List of countries and dependent territories by total fertility rate

World map on the average number of children born to women during their lives , taking into account average indicators for women of all ages, data from 2015. ^[one]

7-8 children 6-7 children 5-6 children 4-5 children

3-4 children 2-3 children 1-2 children 0-1 children

Below are the lists of countries and dependent territories by the total fertility rate - the average number of children born by a woman during her life.

Notes:

Dependent territories are in italics .
The only recognized and independent state not listed is the Vatican .
Countries are sorted by "2013" year. The table is sorted.

No.	A country	Born children per woman
No.	A country	2006 ^[2]	2011 ^[3]	2013 ^[1]	2017 ^[4]
one	Niger	7.19	7.06	7.03	6.49
2	Mali	6.52	6.29	6.25	6.01
3	Somalia	6.04	6.34	6.17	5.80
four	Uganda	6.46	6.15	6.06	5.71
five	Burkina Faso	6.00	5.85	6.00	5.71
6	Burundi	6.80	4.34	5.99	5.99
7	Zambia	5.18	6.26	5.81	5.63
eight	Afghanistan	7.07	6.29	5.54	5.12
9	South Sudan	-	-	5.54	5.07
ten	Angola	6.43	5.44	5.49	6.16
eleven	Republic of the Congo	4.49	4,54	5.49	4,59
12	Mozambique	5.11	4.91	5.34	5.08
13	Nigeria	5.32	5.56	5.31	5.07
14	Ethiopia	5.29	4.19	5.31	4.99
15	Malawi	5.59	5.99	5.26	5.49
sixteen	East Timor	6.53	5.58	5.22	4.79
17	Benin	5.42	5.29	5.13	4.77
18	Tanzania	5.16	5.54	5.01	4.77
nineteen	Guinea	5.44	5.25	4.99	4.77
20	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.70	5.78	4.95	4.39
21	Liberia	6.77	5.24	4.92	5.06
22	Sierra leone	6.47	4.98	4.87	4.73
23	Sao Tome and Principe	3.85	3.66	4.81	4.25
24	Chad	6.20	5.98	4.80	4.34
25	Equatorial Guinea	5.36	5.19	4.74	4.39
26	Rwanda	5.92	5.37	4.71	3.87
27	Senegal	4.69	4.82	4.61	4.28
28	Togo	4.80	4.07	4,58	4.38
29th	Gabon	3.06	3.25	4,52	4.39
thirty	CAR	4,58	4.63	4,52	4.30
31	Gaza Strip	-	-	4.41	4.13
32	Guinea bissau	7.07	5.06	4.37	4.09
33	Madagascar	4.78	4.65	4.36	4.03
34	Yemen	5.50	5.20	4.27	3.63
35	Eritrea	5.05	4.45	4.25	3.99
36	Mauritania	4.37	4,53	4.15	3.86
37	SADR	-	2.70	4.15	3.86
38	Ghana	3.84	4.17	4.12	4.00
39	Sudan	4.23	4.40	4.05	3.57
40	Cameroon	4.31	4.49	4.00	4.64
41	Gambia	4.70	4.90	3.98	3.52
42	Comoros	4.30	4.92	3.93	3.34
