List of sovereign states and dependent territories by fertility rate

A world map showing countries by fertility rate (2015) - according to CIA World Factbook of 2015

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6–7 Children

5–6 Children

4–5 Children

3–4 Children

2–3 Children

1–2 Children

0–1 Children

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 World Bank ranking list is based on the data for the year 2013, published in 2014.^[1] The World Bank is a United Nations international financial institution, a component of the World Bank Group, and a member of the United Nations Development Group, but it also collects and analyses information on demography issues based on international and national sources: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) ranking list is based on the data of the 2015 World Population Data Sheet^[2]^[3] published online. The Population Reference Bureau (PRB)^[4] is a private, nonprofit organization which informs people around the world about population, health and the environment for research or academic purposes. It was founded in 1929. World Population Data Sheets are double-sided wallcharts (now published online) that present detailed information on demographic, health and environment indicators for more than 200 countries.

The CIA ranking list is sourced from the CIA World Factbook^[5] 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 Population Reference Bureau (PRB) Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1970 and 2013 list is sourced and based on the data of the 2014 World Population Data Sheet^[6] published online.^[7]^[8]

The UN ranking list is sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects. Figures are from the 2015 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2015-2020, using the medium assumption.^[9]^[10] Only countries/territories with a population of 100,000 or more in 2015 are included. Rank is based on 2015-2020 figure.

Country ranking by verified TFR and estimate

2014 List by the World Bank

2015 List by the Population Reference Bureau

2015 List by the CIA World Factbook

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2013 (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.6
2	Somalia	6.6
3	Mali	6.3
4	Chad	6.3
5	Angola	6.2
6	DR Congo	6.1
7	Burundi	6.0
8	Uganda	5.9
9	Gambia, The	5.8
10	Nigeria	5.7
11	Burkina Faso	5.6
12	Zambia	5.4
13	Mozambique	5.4
14	Malawi	5.2
15	Tanzania	5.2
16	Timor-Leste	5.2
17	Senegal	5.1
18	South Sudan	5.1
19	Guinea	5.1
20	Côte d'Ivoire	5.1
21	Afghanistan	5.1
22	Equatorial Guinea	4.9
23	Republic of the Congo	4.9
24	Guinea-Bissau	4.9
25	Benin	4.8
26	Liberia	4.8
27	Cameroon	4.8
28	Sierra Leone	4.7
29	Mauritania	4.7
30	Togo	4.7
31	Sao Tome and Principe	4.6
32	Comoros	4.6
33	Ethiopia	4.5
34	Madagascar	4.5
35	Sudan	4.4
36	Kenya	4.4
37	Central African Republic	4.4
38	Eritrea	4.4
39	Yemen	4.3
40	Ghana	4.2
41	Samoa	4.1
42	Solomon Islands	4.0
43	Iraq	4.0
44	Rwanda	4.0
45	Palestinian territories (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	4.0
46	Zimbabwe	4.0
47	Gabon	4.0
48	Papua New Guinea	3.8
49	Tonga	3.8
50	Kiribati	3.8
51	Pakistan	3.7
52	Namibia	3.6
53	Tajikistan	3.5
54	Vanuatu	3.4
55	Egypt	3.3
56	Swaziland	3.3
57	Federated States of Micronesia	3.3
58	Guatemala	3.3
59	Djibouti	3.3
60	Jordan	3.2
61	Lesotho	3.2
62	Kyrgyzstan	3.2
63	Haiti	3.1
64	Laos	3.1
65	Israel	3.0
66	Bolivia	3.0
67	Philippines	3.0
68	Syria	3.0
69	Algeria	2.9
70	Botswana	2.9
71	Oman	2.8
72	Saudi Arabia	2.8
73	Cambodia	2.7
74	Mongolia	2.7
75	Kazakhstan	2.6
76	Belize	2.6
77	Kuwait	2.6
78	Fiji	2.6
79	Guyana	2.6
80	Paraguay	2.6
81	Ecuador	2.6
82	Morocco	2.5
83	Dominican Republic	2.5
84	Libya	2.5
85	Indonesia	2.5
86	Peru	2.5
87	India	2.5
88	Panama	2.5
	World	2.5
89	Honduras	2.4
90	Guam (US)	2.4
91	Seychelles	2.4
92	Venezuela	2.4
93	South Africa	2.4
94	Suriname	2.4
95	Sri Lanka	2.3
96	Cabo Verde	2.3
97	Argentina	2.3
98	Turkmenistan	2.3
99	Nicaragua	2.3
100	Nepal	2.3
101	New Caledonia (France)	2.3
102	Mexico	2.3
103	Jamaica	2.3
104	Tunisia	2.3
105	Myanmar (Burma)	2.2
106	Bangladesh	2.2
107	Uzbekistan	2.2
108	Grenada	2.2
109	Maldives	2.2
110	Antigua and Barbuda	2.1
111	Bhutan	2.1
112	Bahrain	2.1
113	French Polynesia (France)	2.1
115	Greenland (Denmark)	2.1
	Population Replacement	2.1
116	Qatar	2.0
117	Turkey	2.0
118	Iceland	2.0
119	Uruguay	2.0
120	Ireland	2.0
121	France	2.0
122	Azerbaijan	2.0
123	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2.0
124	North Korea	2.0
125	El Salvador	2.0
126	Malaysia	2.0
127	New Zealand	2.0
128	Colombia	1.9
129	Australia	1.9
130	United Kingdom	1.9
131	St. Lucia	1.9
132	Sweden	1.9
133	Brunei	1.9
134	Bahamas, The	1.9
135	United States	1.9
136	Norway	1.9
137	Costa Rica	1.8
138	Georgia	1.8
139	Sint Maarten (France - French part)	1.8
140	United Arab Emirates	1.8
141	Brazil	1.8
142	Finland	1.8
143	Barbados	1.8
144	Belgium	1.8
145	Trinidad and Tobago	1.8
146	Chile	1.8
147	Albania	1.8
148	United States Virgin Islands (US)	1.8
149	Vietnam	1.7
150	Denmark	1.7
151	Iran	1.7
152	Netherlands	1.7
153	Russia	1.7
154	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.7
155	China	1.7
156	Montenegro	1.7
157	Puerto Rico (US)	1.6
158	Bermuda (UK)	1.6
159	Cuba	1.6
160	Belarus	1.6
161	Canada	1.6
162	Lithuania	1.6
163	Slovenia	1.6
164	Luxembourg	1.6
165	Estonia	1.6
166	Armenia	1.6
167	Romania	1.5
168	Thailand	1.5
169	Switzerland	1.5
170	Macedonia	1.5
171	Liechtenstein	1.5
172	Croatia	1.5
173	Ukraine	1.5
174	Bulgaria	1.5
175	Lebanon	1.5
176	Moldova	1.5
177	Cyprus	1.5
178	Serbia	1.5
179	Czech Republic	1.5
180	Latvia	1.4
181	Austria	1.4
182	Mauritius	1.4
183	Malta	1.4
184	Italy	1.4
185	Japan	1.4
186	Germany	1.4
187	Slovak Republic	1.3
188	Hungary	1.3
189	Spain	1.3
190	Poland	1.3
192	Greece	1.3
193	Portugal	1.3
194	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3
195	Macau (China)	1.2
196	Singapore	1.2
197	South Korea	1.2
198	Hong Kong (China)	1.1

