Rankings · Society

Fertility rate

Average number of children born per woman over her lifetime.

Nations ranked
179
Highest
6.0
Lowest
0.7
Observed
2024

The ten highest

Bars are drawn to the highest value in the table. Highest, not best: this page orders figures, it does not grade nations.

  1. 1🇹🇩Chad

    6.0  ·  observed 2024

  2. 2🇸🇴Somalia

    6.0  ·  observed 2024

  3. 3🇨🇩DR Congo

    6.0  ·  observed 2024

  4. 4🇨🇫Central African Republic

    6.0  ·  observed 2024

  5. 5🇳🇪Niger

    5.9  ·  observed 2024

  6. 6🇲🇱Mali

    5.5  ·  observed 2024

  7. 7🇦🇴Angola

    5.0  ·  observed 2024

  8. 8🇧🇮Burundi

    4.8  ·  observed 2024

  9. 9🇦🇫Afghanistan

    4.8  ·  observed 2024

  10. 10🇲🇿Mozambique

    4.7  ·  observed 2024

Every nation with data

  1. 1🇹🇩Chad6.0 · 2024
  2. 2🇸🇴Somalia6.0 · 2024
  3. 3🇨🇩DR Congo6.0 · 2024
  4. 4🇨🇫Central African Republic6.0 · 2024
  5. 5🇳🇪Niger5.9 · 2024
  6. 6🇲🇱Mali5.5 · 2024
  7. 7🇦🇴Angola5.0 · 2024
  8. 8🇧🇮Burundi4.8 · 2024
  9. 9🇦🇫Afghanistan4.8 · 2024
  10. 10🇲🇿Mozambique4.7 · 2024
  11. 11🇲🇷Mauritania4.6 · 2024
  12. 12🇹🇿Tanzania4.5 · 2024
  13. 13🇾🇪Yemen4.5 · 2024
  14. 14🇧🇯Benin4.5 · 2024
  15. 15🇳🇬Nigeria4.4 · 2024
  16. 16🇸🇩Sudan4.3 · 2024
  17. 17🇨🇲Cameroon4.3 · 2024
  18. 18🇨🇮Ivory Coast4.2 · 2024
  19. 19🇺🇬Uganda4.2 · 2024
  20. 20🇬🇳Guinea4.1 · 2024
  21. 21🇹🇬Togo4.1 · 2024
  22. 22🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea4.1 · 2024
  23. 23🇧🇫Burkina Faso4.1 · 2024
  24. 24🇨🇬Congo4.1 · 2024
  25. 25🇿🇲Zambia4.0 · 2024
  26. 26🇲🇬Madagascar3.9 · 2024
  27. 27🇪🇹Ethiopia3.9 · 2024
  28. 28🇬🇲Gambia3.9 · 2024
  29. 29🇱🇷Liberia3.9 · 2024
  30. 30🇰🇲Comoros3.8 · 2024
  31. 31🇸🇸South Sudan3.8 · 2024
  32. 32🇸🇳Senegal3.8 · 2024
  33. 33🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau3.8 · 2024
  34. 34🇸🇱Sierra Leone3.7 · 2024
  35. 35🇪🇷Eritrea3.7 · 2024
  36. 36🇿🇼Zimbabwe3.7 · 2024
  37. 37🇷🇼Rwanda3.6 · 2024
  38. 38🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe3.6 · 2024
  39. 39🇬🇦Gabon3.6 · 2024
  40. 40🇲🇼Malawi3.6 · 2024
  41. 41🇻🇺Vanuatu3.6 · 2024
  42. 42🇵🇰Pakistan3.5 · 2024
  43. 43🇸🇧Solomon Islands3.5 · 2024
  44. 44🇺🇿Uzbekistan3.5 · 2024
  45. 45🇬🇭Ghana3.3 · 2024
  46. 46🇵🇸Palestine3.3 · 2024
  47. 47🇮🇶Iraq3.2 · 2024
  48. 48🇳🇦Namibia3.2 · 2024
  49. 49🇰🇪Kenya3.2 · 2024
  50. 50🇵🇬Papua New Guinea3.1 · 2024
  51. 51🇹🇯Tajikistan3.0 · 2024
  52. 52🇰🇿Kazakhstan3.0 · 2024
  53. 53🇪🇬Egypt2.7 · 2024
  54. 54🇩🇿Algeria2.7 · 2024
  55. 55🇸🇿Eswatini2.7 · 2024
  56. 56🇧🇼Botswana2.7 · 2024
  57. 57🇸🇾Syria2.7 · 2024
  58. 58🇱🇸Lesotho2.7 · 2024
  59. 59🇹🇲Turkmenistan2.7 · 2024
  60. 60🇹🇱Timor-Leste2.6 · 2024
  61. 61🇭🇹Haiti2.6 · 2024
