Total fertility rate: country ranking (2023)

Countries with values

195 / 195

Reference period: 2023

Unit: births per woman

UN DESA Population Division · World Population Prospects 2024

Countries without a published numeric value or excluded by data-use restrictions are not ranked. Higher or lower values do not imply a better country.

Indicator

Highest

1Somalia6.132 births per woman
2Chad6.12 births per woman
3Niger6.062 births per woman
4Congo - Kinshasa6.051 births per woman
5Central African Republic6.012 births per woman
6Mali5.614 births per woman
7Angola5.124 births per woman
8Burundi4.878 births per woman
9Afghanistan4.84 births per woman
10Mozambique4.763 births per woman

Bars show relative size from zero. Higher does not mean better.

Total fertility rate · Exact values
Rank	Country	Value	Quality
1	Somalia	6.132 births per woman	Estimated
2	Chad	6.12 births per woman	Estimated
3	Niger	6.062 births per woman	Estimated
4	Congo - Kinshasa	6.051 births per woman	Estimated
5	Central African Republic	6.012 births per woman	Estimated
6	Mali	5.614 births per woman	Estimated
7	Angola	5.124 births per woman	Estimated
8	Burundi	4.878 births per woman	Estimated
9	Afghanistan	4.84 births per woman	Estimated
10	Mozambique	4.763 births per woman	Estimated
11	Mauritania	4.697 births per woman	Estimated
12	Tanzania	4.606 births per woman	Estimated
13	Yemen	4.59 births per woman	Estimated
14	Benin	4.556 births per woman	Estimated
15	Nigeria	4.482 births per woman	Estimated
16	Sudan	4.323 births per woman	Estimated
17	Cameroon	4.322 births per woman	Estimated
18	Uganda	4.283 births per woman	Estimated
19	Côte d’Ivoire	4.283 births per woman	Estimated
20	Guinea	4.218 births per woman	Estimated
21	Togo	4.192 births per woman	Estimated
22	Burkina Faso	4.186 births per woman	Estimated
23	Congo - Brazzaville	4.157 births per woman	Estimated
24	Zambia	4.101 births per woman	Estimated
25	Equatorial Guinea	4.081 births per woman	Estimated
26	Gambia	4.006 births per woman	Estimated
27	Ethiopia	3.989 births per woman	Estimated
28	Madagascar	3.972 births per woman	Estimated
29	Liberia	3.95 births per woman	Estimated
30	Comoros	3.878 births per woman	Estimated
31	South Sudan	3.864 births per woman	Estimated
32	Guinea-Bissau	3.836 births per woman	Estimated
33	Samoa	3.829 births per woman	Estimated
34	Senegal	3.819 births per woman	Estimated
35	Sierra Leone	3.791 births per woman	Estimated
36	Zimbabwe	3.724 births per woman	Estimated
37	Eritrea	3.714 births per woman	Estimated
38	Rwanda	3.698 births per woman	Estimated
39	Malawi	3.648 births per woman	Estimated
40	Gabon	3.647 births per woman	Estimated
41	São Tomé & Príncipe	3.644 births per woman	Estimated
42	Pakistan	3.605 births per woman	Estimated
43	Vanuatu	3.596 births per woman	Estimated
44	Solomon Islands	3.557 births per woman	Estimated
45	Uzbekistan	3.5 births per woman	Estimated
46	Ghana	3.397 births per woman	Estimated
47	Nauru	3.331 births per woman	Estimated
48	State of Palestine	3.311 births per woman	Estimated
49	Iraq	3.249 births per woman	Estimated
50	Namibia	3.212 births per woman	Estimated
51	Tuvalu	3.208 births per woman	Estimated
52	Kenya	3.208 births per woman	Estimated
53	Kiribati	3.147 births per woman	Estimated
54	Tonga	3.13 births per woman	Estimated
55	Papua New Guinea	3.1 births per woman	Estimated
56	Tajikistan	3.072 births per woman	Estimated
57	Kazakhstan	3.012 births per woman	Estimated