43	Kenya	4.96	4.72	3.76	2.98
44	Cote d'Ivoire	4.46	4.43	3.73	3.38
45	Zimbabwe	3.19	3.29	3,58	3.98
46	Iraq	4.26	4.70	3,50	4.00
47	Vanuatu	3.74	3.87	3.47	3.07
48	Tonga	3.83	3.91	3.46	3.10
49	Solomon islands	3.87	4.23	3.44	3.16
50	Jordan	3.13	3.80	3.32	3.19
51	Papua New Guinea	3.78	3.95	3.31	3.03
52	Marshall Islands	-	-	3.29	3.03
53	Philippines	3.23	3.14	3.10	3.02
54	Guatemala	4.15	3.98	3.08	2.77
55	Belize	2.93	2.79	3.08	2.85
56	Tuvalu	-	-	3.06	2.95
57	American Samoa	-	-	3.04	2.68
58	Samoa	3.93	3.86	3.03	2.70
59	Nauru	-	-	2.98	2.80
60	Laos	3.21	2.75	2.98	2.70
61	Swaziland	3.45	3.36	2.96	2.69
62	Pakistan	3.52	3.42	2.96	2.62
63	Honduras	3.31	3.14	2.94	2.67
64	West Bank	-	-	2.91	3.27
65	Egypt	2.89	2.73	2.90	3.47
66	Haiti	3,54	3.34	2.88	2.72
67	Bolivia	3,50	3.35	2.87	2.63
68	Oman	3.00	2,31	2.86	2.82
69	Lesotho	3.37	3.20	2.83	2.63
70	Tajikistan	3.35	3.30	2.80	2.63
71	Algeria	2,38	2.26	2.78	2.70
72	Syria	3.08	2.93	2.77	2,50
73	Cambodia	3.18	2,58	2.72	2,52
74	Kyrgyzstan	2.48	2.90	2.71	2.61
75	Federated States of Micronesia	3.71	3.45	2.68	2.41
76	Israel	2.75	3.03	2.65	2.64
77	Kiribati	-	-	2.63	2,39
78	Malaysia	2.60	2.64	2.61	2,50
79	Kuwait	2.18	2,30	2,56	2.40
80	Djibouti	3.95	3.75	2,55	2,31
81	India	2.81	2.63	2,55	2.43
82	Fiji	2.75	2.67	2.54	2.41
83	Bangladesh	2.83	2.25	2,50	2.17
	The whole world	2,55	2.45	2.47
84	Guam ( USA )	2.54	-	2.41	2.96
85	Botswana	2.90	2.75	2.41	2,56
86	Panama	2,56	2.48	2.40	2,30
87	Faroes ( Denmark )	-	-	2,39	2,35
88	Dominican Republic	2.81	2,58	2,39	2.29
89	Cape Verde	3.37	2.41	2,39	2.24
90	Kazakhstan	2,31	2.59	2,38	2.25
91	UAE	2,31	1.75	2,37	2,32
92	Venezuela	2,55	2.49	2,37	2,32
93	Nepal	3.28	2.73	2,36	2.12
94	Namibia	3.19	3.22	2,33	3.29
95	Ecuador	2,58	2.48	2,33	2.19
96	Cook Islands	-	-	2,31	2.19
97	Argentina	2.25	2.21	2.27	2.26
98	Peru	2,51	2,50	2.25	2.12
99	Mexico	2.21	2,32	2.25	2.24
100	South Africa	2.64	2.46	2.25	2.29
101	Guyana	2,33	2.26	2.21	2.00
102	Myanmar	2.07	2.00	2.21	2.17
103	Saudi Arabia	3.35	2.81	2.21	2.09
104	Indonesia	2.18	2.12	2.20	2.11
105	Mongolia	1.87	2,50	2.18	2.09
106	Morocco	2,38	2.28	2.17	2.11
107	Sri Lanka	1.88	2,31	2.15	2.07
	Generational Reproduction Rate	2.13	2.13	2.13	2.13