1	American Samoa (US)	-
2	Andorra	-
3	Cayman Islands (UK)	-
4	Curaçao (Netherlands)	-
5	Dominica	-
6	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	-
7	French Guiana (France)	-
8	Guadeloupe (France)	-
9	Guernsey (UK)	-
10	Isle of Man (UK)	-
11	Jersey (UK)	-
12	Kosovo	-
13	Marshall Islands	-
14	Mayotte (France)	-
15	Monaco	-
16	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	-
17	Palau	-
18	San Marino	-
19	Sint Maarten (Netherlands - Dutch part)	-
20	St. Kitts and Nevis	-
21	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	-
22	Tuvalu	-
23	Vatican City	-

Rank	Country	Fertility rate 2015 (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.6
2	South Sudan	6.9
3	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	6.6
4	Somalia	6.6
5	Chad	6.5
6	Central African Republic	6.2
7	Burundi	6.2
8	Angola	6.1
9	Burkina Faso	6.0
10	Mozambique	5.9
11	Mali	5.9
12	Uganda	5.9
13	Timor-Leste	5.7
14	Zambia	5.6
15	Gambia	5.6
16	Nigeria	5.5
17	Tanzania	5.2
18	Sudan	5.2
19	Guinea	5.1
20	Equatorial Guinea	5.1
21	Malawi	5.0
22	Senegal	5.0
23	Cameroon	4.9
24	Guinea-Bissau	4.9
25	Benin	4.9
26	Côte d’Ivoire	4.9
27	Sierra Leone	4.9
28	Afghanistan	4.9
29	Togo	4.8
30	Congo	4.8
31	Liberia	4.7
32	Samoa	4.7
33	Eritrea	4.4
34	Yemen	4.4
35	Madagascar	4.4
36	Sao Tome and Principe	4.3
37	Comoros	4.3
38	Papua New Guinea	4.3
39	Zimbabwe	4.3
40	Mauritania	4.2
41	Vanuatu	4.2
42	Ghana	4.2
43	Rwanda	4.2
44	Iraq	4.2
45	Gabon	4.1
46	Palestinian Territory (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	4.1
47	Ethiopia	4.1
48	Solomon Islands	4.1
49	Mayotte (France)	4.1
50	Marshall Islands	4.1
51	Kyrgyzstan	4.0
52	Nauru	3.9
53	Kenya	3.9
54	Tonga	3.9
55	Tajikistan	3.8
56	Kiribati	3.8
57	Pakistan	3.8
58	Namibia	3.6
59	Egypt	3.5
60	Jordan	3.5
61	French Guiana (France)	3.5
62	Micronesia, Federated States of	3.5
63	Djibouti	3.4
64	Lesotho	3.3
65	Swaziland	3.3
66	Israel	3.3
67	Haiti	3.2
68	Bolivia	3.2
69	Tuvalu	3.2
70	Mongolia	3.1
71	Laos	3.1
72	Guatemala	3.1
73	Fiji	3.1
74	Algeria	3.0
75	Kazakhstan	3.0
76	Botswana	2.9
77	Philippines	2.9
78	Guam (US)	2.9
79	Oman	2.9
80	Saudi Arabia	2.9
81	Syria	2.8
82	Paraguay	2.8
83	Honduras	2.7
84	Cambodia	2.7
85	Panama	2.7
86	South Africa	2.6
87	Ecuador	2.6
88	Indonesia	2.6
89	Guyana	2.6
90	Morocco	2.5
91	Dominican Republic	2.5
92	Venezuela	2.5
93	Peru	2.5
	World	2.5
94	Nicaragua	2.4
95	Uzbekistan	2.4
96	Nepal	2.4
97	Belize	2.4
98	Cape Verde	2.4
99	Libya	2.4
100	Western Sahara	2.4
101	Seychelles	2.4
102	Reunion (France)	2.4
103	Viet Nam	2.4
104	India	2.3
105	Turkmenistan	2.3
106	Bangladesh	2.3
107	Mexico	2.3
108	Myanmar (Burma)	2.3
109	Suriname	2.3
110	Jamaica	2.3
111	Sri Lanka	2.3
112	Kuwait	2.3
113	New Caledonia (France)	2.3
114	Kosovo	2.3
115	Maldives	2.2
116	Bhutan	2.2
117	Argentina	2.2
118	Azerbaijan	2.2
119	Turkey	2.2
120	Guadeloupe (France)	2.2
121	Tunisia	2.1
122	Curaçao (Netherlands)	2.1
123	Grenada	2.1
124	Bahrain	2.1
125	Dominica	2.1
	Population Replacement	2.1
126	El Salvador	2.0
127	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.0
128	Malaysia	2.0
129	French Polynesia (France)	2.0
130	Ireland	2.0
131	Korea, North	2.0
132	Qatar	2.0
133	France	2.0
134	Colombia	1.9
135	Bahamas	1.9
136	Costa Rica	1.9
137	Uruguay	1.9
138	New Zealand	1.9
139	Australia	1.9
140	United States	1.9
141	Iceland	1.9
142	Sweden	1.9
143	United Kingdom	1.9
144	Martinique (France)	1.9
145	Iran	1.8
146	Brazil	1.8
147	Chile	1.8
148	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.8
149	United Arab Emirates	1.8
150	Russia	1.8
151	Norway	1.8
152	Albania	1.8
153	Belgium	1.8
154	Lebanon	1.7
155	Georgia	1.7
156	Trinidad and Tobago	1.7
157	Belarus	1.7
158	Palau	1.7
159	China (mainland only)	1.7
160	Barbados	1.7
161	Lithuania	1.7
162	Cuba	1.7
163	Finland	1.7
164	Netherlands	1.7
165	Denmark	1.7
166	Channel Islands - Guernsey and Jersey (UK)	1.7
167	Brunei	1.6
168	Thailand	1.6
169	Montenegro	1.6
170	Canada	1.6
171	Latvia	1.6
172	Slovenia	1.6
173	Serbia	1.6
-	European Union	1.6
174	Armenia	1.5
175	Antigua and Barbuda	1.5
176	Saint Lucia	1.5
177	Luxembourg	1.5
178	Macedonia	1.5
179	Ukraine	1.5
180	Estonia	1.5
181	Czech Republic	1.5
182	Switzerland	1.5
183	Puerto Rico (US)	1.5
184	Austria	1.5
185	Croatia	1.5
186	Liechtenstein	1.5
187	San Marino	1.5
188	Bulgaria	1.5
189	Germany	1.5
190	Cyprus	1.4
191	Mauritius	1.4
192	Malta	1.4
193	Slovakia	1.4
194	Hungary	1.4
195	Japan	1.4
196	Italy	1.4
197	Monaco	1.4
198	Moldova	1.3
199	Poland	1.3
200	Singapore	1.3
201	Greece	1.3
202	Romania	1.3
203	Spain	1.3
204	Andorra	1.3
205	Macau (China)	1.2
206	Taiwan	1.2
207	Korea, South	1.2
208	Hong Kong (China)	1.2
209	Portugal	1.2
210	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.2