58	Marshall Islands	2.919 births per woman	Estimated
59	Israel	2.83 births per woman	Estimated
60	Kyrgyzstan	2.8 births per woman	Estimated
61	Algeria	2.766 births per woman	Estimated
62	Eswatini	2.753 births per woman	Estimated
63	Egypt	2.75 births per woman	Estimated
64	Micronesia	2.749 births per woman	Estimated
65	Botswana	2.732 births per woman	Estimated
66	Syria	2.712 births per woman	Estimated
67	Timor-Leste	2.707 births per woman	Estimated
68	Lesotho	2.694 births per woman	Estimated
69	Turkmenistan	2.69 births per woman	Estimated
70	Mongolia	2.685 births per woman	Estimated
71	Haiti	2.656 births per woman	Estimated
72	Jordan	2.639 births per woman	Estimated
73	Djibouti	2.609 births per woman	Estimated
74	Cambodia	2.579 births per woman	Estimated
75	Bolivia	2.547 births per woman	Estimated
76	Oman	2.525 births per woman	Estimated
77	Honduras	2.5 births per woman	Estimated
78	Paraguay	2.422 births per woman	Estimated
79	Laos	2.421 births per woman	Estimated
80	Guyana	2.413 births per woman	Estimated
81	Libya	2.355 births per woman	Estimated
82	Guatemala	2.311 births per woman	Estimated
83	Fiji	2.281 births per woman	Estimated
84	Saudi Arabia	2.28 births per woman	Estimated
85	Suriname	2.249 births per woman	Estimated
86	Dominican Republic	2.243 births per woman	Estimated
87	Lebanon	2.24 births per woman	Estimated
88	Morocco	2.23 births per woman	Estimated
89	Nicaragua	2.218 births per woman	Estimated
90	South Africa	2.216 births per woman	Estimated
91	Bangladesh	2.163 births per woman	Estimated
92	Seychelles	2.133 births per woman	Estimated
93	Indonesia	2.127 births per woman	Estimated
94	Panama	2.119 births per woman	Estimated
95	Myanmar (Burma)	2.115 births per woman	Estimated
96	Monaco	2.11 births per woman	Estimated
97	Venezuela	2.079 births per woman	Estimated
98	Belize	2.007 births per woman	Estimated
99	Nepal	1.984 births per woman	Estimated
100	Peru	1.98 births per woman	Estimated
101	India	1.975 births per woman	Estimated
102	Sri Lanka	1.974 births per woman	Estimated
103	Philippines	1.916 births per woman	Estimated
104	Vietnam	1.913 births per woman	Estimated
105	Mexico	1.91 births per woman	Estimated
106	Palau	1.907 births per woman	Estimated
107	Tunisia	1.832 births per woman	Estimated
108	Bahrain	1.824 births per woman	Estimated
109	Ecuador	1.823 births per woman	Estimated
110	Georgia	1.81 births per woman	Estimated
111	Montenegro	1.803 births per woman	Estimated
112	North Korea	1.78 births per woman	Estimated
113	St. Vincent & Grenadines	1.775 births per woman	Estimated
114	El Salvador	1.775 births per woman	Estimated
115	Bulgaria	1.749 births per woman	Estimated
116	Brunei	1.747 births per woman	Estimated
117	Moldova	1.731 births per woman	Estimated
118	Qatar	1.729 births per woman	Estimated
119	Armenia	1.714 births per woman	Estimated
120	Romania	1.713 births per woman	Estimated
121	Barbados	1.708 births per woman	Estimated
122	Iran	1.695 births per woman	Estimated
123	Azerbaijan	1.671 births per woman	Estimated
124	New Zealand	1.667 births per woman	Estimated
125	Colombia	1.645 births per woman	Estimated
126	France	1.639 births per woman	Estimated
127	Australia	1.638 births per woman	Estimated
128	Türkiye	1.625 births per woman	Estimated
129	United States	1.624 births per woman	Estimated
130	Brazil	1.619 births per woman	Estimated
131	Ireland	1.598 births per woman	Estimated
