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List of countries by fertility rate

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
The World Factbook
Date20 Apr 2020

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.

Niger has the highest fertility rate of 6.95 children per woman followed by Somalia at 6.12. 11 countries/regions have TFR above 5. 40 countries/territories have fertility rate over 4 in which first 22 and total 37 belong to Africa. Afghanistan, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste are the remaining three.

Out of 201 countries and dependent territories estimated by UN, 109 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.

First 4 entrants having lowest fertility rate in Asia : Republic of Korea (1.11), Taiwan (1.15), Macao (1.20) and Singapore (1.21). Puerto Rico, which is located in North America has 5th lowest figure followed by five European country.

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, all have median age below 23 years and only one has population growth rate below 1% and 8 have below 2%. In the list of top 50 countries by lowest fertility rate, only two have median age less than 35 years and only three have population growth rate over 1%.

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Fertility rate (UN)
Rank Country/Region Fertility rate Median age Population Continent
2015-20Years (2020)2020Growth (%)
7Burundi5.4517.32013,238,5592.71Africa
35Comoros4.2420.370852,0751.83Africa
74Djibouti2.7626.5701,136,4551.39Africa
38Eritrea4.1019.2093,748,9011.76Africa
33Ethiopia4.3019.466126,527,0602.55Africa
54Kenya3.5220.11955,100,5861.99Africa
36Madagascar4.1119.56830,325,7322.41Africa
34Malawi4.2518.08020,931,7512.58Africa
187Mauritius1.3937.4571,300,5570.08Africa
45Mayotte3.7320.073335,9953.03Africa
13Mozambique4.8917.62033,897,3542.81Africa
99Réunion2.2735.895981,7960.80Africa
39Rwanda4.1020.03914,094,6832.31Africa
82Seychelles2.4634.181107,6600.51Africa
2Somalia6.1216.68318,143,3783.10Africa
17South Sudan4.7419.04011,088,7961.61Africa
11Uganda5.0116.73348,582,3342.82Africa
12United Republic of Tanzania4.9217.99267,438,1062.96Africa
19Zambia4.6617.59220,569,7372.76Africa
48Zimbabwe3.6318.66816,665,4092.11Africa
6Angola5.5516.67736,684,2023.08Africa
21Cameroon4.6018.68828,647,2932.63Africa
15Central African Republic4.7517.6115,742,3152.92Africa
5Chad5.8016.55418,278,5683.13Africa
26Congo4.4519.2046,106,8692.29Africa
3Democratic Republic of the Congo5.9616.988102,262,8083.29Africa
24Equatorial Guinea4.5522.3351,714,6712.37Africa
40Gabon4.0022.5112,436,5661.99Africa
29Sao Tome and Principe4.3518.612231,8561.97Africa
68Botswana2.8924.0442,675,3521.71Africa
62Eswatini3.0320.7291,210,8220.76Africa
58Lesotho3.1624.0102,330,3181.06Africa
55Namibia3.4221.8322,604,1721.45Africa
89South Africa2.4127.62160,414,4950.87Africa
14Benin4.8718.78113,712,8282.70Africa
10Burkina Faso5.2317.55123,251,4852.55Africa
96Cabo Verde2.2927.604598,6820.93Africa
18Côte d'Ivoire4.6818.85428,873,0342.53Africa
9Gambia5.2517.8442,773,1682.48Africa
42Ghana3.8921.50734,121,9851.93Africa
16Guinea4.7418.02014,190,6122.39Africa
25Guinea-Bissau4.5118.8332,150,8422.15Africa
31Liberia4.3519.4115,418,3772.18Africa
4Mali5.9216.34723,293,6983.10Africa
22Mauritania4.5920.1144,862,9892.68Africa
1Niger6.9515.15127,202,8433.80Africa
8Nigeria5.4218.064223,804,6322.41Africa
20Senegal4.6518.51417,763,1632.58Africa
32Sierra Leone4.3219.4028,791,0922.15Africa
30Togo4.3519.3509,053,7992.32Africa
60Algeria3.0528.52145,606,4801.57Africa
57Egypt3.3324.606112,716,5981.56Africa
