Rank |
Country |
Fertility rate
in 1950
(births/woman) |
1 |
Iraq |
8.11 |
2 |
Rwanda (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Rwanda) |
7.92 |
3 |
New Hebrides (British and French Condominium → Vanuatu) |
7.68 |
4 |
Samoa (United Nations trust territories, Western Samoa → Samoa) |
7.63 |
5 |
Jordan |
7.56 |
6 |
Dominican Republic |
7.51 |
7 |
Honduras |
7.47 |
8 |
Afghanistan |
7.45 |
9 |
Philippines |
7.45 |
10 |
Cote d'Ivoire (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Ivory Coast → Cote d'Ivoire |
7.38 |
11 |
Yemen ( North Yemen and South Yemen → Yemen) |
7.37 |
12 |
Kenya (British Empire, Kenya Colony → Kenya) |
7.36 |
13 |
Ethiopia |
7.35 |
14 |
Angola (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola → Angola) |
7.34 |
15 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire → St. Vincent and the Grenadines) |
7.33 |
16 |
Madagascar (French Colonial Empire, French Madagascar → Madagascar) |
7.30 |
17 |
Tonga (British Empire, British Protectorate → Tonga) |
7.30 |
18 |
Algeria (French Colonial Empire, French Algeria → Algeria) |
7.29 |
19 |
Niger (French Colonial Empire, French Niger → Niger) |
7.26 |
20 |
Somalia (British Empire, British Somaliland and Trust Territory of Somaliland → Somalia) |
7.25 |
21 |
Oman |
7.25 |
22 |
Kuwait (British Empire, British Protectorate → Kuwait) |
7.22 |
23 |
Saudi Arabia |
7.20 |
24 |
Micronesia, Federated States of (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Micronesia, Federated States of) |
7.20 |
25 |
Syria |
7.18 |
26 |
Guatemala |
7.15 |
27 |
Libya |
7.10 |
28 |
Qatar (British Empire, British Protectorate → Qatar) |
6.97 |
29 |
Bahrain (British Empire → Bahrain) |
6.97 |
30 |
Mozambique (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique → Mozambique) |
6.97 |
31 |
Mali (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Sudan → Mali) |
6.96 |
32 |
Peru |
6.95 |
33 |
Cambodia (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Cambodia → Cambodia) |
6.95 |
34 |
United Arab Emirates (British Empire, Trucial States → United Arab Emirates) |
6.94 |
35 |
Bolivia |
6.93 |
36 |
Iran |
6.92 |
37 |
Eritrea ( Ethiopia → Eritrea) |
6.92 |
38 |
Taiwan |
6.90 |
39 |
Uganda (British Empire → Uganda) |
6.89 |
40 |
Nicaragua |
6.88 |
41 |
Brunei (British Empire, British Protectorate → Brunei) |
6.86 |
42 |
Malawi (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Nyasaland Protectorate → Malawi) |
6.84 |
43 |
Burundi (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Burundi) |
6.82 |
44 |
Senegal (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Senegal → Senegal) |
6.79 |
45 |
Colombia |
6.77 |
46 |
Southern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zimbabwe) |
6.75 |
47 |
Turkey |
6.74 |
48 |
Mexico |
6.72 |
49 |
Ecuador |
6.72 |
50 |
Egypt |
6.72 |
51 |
Swaziland (British Empire → Swaziland) |
6.71 |
52 |
Tanzania (British Empire, Tanganyika and Zanzibar → Tanzania) |
6.70 |
53 |
Belize |
6.69 |
54 |
Sudan (British Empire, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan → Sudan) |
6.68 |
55 |
Bhutan |
6.67 |
56 |
China, People's Republic of |
6.67 |
57 |
South Sudan (British Empire, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan → Sudan → South Sudan) |
6.63 |
58 |
Northern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zambia) |
6.62 |
59 |
Singapore (British Empire, British Singapore → Singapore) |
6.61 |
60 |
Pakistan |
6.60 |
61 |
Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands → Suriname) |
6.58 |
62 |
Cabo Verde (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde → Cabo Verde) |
6.57 |
63 |
Tunisia (French Colonial Empire, French protectorate of Tunisia → Tunisia) |
6.56 |
64 |
Venezuela |
6.54 |
65 |
Timor-Leste (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor → Timor-Leste) |
6.51 |
66 |
Morocco (French Colonial Empire, French protectorate in Morocco and Spanish Empire, Spanish protectorate in Morocco → Morocco) |
6.49 |
67 |
Paraguay |
6.49 |
68 |
Botswana (British Empire, Bechuanaland Protectorate → Botswana) |
6.47 |
69 |
Solomon Islands (British Empire → Solomon Islands) |
6.40 |
70 |
Ghana (British Empire, Gold Coast (British colony) → Ghana) |
6.37 |
71 |
Nigeria (British Empire, British Nigeria → Nigeria |
6.36 |
72 |
Malaysia (British Empire, British Malaya and British Borneo → Malaysia) |
6.36 |
73 |
