List of countries by total fertility rate

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

organization that searched, organized and published the data.

Country ranking by most recent years lists:

Intergovernmental organizations

ranking lists

The United Nations Population Fund ranking is based on the data for the 2022 published online.^[1] 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

, 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.

ranking lists

The CIA ranking list is sourced from the CIA World Factbook for the most recent year^[3][4] 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

Non-governmental organizations

ranking lists

The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) ranking list is based on the data of the 2023 World Population Data Sheet^[6] published online. The PRB^[7] 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

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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.

Comparison ranking lists:

The

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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).[12]

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^[13] published online.^[14][15]

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.^[16][17] and from the 2019 revision United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2020–2025, using the medium assumption.^[18] The

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

Country ranking by international organizations

2024 list by the United Nations Population Fund[1] Rank Country Total Fertility rate in 2023 (births/woman) 1  Niger 6.6 2  Chad 6.0 3   DR Congo 6.0 4  Somalia 6.0 5   Central African Republic 5.7 6  Mali 5.7 7  Angola 5.0 8  Nigeria 5.0 9  Burundi 4.8 10  Benin 4.7 11  Burkina Faso 4.5 12  Tanzania 4.5 13   Gambia 4.4 14  Mozambique 4.4 15  Afghanistan 4.3 16  Sudan 4.3 17  Cameroon 4.2 18  Ivory Coast 4.2 19  Mauritania 4.2 20  Senegal 4.2 21  Uganda 4.2 22  Guinea 4.1 23  South Sudan 4.1 24  Togo 4.1 25  Zambia 4.1 26   Congo 4.0 27  Equatorial Guinea 4.0 28  Ethiopia 3.9 29  Liberia 3.9 30   Comoros 3.8 31  Guinea-Bissau 3.8 32  Samoa 3.8 33  Solomon Islands 3.8 34  Madagascar 3.7 35  Malawi 3.7 36  Sierra Leone 3.7 37  Eritrea 3.6 38  Rwanda 3.6 39  São Tomé and Príncipe 3.6 40  Vanuatu 3.6 41  Yemen 3.6 42  Ghana 3.4 43 (1)   France ) 3.4 44  Gabon 3.3 45  Iraq 3.3 46  Palestine 3.3 47  Pakistan 3.3 48  Zimbabwe 3.3 49  Kenya 3.2 50  Kiribati 3.2 51  Namibia 3.2 52  Papua New Guinea 3.1 53  Tajikistan 3.1 54  Tonga 3.1 55  Tuvalu 3.1 56  Kazakhstan 3.0 57  Israel 2.9 58  Kyrgyzstan 2.9 59  Lesotho 2.9 60  East Timor 2.9 61  Egypt 2.8 62  Algeria 2.7 63  Botswana 2.7 64  Djibouti 2.7 65  Eswatini 2.7 66  Haiti 2.7 67  Jordan 2.7 68  Mongolia 2.7 69   Philippines 2.7 70  Uzbekistan 2.7 71   Micronesia 2.6 72  Syria 2.6 73  Turkmenistan 2.6 74  Bolivia 2.5 75 (2)   US ) 2.5 76  Oman 2.5 77  Fiji 2.4 78  Laos 2.4 79  Paraguay 2.4 80  Cambodia 2.3 81  Guatemala 2.3 82  Guyana 2.3 83  Honduras 2.3 84  Libya 2.3 85  Panama 2.3 86  Saudi Arabia 2.3 87  Seychelles 2.3 88  South Africa 2.3 89  Suriname 2.3   World 2.3 90   Dominican Republic 2.2 91  Morocco 2.2 92  Nicaragua 2.2 93 (3)   France ) 2.2 94  Western Sahara 2.2 95  Indonesia 2.1 96   Burma ) 2.1 97  Peru 2.1 98  Venezuela 2.1 99 (4)   US ) 2.1   Population replacement 2.1 100  Belize 2.0 101  Ecuador 2.0 102  Georgia 2.0 103  Grenada 2.0 104 (5)   France ) 2.0 105  India 2.0 106  Kuwait 2.0 107  Lebanon 2.0 108  Nepal 2.0 109 (6)   France ) 2.0 110  Tunisia 2.0 111  Argentina 1.9 112  Bangladesh 1.9 113  Cape Verde 1.9 114 (7)   France ) 1.9 115  Sri Lanka 1.9 116  Turkey 1.9 117  Vietnam 1.9 118  Bahrain 1.8 119  El Salvador 1.8 120  France 1.8 121   Ireland 1.8 122  Malaysia 1.8 123  Mexico 1.8 124  Moldova 1.8 125  Qatar 1.8 126  North Korea 1.8 127  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.8 128  Brunei 1.7 129  Colombia 1.7 130   Czech Republic 1.7 131  Denmark 1.7 132  Estonia 1.7 133 (8)   France ) 1.7 134  Iceland 1.7 135  Iran 1.7 136  Maldives 1.7 137  Montenegro 1.7 138  New Zealand 1.7 139  Romania 1.7 140  Sweden 1.7 141   United States 1.7 142  Antigua and Barbuda 1.6 143  Armenia 1.6 144  Australia 1.6 145  Azerbaijan 1.6 146  Barbados 1.6 147  Belgium 1.6 148  Brazil 1.6 149  Bulgaria 1.6 150 (9)   Curaçao (Netherlands ) 1.6 151  Dominica 1.6 152  Latvia 1.6 153  Lithuania 1.6 154   Netherlands 1.6 155 (10)   Sint Maarten (Netherlands ) (Dutch part) 1.6 156  Slovakia 1.6 157  Slovenia 1.6 158  Trinidad and Tobago 1.6 159 (11)   Turks and Caicos Islands (UK ) 1.6 160   United Kingdom 1.6 161  Austria 1.5 162  Belarus 1.5 163  Canada 1.5 164  Chile 1.5 165  Costa Rica 1.5 166  Cuba 1.5 167  Germany 1.5 168  Hungary 1.5 169  Norway 1.5 170  Poland 1.5 171  Russia 1.5 172  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.5 173  Serbia 1.5 174  Switzerland 1.5 175  Uruguay 1.5 176  Albania 1.4 177   Bahamas 1.4 178  Bhutan 1.4 179  Croatia 1.4 180  Finland 1.4 181  Greece 1.4 182  Luxembourg 1.4 183  Mauritius 1.4 184  North Macedonia 1.4 185  Portugal 1.4 186  Saint Lucia 1.4 187   United Arab Emirates 1.4 188  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.3 189  Cyprus 1.3 190  Italy 1.3 191  Jamaica 1.3 192  Japan 1.3 193 (12)   US ) 1.3 194  Spain 1.3 195  Thailand 1.3 196  Ukraine 1.3 197 (13)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.2 198  China 1.2 199  Malta 1.2 200 (14)  Macau (China) 1.2 201  San Marino 1.2 202  Singapore 1.1 203  South Korea 0.9 204 (15)  Hong Kong 0.8   Sovereign states: 189   Dependent territories: 15   World 2.3   UNFPA Programme Regions 1 West and Central Africa 4.8 2 East and Southern Africa 4.1 3 Arab States 3.0 4 Eastern Europe and Central Asia 2.1 5 Asia and the Pacific 1.9 6 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.8   Development Situation 1 Least Developed Regions 3.8 2 Less Developed Regions 2.4 3 More Developed Regions 1.5   Not ranked (no data) 1 (1)   US ) - 2  Andorra - 3 (2)  Bermuda (UK) - 4 (3)  British Virgin Islands (UK) - 5 (4)  Cayman Islands (UK) - 6 UK ) - 7 (5)   Faroe Islands (Denmark ) - 8 (6)  Gibraltar (UK) - 9 (7)  Greenland (Denmark) - 10 (8)   UK ) - 11  Kosovo - 12  Liechtenstein - 13   Marshall Islands - 14 (9)   France ) - 15  Monaco - 16  Nauru - 17 (10)   US ) - 18  Palau - 19 (11)   France ) (French part) - 20   Vatican City -   Sovereign states: 9   Dependent territories: 10