101Libya2.2528.8176,888,3881.12Africa
87Morocco2.4229.53837,840,0441.02Africa
28Sudan4.4319.65948,109,0062.63Africa
104Tunisia2.2032.83512,458,2230.83Africa
90Western Sahara2.4128.424587,2591.96Africa
145Armenia1.7635.3742,777,970-0.09Asia
112Azerbaijan2.0832.33310,412,6510.53Asia
120Bahrain2.0032.4561,485,5090.90Asia
189Cyprus1.3437.2501,260,1380.69Asia
115Georgia2.0638.2683,728,282-0.43Asia
46Iraq3.6821.04045,504,5602.27Asia
61Israel3.0430.4849,174,5201.51Asia
72Jordan2.7723.77111,337,0520.45Asia
109Kuwait2.1036.7814,310,1080.97Asia
110Lebanon2.0929.5635,353,930-2.47Asia
65Oman2.9330.6044,644,3841.49Asia
134Qatar1.8832.2642,716,3910.79Asia
92Saudi Arabia2.3431.79736,947,0251.48Asia
47State of Palestine3.6720.7695,371,2302.31Asia
69Syrian Arab Republic2.8425.62123,227,0144.98Asia
111Turkey2.0831.5490Asia
185United Arab Emirates1.4232.6219,516,8710.80Asia
43Yemen3.8420.22134,449,8252.24Asia
73Kazakhstan2.7630.68219,606,6331.08Asia
63Kyrgyzstan3.0026.0346,735,3471.58Asia
49Tajikistan3.6122.41610,143,5431.92Asia
70Turkmenistan2.7926.9376,516,1001.33Asia
85Uzbekistan2.4327.80935,163,9441.55Asia
23Afghanistan4.5618.43842,239,8542.70Asia
118Bangladesh2.0527.567172,954,3191.03Asia
121Bhutan2.0028.144787,4240.64Asia
102India2.2428.4261,428,627,6630.81Asia
107Iran (Islamic Republic of)2.1531.97289,172,7670.70Asia
133Maldives1.8829.906521,021-0.53Asia
127Nepal1.9324.63330,896,5901.14Asia
53Pakistan3.5522.782240,485,6581.98Asia
103Sri Lanka2.2133.95021,893,5790.28Asia
156China1.6938.4221,425,671,352-0.02Asia
191China, Hong Kong SAR1.3344.7907,491,6090.04Asia
199China, Macao SAR1.2039.267704,1491.29Asia
200China, Taiwan Province of China1.1542.45523,923,2760.13Asia
128Dem. People's Republic of Korea1.9135.33826,160,8210.35Asia
188Japan1.3748.358123,294,513-0.53Asia
66Mongolia2.9028.1813,447,1571.44Asia
201Republic of Korea1.1143.73451,784,059-0.06Asia
135Brunei Darussalam1.8532.308452,5240.78Asia
78Cambodia2.5225.63116,944,8261.06Asia
95Indonesia2.3229.744277,534,1220.74Asia
76Lao People's Democratic Republic2.7024.3707,633,7791.39Asia
119Malaysia2.0130.26234,308,5251.09Asia
105Myanmar2.1728.98354,577,9970.74Asia
77Philippines2.5825.687117,337,3681.54Asia
198Singapore1.2142.2266,014,7230.65Asia
173Thailand1.5340.10271,801,2790.15Asia
37Timor-Leste4.1020.7951,360,5961.44Asia
114Viet Nam2.0632.49098,858,9500.68Asia
122Antigua and Barbuda2.0033.97694,2980.57North America
129Aruba1.9041.034106,277-0.16North America
148Bahamas1.7632.250412,6230.64North America
163Barbados1.6240.493281,9950.13North America
164Cuba1.6242.21111,194,449-0.16North America
147Curaçao1.7641.561192,0770.48North America
91Dominican Republic2.3628.00211,332,9720.93North America
113Grenada2.0731.982126,1830.59North America
106Guadeloupe2.1743.698395,8390.02North America
64Haiti2.9624.00811,724,7631.21North America
123Jamaica1.9930.7252,825,544-0.06North America
132Martinique1.8847.032366,981-0.14North America
197Puerto Rico1.2244.4673,260,3140.24North America
184Saint Lucia1.4434.495180,2510.22North America
130Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.9032.894103,698-0.24North America
152Trinidad and Tobago1.7336.1761,534,9370.25North America
117United States Virgin Islands2.0542.58398,750-0.72North America
94Belize2.3225.482410,8251.37North America
146Costa Rica1.7633.4625,212,1730.60North America
116El Salvador2.0527.5526,364,9430.45North America
67Guatemala2.9022.88118,092,0261.39North America
79Honduras2.4924.34410,593,7981.54North America
108Mexico2.1429.171128,455,5670.75North America
88Nicaragua2.4226.4647,046,3101.41North America
81Panama2.4729.6774,468,0871.35North America
