Rankings · population
Countries by fertility rate
Births per woman. 215 countries ranked for 2024 (births per woman).
Watch it on the map →1Chad6.03 births per woman
2Somalia6.01 births per woman
3Democratic Republic of the Congo5.98 births per woman
| Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Chad | 6.03 births per woman | -11.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 2 |  Somalia | 6.01 births per woman | -14.9% | = |
| 3 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5.98 births per woman | -7.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 4 |  Central African Republic | 5.95 births per woman | -2.5% | ▲ 2 |
| 5 |  Niger | 5.94 births per woman | -19.1% | ▼ 4 |
| 6 |  Mali | 5.51 births per woman | -14.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 7 |  Angola | 5.05 births per woman | -13.8% | = |
| 8 |  Burundi | 4.79 births per woman | -17.3% | = |
| 9 |  Afghanistan | 4.76 births per woman | -17.5% | = |
| 10 |  Mozambique | 4.69 births per woman | -11.5% | ▲ 4 |
| 11 |  Mauritania | 4.63 births per woman | -12.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 12 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 4.54 births per woman | -11.3% | ▲ 5 |
| 13 |  Yemen | 4.5 births per woman | -2.6% | ▲ 18 |
| 14 |  Benin | 4.48 births per woman | -16.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 15 |  Nigeria | 4.38 births per woman | -22.1% | ▼ 5 |
| 16 |  Cameroon | 4.26 births per woman | -12.0% | ▲ 8 |
| 17 |  Sudan | 4.26 births per woman | -13.2% | ▲ 3 |
| 18 |  Ivory Coast | 4.23 births per woman | -16.6% | = |
| 19 |  Uganda | 4.17 births per woman | -22.9% | ▼ 7 |
| 20 |  Guinea | 4.13 births per woman | -18.5% | ▼ 1 |
| 21 |  Equatorial Guinea | 4.12 births per woman | -15.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 22 |  Togo | 4.12 births per woman | -12.3% | ▲ 6 |
| 23 |  Burkina Faso | 4.11 births per woman | -26.6% | ▼ 12 |
| 24 |  Republic of the Congo | 4.11 births per woman | -12.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 25 |  Zambia | 4.04 births per woman | -17.4% | ▼ 4 |
| 26 |  Ethiopia | 3.91 births per woman | -15.2% | ▲ 6 |
| 27 |  Gambia | 3.91 births per woman | -24.8% | ▼ 11 |
| 28 |  Madagascar | 3.91 births per woman | -11.5% | ▲ 8 |
| 29 |  Liberia | 3.86 births per woman | -16.5% | ▲ 1 |
| 30 |  Comoros | 3.82 births per woman | -14.9% | ▲ 4 |
| 31 |  Samoa | 3.8 births per woman | -14.0% | ▲ 6 |
| 32 |  South Sudan | 3.79 births per woman | -21.4% | ▼ 7 |
| 33 |  Senegal | 3.77 births per woman | -22.7% | ▼ 11 |
| 34 |  Guinea-Bissau | 3.76 births per woman | -21.5% | ▼ 8 |
| 35 |  Sierra Leone | 3.7 births per woman | -21.3% | ▼ 8 |
| 36 |  Eritrea | 3.68 births per woman | -13.8% | ▲ 4 |
| 37 |  Zimbabwe | 3.67 births per woman | -8.5% | ▲ 8 |
| 38 |  Rwanda | 3.65 births per woman | -11.4% | ▲ 3 |
| 39 |  São Tomé and Principe | 3.6 births per woman | -19.8% | ▼ 4 |
| 40 |  Gabon | 3.59 births per woman | -9.1% | ▲ 9 |
| 41 |  Malawi | 3.59 births per woman | -21.4% | ▼ 8 |
| 42 |  Vanuatu | 3.57 births per woman | -10.8% | ▲ 6 |
| 43 |  Pakistan | 3.55 births per woman | -12.6% | = |
| 44 |  Solomon Islands | 3.51 births per woman | -19.5% | ▼ 6 |
| 45 |  Uzbekistan | 3.49 births per woman | +36.9% | ▲ 47 |
| 46 |  Ghana | 3.34 births per woman | -17.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 47 |  Nauru | 3.29 births per woman | -19.6% | ▼ 5 |
| 48 |  Palestine | 3.25 births per woman | -18.8% | ▼ 2 |
| 49 |  Iraq | 3.22 births per woman | -25.3% | ▼ 10 |
| 50 |  Namibia | 3.21 births per woman | -11.8% | ▲ 1 |
