List of sovereign states and dependent territories by fertility rate

A world map showing countries by fertility rate (2013)

  7–8 Children

  6–7 Children

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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.

Methodology

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 data for year 2010.

Countries

2009 List by the United Nations	2013 List by the CIA World Factbook	2011 List by the World Bank
Rank Country Fertility rate (2009) (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 Nicaragua 2.76 78 Fiji 2.75 79 Israel 2.75 80 Libya 2.72 81 Western Sahara 2.70 82 El Salvador 2.68 83 Qatar 2.66 84 South Africa 2.64 85 Maldives 2.63 86 Malaysia 2.60 87 India 2.6 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 France 1.89 137 Sri Lanka 1.88 138 Mongolia 1.87 139 Mauritius 1.86 140 Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) 1.85 141 North Korea 1.85 142 Thailand 1.85 143 Norway 1.85 144 Montenegro 1.83 145 Puerto Rico (US) 1.83 146 Finland 1.83 147 United Kingdom 1.82 148 Azerbaijan 1.82 149 Denmark 1.80 150 Sweden 1.80 151 Serbia 1.79 152 Australia 1.79 153 Brazil 1.74 154 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 1.34 179 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 0.97 195 Macau 0.91	Rank Country Fertility rate 2013 est. (births/woman) 1 Niger 7.03 2 Mali 6.25 3 Somalia 6.17 4 Uganda 6.06 5 Burkina Faso 6.00 6 Burundi 5.99 7 Zambia 5.81 8 Afghanistan 5.54 9 South Sudan 5.54 10 Angola 5.49 11 Republic of the Congo 5.49 12 Mozambique 5.34 13 Nigeria 5.31 14 Ethiopia 5.31 15 Malawi 5.26 16 East Timor 5.22 17 Benin 5.13 18 Tanzania 5.01 19 Guinea 4.99 20 DR Congo 4.95 21 Liberia 4.92 22 Sierra Leone 4.87 23 Sao Tome and Principe 4.81 24 Chad 4.80 25 Equatorial Guinea 4.74 26 Rwanda 4.71 27 Senegal 4.61 28 Togo 4.58 29 Gabon 4.52 30 Central African Republic 4.52 31 Gaza Strip 4.41 32 Guinea-Bissau 4.37 33 Madagascar 4.36 34 Yemen 4.27 35 Eritrea 4.25 36 Mauritania 4.15 37 Western Sahara 4.15 38 Ghana 4.12 39 Sudan 4.05 40 Cameroon 4.00 41 The Gambia 3.98 42 Comoros 3.93 43 Kenya 3.76 44 Côte d’Ivoire 3.73 45 Zimbabwe 3.58 46 Iraq 3.50 47 Vanuatu 3.47 48 Tonga 3.46 49 Solomon Islands 3.44 50 Jordan 3.32 51 Papua New Guinea 3.31 52 Marshall Islands 3.29 53 Philippines 3.10 54 Guatemala 3.08 55 Belize 3.08 56 Tuvalu 3.06 57 American Samoa (US) 3.04 58 Samoa 3.03 59 Nauru 2.98 60 Laos 2.98 61 Swaziland 2.96 62 Pakistan 2.96 63 Honduras 2.94 64 West Bank 2.91 65 Egypt 2.90 66 Haiti 2.88 67 Bolivia 2.87 68 Oman 2.86 69 Lesotho 2.83 70 Tajikistan 2.80 71 Algeria 2.78 72 Syria 2.77 73 Cambodia 2.72 74 Kyrgyzstan 2.71 75 Federated States of Micronesia 2.68 76 Israel 2.65 77 Kiribati 2.63 78 Malaysia 2.61 79 Kuwait 2.56 80 Djibouti 2.55 81 Fiji 2.54 82 Bangladesh 2.50 World 2.47 83 Guam (US) 2.41 84 Botswana 2.41 85 Panama 2.40 86 Faroe Islands (Denmark) 2.39 87 Dominican Republic 2.39 88 Cape Verde 2.39 89 Kazakhstan 2.38 90 United Arab Emirates 2.37 91 Venezuela 2.37 92 Nepal 2.36 93 Namibia 2.33 94 Ecuador 2.33 95 Cook Islands 2.31 96 India 2.30 97 Argentina 2.27 98 Peru 2.25 99 Mexico 2.25 100 South Africa 2.25 101 Guyana 2.21 102 Burma 2.21 103 Saudi Arabia 2.21 104 Indonesia 2.20 105 Mongolia 2.18 106 Morocco 2.17 107 Sri Lanka 2.15 108 