List of sovereign states and dependencies by total fertility rate

Map of countries by fertility rate (2018), according to CIA World Factbook

This is a list of all sovereign states and dependencies 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 2016 published online.^[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 2018 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 Our World In Data (OWID) Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1950 and 2015 list is sourced and based on the OWID website (on the clickable map and quoted sources).^[6]^[7] Our World In Data (OWID) is an online publication that presents empirical research and data that show how living conditions around the world are changing. The aim is to show how the world is changing and why. The publication is developed at the University of Oxford and authored by social historian and development economist Max Roser.

The World Bank Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1960 and 2015 list is sourced and based on the online published demographic data of the World Bank web site (on the clickable map and quoted sources).^[8]

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^[9] published online.^[10]^[11]

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.^[12]^[13] Only countries/territories with a population of 100,000 or more in 2015 are included. Rank is based on the 2015–2020 figure.

Country ranking by verified TFR and estimate

2016 List by the World Bank

2018 List by the Population Reference Bureau

2017 List by the CIA World Factbook

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2016 (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.2
2	Somalia	6.3
3	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	6.1
4	Mali	6.1
5	Chad	5.9
6	Burundi	5.7
7	Angola	5.7
8	Uganda	5.6
9	Nigeria	5.5
10	Timor-Leste	5.5
11	Gambia, The	5.4
12	Burkina Faso	5.4
13	Mozambique	5.2
14	Tanzania	5.0
15	Zambia	5.0
16	Benin	5.0
17	Cote d'Ivoire	4.9
18	Central African Republic	4.9
19	South Sudan	4.9
20	Guinea	4.9
21	Senegal	4.8
22	Cameroon	4.7
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.7
24	Mauritania	4.7
25	Congo, Republic of the	4.7
26	Afghanistan	4.6
27	Guinea-Bissau	4.6
28	Liberia	4.6
29	Malawi	4.6
30	Sudan	4.5
31	Sierra Leone	4.5
32	Sao Tome and Principe	4.5
33	Togo	4.5
34	Iraq	4.4
35	Comoros	4.3
36	Ethiopia	4.2
37	Madagascar	4.2
38	Eritrea	4.1
39	Palestinian territories (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	4.0
40	Yemen	4.0
41	Ghana	4.0
42	Samoa	4.0
43	Rwanda	3.9
44	Kenya	3.9
45	Solomon Islands	3.9
46	Gabon	3.8
47	Zimbabwe	3.8
48	Papua New Guinea	3.7
49	Kiribati	3.7
50	Tonga	3.6
51	Pakistan	3.5
52	Namibia	3.4
53	Jordan	3.4
54	Tajikistan	3.4
55	Vanuatu	3.3
56	Egypt	3.3
57	Micronesia, Federated States of	3.1
58	Israel	3.1
59	Kyrgyzstan	3.1
60	Lesotho	3.1
61	Swaziland	3.1
62	Guatemala	3.0
63	Philippines	2.9
64	Haiti	2.9
65	Syria	2.9
66	Turkmenistan	2.9
67	Bolivia	2.9
68	Djibouti	2.8
69	Seychelles	2.8
70	Algeria	2.8
71	Mongolia	2.8
72	Kazakhstan	2.7
73	Botswana	2.7
74	Laos	2.7
75	Oman	2.7
76	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	2.6
77	Cambodia	2.6
78	Saudi Arabia	2.5
79	Fiji	2.5
80	Panama	2.5
81	Guyana	2.5
82	Belize	2.5
83	Morocco	2.5
84	Ecuador	2.5
85	Paraguay	2.5
86	Honduras	2.5
87	South Africa	2.5
88	Uzbekistan	2.5
89	Dominican Republic	2.4
90	Peru	2.4
91	Suriname	2.4
92	Indonesia	2.4
	World	2.4
93	Guam (US)	2.3
94	Cabo Verde	2.3
95	India	2.3
96	Venezuela	2.3
97	Argentina	2.3
98	Libya	2.3
99	Myanmar (Burma)	2.2
100	Tunisia	2.2
101	Nicaragua	2.2
102	Mexico	2.2
103	Nepal	2.1
104	Grenada	2.1
105	Bangladesh	2.1
106	Maldives	2.1
107	United States Virgin Islands (US)	2.1
108	New Caledonia (France)	2.1
109	El Salvador	2.1
110	Kosovo	2.1
111	Turkey	2.1
112	Antigua and Barbuda	2.1
113	Bhutan	2.1
	Population Replacement	2.1
114	Sri Lanka	2.0
115	Malaysia	2.0
116	Bahrain	2.0
117	French Polynesia (France)	2.0
118	Jamaica	2.0
119	Greenland (Denmark)	2.0
120	Georgia	2.0
121	Uruguay	2.0
122	Kuwait	2.0
123	France	2.0
124	Vietnam	2.0
125	Azerbaijan	1.9
126	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1.9
127	Ireland	1.9
128	Korea, North	1.9
129	Qatar	1.9
130	Brunei	1.9
131	New Zealand	1.9
132	Colombia	1.9
133	Sweden	1.9
134	Saint Martin (France)	1.8
135	Australia	1.8
136	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.8
137	Iceland	1.8
138	United States	1.8
139	United Kingdom	1.8
140	Barbados	1.8
141	Costa Rica	1.8
142	Chile	1.8
143	Bahamas, The	1.8
144	Trinidad and Tobago	1.8
145	Russia	1.8
146	United Arab Emirates	1.7
147	Belarus	1.7
148	Brazil	1.7
149	Cuba	1.7
150	Norway	1.7
151	Lebanon	1.7
152	Albania	1.7
153	Denmark	1.7
154	Latvia	1.7
155	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.7
156	Lithuania	1.7
157	Belgium	1.7
158	Montenegro	1.7
159	Iran, Islamic Republic of	1.7
160	Netherlands	1.7
161	Finland	1.6
162	China	1.6
163	Armenia	1.6
164	Bermuda (UK)	1.6
165	Canada	1.6
166	Estonia	1.6
167	Romania	1.6
168	Czech Republic / Czechia	1.6
169	Slovenia	1.6
170	Switzerland	1.5
171	Macedonia	1.5
172	Bulgaria	1.5
173	Germany	1.5
174	Austria	1.5
175	Thailand	1.5
176	Channel Islands - Guernsey (UK) and Jersey (UK)	1.5
177	Luxembourg	1.5
178	Ukraine	1.5
179	Serbia	1.5
180	St. Lucia	1.5
181	Malta	1.4
182	Hungary	1.4
183	Japan	1.4
184	Liechtenstein	1.4
185	Slovak Republic / Slovakia	1.4
186	Mauritius	1.4
187	Croatia	1.4
188	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.4
189	Italy	1.4
190	Cyprus	1.3
191	Spain	1.3
192	Greece	1.3
193	Poland	1.3
194	Macau (China)	1.3
195	Portugal	1.3
196	Puerto Rico (US)	1.3
197	Moldova	1.2
198	Hong Kong (China)	1.2
199	Singapore	1.2
200	Korea, South	1.2
	World
	World	2.4
	Major Regions
1	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	4.8
2	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.8
3	Arab world	3.3
4	Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income)	2.8
5	Middle East and North Africa	2.8
6	South Asia	2.5
7	Latin America and Caribbean (excluding high income)	2.1
8	Latin America and Caribbean	2.1
9	Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income)	1.9
10	North America	1.8
11	East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income)	1.8
12	East Asia and Pacific	1.8
13	Europe and Central Asia	1.8
14	Central Europe and the Baltics	1.5
	States’ Size
1	Pacific Island small states	3.2
2	Other small states	3.1
3	Small states	2.9
4	Caribbean small states	2.0
	International Organizations
1	OECD members	1.7
2	European Union	1.6
	Security Situation
1	Fragile and conflict affected situations	4.4
	Economic Areas
1	Eurozone	1.6
	Economic Situation
1	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	4.9
2	Least Developed Countries: UN classification	4.1
	Economic Income
1	Low income countries	4.7
2	Lower middle income countries	2.8
3	Low and middle income countries	2.6
4	Middle income countries	2.3
5	Upper middle income countries	1.8
6	High income countries	1.7
	Not Ranked
1	American Samoa (US)	-
2	Andorra	-
3	British Virgin Islands (UK)	-
4	Cayman Islands (UK)	-
5	Dominica	-
6	French Guiana (France)	-
7	Gibraltar (UK)	-
8	Guadeloupe (France)	-
9	Isle of Man (UK)	-
10	Marshall Islands	-
11	Mayotte (France)	-
12	Monaco	-
13	Nauru	-
14	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	-
15	Palau	-
16	San Marino	-
17	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	-
18	St. Kitts and Nevis	-
19	Turks and Caicos Islands	-
20	Tuvalu	-
21	Vatican City	-
22	Western Sahara	-