2021 list by the World Bank[2] Rank Country Total Fertility rate in 2021 (births/woman) 1  Niger 6.82 2  Somalia 6.31 3  Chad 6.25 4   DR Congo 6.16 5   Central African Republic 5.98 6  Mali 5.96 7  Angola 5.30 8  Nigeria 5.24 9  Burundi 5.08 10  Benin 4.97 11  Burkina Faso 4.77 12  Tanzania 4.73 13   Gambia 4.68 14  Mozambique 4.64 15  Afghanistan 4.64 16  Uganda 4.58 17  South Sudan 4.47 18  Cameroon 4.46 19  Sudan 4.46 20  Ivory Coast 4.42 21  Guinea 4.40 22  Mauritania 4.40 23  Senegal 4.39 24  Zambia 4.31 25  Equatorial Guinea 4.27 26  Togo 4.26 27   Congo 4.17 28  Ethiopia 4.16 29  Liberia 4.09 30  Guinea-Bissau 4.00 31  Solomon Islands 3.98 32  Sierra Leone 3.98 33   Comoros 3.98 34  Samoa 3.93 35  Malawi 3.92 36  Eritrea 3.87 37  Madagascar 3.85 38  São Tomé and Príncipe 3.82 39  Rwanda 3.82 40  Yemen 3.79 41  Vanuatu 3.73 42  Ghana 3.56 43  Palestine 3.50 44  Iraq 3.50 45  Zimbabwe 3.49 46  Gabon 3.49 47  Pakistan 3.47 48  Kenya 3.33 49  Kazakhstan 3.32 50  Kiribati 3.30 51  Namibia 3.30 52  Tonga 3.24 53  Papua New Guinea 3.21 54  Tajikistan 3.19 55  Uzbekistan 3.17 56  Tuvalu 3.16 57  East Timor 3.15 58  Lesotho 3.02 59  Israel 3.00 60  Egypt 2.92 61  Kyrgyzstan 2.89 62  Algeria 2.89 63  Eswatini 2.84 64  Mongolia 2.84 65  Jordan 2.83 66  Haiti 2.81 67  Djibouti 2.80 68  Botswana 2.79 69   Philippines 2.75 70  Syria 2.75 71   Marshall Islands 2.73 72   Micronesia 2.71 73  Turkmenistan 2.67 74  Oman 2.62 75  Bolivia 2.62 76 (1)   US ) 2.57 77  Laos 2.50 78  Fiji 2.48 79  Paraguay 2.47 80  Libya 2.46 81  Seychelles 2.46 82  Saudi Arabia 2.43 83 (2)   France ) (French part) 2.42 84  Guyana 2.40 85  Guatemala 2.40 86  South Africa 2.37 87  Honduras 2.36 88  Suriname 2.35 89  Cambodia 2.34 90  Morocco 2.33 91  Panama 2.33 92  Nicaragua 2.32 93 (3)   Faroe Islands (Denmark ) 2.29 94   Dominican Republic 2.27   World 2.27 95  Venezuela 2.21 96  Peru 2.19 97  Indonesia 2.17 98   Burma ) 2.15 99  Kuwait 2.11   Population replacement 2.10 100  Lebanon 2.09 101  Tunisia 2.09 102  Georgia 2.08 103  India 2.03 104  Nepal 2.03 105  Ecuador 2.03 106 (4)   France ) 2.02 107 (5)   US ) 2.01 108  Belize 2.01 109  Grenada 2.00 110  Sri Lanka 1.99 111  Bangladesh 1.98 112  Vietnam 1.94 113  Cape Verde 1.90 114  Turkey 1.89 115  Argentina 1.89 116 (6)  Gibraltar (UK) 1.85 117   Czech Republic 1.83 118  France 1.83 119  Mexico 1.82 120  Iceland 1.82 121  Bahrain 1.81 122  North Korea 1.81 123  Moldova 1.81 124  Malaysia 1.80 125  El Salvador 1.80 126  Qatar 1.80 127 (7)  Greenland (Denmark) 1.80 128  Romania 1.80 129  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.80 130  Brunei 1.78 131  Montenegro 1.75 132   Ireland 1.72 133  Denmark 1.72 134  Colombia 1.72 135  Australia 1.70 136 (8)   France ) 1.70 137  Iran 1.69 138  Maldives 1.69 139  Sweden 1.67 140 (9)   Turks and Caicos Islands (UK ) 1.67 141   