Turkmenistan 2.12 109 Grenada 2.12 110 Turkey 2.10 111 Colombia 2.10 112 Libya 2.09 113 Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 2.09 114 Jamaica 2.09 115 Curacao (Netherlands) 2.09 116 Greenland (Denmark) 2.08 117 France 2.08 118 Bhutan 2.07 119 Dominica 2.06 120 New Zealand 2.06 121 United States 2.06 122 Northern Mariana Islands (US) 2.05 123 Suriname 2.04 124 Antigua and Barbuda 2.04 125 Nicaragua 2.03 126 New Caledonia (France) 2.02 127 Tunisia 2.01 128 Ireland 2.01 129 Paraguay 2.01 130 El Salvador 1.99 131 North Korea 1.99 132 Bahamas 1.97 133 French Polynesia (France) 1.97 134 Bermuda (UK) 1.96 135 Isle of Man (UK) 1.95 136 Gibraltar (UK) 1.93 137 Azerbaijan 1.92 138 Qatar 1.92 139 Costa Rica 1.91 140 United Kingdom 1.90 141 Seychelles 1.89 142 Iceland 1.88 143 Vietnam 1.87 144 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.87 145 Uruguay 1.86 146 Iran 1.86 147 Cayman Islands (UK) 1.86 148 Chile 1.85 149 Aruba (Netherlands) 1.84 150 Uzbekistan 1.83 151 Brunei 1.83 152 Bahrain 1.83 153 Brazil 1.81 154 Netherlands 1.78 155 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.78 156 Maldives 1.78 157 Mauritius 1.78 158 Saint Lucia 1.78 159 Norway 1.77 160 United States Virgin Islands (US) 1.77 161 Luxembourg 1.77 162 Australia 1.77 163 Wallis and Futuna (France) 1.77 164 Lebanon 1.75 165 Anguilla (UK) 1.75 166 Finland 1.73 167 Denmark 1.73 168 Palau 1.72 169 Trinidad and Tobago 1.71 170 Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 1.70 171 Liechtenstein 1.69 172 Barbados 1.68 173 Sweden 1.67 174 Jersey (UK) 1.66 175 Thailand 1.66 176 Belgium 1.65 177 Puerto Rico (US) 1.64 178 Russia 1.61 179 Macedonia 1.59 180 Canada 1.59 - European Union 1.58 181 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) 1.57 182 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 1.55 183 Moldova 1.55 184 China (mainland only) 1.55 185 Guernsey (UK) 1.54 186 Malta 1.53 187 Switzerland 1.53 188 Monaco 1.51 189 Portugal 1.51 190 Albania 1.49 191 Spain 1.48 192 San Marino 1.48 193 Belarus 1.46 194 Georgia 1.46 195 Cyprus 1.46 196 Cuba 1.46 197 Croatia 1.45 198 Estonia 1.45 199 Bulgaria 1.43 200 Germany 1.42 201 Austria 1.42 202 Greece 1.41 203 Italy 1.41 204 Hungary 1.41 205 Japan 1.41 206 Armenia 1.39 207 Slovakia 1.39 208 Serbia 1.41 209 Andorra 1.37 210 Latvia 1.34 211 Slovenia 1.32 212 Poland 1.32 213 Romania 1.31 214 Czech Republic 1.29 215 Ukraine 1.29 216 Montserrat (UK) 1.28 217 Lithuania 1.28 218 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.25 219 South Korea 1.24 220 British Virgin Islands (UK) 1.24 221 Hong Kong 1.11 222 Taiwan 1.11 223 Macau 0.93 224 Singapore 0.79	Rank Country Fertility rate in 2010 (births/woman) 1 Niger 7.063 2 Somalia 6.339 3 Mali 6.294 4 Afghanistan 6.288 5 Zambia 6.258 6 Uganda 6.149 7 Malawi 5.99 8 Chad 5.981 9 Burkina Faso 5.85 10 DR Congo 5.775 11 East Timor 5.578 12 Tanzania 5.544 13 Nigeria 5.525 14 Angola 5.443 15 Rwanda 5.371 16 Benin 5.287 17 Guinea 5.246 18 Liberia 5.238 19 Yemen 5.2 20 Equatorial Guinea 5.185 21 Guinea-Bissau 5.063 22 Sierra Leone 4.982 23 Palestinian territories 4.92 24 Comoros 4.919 25 Mozambique 4.912 26 Gambia 4.896 27 Senegal 4.819 28 Kenya 4.718 29 Iraq 4.702 30 Madagascar 4.651 31 Central African Republic 4.631 32 Republic of the Congo 