  62. 62🇩🇯Djibouti2.6 · 2024
  63. 63🇯🇴Jordan2.6 · 2024
  64. 64🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan2.6 · 2024
  65. 65🇰🇭Cambodia2.5 · 2024
  66. 66🇧🇴Bolivia2.5 · 2024
  67. 67🇴🇲Oman2.5 · 2024
  68. 68🇲🇳Mongolia2.5 · 2024
  69. 69🇭🇳Honduras2.5 · 2024
  70. 70🇵🇾Paraguay2.4 · 2024
  71. 71🇱🇦Laos2.4 · 2024
  72. 72🇬🇾Guyana2.4 · 2024
  73. 73🇸🇦Saudi Arabia2.3 · 2024
  74. 74🇱🇾Libya2.3 · 2024
  75. 75🇬🇹Guatemala2.3 · 2024
  76. 76🇫🇯Fiji2.3 · 2024
  77. 77🇸🇷Suriname2.2 · 2024
  78. 78🇱🇧Lebanon2.2 · 2024
  79. 79🇩🇴Dominican Republic2.2 · 2024
  80. 80🇲🇦Morocco2.2 · 2024
  81. 81🇳🇮Nicaragua2.2 · 2024
  82. 82🇿🇦South Africa2.2 · 2024
  83. 83🇧🇩Bangladesh2.1 · 2024
  84. 84🇮🇩Indonesia2.1 · 2024
  85. 85🇵🇦Panama2.1 · 2024
  86. 86🇲🇨Monaco2.1 · 2024
  87. 87🇲🇲Myanmar2.1 · 2024
  88. 88🇻🇪Venezuela2.1 · 2024
  89. 89🇧🇿Belize2.0 · 2024
  90. 90🇵🇪Peru2.0 · 2024
  91. 91🇳🇨New Caledonia2.0 · 2024
  92. 92🇮🇳India2.0 · 2024
  93. 93🇳🇵Nepal2.0 · 2024
  94. 94🇱🇰Sri Lanka2.0 · 2024
  95. 95🇻🇳Vietnam1.9 · 2024
  96. 96🇵🇭Philippines1.9 · 2024
  97. 97🇲🇽Mexico1.9 · 2024
  98. 98🇸🇨Seychelles1.9 · 2024
  99. 99🇹🇳Tunisia1.8 · 2024
  100. 100🇪🇨Ecuador1.8 · 2024
  101. 101🇬🇪Georgia1.8 · 2024
  102. 102🇲🇪Montenegro1.8 · 2024
  103. 103🇰🇵North Korea1.8 · 2024
  104. 104🇸🇻El Salvador1.8 · 2024
  105. 105🇧🇳Brunei1.7 · 2024
  106. 106🇲🇩Moldova1.7 · 2024
  107. 107🇧🇬Bulgaria1.7 · 2024
  108. 108🇶🇦Qatar1.7 · 2024
  109. 109🇬🇱Greenland1.7 · 2024
  110. 110🇦🇲Armenia1.7 · 2024
  111. 111🇮🇷Iran1.7 · 2024
  112. 112🇷🇸Serbia1.6 · 2024
  113. 113🇨🇴Colombia1.6 · 2024
  114. 114🇺🇸United States1.6 · 2024
  115. 115🇧🇷Brazil1.6 · 2024
  116. 116🇫🇷France1.6 · 2024
  117. 117🇳🇿New Zealand1.6 · 2024
  118. 118🇮🇸Iceland1.6 · 2024
  119. 118🇰🇼Kuwait1.6 · 2024
  120. 120🇬🇧United Kingdom1.6 · 2024
  121. 121🇲🇾Malaysia1.5 · 2024
  122. 122🇽🇰Kosovo1.5 · 2024
  123. 123🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago1.5 · 2024
  124. 124🇸🇮Slovenia1.5 · 2024
  125. 125🇨🇻Cape Verde1.5 · 2024
  126. 126🇦🇷Argentina1.5 · 2024
  127. 127🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina1.5 · 2024
  128. 128🇦🇺Australia1.5 · 2024
  129. 129🇹🇷Türkiye1.5 · 2024
  130. 130🇩🇰Denmark1.5 · 2024
  131. 130🇮🇪Ireland1.5 · 2024
  132. 132🇭🇷Croatia1.5 · 2024
  133. 132🇸🇰Slovakia1.5 · 2024
  134. 134🇳🇴Norway1.4 · 2024
  135. 135🇧🇹Bhutan1.4 · 2024
  136. 136🇨🇺Cuba1.4 · 2024
  137. 137🇧🇪Belgium1.4 · 2024
  138. 137🇲🇺Mauritius1.4 · 2024
  139. 139🇦🇿Azerbaijan1.4 · 2024
  140. 139🇳🇱Netherlands1.4 · 2024
  141. 139🇸🇪Sweden1.4 · 2024
  142. 142🇷🇺Russia1.4 · 2024
  143. 143🇭🇺Hungary1.4 · 2024
  144. 143🇵🇹Portugal1.4 · 2024
  145. 145🇲🇰North Macedonia1.4 · 2024
