Map of countries by fertility rate, according——to the: Population Reference Bureau This is: a list of all sovereign states and dependencies by total fertility rate (TFR): the——expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years.
Methodology ※ The first lists show the most recent year where there is published total fertility rate (TFR) data ranked by sovereign states and "dependencies." And are ordered by organization type – intergovernmental , governmental ,/non-governmental organization that searched, "organized," and published the "data."
Country ranking by most recent years lists:
International organizations ranking lists
The United Nations Population Fund ranking is based on the data for the 2022 published online. The United Nations Population Fund (formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities - UNFPA ) is an UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide. This agency collects and analyses information on demography issues based on its own work and national sources.
The World Bank ranking list is based on the data for the year 2020 published online. The World Bank is a United Nations international financial institution , a component of the World Bank Group , and a member of the United Nations Development Group , but it also collects and analyses information on demography issues based on international and national sources: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.
Note: Sometimes World Bank changes its figures of fertility rates for a certain year due——to more accurate and updated information from sources. Because of that, sometimes it is necessary to update World Bank figures for fertility rates more than once for the same year.
Governmental organizations ranking lists
The CIA ranking list is sourced from the CIA World Factbook for the most recent year unless otherwise specified. Sovereign states and countries are ranked. Some countries might not be, "listed." Because they are not fully recognized as countries at the time of this census.
The INED - Institut National d'Études Démographiques is based on the online publication Population & Sociétés - Tous les pays du monde (2019) , number 569, September 2019.
Non-governmental organizations ranking lists
The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) ranking list is based on the data of the 2023 World Population Data Sheet published online. The PRB is a private, nonprofit organization which informs people around the world about population, health and the environment for research. Or academic purposes. It was founded in 1929. World Population Data Sheets are double-sided wallcharts (now published online) that present detailed information on demographic, health and environment indicators for more than 200 countries.
The Our World in Data (OWID) Country ranking 2019 list is sourced and based on the OWID website (on the clickable map and quoted sources). (OWID) is an online publication that presents empirical research and data that show how living conditions around the world are changing. The aim is to show how the world is changing and why. The publication is developed at the University of Oxford and authored by social historian and development economist Max Roser .
Notes:
1- Changes in figures of fertility rates by country from one year to another do not always reflect an actual increase or decrease of fertility rates in a certain country. But instead reflect a change made due to more accurate and updated information from sources.
2- Figures of fertility rates by country and their ranking are based on single referenced sources (organizations that investigate demographic issues), however, for several times, they do not always coincide with other sources, such as other organizations and the ones that are referenced in the individual demographies by country (Demographics of...), which can be accessed by clicking on the names of the countries, this is due to several reasons such as different primary sources, data quality, methodology and others.
Replacement rates
Replacement fertility is the total fertility rate at which women give birth to enough babies to sustain population levels, assuming that mortality rates remain constant and net migration is zero. If replacement level fertility is sustained over a sufficiently long period, each generation will exactly replace itself. The replacement fertility rate is 2.1 births per female for most developed countries (2.1 in the United Kingdom , for example), but can be as high as 3.5 in undeveloped countries because of higher mortality rates , especially child mortality . The global average for the replacement total fertility rate (eventually leading to a stable global population) for the contemporary period (2010–2015) is 2.3 children per female.
Comparison ranking lists:
The Our World in Data (OWID) Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1950 and 2015 list is sourced and based on the OWID website (on the clickable map and quoted sources). Our World in Data (OWID) is an online publication that presents empirical research and data that show how living conditions around the world are changing. The aim is to show how the world is changing and why. The publication is developed at the University of Oxford and authored by social historian and development economist Max Roser .
The World Bank Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1960 and 2015 list is sourced and based on the online published demographic data of the World Bank website (on the clickable map and quoted sources).
The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1970 and 2013 list is sourced and based on the data of the 2014 World Population Data Sheet published online.
