Fertility Rate by Country

World Bank 2022 · 194 countries

About this statistic

Average number of children per woman

Full world ranking

194 countries

Fertility Rate by country
1	Somalia	6.13births/woman
2	Chad	6.12births/woman
3	Niger	6.06births/woman
4	DR Congo	6.05births/woman
5	Central African Republic	6.01births/woman
6	Mali	5.61births/woman
7	Angola	5.12births/woman
8	Burundi	4.88births/woman
9	Afghanistan	4.84births/woman
10	Mozambique	4.76births/woman
11	Mauritania	4.7births/woman
12	Tanzania	4.61births/woman
13	Yemen	4.59births/woman
14	Benin	4.56births/woman
15	Nigeria	4.48births/woman
16	Sudan	4.32births/woman
17	Cameroon	4.32births/woman
18	Ivory Coast	4.28births/woman
19	Uganda	4.28births/woman
20	Guinea	4.22births/woman
21	Togo	4.19births/woman
22	Burkina Faso	4.19births/woman
23	Republic of the Congo	4.16births/woman
24	Zambia	4.1births/woman
25	Equatorial Guinea	4.08births/woman
26	Gambia	4.01births/woman
27	Ethiopia	3.99births/woman
28	Madagascar	3.97births/woman
29	Liberia	3.95births/woman
30	Comoros	3.88births/woman
31	South Sudan	3.86births/woman
32	Guinea-Bissau	3.84births/woman
33	Samoa	3.83births/woman
34	Senegal	3.82births/woman
35	Sierra Leone	3.79births/woman
36	Zimbabwe	3.72births/woman
37	Eritrea	3.71births/woman
38	Rwanda	3.7births/woman
39	Malawi	3.65births/woman
40	Gabon	3.65births/woman
41	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.64births/woman
42	Pakistan	3.61births/woman
43	Vanuatu	3.6births/woman
44	Solomon Islands	3.56births/woman
45	Uzbekistan	3.5births/woman
46	Ghana	3.4births/woman
47	Nauru	3.33births/woman
48	Palestine	3.31births/woman
49	Iraq	3.25births/woman
50	Namibia	3.21births/woman
51	Kenya	3.21births/woman
52	Tuvalu	3.21births/woman
53	Kiribati	3.15births/woman
54	Tonga	3.13births/woman
55	Papua New Guinea	3.1births/woman
56	Tajikistan	3.07births/woman
57	Kazakhstan	3.01births/woman
58	Marshall Islands	2.92births/woman
59	Israel	2.85births/woman
60	Algeria	2.77births/woman
61	Eswatini	2.75births/woman
62	Egypt	2.75births/woman
63	Micronesia	2.75births/woman
64	Botswana	2.73births/woman
65	Syria	2.71births/woman
66	Timor-Leste	2.71births/woman
67	Kyrgyzstan	2.7births/woman
68	Mongolia	2.7births/woman
69	Lesotho	2.69births/woman
70	Turkmenistan	2.69births/woman
71	Haiti	2.66births/woman
72	Jordan	2.64births/woman
73	Djibouti	2.61births/woman
74	Cambodia	2.58births/woman
75	Bolivia	2.55births/woman
76	Oman	2.53births/woman
77	Honduras	2.5births/woman
78	Paraguay	2.42births/woman
79	Laos	2.42births/woman
80	Guyana	2.41births/woman
81	Libya	2.36births/woman
82	Guatemala	2.31births/woman
83	Fiji	2.28births/woman
84	Saudi Arabia	2.28births/woman
85	Suriname	2.25births/woman
86	Dominican Republic	2.24births/woman
87	Lebanon	2.24births/woman
88	Morocco	2.23births/woman
89	Nicaragua	2.22births/woman
90	South Africa	2.22births/woman
91	Bangladesh	2.16births/woman
92	Indonesia	2.13births/woman
93	Panama	2.12births/woman
94	Myanmar	2.12births/woman
95	Monaco	2.11births/woman
96	Venezuela	2.08births/woman
97	Seychelles	2.02births/woman
98	Belize	2.01births/woman
99	Nepal	1.98births/woman
100	Peru	1.98births/woman
101	India	1.98births/woman
102	Sri Lanka	1.97births/woman
103	Philippines	1.92births/woman
104	Vietnam	1.91births/woman
105	Mexico	1.91births/woman
106	Palau	1.91births/woman
107	Armenia	1.9births/woman
108	Tunisia	1.83births/woman