| 51 |  Kenya | 3.17 births per woman | -17.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 52 |  Tuvalu | 3.17 births per woman | -4.8% | ▲ 6 |
| 53 |  Kiribati | 3.12 births per woman | -11.4% | ▲ 1 |
| 54 |  Tonga | 3.1 births per woman | -14.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 55 |  Papua New Guinea | 3.07 births per woman | -15.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 56 |  Tajikistan | 3.04 births per woman | -12.1% | = |
| 57 |  Kazakhstan | 2.98 births per woman | +8.0% | ▲ 24 |
| 58 |  Israel | 2.87 births per woman | -6.8% | ▲ 13 |
| 59 |  Marshall Islands | 2.86 births per woman | -10.1% | ▲ 3 |
| 60 |  Guam | 2.75 births per woman | -6.8% | ▲ 16 |
| 61 |  Egypt | 2.74 births per woman | -21.5% | ▼ 6 |
| 62 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 2.74 births per woman | -11.3% | ▲ 6 |
| 63 |  Algeria | 2.72 births per woman | -11.7% | ▲ 7 |
| 64 |  Eswatini | 2.72 births per woman | -14.5% | ▼ 1 |
| 65 |  Botswana | 2.7 births per woman | -10.9% | ▲ 7 |
| 66 |  Syria | 2.7 births per woman | -13.5% | = |
| 67 |  Saint Martin | 2.67 births per woman | -1.5% | ▲ 17 |
| 68 |  Lesotho | 2.66 births per woman | -17.9% | ▼ 8 |
| 69 |  Turkmenistan | 2.66 births per woman | -11.9% | ▲ 4 |
| 70 |  Haiti | 2.63 births per woman | -16.8% | ▼ 6 |
| 71 |  Timor-Leste | 2.63 births per woman | -34.3% | ▼ 24 |
| 72 |  Djibouti | 2.62 births per woman | -16.0% | ▼ 7 |
| 73 |  Jordan | 2.6 births per woman | -21.2% | ▼ 14 |
| 74 |  Kyrgyzstan | 2.6 births per woman | -18.8% | ▼ 13 |
| 75 |  Cambodia | 2.55 births per woman | -6.6% | ▲ 8 |
| 76 |  Bolivia | 2.52 births per woman | -14.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 77 |  Oman | 2.51 births per woman | -15.5% | ▼ 3 |
| 78 |  Mongolia | 2.5 births per woman | -19.4% | ▼ 11 |
| 79 |  Honduras | 2.48 births per woman | -11.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 80 |  Paraguay | 2.42 births per woman | -8.7% | ▲ 7 |
| 81 |  Guyana | 2.4 births per woman | -11.1% | ▲ 4 |
| 82 |  Laos | 2.4 births per woman | -14.3% | ▼ 3 |
| 83 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 2.32 births per woman | -31.2% | ▼ 26 |
| 84 |  Saudi Arabia | 2.31 births per woman | -13.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 85 |  Libya | 2.3 births per woman | -16.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 86 |  Guatemala | 2.29 births per woman | -25.9% | ▼ 17 |
| 87 |  American Samoa | 2.27 births per woman | -20.4% | ▼ 9 |
| 88 |  Fiji | 2.27 births per woman | -12.4% | ▲ 1 |
| 89 |  Lebanon | 2.23 births per woman | -6.3% | ▲ 12 |
| 90 |  Suriname | 2.23 births per woman | -14.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 91 |  Dominican Republic | 2.22 births per woman | -9.4% | ▲ 5 |
| 92 |  Morocco | 2.21 births per woman | -8.7% | ▲ 5 |
| 93 |  Nicaragua | 2.21 births per woman | -10.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 94 |  South Africa | 2.21 births per woman | -8.7% | ▲ 4 |
| 95 |  Bangladesh | 2.14 births per woman | -4.0% | ▲ 14 |
| 96 |  Indonesia | 2.12 births per woman | -11.3% | ▲ 4 |
| 97 |  Panama | 2.11 births per woman | -17.3% | ▼ 6 |
| 98 |  Monaco | 2.1 births per woman | -15.7% | ▼ 5 |
| 99 |  Myanmar | 2.1 births per woman | -6.7% | ▲ 9 |
| 100 |  Venezuela | 2.08 births per woman | -9.6% | ▲ 4 |
| 101 |  Belize | 2.02 births per woman | -18.2% | ▼ 7 |
| 102 |  Peru | 1.97 births per woman | -13.2% | ▲ 5 |
| 103 |  United States Virgin Islands | 1.97 births per woman | -5.7% | ▲ 17 |
| 104 |  India | 1.96 births per woman | -14.4% | ▲ 1 |
| 105 |  New Caledonia | 1.96 births per woman | -7.5% | ▲ 13 |
