Global Rankings: Fertility Rate births/woman (2023)

Rank	Country	Value
1	Somalia	6.13
2	Chad	6.12
3	Niger	6.06
4	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	6.05
5	Central African Republic	6.01
6	Mali	5.61
7	Angola	5.12
8	Burundi	4.88
9	Afghanistan	4.84
10	Mozambique	4.76
11	Mauritania	4.70
12	Tanzania, United Republic of	4.61
13	Yemen	4.59
14	Benin	4.56
15	Nigeria	4.48
16	Sudan	4.32
17	Cameroon	4.32
18	Côte d'Ivoire	4.28
19	Uganda	4.28
20	Guinea	4.22
21	Togo	4.19
22	Burkina Faso	4.19
23	Congo	4.16
24	Zambia	4.10
25	Equatorial Guinea	4.08
26	Gambia	4.01
27	Ethiopia	3.99
28	Madagascar	3.97
29	Liberia	3.95
30	Comoros	3.88
31	South Sudan	3.86
32	Guinea-Bissau	3.84
33	Samoa	3.83
34	Senegal	3.82
35	Sierra Leone	3.79
36	Zimbabwe	3.72
37	Eritrea	3.71
38	Rwanda	3.70
39	Malawi	3.65
40	Gabon	3.65
41	Sao Tome and Principe	3.64
42	Pakistan	3.60
43	Vanuatu	3.60
44	Solomon Islands	3.56
45	Uzbekistan	3.50
46	Ghana	3.40
47	Nauru	3.33
48	Palestine, State of	3.31
49	Iraq	3.25
50	Namibia	3.21
51	Kenya	3.21
52	Tuvalu	3.21
53	Kiribati	3.15
54	Tonga	3.13
55	Papua New Guinea	3.10
56	Tajikistan	3.07
57	Kazakhstan	3.01
58	Marshall Islands	2.92
59	Israel	2.85
60	Guam	2.78
61	Algeria	2.77
62	Eswatini	2.75
63	Egypt	2.75
64	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.75
65	Botswana	2.73
66	Saint Martin (French part)	2.72
67	Syrian Arab Republic	2.71
68	Timor-Leste	2.71
69	Kyrgyzstan	2.70
70	Mongolia	2.70
71	Lesotho	2.69
72	Turkmenistan	2.69
73	Haiti	2.66
74	Jordan	2.64
75	Djibouti	2.61
76	Cambodia	2.58
77	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.55
78	Oman	2.52
79	Honduras	2.50
80	Paraguay	2.42
81	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.42
82	Guyana	2.41
83	Libya	2.35
84	Northern Mariana Islands	2.35
85	Guatemala	2.31
86	American Samoa	2.29
87	Fiji	2.28
88	Saudi Arabia	2.28
89	Suriname	2.25
90	Dominican Republic	2.24
91	Lebanon	2.24
92	Morocco	2.23
93	Nicaragua	2.22
94	South Africa	2.22
95	Bangladesh	2.16
96	Indonesia	2.13
97	Panama	2.12
98	Myanmar	2.12
99	Monaco	2.11
100	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	2.08
101	Seychelles	2.02
102	Belize	2.01
103	Nepal	1.98
104	New Caledonia	1.98
105	Peru	1.98
106	Virgin Islands, U.S.	1.98
107	India	1.98
108	Sri Lanka	1.97
109	Philippines	1.92
110	Viet Nam	1.91
111	Mexico	1.91
112	Palau	1.91
113	Armenia	1.90
114	Gibraltar	1.89
115	Faroe Islands	1.86
116	Tunisia	1.83
117	Bahrain	1.82
118	Ecuador	1.82
119	Bulgaria	1.81
120	Georgia	1.81
121	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	1.78
122	El Salvador	1.77
123	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.77
124	Greenland	1.77
125	Brunei Darussalam	1.75
126	Montenegro	1.74
127	Moldova, Republic of	1.73
128	Qatar	1.73
129	Romania	1.71
130	Barbados	1.71
131	Iran, Islamic Republic of	1.70
132	France	1.66
133	Colombia	1.65
134	Brazil	1.62
135	United States	1.62
136	Serbia	1.61
137	Aruba	1.60
138	Iceland	1.59
139	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58
140	Maldives	1.57
141	New Zealand	1.56
142	United Kingdom	1.56
143	Azerbaijan	1.55
144	Malaysia	1.55
145	Isle of Man	1.55
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1.53
147	Cayman Islands	1.53
148	Kuwait	1.52
149	Cabo Verde	1.52
150	Hungary	1.51
151	Slovenia	1.51
152	Türkiye	1.51
153	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.50
154	French Polynesia	1.50
155	Argentina	1.50
156	Australia	1.50
157	Denmark	1.50
158	Ireland	1.50
159	North Macedonia	1.50
160	Slovakia	1.49
161	Grenada	1.49
162	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.49
163	Dominica	1.48
164	Belgium	1.47
165	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.46
166	Bhutan	1.46
167	Croatia	1.46
168	Czechia	1.45
169	Liechtenstein	1.45
170	Sweden	1.45
171	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.45
172	Portugal	1.44
173	Cuba	1.44
174	Netherlands	1.43
175	Russian Federation	1.41
176	Uruguay	1.41
177	Bermuda	1.40
178	Norway	1.40
179	Germany	1.39
180	Mauritius	1.39
181	Cyprus	1.39
182	Saint Lucia	1.38
183	Bahamas	1.37
184	Latvia	1.36
185	Jamaica	1.36
186	Albania	1.35
187	Costa Rica	1.33
188	Switzerland	1.33
189	Austria	1.32
190	Greece	1.32
191	Estonia	1.31
192	Canada	1.26
193	Finland	1.26
194	Luxembourg	1.25
195	Thailand	1.21
196	Belarus	1.21
197	Curaçao	1.20
198	Italy	1.20
199	Japan	1.20
200	United Arab Emirates	1.20
201	Lithuania	1.18
202	Chile	1.17
203	Poland	1.16
204	San Marino	1.15
205	Spain	1.12
206	Andorra	1.08
207	Malta	1.06
208	Virgin Islands, British	1.04
209	China	1.00
210	Ukraine	0.98
211	Singapore	0.97
212	Puerto Rico	0.92
213	Hong Kong	0.75
214	Korea, Republic of	0.72
215	Macao	0.59

About This Indicator

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.

Data source: World Bank Development Indicators