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2018 (births/woman
1	Niger	7.2
2	Chad	6.4
3	Somalia	6.3
4	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	6.3
5	Angola	6.2
6	Mali	6.0
7	Burkina Faso	5.5
8	Nigeria	5.5
9	Burundi	5.5
10	Gambia, The	5.4
11	Uganda	5.4
12	Mozambique	5.3
13	Tanzania	5.2
14	Zambia	5.2
15	Mayotte (France)	5.1
16	South Sudan	5.0
17	Benin	5.0
18	Central African Republic	4.9
19	Guinea	4.8
20	Afghanistan	4.8
21	Cameroon	4.7
22	Equatorial Guinea	4.7
23	Sudan	4.7
24	Senegal	4.6
25	Côte d’Ivoire	4.6
26	Guinea-Bissau	4.6
27	Mauritania	4.6
28	Togo	4.5
29	Congo, Republic of the	4.4
30	Ethiopia	4.4
31	Malawi	4.4
32	Sao Tome and Principe	4.4
33	Comoros	4.3
34	Timor-Leste	4.2
35	Sierra Leone	4.2
36	Liberia	4.2
37	Rwanda	4.2
38	Madagascar	4.1
39	Eritrea	4.1
40	Iraq	4.1
41	Marshall Islands	4.1
42	Palestinian Territory (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	4.1
43	Yemen	4.0
44	Zimbabwe	4.0
45	Ghana	3.9
46	Nauru	3.9
47	Kenya	3.9
48	Samoa	3.8
49	Gabon	3.8
50	Solomon Islands	3.8
51	Kiribati	3.8
52	Papua New Guinea	3.8
53	Tajikistan	3.8
54	Tuvalu	3.6
55	Tonga	3.6
56	French Guiana (France)	3.6
57	Vanuatu	3.5
58	Namibia	3.4
59	Egypt	3.4
60	Swaziland (eSwatini)	3.3
61	Lesotho	3.3
62	Jordan	3.2
63	Turkmenistan	3.2
64	Guam (US)	3.2
65	Pakistan	3.1
66	Kyrgyzstan	3.1
67	Algeria	3.1
68	Israel	3.1
69	Kazakhstan	3.0
70	Micronesia, Federated States of	3.0
71	Haiti	3.0
72	Bolivia	2.9
73	Djibouti	2.9
74	Syria	2.9
75	Oman	2.9
76	Mongolia	2.8
77	Guatemala	2.8
78	Laos	2.7
79	Philippines	2.7
80	Botswana	2.6
81	Cambodia	2.6
82	Belize	2.6
83	Uzbekistan	2.5
84	Honduras	2.5
85	Paraguay	2.5
86	Guyana	2.5
87	Ecuador	2.5
88	Dominican Republic	2.5
89	Saudi Arabia	2.4
90	Reunion (France)	2.4
91	South Africa	2.4
92	Peru	2.4
93	Indonesia	2.4
94	Venezuela	2.4
95	Panama	2.4
96	Seychelles	2.4
97	Suriname	2.4
98	Maldives	2.4
	World	2.4
99	Fiji	2.3
100	Tunisia	2.3
101	India	2.3
102	Nepal	2.3
103	Libya	2.3
104	El Salvador	2.3
105	Myanmar (Burma)	2.3
106	Argentina	2.3
107	Western Sahara	2.3
108	Morocco	2.2
109	Nicaragua	2.2
110	Cape Verde	2.2
111	Mexico	2.2
112	Bangladesh	2.1
113	Bhutan	2.1
114	New Caledonia (France)	2.1
115	Turkey	2.1
116	Viet Nam	2.1
117	Sri Lanka	2.1
118	Grenada	2.1
119	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.1
120	Georgia	2.1
	Population Replacement	2.1
121	Palau	2.0
122	Colombia	2.0
123	Jamaica	2.0
124	Uruguay	2.0
125	Iran	2.0
126	Malaysia	1.9
127	Azerbaijan	1.9
128	Qatar	1.9
129	Brunei	1.9
130	Bahrain	1.9
131	Korea, North	1.9
132	France	1.9
133	Antigua and Barbuda	1.9
134	Ireland	1.8
135	New Zealand	1.8
136	Sweden	1.8
137	Dominica	1.8
138	French Polynesia (France)	1.8
139	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.8
140	Chile	1.8
141	China (mainland only)	1.8
142	Iceland	1.8
143	United States	1.8
144	United Kingdom	1.8
145	Denmark	1.8
146	Montenegro	1.8
147	United Arab Emirates	1.8
148	Martinique (France)	1.7
149	Guadeloupe (France)	1.7
150	Costa Rica	1.7
151	Kosovo	1.7
152	Australia	1.7
153	Lebanon	1.7
154	Latvia	1.7
155	Czechia / Czech Republic	1.7
156	Brazil	1.7
157	Bahamas	1.6
158	Trinidad and Tobago	1.6
159	Russia	1.6
160	Norway	1.6
161	Belgium	1.6
162	Barbados	1.6
163	Cuba	1.6
164	Lithuania	1.6
165	Netherlands	1.6
166	Armenia	1.6
167	Albania	1.6
168	Estonia	1.6
169	Slovenia	1.6
-	European Union	1.6
170	Germany	1.6
171	Liechtenstein	1.6
172	Bulgaria	1.6
173	Kuwait	1.5
174	Belarus	1.5
175	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.5
176	Canada	1.5
177	Finland	1.5
178	Saint Lucia	1.5
179	Thailand	1.5
180	Switzerland	1.5
181	Channel Islands - Guernsey (UK) and Jersey (UK)	1.5
182	Austria	1.5
183	Hungary	1.5
184	Serbia	1.5
185	Slovakia / Slovak Republic	1.5
186	Macedonia	1.4
187	Luxembourg	1.4
188	Croatia	1.4
189	Japan	1.4
190	Cyprus	1.4
191	Malta	1.4
192	Mauritius	1.4
193	Poland	1.4
194	Portugal	1.4
195	Romania	1.4
196	Ukraine	1.3
197	Moldova	1.3
198	Greece	1.3
199	Spain	1.3
200	Italy	1.3
201	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3
202	Singapore	1.2
203	China, Republic of (Taiwan)	1.2
204	Andorra	1.1
205	Hong Kong (China)	1.1
206	Korea, South	1.1
207	Puerto Rico (US)	1.1
208	San Marino	1.0
209	Macau (China)	1.0
	World
1	World	2.4
	Continents
1	Africa	4.6
2	Oceania	2.3
3	Asia	2.1
4	Americas	2.0
5	Europe	1.6
	Major Regions
1	Middle Africa	5.9
2	Western Africa	5.3
3	Eastern Africa	4.7
4	Northern Africa	3.3
5	Central Asia	2.9
6	Western Asia	2.7
7	Southern Africa	2.5
8	South Asia	2.4
9	Southeast Asia	2.3
10	Oceania	2.3
11	Central America	2.3
12	Caribbean	2.2
13	South America	2.0
14	Northern Europe	1.8
15	Northern America	1.7
16	East Asia	1.7
17	Western Europe	1.7
18	Eastern Europe	1.5
19	Southern Europe	1.4
	Not Ranked
1	Christmas Island (Australia)	-
2	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	-
3	Falkland Islands (UK)	-
4	Monaco	-
5	Niue	-
6	Norfolk Island (Australia)	-
7	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	-
8	Svalbard (Norway)	-
9	Tokelau (New Zealand)	-
10	Vatican City	-