1	Christmas Island (Australia)	-
2	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	-
3	Falkland Islands (UK)	-
7	Niue	-
8	Norfolk Island (Australia)	-
9	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	-
10	Svalbard (Norway)	-
11	Tokelau (New Zealand)	-
12	Vatican City	-

Rank	Country	Fertility rate 2015 est. (births/woman)
1	Niger	6.76
2	Burundi	6.09
3	Mali	6.06
4	Somalia	5.99
5	Uganda	5.89
6	Burkina Faso	5.86
7	Zambia	5.72
8	Malawi	5.60
9	Angola	5.37
10	Afghanistan	5.33
11	South Sudan	5.31
12	Mozambique	5.21
13	Nigeria	5.19
14	Ethiopia	5.15
15	Timor-Leste	5.01
16	Benin	4.95
17	Tanzania	4.89
18	Guinea	4.88
19	Sierra Leone	4.80
20	Cameroon	4.76
21	Liberia	4.70
22	Republic of the Congo	4.68
23	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	4.66
24	Equatorial Guinea	4.57
25	Chad	4.55
26	Sao Tome and Principe	4.54
27	Rwanda	4.53
28	Togo	4.48
29	Gabon	4.46
30	Senegal	4.44
31	Central African Republic	4.41
32	Guinea-Bissau	4.23
33	Madagascar	4.20
34	Iraq	4.12
35	Gaza Strip (Palestinian Territories)	4.08
36	Ghana	4.06
37	Eritrea	4.02
38	Western Sahara	4.00
39	Mauritania	4.00
40	Yemen	3.91
41	Sudan	3.79
42	Gambia, The	3.73
43	Comoros	3.60
44	Côte d’Ivoire	3.54
45	Zimbabwe	3.53
46	Kenya	3.31
47	Solomon Islands	3.28
48	Tonga	3.26
49	Vanuatu	3.25
50	Jordan	3.17
51	Papua New Guinea	3.16
52	Marshall Islands	3.15
53	Philippines	3.09
54	Tuvalu	3.00
55	Belize	2.95
56	American Samoa (US)	2.92
57	Guatemala	2.90
58	Nauru	2.88
59	Oman	2.86
60	Samoa	2.84
61	Egypt	2.83
62	Laos	2.82
63	Swaziland	2.80
64	Honduras	2.78
65	Algeria	2.78
66	West Bank (Palestinian Territories)	2.76
67	Pakistan	2.75
68	Bolivia	2.73
69	Lesotho	2.72
70	Tajikistan	2.71
71	Haiti	2.69
72	Israel	2.68
73	Kyrgyzstan	2.66
74	Syria	2.60
75	Cambodia	2.60
76	Malaysia	2.55
77	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.49
78	Kiribati	2.48
79	Kuwait	2.48
80	India	2.48
81	Fiji	2.47
	World	2.42
82	Bangladesh	2.40
83	Djibouti	2.39
84	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	2.37
85	Panama	2.35
86	United Arab Emirates	2.35
87	Guam (US)	2.34
88	Botswana	2.33
89	Dominican Republic	2.33
90	South Africa	2.33
91	Venezuela	2.32
92	Kazakhstan	2.31
93	Cabo Verde	2.29
94	Mexico	2.27
95	Ecuador	2.25
96	Nepal	2.24
97	Cook Islands	2.23
98	Argentina	2.23
99	Peru	2.18
100	Namibia	2.17
101	Mongolia	2.17
102	Burma (Myanmar)	2.16
103	Indonesia	2.15
104	Morocco	2.13
105	Saudi Arabia	2.12
106	Sri Lanka	2.10
	Population Replacement	2.10
107	Turkmenistan	2.09
108	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	2.09
109	Curacao (Netherlands)	2.09
110	Guyana	2.08
111	France	2.08
112	Grenada	2.06
113	Turkey	2.05
114	Libya	2.05
115	Colombia	2.04
116	New Zealand	2.04
117	Dominica	2.04
118	Greenland (Denmark)	2.03
119	Antigua and Barbuda	2.02
120	Iceland	2.02
121	Jamaica	2.01
122	Ireland	1.99
123	Tunisia	1.99
124	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	1.98
125	Bhutan	1.97
126	Suriname	1.97
127	New Caledonia (France)	1.97
128	Korea, North	1.97
129	Bahamas, The	1.96
130	Bermuda (UK)	1.95
131	Nicaragua	1.94
132	Isle of Man (UK)	1.94
133	French Polynesia (France)	1.92
134	Paraguay	1.91
135	El Salvador	1.91
136	Qatar	1.91
137	Gibraltar (UK)	1.91
138	Azerbaijan	1.91
139	Costa Rica	1.90
140	United Kingdom	1.89
141	Sweden	1.88
142	Seychelles	1.87
143	United States	1.87
144	Cayman Islands (UK)	1.86
145	Norway	1.86
146	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.84
147	Iran	1.83
148	Vietnam	1.83
149	Uruguay	1.82
150	Chile	1.82
151	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.82
152	Brunei	1.80
153	Uzbekistan	1.79
154	Bahrain	1.78
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.78
156	Netherlands	1.78
157	Belgium	1.78
158	Australia	1.77
159	Brazil	1.77
160	Mauritius	1.76
161	Georgia	1.76
162	Saint Lucia	1.76
163	Wallis and Futuna (France)	1.75
164	Anguilla (UK)	1.75
165	Finland	1.75
166	Maldives	1.74
167	United States Virgin Islands (US)	1.74
168	Lebanon	1.73
169	Denmark	1.73
170	Trinidad and Tobago	1.71
171	Palau	1.71
172	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	1.70
173	Liechtenstein	1.69
174	Barbados	1.68
175	Jersey (UK)	1.66
176	Armenia	1.64
177	Puerto Rico (US)	1.64
178	Luxembourg	1.61
179	Russia	1.61
180	Macedonia	1.60
-	European Union	1.60
181	China	1.60
182	Canada	1.59
183	Estonia	1.59
184	Lithuania	1.59
185	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	1.58
186	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	1.56
187	Moldova	1.56
188	Guernsey (UK)	1.55
189	Switzerland	1.55
190	Malta	1.54
191	Ukraine	1.53
192	Portugal	1.52
193	Monaco	1.52
194	Thailand	1.51
195	Albania	1.50
196	Latvia	1.50
197	San Marino	1.49
198	Spain	1.49
199	Belarus	1.47
200	Cuba	1.47
201	Cyprus	1.46
202	Croatia	1.46
203	Austria	1.46
204	Bulgaria	1.45
205	Germany	1.44
206	Czech Republic	1.44
207	Italy	1.43
208	Hungary	1.43
209	Serbia	1.43
210	Greece	1.42
211	Japan	1.40
212	Slovakia	1.39
213	Andorra	1.38
214	Slovenia	1.34
215	Poland	1.33
216	Romania	1.33
217	Montserrat (UK)	1.30
218	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.27
219	British Virgin Islands (UK)	1.26
220	Korea, South	1.25
221	Hong Kong (China)	1.18
222	Taiwan	1.12
223	Macau (China)	0.94
224	Singapore	0.81

1	Christmas Island (Australia)	-
2	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	-
3	Falkland Islands (UK)	-
4	French Guiana (France)	-
5	Kosovo	-
6	Montenegro	-
7	Niue	-
8	Norfolk Island (Australia)	-
9	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	-
10	Svalbard (Norway)	-
11	Tokelau (New Zealand)	-
12	Vatican City	-

Note:

(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1970 and 2013

1970 List by the Population Reference Bureau

2014 List by the Population Reference Bureau

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 1970 (births/woman)
1	Rwanda	8.2
2	Kenya	8.1
3	Côte d’Ivoire	7.9
4	Palestinian Territory (Israeli-occupied territories -> Palestinian Territories)	7.9
5	Mayotte (French Colonial Empire -> French Overseas Department)	7.9
6	Libya	7.9
7	Jordan	7.9
8	Afghanistan	7.7
9	Mongolia	7.6
10	Algeria	7.6
11	Syria	7.6
12	Yemen ( North Yemen and South Yemen)	7.5
13	Zambia	7.4
14	Rhodesia (-> Zimbabwe)	7.4
15	Iraq	7.4
16	Niger	7.4
17	Saudi Arabia	7.3
18	Madagascar	7.3
19	Malawi	7.3
20	Burundi	7.3
21	Senegal	7.3
22	Oman	7.3
23	Angola (Portuguese Angola -> Angola)	7.3
24	Honduras	7.3
25	Maldives	7.2
26	Somalia	7.2
27	Kuwait	7.2
28	Samoa	7.2
29	Comoros (French Colonial Empire -> Comoros)	7.1
30	Togo	7.1
31	Uganda	7.1
32	Bangladesh (East Pakistan -> Bangladesh)	7.0
33	Ethiopia	7.0
34	Ghana	7.0
35	Nicaragua	6.9
36	Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union -> Tajikistan)	6.9
37	Mali	6.9
38	South Sudan ( Sudan -> South Sudan)	6.9
39	Swaziland	6.9
40	Cape Verde (Portuguese Empire -> Cape Verde)	6.9
41	Micronesia, Federated States of (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands -> Micronesia, Federated States of)	6.9
42	Qatar (British Empire -> Qatar)	6.9
43	Sudan	6.9
44	Solomon Islands (British Empire -> Solomon Islands)	6.9
45	Benin	6.8
46	Mauritania	6.8
47	Djibouti (French Territory of the Afars and the Issas -> Djibouti)	6.8
48	Tanzania	6.8
49	Sierra Leone	6.7
50	Morocco	6.7
51	Liberia	6.7
52	Mexico	6.7
53	Eritrea ( Ethiopia -> Eritrea)	6.7
54	Bhutan	6.7
55	Republic of Upper Volta (-> Burkina Faso)	6.6
56	United Arab Emirates (British Empire -> United Arab Emirates)	6.6
57	Western Sahara (Spanish Sahara -> Western Sahara)	6.6
58	Mozambique (Portuguese Mozambique -> Mozambique)	6.6
59	Pakistan	6.6
60	Botswana	6.6
61	Bolivia	6.6
62	Cambodia	6.5
63	Sao Tome and Principe (Portuguese Empire -> Sao Tome and Principe)	6.5
64	Vietnam ( North Vietnam and South Vietnam)	6.5
65	Bahrain (British Empire -> Bahrain)	6.5
66	Nigeria	6.5
67	Namibia (South-West Africa -> Namibia)	6.5
68	Chad	6.5
69	Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union -> Uzbekistan)	6.5
70	Iran	6.4
71	Tunisia	6.4
72	Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union -> Turkmenistan)	6.3
73	Peru	6.3
74	New Hebrides (French Colonial Empire -> Vanuatu)	6.3
75	Philippines	6.3
76	Belize (British Empire -> Belize)	6.3
77	Republic of the Congo	6.3
78	Territory of Papua and New Guinea ( Australia -> Papua New Guinea)	6.2
79	Cameroon	6.2
80	Dominican Republic	6.2
81	Guinea	6.2
82	El Salvador	6.2
83	Zaire (-> Congo, Democratic Republic of the)	6.2
84	Guatemala	6.2
85	Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Guinea -> Guinea-Bissau)	6.1
86	Ecuador	6.1
87	Saint Lucia (British Empire -> Saint Lucia)	6.1
88	Gilbert Islands (British Empire -> Kiribati)	6.1
89	Gambia, The	6.1
90	Central African Republic	6.0
91	Nepal	6.0
92	Burma (-> Myanmar)	6.0
93	Laos	6.0
94	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire -> Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)	6.0
95	Egypt	5.9
96	Timor-Leste (Portuguese Timor -> Timor-Leste)	5.9
97	Tonga	5.9
98	Seychelles (British Empire -> Seychelles)	5.8
99	Brunei (British Empire -> Brunei)	5.8
100	Lesotho	5.8
101	Haiti	5.8
102	Equatorial Guinea	5.7
103	Turkey	5.7
104	Paraguay	5.7
