List of countries by fertility rate

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	05 Sep 2024

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The total fertility rate (TFR) or often simply ‘fertility rate’ in a specific year is defined as the total number of children that would be born to each woman if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing years and give birth to children in alignment with the prevailing age-specific fertility rates.

Chad has the highest fertility rate of 6.03 children per woman followed by Somalia at 6.01. 7 countries/regions have TFR above 5. 26 countries/territories have fertility rate over 4 in which first 8 and total 24 belong to Africa. Afghanistan and Yeman are the remaining two.

Out of 237 countries and dependent territories estimated by UN, 105 have fertility rate more than population replacement level of 2.1 births per woman. Replacement fertility is the total fertility rate at which women give birth to enough babies to sustain population levels.

Macao lowest have fertility rate of 0.68, folllowed by Hong Kong (0.73) and Republic of Korea (0.73). Eight countries/regions have fertility rate below one.

Countries with higher fertility rate tend to have lower median age and higher population growth rate. In the list of top 50 countries by higher fertility rate, 49 have median age below 25 years and only two has population growth rate below 1% and 10 have below 2%. In the list of top 50 countries by lowest fertility rate, only five have median age less than 35 years and only ten have population growth rate over 1%.

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Fertility rate (UN)
Rank	Country/Region	Fertility rate	Median age	Population		Continent
Rank	Country/Region	2024	Years (2024)	2024	Growth (%)	Continent
8	Burundi	4.79	16.140	14,047,786	2.46	Africa
31	Comoros	3.82	20.502	866,628	1.87	Africa
76	Djibouti	2.62	24.662	1,168,722	1.34	Africa
37	Eritrea	3.68	18.922	3,535,603	1.91	Africa
28	Ethiopia	3.91	18.933	132,059,767	2.58	Africa
54	Kenya	3.17	19.781	56,432,944	1.94	Africa
27	Madagascar	3.91	19.039	31,964,956	2.42	Africa
42	Malawi	3.59	17.841	21,655,286	2.58	Africa
214	Mauritius	1.23	37.374	1,271,169	-0.21	Africa
12	Mayotte	4.56	16.949	326,505	3.22	Africa
10	Mozambique	4.69	16.407	34,631,766	2.90	Africa
101	Réunion	2.15	37.773	878,591	0.44	Africa
39	Rwanda	3.65	19.683	14,256,567	2.11	Africa
104	Seychelles	2.11	33.951	130,418	1.86	Africa
2	Somalia	6.01	15.517	19,009,151	3.40	Africa
33	South Sudan	3.79	18.324	11,943,408	2.07	Africa
20	Uganda	4.17	16.702	50,015,092	2.73	Africa
13	United Republic of Tanzania	4.54	17.364	68,560,157	2.87	Africa
26	Zambia	4.04	17.709	21,314,956	2.79	Africa
38	Zimbabwe	3.67	17.961	16,634,373	1.88	Africa
7	Angola	5.05	16.531	37,885,849	3.02	Africa
18	Cameroon	4.26	17.896	29,123,744	2.58	Africa
4	Central African Republic	5.95	14.382	5,330,690	3.39	Africa
1	Chad	6.03	15.718	20,299,123	4.22	Africa
25	Congo	4.11	18.433	6,332,961	2.38	Africa
3	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.98	15.784	109,276,265	3.22	Africa
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.12	20.919	1,892,516	2.42	Africa
41	Gabon	3.59	21.517	2,538,952	2.13	Africa
40	Sao Tome and Principe	3.60	19.253	235,536	2.00	Africa
66	Algeria	2.72	28.399	46,814,308	1.35	Africa
65	Egypt	2.74	24.254	116,538,258	1.65	Africa
89	Libya	2.30	27.460	7,381,023	1.04	Africa
97	Morocco	2.21	29.512	38,081,173	0.94	Africa
17	Sudan	4.26	18.388	50,448,963	1.59	Africa
125	Tunisia	1.82	32.527	12,277,109	0.60	Africa
100	Western Sahara	2.18	32.336	590,506	1.80	Africa