132	Antigua & Barbuda	1.578 births per woman	Estimated
133	Slovenia	1.576 births per woman	Estimated
134	Maldives	1.575 births per woman	Estimated
135	United Kingdom	1.56 births per woman	Estimated
135	Slovakia	1.56 births per woman	Estimated
137	Malaysia	1.55 births per woman	Estimated
138	Iceland	1.54 births per woman	Estimated
139	Liechtenstein	1.537 births per woman	Estimated
140	Trinidad & Tobago	1.532 births per woman	Estimated
141	Kuwait	1.525 births per woman	Estimated
142	Cape Verde	1.522 births per woman	Estimated
143	Denmark	1.511 births per woman	Estimated
144	Portugal	1.508 births per woman	Estimated
145	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.505 births per woman	Estimated
146	Argentina	1.5 births per woman	Estimated
146	Serbia	1.5 births per woman	Estimated
148	Grenada	1.487 births per woman	Estimated
149	Hungary	1.486 births per woman	Estimated
150	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.486 births per woman	Estimated
151	Dominica	1.484 births per woman	Estimated
152	Croatia	1.468 births per woman	Estimated
153	North Macedonia	1.465 births per woman	Estimated
154	Bhutan	1.463 births per woman	Estimated
155	Russia	1.449 births per woman	Estimated
156	Czechia	1.448 births per woman	Estimated
157	Germany	1.441 births per woman	Estimated
158	Cuba	1.439 births per woman	Estimated
159	Switzerland	1.433 births per woman	Estimated
160	Sweden	1.43 births per woman	Estimated
161	Netherlands	1.43 births per woman	Estimated
162	Uruguay	1.409 births per woman	Estimated
163	Norway	1.405 births per woman	Estimated
164	Luxembourg	1.396 births per woman	Estimated
165	Cyprus	1.389 births per woman	Estimated
166	Belgium	1.38 births per woman	Estimated
167	St. Lucia	1.379 births per woman	Estimated
168	Bahamas	1.373 births per woman	Estimated
169	Jamaica	1.358 births per woman	Estimated
170	Estonia	1.35 births per woman	Estimated
171	Canada	1.349 births per woman	Estimated
172	Albania	1.348 births per woman	Estimated
173	Latvia	1.338 births per woman	Estimated
174	Greece	1.334 births per woman	Estimated
175	Costa Rica	1.33 births per woman	Estimated
176	Austria	1.318 births per woman	Estimated
177	Poland	1.299 births per woman	Estimated
178	Finland	1.28 births per woman	Estimated
179	Mauritius	1.241 births per woman	Estimated
180	Spain	1.213 births per woman	Estimated
181	Thailand	1.213 births per woman	Estimated
182	Japan	1.208 births per woman	Estimated
183	Belarus	1.208 births per woman	Estimated
184	Lithuania	1.201 births per woman	Estimated
185	United Arab Emirates	1.2 births per woman	Estimated
186	Italy	1.198 births per woman	Estimated
187	Chile	1.167 births per woman	Estimated
188	San Marino	1.149 births per woman	Estimated
189	Malta	1.098 births per woman	Estimated
190	Andorra	1.082 births per woman	Estimated
191	Holy See	1 births per woman	Estimated
192	China	1 births per woman	Estimated
193	Ukraine	0.977 births per woman	Estimated
194	Singapore	0.943 births per woman	Estimated
195	South Korea	0.72 births per woman	Estimated

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Of 195 active countries in the selected scope, 195 have published numeric values for this period. The remaining 0 are excluded, not assigned zero or last place. Missing values, publication status, rights or quality conditions can cause exclusion; this page does not establish an individual cause.

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