105	Suriname (Dutch Empire -> Suriname)	5.7
106	Colombia	5.6
107	Thailand	5.6
108	South Africa	5.6
109	India	5.5
110	People's Republic of China (mainland only)	5.5
111	Indonesia	5.5
112	Jamaica	5.5
113	Venezuela	5.4
114	New Caledonia (French Colonial Empire -> Overseas departments and territories of France)	5.3
115	Panama	5.2
116	French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire -> French Overseas Collectivity)	5.1
116	Gabon	5.1
117	Albania	5.1
118	Guyana	5.1
119	Lebanon	5.0
120	Brazil	5.0
121	Costa Rica	4.9
122	Malaysia	4.9
123	Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union -> Kyrgyzstan)	4.9
124	Guadeloupe (French Colonial Empire -> French Overseas Department)	4.9
125	Reunion (French Colonial Empire -> French Overseas Department)	4.8
126	French Guiana (French Colonial Empire -> French Overseas Department)	4.7
	World	4.7
127	Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union -> Azerbaijan)	4.6
128	Martinique (French Colonial Empire -> French Overseas Department	4.6
129	Grenada (British Empire -> Grenada)	4.6
130	Fiji	4.5
131	Korea, South	4.5
132	Guam (US)	4.4
133	Korea, North	4.3
134	Sri Lanka	4.3
135	Chile	4.0
136	Cuba	4.0
137	Ireland	3.9
138	Republic of China (Taiwan)	3.9
139	Israel	3.8
140	Mauritius	3.8
141	Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire -> Antigua and Barbuda)	3.7
142	Trinidad and Tobago	3.6
143	Bahamas, The (British Empire -> Bahamas, The)	3.5
144	Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union -> Kazakhstan)	3.5
145	Curaçao (Dutch Empire -> Dutch Caribbean)	3.3
146	Hong Kong (British Hong Kong -> People's Republic of China)	3.3
147	Puerto Rico (US)	3.2
148	New Zealand	3.2
149	Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Armenia)	3.2
150	Singapore	3.2
151	Argentina	3.1
152	Barbados	3.1
153	SR Macedonia ( Yugoslavia -> Macedonia)	3.0
154	Portugal	3.0
155	Australia	2.9
156	Spain	2.9
157	Uruguay	2.9
158	Romania	2.9
159	Iceland	2.8
160	SR Montenegro ( Yugoslavia -> Montenegro)	2.7
161	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Yugoslavia -> Bosnia and Herzegovina)	2.7
162	Netherlands	2.6
163	Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Moldova)	2.6
164	Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Georgia)	2.6
165	Norway	2.5
166	Cyprus	2.5
167	United States	2.5
168	France	2.5
169	United Kingdom	2.4
170	Slovak Socialist Republic ( Czechoslovakia -> Slovakia)	2.4
171	Italy	2.4
172	Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Lithuania)	2.4
173	SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia -> Serbia)	2.4
174	Greece	2.4
175	Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Belarus)	2.3
176	Poland	2.3
177	Austria	2.3
178	Belgium	2.3
179	San Marino	2.2
180	SR Slovenia ( Yugoslavia -> Slovenia)	2.2
181	Macau (Portuguese Macau -> People's Republic of China)	2.2
182	Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Estonia)	2.2
183	Bulgaria	2.2
184	Canada	2.2
185	Germany ( West Germany and East Germany)	2.1
186	Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Ukraine)	2.1
187	Channel Islands - Guernsey and Jersey (UK)	2.1
188	Switzerland	2.1
189	Japan	2.1
	Population Replacement	2.1
190	Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Latvia)	2.0
191	Denmark	2.0
192	Malta	2.0
193	Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union -> Russia)	2.0
194	Luxembourg	2.0
195	Hungary	2.0
196	Czech Socialist Republic ( Czechoslovakia -> Czech Republic)	1.9
197	Sweden	1.9
198	SR Croatia ( Yugoslavia -> Croatia)	1.8
199	Finland	1.8

