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Countries by Fertility Rate

Countries ranked by total fertility rate.

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Rank
Country
Total fertility rate in 2025(births/woman)
1Chad5.94
2Somalia5.91
3DR Congo5.9
4Central African Republic5.81
5Niger5.79
6Mali5.42
7Angola4.95
8Burundi4.68
9Afghanistan4.66
10Mozambique4.62
11Mauritania4.56
12 (1)Mayotte (France)4.5
13Tanzania4.47
14Benin4.42
15Yemen4.41
16Nigeria4.3
17Sudan4.19
18Cameroon4.19
19Ivory Coast4.17
20Togo4.07
21Uganda4.06
22Congo4.05
23Guinea4.04
24Equatorial Guinea4.04
25Burkina Faso4.01
26Zambia3.97
27Madagascar3.85
28Ethiopia3.81
29Gambia3.8
30Liberia3.79
31Comoros3.76
32Samoa3.75
33Senegal3.71
34South Sudan3.71
35Guinea-Bissau3.68
36Zimbabwe3.62
37Eritrea3.61
38Sierra Leone3.61
39Rwanda3.59
40Gabon3.54
41Vanuatu3.53
42Malawi3.53
43São Tomé and Príncipe3.53
44Pakistan3.5
45Solomon Islands3.47
46Uzbekistan3.45
47Ghana3.3
48 (2)French Guiana (France)3.29
49Nauru3.25
50Palestine3.19
51Iraq3.17
52Namibia3.17
53Tuvalu3.14
54Kenya3.12
55Kiribati3.09
56Tonga3.07
57Papua New Guinea3.03
58Tajikistan2.99
59Kazakhstan2.95
60Marshall Islands2.82
61Israel2.75
62Kyrgyzstan2.75
63 (3)Guam (US)2.71
64Egypt2.71
65Micronesia2.71
66Eswatini2.68
67Algeria2.67
68Botswana2.66
69Syria2.66
70Lesotho2.64
71 (4)Saint Martin (France)2.63
72Turkmenistan2.63
73Haiti2.59
74Mongolia2.59
75Djibouti2.58
76Jordan2.57
77 (5)Tokelau (NZ)2.57
78Timor-Leste2.56
79Cambodia2.51
80Bolivia2.5
81Oman2.48
82Niue2.46
83Honduras2.45
84Paraguay2.4
85Guyana2.37
86Laos2.36
87Saudi Arabia2.29
88 (6)Northern Mariana Islands (US)2.28
89Guatemala2.26
90Libya2.25
91Fiji2.25
92 (7)American Samoa (US)2.25
World2.24
93Suriname2.21
94Lebanon2.21
95 (8)Faroe Islands (Denmark)2.2
96Dominican Republic2.2
97South Africa2.19
99Nicaragua2.18
101 (9)Réunion (France)2.13
102Bangladesh2.11
103Indonesia2.1
104Monaco2.09
105Panama2.09
106Seychelles2.08
107Myanmar2.08
108 (10)U.S. Virgin Islands (US)2.07
109Venezuela2.06
110 (11)Guadeloupe (France)2.05
111Belize2.01
112Cook Islands2
113 (12)Martinique (France)1.97
114Morocco1.98
114 (13)New Caledonia (France)1.95
115India1.94
116Peru1.94
117Sri Lanka1.94
118Nepal1.94
119 (14)Greenland (Denmark)1.91
120 (15)Gibraltar (UK)1.88
121Vietnam1.88
122Philippines1.88
123Mexico1.87
124Palau1.86
125Tunisia1.8
126Montenegro1.8
127Ecuador1.79
128Georgia1.79
129Bahrain1.78
130North Korea1.77
131El Salvador1.75
132Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.75
133Bulgaria1.74
134Moldova1.72
135Armenia1.71
136Brunei1.71
137Romania1.71
138Barbados1.71
139Qatar1.7
140 (16)Falkland Islands (UK)1.7
141Iran1.67
142Azerbaijan1.67
143New Zealand1.65
144 (17)Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)1.64
145Australia1.64
146France1.64
147United States1.62
148Turkey1.62
149Colombia1.62
150 (18)Aruba (Netherlands)1.61
151Brazil1.6
152Ireland1.6
153Slovenia1.58
154Antigua and Barbuda1.58
155Slovakia1.57
156Maldives1.55
157United Kingdom1.54
158Liechtenstein1.54
159 (19)Isle of Man (UK)1.53
160Malaysia1.53
161Kosovo1.53
162Trinidad and Tobago1.52
163Denmark1.52
164Portugal1.52
165 (20)Cayman Islands (UK)1.51
166Saint Kitts and Nevis1.51
167Argentina1.51
168Serbia1.5
169Iceland1.5
170Kuwait1.5
171Bosnia and Herzegovina1.5
172Cape Verde1.5
173Hungary1.5
