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Fertility rate around the world
Fertility rate, 2023: highest in Somalia, at 6.13 births per woman, and lowest in Macao SAR China, at 0.66 births per woman, of 229 countries with a value. The world as a whole: 2.25 births per woman in 2023.
births per woman · UN
Every country, by its latest figure
births per woman · UN
| # | Country | Latest | Latest | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 6.13 | 2023 | |
| 2 | Chad | 6.12 | 2023 | |
| 3 | Niger | 6.06 | 2023 | |
| 4 | Congo - Kinshasa | 6.05 | 2023 | |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 6.01 | 2023 | |
| 6 | Mali | 5.61 | 2023 | |
| 7 | Angola | 5.12 | 2023 | |
| 8 | Burundi | 4.88 | 2023 | |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 4.84 | 2023 | |
| 10 | Mozambique | 4.76 | 2023 | |
| 11 | Mauritania | 4.7 | 2023 | |
| 12 | Tanzania | 4.61 | 2023 | |
| 13 | Yemen | 4.59 | 2023 | |
| 14 | Benin | 4.56 | 2023 | |
| 15 | Nigeria | 4.48 | 2023 | |
| 16 | Sudan | 4.32 | 2023 | |
| 17 | Cameroon | 4.32 | 2023 | |
| 18 | Uganda | 4.28 | 2023 | |
| 19 | Côte d’Ivoire | 4.28 | 2023 | |
| 20 | Guinea | 4.22 | 2023 | |
| 21 | Togo | 4.19 | 2023 | |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 4.19 | 2023 | |
| 23 | Congo - Brazzaville | 4.16 | 2023 | |
| 24 | Zambia | 4.1 | 2023 | |
| 25 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.08 | 2023 | |
| 26 | Gambia | 4.01 | 2023 | |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 3.99 | 2023 | |
| 28 | Madagascar | 3.97 | 2023 | |
| 29 | Liberia | 3.95 | 2023 | |
| 30 | Comoros | 3.88 | 2023 | |
| 31 | South Sudan | 3.86 | 2023 | |
| 32 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.84 | 2023 | |
| 33 | Samoa | 3.83 | 2023 | |
| 34 | Senegal | 3.82 | 2023 | |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 3.79 | 2023 | |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 3.72 | 2023 | |
| 37 | Eritrea | 3.71 | 2023 | |
| 38 | Rwanda | 3.7 | 2023 | |
| 39 | Malawi | 3.65 | 2023 | |
| 40 | Gabon | 3.65 | 2023 | |
| 41 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 3.64 | 2023 | |
| 42 | Pakistan | 3.61 | 2023 | |
| 43 | Vanuatu | 3.6 | 2023 | |
| 44 | Solomon Islands | 3.56 | 2023 | |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 3.5 | 2023 | |
| 46 | Ghana | 3.4 | 2023 | |
| 47 | Nauru | 3.33 | 2023 | |
| 48 | Palestinian Territories | 3.31 | 2023 | |
| 49 | Iraq | 3.25 | 2023 | |
| 50 | Namibia | 3.21 | 2023 | |
| 51 | Kenya | 3.21 | 2023 | |
| 52 | Tuvalu | 3.21 | 2023 | |
| 53 | Kiribati | 3.15 | 2023 | |
| 54 | Tonga | 3.13 | 2023 | |
| 55 | Papua New Guinea | 3.1 | 2023 | |
| 56 | Tajikistan | 3.07 | 2023 | |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 3.01 | 2023 | |
| 58 | Marshall Islands | 2.92 | 2023 | |
| 59 | Israel | 2.83 | 2023 | |
| 60 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.8 | 2023 | |
| 61 | Guam | 2.78 | 2023 | |
| 62 | Algeria | 2.77 | 2023 | |
| 63 | Eswatini | 2.75 | 2023 | |
| 64 | Egypt | 2.75 | 2023 | |
| 65 | Micronesia | 2.75 | 2023 | |
| 66 | Botswana | 2.73 | 2023 | |
| 67 | St. Martin | 2.72 | 2023 | |
| 68 | Syria | 2.71 | 2023 | |