United States 1.66 142  Brazil 1.64 143  Slovakia 1.64 144  New Zealand 1.64 145  Slovenia 1.64 146  Barbados 1.63 147  Trinidad and Tobago 1.63 148   Netherlands 1.62 149  Croatia 1.62 150  Estonia 1.61 151  North Macedonia 1.60 152  Belgium 1.60 153  Dominica 1.59 154  Hungary 1.59 155 10   Sint Maarten (Netherlands ) (Dutch part) 1.58 156  Antigua and Barbuda 1.58 157  Germany 1.58 158  Bulgaria 1.58 159  Armenia 1.57 160  Latvia 1.57 161 (11)   UK ) 1.56 162   United Kingdom 1.56 163  Norway 1.55 164  Chile 1.54 165  Costa Rica 1.53 166  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.53 167  Liechtenstein 1.53 168  Kosovo 1.52 169  Switzerland 1.52 170  Azerbaijan 1.52 171  Uruguay 1.49 172  Russia 1.49 173  Belarus 1.48 174  Austria 1.48 175  Serbia 1.48 176   United Arab Emirates 1.46 177  Finland 1.46 178 UK ) 1.46 179  Cuba 1.44 180  Canada 1.43 181  Bhutan 1.41 182  Mauritius 1.41 183  Saint Lucia 1.40 184  Albania 1.39 185  Greece 1.39 186   Bahamas 1.39 187 (14)   Curaçao (Netherlands ) 1.38 188  Portugal 1.38 189  Luxembourg 1.38 190  Jamaica 1.35 191  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.35 192  Lithuania 1.34 193  Thailand 1.33 194  Poland 1.33 195  Cyprus 1.32 196  Japan 1.30 197 (15)  Bermuda (UK) 1.30 198  Italy 1.25 199  Spain 1.19 200 (16)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.18 201  China 1.16 202  Ukraine 1.16 203  Malta 1.14 204  Singapore 1.12 205 (17)  Macau (China) 1.09 206 (18)  British Virgin Islands (UK) 1.00 207 (19)   US ) 0.91 208  South Korea 0.81 209 (20)  Hong Kong (China) 0.77   Sovereign states: 190   Dependent territories: 20   World 2.27   Major regions 1 high income ) 4.6 2 Sub-Saharan Africa 4.6 3 Arab world 3.1 4 high income ) 2.7 5 Middle East and North Africa 2.6 6 South Asia 2.2 7 Latin America and Caribbean 1.9 8 high income ) 1.9 9 high income ) 1.9 10 Europe and Central Asia 1.7 11 high income ) 1.5 12 Pacific 1.5 13 North America 1.6 14 Central Europe and the Baltics 1.6   States’ size 1 Pacific Island small states 3.2 2 Other small states 2.9 3 Small states 2.7 4 Caribbean small states 1.7   International organizations 1 OECD members 1.6 2 European Union 1.5   Security situation 1 Fragile and conflict affected situations 4.4   Economic areas 1 Euro area 1.5   Economic situation 1 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 4.6 2 Least developed countries: UN classification 4.0   Income 1 Low income countries 4.6 2 Lower middle income countries 2.6 3 Low and middle income countries 2.4 4 Middle income countries 2.1 5 Upper middle income countries 1.6 6 High income countries 1.5   Not ranked (no data or data from other years) 1   US ) - 2  Andorra 1.3 (2010) 3  Cayman Islands (UK) - 4  Monaco 5  Nauru - 6   US ) - 7  Palau 0.85 (2020) 8  San Marino 1.3 (2012) 9   Vatican City - 10  Western Sahara -