Togo (United Nations trust territories, French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Togoland → Togo) |
6.33 |
74 |
Haiti |
6.31 |
75 |
Djibouti (French Colonial Empire, French Somaliland → Djibouti) |
6.30 |
76 |
Fiji (British Empire → Fiji) |
6.30 |
77 |
Liberia |
6.25 |
78 |
El Salvador |
6.24 |
79 |
Bangladesh (Pakistan, East Pakistan → Bangladesh) |
6.23 |
80 |
Territory of Papua and New Guinea (United Nations trust territories → Papua New Guinea |
6.23 |
81 |
Sao Tome and Principe (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe → Sao Tome and Principe) |
6.20 |
82 |
Brazil |
6.14 |
83 |
Thailand |
6.13 |
84 |
Mauritania (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Mauritania → Mauritania |
6.12 |
85 |
Kiribati (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Kiribati ) |
6.10 |
86 |
Sierra Leone (British Empire → Sierra Leone) |
6.09 |
87 |
Chad (French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, French Chad → Chad) |
6.06 |
88 |
Greenland (Denmark) |
6.05 |
89 |
South Africa |
6.04 |
90 |
Maldives (British Empire, British Protectorate → Maldives) |
6.03 |
91 |
Burkina Faso (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa → Republic of Upper Volta → Burkina Faso) |
6.03 |
92 |
Burma (→ Myanmar) |
6.03 |
93 |
St. Lucia (British Empire, West Indies Federation → St. Lucia) |
6.00 |
94 |
Comoros (French Colonial Empire → Comoros) |
6.00 |
95 |
French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire → France) |
6.00 |
96 |
Belgian Congo (Belgian Colonial Empire, Belgian Congo → Template:Country data Congo, Republic of the (Léopoldville) → Zaire → Congo, Democratic Republic of the) |
5.99 |
97 |
Guinea (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Guinea → Guinea |
5.97 |
98 |
South-West Africa ( South Africa → Namibia) |
5.96 |
99 |
Nepal |
5.96 |
100 |
Albania |
5.96 |
101 |
Laos (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Laos → Laos) |
5.94 |
102 |
Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea → Guinea-Bissau) |
5.92 |
103 |
India |
5.91 |
104 |
Mauritius (British Empire → Mauritius) |
5.90 |
105 |
Lesotho (British Empire → Lesotho) |
5.81 |
106 |
Grenada (British Empire → Grenada) |
5.80 |
107 |
Lebanon |
5.76 |
108 |
Dahomey (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa → Dahomey → Benin |
5.75 |
109 |
Guyana (British Empire → Guyana) |
5.69 |
110 |
Panama |
5.68 |
111 |
Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Empire, Spanish Guinea → Equatorial Guinea) |
5.68 |
112 |
Congo, Republic of the (French Colonial Empire, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa → Congo, Republic of the) |
5.67 |
113 |
Costa Rica |
5.65 |
114 |
Aruba (Netherlands) |
5.65 |
115 |
Sri Lanka |
5.64 |
116 |
Cameroon (United Nations Trust Territories, French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, French Cameroons → Cameroon) |
5.54 |
117 |
SR Macedonia ( Yugoslavia → Macedonia) |
5.52 |
118 |
Mongolia |
5.50 |
119 |
Central African Republic (French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, Ubangi-Shari → Central African Republic) |
5.40 |
120 |
Indonesia |
5.35 |
121 |
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Yugoslavia → Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
5.32 |
122 |
Trinidad and Tobago (British Empire, West Indies Federation → Trinidad and Tobago) |
5.28 |
123 |
United States Virgin Islands (US) |
5.25 |
124 |
Gambia, The (British Empire, Gambia Colony and Protectorate → Gambia, The) |
5.23 |
125 |
New Caledonia (French colonial Empire → France) |
5.22 |
126 |
Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union → Uzbekistan) |
5.08 |
127 |
French Guiana (French Colonial Empire → France) |
5.08 |
128 |
Chile |
5.08 |
129 |
Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union → Azerbaijan) |
5.07 |
130 |
Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union → Tajikistan) |
5.04 |
131 |
Korea, South |
5.02 |
132 |
Puerto Rico (US) |
4.97 |
|
World |
4.96 |
133 |
Vietnam (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Vietnam → North Vietnam and South Vietnam → Vietnam) |
4.96 |
134 |
Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union → Turkmenistan) |
4.89 |
135 |
Cuba |
4.76 |
136 |
SR Montenegro ( Yugoslavia → Montenegro) |
4.62 |
137 |
Israel |
4.52 |
138 |
Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire → Antigua and Barbuda) |
4.50 |