68	Botswana	2.70	23.163	2,521,139	1.63	Africa
67	Eswatini	2.72	22.230	1,242,822	1.05	Africa
71	Lesotho	2.66	21.622	2,337,423	1.11	Africa
52	Namibia	3.21	21.146	3,030,131	2.11	Africa
99	South Africa	2.21	28.473	64,007,187	1.19	Africa
15	Benin	4.48	17.905	14,462,724	2.42	Africa
24	Burkina Faso	4.11	17.487	23,548,781	2.23	Africa
169	Cabo Verde	1.51	28.420	524,877	0.48	Africa
19	Côte d'Ivoire	4.23	18.203	31,934,230	2.42	Africa
29	Gambia	3.91	18.373	2,759,988	2.25	Africa
47	Ghana	3.34	21.135	34,427,414	1.85	Africa
21	Guinea	4.13	18.142	14,754,785	2.35	Africa
35	Guinea-Bissau	3.76	19.156	2,201,352	2.18	Africa
30	Liberia	3.86	18.550	5,612,817	2.12	Africa
6	Mali	5.51	15.595	24,478,595	2.91	Africa
11	Mauritania	4.63	17.253	5,169,395	2.82	Africa
5	Niger	5.94	15.400	27,032,412	3.25	Africa
16	Nigeria	4.38	17.945	232,679,478	2.07	Africa
144	Saint Helena	1.64	50.669	5,237	-0.82	Africa
34	Senegal	3.77	19.359	18,501,984	2.31	Africa
36	Sierra Leone	3.70	19.496	8,642,022	2.06	Africa
22	Togo	4.12	18.937	9,515,236	2.16	Africa
59	Kazakhstan	2.98	29.581	20,592,571	1.25	Asia
62	Kyrgyzstan	2.78	25.253	7,186,009	1.54	Asia
58	Tajikistan	3.04	22.098	10,590,927	1.87	Asia
72	Turkmenistan	2.66	26.559	7,494,498	1.70	Asia
46	Uzbekistan	3.49	26.976	36,361,859	1.93	Asia
228	China	1.01	39.587	1,419,321,278	-0.22	Asia
236	China, Hong Kong SAR	0.73	46.775	7,414,909	-0.49	Asia
237	China, Macao SAR	0.68	38.888	720,262	0.39	Asia
233	China, Taiwan Province of China	0.86	44.167	23,213,962	-0.43	Asia
130	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.78	36.294	26,498,823	0.29	Asia
217	Japan	1.22	49.383	123,753,041	-0.51	Asia
73	Mongolia	2.63	26.854	3,475,540	1.22	Asia
235	Republic of Korea	0.73	45.050	51,717,590	-0.08	Asia
9	Afghanistan	4.76	17.116	42,647,492	2.83	Asia
102	Bangladesh	2.14	25.653	173,562,364	1.22	Asia
183	Bhutan	1.45	29.943	791,524	0.61	Asia
116	India	1.96	28.441	1,450,935,791	0.90	Asia
141	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.68	33.409	91,567,738	0.99	Asia
156	Maldives	1.56	31.898	527,799	0.36	Asia
117	Nepal	1.96	25.008	29,651,054	-0.15	Asia
44	Pakistan	3.55	20.436	251,269,164	1.54	Asia
118	Sri Lanka	1.95	33.072	23,103,565	0.56	Asia
134	Brunei Darussalam	1.73	32.244	462,721	0.80	Asia
79	Cambodia	2.55	26.046	17,638,801	1.20	Asia
103	Indonesia	2.12	30.102	283,487,931	0.80	Asia
85	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.40	24.607	7,769,819	1.34	Asia
159	Malaysia	1.54	30.518	35,557,673	1.20	Asia
107	Myanmar	2.10	29.822	54,500,091	0.66	Asia
121	Philippines	1.89	25.712	115,843,670	0.82	Asia
231	Singapore	0.95	35.650	5,832,387	0.68	Asia
221	Thailand	1.20	40.114	71,668,011	-0.06	Asia
74	Timor-Leste	2.63	21.325	1,400,638	1.27	Asia
120	Viet Nam	1.90	32.926	100,987,686	0.62	Asia
137	Armenia	1.72	36.078	2,973,840	-0.71	Asia
142	Azerbaijan	1.67	33.123	10,336,577	0.61	Asia
127	Bahrain	1.81	33.249	1,607,049	2.40	Asia
198	Cyprus	1.38	38.187	1,358,282	0.95	Asia
128	Georgia	1.80	37.045	3,807,670	-0.01	Asia
51	Iraq	3.22	20.596	46,042,015	2.10	Asia
61	Israel	2.79	29.209	9,387,021	1.39	Asia
77	Jordan	2.60	24.537	11,552,876	0.38	Asia
167	Kuwait	1.52	34.835	4,934,507	2.04	Asia
94	Lebanon	2.23	28.555	5,805,962	0.69	Asia
81	Oman	2.51	29.479	5,281,538	4.41	Asia
136	Qatar	1.72	33.550	3,048,423	2.36	Asia
88	Saudi Arabia	2.31	29.563	33,962,757	1.78	Asia
50	State of Palestine	3.25	19.893	5,495,443	1.64	Asia
69	Syrian Arab Republic	2.70	22.827	24,672,760	4.04	Asia
149	Türkiye	1.62	32.987	87,473,805	0.23	Asia
218	United Arab Emirates	1.21	31.572	11,027,129	3.41	Asia
14	Yemen	4.50	18.262	40,583,164	2.94	Asia
