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Map of countries and territories by fertility rate

Graph of Total Fertility Rates vs. GDP per capita of the corresponding country, 2004. Only countries with over 5 Million population were plotted to reduce outlyers. Sources: CIA World Fact Book

This page consists of two tables. Table 1 is sourced from the The CIA World Factbook. It is a list of countries by total fertility rate (TFR): the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years, based on 2007 age-specific fertility rate data. Sovereign states are ranked. Some countries might not be listed because they are not fully recognized as countries at the time of this census.

Table 2 is sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects: 2006 revision – Table A.15.

Table 1 CIA TFR Ranking

Table 1 CIA Ranking	Country	Fertility rate in 2000 (births/woman)	Fertility rate in 2007 (births/woman)
1	Mali	6.89	7.38
2	Niger	7.16	7.37
3	Uganda	6.96	6.84
4	Somalia	7.18	6.68
5	Afghanistan	5.87	6.64
6	Yemen	7.05	6.49
7	Burundi	6.25	6.48
8	Burkina Faso	6.44	6.41
9	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.92	6.37
10	Angola	6.52	6.27
11	Sierra Leone	6.08	6.01
12	Republic of the Congo	5.06	5.99
13	Liberia	6.43	5.94
14	Mauritania	6.92	5.78
15	Guinea	5.46	5.75
16	Malawi	5.33	5.74
17	Oman	6.08	5.70
18	Mayotte (France)	6.33	5.69
19	Gaza Strip	6.55	5.64
20	Chad	6.63	5.56
21	Sao Tome and Principe	6.08	5.53
22	Nigeria	5.66	5.45
23	Rwanda	5.07	5.37
24	Zambia	5.62	5.31
25	Mozambique	4.93	5.29
26	Madagascar	5.84	5.24
27	Djibouti	5.80	5.23
28	The Gambia	5.76	5.21
29	Ethiopia	7.07	5.10
30	Benin	6.32	5.08
31	Senegal	5.21	5.00
32	Comoros	5.38	4.97
33	Eritrea	5.93	4.96
34	Togo	5.50	4.90
35	Haiti	4.50	4.86
36	Kenya	3.66	4.82
37	Guinea-Bissau	5.27	4.79
38	Maldives	5.62	4.78
39	Tanzania	5.51	4.77
40	Gabon	3.73	4.71
41	Sudan	5.47	4.69
42	Bhutan	5.13	4.67
43	Laos	5.21	4.59
44	Cameroon	4.88	4.49
45	Equatorial Guinea	4.94	4.48
46	Côte d’Ivoire	5.80	4.43
47	Central African Republic	4.95	4.32
48	Samoa	3.50	4.21
49	West Bank	5.02	4.17
50	Kiribati	4.40	4.12
51	Iraq	4.87	4.07
52	Nepal	4.68	4.01
53	Saudi Arabia	6.30	3.94
54	Ghana	3.95	3.89
55	Paraguay	4.16	3.84
56	Papua New Guinea	4.38	3.79
57	Solomon Islands	4.80	3.78
58	Marshall Islands	6.61	3.76
59	Pakistan	4.56	3.71
60	Guatemala	4.66	3.70
61	Belize	4.14	3.52
62	Honduras	4.26	3.48
	French Guiana (France)	3.89^[1]	3.46 (in 2004)^[1]
63	Timor-Leste		3.45
64	Swaziland	5.87	3.43
65	Syria	4.06	3.31
66	Cape Verde	4.19	3.28
67	Lesotho	4.15	3.21
68	Libya	3.71	3.21
69	Turkmenistan	3.63	3.13
70	Cambodia	4.82	3.12
71	Bangladesh	2.85	3.09
72	Tajikistan	4.35	3.09
73	El Salvador	3.38	3.08
74	Zimbabwe	3.34	3.08
75	American Samoa (US)	3.60	3.07
76	Federated States of Micronesia	3.83	3.07
77	Philippines	3.48	3.05
78	Nauru	3.71	3.02
79	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	3.25	3.02
80	Malaysia	3.29	3.01
81	Tuvalu	3.11	2.96
82	Namibia	4.89	2.94
83	Uzbekistan	3.09	2.88
84	Kuwait	3.26	2.86
85	Dominican Republic	3.00	2.81
86	India	3.11	2.81
87	Egypt	3.15	2.77
88	Bolivia	3.66	2.76
89	Qatar	3.25	2.75
90	Tonga	3.20	2.75
91	Botswana	3.80	2.73
92	Fiji	2.89	2.70
93	Nicaragua	3.27	2.69
94	Kyrgyzstan	3.22	2.68
95	Panama	2.32	2.66
96	Ecuador	3.18	2.63
97	Vanuatu	3.29	2.63
98	Morocco	3.13	2.62
99	World	2.80	2.59
100	Bahrain	2.82	2.57
101	Guam (US)	3.96	2.57
102	Jordan	3.44	2.55
103	Venezuela	2.51	2.55
104	Colombia	2.69	2.51
105	Peru	3.04	2.46
106	Palau	2.47	2.46
107	United Arab Emirates	3.29	2.43
