Countries by fertility rate

Countries by fertility rate, World Bank, 2024

#	Country	Births per woman	Region
1	Chad	6.03	Middle Africa
2	Somalia	6.01	Eastern Africa
3	DR Congo	5.98	Middle Africa
4	Central African Republic	5.95	Middle Africa
5	Niger	5.94	Western Africa
6	Mali	5.51	Western Africa
7	Angola	5.05	Middle Africa
8	Burundi	4.79	Eastern Africa
9	Afghanistan	4.76	Southern Asia
10	Mozambique	4.69	Eastern Africa
11	Mauritania	4.63	Western Africa
12	Tanzania	4.54	Eastern Africa
13	Yemen	4.50	Western Asia
14	Benin	4.48	Western Africa
15	Nigeria	4.38	Western Africa
=16	Cameroon	4.26	Middle Africa
=16	Sudan	4.26	Northern Africa
18	Côte d'Ivoire	4.23	Western Africa
19	Uganda	4.17	Eastern Africa
20	Guinea	4.13	Western Africa
=21	Equatorial Guinea	4.12	Middle Africa
=21	Togo	4.12	Western Africa
=23	Burkina Faso	4.11	Western Africa
=23	Congo	4.11	Middle Africa
25	Zambia	4.04	Eastern Africa
=26	Ethiopia	3.91	Eastern Africa
=26	Gambia	3.91	Western Africa
=26	Madagascar	3.91	Eastern Africa
29	Liberia	3.86	Western Africa
30	Comoros	3.82	Eastern Africa
31	Samoa	3.80	Polynesia
32	South Sudan	3.79	Eastern Africa
33	Senegal	3.77	Western Africa
34	Guinea-Bissau	3.76	Western Africa
35	Sierra Leone	3.70	Western Africa
36	Eritrea	3.68	Eastern Africa
37	Zimbabwe	3.67	Eastern Africa
38	Rwanda	3.65	Eastern Africa
39	São Tomé and Principe	3.60	Middle Africa
=40	Gabon	3.59	Middle Africa
=40	Malawi	3.59	Eastern Africa
42	Vanuatu	3.57	Melanesia
43	Pakistan	3.55	Southern Asia
44	Solomon Islands	3.51	Melanesia
45	Uzbekistan	3.49	Central Asia
46	Ghana	3.34	Western Africa
47	Nauru	3.29	Micronesia
48	Iraq	3.22	Western Asia
49	Namibia	3.21	Southern Africa
50	Kenya	3.17	Eastern Africa
51	Kiribati	3.12	Micronesia
52	Tonga	3.10	Polynesia
53	Papua New Guinea	3.07	Melanesia
54	Tajikistan	3.04	Central Asia
55	Kazakhstan	2.98	Central Asia
56	Israel	2.87	Western Asia
57	Marshall Islands	2.86	Micronesia
=58	Egypt	2.74	Northern Africa
=58	Micronesia	2.74	Micronesia
=60	Algeria	2.72	Northern Africa
=60	Eswatini	2.72	Southern Africa
=62	Botswana	2.70	Southern Africa
=62	Syria	2.70	Western Asia
=64	Lesotho	2.66	Southern Africa
=64	Turkmenistan	2.66	Central Asia
=66	Haiti	2.63	Caribbean
=66	Timor-Leste	2.63	South-Eastern Asia
68	Djibouti	2.62	Eastern Africa
=69	Jordan	2.60	Western Asia
=69	Kyrgyzstan	2.60	Central Asia
71	Cambodia	2.55	South-Eastern Asia
72	Bolivia	2.52	South America
73	Oman	2.51	Western Asia
74	Mongolia	2.50	Eastern Asia
75	Honduras	2.48	Central America
76	Paraguay	2.42	South America
=77	Guyana	2.40	South America
=77	Laos	2.40	South-Eastern Asia
79	Saudi Arabia	2.31	Western Asia
80	Libya	2.30	Northern Africa
81	Guatemala	2.29	Central America
82	Fiji	2.27	Melanesia
=83	Lebanon	2.23	Western Asia
=83	Suriname	2.23	South America
85	Dominican Republic	2.22	Caribbean
=86	Morocco	2.21	Northern Africa
=86	Nicaragua	2.21	Central America
=86	South Africa	2.21	Southern Africa
89	Bangladesh	2.14	Southern Asia
90	Indonesia	2.12	South-Eastern Asia
91	Panama	2.11	Central America
=92	Monaco	2.10	Western Europe
=92	Myanmar	2.10	South-Eastern Asia
94	Venezuela	2.08	South America
95	Belize	2.02	Central America
96	Peru	1.97	South America
=97	India	1.96	Southern Asia
=97	Nepal	1.96	Southern Asia
99	Sri Lanka	1.95	Southern Asia
100	Vietnam	1.90	South-Eastern Asia
=101	Mexico	1.89	Central America
=101	Philippines	1.89	South-Eastern Asia
103	Palau	1.88	Micronesia
104	Seychelles	1.85	Eastern Africa
105	Tunisia	1.82	Northern Africa
=106	Bahrain	1.81	Western Asia
=106	Ecuador	1.81	South America
=108	Georgia	1.80	Western Asia
=108	Montenegro	1.80	Southern Europe
110	North Korea	1.78	Eastern Asia
111	El Salvador	1.77	Central America
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.76	Caribbean
=113	Brunei	1.73	South-Eastern Asia
=113	Moldova	1.73	Eastern Europe
=115	Bulgaria	1.72	Eastern Europe
=115	Qatar	1.72	Western Asia
117	Barbados	1.71	Caribbean
118	Armenia	1.70	Western Asia
119	Iran	1.68	Southern Asia
120	Serbia	1.64	Southern Europe
=121	Colombia	1.63	South America
=121	United States	1.63	Northern America
=123	Brazil	1.61	South America
=123	France	1.61	Western Europe
125	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58	Caribbean
126	New Zealand	1.57	Australia and New Zealand
=127	Iceland	1.56	Northern Europe
=127	Kuwait	1.56	Western Asia
=127	Maldives	1.56	Southern Asia
130	United Kingdom	1.55	Northern Europe
=131	Malaysia	1.54	South-Eastern Asia
=131	Trinidad and Tobago	1.54	Caribbean
133	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.53	Caribbean
134	Slovenia	1.52	Southern Europe
135	Cabo Verde	1.51	Western Africa
136	Argentina	1.50	South America
137	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.49	Southern Europe
=138	Australia	1.48	Australia and New Zealand
=138	Dominica	1.48	Caribbean
=138	Turkey	1.48	Western Asia
=141	Denmark	1.47	Northern Europe
=141	Grenada	1.47	Caribbean
=141	Ireland	1.47	Northern Europe
=144	Croatia	1.46	Southern Europe
=144	Slovakia	1.46	Eastern Europe
=146	Bhutan	1.45	Southern Asia
=146	Cuba	1.45	Caribbean
=146	Norway	1.45	Northern Europe
=149	Belgium	1.44	Western Europe
=149	Mauritius	1.44	Eastern Africa
=151	Azerbaijan	1.43	Western Asia
=151	Netherlands	1.43	Western Europe
=151	Sweden	1.43	Northern Europe
154	Russia	1.42	Eastern Europe
=155	Hungary	1.41	Eastern Europe
=155	Portugal	1.41	Southern Europe
=157	North Macedonia	1.40	Southern Europe
=157	Uruguay	1.40	South America
=159	Romania	1.39	Eastern Europe
=159	Saint Lucia	1.39	Caribbean
161	Cyprus	1.38	Western Asia
=162	Bahamas	1.37	Caribbean
=162	Liechtenstein	1.37	Western Europe
=164	Czechia	1.36	Eastern Europe
=164	Germany	1.36	Western Europe
166	Jamaica	1.35	Caribbean
167	Albania	1.34	Southern Europe
168	Costa Rica	1.32	Central America
169	Austria	1.31	Western Europe
170	Switzerland	1.29	Western Europe
=171	Canada	1.25	Northern America
=171	Finland	1.25	Northern Europe
=171	Luxembourg	1.25	Western Europe
=174	Greece	1.24	Southern Europe
=174	Latvia	1.24	Northern Europe
176	Belarus	1.22	Eastern Europe
177	United Arab Emirates	1.21	Western Asia
178	Thailand	1.20	South-Eastern Asia
=179	Estonia	1.18	Northern Europe
=179	Italy	1.18	Southern Europe
181	San Marino	1.16	Southern Europe
182	Japan	1.15	Eastern Asia
=183	Chile	1.14	South America
=183	Poland	1.14	Eastern Europe
185	Lithuania	1.11	Northern Europe
186	Spain	1.10	Southern Europe
187	Andorra	1.09	Southern Europe
=188	China	1.01	Eastern Asia
=188	Malta	1.01	Southern Europe
190	Ukraine	0.99	Eastern Europe
191	Singapore	0.97	South-Eastern Asia
192	South Korea	0.75	Eastern Asia

