Fertility Rate by Country
children per woman · World Bank 2022 · 216 countries ranked
Average number of children per woman
Full world ranking
| 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 | |
| 18 | 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 | |
| 51 | 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 | Guam | 2.78births/woman | |
| 61 | Algeria | 2.77births/woman | |
| 62 | Eswatini | 2.75births/woman | |
| 63 | Egypt | 2.75births/woman | |
| 64 | Micronesia | 2.75births/woman | |
| 65 | Botswana | 2.73births/woman | |
| 66 | Saint Martin | 2.72births/woman | |
| 67 | Syria | 2.71births/woman | |
| 68 | Timor-Leste | 2.71births/woman | |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.7births/woman | |
| 69 | Mongolia | 2.7births/woman | |
| 71 | Lesotho | 2.69births/woman | |
| 72 | Turkmenistan | 2.69births/woman | |
| 73 | Haiti | 2.66births/woman | |
| 74 | Jordan | 2.64births/woman | |
| 75 | Djibouti | 2.61births/woman | |
| 76 | Cambodia | 2.58births/woman | |
| 77 | Bolivia | 2.55births/woman | |
| 78 | Oman | 2.53births/woman | |
| 79 | Honduras | 2.5births/woman | |
| 80 | Paraguay | 2.42births/woman | |
| 81 | Laos | 2.42births/woman | |
| 82 | Guyana | 2.41births/woman | |
| 83 | Libya | 2.36births/woman | |
| 84 | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.35births/woman | |
| 85 | Guatemala | 2.31births/woman | |
| 86 | American Samoa | 2.29births/woman | |
| 87 | Fiji | 2.28births/woman | |
| 88 | Saudi Arabia | 2.28births/woman | |
| 89 | Suriname | 2.25births/woman | |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 2.24births/woman | |
| 91 | Lebanon | 2.24births/woman | |
| 92 | Morocco | 2.23births/woman | |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 2.22births/woman | |
| 94 | South Africa | 2.22births/woman | |
| 95 | Bangladesh | 2.16births/woman | |
| 96 | Indonesia | 2.13births/woman | |
| 97 | Panama | 2.12births/woman | |
| 98 | Myanmar | 2.12births/woman | |
| 99 | Monaco | 2.11births/woman | |
| 100 | Venezuela | 2.08births/woman | |
| 101 | Seychelles | 2.02births/woman | |
| 102 | Belize | 2.01births/woman | |
| 103 | Nepal | 1.98births/woman | |
| 104 | New Caledonia | 1.98births/woman | |
| 104 | United States Virgin Islands | 1.98births/woman | |
| 104 | Peru | 1.98births/woman | |
| 107 | India | 1.98births/woman | |
| 108 | Sri Lanka | 1.97births/woman | |
| 109 | Philippines | 1.92births/woman | |
| 110 | Vietnam | 1.91births/woman | |
| 111 | Mexico | 1.91births/woman | |
| 112 | Palau | 1.91births/woman | |
| 113 | Armenia | 1.9births/woman | |
| 114 | Gibraltar | 1.89births/woman | |
| 115 | Faroe Islands | 1.86births/woman | |
| 116 | Tunisia | 1.83births/woman | |
| 117 | Bahrain | 1.82births/woman | |
| 118 | Ecuador | 1.82births/woman | |
| 119 | Georgia | 1.81births/woman | |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 1.81births/woman | |
| 121 | North Korea | 1.78births/woman | |
| 122 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.78births/woman | |
| 122 | El Salvador | 1.78births/woman | |
| 124 | Greenland | 1.77births/woman | |
| 125 | Brunei | 1.75births/woman | |
| 126 | Montenegro | 1.74births/woman | |
| 127 | Moldova | 1.73births/woman | |
| 128 | Qatar | 1.73births/woman | |
| 129 | Romania | 1.71births/woman | |
| 130 | Barbados | 1.71births/woman | |
| 131 | Iran | 1.7births/woman | |
| 132 | France | 1.66births/woman | |
| 133 | Colombia | 1.65births/woman | |
| 134 | Brazil | 1.62births/woman | |
| 135 | United States | 1.62births/woman | |