| 69 | Timor-Leste | 2.71 | 2023 | |
| 70 | Lesotho | 2.69 | 2023 | |
| 71 | Turkmenistan | 2.69 | 2023 | |
| 72 | Mongolia | 2.69 | 2023 | |
| 73 | Haiti | 2.66 | 2023 | |
| 74 | Jordan | 2.64 | 2023 | |
| 75 | Djibouti | 2.61 | 2023 | |
| 76 | Cambodia | 2.58 | 2023 | |
| 77 | Bolivia | 2.55 | 2023 | |
| 78 | Oman | 2.53 | 2023 | |
| 79 | Niue | 2.51 | 2023 | |
| 80 | Honduras | 2.5 | 2023 | |
| 81 | Paraguay | 2.42 | 2023 | |
| 82 | Laos | 2.42 | 2023 | |
| 83 | Guyana | 2.41 | 2023 | |
| 84 | Libya | 2.36 | 2023 | |
| 85 | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.35 | 2023 | |
| 86 | Guatemala | 2.31 | 2023 | |
| 87 | American Samoa | 2.29 | 2023 | |
| 88 | Fiji | 2.28 | 2023 | |
| 89 | Saudi Arabia | 2.28 | 2023 | |
| 90 | Suriname | 2.25 | 2023 | |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 2.24 | 2023 | |
| 92 | Lebanon | 2.24 | 2023 | |
| 93 | Faroe Islands | 2.24 | 2023 | |
| 94 | Morocco | 2.23 | 2023 | |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 2.22 | 2023 | |
| 96 | South Africa | 2.22 | 2023 | |
| 97 | Western Sahara | 2.16 | 2023 | |
| 98 | Bangladesh | 2.16 | 2023 | |
| 99 | Seychelles | 2.13 | 2023 | |
| 100 | Indonesia | 2.13 | 2023 | |
| 101 | Panama | 2.12 | 2023 | |
| 102 | Myanmar (Burma) | 2.12 | 2023 | |
| 103 | Monaco | 2.11 | 2023 | |
| 104 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 2.09 | 2023 | |
| 105 | Venezuela | 2.08 | 2023 | |
| 106 | Cook Islands | 2.05 | 2023 | |
| 107 | Belize | 2.01 | 2023 | |
| 108 | Nepal | 1.98 | 2023 | |
| 109 | New Caledonia | 1.98 | 2023 | |
| 110 | Peru | 1.98 | 2023 | |
| 111 | India | 1.98 | 2023 | |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 1.97 | 2023 | |
| 113 | Greenland | 1.95 | 2023 | |
| 114 | Philippines | 1.92 | 2023 | |
| 115 | Vietnam | 1.91 | 2023 | |
| 116 | Mexico | 1.91 | 2023 | |
| 117 | Palau | 1.91 | 2023 | |
| 118 | Tunisia | 1.83 | 2023 | |
| 119 | Bahrain | 1.82 | 2023 | |
| 120 | Ecuador | 1.82 | 2023 | |
| 121 | Georgia | 1.81 | 2023 | |
| 122 | Montenegro | 1.8 | 2023 | |
| 123 | North Korea | 1.78 | 2023 | |
| 124 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 1.78 | 2023 | |
| 125 | El Salvador | 1.78 | 2023 | |
| 126 | Bulgaria | 1.75 | 2023 | |
| 127 | Brunei | 1.75 | 2023 | |
| 128 | Moldova | 1.73 | 2023 | |
| 129 | Qatar | 1.73 | 2023 | |
| 130 | Armenia | 1.71 | 2023 | |
| 131 | Romania | 1.71 | 2023 | |
| 132 | Barbados | 1.71 | 2023 | |
| 133 | Iran | 1.7 | 2023 | |
| 134 | Falkland Islands | 1.69 | 2023 | |
| 135 | Azerbaijan | 1.67 | 2023 | |
| 136 | New Zealand | 1.67 | 2023 | |
| 137 | Colombia | 1.65 | 2023 | |
| 138 | France | 1.64 | 2023 | |
| 139 | Australia | 1.64 | 2023 | |
| 140 | St. Helena | 1.64 | 2023 | |
| 141 | Türkiye | 1.63 | 2023 | |
| 142 | United States | 1.62 | 2023 | |
| 143 | Brazil | 1.62 | 2023 | |
| 144 | Aruba | 1.6 | 2023 | |
| 145 | Ireland | 1.6 | 2023 | |
| 146 | Antigua & Barbuda | 1.58 | 2023 | |
| 147 | Slovenia | 1.58 | 2023 | |
| 148 | Maldives | 1.58 | 2023 | |
| 149 | United Kingdom | 1.56 | 2023 | |
| 150 | Slovakia | 1.56 | 2023 | |
| 151 | Malaysia | 1.55 | 2023 | |
| 152 | Isle of Man | 1.55 | 2023 | |
