Fertility Rate by Country

Average number of births per woman. Data covers 217 countries for 2024, sourced from World Bank Open Data. See also Adult Literacy Rate and Birth Rate.

HighestChad6

LowestMacao SAR, China0.58

Average2.3217 countries

Year2024latest available

💡 Global fertility fell from over 5 children per woman mid‑century to near replacement today.

Top 10 countries

Chad6

Somalia, Fed. Rep.6

Congo, Dem. Rep.6

Central African Republic6

Niger5.9

Mali5.5

Angola5

Burundi4.8

Afghanistan4.8

Mozambique4.7

Fertility Rate: full country ranking (2024)

#	Country	Fertility Rate
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	Nauru	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	Israel	2.9
59	Marshall Islands	2.9
60	Guam	2.7
61	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	2.7
62	Egypt, Arab Rep.	2.7
63	Algeria	2.7
64	Eswatini	2.7
65	Botswana	2.7
66	Syrian Arab Republic	2.7
67	St. Martin (French part)	2.7
68	Lesotho	2.7
69	Turkmenistan	2.7
70	Timor-Leste	2.6
71	Haiti	2.6
72	Djibouti	2.6
73	Jordan	2.6
74	Kyrgyz Republic	2.6
75	Cambodia	2.5
76	Bolivia	2.5
77	Oman	2.5
78	Mongolia	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	Dominican Republic	2.2
92	Morocco	2.2
93	Nicaragua	2.2
94	South Africa	2.2
95	Bangladesh	2.1
96	Indonesia	2.1
97	Panama	2.1
98	Monaco	2.1
99	Myanmar	2.1
100	Venezuela, RB	2.1
101	Belize	2
102	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	2
103	Peru	2
104	New Caledonia	2
105	India	2
106	Nepal	2
107	Sri Lanka	2
108	Faroe Islands	1.9
109	Viet Nam	1.9
110	Philippines	1.9
111	Mexico	1.9
112	Gibraltar	1.9
113	Palau	1.9
114	Seychelles	1.9
115	Tunisia	1.8
116	Ecuador	1.8
117	Bahrain	1.8
118	Georgia	1.8
119	Montenegro	1.8
120	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	1.8
121	El Salvador	1.8
122	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1.8
123	Brunei Darussalam	1.7
124	Moldova	1.7
125	Bulgaria	1.7
126	Qatar	1.7
127	Barbados	1.7
128	Greenland	1.7
129	Armenia	1.7
130	Iran, Islamic Rep.	1.7
131	Serbia	1.6
132	Colombia	1.6
133	United States	1.6
134	Brazil	1.6
135	France	1.6
136	Aruba	1.6
137	Antigua and Barbuda	1.6
138	New Zealand	1.6
139	Iceland	1.6
140	Kuwait	1.6
141	Maldives	1.6
142	United Kingdom	1.6
143	Isle of Man	1.5
144	Malaysia	1.5
145	Kosovo	1.5
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1.5
147	St. Kitts and Nevis	1.5
148	Cayman Islands	1.5
149	Slovenia	1.5
150	Cabo Verde	1.5
151	Argentina	1.5
152	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.5
153	French Polynesia	1.5
154	Australia	1.5
155	Dominica	1.5
156	Turkiye	1.5
157	Grenada	1.5
158	Denmark	1.5
159	Ireland	1.5
160	Croatia	1.5
161	Slovak Republic	1.5
162	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.5
163	Norway	1.5
164	Bhutan	1.4
165	Cuba	1.4
166	Belgium	1.4
167	Mauritius	1.4
168	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.4
169	Azerbaijan	1.4
170	Netherlands	1.4
171	Sweden	1.4
172	Russian Federation	1.4
173	Hungary	1.4
174	Portugal	1.4
175	Bermuda	1.4
176	Curacao	1.4
177	North Macedonia	1.4
178	Uruguay	1.4
179	Romania	1.4
180	St. Lucia	1.4
181	Cyprus	1.4
182	Bahamas, The	1.4
183	Channel Islands	1.4
184	Liechtenstein	1.4
185	Czechia	1.4
186	Germany	1.4
187	Jamaica	1.4
188	Albania	1.3
189	Costa Rica	1.3
190	Austria	1.3
191	Switzerland	1.3
192	Canada	1.3
193	Finland	1.3
194	Luxembourg	1.3
195	Greece	1.2
196	Latvia	1.2
197	Belarus	1.2
198	United Arab Emirates	1.2
199	Thailand	1.2
200	Estonia	1.2
201	Italy	1.2
202	San Marino	1.2
203	Japan	1.2
204	Chile	1.1
205	Poland	1.1
206	Lithuania	1.1
207	Spain	1.1
208	Andorra	1.1
209	British Virgin Islands	1
210	China	1
211	Malta	1
212	Ukraine	0.99
213	Singapore	0.97
214	Puerto Rico (US)	0.92
215	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.84
216	Korea, Rep.	0.75
217	Macao SAR, China	0.58

Source: World Bank Open Data. Latest available year: 2024. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.

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