4.544 33 Mauritania 4.533 34 Cameroon 4.487 35 Eritrea 4.453 36 Cote d'Ivoire 4.432 37 Sudan 4.4 38 Burundi 4.338 39 Solomon Islands 4.229 40 Ethiopia 4.193 41 Ghana 4.17 42 Togo 4.072 43 Guatemala 3.983 44 Papua New Guinea 3.951 45 Tonga 3.911 46 Vanuatu 3.869 47 Samoa 3.86 48 Jordan 3.8 49 Djibouti 3.75 50 Sao Tome and Principe 3.657 51 Federated States of Micronesia 3.451 52 Pakistan 3.423 53 Swaziland 3.364 54 Bolivia 3.348 55 Haiti 3.34 56 Tajikistan 3.297 57 Zimbabwe 3.29 58 Gabon 3.25 59 Namibia 3.217 60 Lesotho 3.199 61 Philippines 3.142 62 Honduras 3.139 63 Israel 3.03 64 Mayotte 2.99 65 Paraguay 2.954 66 Syria 2.934 67 Kyrgyzstan 2.898 68 Saudi Arabia 2.811 69 Belize 2.79 70 Botswana 2.75 71 Laos 2.747 72 Egypt 2.733 73 Nepal 2.727 74 Fiji 2.668 75 Malaysia 2.635 76 Nicaragua 2.622 77 Kazakhstan 2.59 78 Cambodia 2.581 79 Dominican Republic 2.58 80 Libya 2.564 81 Bahrain 2.54 82 Mongolia 2.504 83 Peru 2.501 84 Seychelles 2.5 85 Uzbekistan 2.499 86 Venezuela 2.49 87 Panama 2.484 88 Ecuador 2.479 89 Guam 2.47 90 India 2.47 91 South Africa 2.458 World 2.45111123 92 Cape Verde 2.405 93 Bhutan 2.399 94 Turkmenistan 2.399 95 Greenland 2.359 96 Suriname 2.336 97 Jamaica 2.329 98 Mexico 2.32 99 Sri Lanka 2.313 100 Oman 2.309 101 Azerbaijan 2.3 102 Kuwait 2.295 103 Kosovo 2.2893 104 Morocco 2.279 105 Qatar 2.271 106 Algeria 2.264 107 Guyana 2.262 108 El Salvador 2.25 109 Bangladesh 2.245 110 Grenada 2.235 111 Argentina 2.211 112 Iceland 2.2 113 New Zealand 2.16 114 New Caledonia 2.141 115 Indonesia 2.117 116 Colombia 2.1 117 United States 2.1 118 French Polynesia 2.09 119 Turkey 2.088 120 Ireland 2.07 121 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2.064 122 Brunei 2.042 123 Tunisia 2.04 124 Myanmar 2.002 125 North Korea 2.002 126 France 2 127 Uruguay 1.9856 128 St. Lucia 1.98 129 Sweden 1.98 130 Netherlands Antilles 1.96 131 Norway 1.95 132 United Kingdom 1.94 133 Australia 1.92 134 Bahamas 1.896 135 Finland 1.87 136 Denmark 1.87 137 Chile 1.862 138 Costa Rica 1.848 139 Belgium 1.84 141 Vietnam 1.822 142 United States Virgin Islands 1.8 143 Lebanon 1.8 144 Puerto Rico 1.797 145 Netherlands 1.79 146 Bermuda 1.764 147 Maldives 1.752 147 United Arab Emirates 1.749 148 Armenia 1.736 149 Aruba 1.699 150 Brazil 1.687 151 Canada 1.677 152 Iran 1.67 153 Montenegro 1.656 154 Trinidad and Tobago 1.639 155 Estonia 1.63 156 Luxembourg 1.63 157 China 1.598 158 Thailand 1.579 159 Slovenia 1.57 160 Georgia 1.555 161 Barbados 1.551 162 Lithuania 1.55 163 Russia 1.54 164 Albania 1.536 165 Switzerland 1.5 166 Bulgaria 1.49 167 Czech Republic 1.49 168 Cyprus 1.476 169 Moldova 1.475 170 Mauritius 1.47 171 Cuba 1.467 172 Croatia 1.46 173 Channel Islands (UK) 1.46 174 Ukraine 1.445 175 Greece 1.44 176 Belarus 1.44 177 Austria 1.44 178 Macedonia 1.422 179 Liechtenstein 1.4 180 Italy 1.4 181 Slovak Republic 1.4 182 Serbia 1.4 183 Spain 1.39 184 Japan 1.39 185 Germany 1.39 186 Malta 1.38 187 Poland 1.38 188 Romania 1.38 189 Portugal 1.32 190 Hungary 1.25 191 South Korea 1.22 192 Andorra 1.22 193 Latvia 1.17 194 Singapore 1.15 195 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.148 196 Hong Kong 1.108 197 Macau 1.092

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

See also

• Total 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