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Fertility rate: births per woman
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live births per woman
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216 countries · 1891–2024
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Country
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Value
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1
Chad
6
2
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
6
3
Congo, Dem. Rep.
6
4
Central African Republic
6
5
Niger
5.9
6
Mali
5.5
7
Angola
5
8
Burundi
4.8
9
Afghanistan
4.8
10
Mozambique
4.7
11
Mauritania
4.6
12
Tanzania
4.5
13
Yemen, Rep.
4.5
14
Benin
4.5
15
Nigeria
4.4
16
Sudan
4.3
17
Cameroon
4.3
18
Cote d'Ivoire
4.2
19
Uganda
4.2
20
Guinea
4.1
21
Togo
4.1
22
Equatorial Guinea
4.1
23
Burkina Faso
4.1
24
Congo, Rep.
4.1
25
Zambia
4
26
Madagascar
3.9
27
Ethiopia
3.9
28
Gambia, The
3.9
29
Liberia
3.9
30
Comoros
3.8
31
Samoa
3.8
32
South Sudan
3.8
33
Senegal
3.8
34
Guinea-Bissau
3.8
35
Sierra Leone
3.7
36
Eritrea
3.7
37
Zimbabwe
3.7
38
Rwanda
3.6
39
Sao Tome and Principe
3.6
40
Gabon
3.6
41
Malawi
3.6
42
Vanuatu
3.6
43
Pakistan
3.5
44
Solomon Islands
3.5
45
Uzbekistan
3.5
46
Ghana
3.3
47
Naoero
3.3
48
West Bank and Gaza
3.3
49
Iraq
3.2
50
Namibia
3.2
51
Tuvalu
3.2
52
Kenya
3.2
53
Kiribati
3.1
54
Tonga
3.1
55
Papua New Guinea
3.1
56
Tajikistan
3
57
Kazakhstan
3
58
Marshall Islands
2.9
59
Israel
2.8
60
Kyrgyz Republic
2.8
61
Guam
2.7
62
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
2.7
63
Egypt, Arab Rep.
2.7
64
Algeria
2.7
65
Eswatini
2.7
66
Botswana
2.7
67
Syrian Arab Republic
2.7
68
St. Martin (French part)
2.7
69
Lesotho
2.7
70
Turkmenistan
2.7
71
Mongolia
2.6
72
Timor-Leste
2.6
73
Haiti
2.6
74
Djibouti
2.6
75
Jordan
2.6
76
Cambodia
2.5
77
Bolivia
2.5
78
Oman
2.5
79
Honduras
2.5
80
Paraguay
2.4
81
Lao PDR
2.4
82
Guyana
2.4
83
Northern Mariana Islands
2.3
84
Saudi Arabia
2.3
85
Libya
2.3
86
Guatemala
2.3
87
Fiji
2.3
88
American Samoa
2.3
89
Suriname
2.2
90
Lebanon
2.2
91
Faroe Islands
2.2
92
Dominican Republic
2.2
93
Morocco
2.2
94
Nicaragua
2.2
95
South Africa
2.2
96
Bangladesh
2.1
97
Indonesia
2.1
98
Seychelles
2.1
99
Panama
2.1
100
Monaco
2.1
101
Myanmar
2.1
102
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
2.1
103
Venezuela, RB
2.1
104
Belize
2
105
Peru
2
106
New Caledonia
2
107
India
2
108
Nepal
2
109
Sri Lanka
2
110
Greenland
1.9
111
Viet Nam
1.9
112
Philippines
1.9
113
Mexico
1.9
114
Gibraltar
1.9
115
Palau
1.9
116
Tunisia
1.8
117
Ecuador
1.8
118
Bahrain
1.8
119
Georgia
1.8
120
Montenegro
1.8
121
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
1.8
122
El Salvador
1.8
123
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1.8
124
Bulgaria
1.7
125
Brunei Darussalam
1.7
126
Moldova
1.7
127
Qatar
1.7
128
Armenia
1.7
129
Romania
1.7
130
Barbados
1.7
131
Iran, Islamic Rep.
1.7
132
Azerbaijan
1.7
133
New Zealand
1.7
134
Australia
1.6
135
France
1.6
136
Colombia
1.6
137
United States
1.6
138
Turkiye
1.6
139
Brazil
1.6
140
Aruba
1.6
141
Ireland
1.6
142
Antigua and Barbuda
1.6
143
Slovenia
1.6
144
Slovak Republic
1.6
145
Maldives
1.6
146
United Kingdom
1.6
147
Isle of Man
1.5
148
Malaysia
1.5
149
Liechtenstein
1.5
150
Trinidad and Tobago
1.5
151
St. Kitts and Nevis
1.5
152
Cayman Islands
1.5
153
Denmark
1.5
154
Iceland
1.5
155
Kuwait
1.5
156
Portugal
1.5
157
Cabo Verde
1.5
158
Argentina
1.5
159
Serbia
1.5
160
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.5
161
Hungary
1.5
162
French Polynesia
1.5
163
Dominica
1.5
164
Grenada
1.5
165
Croatia
1.5
166
North Macedonia
1.5
167
Russian Federation
1.5
168
Czechia
1.5
169
Turks and Caicos Islands
1.5
170
Bhutan
1.4
171
Germany
1.4
172
Cuba
1.4
173
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
1.4
174
Switzerland
1.4
175
Netherlands
1.4
176
Sweden
1.4
177
Norway
1.4
178
Bermuda
1.4
179
Luxembourg
1.4
180
Uruguay
1.4
181
St. Lucia
1.4
182
Belgium
1.4
183
Cyprus
1.4
184
Bahamas, The
1.4
185
Estonia
1.4
186
Jamaica
1.4
187
Canada
1.3
188
Latvia
1.3
189
Albania
1.3
190
Greece
1.3
191
Austria
1.3
192
Costa Rica
1.3
193
Poland
1.3
194
Finland
1.3
195
Mauritius
1.2
196
Spain
1.2
197
Japan
1.2
198
Belarus
1.2
199
United Arab Emirates
1.2
200
Lithuania
1.2
201
Italy
1.2
202
Thailand
1.2
203
San Marino
1.2
204
Chile
1.1
205
Malta
1.1
206
Andorra
1.1
207
Curacao
1.1
208
British Virgin Islands
1
209
China
1
210
Ukraine
0.99
211
Singapore
0.95
212
Puerto Rico (US)
0.94
213
Taiwan
0.86
214
Korea, Rep.
0.73
215
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.73
216
Macao SAR, China
0.68
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