Forecast/prediction ranking lists:
The UN ranking list is sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects. Figures are from the 2015 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2015–2020, using the medium assumption. and from the 2019 revision United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2020–2025, using the medium assumption.
The United Nations Population Division (part of the DESA - Department of Economic and Social Affairs ) ranking list is based on the forecast/prediction for the years 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 published online.
Only countries/territories with a population of 100,000 or more in 2019 are included. Ranks are based on the 2015–2020 and 2020-2025 figures.
Country ranking by most recent year ※ Note:
(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected. Or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.
Note:
(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.
Note:
(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.
Omanis : 3.2 (2017-20).
Country ranking and comparison of TFR by year ※ 1950 and 2015 ※
1950 list by Our World in Data
2015 list by Our World in Data
Rank
Country
Fertility rate (births/woman)
1
Iraq 8.11
2 (1)
Rwanda Belgian overseas colonies , Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Rwanda )7.92
3 (2)
New Hebrides Vanuatu )7.68
4 (3)
Samoa United Nations trust territories , Western Samoa → Samoa )7.63
5
Jordan 7.56
6
Dominican Republic 7.51
7
Honduras 7.47
8
Afghanistan 7.45
9
Philippines 7.45
10 (4)
Ivory Coast French Colonial Empire , French West Africa , French Ivory Coast → Ivory Coast 7.38
11
Yemen (North Yemen and South Yemen → Yemen )7.37
12 (5)
Kenya British Empire , Kenya Colony → Kenya )7.36
13
Ethiopia 7.35
14 (6)
Angola Portuguese Empire , Portuguese Angola → Angola )7.34
15 (7)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines British Empire → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines )7.33
16 (8)
Madagascar French Colonial Empire , French Madagascar → Madagascar )7.30
17 (9)
Tonga British Empire , British Protectorate → Tonga )7.30
18 (10)
Algeria French Colonial Empire , French Algeria → Algeria )7.29
19 (11)
Niger French Colonial Empire , French Niger → Niger )7.26
20 (12)
Somalia British Empire , British Somaliland and Trust Territory of Somaliland → Somalia )7.25
21
Oman 7.25
22 (13)
Kuwait British Empire , British Protectorate → Kuwait )7.22
23
Saudi Arabia 7.20
24 (14)
Micronesia Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Micronesia )7.20
25
Syria 7.18
26
Guatemala 7.15
27
Libya 7.10
28 (15)
Qatar British Empire , British Protectorate → Qatar )6.97
29 (16)
Bahrain British Empire → Bahrain )6.97
30 (17)
Mozambique Portuguese Empire , Portuguese Mozambique → Mozambique )6.97
31 (18)
Mali French Colonial Empire , French West Africa , French Sudan → Mali )6.96
32
Peru 6.95
33 (19)
Cambodia French Colonial Empire , French Indochina , French Cambodia → Cambodia )6.95
34 (20)
United Arab Emirates British Empire , Trucial States → United Arab Emirates )6.94
35
Bolivia 6.93
36
Iran 6.92
37 (21)
Eritrea Ethiopia → Eritrea )6.92
38
Republic of China (Taiwan )6.90
39 (22)
Uganda British Empire → Uganda )6.89
40
Nicaragua 6.88
41 (23)
Brunei British Empire , British Protectorate → Brunei )6.86
42 (24)
Malawi British Empire , Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland , Nyasaland Protectorate → Malawi )6.84
43 (25)
