Global Rankings
Fertility Rate
births per woman
| Rank | Country | births per woman | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 | Somalia | 6.13 |
2 | 2 | Chad | 6.12 |
3 | 3 | Niger | 6.06 |
4 | 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.05 |
5 | 5 | Central African Republic | 6.01 |
6 | 6 | Mali | 5.61 |
7 | 7 | Angola | 5.12 |
8 | 8 | Burundi | 4.88 |
9 | 9 | Afghanistan | 4.84 |
10 | 10 | Mozambique | 4.76 |
11 | 11 | Mauritania | 4.7 |
12 | 12 | Tanzania | 4.61 |
13 | 14 | Yemen | 4.59 |
14 | 13 | Benin | 4.56 |
15 | 15 | Nigeria | 4.48 |
16 | 18 | Sudan | 4.32 |
17 | 16 | Cameroon | 4.32 |
18 | 17 | Uganda | 4.28 |
18 | 19 | Ivory Coast | 4.28 |
20 | 20 | Guinea | 4.22 |
21 | 22 | Togo | 4.19 |
22 | 21 | Burkina Faso | 4.19 |
23 | 23 | Republic of the Congo | 4.16 |
24 | 24 | Zambia | 4.1 |
25 | 25 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.08 |
26 | 27 | Gambia | 4.01 |
27 | 26 | Ethiopia | 3.99 |
28 | 28 | Madagascar | 3.97 |
29 | 29 | Liberia | 3.95 |
30 | 30 | Comoros | 3.88 |
31 | 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.84 |
32 | 32 | Samoa | 3.83 |
33 | 34 | Senegal | 3.82 |
34 | 33 | Sierra Leone | 3.79 |
35 | 37 | Zimbabwe | 3.72 |
36 | 35 | Eritrea | 3.71 |
37 | 36 | Rwanda | 3.7 |
38 | 38 | Malawi | 3.65 |
39 | 39 | Gabon | 3.65 |
40 | 40 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.64 |
41 | 41 | Pakistan | 3.61 |
42 | 42 | Vanuatu | 3.6 |
43 | 43 | Solomon Islands | 3.56 |
44 | 45 | Uzbekistan | 3.5 |
45 | 44 | Ghana | 3.4 |
46 | 46 | Iraq | 3.25 |
47 | 48 | Namibia | 3.21 |
48 | 47 | Kenya | 3.21 |
48 | 49 | Tuvalu | 3.21 |
50 | 50 | Kiribati | 3.15 |
51 | 51 | Tonga | 3.13 |
52 | 52 | Papua New Guinea | 3.1 |
53 | 53 | Tajikistan | 3.07 |
54 | 54 | Kazakhstan | 3.01 |
55 | 55 | Israel | 2.85 |
56 | 56 | Algeria | 2.77 |
57 | 57 | Swaziland | 2.75 |
58 | 61 | Egypt | 2.75 |
59 | 59 | Micronesia | 2.75 |
60 | 59 | Botswana | 2.73 |
61 | 62 | Syria | 2.71 |
62 | 58 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.7 |
62 | 65 | Mongolia | 2.7 |
64 | 64 | Lesotho | 2.69 |
65 | 63 | Turkmenistan | 2.69 |
66 | 66 | Haiti | 2.66 |
67 | 67 | Jordan | 2.64 |
68 | 68 | Djibouti | 2.61 |
69 | 69 | Cambodia | 2.58 |
70 | 70 | Bolivia | 2.55 |
71 | 73 | Oman | 2.53 |
72 | 71 | Honduras | 2.5 |
73 | 74 | Paraguay | 2.42 |
74 | 72 | Laos | 2.42 |
75 | 75 | Guyana | 2.41 |
76 | 76 | Libya | 2.36 |
77 | 77 | Guatemala | 2.31 |
78 | 78 | Fiji | 2.28 |
79 | 87 | Saudi Arabia | 2.28 |
80 | 79 | Suriname | 2.25 |
81 | 80 | Dominican Republic | 2.24 |
82 | 81 | Lebanon | 2.24 |
83 | 82 | Morocco | 2.23 |
84 | 83 | Nicaragua | 2.22 |
85 | 84 | South Africa | 2.22 |
86 | 85 | Bangladesh | 2.16 |
87 | 86 | Indonesia | 2.13 |
88 | 88 | Panama | 2.12 |
89 | 89 | Burma (Myanmar) | 2.12 |
90 | 90 | Monaco | 2.11 |
91 | 91 | Venezuela | 2.08 |
92 | 93 | Seychelles | 2.02 |
93 | 99 | Belize | 2.01 |
94 | 95 | Nepal | 1.98 |
95 | 94 | Peru | 1.98 |
95 | 96 | New Caledonia | 1.98 |
97 | 97 | India | 1.98 |
98 | 98 | Sri Lanka | 1.97 |
