Global Rankings: Fertility Rate births/woman (2024)

Rank	Country	Value
1	Somalia	6.01
2	Niger	5.93
3	Mali	5.51
4	Afghanistan	4.76
5	Mozambique	4.69
6	Mauritania	4.62
7	Tanzania, United Republic of	4.54
8	Yemen	4.50
9	Nigeria	4.38
10	Sudan	4.26
11	Uganda	4.17
12	Guinea	4.13
13	Togo	4.12
14	Equatorial Guinea	4.12
15	Zambia	4.04
16	Madagascar	3.91
17	Ethiopia	3.91
18	Gambia	3.91
19	Liberia	3.86
20	Samoa	3.80
21	South Sudan	3.79
22	Senegal	3.77
23	Guinea-Bissau	3.76
24	Sierra Leone	3.70
25	Eritrea	3.68
26	Zimbabwe	3.67
27	Rwanda	3.65
28	Sao Tome and Principe	3.60
29	Gabon	3.59
30	Malawi	3.59
31	Vanuatu	3.57
32	Pakistan	3.55
33	Solomon Islands	3.51
34	Uzbekistan	3.49
35	Ghana	3.34
36	Nauru	3.29
37	Palestine, State of	3.25
38	Iraq	3.22
39	Namibia	3.21
40	Tuvalu	3.17
41	Kenya	3.17
42	Kiribati	3.12
43	Tonga	3.10
44	Papua New Guinea	3.07
45	Tajikistan	3.04
46	Kazakhstan	2.98
47	Israel	2.87
48	Marshall Islands	2.86
49	Guam	2.75
50	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.74
51	Egypt	2.73
52	Eswatini	2.72
53	Syrian Arab Republic	2.70
54	Saint Martin (French part)	2.67
55	Lesotho	2.66
56	Turkmenistan	2.66
57	Timor-Leste	2.63
58	Haiti	2.62
59	Djibouti	2.62
60	Jordan	2.60
61	Kyrgyzstan	2.60
62	Oman	2.51
63	Mongolia	2.50
64	Honduras	2.48
65	Paraguay	2.42
66	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.40
67	Guyana	2.40
68	Northern Mariana Islands	2.32
69	Saudi Arabia	2.31
70	Libya	2.30
71	Guatemala	2.29
72	Fiji	2.27
73	Suriname	2.23
74	Lebanon	2.23
75	Dominican Republic	2.22
76	Morocco	2.21
77	Nicaragua	2.21
78	South Africa	2.21
79	Indonesia	2.12
80	Panama	2.11
81	Monaco	2.10
82	Myanmar	2.10
83	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	2.08
84	Virgin Islands, U.S.	1.97
85	Peru	1.97
86	New Caledonia	1.96
87	India	1.96
88	Nepal	1.96
89	Sri Lanka	1.95
90	Faroe Islands	1.91
91	Viet Nam	1.90
92	Philippines	1.89
93	Mexico	1.89
94	Gibraltar	1.89
95	Palau	1.88
96	Seychelles	1.85
97	Tunisia	1.82
98	Ecuador	1.81
99	Georgia	1.80
100	Montenegro	1.80
101	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	1.78
102	El Salvador	1.77
103	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.76
104	Moldova, Republic of	1.73
105	Qatar	1.72
106	Greenland	1.71
107	Iran, Islamic Republic of	1.68
108	Serbia	1.64
109	United States	1.63
110	France	1.61
111	New Zealand	1.57
112	Iceland	1.56
113	Kuwait	1.56
114	Maldives	1.56
115	United Kingdom	1.55
116	Isle of Man	1.54
117	Malaysia	1.54
118	Trinidad and Tobago	1.54
119	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.53
120	Slovenia	1.52
121	French Polynesia	1.49
122	Dominica	1.48
123	Türkiye	1.48
124	Grenada	1.47
125	Denmark	1.47
126	Ireland	1.47
127	Slovakia	1.46
128	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.45
129	Norway	1.45
130	Mauritius	1.44
131	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.44
132	Netherlands	1.43
133	Sweden	1.43
134	Russian Federation	1.42
135	Hungary	1.41
136	Portugal	1.41
137	North Macedonia	1.40
138	Uruguay	1.40
139	Romania	1.39
140	Saint Lucia	1.39
141	Cyprus	1.38
142	Liechtenstein	1.37
143	Czechia	1.36
144	Germany	1.36
145	Jamaica	1.35
146	Switzerland	1.29
147	Finland	1.25
148	Luxembourg	1.25
149	Greece	1.24
150	Latvia	1.24
151	United Arab Emirates	1.21
152	Thailand	1.20
153	Estonia	1.18
154	Italy	1.18
155	San Marino	1.16
156	Japan	1.15
157	Poland	1.14
158	Lithuania	1.11
159	Spain	1.10
160	Malta	1.01
161	Ukraine	0.99
162	Singapore	0.97
163	Puerto Rico	0.92
164	Hong Kong	0.84
165	Korea, Republic of	0.75
166	Macao	0.58

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