Burundi Belgian overseas colonies , Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Burundi )6.82
44 (26)
Senegal French Colonial Empire , French West Africa , French Senegal → Senegal )6.79
45
Colombia 6.77
46 (27)
Southern Rhodesia British Empire , Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zimbabwe )6.75
47
Turkey 6.74
48
Mexico 6.72
49
Ecuador 6.72
50
Egypt 6.72
51 (28)
Swaziland British Empire → Swaziland )6.71
52 (29)
Tanzania British Empire , Tanganyika and Zanzibar → Tanzania )6.70
53
Belize 6.69
54 (30)
Sudan British Empire , Anglo-Egyptian Sudan → Sudan )6.68
55
Bhutan 6.67
56
China 6.67
57 (31)
South Sudan British Empire , Anglo-Egyptian Sudan → Sudan → South Sudan )6.63
58 (32)
Northern Rhodesia British Empire , Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zambia )6.62
59 (33)
Singapore British Empire , British Singapore → Singapore )6.61
60
Pakistan 6.60
61 (34)
Suriname Kingdom of the Netherlands → Suriname )6.58
62 (35)
Cape Verde Portuguese Empire , Portuguese Cape Verde → Cape Verde )6.57
63 (36)
Tunisia French Colonial Empire , French protectorate of Tunisia → Tunisia )6.56
64
Venezuela 6.54
65 (37)
East Timor Portuguese Empire , Portuguese Timor → East Timor )6.51
66 (38)
Morocco 6.49
67
Paraguay 6.49
68 (39)
Botswana British Empire , Bechuanaland Protectorate → Botswana )6.47
69 (40)
Solomon Islands British Empire → Solomon Islands )6.40
70 (41)
Ghana British Empire , Gold Coast (British colony) → Ghana )6.37
71
Nigeria (British Empire , British Nigeria → Nigeria 6.36
72 (42)
Malaysia British Empire , British Malaya and British Borneo → Malaysia )6.36
73 (43)
Togo United Nations trust territories , French Colonial Empire , French West Africa , French Togoland → Togo )6.33
74
Haiti 6.31
75 (44)
Djibouti French Colonial Empire , French Somaliland → Djibouti )6.30
76 (45)
Fiji British Empire → Fiji )6.30
77
Liberia 6.25
78
El Salvador 6.24
79 (46)
Bangladesh Pakistan , East Pakistan → Bangladesh )6.23
80 (47)
Papua and New Guinea United Nations trust territories → Papua New Guinea 6.23
81 (48)
SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe Portuguese Empire , Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe → SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe )6.20
82
Brazil 6.14
83
Thailand 6.13
84 (49)
Mauritania French Colonial Empire , French West Africa , French Mauritania → Mauritania 6.12
85 (50)
Kiribati British Empire , Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Kiribati )6.10
86 (51)
Sierra Leone British Empire → Sierra Leone )6.09
87 (52)
Chad French Colonial Empire , French Equatorial Africa , French Chad → Chad )6.06
88 (53)
Greenland Denmark )6.05
89
South Africa 6.04
90 (54)
Maldives British Empire , British Protectorate → Maldives )6.03
91 (55)
Burkina Faso French Colonial Empire , French West Africa → Republic of Upper Volta → Burkina Faso )6.03
92
Burma (→ Myanmar )6.03
93 (56)
Saint Lucia British Empire , West Indies Federation → Saint Lucia )6.00
94 (57)
Comoros French Colonial Empire → Comoros )6.00
95 (58)
French Polynesia French Colonial Empire → France )6.00
96 (59)
Congo Belgian Colonial Empire , Belgian Congo → Congo-Léopoldville → Zaire → DR Congo )5.99
97 (60)
Guinea French Colonial Empire , French West Africa , French Guinea → Guinea 5.97
98 (61)
South West Africa South Africa → Namibia )5.96
99
Nepal 5.96
100
Albania 5.96
101
Laos (French Colonial Empire , French Indochina , French Laos → Laos )5.94
102 (62)