108	Turkmenistan	2,50	2.40	2.12	2.07
109	Grenada	2,30	2.24	2.12	2.02
110	Turkey	2.14	2.09	2.10	2.01
111	Colombia	2.22	2.10	2.10	2.00
112	Libya	2.72	2,56	2.09	2.04
113	Sint Maarten ( Netherlands )	-	-	2.09	2.05
114	Jamaica	2.43	2,33	2.09	1.96
115	Curacao ( Netherlands )	-	-	2.09	2.04
116	Greenland ( Denmark )	-	2,36	2.08	1.99
117	France	1.89	2.00	2.08	2.07
118	Butane	2.19	2.40	2.07	1.90
119	Dominica	-	-	2.06	2.03
120	New Zealand	1.99	2.16	2.06	2.02
121	USA	2.05	2.10	2.06	1.87
122	Northern Mariana Islands ( USA )	-	-	2.05	2.80
123	Suriname	2.42	2,34	2.04	1.93
124	Antigua and Barbuda	-	-	2.04	2.00
125	Nicaragua	2.76	2.62	2.03	1.89
126	New Caledonia ( France )	2.08	-	2.02	1.93
127	Tunisia	1.93	2.04	2.01	2.23
128	Ireland	1.96	2.07	2.01	1.97
129	Paraguay	3.08	2.95	2.01	1.90
130	Salvador	2.68	2.25	1.99	1.87
131	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	1.85	2.00	1.99	1.95
132	Bahamas	2.02	1.90	1.97	1.94
133	French Polynesia ( France )	2.26	-	1.97	1.88
134	Bermuda ( UK )	-	-	1.96	1.93
135	Isle of Man ( UK )	-	-	1.95	1.92
136	Gibraltar ( United Kingdom )	-	-	1.93	1.90
137	Azerbaijan	1.82	2,30	1.92	1.89
138	Qatar	2.66	2.27	1.92	1.90
139	Costa Rica	2.10	1.85	1.91	1.89
140	Great Britain	1.82	1.94	1.90	1.88
141	Seychelles	-	2,50	1.89	1.85
142	Iceland	2.05	2.20	1.88	2.00
143	Vietnam	2.14	1.82	1.87	1.81
144	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.19	2.06	1.87	1.80
145	Uruguay	2.12	1.99	1.86	1.80
146	Iran	2.04	1,67	1.86	1.97
147	Cayman Islands ( UK )	-	-	1.86	1.85
148	Chile	1.94	1.86	1.85	1.80
149	Aruba ( Netherlands )	2.04	1.70	1.84	1.83
150	Uzbekistan	2.49	2,50	1.83	1.76
151	Brunei	2.29	2.04	1.83	1.78
152	Bahrain	2.29	2.54	1.83	1.75
153	Brazil	1.74	1,69	1.81	1.75
154	Netherlands	1.72	1.79	1.78	1.78
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-	-	1.78	1.77
156	Maldives	2.63	1.75	1.78	1.73
157	Mauritius	1.86	1.47	1.78	1.75
158	Saint lucia	2.18	1.98	1.78	1.75
159	Norway	1.85	1.95	1.77	1.85
160	Virgin Islands (USA)	2.15	-	1.77	2.08
161	Luxembourg	1.66	1,63	1.77	1,62
162	Australia	1.79	1.92	1.77	1.77
163	Wallis and Futuna ( France )	-	-	1.77	1.73
164	Lebanon	2.21	1.80	1.75	1.72
