# Fertility rate by nation — world ranking Fertility rate ranked across 179 nations, highest to lowest. Chad highest at 6.0 (2024). Each figure carries its publisher and observation year. Canonical: https://terralore.co/rankings/fertility Updated: 2026-07-29 (the society domain's last refresh) Definition: Average number of children born per woman over her lifetime. Unit: ratio. Ordered highest to lowest — a ranking of figures, not a grading of nations. Ties share a rank. ## Ranking (179 nations) | Rank | Nation | Value | Observed | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | Chad | 6.0 | 2024 | | 2 | Somalia | 6.0 | 2024 | | 3 | DR Congo | 6.0 | 2024 | | 4 | Central African Republic | 6.0 | 2024 | | 5 | Niger | 5.9 | 2024 | | 6 | Mali | 5.5 | 2024 | | 7 | Angola | 5.0 | 2024 | | 8 | Burundi | 4.8 | 2024 | | 9 | Afghanistan | 4.8 | 2024 | | 10 | Mozambique | 4.7 | 2024 | | 11 | Mauritania | 4.6 | 2024 | | 12 | Tanzania | 4.5 | 2024 | | 13 | Yemen | 4.5 | 2024 | | 14 | Benin | 4.5 | 2024 | | 15 | Nigeria | 4.4 | 2024 | | 16 | Sudan | 4.3 | 2024 | | 17 | Cameroon | 4.3 | 2024 | | 18 | Ivory Coast | 4.2 | 2024 | | 19 | Uganda | 4.2 | 2024 | | 20 | Guinea | 4.1 | 2024 | | 21 | Togo | 4.1 | 2024 | | 22 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.1 | 2024 | | 23 | Burkina Faso | 4.1 | 2024 | | 24 | Congo | 4.1 | 2024 | | 25 | Zambia | 4.0 | 2024 | | 26 | Madagascar | 3.9 | 2024 | | 27 | Ethiopia | 3.9 | 2024 | | 28 | Gambia | 3.9 | 2024 | | 29 | Liberia | 3.9 | 2024 | | 30 | Comoros | 3.8 | 2024 | | 31 | South Sudan | 3.8 | 2024 | | 32 | Senegal | 3.8 | 2024 | | 33 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.8 | 2024 | | 34 | Sierra Leone | 3.7 | 2024 | | 35 | Eritrea | 3.7 | 2024 | | 36 | Zimbabwe | 3.7 | 2024 | | 37 | Rwanda | 3.6 | 2024 | | 38 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 3.6 | 2024 | | 39 | Gabon | 3.6 | 2024 | | 40 | Malawi | 3.6 | 2024 | | 41 | Vanuatu | 3.6 | 2024 | | 42 | Pakistan | 3.5 | 2024 | | 43 | Solomon Islands | 3.5 | 2024 | | 44 | Uzbekistan | 3.5 | 2024 | | 45 | Ghana | 3.3 | 2024 | | 46 | Palestine | 3.3 | 2024 | | 47 | Iraq | 3.2 | 2024 | | 48 | Namibia | 3.2 | 2024 | | 49 | Kenya | 3.2 | 2024 | | 50 | Papua New Guinea | 3.1 | 2024 | | 51 | Tajikistan | 3.0 | 2024 | | 52 | Kazakhstan | 3.0 | 2024 | | 53 | Egypt | 2.7 | 2024 | | 54 | Algeria | 2.7 | 2024 | | 55 | Eswatini | 2.7 | 2024 | | 56 | Botswana | 2.7 | 2024 | | 57 | Syria | 2.7 | 2024 | | 58 | Lesotho | 2.7 | 2024 | | 59 | Turkmenistan | 2.7 | 2024 | | 60 | Timor-Leste | 2.6 | 2024 | | 61 | Haiti | 2.6 | 2024 | | 62 | Djibouti | 2.6 | 2024 | | 63 | Jordan | 2.6 | 2024 | | 64 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.6 | 2024 | | 65 | Cambodia | 2.5 | 2024 | | 66 | Bolivia | 2.5 | 2024 | | 67 | Oman | 2.5 | 2024 | | 68 | Mongolia | 2.5 | 2024 | | 69 | Honduras | 2.5 | 2024 | | 70 | Paraguay | 2.4 | 2024 | | 71 | Laos | 2.4 | 2024 | | 72 | Guyana | 2.4 | 2024 | | 73 | Saudi Arabia | 2.3 | 2024 | | 74 | Libya | 2.3 | 2024 | | 75 | Guatemala | 2.3 | 2024 | | 76 | Fiji | 2.3 | 2024 | | 77 | Suriname | 2.2 | 2024 | | 78 | Lebanon | 2.2 | 2024 | | 79 | Dominican Republic | 2.2 | 2024 | | 80 | Morocco | 2.2 | 2024 | | 81 | Nicaragua | 2.2 | 2024 | | 82 | South Africa | 2.2 | 2024 | | 83 | Bangladesh | 2.1 | 2024 | | 84 | Indonesia | 2.1 | 2024 | | 85 | Panama | 2.1 | 2024 | | 86 | Monaco | 2.1 | 2024 | | 87 | Myanmar | 2.1 | 2024 | | 88 | Venezuela | 2.1 | 2024 | | 89 | Belize | 2.0 | 2024 | | 90 | Peru | 2.0 | 2024 | | 91 | New Caledonia | 2.0 | 2024 | | 92 | India | 2.0 | 2024 | | 93 | Nepal | 2.0 | 2024 | | 94 | Sri Lanka | 2.0 | 2024 | | 95 | Vietnam | 1.9 | 2024 | | 96 | Philippines | 1.9 | 2024 | | 97 | Mexico | 1.9 | 2024 | | 98 | Seychelles | 1.9 | 2024 | | 99 | Tunisia | 1.8 | 2024 | | 100 | Ecuador | 1.8 | 2024 | | 101 | Georgia | 1.8 | 2024 | | 102 | Montenegro | 1.8 | 2024 | | 103 | North Korea | 1.8 | 2024 | | 104 | El Salvador | 1.8 | 2024 | | 105 | Brunei | 1.7 | 2024 | | 106 | Moldova | 1.7 | 2024 | | 107 | Bulgaria | 1.7 | 2024 | | 108 | Qatar | 1.7 | 2024 | | 109 | Greenland | 1.7 | 2024 | | 110 | Armenia | 1.7 | 2024 | | 111 | Iran | 1.7 | 2024 | | 112 | Serbia | 1.6 | 2024 | | 113 | Colombia | 1.6 | 2024 | | 114 | United States | 1.6 | 2024 | | 115 | Brazil | 1.6 | 2024 | | 116 | France | 1.6 | 2024 | | 117 | New Zealand | 1.6 | 2024 | | 118 | Iceland | 1.6 | 2024 | | 118 | Kuwait | 1.6 | 2024 | | 120 | United Kingdom | 1.6 | 2024 | | 121 | Malaysia | 1.5 | 2024 | | 122 | Kosovo | 1.5 | 2024 | | 123 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.5 | 2024 | | 124 | Slovenia | 1.5 | 2024 | | 125 | Cape Verde | 1.5 | 2024 | | 126 | Argentina | 1.5 | 2024 | | 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.5 | 2024 | | 128 | Australia | 1.5 | 2024 | | 129 | Türkiye | 1.5 | 2024 | | 130 | Denmark | 1.5 | 2024 | | 130 | Ireland | 1.5 | 2024 | | 132 | Croatia | 1.5 | 2024 | | 132 | Slovakia | 1.5 | 2024 | | 134 | Norway | 1.4 | 2024 | | 135 | Bhutan | 1.4 | 2024 | | 136 | Cuba | 1.4 | 2024 | | 137 | Belgium | 1.4 | 2024 | | 137 | Mauritius | 1.4 | 2024 | | 139 | Azerbaijan | 1.4 | 2024 | | 139 | Netherlands | 1.4 | 2024 | | 139 | Sweden | 1.4 | 2024 | | 142 | Russia | 1.4 | 2024 | | 143 | Hungary | 1.4 | 2024 | | 143 | Portugal | 1.4 | 2024 | | 145 | North Macedonia | 1.4 | 2024 | | 146 | Uruguay | 1.4 | 2024 | | 147 | Romania | 1.4 | 2024 | | 148 | Cyprus | 1.4 | 2024 | | 149 | Bahamas | 1.4 | 2024 | | 150 | Liechtenstein | 1.4 | 2024 | | 151 | Czechia | 1.4 | 2024 | | 151 | Germany | 1.4 | 2024 | | 153 | Jamaica | 1.4 | 2024 | | 154 | Albania | 1.3 | 2024 | | 155 | Costa Rica | 1.3 | 2024 | | 156 | Austria | 1.3 | 2024 | | 157 | Switzerland | 1.3 | 2024 | | 158 | Canada | 1.3 | 2024 | | 158 | Finland | 1.3 | 2024 | | 158 | Luxembourg | 1.3 | 2024 | | 161 | Greece | 1.2 | 2024 | | 161 | Latvia | 1.2 | 2024 | | 163 | Belarus | 1.2 | 2024 | | 164 | United Arab Emirates | 1.2 | 2024 | | 165 | Thailand | 1.2 | 2024 | | 166 | Estonia | 1.2 | 2024 | | 166 | Italy | 1.2 | 2024 | | 168 | San Marino | 1.2 | 2024 | | 169 | Japan | 1.1 | 2024 | | 170 | Chile | 1.1 | 2024 | | 170 | Poland | 1.1 | 2024 | | 172 | Lithuania | 1.1 | 2024 | | 173 | Spain | 1.1 | 2024 | | 174 | Andorra | 1.1 | 2024 | | 175 | China | 1.0 | 2024 | | 176 | Malta | 1.0 | 2024 | | 177 | Ukraine | 1.0 | 2024 | | 178 | Puerto Rico | 0.9 | 2024 | | 179 | South Korea | 0.7 | 2024 | ## No data (7 nations) These nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world's statistical apparatus, not a zero — they 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. ## Sources - World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://data.worldbank.org Citation template: Terralore, "Fertility rate by nation — world ranking", terralore.co/rankings/fertility, retrieved .