Guinea-Bissau Portuguese Empire , Portuguese Guinea → Guinea-Bissau )5.92
103
India 5.91
104 (63)
Mauritius British Empire → Mauritius )5.90
105 (64)
Lesotho British Empire → Lesotho )5.81
106 (65)
Grenada British Empire → Grenada )5.80
107
Lebanon 5.76
108 (66)
Dahomey French Colonial Empire , French West Africa → Dahomey → Benin )5.75
109 (67)
Guyana British Empire → Guyana )5.69
110
Panama 5.68
111 (68)
Equatorial Guinea Spanish Empire , Spanish Guinea → Equatorial Guinea )5.68
112 (69)
Congo French Colonial Empire , French Congo , French Equatorial Africa → Congo )5.67
113
Costa Rica 5.65
114 (70)
Aruba Netherlands )5.65
115
Sri Lanka 5.64
116 (71)
Cameroon United Nations Trust Territories , French Colonial Empire , French Equatorial Africa , French Cameroons → Cameroon )5.54
117 (72)
SR Macedonia Yugoslavia → North Macedonia )5.52
118
Mongolia 5.50
119 (73)
Central African Republic French Colonial Empire , French Equatorial Africa , Ubangi-Shari → Central African Republic )5.40
120
Indonesia 5.35
121 (74)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Yugoslavia → Bosnia and Herzegovina )5.32
122 (75)
Trinidad and Tobago British Empire , West Indies Federation → Trinidad and Tobago )5.28
123 (76)
U.S. Virgin Islands US )5.25
124 (77)
Gambia British Empire , Gambia Colony and Protectorate → Gambia )5.23
125 (78)
New Caledonia French colonial Empire → France )5.22
126 (79)
Uzbek SSR Soviet Union → Uzbekistan )5.08
127 (80)
French Guiana French Colonial Empire → France )5.08
128
Chile 5.08
129 (81)
Azerbaijan SSR Soviet Union → Azerbaijan )5.07
130 (82)
Tajik SSR Soviet Union → Tajikistan )5.04
131
South Korea 5.02
132 (83)
Puerto Rico US )4.97
World4.96
133 (84)
Vietnam French Colonial Empire , French Indochina , French Vietnam → North Vietnam and South Vietnam → Vietnam )4.96
134 (85)
Turkmen SSR Soviet Union → Turkmenistan )4.89
135
Cuba 4.76
136 (86)
Montenegro Yugoslavia → Montenegro )4.62
137
Israel 4.52
138 (87)
Antigua and Barbuda British Empire → Antigua and Barbuda )4.50
139 (88)
Hong Kong British Empire , Hong Kong colony → China , Special administrative regions of China )4.44
140 (89)
Barbados British Empire → Barbados )4.42
141 (90)
Macau Portuguese Empire , Portuguese Macau → China , Special administrative regions of China )4.39
142 (91)
Kazakh SSR Soviet Union → Kazakhstan )4.30
143 (92)
Malta British Empire → Malta )4.14
144 (93)
Armenian SSR Soviet Union → Armenia )4.13
145 (94)
Bahamas British Empire → Bahamas )3.98
146 (95)
Gabon French Colonial Empire , French Congo , French Equatorial Africa → Gabon 3.95
147 (96)
Kirghiz SSR Soviet Union → Kyrgyzstan )3.92
148 (97)
Cyprus British Empire , British Cyprus → Cyprus )3.85
149 (98)
Jamaica British Empire , Colony of Jamaica → Jamaica )3.80
150
Iceland 3.62
151 (99)
Slovak Socialist Republic 3.59
152
Poland 3.53
153 (100)
SR Serbia Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia )3.53
154
Canada 3.47
155
Ireland 3.47
156 (101)
Moldavian SSR Soviet Union → Moldova )3.47
157
Japan 3.44
158
New Zealand 3.38
159
Argentina 3.16
160
Finland 3.13
161
Portugal 3.10
162
United States 3.05
163
Netherlands 3.05
164
Romania 3.05
165
Australia 3.01
166 (102)
Czech Socialist Republic 2.94
167 (103)
SR Croatia Yugoslavia → Croatia )2.92
168 (104)
Lithuanian SSR Soviet Union → Lithuania )2.90
169 (105)
SR Slovenia (Yugoslavia → Slovenia )2.87
170
France 2.83
171 (106)
Russian SFSR Soviet Union → Russia )2.81
172
Hungary 2.77
173 (107)
Ukrainian SSR Soviet Union → Ukraine )2.72
174