Note: (-) 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

governmental organizations

2019 list by the INED (Institut National d'Études Démographiques)[5] Rank Country Fertility rate in 2019 (births/woman) 1  Niger 6.8 2  Somalia 6.0 3   DR Congo 5.8 4  Mali 5.8 5  Chad 5.6 6  Angola 5.4 7  Burundi 5.3 8  Nigeria 5.3 9   Gambia 5.2 10  Burkina Faso 5.1 11  Benin 4.8 12  Mozambique 4.8 13  Tanzania 4.8 14  Uganda 4.8 15   Central African Republic 4.6 16  Ivory Coast 4.6 17  Guinea 4.6 18  Senegal 4.6 19  South Sudan 4.6 20  Zambia 4.6 21  Cameroon 4.5 22  Mauritania 4.5 23   Congo 4.4 24  Equatorial Guinea 4.4 25  Guinea-Bissau 4.4 26  Afghanistan 4.3 27  São Tomé and Príncipe 4.3 28  Sudan 4.3 29  Togo 4.3 30  Liberia 4.2 31  Sierra Leone 4.2 32   Comoros 4.1 33  Ethiopia 4.1 34  Malawi 4.1 35   Marshall Islands 4.1 36  Eritrea 4.0 37  Madagascar 4.0 38  Rwanda 4.0 39  Gabon 3.9 40  Solomon Islands 3.9 41  East Timor 3.9 42  Ghana 3.8 43  Samoa 3.8 44  Vanuatu 3.7 45  Yemen 3.7 46  Iraq 3.6 47 (1)   France ) 3.6 48  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) 3.6 49  Tajikistan 3.6 50  Kiribati 3.5 51  Pakistan 3.5 52  Papua New Guinea 3.5 53  Tonga 3.5 54  Zimbabwe 3.5 55  Kenya 3.4 56  Egypt 3.3 57 (2)   France ) 3.3 58  Namibia 3.3 59  Lesotho 3.1 60  Algeria 3.0 61  Israel 3.0 62  Kyrgyzstan 3.0 63   Micronesia 3.0 64  Eswatini 3.0 65  Haiti 2.9 66  Mongolia 2.9 67  Botswana 2.8 68  Fiji 2.8 69  Guatemala 2.8 70  Oman 2.8 71  Syria 2.8 72  Bolivia 2.7 73  Djibouti 2.7 74  Jordan 2.7 75  Kazakhstan 2.7 76  Turkmenistan 2.7 77  Laos 2.6 78  Cambodia 2.5 79   Philippines 2.5 80  Ecuador 2.4 81  Guyana 2.4 82  Honduras 2.4 83  Morocco 2.4 84  Nicaragua 2.4 85  Panama 2.4 86  Paraguay 2.4 87  Seychelles 2.4 88  South Africa 2.4 89  Suriname 2.4 90  Uzbekistan 2.4 91  Western Sahara 2.4   World 2.4 92  Belize 2.3 93   Dominican Republic 2.3 94 (3)   US ) 2.3 95  Indonesia 2.3 96  Saudi Arabia 2.3 97  Venezuela 2.3 98  Argentina 2.2 99  Cape Verde 2.2 100  India 2.2 101  Libya 2.2 102  Peru 2.2 103 (4)   France ) 2.2 104  Sri Lanka 2.2 105  Tunisia 2.2 106  Azerbaijan 2.1 107  Georgia 2.1 108 (5)   France ) 2.1 109  Iran 2.1 110  Kuwait 2.1 111  Lebanon 2.1 112  Mexico 2.1 113   Burma ) 2.1 114  Turkey 2.1 115  Vietnam 2.1   Population replacement 2.1 116  Antigua and Barbuda 2.0 117  Bahrain 2.0 118  Bangladesh 2.0 119  Bhutan 2.0 120  El Salvador 2.0 121  Grenada 2.0 122  Jamaica 2.0 123  Malaysia 2.0 124  Uruguay 2.0 125 (6)   US ) 2.0 126 (7)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.9 127 (8)   France ) 1.9 128  North Korea 1.9 129 (9)   France ) 1.9 130  Monaco 1.9 131  Nepal 