Rank	Country	Fertility rate 2017 est. (births/woman)
1	Niger	6.49
2	Angola	6.16
3	Mali	6.01
4	Burundi	5.99
5	Somalia	5.80
6	Uganda	5.71
7	Burkina Faso	5.71
8	Zambia	5.63
9	Malawi	5.49
10	Afghanistan	5.12
11	Mozambique	5.08
12	South Sudan	5.07
13	Nigeria	5.07
14	Liberia	5.06
15	Ethiopia	4.99
16	Timor-Leste	4.79
17	Benin	4.77
18	Tanzania	4.77
19	Guinea	4.77
20	Sierra Leone	4.73
21	Cameroon	4.64
22	Congo, Republic of the	4.59
23	Gabon	4.39
24	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	4.39
25	Equatorial Guinea	4.39
26	Togo	4.38
27	Chad	4.34
28	Central African Republic	4.30
29	Senegal	4.28
30	Sao Tome and Principe	4.25
31	Gaza Strip (Palestinian Territories)	4.13
32	Guinea-Bissau	4.09
33	Madagascar	4.03
34	Ghana	4.00
35	Iraq	4.00
36	Eritrea	3.99
37	Zimbabwe	3.98
38	Rwanda	3.87
39	Western Sahara	3.86
39	Mauritania	3.86
41	Yemen	3.63
42	Sudan	3.57
43	Gambia, The	3.52
44	Egypt	3.47
45	Côte d’Ivoire	3.38
46	Comoros	3.34
47	Namibia	3.29
48	West Bank (Palestinian Territories)	3.27
49	Jordan	3.19
50	Solomon Islands	3.16
51	Tonga	3.10
52	Vanuatu	3.07
53	Papua New Guinea	3.03
54	Marshall Islands	3.03
55	Philippines	3.02
56	Kenya	2.98
57	Guam (US)	2.96
58	Tuvalu	2.95
59	Belize	2.85
60	Oman	2.82
61	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	2.80
62	Nauru	2.80
63	Guatemala	2.77
64	Haiti	2.72
65	Samoa	2.70
66	Algeria	2.70
67	Laos	2.70
68	Swaziland	2.69
69	American Samoa (US)	2.68
70	Honduras	2.67
71	Israel	2.64
72	Tajikistan	2.63
73	Bolivia	2.63
74	Lesotho	2.63
75	Pakistan	2.62
76	Kyrgyzstan	2.61
77	Botswana	2.56
78	Cambodia	2.52
79	Syria	2.50
80	Malaysia	2.50
81	India	2.43
	World	2.42 (2016)
82	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.41
83	Fiji	2.41
84	Kuwait	2.40
85	Kiribati	2.39
86	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	2.35
87	United Arab Emirates	2.32
88	Venezuela	2.32
89	Djibouti	2.31
90	Panama	2.30
91	South Africa	2.29
92	Dominican Republic	2.29
93	Argentina	2.26
94	Kazakhstan	2.25
95	Mexico	2.24
96	Cabo Verde	2.24
97	Tunisia	2.23
98	Cook Islands	2.19
99	Ecuador	2.19
100	Bangladesh	2.17
101	Burma (Myanmar)	2.17
102	Peru	2.12
103	Nepal	2.12
104	Morocco	2.11
105	Indonesia	2.11
	Population Replacement	2.10
106	Saudi Arabia	2.09
107	Mongolia	2.09
108	United States Virgin Islands (US )	2.08
109	France	2.07
110	Turkmenistan	2.07
111	Sri Lanka	2.07
112	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	2.05
113	Curacao (Netherlands)	2.04
114	Libya	2.04
115	Dominica	2.03
116	New Zealand	2.02
117	Grenada	2.02
118	Turkey	2.01
119	Antigua and Barbuda	2.00
120	Iceland	2.00
121	Guyana	2.00
122	Colombia	2.00
123	Greenland (Denmark)	1.99
124	Iran	1.97
125	Ireland	1.97
126	Jamaica	1.96
127	Korea, North	1.95
128	Bahamas, The	1.94
129	Bermuda (UK)	1.93
130	New Caledonia (France)	1.93
131	Suriname	1.93
132	Isle of Man (UK)	1.92
133	Qatar	1.90
134	Paraguay	1.90
135	Bhutan	1.90
136	Gibraltar (UK)	1.90
137	Azerbaijan	1.89
138	Nicaragua	1.89
139	Costa Rica	1.89
140	French Polynesia (France)	1.88
141	Sweden	1.88
142	United Kingdom	1.88
143	United States	1.87
144	El Salvador	1.87
145	Norway	1.85
146	Seychelles	1.85
147	Cayman Islands (UK)	1.85
148	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.83
149	Vietnam	1.81
150	Uruguay	1.80
151	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.80
152	Chile	1.80
153	Netherlands	1.78
154	Brunei	1.78
155	Belgium	1.78
156	Australia	1.77
157	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.77
158	Georgia	1.76
159	Uzbekistan	1.76
160	Mauritius	1.75
161	Saint Lucia	1.75
162	Finland	1.75
163	Brazil	1.75
164	Bahrain	1.75
165	Anguilla (UK)	1.74
166	Wallis and Futuna (France)	1.73
167	Denmark	1.73
168	Maldives	1.73
169	Lebanon	1.72
170	Palau	1.71
171	Cuba	1.71
172	Trinidad and Tobago	1.71
173	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	1.70
174	Liechtenstein	1.69
175	Barbados	1.68
176	Jersey (UK)	1.66
177	Armenia	1.64
178	Luxembourg	1.62
179	Russia	1.61
-	European Union	1.61
180	Macedonia	1.60
181	Estonia	1.60
182	China, People's Republic of	1.60
183	Canada	1.60
184	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	1.59
185	Lithuania	1.59
186	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	1.57
187	Moldova	1.57
188	Guernsey (UK)	1.56
189	Switzerland	1.56
190	Malta	1.55
191	Ukraine	1.54
192	Portugal	1.53
193	Monaco	1.53
194	Thailand	1.52
195	Albania	1.51
196	Latvia	1.51
197	Spain	1.50
198	San Marino	1.50
199	Belarus	1.48
200	Cyprus	1.47
201	Austria	1.47
202	Bulgaria	1.46
203	Czech Republic	1.45
204	Hungary	1.45
205	Germany	1.45
206	Italy	1.44
207	Serbia	1.44
208	Greece	1.43
209	Japan	1.41
210	Slovakia	1.41
211	Croatia	1.40
212	Andorra	1.40
213	Slovenia	1.36
214	Romania	1.35
215	Poland	1.35
216	Montserrat (UK)	1.33
217	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.30
218	British Virgin Islands (UK)	1.29
219	Korea, South	1.26
220	Puerto Rico (US)	1.22
221	Hong Kong (China)	1.19
222	Taiwan	1.13
223	Macau (China)	0.95
224	Singapore	0.83
	Not Ranked
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 of TFR by year