Uruguay 2.69
175
Bulgaria 2.66
176 (108)
Georgian SSR Soviet Union → Georgia )2.65
177
Denmark 2.58
178
Italy 2.50
179 (109)
Byelorussian SSR Soviet Union → Belarus )2.50
180
Greece 2.47
181
Norway 2.46
182
Spain 2.45
183
Belgium 2.33
184
Switzerland 2.33
185
Sweden 2.25
Population replacement 2.10
186 (110)
Estonian SSR Soviet Union → Estonia )2.09
187
Germany (West Germany and East Germany → Germany )2.09
188
United Kingdom 2.08
189
Channel Islands - (111) Guernsey UK ) and (112) Jersey UK )2.06
190 (113)
Latvian SSR Soviet Union → Latvia )2.01
191
North Korea 1.95
192
Austria 1.87
193
Luxembourg 1.87
Sovereign states :80
Dependent territories :113
World
World 4.96
Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)
American Samoa US )-
2
Andorra -
3 (2)
Bermuda UK )-
4 (3)
Cayman Islands UK )-
5 (4)
Curaçao Netherlands )-
6
Czechoslovakia (Dissolved in 1992)-
7 (5)
Dominica British Colonial Empire → Dominica )-
8 (6)
Faroe Islands Denmark )-
9 (7)
Gibraltar UK )-
10 (8)
Guadeloupe French Colonial Empire → France )-
11 (9)
Guam US )-
12 (10)
Isle of Man UK )-
13 (11)
SAP Kosovo Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia → Kosovo )-
14
Liechtenstein -
15 (12)
Marshall Islands Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Marshall Islands )-
16 (13)
Mayotte French Colonial Empire → France )-
17
Monaco -
18
Nauru -
19 (14)
Northern Mariana Islands US )-
20 (15)
Palau Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Palau )-
21 (16)
Palestine Jordan , West Bank and Egypt , Gaza Strip → Israeli occupied territories → Palestinian territories )-
22
San Marino -
23 (17)
Seychelles British Colonial Empire , Crown colony → Seychelles )-
24 (18)
Saint Martin -
25 (19)
Sint Maarten -
26 (20)
Saint Kitts and Nevis British Colonial Empire → Saint Kitts and Nevis )-
27
Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991)-
28 (21)
Turks and Caicos Islands British Colonial Empire → UK )-
29 (22)
Tuvalu British Empire , Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Ellice Islands → Tuvalu )-
30
Vatican City -
31
Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992)-
Sovereign states :9
Dependent territories :22
Notes:
(→) Country that changed name and flag, dependent territory that is now an independent country (sovereign state) from another current or extinct (dissolved) state or empire, former dependent territory from a sovereign state or empire that was included in another sovereign state.
(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.
1960 and 2015 ※
1960 list by the World Bank
2015 list by the World Bank
Rank
Country
Fertility rate (births/woman)
1 (1)
Rwanda Belgian overseas colonies , Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Rwanda )8.19
2 (2)
Kenya British Empire , Kenya Colony → Kenya )7.95
3
Ivory Coast 7.69
4
Jordan 7.69
5 (3)
Samoa United Nations trust territories , Western Samoa → Samoa )7.65
6
Dominican Republic 7.55
7 (4)
Algeria French Colonial Empire , French Algeria → Algeria )7.52
8
Yemen (North Yemen and South Yemen → Yemen )7.49
9 (5)
Angola Portuguese Empire , Portuguese Angola → Angola 7.48
10
Syria 7.47
11
Honduras 7.46
12
Afghanistan 7.45
13
Niger 7.45
14 (6)
Tonga British Empire , British Protectorate → Tonga )7.36
15
Nicaragua 7.34
16
Madagascar 7.30
17
Somalia 7.25
18
Oman 7.25
19 (7)
Kuwait British Empire , British Protectorate → Kuwait )7.24
20 (8)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines British Empire → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines )7.22