109	Bahrain	1.82births/woman
110	Ecuador	1.82births/woman
111	Georgia	1.81births/woman
112	Bulgaria	1.81births/woman
113	North Korea	1.78births/woman
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.78births/woman
115	El Salvador	1.78births/woman
116	Brunei	1.75births/woman
117	Montenegro	1.74births/woman
118	Moldova	1.73births/woman
119	Qatar	1.73births/woman
120	Romania	1.71births/woman
121	Barbados	1.71births/woman
122	Iran	1.7births/woman
123	France	1.66births/woman
124	Colombia	1.65births/woman
125	Brazil	1.62births/woman
126	United States	1.62births/woman
127	Serbia	1.61births/woman
128	Iceland	1.59births/woman
129	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58births/woman
130	Maldives	1.58births/woman
131	New Zealand	1.56births/woman
132	United Kingdom	1.56births/woman
133	Azerbaijan	1.55births/woman
134	Malaysia	1.55births/woman
135	Trinidad and Tobago	1.53births/woman
136	Kuwait	1.52births/woman
137	Cape Verde	1.52births/woman
138	Hungary	1.51births/woman
139	Turkey	1.51births/woman
140	Slovenia	1.51births/woman
141	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.51births/woman
142	Denmark	1.5births/woman
143	Ireland	1.5births/woman
144	North Macedonia	1.5births/woman
145	Australia	1.5births/woman
146	Argentina	1.5births/woman
147	Slovakia	1.49births/woman
148	Grenada	1.49births/woman
149	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.49births/woman
150	Dominica	1.48births/woman
151	Belgium	1.47births/woman
152	Bhutan	1.46births/woman
153	Croatia	1.46births/woman
154	Liechtenstein	1.45births/woman
155	Sweden	1.45births/woman
156	Czechia	1.45births/woman
157	Portugal	1.44births/woman
158	Cuba	1.44births/woman
159	Netherlands	1.43births/woman
160	Russia	1.41births/woman
161	Uruguay	1.41births/woman
162	Norway	1.4births/woman
163	Mauritius	1.39births/woman
164	Germany	1.39births/woman
165	Cyprus	1.39births/woman
166	Saint Lucia	1.38births/woman
167	Bahamas	1.37births/woman
168	Latvia	1.36births/woman
169	Jamaica	1.36births/woman
170	Albania	1.35births/woman
171	Switzerland	1.33births/woman
172	Costa Rica	1.33births/woman
173	Greece	1.32births/woman
174	Austria	1.32births/woman
175	Estonia	1.31births/woman
176	Finland	1.26births/woman
177	Canada	1.26births/woman
178	Luxembourg	1.25births/woman
179	Thailand	1.21births/woman
180	Belarus	1.21births/woman
181	United Arab Emirates	1.2births/woman
182	Japan	1.2births/woman
183	Italy	1.2births/woman
184	Lithuania	1.18births/woman
185	Chile	1.17births/woman
186	Poland	1.16births/woman
187	San Marino	1.15births/woman
188	Spain	1.12births/woman
189	Andorra	1.08births/woman
190	Malta	1.06births/woman
191	China	1births/woman
192	Ukraine	0.98births/woman
193	Singapore	0.97births/woman
194	South Korea	0.72births/woman

6.131st · Somalia 6.122nd · Chad 6.063rd · Niger

Source

World Bank · 2022 · 194/195 countries

Surprising positions

China ranks 191 of 194 for fertility rate, and 2 of 195 for population.

Japan ranks 183 of 194 for fertility rate, and 12 of 195 for population.

South Korea ranks 194 of 194 for fertility rate, and 29 of 195 for population.

Method

The three largest gaps in relative ranking position, compared with population. Only sovereign countries with both values count. This describes position, not whether a country is better.

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