1	Andorra	-
2	Czechoslovakia (dissolved in 1992)	-
3	Dominica (British Empire -> Dominica)	-
4	Template:Country data Ellice Islands (British Empire -> Tuvalu)	-
5	Yugoslavia ( Yugoslavia -> Serbia and Montenegro -> Serbia -> Kosovo)	-
6	Liechtenstein	-
7	Marshall Islands (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands -> Marshall Islands)	-
8	Monaco	-
9	Nauru	-
10	Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands -> Palau)	-
11	Saint Kitts and Nevis (British Empire -> Saint Kitts and Nevis)	-
12	Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991)	-
13	Vatican City	-
14	Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992)	-

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2013 (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.6
2	South Sudan	7.0
3	Somalia	6.6
4	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	6.6
5	Chad	6.6
6	Angola	6.2
7	Central African Republic	6.2
8	Burundi	6.1
9	Mali	6.1
10	Zambia	6.0
11	Burkina Faso	5.9
12	Uganda	5.9
13	Mozambique	5.7
14	Timor-Leste	5.7
15	Gambia, The	5.6
16	Nigeria	5.6
17	Malawi	5.5
18	Senegal	5.3
19	Tanzania	5.3
20	Sudan	5.2
21	Guinea	5.1
22	Cameroon	5.1
23	Afghanistan	5.1
24	Republic of the Congo	5.0
25	Guinea-Bissau	5.0
26	Benin	4.9
27	Côte d’Ivoire	4.9
28	Sierra Leone	4.9
29	Equatorial Guinea	4.9
30	Eritrea	4.7
31	Liberia	4.7
32	Togo	4.7
33	Samoa	4.7
34	Vanuatu	4.4
35	Yemen	4.4
36	Madagascar	4.4
37	Kenya	4.3
38	Sao Tome and Principe	4.3
39	Ghana	4.3
40	Comoros	4.3
41	Papua New Guinea	4.3
42	Nauru	4.3
43	Mauritania	4.1
44	Solomon Islands	4.1
45	Gabon	4.1
46	Marshall Islands	4.1
47	Mayotte (France)	4.1
48	Palestinian Territory	4.1
49	Iraq	4.1
50	Ethiopia	4.1
51	Rwanda	4.0
52	Tonga	3.9
53	Kiribati	3.8
54	Tajikistan	3.8
55	Pakistan	3.8
56	Guatemala	3.8
57	Zimbabwe	3.8
58	Namibia	3.6
59	French Guiana (France)	3.5
60	Micronesia, Federated States of	3.5
61	Jordan	3.5
62	Egypt	3.5
63	Haiti	3.4
64	Swaziland	3.4
65	Djibouti	3.4
66	Lesotho	3.3
67	Bolivia	3.2
68	Laos	3.2
69	Tuvalu	3.2
70	Kyrgyzstan	3.2
71	Guam (US)	3.1
72	Israel	3.0
73	Philippines	3.0
74	Syria	3.0
75	Mongolia	2.9
76	Saudi Arabia	2.9
77	Algeria	2.9
78	Ecuador	2.8
79	Paraguay	2.8
80	Honduras	2.8
81	Cambodia	2.8
82	Oman	2.8
83	Kazakhstan	2.7
84	Morocco	2.6
85	Suriname	2.6
86	Indonesia	2.6
87	Belize	2.6
88	Botswana	2.6
89	Cape Verde	2.6
90	Fiji	2.5
91	Dominican Republic	2.5
92	Bhutan	2.5
93	Guyana	2.5
94	Panama	2.5
95	Nicaragua	2.5
	World	2.5
96	India	2.4
97	Uzbekistan	2.4
98	Libya	2.4
99	Kuwait	2.4
100	Nepal	2.4
101	Venezuela	2.4
102	Western Sahara	2.4
103	Turkmenistan	2.4
104	Seychelles	2.4
105	Reunion (France)	2.4
106	Peru	2.4
107	Maldives	2.3
108	South Africa	2.3
109	Jamaica	2.3
110	Argentina	2.3
111	Colombia	2.3
112	Curaçao (Netherlands)	2.2
113	Tunisia	2.2
114	New Caledonia (France)	2.2
115	Bangladesh	2.2
116	Mexico	2.2
117	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.2
118	Guadeloupe (France)	2.2
119	Azerbaijan	2.2
120	El Salvador	2.2
121	Sri Lanka	2.1
122	Malaysia	2.1
123	Bahrain	2.1
124	French Polynesia (France)	2.1
125	Turkey	2.1
126	Vietnam	2.1
127	Qatar	2.1
	Population Replacement	2.1
128	New Zealand	2.0
129	Ireland	2.0
130	Myanmar (Burma)	2.0
131	Uruguay	2.0
132	Korea, North	2.0
133	Dominica	2.0
134	France	2.0
135	Bahamas, The	2.0
136	Kosovo	2.0
137	Grenada	2.0
138	Sweden	1.9
139	Martinique (France)	1.9
140	Australia	1.9
141	United Kingdom	1.9
142	Chile	1.9
143	Iceland	1.9
144	United States	1.9
145	Norway	1.8
146	Finland	1.8
147	Belgium	1.8
148	Barbados	1.8
149	Costa Rica	1.8
150	United Arab Emirates	1.8
151	Antigua and Barbuda	1.8
152	Iran	1.8
153	Thailand	1.8
154	Brazil	1.8
155	Albania	1.8
156	Montenegro	1.7
157	Netherlands	1.7
158	Georgia	1.7
159	Belarus	1.7
160	Palau	1.7
161	Denmark	1.7
162	Channel Islands - Guernsey and Jersey (UK)	1.7
163	Russia	1.7
164	Cuba	1.7
165	Puerto Rico (US)	1.6
166	Croatia	1.6
167	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.6
168	Trinidad and Tobago	1.6
169	Canada	1.6
170	People's Republic of China (mainland only)	1.6
171	Brunei	1.6
172	Lithuania	1.6
173	Luxembourg	1.6
174	Armenia	1.6
-	European Union	1.6
175	Macedonia	1.5
176	San Marino	1.5
177	Slovenia	1.5
178	Ukraine	1.5
179	Latvia	1.5
180	Estonia	1.5
181	Liechtenstein	1.5
182	Bulgaria	1.5
183	Czech Republic	1.5
184	Switzerland	1.5
185	Saint Lucia	1.5
186	Lebanon	1.5
187	Cyprus	1.5
188	Mauritius	1.4
189	Japan	1.4
190	Austria	1.4
191	Germany	1.4
192	Monaco	1.4
193	Malta	1.4
194	Serbia	1.4
195	Italy	1.4
196	Slovakia	1.3
197	Greece	1.3
198	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3
199	Romania	1.3
200	Hungary	1.3
201	Spain	1.3
202	Portugal	1.2
203	Singapore	1.2
204	Poland	1.2
205	Macau (China)	1.2
206	Korea, South	1.2
207	Moldova	1.2
208	Hong Kong (China)	1.1
209	Andorra	1.1
210	Republic of China (Taiwan)	1.1