	Réunion (France)	2.47^[1]	2.42 (in 2005)^[2]
108	Greenland (Denmark)	2.45	2.40
109	Mexico	2.67	2.39
110	Indonesia	2.61	2.38
111	Israel	2.92	2.38 or 2.84 1
112	Jamaica	2.11	2.36
113	Grenada	2.42	2.30
114	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.43	2.29
	Guadeloupe (France)	2.24^[1]	2.26 (in 2004)^[1]
115	Mongolia	2.40	2.25
116	New Caledonia (France)	2.59^[3]	2.25 or 2.20 (in 2005)^[3]
117	Antigua and Barbuda	1.92	2.23
118	Costa Rica	2.52	2.21
119	South Africa	2.47	2.16
120	United States Virgin Islands (US)	2.27	2.16
121	The Bahamas	2.33	2.15
122	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	2.32	2.15
123	Saint Lucia	2.42	2.15
124	Argentina	2.47	2.13
125	Dominica	2.05	2.12
126	United States	2.06	2.09
127	Azerbaijan	2.19	2.05
128	Sri Lanka	1.98	2.05
129	North Korea	2.30	2.05
130	Guyana	2.11	2.04
131	Albania	2.37	2.03 or 1.60 1
132	Suriname	2.50	2.03
133	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	2.14	2.00
134	Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	2.09	1.99
135	French Polynesia (France)	2.58^[4]	1.98 or 2.20^[4]
136	Metropolitan France	1.87^[5]	1.98^[5]
137	Brunei	2.47	1.97
138	Chile	2.20	1.97
139	Uruguay	2.37	1.97
140	Burma	2.37	1.95
141	Mauritius	2.02	1.94
142	Iceland	2.08	1.91 or 2.07 1
143	Cayman Islands (UK)	2.05	1.89
144	Turkey	2.16	1.89
145	Kazakhstan	2.03	1.89
146	Vietnam	2.53	1.89
147	Bermuda (UK)	1.68	1.88
148	Lebanon	2.08	1.88
149	Brazil	2.13	1.88
	Martinique (France)	1.98^[1]	1.88 (in 2004)^[1]
150	Algeria	2.80	1.86
151	Ireland	1.91	1.86
152	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.80	1.85
153	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.11	1.81
154	Cyprus	1.95	1.80
155	New Zealand	1.80	1.79
156	Luxembourg	1.70	1.78
157	Norway	1.85	1.78 or 1.90 1
158	Montserrat (UK)	1.85	1.77
159	Puerto Rico (US)	1.90	1.77
160	Australia	1.79	1.76 or 1.81 1
161	People’s Republic of China (mainland only)	1.82	1.75 or 1.32,1.22^[6]
162	Monaco	1.76	1.75
163	Denmark	1.73	1.74
164	Trinidad and Tobago	1.83	1.74
165	Seychelles	1.85	1.74
166	Finland	1.70	1.73
167	Tunisia	2.04	1.73
168	Anguilla (UK)	1.80	1.72
169	British Virgin Islands (UK)	1.72	1.72
170	Iran	2.20	1.71
171	Serbia	1.70	1.69
172	Netherlands	1.64	1.66
173	Sweden	1.53	1.66
174	United Kingdom	1.63	1.66 or 1.85^[7]
175	Barbados	1.70	1.65
176	Isle of Man (UK)	1.64	1.65
177	Gibraltar (UK)	2.15	1.65
178	Belgium	1.61	1.64
179	Thailand	1.88	1.64
180	Canada	1.51	1.61 or 1.53 1
181	Cuba	1.60	1.60
182	Jersey (UK)	1.56	1.58
183	Macedonia	1.82	1.57
184	Saint Helena (UK)	1.53	1.55
185	Liechtenstein	1.49	1.51
186	Malta	1.92	1.51
187	European Union		1.50
188	Portugal	1.47	1.48
189	Switzerland	1.47	1.44
190	Georgia	1.41	1.42
191	Estonia	1.19	1.41
192	Croatia	1.94	1.41
193	Guernsey (UK)	1.35	1.40
194	Germany	1.38	1.40
195	Bulgaria	1.13	1.39
196	Russia	1.25	1.39
197	Romania	1.35	1.38
198	Austria	1.39	1.37
199	Greece	1.33	1.35
200	Armenia	1.47	1.34
201	San Marino	1.29	1.34
202	Hungary	1.25	1.33
203	Slovakia	1.25	1.33
204	Andorra	1.25	1.31
205	Italy	1.18	1.29
206	Spain	1.15	1.29
207	South Korea	1.72	1.28
208	Latvia	1.13	1.28
209	Poland	1.38	1.26
210	Slovenia	1.28	1.26
211	Moldova	1.63	1.25
212	Ukraine	1.26	1.24
213	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.71	1.23
214	Japan	1.41	1.23
215	Belarus	1.25	1.22
216	Czech Republic	1.18	1.22
217	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	1.76	1.21
218	Lithuania	1.34	1.21
219	Taiwan	1.76	1.12
220	Singapore	1.16	1.07
221	Macau	1.30	1.03
222	Hong Kong	1.27	0.98