| 106 |  Nepal | 1.96 births per woman | -15.5% | ▼ 4 |
| 107 |  Sri Lanka | 1.95 births per woman | -8.5% | ▲ 9 |
| 108 |  Faroe Islands | 1.91 births per woman | -25.1% | ▼ 18 |
| 109 |  Vietnam | 1.9 births per woman | -9.1% | ▲ 12 |
| 110 |  Mexico | 1.89 births per woman | -14.5% | = |
| 111 |  Philippines | 1.89 births per woman | -34.6% | ▼ 34 |
| 112 |  Palau | 1.88 births per woman | -7.4% | ▲ 13 |
| 113 |  Seychelles | 1.85 births per woman | -15.5% | ▼ 2 |
| 114 |  Tunisia | 1.82 births per woman | -21.6% | ▼ 11 |
| 115 |  Bahrain | 1.81 births per woman | -15.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 116 |  Ecuador | 1.81 births per woman | -20.3% | ▼ 10 |
| 117 |  Georgia | 1.8 births per woman | -17.4% | ▼ 4 |
| 118 |  Montenegro | 1.8 births per woman | +2.9% | ▲ 37 |
| 119 |  North Korea | 1.78 births per woman | -4.8% | ▲ 22 |
| 120 |  El Salvador | 1.77 births per woman | -16.9% | ▼ 3 |
| 121 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.76 births per woman | -17.8% | ▼ 6 |
| 122 |  Brunei | 1.73 births per woman | -12.2% | ▲ 11 |
| 123 |  Moldova | 1.73 births per woman | -4.9% | ▲ 23 |
| 124 |  Bulgaria | 1.72 births per woman | +6.2% | ▲ 48 |
| 125 |  Qatar | 1.72 births per woman | -15.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 126 |  Barbados | 1.71 births per woman | -1.2% | ▲ 33 |
| 127 |  Greenland | 1.71 births per woman | -14.1% | ▲ 3 |
| 128 |  Armenia | 1.7 births per woman | +0.0% | ▲ 37 |
| 129 |  Iran | 1.68 births per woman | -15.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 130 |  Republic of Serbia | 1.64 births per woman | +12.3% | ▲ 63 |
| 131 |  Colombia | 1.63 births per woman | -10.4% | ▲ 14 |
| 132 |  United States | 1.63 births per woman | -12.4% | ▲ 11 |
| 133 |  Aruba | 1.61 births per woman | -17.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 134 |  Brazil | 1.61 births per woman | -9.6% | ▲ 18 |
| 135 |  France | 1.61 births per woman | -19.5% | ▼ 6 |
| 136 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 1.58 births per woman | +3.3% | ▲ 46 |
| 137 |  New Zealand | 1.57 births per woman | -18.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 138 |  Iceland | 1.56 births per woman | -19.2% | ▼ 2 |
| 139 |  Kuwait | 1.56 births per woman | -24.3% | ▼ 17 |
| 140 |  Maldives | 1.56 births per woman | -25.4% | ▼ 21 |
| 141 |  United Kingdom | 1.55 births per woman | -14.4% | ▲ 7 |
| 142 |  Isle of Man | 1.54 births per woman | -14.0% | ▲ 9 |
| 143 |  Malaysia | 1.54 births per woman | -25.2% | ▼ 20 |
| 144 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1.54 births per woman | -3.8% | ▲ 30 |
| 145 |  Kosovo | 1.54 births per woman | -17.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 146 |  Cayman Islands | 1.53 births per woman | +15.0% | ▲ 56 |
| 147 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.53 births per woman | -8.4% | ▲ 22 |
| 148 |  Slovenia | 1.52 births per woman | -3.8% | ▲ 28 |
| 149 |  Cabo Verde | 1.51 births per woman | -25.6% | ▼ 25 |
| 150 |  Argentina | 1.5 births per woman | -37.2% | ▼ 51 |
| 151 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.49 births per woman | +18.3% | ▲ 56 |
| 152 |  French Polynesia | 1.49 births per woman | -24.0% | ▼ 18 |
| 153 |  Australia | 1.48 births per woman | -19.1% | ▼ 9 |
| 154 |  Dominica | 1.48 births per woman | -13.5% | ▲ 8 |
| 155 |  Turkey | 1.48 births per woman | -32.4% | ▼ 43 |
| 156 |  Denmark | 1.47 births per woman | -13.0% | ▲ 12 |
| 157 |  Grenada | 1.47 births per woman | -18.3% | ▼ 7 |
| 158 |  Ireland | 1.47 births per woman | -22.2% | ▼ 19 |