1	Vatican City	-

Notes:

(->) Country that changed name and flag, dependent territory that is now an independent country (sovereign state) from another current or extinct (dissolved) state or empire, former dependent territory from a sovereign state or empire that was included in another sovereign state.

(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

Country ranking by TFR forecast

2015 List by the United Nations

Rank	Country	Fertility rate 2015-2020 (Medium Variant) (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.46
2	Somalia	6.12
3	Mali	5.92
4	Chad	5.79
5	Angola	5.79
6	Burundi	5.66
7	DR Congo	5.66
8	Gambia	5.53
9	Uganda	5.46
10	Nigeria	5.41
11	Timor-Leste	5.33
12	Burkina Faso	5.23
13	Zambia	5.14
14	Mozambique	5.12
15	Tanzania	4.92
16	Malawi	4.88
17	Senegal	4.83
18	Côte d'Ivoire	4.77
19	South Sudan	4.73
20	Guinea	4.73
21	Republic of the Congo	4.64
22	Guinea-Bissau	4.56
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.52
24	Benin	4.50
25	Liberia	4.47
26	Cameroon	4.46
27	Mauritania	4.39
28	Sao Tome and Principe	4.36
29	Togo	4.35
30	Iraq	4.35
31	Sierra Leone	4.28
32	Afghanistan	4.25
33	Comoros	4.23
34	Madagascar	4.21
35	Sudan	4.13
36	Kenya	4.10
37	Eritrea	4.02
38	Central African Republic	4.02
39	Ethiopia	3.99
40	Palestinian territories (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	3.95
41	Ghana	3.95
42	Samoa	3.90
43	Yemen	3.79
44	Solomon Islands	3.76
45	Mayotte (France)	3.73
46	Gabon	3.68
47	Zimbabwe	3.65
48	Rwanda	3.62
49	Papua New Guinea	3.58
50	Tonga	3.58
51	Kiribati	3.58
52	Pakistan	3.38
53	Tajikistan	3.32
54	Namibia	3.31
55	Vanuatu	3.22
56	French Guiana (France)	3.28
57	Jordan	3.20
58	Egypt	3.16
59	Federated States of Micronesia	3.08
60	Swaziland	3.06
61	Guatemala	3.03
62	Lesotho	3.01
63	Djibouti	2.99
64	Kyrgyzstan	2.93
65	Israel	2.93
66	Philippines	2.87
67	Haiti	2.85
68	Bolivia	2.83
69	Laos	2.77
70	Syria	2.77
71	Botswana	2.67
72	Algeria	2.62
73	Saudi Arabia	2.59
74	Mongolia	2.54
75	Cambodia	2.53
76	Kazakhstan	2.53
77	Oman	2.51
78	Fiji	2.48
79	Guyana	2.47
	World	2.47
80	Belize	2.46
81	Paraguay	2.45
82	Ecuador	2.44
83	Morocco	2.38
84	Dominican Republic	2.38
85	Panama	2.36
86	Indonesia	2.36
87	Peru	2.35
88	India	2.34
89	Uzbekistan	2.33
90	Guam (US)	2.32
91	Libya	2.32
92	South Africa	2.28
93	Venezuela	2.28
94	Suriname	2.28
95	Argentina	2.27
96	Honduras	2.25
97	Turkmenistan	2.22
98	Azerbaijan	2.22
99	Seychelles	2.21
100	Cabo Verde	2.19
101	United States Virgin Islands (US)	2.18
102	Nicaragua	2.16
103	Mexico	2.14
104	Myanmar (Burma)	2.13
105	Réunion (France)	2.12
106	Guadeloupe (France)	2.10
	Population Replacement	2.10
107	Nepal	2.09
108	Bangladesh	2.08
109	Grenada	2.08
110	Tunisia	2.07
111	Western Sahara	2.06
112	Curaçao (Netherlands)	2.05
113	Kuwait	2.04
114	New Caledonia (France)	2.04
115	Sri Lanka	2.03
116	Antigua and Barbuda	2.03
117	Turkey	2.01
118	Ireland	2.00
119	Jamaica	1.99
120	French Polynesia (France)	1.99
121	New Zealand	1.99
122	France	1.99
123	Maldives	1.98
124	Bahrain	1.98
125	Uruguay	1.98
126	Qatar	1.95
127	Vietnam	1.95
128	North Korea	1.94
129	Bhutan	1.93
130	Sweden	1.93
131	United Kingdom	1.91
132	Iceland	1.90
133	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.90
134	Malaysia	1.90
135	United States	1.90
136	Martinique (France)	1.88
137	El Salvador	1.87
138	Australia	1.86
139	Colombia	1.83
140	Bahamas	1.83
141	Belgium	1.83
142	Brunei	1.82
143	Saint Lucia	1.82
144	Georgia	1.82
145	Norway	1.81
146	Barbados	1.80
147	Albania	1.78
148	Finland	1.77
149	Netherlands	1.77
150	Denmark	1.76
151	Costa Rica	1.76
152	Brazil	1.74
153	Chile	1.73
154	United Arab Emirates	1.73
155	Trinidad and Tobago	1.73
156	Russia	1.72
157	Lebanon	1.71
158	Estonia	1.66
159	Montenegro	1.65
160	Slovenia	1.65
161	Belarus	1.64
162	Lithuania	1.63
163	Iran	1.62
164	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.62
165	Luxembourg	1.61
166	Bulgaria	1.60
167	China	1.59
168	Puerto Rico (US)	1.59
169	Serbia	1.59
170	Cuba	1.58
171	Switzerland	1.57
172	Canada	1.56
173	Ukraine	1.56
174	Latvia	1.55