1950 and 2015

1950 List by Our World In Data

2015 List by Our World In Data

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 1950 (births/woman)
1	Iraq	8.11
2	Rwanda (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Rwanda)	7.92
3	New Hebrides (British and French Condominium → Vanuatu)	7.68
4	Samoa (United Nations trust territories, Western Samoa → Samoa)	7.63
5	Jordan	7.56
6	Dominican Republic	7.51
7	Honduras	7.47
8	Afghanistan	7.45
9	Philippines	7.45
10	Cote d'Ivoire (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Ivory Coast → Cote d'Ivoire	7.38
11	Yemen ( North Yemen and South Yemen → Yemen)	7.37
12	Kenya (British Empire, Kenya Colony → Kenya)	7.36
13	Ethiopia	7.35
14	Angola (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola → Angola)	7.34
15	St. Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire → St. Vincent and the Grenadines)	7.33
16	Madagascar (French Colonial Empire, French Madagascar → Madagascar)	7.30
17	Tonga (British Empire, British Protectorate → Tonga)	7.30
18	Algeria (French Colonial Empire, French Algeria → Algeria)	7.29
19	Niger (French Colonial Empire, French Niger → Niger)	7.26
20	Somalia (British Empire, British Somaliland and Trust Territory of Somaliland → Somalia)	7.25
21	Oman	7.25
22	Kuwait (British Empire, British Protectorate → Kuwait)	7.22
23	Saudi Arabia	7.20
24	Micronesia, Federated States of (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Micronesia, Federated States of)	7.20
25	Syria	7.18
26	Guatemala	7.15
27	Libya	7.10
28	Qatar (British Empire, British Protectorate → Qatar)	6.97
29	Bahrain (British Empire → Bahrain)	6.97
30	Mozambique (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique → Mozambique)	6.97
31	Mali (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Sudan → Mali)	6.96
32	Peru	6.95
33	Cambodia (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Cambodia → Cambodia)	6.95
34	United Arab Emirates (British Empire, Trucial States → United Arab Emirates)	6.94
35	Bolivia	6.93
36	Iran	6.92
37	Eritrea ( Ethiopia → Eritrea)	6.92
38	Taiwan	6.90
39	Uganda (British Empire → Uganda)	6.89
40	Nicaragua	6.88
41	Brunei (British Empire, British Protectorate → Brunei)	6.86
42	Malawi (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Nyasaland Protectorate → Malawi)	6.84
43	Burundi (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Burundi)	6.82
44	Senegal (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Senegal → Senegal)	6.79
45	Colombia	6.77
46	Southern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zimbabwe)	6.75
47	Turkey	6.74
48	Mexico	6.72
49	Ecuador	6.72
50	Egypt	6.72
51	Swaziland (British Empire → Swaziland)	6.71
52	Tanzania (British Empire, Tanganyika and Zanzibar → Tanzania)	6.70
53	Belize	6.69
54	Sudan (British Empire, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan → Sudan)	6.68
55	Bhutan	6.67
56	China, People's Republic of	6.67
57	South Sudan (British Empire, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan → Sudan → South Sudan)	6.63
58	Northern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zambia)	6.62
59	Singapore (British Empire, British Singapore → Singapore)	6.61
60	Pakistan	6.60
61	Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands → Suriname)	6.58
62	Cabo Verde (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde → Cabo Verde)	6.57
63	Tunisia (French Colonial Empire, French protectorate of Tunisia → Tunisia)	6.56
64	Venezuela	6.54
65	Timor-Leste (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor → Timor-Leste)	6.51
66	Morocco (French Colonial Empire, French protectorate in Morocco and Spanish Empire, Spanish protectorate in Morocco → Morocco)	6.49
67	Paraguay	6.49
68	Botswana (British Empire, Bechuanaland Protectorate → Botswana)	6.47
69	Solomon Islands (British Empire → Solomon Islands)	6.40
70	Ghana (British Empire, Gold Coast (British colony) → Ghana)	6.37
71	Nigeria (British Empire, British Nigeria → Nigeria	6.36
72	Malaysia (British Empire, British Malaya and British Borneo → Malaysia)	6.36
73	Togo (United Nations trust territories, French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Togoland → Togo)	6.33
74	Haiti	6.31
75	Djibouti (French Colonial Empire, French Somaliland → Djibouti)	6.30
76	Fiji (British Empire → Fiji)	6.30
77	Liberia	6.25
78	El Salvador	6.24
79	Bangladesh (Pakistan, East Pakistan → Bangladesh)	6.23
80	Territory of Papua and New Guinea (United Nations trust territories → Papua New Guinea	6.23
81	Sao Tome and Principe (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe → Sao Tome and Principe)	6.20
82	Brazil	6.14
83	Thailand	6.13
84	Mauritania (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Mauritania → Mauritania	6.12
85	Kiribati (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Kiribati )	6.10
86	Sierra Leone (British Empire → Sierra Leone)	6.09
87	Chad (French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, French Chad → Chad)	6.06
88	Greenland (Denmark)	6.05
89	South Africa	6.04
90	Maldives (British Empire, British Protectorate → Maldives)	6.03
91	Burkina Faso (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa → Republic of Upper Volta → Burkina Faso)	6.03
92	Burma (→ Myanmar)	6.03
93	St. Lucia (British Empire, West Indies Federation → St. Lucia)	6.00
94	Comoros (French Colonial Empire → Comoros)	6.00
95	French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire → France)	6.00
96	Belgian Congo (Belgian Colonial Empire, Belgian Congo → Template:Country data Congo, Republic of the (Léopoldville) → Zaire → Congo, Democratic Republic of the)	5.99
97	Guinea (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Guinea → Guinea	5.97
98	South-West Africa ( South Africa → Namibia)	5.96
99	Nepal	5.96
100	Albania	5.96
101	Laos (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Laos → Laos)	5.94
102	Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea → Guinea-Bissau)	5.92
103	India	5.91
104	Mauritius (British Empire → Mauritius)	5.90