100Argentina2.2731.53245,773,8840.58South America
75Bolivia (Plurinational State of)2.7525.56012,388,5711.35South America
151Brazil1.7433.481216,422,4460.52South America
160Chile1.6535.33919,629,5900.13South America
140Colombia1.8231.30752,085,1680.41South America
84Ecuador2.4427.93018,190,4841.05South America
56French Guiana3.3625.081312,1552.49South America
80Guyana2.4726.687813,8340.63South America
83Paraguay2.4526.3086,861,5241.19South America
98Peru2.2730.98434,352,7190.89South America
86Suriname2.4328.988623,2360.84South America
124Uruguay1.9835.7603,423,1080.01South America
97Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)2.2829.59228,838,4991.90South America
139Australia1.8337.87526,439,1111.00Oceania
131New Zealand1.9037.9735,228,1000.83Oceania
71Fiji2.7927.930936,3750.71Oceania
125New Caledonia1.9733.616292,9911.05Oceania
50Papua New Guinea3.5922.42210,329,9311.85Oceania
27Solomon Islands4.4419.889740,4242.23Oceania
44Vanuatu3.8021.112334,5062.38Oceania
93Guam2.3231.373172,9520.69Oceania
51Kiribati3.5823.040133,5151.74Oceania
59Micronesia (Fed. States of)3.0824.362115,2240.93Oceania
126French Polynesia1.9533.596308,8720.85Oceania
41Samoa3.9021.835225,6811.48Oceania
52Tonga3.5822.415107,7730.86Oceania
154Belarus1.7140.3359,498,238-0.39Europe
169Bulgaria1.5644.5966,687,717-1.39Europe
161Czechia1.6443.20310,495,2950.01Europe
178Hungary1.4943.33610,156,2391.90Europe
186Poland1.4241.67841,026,0672.93Europe
196Republic of Moldova1.2637.5973,435,9314.98Europe
165Romania1.6243.17119,892,8121.19Europe
141Russian Federation1.8239.586144,444,359-0.19Europe
176Slovakia1.5041.2495,795,1992.69Europe
183Ukraine1.4441.17836,744,634-7.45Europe
175Channel Islands1.5042.5520Europe
144Denmark1.7642.2985,910,9130.49Europe
168Estonia1.5942.4241,322,765-0.25Europe
172Finland1.5343.1285,545,4750.09Europe
143Iceland1.7737.491375,3180.65Europe
138Ireland1.8438.2465,056,9350.67Europe
153Latvia1.7243.9411,830,211-1.10Europe
158Lithuania1.6745.0512,718,352-1.15Europe
157Norway1.6839.8365,474,3600.74Europe
136Sweden1.8541.07810,612,0860.59Europe
149United Kingdom1.7540.46767,736,8020.34Europe
162Albania1.6236.3992,832,439-0.35Europe
195Bosnia and Herzegovina1.2743.1083,210,847-0.70Europe
181Croatia1.4544.2914,008,617-0.54Europe
193Greece1.3045.55010,341,277-0.42Europe
192Italy1.3347.28858,870,762-0.28Europe
182Malta1.4542.596535,0640.33Europe
150Montenegro1.7538.800626,485-0.10Europe
177North Macedonia1.5039.1382,085,679-0.38Europe
194Portugal1.2946.15810,247,605-0.23Europe
179Serbia1.4641.5757,149,077-1.00Europe
166Slovenia1.6044.5392,119,675-0.01Europe
190Spain1.3344.85847,519,628-0.08Europe
174Austria1.5343.4838,958,9600.22Europe
155Belgium1.7141.92811,686,1400.26Europe
137France1.8542.33864,756,5840.20Europe
167Germany1.5945.74483,294,633-0.09Europe
180Luxembourg1.4539.729654,7681.11Europe
159Netherlands1.6643.31417,618,2990.31Europe
170Switzerland1.5443.0538,796,6690.64Europe
171Canada1.5341.12438,781,2910.85North America
142United States of America1.7838.308339,996,5630.50North America
World 2.47 30.904 8,045,311,447 0.88
Fertility rate (The World Factbook)
Rank Country/Region Fertility rate Year
1Niger7.00(2020 est.)
2Angola5.96(2020 est.)
3Congo, Democratic Republic Of The5.77(2020 est.)
4Mali5.72(2020 est.)
5Chad5.68(2020 est.)
6Uganda5.54(2020 est.)
7South Sudan5.54(2020 est.)
8Benin5.53(2020 est.)
9Somalia5.51(2020 est.)
10Zambia5.49(2020 est.)
11Malawi5.31(2020 est.)
12Burundi5.28(2020 est.)
13Mozambique4.97(2020 est.)
14Guinea4.92(2020 est.)
15Liberia4.90(2020 est.)
16Afghanistan4.82(2020 est.)