165	Anguilla ( UK )	-	-	1.75	1.74
166	Finland	1.83	1.87	1.73	1.75
167	Denmark	1.80	1.87	1.73	1.73
168	Palau	-	-	1.72	1.71
169	Trinidad and Tobago	1,64	1,640	1.71	1.71
170	Turks and Caicos Islands ( UK )	-	-	1.70	1.70
171	Liechtenstein	-	1.40	1,69	1,69
172	Barbados	1,50	1.55	1.68	1.68
173	Sweden	1.80	1.98	1,67	1.88
174	Jersey ( UK )	-	-	1.66	1.66
175	Thailand	1.85	1,58	1.66	1,52
176	Belgium	1.65	1.84	1.65	1.78
177	Puerto Rico ( USA )	1.83	1.78	1,64	1.22
178	Russia	1.34	1.70	1,61	1,62
179	North Macedonia	1.43	1.42	1,59	1,60
180	Canada	1,53	1.68	1,59	1,60
-	European Union	-	-	1,62
181	St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Islands ( UK )	-	-	1,57	1,59
182	Saint Pierre and Miquelon ( France )	-	-	1.55	1,57
183	Moldova	1.40	1.48	1.55	1,57
184	China ( Continental China )	1.73	1,60	1.55	1,60
185	Guernsey ( UK )	1.42	-	1,54	1,56
186	Malta	1.37	1.38	1,53	1.55
187	Switzerland	1.42	1,50	1,53	1,56
188	Monaco	-	-	1.51	1,53
189	Portugal	1.46	1.32	1.51	1,53
190	Albania	2.06	1,54	1.49	1.51
191	Spain	1.41	1.39	1.48	1,50
192	San marino	-	-	1.48	1,50
193	Belarus	1.20	1.44	1.46	1.73
194	Georgia	1.41	1,56	1.46	1.76
195	Cyprus	1,61	1.48	1.46	1.47
196	Cuba	1.49	1.47	1.46	1.71
197	Croatia	1.35	1.46	1.45	1.40
198	Estonia	1.49	1,63	1.45	1,60
199	Bulgaria	1.31	1.49	1.43	1.46
200	Singapore	1.26	1.15	1.42	0.83
201	Austria	1.42	1.44	1.42	1.47
202	Serbia	1.79	1.40	1.41	1.44
203	Italy	1.38	1.40	1.41	1.44
204	Hungary	1.28	1.25	1.41	1.45
205	Greece	1.33	1.44	1.40	1.43
206	Armenia	1.39	1.74	1.39	1,64
207	Slovakia	1.25	1.40	1.39	1.41
208	Japan	1.27	1.39	1.39	1.41
209	Andorra	-	1.22	1.37	1.40
210	Latvia	1.29	1.17	1.34	1.51
211	Slovenia	1.28	1,57	1.32	1.36
212	Poland	1.23	1.38	1.32	1.35
213	Romania	1.30	1.38	1.31	1.35
214	Czech	1.24	1.49	1.29	1.45
215	Ukraine	1.22	1.45	1.29	1.37
216	Montserrat ( UK )	-	-	1.28	1.33
217	Lithuania	1.26	1.55	1.28	1,59
218	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.23	1.15	1.25	1.30
219	The Republic of Korea	1.21	1.22	1.24	1.26
220	Virgin Islands (UK)	-	-	1.24	1.29
221	Hong Kong	1.41	1.39	1,11	1.19
222	Republic of China ( Taiwan )	-	-	1,11	1.13
223	Macau ( PRC )	0.91	1.09	0.93	0.95
224	Germany	0.97	1,11	0.79	1.45