105	Lesotho (British Empire → Lesotho)	5.81
106	Grenada (British Empire → Grenada)	5.80
107	Lebanon	5.76
108	Dahomey (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa → Dahomey → Benin	5.75
109	Guyana (British Empire → Guyana)	5.69
110	Panama	5.68
111	Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Empire, Spanish Guinea → Equatorial Guinea)	5.68
112	Congo, Republic of the (French Colonial Empire, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa → Congo, Republic of the)	5.67
113	Costa Rica	5.65
114	Aruba (Netherlands)	5.65
115	Sri Lanka	5.64
116	Cameroon (United Nations Trust Territories, French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, French Cameroons → Cameroon)	5.54
117	SR Macedonia ( Yugoslavia → Macedonia)	5.52
118	Mongolia	5.50
119	Central African Republic (French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, Ubangi-Shari → Central African Republic)	5.40
120	Indonesia	5.35
121	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Yugoslavia → Bosnia and Herzegovina)	5.32
122	Trinidad and Tobago (British Empire, West Indies Federation → Trinidad and Tobago)	5.28
123	United States Virgin Islands (US)	5.25
124	Gambia, The (British Empire, Gambia Colony and Protectorate → Gambia, The)	5.23
125	New Caledonia (French colonial Empire → France)	5.22
126	Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union → Uzbekistan)	5.08
127	French Guiana (French Colonial Empire → France)	5.08
128	Chile	5.08
129	Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union → Azerbaijan)	5.07
130	Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union → Tajikistan)	5.04
131	Korea, South	5.02
132	Puerto Rico (US)	4.97
	World	4.96
133	Vietnam (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Vietnam → North Vietnam and South Vietnam → Vietnam)	4.96
134	Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union → Turkmenistan)	4.89
135	Cuba	4.76
136	SR Montenegro ( Yugoslavia → Montenegro)	4.62
137	Israel	4.52
138	Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire → Antigua and Barbuda)	4.50
139	Hong Kong (British Empire, Hong Kong colony → China, Special administrative regions of China)	4.44
140	Barbados (British Empire → Barbados)	4.42
141	Macau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Macau → China, Special administrative regions of China)	4.39
142	Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union → Kazakhstan)	4.30
143	Malta (British Empire → Malta)	4.14
144	Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union → Armenia )	4.13
145	Bahamas, The (British Empire → Bahamas, The)	3.98
146	Gabon (French Colonial Empire, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa → Gabon	3.95
147	Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union → Kyrgyzstan)	3.92
148	Cyprus (British Empire, British Cyprus → Cyprus)	3.85
149	Jamaica (British Empire, Colony of Jamaica → Jamaica)	3.80
150	Iceland	3.62
151	Slovak Socialist Republic ( Czechoslovakia → Slovakia)	3.59
152	Poland	3.53
153	SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia)	3.53
154	Canada	3.47
155	Ireland	3.47
156	Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union → Moldova)	3.47
157	Japan	3.44
158	New Zealand	3.38
159	Argentina	3.16
160	Finland	3.13
161	Portugal	3.10
162	United States	3.05
163	Netherlands	3.05
164	Romania	3.05
165	Australia	3.01
166	Czech Socialist Republic ( Czechoslovakia → Czech Republic)	2.94
167	SR Croatia ( Yugoslavia → Croatia)	2.92
168	Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union → Lithuania)	2.90
169	SR Slovenia ( Yugoslavia → Slovenia)	2.87
170	France	2.83
171	Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union → Russia)	2.81
172	Hungary	2.77
173	Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union → Ukraine)	2.72
174	Uruguay	2.69
175	Bulgaria	2.66
176	Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union → Georgia)	2.65
177	Denmark	2.58
178	Italy	2.50
179	Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union → Belarus)	2.50
180	Greece	2.47
181	Norway	2.46
182	Spain	2.45
183	Belgium	2.33
184	Switzerland	2.33
185	Sweden	2.25
	Population Replacement	2.10
186	Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union → Estonia)	2.09
187	Germany ( West Germany and East Germany → Germany)	2.09
188	United Kingdom	2.08
189	Channel Islands - Guernsey (UK) and Jersey (UK)	2.06
190	Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union → Latvia)	2.01
191	Korea, North	1.95
192	Austria	1.87
193	Luxembourg	1.87
	World
	World	4.96
	Not Ranked
1	American Samoa (US)	-
2	Andorra	-
3	Bermuda (UK)	-
4	Cayman Islands (UK)	-
5	Curaçao (Netherlands)	-
6	Czechoslovakia (Dissolved in 1992)	-
7	Dominica (British Colonial Empire → Dominica)	-
8	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	-
9	Gibraltar (UK)	-
10	Guadeloupe (French Colonial Empire → France)	-
11	Guam (US)	-
12	Isle of Man (UK)	-
13	Yugoslavia ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia → Kosovo)	-
14	Liechtenstein	-
15	Marshall Islands (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Marshall Islands)	-
16	Mayotte (French Colonial Empire → France)	-
17	Monaco	-
18	Nauru	-
19	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	-
20	Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Palau)	-
21	Palestinian territories (Jordan, West Bank and Egypt, Gaza Strip → Israeli occupied territories → Palestinian territories)	-
22	San Marino	-
23	Seychelles (British Colonial Empire, Crown colony → Seychelles)	-
24	Saint Martin (French part)	-
25	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	-
26	St. Kitts and Nevis (British Colonial Empire → St. Kitts and Nevis)	-
27	Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991)	-
28	Turks and Caicos Islands (British Colonial Empire → UK)	-
29	Tuvalu (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Ellice Islands → Tuvalu)	-
30	Vatican City	-
31	Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992)	-