174 (21)French Polynesia (France)1.48
175Croatia1.47
176Dominica1.47
177North Macedonia1.47
178Czech Republic1.47
179Russia1.47
180Grenada1.46
181Germany1.46
182Cuba1.45
183 (22)Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands)1.45
184 (23)Montserrat (UK)1.45
185Switzerland1.44
186 (24)Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)1.44
187Sweden1.44
188Netherlands1.44
189Bhutan1.44
190 (25)Sint Maarten (Netherlands)1.43
191Norway1.42
192 (26)Bermuda (UK)1.41
193Luxembourg1.4
194 (27)Wallis and Futuna (France)1.4
195Belgium1.39
196Uruguay1.39
197 (28)Jersey (UK)1.38
198Estonia1.38
199Saint Lucia1.38
200 (29)Guernsey (UK)1.37
201Cyprus1.37
202Bahamas1.36
203 (30)Anguilla (UK)1.35
204Latvia1.35
205Greece1.34
206Jamaica1.34
207Canada1.33
208Albania1.33
209Austria1.33
210Costa Rica1.31
211Poland1.31
212Finland1.3
213 (31)Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)1.28
214Japan1.23
215Belarus1.23
216Lithuania1.22
217Spain1.21
218Mauritius1.21
219United Arab Emirates1.21
220Italy1.2
221Thailand1.2
222San Marino1.16
223Chile1.13
224Malta1.11
225Andorra1.1
226 (32)Curaçao (Netherlands)1.07
227 (33)British Virgin Islands (UK)1.06
228China1.02
229Vatican City1
230Ukraine1
231Singapore0.96
232 (34)Puerto Rico (US)0.94
233Taiwan0.86
234 (35)Saint Barthélemy (France)0.83
235South Korea0.75
236 (36)Hong Kong (China)0.74
237 (37)Macau (China)0.69
Sovereign states: 200
Dependent territories: 37
World2.24
Development Group
1Least developed countries3.83
2Less developed regions2.35
2.1Less developed regions, excluding China2.61
2.2Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries2.01
3More developed regions1.46
Income Group
1Low-income countries4.38
2Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries2.84
3Low-and-middle-income countries2.34
4Middle-income countries2.09
4.1- Lower-middle-income countries2.51
4.2- Upper-middle-income countries1.48
5No income group available2.07
6High-and-upper-middle-income countries1.48
7High-income countries1.47
Region
1Africa3.95
1.1- Middle Africa5.37
1.2- Western Africa4.27
1.3- Eastern Africa3.96
1.4- Northern Africa2.88
1.5- Southern Africa2.27
2Oceania2.13
2.1- Melanesia2.99
2.2- Micronesia2.79
2.3- Polynesia2.5
2.4- Australia/New Zealand1.64
3Asia1.87
3.1- Central Asia3.14
3.2- Western Asia2.52
3.3- Southern Asia2.18
3.4- South-Eastern Asia1.91
3.5- Eastern Asia1.03
4Latin America and the Caribbean1.78
4.1- Caribbean1.95
4.2- Central America1.95
4.3- South America1.69
5Northern America1.59
6Europe1.41
6.1- Western Europe1.5
6.2- Northern Europe1.5
6.3- Eastern Europe1.4
6.4- Southern Europe1.29
SDG region
1Sub-Saharan Africa4.18
2Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)2.96
3Northern Africa and Western Asia2.69
4Central and Southern Asia2.21
5Latin America and the Caribbean1.78
6Australia/New Zealand1.64
7Europe, Northern America, Australia, and New Zealand1.48
8Europe and Northern America1.48
9Eastern and South-Eastern Asia1.35
Special other
1Land-locked Developing Countries (LLDC)3.74
1.1LLDC: Africa4.19
1.2LLDC: Asia3.03
1.3LLDC: Latin America2.46
1.4LLDC: Europe1.63
2Small Island Developing States (SIDS)2.16
2.1SIDS Pacific2.92
2.2SIDS Caribbean1.97
2.3SIDS Atlantic, Indian Ocean and South China Sea (AIS)1.85
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