139 |
Hong Kong (British Empire, Hong Kong colony → China, Special administrative regions of China) |
4.44 |
140 |
Barbados (British Empire → Barbados) |
4.42 |
141 |
Macau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Macau → China, Special administrative regions of China) |
4.39 |
142 |
Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union → Kazakhstan) |
4.30 |
143 |
Malta (British Empire → Malta) |
4.14 |
144 |
Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union → Armenia ) |
4.13 |
145 |
Bahamas, The (British Empire → Bahamas, The) |
3.98 |
146 |
Gabon (French Colonial Empire, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa → Gabon |
3.95 |
147 |
Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union → Kyrgyzstan) |
3.92 |
148 |
Cyprus (British Empire, British Cyprus → Cyprus) |
3.85 |
149 |
Jamaica (British Empire, Colony of Jamaica → Jamaica) |
3.80 |
150 |
Iceland |
3.62 |
151 |
Slovak Socialist Republic ( Czechoslovakia → Slovakia) |
3.59 |
152 |
Poland |
3.53 |
153 |
SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia) |
3.53 |
154 |
Canada |
3.47 |
155 |
Ireland |
3.47 |
156 |
Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union → Moldova) |
3.47 |
157 |
Japan |
3.44 |
158 |
New Zealand |
3.38 |
159 |
Argentina |
3.16 |
160 |
Finland |
3.13 |
161 |
Portugal |
3.10 |
162 |
United States |
3.05 |
163 |
Netherlands |
3.05 |
164 |
Romania |
3.05 |
165 |
Australia |
3.01 |
166 |
Czech Socialist Republic ( Czechoslovakia → Czech Republic) |
2.94 |
167 |
SR Croatia ( Yugoslavia → Croatia) |
2.92 |
168 |
Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union → Lithuania) |
2.90 |
169 |
SR Slovenia ( Yugoslavia → Slovenia) |
2.87 |
170 |
France |
2.83 |
171 |
Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union → Russia) |
2.81 |
172 |
Hungary |
2.77 |
173 |
Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union → Ukraine) |
2.72 |
174 |
Uruguay |
2.69 |
175 |
Bulgaria |
2.66 |
176 |
Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union → Georgia) |
2.65 |
177 |
Denmark |
2.58 |
178 |
Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union → Belarus) |
2.50 |
179 |
Greece |
2.47 |
180 |
Norway |
2.46 |
181 |
Italy |
2.46 |
182 |
Spain |
2.45 |
183 |
Belgium |
2.33 |
184 |
Switzerland |
2.33 |
185 |
Sweden |
2.25 |
|
Population Replacement |
2.10 |
186 |
Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union → Estonia) |
2.09 |
187 |
Germany ( West Germany and East Germany → Germany) |
2.09 |
188 |
United Kingdom |
2.08 |
189 |
Channel Islands - Guernsey (UK) and Jersey (UK) |
2.06 |
190 |
Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union → Latvia) |
2.01 |
191 |
Korea, North |
1.95 |
192 |
Austria |
1.87 |
193 |
Luxembourg |
1.87 |
|
World |
|
|
World |
4.96 |
|
Not Ranked |
|
1 |
American Samoa (US) |
- |
2 |
Andorra |
- |
3 |
Bermuda (UK) |
- |
4 |
Cayman Islands (UK) |
- |
5 |
Curaçao (Netherlands) |
- |
6 |
Czechoslovakia (Dissolved in 1992) |
- |
7 |
Dominica (British Colonial Empire → Dominica) |
- |
8 |
Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
- |
9 |
Gibraltar (UK) |
- |
10 |
Guadeloupe (French Colonial Empire → France) |
- |
11 |
Guam (US) |
- |
12 |
Isle of Man (UK) |
- |
13 |
Yugoslavia ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia → Kosovo) |
- |
14 |
Liechtenstein |
- |
15 |
Marshall Islands (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Marshall Islands) |
- |
16 |
Mayotte (French Colonial Empire → France) |
- |
17 |
Monaco |
- |
18 |
Nauru |
- |
19 |
Northern Mariana Islands (US) |
- |
20 |
Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Palau) |
- |
21 |
Palestinian territories (Jordan, West Bank and Egypt, Gaza Strip → Israeli occupied territories → Palestinian territories) |
- |
22 |
San Marino |
- |
23 |
Seychelles (British Colonial Empire, Crown colony → Seychelles) |
- |
24 |
Saint Martin (French part) |
- |
25 |
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) |
- |
26 |
St. Kitts and Nevis (British Colonial Empire → St. Kitts and Nevis) |
- |
27 |
Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991) |
- |
28 |
Turks and Caicos Islands (British Colonial Empire → UK) |
- |
29 |
Tuvalu (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Ellice Islands → Tuvalu) |
- |
30 |
Vatican City |
- |
31 |
Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992) |
- |