175	Macedonia	1.55
176	Czech Republic	1.54
177	Austria	1.53
178	Romania	1.53
179	Armenia	1.51
180	Italy	1.49
181	Channel Islands - Jersey and Guernsey (UK)	1.49
182	Malta	1.49
183	Croatia	1.48
184	Thailand	1.46
185	Japan	1.46
186	Mauritius	1.44
187	Germany	1.44
188	Slovakia	1.44
189	Cyprus	1.42
190	Hungary	1.40
191	Spain	1.38
192	Macau (China)	1.34
193	Poland	1.33
194	South Korea	1.33
195	Greece	1.30
196	Hong Kong (China)	1.30
197	Singapore	1.26
198	Portugal	1.24
199	Moldova	1.23
200	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.23

1	American Samoa (US)	-
2	Andorra	-
3	Anguilla (UK)	-
4	Bermuda (UK)	-
5	British Virgin Islands (UK)	-
6	Cayman Islands (UK)	-
7	Cook Islands	-
8	Dominica	-
9	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	-
10	Gibraltar (UK)	-
11	Greenland (Denmark)	-
12	Isle of Man (UK)	-
13	Kosovo	-
14	Marshall Islands	-
15	Monaco	-
16	Montserrat (UK)	-
17	Nauru	-
18	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	-
19	Palau	-
20	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	-
21	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-
22	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	-
23	San Marino	-
24	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	-
25	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	-
26	Vatican City	-
27	Wallis and Futuna (France)	-

Note:

(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

References

Lists of countries by population statistics

World population	Current population Current population (United Nations) Current population (graphical)

Continental	Asia Africa Europe North America Oceania South America

Regional	Americas Arab world Caribbean Commonwealth of Nations Eurasia European Union Islands Latin America Middle East

Cities	Population of national capitals Population of cities proper Population of urban areas Population of urban areas Megacity Megalopolis

Past population	Past population (United Nations) Past and future population 1700 1800 1900 1907 2000 2005 2010

Population density	Current density Current real density based on food growing capacity

Growth indicators	Population growth rate Natural increase Birth rate Mortality rate Fertility rate

Other demographics	Age at first marriage Divorce rate Domestic citizens Ethnic and cultural diversity level Foreign-born population Immigrant population Median age Net migration rate Number of households Sex ratio Urban population Urbanization

Health	Antiviral medications for pandemic influenza HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate Infant mortality rate Life expectancy Percentage suffering from undernourishment Health expenditure covered by government Suicide rate Total health expenditure (PPP) per capita

Education and innovation	25- to 34-year-olds with a tertiary education degree Bloomberg Innovation Index Education Index Graduates in natural sciences and engineering International Innovation Index Innovation Union Scoreboard Literacy rate Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies Progress in International Reading Literacy Study Student skills Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study Women's average years in school World Intellectual Property Indicators

Economic	Development aid given Foreign aid received Employment rate Irrigated land area Human Development Index by country inequality-adjusted Human Poverty Index Imports Income equality Job security Labour force Number of millionaires (US dollars) Number of billionaires (US dollars) Percentage living in poverty Public sector Sen social welfare function Unemployment rate

List of international rankings List of top international rankings by country Lists by country

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List of sovereign states and dependent territories by fertility rate

Methodology

Country ranking by verified TFR and estimate

Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1970 and 2013

Country ranking by TFR forecast

See also

References