Fertility Rate births/woman — 2024

Top Country
Chad
6.03 births/woman
Countries Ranked
215
World Bank data
Data Year
2024
Latest available
Source
World Bank
Open Data API

Top 20 — Fertility Rate

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Rank Country Value Bar
1 Chad 6.03 births/woman
2 Somalia 6.01 births/woman
3 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 5.98 births/woman
4 Central African Republic 5.95 births/woman
5 Niger 5.93 births/woman
6 Mali 5.51 births/woman
7 Angola 5.05 births/woman
8 Burundi 4.79 births/woman
9 Afghanistan 4.76 births/woman
10 Mozambique 4.69 births/woman
11 Mauritania 4.62 births/woman
12 Tanzania, United Republic of 4.54 births/woman
13 Yemen 4.50 births/woman
14 Benin 4.48 births/woman
15 Nigeria 4.38 births/woman
16 Sudan 4.26 births/woman
17 Cameroon 4.26 births/woman
18 Côte d'Ivoire 4.23 births/woman
19 Uganda 4.17 births/woman
20 Guinea 4.13 births/woman
21 Togo 4.12 births/woman
22 Equatorial Guinea 4.12 births/woman
23 Burkina Faso 4.11 births/woman
24 Congo 4.11 births/woman
25 Zambia 4.04 births/woman
26 Madagascar 3.91 births/woman
27 Ethiopia 3.91 births/woman
28 Gambia 3.91 births/woman
29 Liberia 3.86 births/woman
30 Comoros 3.82 births/woman
31 Samoa 3.80 births/woman
32 South Sudan 3.79 births/woman
33 Senegal 3.77 births/woman
34 Guinea-Bissau 3.76 births/woman
35 Sierra Leone 3.70 births/woman
36 Eritrea 3.68 births/woman
37 Zimbabwe 3.67 births/woman
38 Rwanda 3.65 births/woman
39 Sao Tome and Principe 3.60 births/woman
40 Gabon 3.59 births/woman
41 Malawi 3.59 births/woman
42 Vanuatu 3.57 births/woman
43 Pakistan 3.55 births/woman
44 Solomon Islands 3.51 births/woman
45 Uzbekistan 3.49 births/woman
46 Ghana 3.34 births/woman
47 Nauru 3.29 births/woman
48 Palestine, State of 3.25 births/woman
49 Iraq 3.22 births/woman
50 Namibia 3.21 births/woman
51 Tuvalu 3.17 births/woman
52 Kenya 3.17 births/woman
53 Kiribati 3.12 births/woman
54 Tonga 3.10 births/woman
55 Papua New Guinea 3.07 births/woman
56 Tajikistan 3.04 births/woman
57 Kazakhstan 2.98 births/woman
58 Israel 2.87 births/woman
59 Marshall Islands 2.86 births/woman
60 Guam 2.75 births/woman
61 Micronesia, Federated States of 2.74 births/woman
62 Egypt 2.73 births/woman
63 Algeria 2.72 births/woman
64 Eswatini 2.72 births/woman
65 Botswana 2.70 births/woman
66 Syrian Arab Republic 2.70 births/woman
67 Saint Martin (French part) 2.67 births/woman
68 Lesotho 2.66 births/woman
69 Turkmenistan 2.66 births/woman
70 Timor-Leste 2.63 births/woman
71 Haiti 2.62 births/woman
72 Djibouti 2.62 births/woman
73 Jordan 2.60 births/woman
74 Kyrgyzstan 2.60 births/woman
75 Cambodia 2.55 births/woman
76 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.52 births/woman
77 Oman 2.51 births/woman
78 Mongolia 2.50 births/woman
79 Honduras 2.48 births/woman
80 Paraguay 2.42 births/woman
81 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.40 births/woman
82 Guyana 2.40 births/woman
83 Northern Mariana Islands 2.32 births/woman
84 Saudi Arabia 2.31 births/woman
85 Libya 2.30 births/woman
86 Guatemala 2.29 births/woman
87 Fiji 2.27 births/woman
88 American Samoa 2.27 births/woman
89 Suriname 2.23 births/woman
90 Lebanon 2.23 births/woman
91 Dominican Republic 2.22 births/woman
92 Morocco 2.21 births/woman
93 Nicaragua 2.21 births/woman
94 South Africa 2.21 births/woman
95 Bangladesh 2.14 births/woman
96 Indonesia 2.12 births/woman
97 Panama 2.11 births/woman
98 Monaco 2.10 births/woman
99 Myanmar 2.10 births/woman
100 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.08 births/woman
101 Belize 2.02 births/woman
102 Virgin Islands, U.S. 1.97 births/woman
103 Peru 1.97 births/woman
104 New Caledonia 1.96 births/woman
105 India 1.96 births/woman
106 Nepal 1.96 births/woman
107 Sri Lanka 1.95 births/woman
108 Faroe Islands 1.91 births/woman