No World Bank figure for 2 countries: Taiwan, Vatican City.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place	Births per woman	Status
Palestine	3.25	Status disputed
Guam	2.75	Territory of United States of America
Saint Martin	2.67	Territory of France
Northern Mariana Islands	2.32	Territory of United States of America
American Samoa	2.27	Territory of United States of America
US Virgin Islands	1.97	Territory of United States of America
New Caledonia	1.96	Territory of France
Faroe Islands	1.91	Territory of Denmark
Greenland	1.71	Territory of Denmark
Aruba	1.61	Territory of Netherlands
Isle of Man	1.54	Territory of United Kingdom
Cayman Islands	1.53	Territory of United Kingdom
French Polynesia	1.49	Territory of France
Turks and Caicos Islands	1.45	Territory of United Kingdom
Sint Maarten	1.44	Territory of Netherlands
Bermuda	1.41	Territory of United Kingdom
Curaçao	1.40	Territory of Netherlands
British Virgin Islands	1.05	Territory of United Kingdom
Puerto Rico	0.92	Territory of United States of America
Hong Kong	0.84	Territory of China
Macao	0.58	Territory of China

Questions

Which country has the highest fertility rate?

Chad has the highest fertility rate: 6.03 births per woman (2024). Next come Somalia (6.01 births per woman) and the DR Congo (5.98 births per woman).

Which country has the lowest fertility rate?

South Korea, with 0.75 births per woman (2024).

What is the typical fertility rate of a country?

The median of the 192 countries is 1.96 births per woman: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

Births per woman: how many children a woman would have if the birth rates of the year held all her life. Source: World Bank, 2024. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.