1.9 132 (10)   France ) 1.9 133  New Zealand 1.9 134  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.9 135  Armenia 1.8 136  Australia 1.8 137  Brunei 1.8 138  Colombia 1.8 139  Denmark 1.8 140  Dominica 1.8 141  France (Metropolitan France) 1.8 142   Ireland 1.8 143  Maldives 1.8 144  Qatar 1.8 145  Russia 1.8 146  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.8 147  Sweden 1.8 148   United States 1.8 149   Bahamas 1.7 150  Belarus 1.7 151  Belgium 1.7 152  China (mainland only) 1.7 153  Costa Rica 1.7 154 (11)   Curaçao (Netherlands ) 1.7 155   Czech Republic 1.7 156  Iceland 1.7 157  Kosovo 1.7 158  Latvia 1.7 159  Lithuania 1.7 160  Montenegro 1.7 161  Norway 1.7 162  Trinidad and Tobago 1.7 163   United Kingdom 1.7 164  Albania 1.6 165  Barbados 1.6 166  Bulgaria 1.6 167  Chile 1.6 168  Cuba 1.6 169  Brazil 1.6 170  Estonia 1.6 171  Germany 1.6 172  Romania 1.6 173  Slovenia 1.6 174  Austria 1.5 175  Canada 1.5 176  Finland 1.5 177  Hungary 1.5 178  Malta 1.5 179  North Macedonia 1.5 180  Slovakia 1.5 181  Switzerland 1.5 182  Thailand 1.5 183  Croatia 1.4 184 (12)  Hong Kong (China) 1.4 185  Japan 1.4 186  Liechtenstein 1.4 187  Luxembourg 1.4 188  Mauritius 1.4 189   Netherlands 1.4 190  Poland 1.4 191  Saint Lucia 1.4 192  Serbia 1.4 193  Ukraine 1.4 194   United Arab Emirates 1.4 195  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.3 196  Cyprus 1.3 197  Greece 1.3 198  Italy 1.3 199  Moldova 1.3 200  Portugal 1.3 201  San Marino 1.3 202  Spain 1.3 203  Republic of China (Taiwan) 1.2 204 (13)  Macau (China) 1.2 205 (14)   US ) 1.2 206  Singapore 1.2 207  Andorra 1.0 208  South Korea 0.9   Sovereign states: 194   Dependent territories: 14   World 1 World 2.4   Continents 1 Africa 4.4 2 Oceania 2.3 3 Asia 2.1 4 Americas 1.9 5 Europe 1.6   Major regions 1 Middle Africa 5.4 2 Western Africa 5.1 3 Eastern Africa 4.3 4 Northern Africa 3.2 5 Central Asia 2.7 6 Western Asia 2.6 7 Southern Africa 2.5 8 Oceania 2.3 9 South Asia 2.3 10 Caribbean 2.2 11 Central America 2.2 12 Southeast Asia 2.2 13 South America 1.9 14 East Asia 1.7 15 Eastern Europe 1.7 16 Northern America 1.7 17 Northern Europe 1.7 18 Western Europe 1.7 19 Southern Europe 1.3   Not ranked 1 UK ) - 2 (3)   Christmas Island (Australia ) - 3 (4)  Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) - 4   European Union - 5 (5)   UK ) - 6 (6)   Faroe Islands (Denmark ) - 7  Nauru - 8   Niue - 9 (7)   Norfolk Island (Australia ) - 10  Palau - 11 (8)   Pitcairn Islands (UK ) - 12 (9)   Svalbard (Norway ) - 13 (10)   Tokelau (New Zealand ) - 14  Tuvalu - 15   Vatican City -   Sovereign states: 4   Dependent territories: 10