17Guinea-bissau4.75(2020 est.)
18Nigeria4.72(2020 est.)
19Sudan4.72(2020 est.)
20Cameroon4.66(2020 est.)
21Sierra Leone4.62(2020 est.)
22Tanzania4.59(2020 est.)
23Burkina Faso4.51(2020 est.)
24Congo, Republic Of The4.45(2020 est.)
25Timor-leste4.44(2020 est.)
26Togo4.22(2020 est.)
27Ethiopia4.14(2020 est.)
28Central African Republic4.14(2020 est.)
29Equatorial Guinea4.11(2020 est.)
30Senegal4.04(2020 est.)
31Zimbabwe3.93(2020 est.)
32Ghana3.90(2020 est.)
33Sao Tome And Principe3.82(2020 est.)
34Madagascar3.78(2020 est.)
35Eritrea3.73(2020 est.)
36Cote D'ivoire3.67(2020 est.)
37Western Sahara3.65(2020 est.)
38Mauritania3.65(2020 est.)
39Gaza Strip3.64(2020 est.)
40Pakistan3.60(2020 est.)
41Rwanda3.52(2020 est.)
42Kenya3.43(2020 est.)
43Gabon3.41(2020 est.)
44Iraq3.39(2020 est.)
45Egypt3.29(2020 est.)
46Gambia, The3.21(2020 est.)
47Yemen3.20(2020 est.)
48Libya3.17(2020 est.)
49Namibia3.07(2020 est.)
50West Bank3.07(2020 est.)
51Jordan3.04(2020 est.)
52Solomon Islands2.97(2020 est.)
53Comoros2.95(2020 est.)
54Philippines2.92(2020 est.)
55Syria2.90(2020 est.)
56Tuvalu2.88(2020 est.)
57Tonga2.87(2020 est.)
58Marshall Islands2.86(2020 est.)
59Papua New Guinea2.84(2020 est.)
60Guam2.84(2020 est.)
61Vanuatu2.79(2020 est.)
62Oman2.76(2020 est.)
63Guatemala2.72(2020 est.)
64Belize2.70(2020 est.)
65Northern Mariana Islands2.70(2020 est.)
66Nauru2.68(2020 est.)
67Israel2.59(2020 est.)
68Algeria2.59(2020 est.)
69Kyrgyzstan2.54(2020 est.)
70Laos2.53(2020 est.)
71Eswatini2.52(2020 est.)
72Haiti2.52(2020 est.)
73Tajikistan2.51(2020 est.)
74Lesotho2.50(2020 est.)
75Samoa2.50(2020 est.)
76Bolivia2.48(2020 est.)
77Botswana2.45(2020 est.)
78Malaysia2.43(2020 est.)
79Cambodia2.39(2020 est.)
80India2.35(2020 est.)
81American Samoa2.35(2020 est.)
82Faroe Islands2.31(2020 est.)
83Morocco2.31(2020 est.)
84Fiji2.31(2020 est.)
85Micronesia, Federated States Of2.29(2020 est.)
86Kuwait2.26(2020 est.)
87Venezuela2.26(2020 est.)
88Kiribati2.25(2020 est.)
89Dominican Republic2.24(2020 est.)
90Panama2.23(2020 est.)
91South Africa2.22(2020 est.)
92Argentina2.21(2020 est.)
93Mexico2.19(2020 est.)
94Djibouti2.19(2020 est.)
95Kazakhstan2.16(2020 est.)
96Cabo Verde2.16(2020 est.)
97Cook Islands2.12(2020 est.)
98Bangladesh2.11(2020 est.)
99El Salvador2.09(2020 est.)
100Ecuador2.09(2020 est.)
101Honduras2.09(2020 est.)
102Burma2.07(2020 est.)
103Jamaica2.07(2020 est.)
104Tunisia2.06(2020 est.)
105France2.06(2020 est.)
106Peru2.04(2020 est.)
107Indonesia2.04(2020 est.)
108Turkmenistan2.04(2020 est.)
109Virgin Islands2.03(2020 est.)
110Sint Maarten2.02(2020 est.)
111Dominica2.02(2020 est.)
112Sri Lanka2.01(2020 est.)
113Curacao2.00(2020 est.)
114Antigua And Barbuda1.97(2020 est.)
115Iceland1.97(2020 est.)
116Grenada1.96(2020 est.)
117Turkey1.96(2020 est.)
118Nepal1.96(2020 est.)
119Kosovo1.95(2020 est.)
120Mongolia1.95(2020 est.)
121Saudi Arabia1.95(2020 est.)
122Iran1.94(2020 est.)