109 Viet Nam 1.90 births/woman
110 Philippines 1.89 births/woman
111 Mexico 1.89 births/woman
112 Gibraltar 1.89 births/woman
113 Palau 1.88 births/woman
114 Seychelles 1.85 births/woman
115 Tunisia 1.82 births/woman
116 Ecuador 1.81 births/woman
117 Bahrain 1.80 births/woman
118 Georgia 1.80 births/woman
119 Montenegro 1.80 births/woman
120 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1.78 births/woman
121 El Salvador 1.77 births/woman
122 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.76 births/woman
123 Brunei Darussalam 1.73 births/woman
124 Moldova, Republic of 1.73 births/woman
125 Bulgaria 1.72 births/woman
126 Qatar 1.72 births/woman
127 Barbados 1.71 births/woman
128 Greenland 1.71 births/woman
129 Armenia 1.70 births/woman
130 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.68 births/woman
131 Serbia 1.64 births/woman
132 Colombia 1.63 births/woman
133 United States 1.63 births/woman
134 Brazil 1.61 births/woman
135 France 1.61 births/woman
136 Aruba 1.61 births/woman
137 Antigua and Barbuda 1.58 births/woman
138 New Zealand 1.57 births/woman
139 Iceland 1.56 births/woman
140 Kuwait 1.56 births/woman
141 Maldives 1.56 births/woman
142 United Kingdom 1.55 births/woman
143 Isle of Man 1.54 births/woman
144 Malaysia 1.54 births/woman
145 Trinidad and Tobago 1.54 births/woman
146 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.53 births/woman
147 Cayman Islands 1.52 births/woman
148 Slovenia 1.52 births/woman
149 Cabo Verde 1.51 births/woman
150 Argentina 1.50 births/woman
151 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.49 births/woman
152 French Polynesia 1.49 births/woman
153 Australia 1.48 births/woman
154 Dominica 1.48 births/woman
155 Türkiye 1.48 births/woman
156 Grenada 1.47 births/woman
157 Denmark 1.47 births/woman
158 Ireland 1.47 births/woman
159 Croatia 1.46 births/woman
160 Slovakia 1.46 births/woman
161 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.45 births/woman
162 Norway 1.45 births/woman
163 Bhutan 1.45 births/woman
164 Cuba 1.45 births/woman
165 Belgium 1.44 births/woman
166 Mauritius 1.44 births/woman
167 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.44 births/woman
168 Azerbaijan 1.43 births/woman
169 Netherlands 1.43 births/woman
170 Sweden 1.43 births/woman
171 Russian Federation 1.42 births/woman
172 Hungary 1.41 births/woman
173 Portugal 1.41 births/woman
174 Bermuda 1.41 births/woman
175 Curaçao 1.40 births/woman
176 North Macedonia 1.40 births/woman
177 Uruguay 1.40 births/woman
178 Romania 1.39 births/woman
179 Saint Lucia 1.39 births/woman
180 Cyprus 1.38 births/woman
181 Bahamas 1.37 births/woman
182 Liechtenstein 1.37 births/woman
183 Czechia 1.36 births/woman
184 Germany 1.36 births/woman
185 Jamaica 1.35 births/woman
186 Albania 1.34 births/woman
187 Costa Rica 1.32 births/woman
188 Austria 1.31 births/woman
189 Switzerland 1.29 births/woman
190 Canada 1.25 births/woman
191 Finland 1.25 births/woman
192 Luxembourg 1.25 births/woman
193 Greece 1.24 births/woman
194 Latvia 1.24 births/woman
195 Belarus 1.22 births/woman
196 United Arab Emirates 1.21 births/woman
197 Thailand 1.20 births/woman
198 Estonia 1.18 births/woman
199 Italy 1.18 births/woman
200 San Marino 1.16 births/woman
201 Japan 1.15 births/woman
202 Chile 1.14 births/woman
203 Poland 1.14 births/woman
204 Lithuania 1.11 births/woman
205 Spain 1.10 births/woman
206 Andorra 1.09 births/woman
207 Virgin Islands, British 1.05 births/woman
208 China 1.01 births/woman
209 Malta 1.01 births/woman
210 Ukraine 0.99 births/woman
211 Singapore 0.97 births/woman
212 Puerto Rico 0.92 births/woman
213 Hong Kong 0.84 births/woman
214 Korea, Republic of 0.75 births/woman
215 Macao 0.58 births/woman
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.

Source: World Bank Development Indicators
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