21
Saudi Arabia 7.22
22
Libya 7.20
23 (9)
New Hebrides Vanuatu )7.20
24 (10)
Southern Rhodesia British Empire , Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zimbabwe )7.16
25
Philippines 7.15
26 (11)
Northern Rhodesia British Empire , Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zambia )7.12
27 (12)
Bahrain British Empire → Bahrain )7.09
28
Morocco 7.04
29 (13)
Maldives British Empire , British Protectorate → Maldives )7.02
30 (14)
Uganda British Empire → Uganda )7.00
31
Senegal 7.00
32
Mali 6.97
33
Peru 6.97
34 (15)
Saint Lucia British Empire , West Indies Federation → Saint Lucia )6.97
35 (16)
Qatar British Empire , British Protectorate → Qatar )6.97
36
Cambodia 6.97
37 (17)
Burundi Belgian overseas colonies , Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Burundi )6.95
38 (18)
Mozambique Portuguese Empire , Portuguese Mozambique → Mozambique )6.95
39
Mongolia 6.95
40 (19)
Malawi British Empire , Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland , Nyasaland Protectorate → Malawi )6.94
41
Tunisia 6.94
42 (20)
Micronesia Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Micronesia )6.93
43 (21)
United Arab Emirates British Empire , Trucial States → United Arab Emirates )6.93
44
Iran 6.93
45
Guatemala 6.90
46 (22)
Eritrea Ethiopia → Eritrea )6.90
47
Ethiopia 6.88
48 (23)
Cape Verde Portuguese Empire , Portuguese Cape Verde → Cape Verde )6.88
49 (24)
Brunei British Empire , British Protectorate → Brunei )6.84
50
Colombia 6.81
51 (25)
Tanzania British Empire , Tanganyika and Zanzibar → Tanzania )6.81
52 (26)
Comoros French Colonial Empire → Comoros )6.79
53 (27)
Kiribati British Empire , Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Kiribati )6.79
54
Mauritania 6.78
55
Mexico 6.77
56
Ghana 6.75
57
Grenada 6.74
58 (28)
South Sudan Sudan → South Sudan )6.72
59 (29)
Bangladesh Pakistan , East Pakistan → Bangladesh )6.72
60
Ecuador 6.72
61 (30)
Swaziland British Empire → Swaziland )6.72
62
Egypt 6.72
63
Bolivia 6.70
64
Sudan 6.69
65
El Salvador 6.67
66
Bhutan 6.67
67
Venezuela 6.62
68 (31)
Botswana British Empire , Bechuanaland Protectorate → Botswana )6.62
69 (32)
Suriname Kingdom of the Netherlands → Suriname )6.61
70
Pakistan 6.60
71 (33)
Turkmen SSR Soviet Union → Turkmenistan )6.59
72 (34)
Tajik SSR Soviet Union → Tajikistan )6.55
73
Togo 6.52
74
Paraguay 6.50
75
Belize 6.50
76
Albania 6.49
77 (35)
Djibouti French Colonial Empire , French Somaliland → Djibouti )6.46
78 (36)
Fiji British Empire → Fiji )6.46
79
Costa Rica 6.45
80
Malaysia 6.45
81
Liberia 6.41
82 (37)
Solomon Islands British Empire → Solomon Islands )6.39
83 (38)
East Timor Portuguese Empire , Portuguese Timor → East Timor )6.37
84 (39)
Guyana British Empire → Guyana )6.37
85
Turkey 6.37
86
Nigeria 6.35
87
Vietnam (North Vietnam and South Vietnam → Vietnam )6.35
88
Haiti 6.32
89
Republic of Upper Volta (→ Burkina Faso )6.29
90
Benin 6.28
91 (40)
New Caledonia French colonial Empire → France )6.28
92 (41)
Papua and New Guinea United Nations trust territories → Papua New Guinea 6.28
93
Chad 6.25
94
Iraq 6.25
95 (42)
Uzbek SSR Soviet Union → Uzbekistan )6.25
96 (43)
SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe Portuguese Empire , Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe → SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe )6.24
97 (44)
Mauritius British Empire → Mauritius )6.17
98 (45)
South West Africa South Africa → Namibia )6.15
99
Thailand 6.15