99 | 101 | Philippines | 1.92 |
100 | 102 | Vietnam | 1.91 |
101 | 100 | Mexico | 1.91 |
102 | 102 | Palau | 1.91 |
103 | 121 | Armenia | 1.9 |
104 | 104 | Gibraltar | 1.89 |
105 | 92 | Faroe Islands | 1.86 |
106 | 106 | Tunisia | 1.83 |
107 | 107 | Bahrain | 1.82 |
108 | 105 | Ecuador | 1.82 |
109 | 108 | Georgia | 1.81 |
109 | 114 | Bulgaria | 1.81 |
111 | 110 | North Korea | 1.78 |
112 | 113 | El Salvador | 1.78 |
112 | 111 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.78 |
114 | 115 | Brunei | 1.75 |
115 | 109 | Montenegro | 1.74 |
115 | 116 | Costa Rica | 1.74 |
117 | 122 | Moldova | 1.73 |
118 | 117 | Qatar | 1.73 |
119 | 119 | Romania | 1.71 |
120 | 118 | Barbados | 1.71 |
121 | 120 | Iran | 1.7 |
122 | 112 | France | 1.66 |
123 | 124 | Colombia | 1.65 |
124 | 130 | Brazil | 1.62 |
125 | 126 | United States | 1.62 |
126 | 133 | Serbia | 1.61 |
127 | 131 | Aruba | 1.6 |
128 | 134 | Iceland | 1.59 |
129 | 136 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.58 |
130 | 135 | Maldives | 1.58 |
131 | 125 | New Zealand | 1.56 |
131 | 138 | United Kingdom | 1.56 |
133 | 123 | Azerbaijan | 1.55 |
133 | 140 | Malaysia | 1.55 |
135 | 144 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.53 |
136 | 143 | Kuwait | 1.52 |
137 | 146 | Cape Verde | 1.52 |
138 | 128 | Turkey | 1.51 |
138 | 140 | Slovenia | 1.51 |
138 | 138 | Hungary | 1.51 |
141 | 145 | Ireland | 1.5 |
141 | 128 | Australia | 1.5 |
141 | 132 | Macedonia | 1.5 |
141 | 140 | Denmark | 1.5 |
141 | 152 | Argentina | 1.5 |
146 | 137 | Slovakia | 1.49 |
147 | 150 | Grenada | 1.49 |
148 | 154 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.49 |
149 | 152 | Dominica | 1.48 |
150 | 147 | Belgium | 1.47 |
151 | 155 | Bhutan | 1.46 |
152 | 147 | Croatia | 1.46 |
153 | 127 | Czech Republic | 1.45 |
153 | 147 | Sweden | 1.45 |
153 | 156 | Liechtenstein | 1.45 |
156 | 159 | Portugal | 1.44 |
157 | 162 | Cuba | 1.44 |
158 | 151 | Netherlands | 1.43 |
159 | 161 | Russia | 1.41 |
160 | 160 | Uruguay | 1.41 |
161 | 166 | Bermuda | 1.4 |
162 | 163 | Norway | 1.4 |
163 | 175 | Mauritius | 1.39 |
163 | 158 | Germany | 1.39 |
165 | 167 | Cyprus | 1.39 |
166 | 169 | Saint Lucia | 1.38 |
167 | 170 | Bahamas | 1.37 |
168 | 156 | Latvia | 1.36 |
169 | 171 | Jamaica | 1.36 |
170 | 172 | Albania | 1.35 |
171 | 168 | Switzerland | 1.33 |
172 | 163 | Austria | 1.32 |
172 | 175 | Greece | 1.32 |
174 | 163 | Estonia | 1.31 |
175 | 175 | Finland | 1.26 |
175 | 173 | Canada | 1.26 |
177 | 178 | Luxembourg | 1.25 |
178 | 184 | Thailand | 1.21 |
179 | 174 | Belarus | 1.21 |
180 | 181 | Japan | 1.2 |
180 | 183 | Italy | 1.2 |
180 | 186 | United Arab Emirates | 1.2 |
183 | 180 | Lithuania | 1.18 |
184 | 182 | Chile | 1.17 |
185 | 179 | Poland | 1.16 |
186 | 187 | San Marino | 1.15 |
187 | 185 | Spain | 1.12 |
188 | 189 | Andorra | 1.08 |
189 | 188 | Malta | 1.06 |
190 | 191 | China | 1 |
191 | 193 | Ukraine | 0.98 |
192 | 190 | Singapore | 0.97 |
193 | 192 | Puerto Rico | 0.92 |
194 | 195 | Hong Kong | 0.75 |
195 | 194 | South Korea | 0.72 |
196 | 196 | Macao | 0.59 |