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List of countries and territories by fertility rate

List of countries and territories by fertility rate:Map of countries and territories by fertility rate
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Map of countries and territories by fertility rate

This is a list of countries by total fertility rate (TFR): the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bear years, based on 2006 age-specific fertility rate data. Sovereign states are ranked. Some countries might not be listed at this time because they are not fully reconized as countries at the time this Census.

Ranking CountryFertility rate
(children/woman)
1 Niger 7.46
2 Mali 7.42
3 Somalia 6.76
4 Uganda 6.71
5 Afghanistan 6.69
6 Yemen 6.58
7 Burundi 6.55
8 Burkina Faso 6.47
9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.45
10 Angola 6.35
11 Chad 6.25
12 Sierra Leone 6.08
13 Republic of the Congo 6.07
14 Liberia 6.02
15 Malawi 5.92
16 Mauritania 5.86
17 Guinea 5.79
Mayotte (France) 5.79
Gaza Strip 5.78
18 Oman 5.77
19 Madagascar 5.62
20 Sao Tome and Principe 5.62
21 Nigeria 5.49
22 Rwanda 5.43
23 Zambia 5.39
24 Djibouti 5.31
25 The Gambia 5.30
26 Ethiopia 5.22
27 Benin 5.20
28 Eritrea 5.08
29 Comoros 5.03
30 Tanzania 4.97
31 Togo 4.96
32 Haiti 4.94
33 Kenya 4.91
34 Maldives 4.90
35 Guinea-Bissau 4.86
36 Bhutan 4.74
37 Gabon 4.74
38 Sudan 4.72
39 Laos 4.68
40 Mozambique 4.62
41 Equatorial Guinea 4.55
42 Côte d'Ivoire 4.50
43 Central African Republic 4.41
44 Cameroon 4.39
45 Senegal 4.38
West Bank 4.28
46 Iraq 4.18
47 Kiribati 4.16
48 Nepal 4.10
49 Pakistan 4.00
50 Saudi Arabia 4.00
51 Tajikistan 4.00
52 Ghana 3.99
53 Solomon Islands 3.91
54 Paraguay 3.89
55 Papua New Guinea 3.88
56 Marshall Islands 3.85
57 Guatemala 3.82
58 Belize 3.60
59 Honduras 3.59
60 East Timor 3.53
61 Swaziland 3.53
62 Syria 3.40
63 Cape Verde 3.38
64 Cambodia 3.37
65 Turkmenistan 3.37
66 Lesotho 3.28
67 Libya 3.28
American Samoa (US) 3.16
68 Federated States of Micronesia 3.16
69 Zimbabwe 3.13
70 El Salvador 3.12
71 Bangladesh 3.11
72 Philippines 3.11
73 Nauru 3.11
74 Namibia 3.06
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 3.05
75 Malaysia 3.04
76 Tonga 3.00
French Guiana (France) 2.98
77 Tuvalu 2.98
78 Samoa 2.94
79 Kuwait 2.91
80 Uzbekistan 2.91
81 United Arab Emirates 2.88
82 Bolivia 2.85
83 Dominican Republic 2.83
84 Egypt 2.83
85 Qatar 2.81
86 Botswana 2.79
87 Nicaragua 2.75
88 Fiji 2.73
89 India 2.73
90 Vanuatu 2.70
91 Kyrgyzstan 2.69
92 Ecuador 2.68
93 Morocco 2.68
94 Panama 2.68
95 Jordan 2.63
96 Bahrain 2.60
World 2.59
Guam (US) 2.58
97 Colombia 2.54
98 Peru 2.51
99 Azerbaijan 2.46
100 Palau 2.46
Réunion (France) 2.45
101 Mexico 2.42
102 Israel 2.41
103 Jamaica 2.41
Greenland (Denmark) 2.40
104 Indonesia 2.40
105 Grenada 2.34
106 Suriname 2.32
107 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.31
108 Brunei 2.28
New Caledonia (France) 2.28
109 Mongolia 2.25
110 Antigua and Barbuda 2.24
111 Costa Rica 2.24
112 Venezuela 2.23
113 South Africa 2.20
114 The Bahamas 2.18
115 Saint Lucia 2.18
Faroe Islands (Denmark) 2.17
United States Virgin Islands (US) 2.17
116 Argentina 2.16
117 North Korea 2.10
118 United States 2.09
119 Guyana 2.04
120 Albania 2.03
French Polynesia (France) 2.01
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 2.01
121 Chile 2.00
Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) 1.99
122 Burma 1.99
123 Mauritius 1.95
124 Dominica 1.94
125 Iceland 1.92
126 Turkey 1.92
127 Brazil 1.91
128 Vietnam 1.91
Cayman Islands (UK) 1.90
Guadeloupe (France) 1.90
129 Lebanon 1.90
130 Algeria 1.89
131 Kazakhstan 1.89
132 Uruguay 1.89
Bermuda (UK) 1.89
133 Ireland 1.86
134 Moldova 1.85
135 Sri Lanka 1.84
136 France 1.84
137 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.83
138 Cyprus 1.82
139 Australia 1.81
140 Iran 1.80
Aruba (Netherlands) 1.79
141 New Zealand 1.79
Martinique (France) 1.79
142 Luxembourg 1.78
142 Norway 1.78
Montserrat (UK) 1.77
143 Monaco 1.76
Puerto Rico (US) 1.75
144 Denmark 1.74
144 Tunisia 1.74
144 Seychelles 1.74
144 Trinidad and Tobago 1.74
Anguilla (UK) 1.73
145 People's Republic of China (mainland only) 1.73
145 Finland 1.73
British Virgin Islands (UK) 1.72
146 Serbia and Montenegro 1.68
147 Cuba 1.66
147 United Kingdom 1.66
147 Sweden 1.66
147 Netherlands 1.66
148 Barbados 1.65
Isle of Man (UK) 1.65
Gibraltar (UK) 1.65
149 Belgium 1.64
149 Thailand 1.64
150 Canada 1.61
Jersey (UK) 1.58
151 Macedonia 1.57
151 Republic of China (Taiwan) 1.57
Saint Helena (UK) 1.55
152 Liechtenstein 1.51
153 Malta 1.50
European Union 1.47
154 Portugal 1.47
155 Belarus 1.43
155 Switzerland 1.43
156 Georgia 1.42
157 Estonia 1.40
157 Japan 1.40
157 Croatia 1.40
Guernsey (UK) 1.39
158 Germany 1.39
159 Bulgaria 1.38
160 Romania 1.37
161 Austria 1.36
162 Greece 1.34
162 San Marino 1.34
163 Armenia 1.33
163 Slovakia 1.33
164 Italy 1.33
165 Hungary 1.32
166 Andorra 1.30
166 Spain 1.28
166 Russia 1.28
167 South Korea 1.27
167 Latvia 1.27
168 Poland 1.25
168 Slovenia 1.25
Northern Mariana Islands (US) 1.24
169 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.22
170 Czech Republic 1.21
171 Lithuania 1.20
172 Ukraine 1.17
173 Singapore 1.06
Macau (PRC) 1.02
Hong Kong (PRC) 0.95
Note: the only recognized and independent country that is missing from this list is Vatican City.

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