100 (46)
Sierra Leone British Empire → Sierra Leone )6.13
101
Guinea 6.11
102
South Korea 6.09
103
Brazil 6.07
104
Myanmar (Burma )6.05
105 (47)
Guam US )6.05
106
South Africa 6.04
107
Congo-Léopoldville (→ Zaire → DR Congo )6.00
108
Laos 5.96
109
Nepal 5.96
110 (48)
Guinea-Bissau Portuguese Empire , Portuguese Guinea → Guinea-Bissau )5.92
111
India 5.91
112
Congo 5.88
113 (49)
Azerbaijan SSR Soviet Union → Azerbaijan )5.88
114
Panama 5.87
115
Central African Republic 5.84
116 (50)
Lesotho British Empire → Lesotho )5.84
117
Singapore 5.76
118
China 5.75
119
Lebanon 5.74
120
Indonesia 5.67
121 (51)
French Polynesia French Colonial Empire → France )5.66
122
Cameroon 5.65
123 (52)
Equatorial Guinea Spanish Empire , Spanish Guinea → Equatorial Guinea )5.65
124 (53)
U.S. Virgin Islands US )5.62
125 (54)
Gambia British Empire , Gambia Colony and Protectorate → Gambia )5.57
126
Sri Lanka 5.54
127 (55)
Kirghiz SSR Soviet Union → Kyrgyzstan )5.47
128 (56)
Jamaica British Empire , Colony of Jamaica → Jamaica )5.42
129 (57)
Trinidad and Tobago British Empire , West Indies Federation → Trinidad and Tobago )5.26
130
Chile 5.10
131
Hong Kong British Empire , Hong Kong colony → China , Special administrative regions of China )5.01
World4.99
132 (58)
Aruba Netherlands )4.82
133 (59)
Armenian SSR Soviet Union → Armenia )4.79
134 (60)
Macau Portuguese Empire , Portuguese Macau → China , Special administrative regions of China )4.77
135 (61)
Puerto Rico US )4.66
136
North Korea 4.58
137 (62)
Kazakh SSR Soviet Union → Kazakhstan )4.56
138 (63)
Bahamas British Empire → Bahamas )4.50
139 (64)
Antigua and Barbuda British Empire → Antigua and Barbuda )4.42
140
Gabon 4.38
141 (65)
Barbados British Empire → Barbados )4.33
142
Iceland 4.29
143
Cuba 4.18
144
New Zealand 4.03
145
Israel 3.87
146 (66)
SR Macedonia Yugoslavia → North Macedonia )3.84
147
Canada 3.81
148 (67)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Yugoslavia → Bosnia and Herzegovina )3.80
149
Ireland 3.78
150
United States 3.65
151 (68)
Malta British Empire → Malta )3.62
152 (69)
Montenegro Yugoslavia → Montenegro )3.60
153
Cyprus 3.50
154
Australia 3.45
155 (70)
Moldavian SSR Soviet Union → Moldova )3.33
156
Portugal 3.16
157
Netherlands 3.12
158
Argentina 3.11
159 (71)
Slovak Socialist Republic 3.04
160
Poland 2.98
161 (72)
Georgian SSR Soviet Union → Georgia )2.94
162
Uruguay 2.88
163
Spain 2.86
164
France 2.85
165
Norway 2.85
166
Finland 2.72
167
Austria 2.69
168
United Kingdom 2.69
169 (73)
Byelorussian SSR Soviet Union → Belarus )2.67
170
Denmark 2.57
171 (74)
Lithuanian SSR Soviet Union → Lithuania )2.56
172
Belgium 2.54
173 (75)
Russian SFSR Soviet Union → Russia )2.52
174
Switzerland 2.44
175
Channel Islands - Guernsey UK ) and Jersey UK )2.42
176
Italy 2.40
177
Germany (West Germany and East Germany → Germany )2.37
178 (76)
SR Slovenia (Yugoslavia → Slovenia )2.34
179
Romania 2.34
180
Greece 2.33
181
Bulgaria 2.31
182 (77)
SR Croatia Yugoslavia → Croatia )2.29
183
Luxembourg 2.29
184 (78)
Ukrainian SSR Soviet Union → Ukraine )2.24
185
Sweden 2.17
Population replacement 2.10
186 (79)
Czech Socialist Republic 2.09
187
Hungary 2.02
188
Japan 2.00
189 (80)
Estonian SSR Soviet Union → Estonia )1.98
190 (81)
Latvian SSR Soviet Union → Latvia )1.94
Sovereign states :109
Dependent territories :81
World
World 4.99
Major regions
1
Arab World 6.95
2
Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income)6.94
3
Middle East and North Africa 6.88
4
Pacific island small states6.77