216	Belarus	1.22	40.917	9,056,696	-0.65	Europe
133	Bulgaria	1.75	44.543	6,757,689	-0.61	Europe
181	Czechia	1.46	43.217	10,735,859	-1.04	Europe
173	Hungary	1.49	43.611	9,676,135	-0.28	Europe
211	Poland	1.30	41.839	38,539,201	-0.90	Europe
135	Republic of Moldova	1.73	38.132	3,034,961	-1.22	Europe
138	Romania	1.71	42.920	19,015,088	-0.56	Europe
180	Russian Federation	1.46	39.871	144,820,423	-0.53	Europe
155	Slovakia	1.56	41.759	5,506,760	-0.47	Europe
230	Ukraine	0.99	42.123	37,860,221	2.21	Europe
165	Denmark	1.52	41.324	5,977,412	0.45	Europe
202	Estonia	1.36	42.259	1,360,546	-0.98	Europe
95	Faroe Islands	2.22	37.128	55,400	1.16	Europe
212	Finland	1.29	42.999	5,617,310	0.19	Europe
201	Guernsey	1.37	44.109	64,280	0.34	Europe
166	Iceland	1.52	35.978	393,396	1.35	Europe
152	Ireland	1.60	38.740	5,255,017	1.05	Europe
158	Isle of Man	1.54	45.863	84,160	-0.03	Europe
200	Jersey	1.37	43.365	103,846	0.15	Europe
206	Latvia	1.34	43.284	1,871,871	-0.84	Europe
219	Lithuania	1.21	42.018	2,859,110	-0.54	Europe
191	Norway	1.41	39.668	5,576,660	0.96	Europe
190	Sweden	1.43	40.124	10,606,999	0.49	Europe
157	United Kingdom	1.55	39.972	69,138,192	0.62	Europe
207	Albania	1.34	36.721	2,791,765	-0.71	Europe
225	Andorra	1.09	43.495	81,938	1.27	Europe
172	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.49	45.301	3,164,253	-0.72	Europe
177	Croatia	1.47	44.978	3,875,325	-0.72	Europe
123	Gibraltar	1.89	38.818	39,329	2.08	Europe
208	Greece	1.34	46.274	10,047,817	-1.77	Europe
229	Holy See	1.00	58.708	496	1.82	Europe
220	Italy	1.21	47.846	59,342,867	-0.31	Europe
160	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.54	32.050	1,684,790	-0.73	Europe
224	Malta	1.11	40.709	539,607	1.19	Europe
129	Montenegro	1.80	39.552	638,479	-0.30	Europe
178	North Macedonia	1.47	40.647	1,823,009	-0.49	Europe
168	Portugal	1.51	46.575	10,425,292	-0.10	Europe
222	San Marino	1.16	48.048	33,581	-0.15	Europe
171	Serbia	1.50	44.120	6,736,216	-0.66	Europe
154	Slovenia	1.58	44.281	2,118,697	-0.05	Europe
215	Spain	1.22	45.394	47,910,526	-0.02	Europe
209	Austria	1.32	43.367	9,120,813	-0.09	Europe
197	Belgium	1.38	41.709	11,738,763	0.19	Europe
146	France	1.64	42.068	66,548,530	0.16	Europe
184	Germany	1.45	45.287	84,552,242	-0.34	Europe
161	Liechtenstein	1.54	44.366	39,870	0.67	Europe
194	Luxembourg	1.40	39.237	673,036	1.14	Europe
106	Monaco	2.10	54.031	38,631	-0.76	Europe
189	Netherlands	1.43	41.419	18,228,742	0.69	Europe
188	Switzerland	1.44	42.652	8,921,981	0.54	Europe
203	Anguilla	1.36	38.320	14,598	1.03	North America
153	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58	35.899	93,772	0.47	North America
151	Aruba	1.61	41.265	108,066	0.10	North America
199	Bahamas	1.37	34.950	401,283	0.46	North America
139	Barbados	1.71	39.163	282,467	0.07	North America
179	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.46	39.565	30,675	2.29	North America
227	British Virgin Islands	1.05	38.024	39,471	0.73	North America
164	Cayman Islands	1.53	38.266	74,457	1.88	North America
186	Cuba	1.45	41.917	10,979,783	-0.38	North America
226	Curaçao	1.07	38.490	185,482	0.02	North America
175	Dominica	1.48	35.946	66,205	-0.45	North America
96	Dominican Republic	2.22	27.991	11,427,557	0.83	North America
176	Grenada	1.47	33.886	117,207	0.09	North America
110	Guadeloupe	2.07	46.929	375,106	-0.35	North America
75	Haiti	2.63	23.785	11,772,557	1.14	North America
204	Jamaica	1.35	32.207	2,839,175	-0.05	North America
113	Martinique	1.99	49.283	343,195	-0.81	North America
185	Montserrat	1.45	41.589	4,389	-0.73	North America