| 159 |  Croatia | 1.46 births per woman | +0.0% | ▲ 33 |
| 160 |  Slovakia | 1.46 births per woman | +6.6% | ▲ 41 |
| 161 |  Bhutan | 1.45 births per woman | -24.5% | ▼ 24 |
| 162 |  Cuba | 1.45 births per woman | -12.7% | ▲ 8 |
| 163 |  Norway | 1.45 births per woman | -17.1% | ▼ 7 |
| 164 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.45 births per woman | -16.2% | ▼ 4 |
| 165 |  Belgium | 1.44 births per woman | -17.2% | ▼ 7 |
| 166 |  Mauritius | 1.44 births per woman | +0.0% | ▲ 29 |
| 167 |  Sint Maarten | 1.44 births per woman | -20.9% | ▼ 20 |
| 168 |  Azerbaijan | 1.43 births per woman | -27.4% | ▼ 36 |
| 169 |  Netherlands | 1.43 births per woman | -16.4% | ▼ 5 |
| 170 |  Sweden | 1.43 births per woman | -23.9% | ▼ 30 |
| 171 |  Russia | 1.42 births per woman | -18.9% | ▼ 14 |
| 172 |  Bermuda | 1.41 births per woman | -0.7% | ▲ 25 |
| 173 |  Hungary | 1.41 births per woman | -2.8% | ▲ 21 |
| 174 |  Portugal | 1.41 births per woman | +13.7% | ▲ 37 |
| 175 |  Curaçao | 1.4 births per woman | -30.0% | ▼ 47 |
| 176 |  North Macedonia | 1.4 births per woman | -6.7% | ▲ 9 |
| 177 |  Uruguay | 1.4 births per woman | -31.0% | ▼ 50 |
| 178 |  Saint Lucia | 1.39 births per woman | -6.7% | ▲ 8 |
| 179 |  Romania | 1.39 births per woman | -10.9% | ▼ 1 |
| 180 |  Cyprus | 1.38 births per woman | +5.3% | ▲ 25 |
| 181 |  The Bahamas | 1.37 births per woman | -18.9% | ▼ 14 |
| 182 |  Liechtenstein | 1.37 births per woman | -13.8% | ▼ 7 |
| 183 |  Czechia | 1.36 births per woman | -11.1% | = |
| 184 |  Germany | 1.36 births per woman | -7.5% | ▲ 5 |
| 185 |  Jamaica | 1.35 births per woman | -12.3% | ▼ 4 |
| 186 |  Albania | 1.34 births per woman | -22.1% | ▼ 25 |
| 187 |  Costa Rica | 1.32 births per woman | -26.7% | ▼ 38 |
| 188 |  Austria | 1.31 births per woman | -10.3% | ▲ 3 |
| 189 |  Switzerland | 1.29 births per woman | -16.2% | ▼ 10 |
| 190 |  Canada | 1.25 births per woman | -22.4% | ▼ 17 |
| 191 |  Finland | 1.25 births per woman | -26.9% | ▼ 28 |
| 192 |  Luxembourg | 1.25 births per woman | -16.7% | ▼ 8 |
| 193 |  Greece | 1.24 births per woman | -4.6% | ▲ 13 |
| 194 |  Latvia | 1.24 births per woman | -24.8% | ▼ 23 |
| 195 |  Belarus | 1.22 births per woman | -28.2% | ▼ 29 |
| 196 |  United Arab Emirates | 1.21 births per woman | -18.2% | ▼ 9 |
| 197 |  Thailand | 1.2 births per woman | -18.9% | ▼ 9 |
| 198 |  Estonia | 1.18 births per woman | -23.4% | ▼ 18 |
| 199 |  Italy | 1.18 births per woman | -14.5% | = |
| 200 |  San Marino | 1.16 births per woman | -7.9% | ▲ 8 |
| 201 |  Japan | 1.15 births per woman | -19.0% | ▼ 3 |
| 202 |  Chile | 1.14 births per woman | -35.6% | ▼ 49 |
| 203 |  Poland | 1.14 births per woman | -13.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 204 |  Lithuania | 1.11 births per woman | -29.3% | ▼ 27 |
| 205 |  Spain | 1.1 births per woman | -16.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 206 |  Andorra | 1.09 births per woman | -6.8% | ▲ 9 |
| 207 |  British Virgin Islands | 1.05 births per woman | -15.3% | ▲ 5 |
| 208 |  China | 1.01 births per woman | -42.9% | ▼ 54 |
| 209 |  Malta | 1.01 births per woman | -26.8% | ▼ 9 |
| 210 |  Ukraine | 0.99 births per woman | -32.7% | ▼ 20 |
| 211 |  Singapore | 0.97 births per woman | -22.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 212 |  Puerto Rico | 0.92 births per woman | -35.7% | ▼ 16 |
| 213 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 0.84 births per woman | -32.3% | ▼ 3 |
| 214 |  South Korea | 0.75 births per woman | -38.0% | = |
| 215 |  Macao S.A.R | 0.58 births per woman | -52.5% | ▼ 2 |
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