Vanuatu 3.88 46 Pakistan 3.87 47 Samoa 3.85 48 Djibouti 3.79 49 Solomon Islands 3.78 50 Sao Tome and Principe 3.72 51 Federated States of Micronesia 3.49 52 Swaziland 3.45 53 Haiti 3.42 54 Laos 3.42 55 Jordan 3.38 56 Bolivia 3.37 57 Zimbabwe 3.36 58 Tajikistan 3.35 59 Namibia 3.29 60 Lesotho 3.26 61 Gabon 3.24 62 Honduras 3.19 63 Syria 3.14 64 Saudi Arabia 3.04 65 Philippines 3.03 66 Mayotte 2.99 67 Oman 2.98 68 Paraguay 2.98 69 Israel 2.96 70 Cambodia 2.86 71 Belize 2.84 72 Nepal 2.82 73 Botswana 2.82 74 Egypt 2.82 75 Kyrgyzstan 2.80 76 Fiji 2.69 77 Nicaragua 2.68 78 India 2.68 79 Cape Verde 2.66 80 Uzbekistan 2.65 81 Libya 2.64 82 Dominican Republic 2.61 83 Kazakhstan 2.60 84 Bhutan 2.56 85 Peru 2.53 World 2.52 86 Panama 2.52 87 Ecuador 2.51 88 Venezuela 2.51 89 Malaysia 2.51 90 South Africa 2.51 91 Guam 2.49 92 Turkmenistan 2.43 93 Colombia 2.40 94 Suriname 2.37 95 Jamaica 2.36 96 Qatar 2.36 97 Greenland 2.36 98 Algeria 2.34 99 Kosovo 2.34 100 Morocco 2.33 101 Sri Lanka 2.31 102 Guyana 2.30 103 Azerbaijan 2.30 104 Seychelles 2.30 105 El Salvador 2.30 106 Bangladesh 2.29 107 Myanmar 2.28 108 Grenada 2.26 109 Bahrain 2.23 110 Iceland 2.23 111 Argentina 2.22 112 New Caledonia 2.20 113 French Polynesia 2.18 114 Kuwait 2.15 115 New Zealand 2.14 116 Indonesia 2.13 117 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2.10 118 Turkey 2.10 119 Mexico 2.07 120 Ireland 2.07 121 Brunei 2.05 122 Tunisia 2.05 123 United States 2.05 124 Vietnam 2.03 125 United Kingdom 2.00 126 France 2.00 127 Maldives 2.00 128 St. Lucia 2.00 129 Uruguay 2.00 130 Bahamas 2.00 131 Mongolia 1.99 132 Norway 1.98 133 Netherlands Antilles 1.96 134 Costa Rica 1.94 135 Sweden 1.94 136 Chile 1.93 137 Australia 1.90 138 United Arab Emirates 1.90 139 Finland 1.86 140 Albania 1.85 141 North Korea 1.85 142 Belgium 1.85 143 United States Virgin Islands 1.85 144 Lebanon 1.84 145 Denmark 1.84 146 Brazil 1.83 147 Thailand 1.82 148 Netherlands 1.79 149 Iran 1.78 150 People's Republic of China 1.77 151 Bermuda 1.76 152 Armenia 1.75 153 Aruba 1.73 154 Liechtenstein 1.71 155 Puerto Rico 1.65 156 Trinidad and Tobago 1.65 157 Montenegro 1.64 158 Canada 1.63 159 Estonia 1.62 160 Luxembourg 1.59 161 Georgia 1.58 162 Bulgaria 1.57 163 Russia 1.55 164 Lithuania 1.55 165 Barbados 1.54 166 Slovenia 1.53 167 Greece 1.52 168 Cyprus 1.52 169 Cuba 1.51 170 Moldova 1.50 171 Belarus 1.50 172 Mauritius 1.50 173 Switzerland 1.50 174 Czech Republic 1.49 175 Croatia 1.47 176 Ukraine 1.46 177 Macedonia 1.44 178 Malta 1.44 179 Channel Islands (UK) 1.42 180 Italy 1.41 181 Slovak Republic 1.41 182 Serbia 1.40 183 Poland 1.40 184 Spain 1.40 185 Austria 1.39 186 Romania 1.38 187 Japan 1.37 188 Germany 1.36 189 Hungary 1.32 190 Portugal 1.32 191 Latvia 1.31 192 South Korea 1.28 193 Singapore 1.22 194 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.21 195 Andorra 1.19 196 Hong Kong (PRC) 1.04 197 Macau (PRC) 0.97

Note: the only recognized and independent country that is missing from this list is Vatican City.

See also

• Fertility rate
• List of people with the most children
• Population growth
• Sub-replacement fertility
• Fertility and intelligence

Case studies:

• Aging of Europe
• Aging of Japan
• Christian population growth
• Muslim population growth