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2015 (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.29
2	Somalia	6.37
3	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	6.20
4	Mali	6.14
5	Chad	6.05
6	Angola	5.77
7	Burundi	5.78
8	Uganda	5.68
9	Timor-Leste	5.62
10	Nigeria	5.59
11	Gambia, The	5.49
12	Burkina Faso	5.44
13	Mozambique	5.30
14	Tanzania	5.08
15	Benin	5.05
16	Zambia	5.04
17	Cote d'Ivoire	4.98
18	Central African Republic	4.94
19	South Sudan	4.94
20	Guinea	4.93
21	Senegal	4.84
22	Afghanistan	4.80
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.78
24	Cameroon	4.78
25	Mauritania	4.74
26	Congo, Republic of the	4.72
27	Guinea-Bissau	4.71
28	Malawi	4.65
29	Liberia	4.65
30	Sudan	4.59
31	Sierra Leone	4.56
32	Sao Tome and Principe	4.52
33	Togo	4.52
34	Iraq	4.43
35	Comoros	4.42
36	Ethiopia	4.32
37	Madagascar	4.24
38	Eritrea	4.21
39	Yemen	4.10
40	Palestinian territories (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	4.08
41	Ghana	4.04
42	Samoa	4.03
43	Rwanda	3.97
44	Kenya	3.92
45	Solomon Islands	3.91
46	Gabon	3.85
47	Zimbabwe	3.84
48	Papua New Guinea	3.71
49	Kiribati	3.69
50	Tonga	3.68
51	Pakistan	3.55
52	Namibia	3.47
53	Jordan	3.44
54	Tajikistan	3.40
55	Egypt	3.31
56	Vanuatu	3.31
57	Federated States of Micronesia	3.20
58	Swaziland	3.14
59	Lesotho	3.14
60	Kyrgyzstan	3.05
61	Guatemala	3.03
62	Israel	3.00
63	Haiti	2.97
64	Syria	2.97
65	Philippines	2.96
66	Turkmenistan	2.93
67	Bolivia	2.92
68	Djibouti	2.91
69	Algeria	2.84
70	Mongolia	2.79
71	Botswana	2.77
72	Laos	2.76
73	Oman	2.74
74	Kazakhstan	2.66
75	Cambodia	2.59
76	Saudi Arabia	2.58
77	Belize	2.54
78	Fiji	2.54
79	Panama	2.54
80	Guyana	2.53
81	Morocco	2.53
82	Ecuador	2.51
83	Paraguay	2.51
84	Honduras	2.51
85	South Africa	2.48
86	Dominican Republic	2.45
	World	2.45
87	Peru	2.43
88	Suriname	2.40
89	Indonesia	2.39
90	Cabo Verde	2.37
91	Guam (US)	2.37
92	India	2.35
93	Venezuela	2.34
94	Uzbekistan	2.31
95	Libya	2.31
96	Argentina	2.31
97	Seychelles	2.30
98	Nicaragua	2.23
99	Myanmar (Burma)	2.23
100	Tunisia	2.22
101	Mexico	2.21
102	New Caledonia (France)	2.19
103	Nepal	2.16
104	Bangladesh	2.13
105	Grenada	2.13
106	Maldives	2.13
107	El Salvador	2.10
	Population Replacement	2.10
108	Bhutan	2.09
109	Azerbaijan	2.09
110	Turkey	2.07
111	Antigua and Barbuda	2.06
112	Sri Lanka	2.06
113	Bahrain	2.06
114	Malaysia	2.06
115	Jamaica	2.03
116	Uruguay	2.01
117	Georgia	2.00
118	Greenland (Denmark)	2.00
119	French Polynesia (France)	2.00
120	New Zealand	2.00
121	Kuwait	1.99
122	Ireland	1.99
123	France	1.98
124	Vietnam	1.96
125	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1.95
126	Iceland	1.95
127	Qatar	1.93
128	Korea, North	1.92
129	Sweden	1.91
130	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.90
131	Brunei	1.88
132	United Kingdom	1.88
133	Colombia	1.87
134	United States	1.87
135	Australia	1.86
136	Norway	1.82
137	Costa Rica	1.80
138	Barbados	1.80
139	Belgium	1.79
140	Chile	1.78
141	Bahamas, The	1.78
142	Trinidad and Tobago	1.77
143	Finland	1.77
144	United Arab Emirates	1.76
145	Denmark	1.74
146	Russia	1.74
147	Netherlands	1.74
148	Brazil	1.74
149	United States Virgin Islands (US)	1.74
150	Lebanon	1.72
151	Cuba	1.72
152	Albania	1.71
153	Belarus	1.69
154	Iran	1.69
155	Montenegro	1.68
156	Lithuania	1.64
157	Armenia	1.62
158	Estonia	1.62
159	China	1.62
160	Slovenia	1.61
161	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.60
162	Canada	1.59
163	Switzerland	1.54
164	Bulgaria	1.54
165	Latvia	1.53
166	Ukraine	1.53
167	Czech Republic	1.52
168	Macedonia	1.52
169	Romania	1.51
170	Luxembourg	1.50
171	Channel Islands - Guernsey (UK) and Jersey (UK)	1.50
172	Thailand	1.50
173	Austria	1.48
174	St. Lucia	1.47
175	Serbia	1.46
176	Croatia	1.46
177	Italy	1.46
178	Germany	1.45
179	Japan	1.44
180	Slovakia	1.43
181	Puerto Rico (US)	1.43
182	Malta	1.42
183	Hungary	1.36
184	Mauritius	1.36
185	Spain	1.35
186	Cyprus	1.35
187	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.34
188	Poland	1.31
189	Greece	1.31
190	Korea, South	1.28
191	Moldova	1.25
192	Portugal	1.25
193	Singapore	1.24
194	Macau (China)	1.20
195	Hong Kong (China)	1.20
	World
	World	2.45
	Not Ranked
1	American Samoa (US)	-
2	Andorra	-
3	Bermuda (UK)	-
4	Cayman Islands (UK)	-
5	Dominica	-
6	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	-
7	French Guiana (France)	-
8	Guadeloupe (France)	-
9	Isle of Man (UK)	-
10	Kosovo	-
11	Liechtenstein	-
12	Marshall Islands	-
13	Mayotte (France)	-
14	Monaco	-
15	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	-
16	Palau	-
17	San Marino	-
18	Saint Martin (French part)	-
19	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	-
20	St. Kitts and Nevis	-
21	Turks and Caicos Islands UK)	-
22	Tuvalu	-
23	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.

