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

Lowest

1South Korea0.72 births per woman
2Singapore0.943 births per woman
3Ukraine0.977 births per woman
4China1 births per woman
5Holy See1 births per woman
6Andorra1.082 births per woman
7Malta1.098 births per woman
8San Marino1.149 births per woman
9Chile1.167 births per woman
10Italy1.198 births per woman

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

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

How to read this ranking

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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