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Fertility rate
Average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime.
Darker = larger, by rank · 194 countries · World Bank / UN · tap a country to pin it here
Countries
194 · World Bank / UN- 1stChad6.03
- 2ndSomalia6.01
- 3rdDR Congo5.98
- 4thCentral African Republic5.95
- 5thNiger5.94
- 6thMali5.51
- 7thAngola5.05
- 8thBurundi4.79
- 9thAfghanistan4.76
- 10thMozambique4.69
- 11thMauritania4.63
- 12thTanzania4.54
- 13thYemen4.5
- 14thBenin4.48
- 15thNigeria4.38
- 16thSudan4.26
- 17thCameroon4.26
- 18thIvory Coast4.23
- 19thUganda4.17
- 20thGuinea4.13
- 21stTogo4.12
- 22ndEquatorial Guinea4.12
- 23rdBurkina Faso4.11
- 24thRepublic of the Congo4.11
- 25thZambia4.04
- 26thMadagascar3.91
- 27thEthiopia3.91
- 28thGambia3.91
- 29thLiberia3.86
- 30thComoros3.82
- 31stSamoa3.8
- 32ndSouth Sudan3.79
- 33rdSenegal3.77
- 34thGuinea-Bissau3.76
- 35thSierra Leone3.7
- 36thEritrea3.68
- 37thZimbabwe3.67
- 38thRwanda3.65
- 39thSão Tomé and Príncipe3.6
- 40thGabon3.59
- 41stMalawi3.59
- 42ndVanuatu3.57
- 43rdPakistan3.55
- 44thSolomon Islands3.51
- 45thUzbekistan3.49
- 46thGhana3.34
- 47thNauru3.29
- 48thIraq3.22
- 49thNamibia3.21
- 50thTuvalu3.17
- 51stKenya3.17
- 52ndKiribati3.12
- 53rdTonga3.1
- 54thPapua New Guinea3.07
- 55thTajikistan3.04
- 56thKazakhstan2.98
- 57thIsrael2.87
- 58thMarshall Islands2.86
- 59thMicronesia2.74
- 60thEgypt2.74
- 61stAlgeria2.72
- 62ndEswatini2.72
- 63rdBotswana2.7
- 64thSyria2.7
- 65thLesotho2.66
- 66thTurkmenistan2.66
- 67thTimor-Leste2.63
- 68thHaiti2.63
- 69thDjibouti2.62
- 70thJordan2.6
- 71stKyrgyzstan2.6
- 72ndCambodia2.55
- 73rdBolivia2.52
- 74thOman2.51
- 75thMongolia2.5
- 76thHonduras2.48
- 77thParaguay2.42
- 78thLaos2.4
- 79thGuyana2.4
- 80thSaudi Arabia2.31
- 81stLibya2.3
- 82ndGuatemala2.29
- 83rdFiji2.27
- 84thSuriname2.23
- 85thLebanon2.23
- 86thDominican Republic2.22
- 87thMorocco2.21
- 88thNicaragua2.21
- 89thSouth Africa2.21
- 90thBangladesh2.14
- 91stIndonesia2.12
- 92ndPanama2.11
- 93rdMonaco2.1
- 94thMyanmar2.1
- 95thVenezuela2.08
- 96thBelize2.02
- 97thPeru1.97
- 98thIndia1.96
- 99thNepal1.96
- 100thSri Lanka1.95
- 101stVietnam1.9
- 102ndPhilippines1.89
- 103rdMexico1.89
- 104thPalau1.88
- 105thSeychelles1.85
- 106thTunisia1.82
- 107thEcuador1.81
- 108thBahrain1.81
- 109thGeorgia1.8
- 110thMontenegro1.8
- 111thNorth Korea1.78
- 112thEl Salvador1.77
- 113thSaint Vincent and the Grenadines1.76
- 114thBrunei1.73
- 115thMoldova1.73
- 116thBulgaria1.72
- 117thQatar1.72
- 118thBarbados1.71
- 119thArmenia1.7
- 120thIran1.68
- 121stSerbia1.64
- 122ndColombia1.63
- 123rdUnited States1.63
- 124thBrazil1.61
- 125thFrance1.61
- 126thAntigua and Barbuda1.58
- 127thNew Zealand1.57
- 128thIceland1.56
- 128thKuwait1.56
- 128thMaldives1.56
- 131stUnited Kingdom1.55
- 132ndMalaysia1.54
- 133rdKosovo1.54
- 134thTrinidad and Tobago1.54
- 135thSaint Kitts and Nevis1.53
- 136thSlovenia1.52
- 137thCape Verde1.51
- 138thArgentina1.5
- 139thBosnia and Herzegovina1.49
- 140thAustralia1.48
- 141stDominica1.48
- 141stTürkiye1.48
- 143rdGrenada1.47
- 144thDenmark1.47
- 144thIreland1.47
- 146thCroatia1.46
- 146thSlovakia1.46
- 148thNorway1.45
- 149thBhutan1.45
- 150thCuba1.45
- 151stBelgium1.44
- 151stMauritius1.44
- 153rdAzerbaijan1.43
- 153rdNetherlands1.43
- 153rdSweden1.43
- 156thRussia1.42
- 157thHungary1.41
- 157thPortugal1.41
- 159thNorth Macedonia1.4
- 160thUruguay1.4
- 161stRomania1.39
- 162ndSaint Lucia1.39
- 163rdCyprus1.38
- 164thBahamas1.37
- 165thLiechtenstein1.37
- 166thCzechia1.36
- 166thGermany1.36
- 168thJamaica1.35
- 169thAlbania1.34
- 170thCosta Rica1.32
- 171stAustria1.31
- 172ndSwitzerland1.29
- 173rdCanada1.25
- 173rdFinland1.25
- 173rdLuxembourg1.25
- 176thGreece1.24
- 176thLatvia1.24
- 178thBelarus1.22
- 179thUnited Arab Emirates1.21
- 180thThailand1.2
- 181stEstonia1.18
- 181stItaly1.18
- 183rdSan Marino1.16
- 184thJapan1.15
- 185thChile1.14
- 185thPoland1.14
- 187thLithuania1.11
- 188thSpain1.1
- 189thAndorra1.09
- 190thChina1.01
- 191stMalta1.01
- 192ndUkraine0.99
- 193rdSingapore0.97
- 194thSouth Korea0.75
194 countries ranked.
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