2023 list by the CIA World Factbook[3][4] Rank Country Fertility rate in 2023 (births/woman) 1  Niger 6.73 2  Angola 5.76 3   DR Congo 5.56 4  Mali 5.45 5  Benin 5.39 6  Chad 5.35 7  Uganda 5.26 8  Somalia 5.22 9  South Sudan 5.20 10  Burundi 4.96 11  Guinea 4.82 12  Mozambique 4.74 13  Liberia 4.73 14  Guinea-Bissau 4.65 15  Nigeria 4.57 16  Sudan 4.54 17  Afghanistan 4.53 18  Cameroon 4.50 19  Zambia 4.49 20  Tanzania 4.33 21   Congo 4.32 22  Equatorial Guinea 4.19 23  Togo 4.18 24  Senegal 4.17 25  Burkina Faso 4.14 26  East Timor 4.09 27   Central African Republic 3.99 28  Ethiopia 3.92 29  Zimbabwe 3.88 30  Papua New Guinea 3.85 31  Sierra Leone 3.71 32   Gambia 3.66 33  Ghana 3.61 34  Madagascar 3.55 35  Eritrea 3.50 36  Ivory Coast 3.47 37  Mauritania 3.46 38  São Tomé and Príncipe 3.44 39  Pakistan 3.39 40   Gaza Strip ( Palestine ) 3.34 41  Malawi 3.30 42  Gabon 3.26 43  Rwanda 3.23 44  Kenya 3.23 45  Iraq 3.17 46  Libya 3.04 47  Namibia 2.94 48  Jordan 2.91 49  Yemen 2.91 50   West Bank ( Palestine ) 2.91 51  Lesotho 2.88 52  Solomon Islands 2.82 53  Tuvalu 2.81 54   Philippines 2.77 55  Egypt 2.76 56 (1)   US ) 2.76 57  Syria 2.74 58   Marshall Islands 2.72 59  Tonga 2.70 60   Comoros 2.69 61  Oman 2.67 62 (2)   US ) 2.59 63  Vanuatu 2.59 64  Belize 2.59 65  Nauru 2.58 66  Guatemala 2.54 67  Israel 2.54 68  Kyrgyzstan 2.47 69  Algeria 2.47 70  Tajikistan 2.42   World 2.42 (2020 estimate) 71  Eswatini 2.41 72  Haiti 2.39 73  Samoa 2.37 74  Panama 2.37 75  Botswana 2.37 76  Laos 2.30 77 (3)   Faroe Islands (Denmark ) 2.28 78  Morocco 2.27 79  Bolivia 2.26 80  Fiji 2.23 81  Kuwait 2.22 82   Micronesia 2.22 83  Cambodia 2.20 84  Venezuela 2.20 85   Dominican Republic 2.20 86  Kiribati 2.18 87  Peru 2.18 88  Argentina 2.17 89  South Africa 2.17 90 (4)   US ) 2.13 91  Djibouti 2.13 92  Cape Verde 2.11   Population replacement 2.10 93  Kazakhstan 2.08 94  Bangladesh 2.08 95  India 2.07 96  Guyana 2.06 97  Jamaica 2.05 98   self-governing country in free association with  New Zealand ) 2.04 99  Vietnam 2.04 100  El Salvador 2.04 101  Turkmenistan 2.03 102  France 2.02 103  Ecuador 2.02 104  Dominica 2.01 105  Burma (Myanmar) 2.00 106  Indonesia 1.99 107 (5)   Sint Maarten (Netherlands ) 1.98 108 (6)   US ) 1.98 109  Honduras 1.98 110   Bahamas 1.97 111 (7)   Curaçao (Netherlands ) 1.97 112  Sri Lanka 1.97 113  Tunisia 1.96 114  Iceland 1.95 115  Colombia 1.94 116  Antigua and Barbuda 1.94 117  Grenada 1.92 118  Iran 1.92 119  Turkey 1.91 120   Ireland 1.91 121  Suriname 1.91 122  Qatar 1.90 123 (8)   UK ) 1.90 124 (9)  Greenland (Denmark) 1.90 125 (10)   UK ) 1.89 126  North Korea 1.89 127  Mongolia 1.89 128  Saudi Arabia 1.89 129  Paraguay 1.88 130  Kosovo 1.88 131 (11)   UK ) 1.88 132  Nepal 1.88 133  Azerbaijan 1.86 134  