  146. 146🇺🇾Uruguay1.4 · 2024
  147. 147🇷🇴Romania1.4 · 2024
  148. 148🇨🇾Cyprus1.4 · 2024
  149. 149🇧🇸Bahamas1.4 · 2024
  150. 150🇱🇮Liechtenstein1.4 · 2024
  151. 151🇨🇿Czechia1.4 · 2024
  152. 151🇩🇪Germany1.4 · 2024
  153. 153🇯🇲Jamaica1.4 · 2024
  154. 154🇦🇱Albania1.3 · 2024
  155. 155🇨🇷Costa Rica1.3 · 2024
  156. 156🇦🇹Austria1.3 · 2024
  157. 157🇨🇭Switzerland1.3 · 2024
  158. 158🇨🇦Canada1.3 · 2024
  159. 158🇫🇮Finland1.3 · 2024
  160. 158🇱🇺Luxembourg1.3 · 2024
  161. 161🇬🇷Greece1.2 · 2024
  162. 161🇱🇻Latvia1.2 · 2024
  163. 163🇧🇾Belarus1.2 · 2024
  164. 164🇦🇪United Arab Emirates1.2 · 2024
  165. 165🇹🇭Thailand1.2 · 2024
  166. 166🇪🇪Estonia1.2 · 2024
  167. 166🇮🇹Italy1.2 · 2024
  168. 168🇸🇲San Marino1.2 · 2024
  169. 169🇯🇵Japan1.1 · 2024
  170. 170🇨🇱Chile1.1 · 2024
  171. 170🇵🇱Poland1.1 · 2024
  172. 172🇱🇹Lithuania1.1 · 2024
  173. 173🇪🇸Spain1.1 · 2024
  174. 174🇦🇩Andorra1.1 · 2024
  175. 175🇨🇳China1.0 · 2024
  176. 176🇲🇹Malta1.0 · 2024
  177. 177🇺🇦Ukraine1.0 · 2024
  178. 178🇵🇷Puerto Rico0.9 · 2024
  179. 179🇰🇷South Korea0.7 · 2024

No data

7 nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world’s statistical apparatus, not a zero — these nations are not ranked.

  • 🇦🇶Antarctica

    Antarctica has no permanent population and no national government — it is administered under the Antarctic Treaty. No statistical agency compiles national indicators for it, so there is nothing here to report.

  • 🇫🇰Falkland Islands

    The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory, administered by the United Kingdom; sovereignty is disputed by Argentina. They are not a separate reporting entity in World Bank datasets.

  • 🇹🇫French Southern and Antarctic Lands

    The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have no permanent civilian population. They are administered from Réunion as an overseas territory of France and are not a separate reporting entity in international datasets.

  • Northern Cyprus

    Northern Cyprus is recognised as a state by Türkiye alone. It is not a member of the United Nations or the World Bank, and does not appear as a separate entity in the datasets these indicators are drawn from.

  • Somaliland

    Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has not been recognised by the United Nations or any member state. Where its figures are collected at all, they are reported within Somalia's.

  • 🇹🇼Taiwan

    Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, and is excluded from the World Bank and UN series that supply most of this dossier. Its own statistical agencies publish extensively.

  • 🇻🇦Vatican City

    Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from.