232	Puerto Rico	0.94	45.497	3,242,204	-0.11	North America
234	Saint Barthélemy	0.82	38.853	11,258	1.43	North America
163	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.53	35.753	46,843	0.17	North America
196	Saint Lucia	1.39	34.180	179,744	0.24	North America
70	Saint Martin (French part)	2.67	40.979	26,129	-4.92	North America
132	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.76	34.156	100,616	-0.70	North America
187	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.44	41.700	43,350	1.36	North America
162	Trinidad and Tobago	1.54	37.219	1,507,782	0.27	North America
182	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.45	38.736	46,535	0.71	North America
108	United States Virgin Islands	2.08	44.761	84,905	-0.94	North America
111	Belize	2.02	26.385	417,072	1.43	North America
210	Costa Rica	1.32	34.612	5,129,910	0.46	North America
131	El Salvador	1.77	27.416	6,338,193	0.45	North America
90	Guatemala	2.29	23.024	18,406,359	1.53	North America
83	Honduras	2.48	23.889	10,825,703	1.67	North America
122	Mexico	1.89	29.252	130,861,007	0.84	North America
98	Nicaragua	2.21	25.621	6,916,140	1.33	North America
105	Panama	2.11	29.930	4,515,577	1.24	North America
170	Argentina	1.50	32.523	45,696,159	0.34	South America
80	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.52	24.941	12,413,315	1.36	South America
150	Brazil	1.61	34.382	211,998,573	0.40	South America
223	Chile	1.14	36.447	19,764,771	0.51	South America
147	Colombia	1.63	32.048	52,886,363	1.05	South America
126	Ecuador	1.81	28.845	18,135,478	0.85	South America
140	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.69	42.151	3,470	0.03	South America
48	French Guiana	3.34	25.063	308,522	1.66	South America
86	Guyana	2.40	25.918	831,087	0.59	South America
84	Paraguay	2.42	26.649	6,929,153	1.22	South America
114	Peru	1.97	29.819	34,217,848	1.07	South America
93	Suriname	2.23	28.351	634,431	0.85	South America
195	Uruguay	1.40	36.090	3,386,588	-0.05	South America
109	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.08	29.214	28,405,543	0.39	South America
192	Bermuda	1.41	45.568	64,636	-0.11	North America
205	Canada	1.34	40.476	39,742,430	1.03	North America
119	Greenland	1.93	34.648	55,840	-0.16	North America
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.27	46.811	5,628	-0.92	North America
148	United States of America	1.62	38.289	345,426,571	0.55	North America
145	Australia	1.64	38.007	26,713,205	0.99	Oceania
143	New Zealand	1.66	37.503	5,213,944	0.75	Oceania
91	Fiji	2.27	27.864	928,784	0.48	Oceania
115	New Caledonia	1.96	34.202	292,639	0.94	Oceania
57	Papua New Guinea	3.07	22.565	10,576,502	1.77	Oceania
45	Solomon Islands	3.51	20.475	819,198	2.36	Oceania
43	Vanuatu	3.57	20.187	327,777	2.25	Oceania
63	Guam	2.75	31.282	167,777	0.74	Oceania
55	Kiribati	3.12	22.823	134,518	1.47	Oceania
60	Marshall Islands	2.86	20.504	37,548	-3.38	Oceania
64	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.74	23.090	113,160	0.47	Oceania
49	Nauru	3.29	20.289	11,947	0.69	Oceania
87	Northern Mariana Islands	2.32	37.085	44,278	-1.76	Oceania
124	Palau	1.88	38.192	17,695	-0.13	Oceania
92	American Samoa	2.27	28.727	46,765	-1.61	Oceania
112	Cook Islands	2.02	36.095	13,729	-3.47	Oceania
174	French Polynesia	1.49	35.423	281,807	0.24	Oceania
82	Niue	2.49	36.433	1,819	0.39	Oceania
32	Samoa	3.80	19.804	218,019	0.62	Oceania
78	Tokelau	2.60	26.921	2,506	4.27	Oceania
56	Tonga	3.10	20.724	104,175	-0.39	Oceania
53	Tuvalu	3.17	24.271	9,646	-1.69	Oceania
193	Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.41	37.681	11,277	-0.75	Oceania
	World	2.25	30.621	8,161,972,572	0.86