| 153 | Kosovo | 1.55 | 2023 | |
| 154 | Iceland | 1.54 | 2023 | |
| 155 | Liechtenstein | 1.54 | 2023 | |
| 156 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1.53 | 2023 | |
| 157 | Cayman Islands | 1.53 | 2023 | |
| 158 | Kuwait | 1.53 | 2023 | |
| 159 | Cape Verde | 1.52 | 2023 | |
| 160 | Denmark | 1.51 | 2023 | |
| 161 | Portugal | 1.51 | 2023 | |
| 162 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 1.51 | 2023 | |
| 163 | French Polynesia | 1.5 | 2023 | |
| 164 | Argentina | 1.5 | 2023 | |
| 165 | Serbia | 1.5 | 2023 | |
| 166 | Grenada | 1.49 | 2023 | |
| 167 | Hungary | 1.49 | 2023 | |
| 168 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1.49 | 2023 | |
| 169 | Dominica | 1.48 | 2023 | |
| 170 | Croatia | 1.47 | 2023 | |
| 171 | North Macedonia | 1.47 | 2023 | |
| 172 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 1.46 | 2023 | |
| 173 | Bhutan | 1.46 | 2023 | |
| 174 | Russia | 1.45 | 2023 | |
| 175 | Czechia | 1.45 | 2023 | |
| 176 | Sint Maarten | 1.45 | 2023 | |
| 177 | Montserrat | 1.44 | 2023 | |
| 178 | Germany | 1.44 | 2023 | |
| 179 | Cuba | 1.44 | 2023 | |
| 180 | Switzerland | 1.43 | 2023 | |
| 181 | Sweden | 1.43 | 2023 | |
| 182 | Netherlands | 1.43 | 2023 | |
| 183 | Wallis & Futuna | 1.41 | 2023 | |
| 184 | Uruguay | 1.41 | 2023 | |
| 185 | Norway | 1.41 | 2023 | |
| 186 | Bermuda | 1.4 | 2023 | |
| 187 | Luxembourg | 1.4 | 2023 | |
| 188 | Cyprus | 1.39 | 2023 | |
| 189 | Belgium | 1.38 | 2023 | |
| 190 | St. Lucia | 1.38 | 2023 | |
| 191 | Bahamas | 1.37 | 2023 | |
| 192 | Jersey | 1.37 | 2023 | |
| 193 | Anguilla | 1.36 | 2023 | |
| 194 | Guernsey | 1.36 | 2023 | |
| 195 | Jamaica | 1.36 | 2023 | |
| 196 | Estonia | 1.35 | 2023 | |
| 197 | Canada | 1.35 | 2023 | |
| 198 | Albania | 1.35 | 2023 | |
| 199 | Latvia | 1.34 | 2023 | |
| 200 | Greece | 1.33 | 2023 | |
| 201 | Costa Rica | 1.33 | 2023 | |
| 202 | Austria | 1.32 | 2023 | |
| 203 | Poland | 1.3 | 2023 | |
| 204 | Finland | 1.28 | 2023 | |
| 205 | St. Pierre & Miquelon | 1.27 | 2023 | |
| 206 | Mauritius | 1.24 | 2023 | |
| 207 | Spain | 1.21 | 2023 | |
| 208 | Thailand | 1.21 | 2023 | |
| 209 | Belarus | 1.21 | 2023 | |
| 210 | Japan | 1.21 | 2023 | |
| 211 | Lithuania | 1.2 | 2023 | |
| 212 | United Arab Emirates | 1.2 | 2023 | |
| 213 | Italy | 1.2 | 2023 | |
| 214 | Chile | 1.17 | 2023 | |
| 215 | San Marino | 1.15 | 2023 | |
| 216 | Malta | 1.1 | 2023 | |
| 217 | Andorra | 1.08 | 2023 | |
| 218 | Curaçao | 1.07 | 2023 | |
| 219 | British Virgin Islands | 1.05 | 2023 | |
| 220 | Vatican City | 1 | 2023 | |
| 221 | China | 1 | 2023 | |
| 222 | Ukraine | 0.98 | 2023 | |
| 223 | Singapore | 0.94 | 2023 | |
| 224 | Puerto Rico | 0.94 | 2023 | |
| 225 | Taiwan | 0.87 | 2023 | |
| 226 | St. Barthélemy | 0.8 | 2023 | |
| 227 | South Korea | 0.72 | 2023 | |
| 228 | Hong Kong SAR China | 0.72 | 2023 | |
| 229 | Macao SAR China | 0.66 | 2023 |
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- The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- The chart shows the 5 most populous countries with figures; the table ranks every country by its own latest year.
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