Note: the only recognized and independent country that is missing from this list is Vatican City.

Source: The World Factbook, CIA

Table 2 UN TFR Ranking

Table 2 is a list of countries by total fertility rate (TFR): the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years. Figures are from the 2006 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2000-2005 and 2005-2010, using the medium assumption.^[8] Only countries/territories with a population of 100,000 or more in 2007 are included. Rank is based on 2005-2010 figure.

Table 2 UN Ranking	Country	Fertility rate (2000-2005) (births/woman)	Fertility rate (2005-2010) (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.45	7.19
2	Guinea-Bissau	7.10	7.07
3	Afghanistan	7.48	7.07
4	Burundi	6.80	6.80
5	Liberia	6.80	6.77
6	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.70	6.70
7	East Timor	6.96	6.53
8	Mali	6.70	6.52
9	Sierra Leone	6.50	6.47
10	Uganda	6.75	6.46
11	Angola	6.75	6.43
12	Chad	6.54	6.20
13	Somalia	6.43	6.04
14	Burkina Faso	6.36	6.00
15	Rwanda	6.01	5.92
16	Malawi	6.03	5.59
17	Yemen	6.02	5.50
18	Guinea	5.84	5.44
19	Benin	5.87	5.42
20	Equatorial Guinea	5.64	5.36
21	Nigeria	5.85	5.32
22	Ethiopia	5.78	5.29
23	Zambia	5.65	5.18
24	Tanzania	5.66	5.16
25	Mozambique	5.52	5.11
26	Palestinian territories	5.63	5.09
27	Eritrea	5.53	5.05
28	Kenya	5.00	4.96
29	Togo	5.37	4.80
30	Madagascar	5.28	4.78
31	Gambia	5.16	4.70
32	Senegal	5.22	4.69
33	Central African Republic	4.96	4.58
34	Republic of the Congo	4.78	4.49
35	Côte d’Ivoire	5.06	4.46
36	Mauritania	4.83	4.37
37	Cameroon	4.92	4.31
38	Comoros	4.89	4.30
39	Iraq	4.86	4.26
40	Sudan	4.82	4.23
41	Guatemala	4.60	4.15
42	Djibouti	4.52	3.95
43	Samoa	4.42	3.93
44	Solomon Islands	4.36	3.87
45	Sao Tome and Principe	4.34	3.85
46	Ghana	4.39	3.84
47	Tonga	3.73	3.83
48	Papua New Guinea	4.32	3.78
49	Vanuatu	4.15	3.74
50	Federated States of Micronesia	4.23	3.71
51	Haiti	4.00	3.54
52	Pakistan	3.99	3.52
53	Bolivia	3.96	3.50
54	Swaziland	3.91	3.45
55	Lesotho	3.79	3.37
56	Cape Verde	3.77	3.37
57	Saudi Arabia	3.81	3.35
58	Tajikistan	3.81	3.35
59	Honduras	3.72	3.31
60	Nepal	3.68	3.28
61	French Guiana (France)	3.67	3.27
62	Philippines	3.54	3.23
63	Laos	3.59	3.21
64	Namibia	3.58	3.19
65	Zimbabwe	3.56	3.19
66	Cambodia	3.64	3.18
67	Jordan	3.53	3.13
68	Paraguay	3.48	3.08
69	Syria	3.48	3.08
70	Gabon	3.39	3.06
71	Oman	3.70	3.00
72	Belize	3.35	2.93
73	Botswana	3.18	2.90
74	Egypt	3.17	2.89
75	Bangladesh	3.22	2.83
76	Dominican Republic	2.95	2.81
77	India	3.11	2.81
78	Nicaragua	3.00	2.76
79	Fiji	2.98	2.75
80	Israel	2.91	2.75
81	Libya	3.03	2.72
82	Western Sahara	3.01	2.70
83	El Salvador	2.88	2.68
84	Qatar	2.93	2.66
85	South Africa	2.80	2.64
86	Maldives	2.81	2.63
87	Malaysia	2.87	2.60
88	Ecuador	2.82	2.58
89	Panama	2.70	2.56
	World	2.65	2.55
90	Venezuela	2.72	2.55
91	Guam (US)	2.74	2.54
92	Peru	2.70	2.51
93	Turkmenistan	2.76	2.50
94	Uzbekistan	2.74	2.49
95	Kyrgyzstan	2.50	2.48
96	Jamaica	2.63	2.43
97	Suriname	2.60	2.42
98	Algeria	2.53	2.38