Historical Retrospect

The following list shows the dynamics of fertility per woman in different countries by time periods ^[5]

Countries are sorted by the period "1950-1955" year. The table is sorted.

A country	Born children per woman
A country	1950–1955	1960-1965	1970-1975	1980-1985	1990-1995	2000-2005	2010–2015
Rwanda	8.00	8.20	8.28	8.38	6.55	5.40	4.20
Dominican Republic	7.60	7.35	5.68	4.15	3.31	2.83	2,53
Kenya	7.48	8.06	7.99	7.22	5.65	5.00	4.10
Afghanistan	7.45	7.45	7.45	7.45	7.48	7.18	5.26
Cote d'Ivoire	7.45	7.76	7.93	7.31	6.41	5.68	5.14
Philippines	7.42	6.98	5.98	4.98	4.92	4.14	3.05
Jordan	7.38	8.00	7.79	7.05	5.00	3.85	3.60
State of Palestine	7.38	8.00	7.69	7.05	6.60	5.02	4.25
Yemen	7.35	7.60	7.90	8.80	8.20	5.90	4.40
Iraq	7.30	6.60	7.15	6.35	5.65	4.66	4,55
Niger	7.30	7.50	7.60	7.90	7.75	7.65	7.40
Angola	7.30	7.60	7.60	7.40	7.10	6.55	5.95
Algeria	7.28	7.65	7.57	6.32	4.12	2,38	2.96
Syria	7.23	7.54	7.54	6.77	4.80	3.80	3.10
Saudi Arabia	7.18	7.28	7.30	7.02	5.55	3.65	2.72
Ethiopia	7.17	6.90	7.10	7.42	7.09	6.13	4.63
Guatemala	7.12	6.80	6.58	6.16	5.31	4.33	3.19
Mozambique	7.00	6.90	6.80	6.40	6.10	5.80	5.45
UAE	6.97	6.87	6.45	5.30	3.92	2.40	1.82
Mali	6.95	7.00	7.15	7.15	7.15	6.85	6.35
Peru	6.95	6.95	6.00	4.65	3.57	2.80	2,50
Iran	6.91	6.91	6.24	6.53	3.95	1.97	1.75
Uganda	6.90	7.05	7.10	7.10	7.06	6.74	5.91
Bolivia	6.89	6.61	6.15	5.51	4.70	3.82	3.04
Senegal	6.80	7.10	7.30	7.28	6.28	5.34	5.00
Colombia	6.76	6.76	4.90	3.70	2.84	2,30	1.93
Mexico	6.75	6.75	6.71	4.37	3.23	2.61	2.29
Egypt	6.75	6.65	6.00	5.49	4.12	3.15	3.38
Ecuador	6.75	6.65	5.80	4.45	3,55	2.88	2.59
Tanzania	6.74	6.80	6.75	6.55	6.05	5.66	5.24
Republic of China	6.72	5.35	3.33	2.23	1.76	1.32	1,11
Turkey	6.69	6.20	5.39	4.11	2.90	2,37	2.12
Tunisia	6.65	6.99	6.38	4.82	2.98	2.04	2.24
Sudan	6.62	6.75	6.90	6.63	6.00	5.30	4.75
Singapore	6.61	5.12	2.82	1,69	1.73	1.35	1.23
Morocco	6.61	7.10	6.40	5.40	3.70	2.68	2.60
Pakistan	6.60	6.60	6.60	6.44	5.67	4.43	3.72
Venezuela	6.46	6.66	4.94	3.96	3.25	2.72	2.40
Ghana	6.44	6.84	6.90	6.35	5.34	4.64	4.18
Bangladesh	6.36	6.80	6.91	5.98	4.06	2.94	2.22
Malaysia	6.35	6.36	4.72	3.97	3.44	2.45	2.11
Nigeria	6.35	6.35	6.61	6.76	6.37	6.05	5.74
Thailand	6.14	6.13	5.05	2.94	1.99	1,60	1,53
Brazil	6.10	6.00	4.84	3.82	2.72	2.13	1.78
South Africa	6.05	6.00	5.50	4.60	3.34	2.75	2,55
China	6.02	6.20	4.77	2,55	1.90	1.55	1,60
Myanmar	6.00	6.10	5.74	4.65	3.20	2.87	2,30
DR Congo	5.98	6.04	6.29	6.60	6.77	6.72	6.40
Nepal	5.96	5.96	5.87	5.62	4.97	3.64	2,32
India	5.90	5.89	5.41	4.68	3.83	3.14	2.44
Sri Lanka	5.80	5.20	4.00	3.19	2,38	2.26	2.11
Lebanon	5.74	5.69	4.67	3.75	2.80	2.01	1.72
The Republic of Korea	5.65	5.60	4.00	2.23	1.68	1.21	1.23
Cameroon	5.49	5.80	6.31	6.72	6.22	5.45	4.95
Indonesia	5.49	5.62	5.30	4.11	2.90	2,52	2.45
Vietnam	5.40	6.42	6.33	4.60	3.23	1.92	1.96
Uzbekistan	5.30	6.50	6.16	4.80	3.95	2,51	2,38
Azerbaijan	5.20	6.00	4.60	3.30	2.90	1.90	2.10
Chile	5.15	4.95	3,58	2.70	2.43	2.03	1.82
The whole world	4.96	5.03	4.46	3.60	3.02	2.63	2.47
Hong Kong	4.44	5.05	3.01	1.72	1.26	0.95	1.20
Kazakhstan	4.41	4.43	3.61	3.04	2,55	2.01	2.70