1960 and 2015

1960 List by the World Bank

2015 List by the World Bank

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 1960 (births/woman)
1	Rwanda (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Rwanda)	8.19
2	Kenya (British Empire, Kenya Colony → Kenya)	7.95
3	Cote d'Ivoire	7.69
4	Jordan	7.69
5	Samoa (United Nations trust territories, Western Samoa → Samoa)	7.65
6	Dominican Republic	7.55
7	Algeria (French Colonial Empire, French Algeria → Algeria)	7.52
8	Yemen ( North Yemen and South Yemen → Yemen)	7.49
9	Angola (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola → Angola	7.48
10	Syria	7.47
11	Honduras	7.46
12	Afghanistan	7.45
13	Niger	7.45
14	Tonga (British Empire, British Protectorate → Tonga)	7.36
15	Nicaragua	7.34
16	Madagascar	7.30
17	Somalia	7.25
18	Oman	7.25
19	Kuwait (British Empire, British Protectorate → Kuwait)	7.24
20	St. Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire → St. Vincent and the Grenadines)	7.22
21	Saudi Arabia	7.22
22	Libya	7.20
23	New Hebrides (British and French Condominium → Vanuatu)	7.20
24	Southern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zimbabwe)	7.16
25	Philippines	7.15
26	Northern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zambia)	7.12
27	Bahrain (British Empire → Bahrain)	7.09
28	Morocco	7.04
29	Maldives (British Empire, British Protectorate → Maldives)	7.02
30	Uganda (British Empire → Uganda)	7.00
31	Senegal	7.00
32	Mali	6.97
33	Peru	6.97
34	St. Lucia (British Empire, West Indies Federation → St. Lucia)	6.97
35	Qatar (British Empire, British Protectorate → Qatar)	6.97
36	Cambodia	6.97
37	Burundi (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Burundi)	6.95
38	Mozambique (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique → Mozambique)	6.95
39	Mongolia	6.95
40	Malawi (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Nyasaland Protectorate → Malawi)	6.94
41	Tunisia	6.94
42	Micronesia, Federated States of (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Micronesia, Federated States of)	6.93
43	United Arab Emirates (British Empire, Trucial States → United Arab Emirates)	6.93
44	Iran	6.93
45	Guatemala	6.90
46	Eritrea ( Ethiopia → Eritrea)	6.90
47	Ethiopia	6.88
48	Cabo Verde (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde → Cabo Verde)	6.88
49	Brunei (British Empire, British Protectorate → Brunei)	6.84
50	Colombia	6.81
51	Tanzania (British Empire, Tanganyika and Zanzibar → Tanzania)	6.81
52	Comoros (French Colonial Empire → Comoros)	6.79
53	Kiribati (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Kiribati )	6.79
54	Mauritania	6.78
55	Mexico	6.77
56	Ghana	6.75
57	Grenada	6.74
58	South Sudan ( Sudan → South Sudan)	6.72
59	Bangladesh (Pakistan, East Pakistan → Bangladesh)	6.72
60	Ecuador	6.72
61	Swaziland (British Empire → Swaziland)	6.72
62	Egypt	6.72
63	Bolivia	6.70
64	Sudan	6.69
65	El Salvador	6.67
66	Bhutan	6.67
67	Venezuela	6.62
68	Botswana (British Empire, Bechuanaland Protectorate → Botswana)	6.62
69	Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands → Suriname)	6.61
70	Pakistan	6.60
71	Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union → Turkmenistan)	6.59
72	Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union → Tajikistan)	6.55
73	Togo	6.52
74	Paraguay	6.50
75	Belize	6.50
76	Albania	6.49
77	Djibouti (French Colonial Empire, French Somaliland → Djibouti)	6.46
78	Fiji (British Empire → Fiji)	6.46
79	Costa Rica	6.45
80	Malaysia	6.45
81	Liberia	6.41
82	Solomon Islands (British Empire → Solomon Islands)	6.39
83	Timor-Leste (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor → Timor-Leste)	6.37
84	Guyana (British Empire → Guyana)	6.37
85	Turkey	6.37
86	Nigeria	6.35
87	Vietnam ( North Vietnam and South Vietnam → Vietnam)	6.35
88	Haiti	6.32
89	Republic of Upper Volta (→ Burkina Faso)	6.29
90	Benin	6.28
91	New Caledonia (French colonial Empire → France)	6.28
92	Territory of Papua and New Guinea (United Nations trust territories → Papua New Guinea	6.28
93	Chad	6.25
94	Iraq	6.25
95	Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union → Uzbekistan)	6.25
96	Sao Tome and Principe (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe → Sao Tome and Principe)	6.24
97	Mauritius (British Empire → Mauritius)	6.17
98	South-West Africa ( South Africa → Namibia)	6.15
99	Thailand	6.15
100	Sierra Leone (British Empire → Sierra Leone)	6.13
101	Guinea	6.11
102	South Korea	6.09
103	Brazil	6.07
104	Myanmar (Burma)	6.05
105	Guam (US)	6.05
106	South Africa	6.04
107	Template:Country data Congo, Republic of the (Léopoldville) (→ Zaire → Congo, Democratic Republic of the)	6.00
108	Laos	5.96
109	Nepal	5.96
110	Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea → Guinea-Bissau)	5.92
111	India	5.91
112	Congo, Republic of the	5.88
113	Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union → Azerbaijan)	5.88
114	Panama	5.87
115	Central African Republic	5.84
116	Lesotho (British Empire → Lesotho)	5.84
117	Singapore	5.76
118	China	5.75
119	Lebanon	5.74
120	Indonesia	5.67
121	French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire → France)	5.66
122	Cameroon	5.65
123	Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Empire, Spanish Guinea → Equatorial Guinea)	5.65
124	United States Virgin Islands (US)	5.62
125	Gambia, The (British Empire, Gambia Colony and Protectorate → Gambia, The)	5.57
126	Sri Lanka	5.54
127	Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union → Kyrgyzstan)	5.47
128	Jamaica (British Empire, Colony of Jamaica → Jamaica)	5.42
129	Trinidad and Tobago (British Empire, West Indies Federation → Trinidad and Tobago)	5.26
130	Chile	5.10
131	Hong Kong (British Empire, Hong Kong colony → China, Special administrative regions of China)	5.01
	World	4.99
132	Aruba (Netherlands)	4.82
133	Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union → Armenia )	4.79
134	Macau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Macau → China, Special administrative regions of China)	4.77
135	Puerto Rico (US)	4.66
136	North Korea	4.58
137	Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union → Kazakhstan)	4.56
138	Bahamas, The (British Empire → Bahamas, The)	4.50
139	Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire → Antigua and Barbuda)	4.42
140	Gabon	4.38
141	Barbados (British Empire → Barbados)	4.33
142	Iceland	4.29
143	Cuba	4.18
144	New Zealand	4.03
145	Israel	3.87
146	SR Macedonia ( Yugoslavia → Macedonia)	3.84
147	Canada	3.81
148	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Yugoslavia → Bosnia and Herzegovina)	3.80
149	Ireland	3.78
150	United States	3.65
151	Malta (British Empire → Malta)	3.62
152	SR Montenegro ( Yugoslavia → Montenegro)	3.60
153	Cyprus	3.50
154	Australia	3.45
155	Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union → Moldova)	3.33
156	Portugal	3.16
157	Netherlands	3.12
158	Argentina	3.11
159	Slovak Socialist Republic ( Czechoslovakia → Slovakia)	3.04
160	Poland	2.98
161	Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union → Georgia)	2.94
162	Uruguay	2.88
163	Spain	2.86
164	France	2.85
165	Norway	2.85
166	Finland	2.72
167	Austria	2.69
168	United Kingdom	2.69
169	Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union → Belarus)	2.67
170	Denmark	2.57
171	Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union → Lithuania)	2.56
172	Belgium	2.54
173	Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union → Russia)	2.52
174	Switzerland	2.44
175	Channel Islands - Guernsey (UK) and Jersey (UK)	2.42
176	Italy	2.40
177	Germany ( West Germany and East Germany → Germany)	2.37
178	SR Slovenia ( Yugoslavia → Slovenia)	2.34
179	Romania	2.34
180	SR Croatia ( Yugoslavia → Croatia)	2.29
181	Bulgaria	2.31
182	Luxembourg	2.29
183	Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union → Ukraine)	2.24
184	Greece	2.23
185	Sweden	2.17
	Population Replacement	2.10
186	Czech Socialist Republic ( Czechoslovakia → Czech Republic)	2.09
187	Hungary	2.02
188	Japan	2.00
189	Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union → Estonia)	1.98
190	Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union → Latvia)	1.94
	World
	World	4.99
	Major Regions
1	Arab World	6.95
2	Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income)	6.94
3	Middle East and North Africa	6.88
4	Pacific island small states	6.77
5	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	6.64
6	Sub-Saharan Africa	6.64
7	South Asia	6.05
8	Latin America and Caribbean (excluding high income)	6.02
9	Latin America and Caribbean	5.93
10	East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income)	5.82
11	East Asia and Pacific	5.39
12	North America	3.67
13	Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income)	3.13
14	Europe and Central Asia	2.83
15	Central Europe and the Baltics	2.50
	States’ Size
1	Caribbean small states	5.60
2	Small states	5.31
3	Other small states	5.06
	International Organizations
	OECD members	3.23
	Security Situation
	Fragile and conflict affected situations	6.59
	Economic Situation
1	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	6.75
2	Least developed countries: UN classification	6.68
	Economic Income
1	Low income	6.52
2	Lower middle income	5.93
3	Low and middle income	5.66
4	Middle income	5.59
5	Upper middle income	5.31
6	High income	3.04
	Not Ranked
1	American Samoa (US)	-
2	Andorra	-
3	Bermuda (UK)	-
4	Cayman Islands (UK)	-
5	Curaçao (Netherlands)	-
6	Czechoslovakia (Dissolved in 1992)	-
7	Dominica (British Colonial Empire → Dominica)	-
8	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	-
9	French Guiana (French Colonial Empire → France)	-
10	Gibraltar (UK)	-
11	Greenland (Denmark)	-
12	Guadeloupe (French Colonial Empire → France)	-
13	Isle of Man (UK)	-
14	Yugoslavia ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia → Kosovo)	-
15	Liechtenstein	-
16	Marshall Islands (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Marshall Islands)	-
17	Mayotte (French Colonial Empire → France)	-
18	Monaco	-
19	Nauru	-
20	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	-
21	Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Palau)	-
22	Palestinian territories (Jordan, West Bank and Egypt, Gaza Strip → Israeli occupied territories → Palestinian territories)	-
23	San Marino	-
24	SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia)	-
25	Seychelles (British Colonial Empire, Crown colony → Seychelles)	-
26	Saint Martin (French part)	-
27	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	-
28	St. Kitts and Nevis (British Colonial Empire → St. Kitts and Nevis)	-
29	Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991)	-
30	Turks and Caicos Islands (British Colonial Empire → UK)	-
31	Tuvalu (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Ellice Islands → Tuvalu)	-
32	Vatican City	-
33	Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992)	-