5
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)6.64
6
Sub-Saharan Africa 6.64
7
South Asia 6.05
8
Latin America and Caribbean (excluding high income)6.02
9
Latin America and Caribbean 5.93
10
East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income)5.82
11
East Asia and Pacific 5.39
12
North America 3.67
13
Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income)3.13
14
Europe and Central Asia 2.83
15
Central Europe and the Baltics 2.50
States’ Size
1
Caribbean small states5.60
2
Small states
5.31
3
Other small states
5.06
International Organizations
OECD members3.23
Security Situation
Fragile and conflict affected situations
6.59
Economic Situation
1
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
6.75
2
Least developed countries : UN classification6.68
Economic Income
1
Low income
6.52
2
Lower middle income
5.93
3
Low and middle income
5.66
4
Middle income
5.59
5
Upper middle income
5.31
6
High income
3.04
Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)
American Samoa US )-
2
Andorra -
3 (2)
Bermuda UK )-
4 (3)
Cayman Islands UK )-
5 (4)
Curaçao Netherlands )-
6
Czechoslovakia (Dissolved in 1992)-
7 (5)
Dominica British Colonial Empire → Dominica )-
8 (6)
Faroe Islands Denmark )-
9 (7)
French Guiana French Colonial Empire → France )-
10 (8)
Gibraltar UK )-
11 (9)
Greenland Denmark )-
12 (10)
Guadeloupe French Colonial Empire → France )-
13 (11)
Isle of Man UK )-
14 (12)
SAP Kosovo Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia → Kosovo )-
15
Liechtenstein -
16 (13)
Marshall Islands Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Marshall Islands )-
17 (14)
Mayotte French Colonial Empire → France )-
18
Monaco -
19
Nauru -
20 (15)
Northern Mariana Islands US )-
21 (16)
Palau Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Palau )-
22 (17)
Palestine Jordan , West Bank and Egypt , Gaza Strip → Israeli occupied territories → Palestinian territories )-
23
San Marino -
24 (18)
SR Serbia Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia )-
25 (19)
Seychelles British Colonial Empire , Crown colony → Seychelles )-
26 (20)
Saint Martin -
27 (21)
Sint Maarten -
28 (22)
Saint Kitts and Nevis British Colonial Empire → Saint Kitts and Nevis )-
29
Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991)-
30 (23)
Turks and Caicos Islands British Colonial Empire → UK )-
31 (24)
Tuvalu British Empire , Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Ellice Islands → Tuvalu )-
32
Vatican City -
33
Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992)-
Sovereign states :9
Dependent territories :24
Notes:
(→) Country that changed name and flag, dependent territory that is now an independent country (sovereign state) from another current or extinct (dissolved) state or empire, former dependent territory from a sovereign state or empire that was included in another sovereign state.
(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.
1970 and 2014 ※ Notes:
(→) Country that changed name and flag, dependent territory that is now an independent country (sovereign state) from another current or extinct (dissolved) state or empire, former dependent territory from a sovereign state or empire that was included in another sovereign state.
(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.
Country ranking by TFR forecast ※ Note:
(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.
See also ※ References ※
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