Israel	4.28	3.85	3.81	3.13	2.93	2.91	3.04
Cuba	4.15	4.68	3.60	1.85	1.65	1,59	1.71
New Zealand	3.69	3.85	2.84	1.97	2.07	1.95	2.04
Canada	3.64	3.68	1.98	1,63	1,69	1,52	1,61
Poland	3.63	2.72	2.23	2,31	1.95	1.26	1.33
DPRK	3.46	3.85	4.00	2.80	2.25	2.00	1.95
Ireland	3.42	4.06	3.82	2.76	1.90	1.96	2.00
USA	3.31	3.23	2.03	1.80	2.03	2.04	1.88
Serbia	3.22	2,51	2,36	2,32	1.96	1.71	1,59
Australia	3.18	3.27	2.54	1.91	1.86	1.77	1.88
Argentina	3.15	3.09	3.15	3.15	2.90	2,52	2,34
Portugal	3.10	3.19	2.83	2.01	1.48	1.45	1.23
Romania	3.06	2.10	2.65	2.26	1.51	1.32	1.48
Netherlands	3.05	3.17	2.10	1.51	1,59	1.74	1.73
Japan	2.96	2.03	2.13	1.76	1.48	1.30	1.41
Russia	2.85	2,55	2.03	2.04	1,54	1.30	1.70
Ukraine	2.81	2.13	2.08	2.00	1,62	1.15	1.49
France	2.75	2.83	2,30	1.87	1.71	1.88	1.98
Czech	2.74	2.21	2.21	1.97	1.65	1.19	1.48
Hungary	2.69	1.81	2.04	1.81	1.74	1.30	1.33
Belarus	2.61	2.59	2.25	2.09	1.68	1.26	1,64
Norway	2.60	2.90	2,35	1,69	1.89	1.81	1.82
Denmark	2,55	2,58	1.96	1.43	1.75	1.76	1.73
Bulgaria	2,53	2.22	2.16	2.01	1.55	1.24	1.51
Spain	2.48	2.81	2.85	1.88	1.28	1.29	1.33
Greece	2.48	2.29	2,53	2.06	1.42	1.33	1.34
Belgium	2,36	2.65	2.01	1,60	1,61	1.68	1.78
Switzerland	2,31	2.60	1.87	1,54	1,54	1.41	1,53
Sweden	2.24	2,31	1.91	1,64	2.01	1,64	1.90
Great Britain	2.18	2.81	2.01	1.78	1.78	1.66	1.88
Generational Reproduction Rate	2.13	2.13	2.13	2.13	2.13	2.13	2.13
Germany	2.13	2.47	1.71	1.46	1.30	1.35	1.43
Austria	2.10	2.78	2.04	1,60	1.48	1.38	1.45
Italy	2.08	2.19	1.97	1,52	1.27	1.30	1.43
A country	1950–1955	1960-1965	1970-1975	1980-1985	1990-1995	2000-2005	2010–2015
A country	Born children per woman

Notes

↑ ¹ ² Total fertility rate (neopr.) . CIA (USA).
↑ World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision. Highlights: [ eng. ] / United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , Population Division. - New York: United Nations, 2007. - 114 p. - (Working Paper No. ESA / P / WP.202). - Table A.15. - (inaccessible link - history ) Archived on September 26, 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
↑ World Bank - Total Fertility Rate
↑ Total fertility rate (TFR) (neopr.) .
↑ World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations (German) . Date of treatment August 9, 2017.

[cia_tfr-1] ¹ ² Total fertility rate (neopr.) . CIA (USA).

[UN-2] World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision. Highlights: [ eng. ] / United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , Population Division. - New York: United Nations, 2007. - 114 p. - (Working Paper No. ESA / P / WP.202). - Table A.15. - (inaccessible link - history ) Archived on September 26, 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2019.

[3] World Bank - Total Fertility Rate

[4] Total fertility rate (TFR) (neopr.) .

[5] World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations (German) . Date of treatment August 9, 2017.

List of countries and dependent territories by total fertility rate

Historical Retrospect

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