| 136 | Serbia | 1.61births/woman | |
| 137 | Aruba | 1.6births/woman | |
| 138 | Iceland | 1.59births/woman | |
| 139 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.58births/woman | |
| 140 | Maldives | 1.58births/woman | |
| 141 | New Zealand | 1.56births/woman | |
| 141 | United Kingdom | 1.56births/woman | |
| 143 | Azerbaijan | 1.55births/woman | |
| 143 | Malaysia | 1.55births/woman | |
| 145 | Isle of Man | 1.55births/woman | |
| 146 | Kosovo | 1.55births/woman | |
| 147 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.53births/woman | |
| 148 | Cayman Islands | 1.53births/woman | |
| 149 | Kuwait | 1.52births/woman | |
| 150 | Cape Verde | 1.52births/woman | |
| 151 | Hungary | 1.51births/woman | |
| 151 | Turkey | 1.51births/woman | |
| 151 | Slovenia | 1.51births/woman | |
| 154 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.51births/woman | |
| 155 | French Polynesia | 1.5births/woman | |
| 156 | Denmark | 1.5births/woman | |
| 156 | Ireland | 1.5births/woman | |
| 156 | North Macedonia | 1.5births/woman | |
| 156 | Australia | 1.5births/woman | |
| 156 | Argentina | 1.5births/woman | |
| 161 | Slovakia | 1.49births/woman | |
| 162 | Grenada | 1.49births/woman | |
| 163 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.49births/woman | |
| 164 | Dominica | 1.48births/woman | |
| 165 | Belgium | 1.47births/woman | |
| 166 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.46births/woman | |
| 167 | Bhutan | 1.46births/woman | |
| 168 | Croatia | 1.46births/woman | |
| 169 | Liechtenstein | 1.45births/woman | |
| 169 | Sweden | 1.45births/woman | |
| 169 | Czechia | 1.45births/woman | |
| 172 | Sint Maarten | 1.45births/woman | |
| 173 | Portugal | 1.44births/woman | |
| 174 | Cuba | 1.44births/woman | |
| 175 | Netherlands | 1.43births/woman | |
| 176 | Russia | 1.41births/woman | |
| 177 | Uruguay | 1.41births/woman | |
| 178 | Bermuda | 1.4births/woman | |
| 179 | Norway | 1.4births/woman | |
| 180 | Mauritius | 1.39births/woman | |
| 180 | Germany | 1.39births/woman | |
| 182 | Cyprus | 1.39births/woman | |
| 183 | Saint Lucia | 1.38births/woman | |
| 184 | Bahamas | 1.37births/woman | |
| 185 | Latvia | 1.36births/woman | |
| 186 | Jamaica | 1.36births/woman | |
| 187 | Albania | 1.35births/woman | |
| 188 | Switzerland | 1.33births/woman | |
| 188 | Costa Rica | 1.33births/woman | |
| 190 | Greece | 1.32births/woman | |
| 190 | Austria | 1.32births/woman | |
| 192 | Estonia | 1.31births/woman | |
| 193 | Finland | 1.26births/woman | |
| 193 | Canada | 1.26births/woman | |
| 195 | Luxembourg | 1.25births/woman | |
| 196 | Thailand | 1.21births/woman | |
| 197 | Belarus | 1.21births/woman | |
| 198 | United Arab Emirates | 1.2births/woman | |
| 198 | Japan | 1.2births/woman | |
| 198 | Italy | 1.2births/woman | |
| 198 | Curaçao | 1.2births/woman | |
| 202 | Lithuania | 1.18births/woman | |
| 203 | Chile | 1.17births/woman | |
| 204 | Poland | 1.16births/woman | |
| 205 | San Marino | 1.15births/woman | |
| 206 | Spain | 1.12births/woman | |
| 207 | Andorra | 1.08births/woman | |
| 208 | Malta | 1.06births/woman | |
| 209 | British Virgin Islands | 1.05births/woman | |
| 210 | China | 1births/woman | |
| 211 | Ukraine | 0.98births/woman | |
| 212 | Singapore | 0.97births/woman | |
| 213 | Puerto Rico | 0.92births/woman | |
| 214 | Hong Kong | 0.75births/woman | |
| 215 | South Korea | 0.72births/woman | |
| 216 | Macau | 0.59births/woman |
Source
World Bank, 2022. Coverage 95 % of countries. Neither direction is better; this is a descriptive ranking.