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2015 (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.29
2	Somalia	6.37
3	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	6.20
4	Mali	6.14
5	Chad	6.05
6	Angola	5.77
7	Burundi	5.78
8	Uganda	5.68
9	Timor-Leste	5.62
10	Nigeria	5.59
11	Gambia, The	5.49
12	Burkina Faso	5.44
13	Mozambique	5.31
14	Tanzania	5.08
15	Benin	5.05
16	Zambia	5.04
17	Cote d'Ivoire	4.98
18	Central African Republic	4.94
19	South Sudan	4.94
20	Guinea	4.93
21	Senegal	4.84
22	Afghanistan	4.80
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.78
24	Cameroon	4.78
25	Mauritania	4.74
26	Congo, Republic of the	4.72
27	Guinea-Bissau	4.71
28	Malawi	4.65
29	Liberia	4.65
30	Sudan	4.60
31	Sierra Leone	4.56
32	Sao Tome and Principe	4.52
33	Togo	4.52
34	Iraq	4.43
35	Comoros	4.42
36	Ethiopia	4.32
37	Madagascar	4.24
38	Eritrea	4.21
39	Yemen	4.10
40	Palestinian territories (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	4.08
41	Ghana	4.04
42	Samoa	4.03
43	Rwanda	3.97
44	Kenya	3.92
45	Solomon Islands	3.91
46	Gabon	3.85
47	Zimbabwe	3.84
48	Papua New Guinea	3.71
49	Kiribati	3.69
50	Tonga	3.68
51	Pakistan	3.55
52	Namibia	3.47
53	Jordan	3.45
54	Tajikistan	3.40
55	Egypt	3.31
56	Vanuatu	3.31
57	Federated States of Micronesia	3.20
58	Kyrgyzstan	3.20
59	Swaziland	3.14
60	Lesotho	3.14
61	Israel	3.09
62	Guatemala	3.03
63	Haiti	2.97
64	Syria	2.97
65	Philippines	2.96
66	Turkmenistan	2.93
67	Bolivia	2.92
68	Djibouti	2.91
69	Algeria	2.84
70	Mongolia	2.79
71	Botswana	2.77
72	Laos	2.76
73	Oman	2.74
74	Kazakhstan	2.73
75	Cambodia	2.59
76	Saudi Arabia	2.58
77	Belize	2.54
78	Fiji	2.54
79	Panama	2.54
80	Guyana	2.53
81	Morocco	2.53
82	Ecuador	2.51
83	Paraguay	2.51
84	Honduras	2.51
85	Uzbekistan	2.49
86	South Africa	2.49
87	Dominican Republic	2.45
	World	2.45
88	Peru	2.43
89	Suriname	2.40
90	Indonesia	2.39
91	Cabo Verde	2.37
92	Guam (US)	2.37
93	India	2.35
94	Venezuela	2.34
95	Libya	2.31
96	Argentina	2.31
97	Seychelles	2.30
98	Nicaragua	2.23
99	Myanmar (Burma)	2.23
100	Tunisia	2.22
101	Mexico	2.22
102	New Caledonia (France)	2.22
103	Nepal	2.16
104	Bangladesh	2.13
105	Grenada	2.13
106	Maldives	2.13
107	El Salvador	2.10
	Population Replacement	2.10
108	Bhutan	2.09
109	Turkey	2.07
110	Antigua and Barbuda	2.06
111	Sri Lanka	2.06
112	Bahrain	2.06
113	Malaysia	2.06
114	Jamaica	2.03
115	France	2.01
116	Uruguay	2.01
117	Georgia	2.00
118	Greenland (Denmark)	2.00
119	French Polynesia (France)	2.00
120	New Zealand	1.99
121	Kuwait	1.99
122	Azerbaijan	1.97
123	Vietnam	1.96
124	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1.95
125	Ireland	1.94
126	Iceland	1.93
127	Qatar	1.93
128	North Korea	1.92
129	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.90
130	Brunei	1.88
131	Sweden	1.88
132	Colombia	1.87
133	United States	1.84
134	Australia	1.83
135	United Kingdom	1.81
136	Costa Rica	1.80
137	Barbados	1.80
138	Chile	1.79
139	Bahamas, The	1.78
140	Trinidad and Tobago	1.77
141	United Arab Emirates	1.77
142	Norway	1.75
143	Russia	1.75
144	Belgium	1.74
145	Brazil	1.74
146	United States Virgin Islands (US)	1.74
147	Belarus	1.72
148	Lebanon	1.72
149	Cuba	1.72
150	Albania	1.71
151	Netherlands	1.71
152	Finland	1.71
153	Denmark	1.69
154	Iran	1.69
155	Montenegro	1.68
156	Latvia	1.64
157	Lithuania	1.63
158	Armenia	1.62
159	China	1.62
160	Canada	1.60
161	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.60
162	Slovenia	1.58
163	Switzerland	1.54
164	Estonia	1.54
165	Czech Republic	1.53
166	Bulgaria	1.53
167	Macedonia	1.52
168	Romania	1.52
169	Ukraine	1.51
170	Germany	1.50
171	Luxembourg	1.50
172	Channel Islands - Guernsey (UK) and Jersey (UK)	1.50
173	Thailand	1.50
174	Austria	1.47
175	St. Lucia	1.47
176	Serbia	1.46
177	Croatia	1.46
178	Japan	1.46
179	Hungary	1.44
180	Puerto Rico (US)	1.43
181	Malta	1.42
182	Slovakia	1.37
183	Italy	1.37
184	Mauritius	1.36
185	Cyprus	1.35
186	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.35
187	Poland	1.32
188	Spain	1.32
189	Greece	1.30
190	Moldova	1.25
191	Singapore	1.24
192	South Korea	1.24
193	Portugal	1.23
194	Macau (China)	1.20
195	Hong Kong (China)	1.20
	World
	World	2.45
	Major Regions
1	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	4.9
2	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.9
3	Arab World	3.3
4	Pacific island small states	3.3
5	Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income)	2.9
6	Middle East and North Africa	2.8
7	South Asia	2.6
8	Latin America and Caribbean (excluding high income)	2.1
9	Latin America and Caribbean	2.1
10	North America	1.8
11	East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income)	1.8
12	East Asia and Pacific	1.8
13	Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income)	1.9
14	Europe and Central Asia	1.8
15	Central Europe and the Baltics	1.4
	States’ Size
1	Other Small states	3.2
2	Small states	2.9
3	Caribbean small states	2.1
	International Organizations
1	OECD members	1.7
2	European Union	1.5
	Security Situation
	Fragile and conflict affected situations	4.4
	Economic Areas
	Euro area	1.5
	Economic Situation
1	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	4.9
2	Least developed countries: UN classification	4.1
	Economic Income
1	Low income	4.8
2	Lower middle income	2.8
3	Low and middle income	2.6
4	Middle income	2.4
5	Upper middle income	1.8
6	High income	1.7
	Not Ranked
1	American Samoa (US)	-
2	Andorra	-
3	Bermuda (UK)	-
4	Cayman Islands (UK)	-
5	Dominica	-
6	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	-
7	French Guiana (France)	-
8	Guadeloupe (France)	-
9	Isle of Man (UK)	-
10	Kosovo	-
11	Liechtenstein	-
12	Marshall Islands	-
13	Mayotte (France)	-
14	Monaco	-
15	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	-
16	Palau	-
17	San Marino	-
18	Saint Martin (French part)	-
19	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	-
20	St. Kitts and Nevis	-
21	Turks and Caicos Islands UK)	-
22	Tuvalu	-
23	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.

1970 and 2014

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 → 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 Empire, 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 ( Pakistan, 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, Portuguese Cape Verde → 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, Trucial States → United Arab Emirates)	6.6
57	Western Sahara (Spanish Sahara → Moroccan Occupation)	6.6
58	Mozambique (Portuguese Empire, 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, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe → Sao Tome and Principe)	6.5
64	Vietnam ( North Vietnam and South Vietnam → Vietnam)	6.5
65	Bahrain (British Empire → Bahrain)	6.5
66	Nigeria	6.5
67	South-West Africa ( South 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 (British and French Condominium → Vanuatu)	6.3
75	Philippines	6.3
76	Belize (British Empire → Belize)	6.3
77	Congo, Republic of the	6.3
78	Territory of Papua and New Guinea (UN Trust Territories → Papua New Guinea)	6.2
79	Cameroon	6.2
80	Dominican Republic	6.2
81	Guinea	6.2
82	El Salvador	6.2
83	Template:Country data Congo, Republic of the (Léopoldville) (→ Zaire → Congo, Democratic Republic of the)	6.2
84	Guatemala	6.2
85	Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Empire, 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 Empire, 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	China, People's Republic of (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	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	Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union → Lithuania)	2.4
172	SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia → Serbia)	2.4
173	Italy	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 → 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
	Not Ranked
1	Andorra	-
2	Czechoslovakia (dissolved in 1992)	-
3	Dominica (British Empire → Dominica)	-
4	Template:Country data Ellice Islands (British Empire - Ellice Islands → 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 2014 (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	Congo, Republic of the	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	Syria	3.0
74	Philippines	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	China, People's Republic of (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	Taiwan	1.1
	Not Ranked
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	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	5.66
8	Gambia, The	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	Congo, Republic of the	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	Micronesia, Federated States of	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 (UK) 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
	Not Ranked
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)	-
28	Western Sahara	-

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

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