123Greenland1.94(2020 est.)
124Ireland1.94(2020 est.)
125Colombia1.94(2020 est.)
126Korea, North1.92(2020 est.)
127Bahamas, The1.92(2020 est.)
128Bermuda1.91(2020 est.)
129Isle Of Man1.90(2020 est.)
130Gibraltar1.90(2020 est.)
131Guyana1.89(2020 est.)
132Paraguay1.89(2020 est.)
133Azerbaijan1.88(2020 est.)
134Qatar1.88(2020 est.)
135New Caledonia1.88(2020 est.)
136Costa Rica1.87(2020 est.)
137New Zealand1.87(2020 est.)
138Sweden1.87(2020 est.)
139United Kingdom1.86(2020 est.)
140Suriname1.86(2020 est.)
141United States1.84(2020 est.)
142Norway1.84(2020 est.)
143Cayman Islands1.83(2020 est.)
144French Polynesia1.83(2020 est.)
145Aruba1.83(2020 est.)
146Seychelles1.83(2020 est.)
147Montenegro1.82(2020 est.)
148Nicaragua1.82(2020 est.)
149Bhutan1.82(2020 est.)
150Saint Martin1.81(2020 est.)
151Denmark1.78(2020 est.)
152Uruguay1.77(2020 est.)
153Chile1.77(2020 est.)
154Belgium1.77(2020 est.)
155Netherlands1.77(2020 est.)
156Vietnam1.77(2020 est.)
157Saint Kitts And Nevis1.77(2020 est.)
158Saint Vincent And The Grenadines1.76(2020 est.)
159Brunei1.75(2020 est.)
160Georgia1.75(2020 est.)
161Uzbekistan1.74(2020 est.)
162Australia1.74(2020 est.)
163Anguilla1.74(2020 est.)
164Finland1.74(2020 est.)
165Mauritius1.73(2020 est.)
166Saint Lucia1.73(2020 est.)
167Brazil1.73(2020 est.)
168United Arab Emirates1.73(2020 est.)
169Cuba1.71(2020 est.)
170Lebanon1.71(2020 est.)
171Wallis And Futuna1.71(2020 est.)
172Maldives1.71(2020 est.)
173Trinidad And Tobago1.70(2020 est.)
174Turks And Caicos Islands1.70(2020 est.)
175Palau1.70(2020 est.)
176Liechtenstein1.69(2020 est.)
177Bahrain1.69(2020 est.)
178Barbados1.68(2020 est.)
179Jersey1.67(2020 est.)
180Armenia1.65(2020 est.)
181Saint Barthelemy1.64(2020 est.)
182Luxembourg1.62(2020 est.)
183Estonia1.61(2020 est.)
184China1.60(2020 est.)
185Russia1.60(2020 est.)
186Lithuania1.60(2020 est.)
187Saint Helena, Ascension, And Tristan Da Cunha1.60(2020 est.)
188Slovenia1.59(2020 est.)
189Moldova1.58(2020 est.)
190Saint Pierre And Miquelon1.58(2020 est.)
191Switzerland1.57(2020 est.)
192Guernsey1.57(2020 est.)
193Canada1.57(2020 est.)
194Ukraine1.56(2020 est.)
195Monaco1.55(2020 est.)
196Thailand1.54(2020 est.)
197Latvia1.53(2020 est.)
198Albania1.53(2020 est.)
199San Marino1.52(2020 est.)
200Spain1.51(2020 est.)
201Belarus1.50(2020 est.)
202North Macedonia1.50(2020 est.)
203Malta1.49(2020 est.)
204Bulgaria1.49(2020 est.)
205Austria1.49(2020 est.)
206Cyprus1.48(2020 est.)
207Czechia1.48(2020 est.)
208Germany1.47(2020 est.)
209Hungary1.47(2020 est.)
210Italy1.47(2020 est.)
211Serbia1.46(2020 est.)
212Slovakia1.44(2020 est.)
213Andorra1.43(2020 est.)
214Japan1.43(2020 est.)
215Croatia1.42(2020 est.)
216Portugal1.41(2020 est.)
217Greece1.38(2020 est.)
218Romania1.38(2020 est.)
219Poland1.38(2020 est.)
220Montserrat1.36(2020 est.)
221Bosnia And Herzegovina1.33(2020 est.)
222British Virgin Islands1.33(2020 est.)
223Korea, South1.29(2020 est.)
224Puerto Rico1.24(2020 est.)
225Hong Kong1.21(2020 est.)
226Taiwan1.14(2020 est.)
227Macau0.96(2020 est.)
228Singapore0.87(2020 est.)
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