99	Morocco	2.52	2.38
100	Réunion (France)	2.46	2.36
101	Guyana	2.43	2.33
102	Kazakhstan	2.01	2.31
103	United Arab Emirates	2.52	2.31
104	Grenada	2.43	2.30
105	Brunei	2.50	2.29
106	Bahrain	2.51	2.29
107	French Polynesia (France)	2.39	2.26
108	Argentina	2.35	2.25
109	Brazil	2.35	2.25
110	Colombia	2.47	2.22
111	Mexico	2.40	2.21
112	Lebanon	2.32	2.21
113	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.30	2.19
114	Bhutan	2.91	2.19
115	Kuwait	2.30	2.18
116	Saint Lucia	2.24	2.18
117	Indonesia	2.38	2.18
118	United States Virgin Islands (US)	2.23	2.15
119	Turkey	2.23	2.14
120	Vietnam	2.32	2.14
121	Uruguay	2.20	2.12
122	Guadeloupe (France)	2.06	2.11
123	Costa Rica	2.28	2.10
124	New Caledonia (France)	2.23	2.08
125	Myanmar	2.25	2.07
126	Albania	2.25	2.06
127	United States	2.04	2.05
128	Iceland	1.99	2.05
129	Aruba (Netherlands)	2.12	2.04
130	Iran	2.12	2.04
131	Bahamas	2.11	2.02
132	New Zealand	1.96	1.99
133	Ireland	1.97	1.96
134	Chile	2.00	1.94
135	Tunisia	2.04	1.93
136	Martinique (France)	1.98	1.91
137	France	1.88	1.89
138	Sri Lanka	2.02	1.88
139	Mongolia	2.07	1.87
140	Mauritius	1.91	1.86
141	Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	2.06	1.85
142	North Korea	1.92	1.85
143	Thailand	1.83	1.85
144	Norway	1.80	1.85
145	Montenegro	1.83	1.83
146	Puerto Rico (US)	1.84	1.83
147	Finland	1.75	1.83
148	United Kingdom	1.70	1.82
149	Azerbaijan	1.67	1.82
150	Denmark	1.76	1.80
151	Sweden	1.67	1.80
152	Serbia	1.75	1.79
153	Australia	1.76	1.79
154	People’s Republic of China (mainland only)	1.70	1.73
155	Netherlands	1.73	1.72
156	Luxembourg	1.67	1.66
157	Belgium	1.64	1.65
158	Trinidad and Tobago	1.61	1.64
159	Cyprus	1.63	1.61
160	Canada	1.52	1.53
161	Barbados	1.50	1.50
162	Cuba	1.63	1.49
163	Estonia	1.39	1.49
164	Portugal	1.45	1.46
165	Macedonia	1.56	1.43
166	Switzerland	1.42	1.42
167	Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey) (UK)	1.41	1.42
168	Austria	1.38	1.42
169	Spain	1.29	1.41
170	Georgia	1.48	1.41
171	Moldova	1.50	1.40
172	Armenia	1.35	1.39
173	Italy	1.29	1.38
174	Malta	1.46	1.37
175	Germany	1.35	1.36
176	Croatia	1.35	1.35
177	Russia	1.30	1.34
178	Greece	1.38	1.33
179	Bulgaria	1.26	1.31
180	Romania	1.29	1.30
181	Latvia	1.25	1.29
182	Hungary	1.30	1.28
183	Slovenia	1.23	1.28
184	Japan	1.29	1.27
185	Lithuania	1.28	1.26
186	Singapore	1.35	1.26
187	Slovakia	1.22	1.25
188	Czech Republic	1.18	1.24
189	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.28	1.23
190	Poland	1.25	1.23
191	Ukraine	1.15	1.22
192	South Korea	1.24	1.21
193	Belarus	1.24	1.20
194	Hong Kong (PRC)	0.94	0.97
195	Macau (PRC)	0.84	0.91

Source: United Nations World Population Prospects: 2006 revision – Table A.15

References

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↑ United Nations World Population Prospects: 2006 revision – Table A.15

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List of countries and territories by fertility rate

Introduction

Table 1 CIA TFR Ranking

Table 2 UN TFR Ranking

References

See also