Costa Rica 1.86 135  New Zealand 1.86 136 (12)   France ) 1.84 137   United States 1.84 138  Norway 1.83 139 (13)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.82 140 (14)   UK ) 1.82 141  Seychelles 1.81 142  Montenegro 1.81 143 (15)   Saint Martin (France ) 1.80 144 (16)  French Polynesia (France) 1.80 145  Nicaragua 1.78 146   Netherlands 1.77 147  Bhutan 1.77 148  Denmark 1.77 149  Belgium 1.77 150  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.76 151  Chile 1.75 152  Uruguay 1.75 153  Georgia 1.75 154  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.74 155  Malaysia 1.74 156  Finland 1.74 157  Brunei 1.74 158  Mexico 1.73 159  Australia 1.73 160  Uzbekistan 1.72 161 (17)   UK ) 1.72 162  Saint Lucia 1.72 163  Lebanon 1.71 164 (18)  Wallis and Futuna (France) 1.71 165  Cuba 1.71 166  Maldives 1.70 167  Barbados 1.70 168  Palau 1.70 169 (19)   UK ) 1.70 170  Liechtenstein 1.69 171  Sweden 1.67 172  Bahrain 1.66 173 (20)   UK ) 1.66 174  Armenia 1.65 175 (21)   Saint Barthélemy (France ) 1.64 176  Luxembourg 1.63 177   United Kingdom 1.63 178  Trinidad and Tobago 1.63 179  Romania 1.63 180   United Arab Emirates 1.62 181  Estonia 1.62 182  Lithuania 1.61 183 (22)   UK ) 1.61 184  Russia 1.60 185  Slovenia 1.60 -   European Union 1.60 186 (23)  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 1.59 187  Moldova 1.59 188 (24)   UK ) 1.59 189  Switzerland 1.58 190  Germany 1.58 191  Canada 1.58 192  Ukraine 1.58 193  Latvia 1.59 194  Albania 1.58 195  Thailand 1.58 196  Monaco 1.57 197  San Marino 1.53 198  North Macedonia 1.55 199  Belarus 1.54 200  Brazil 1.53 201  Austria 1.51 202  Malta 1.51 203  Bulgaria 1.51 204   Czech Republic 1.50 205  Hungary 1.49 206  Cyprus 1.48 207  Slovakia 1.46 208  Serbia 1.46 209  Andorra 1.46 210  Croatia 1.46 211  China 1.45 212  Portugal 1.44 213  Poland 1.41 214  Greece 1.40 215  Japan 1.39 216  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.37 217 (25)   UK ) 1.37 218  Mauritius 1.35 219 (26)   UK ) 1.32 220  Spain 1.29 221 (27)   US ) 1.25 222  Italy 1.24 223 (28)  Macau (China) 1.23 224 (29)  Hong Kong (China) 1.23 225  Singapore 1.17 226  South Korea 1.11 227  Republic of China (Taiwan) 1.09   Sovereign states: 198   Dependent territories: 29   World 1 World 2.42 (2020 estimate)   Not ranked 1 (1)  Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia) (uninhabited) - 2 (2)   Christmas Island (Australia ) - 3 (3)   Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia ) - 4 (4)  Coral Sea Islands (Australia) - 5 (5)   UK ) - 6 (6)   France ) - 7 (7)   France ) - 8 (8)   France ) - 9 (9)   France ) - 10   self-governing state in free association with  New Zealand ) - 11 (10)   Norfolk Island (Australia ) - 12 (..1..) disputed territory) ( Vietnam, until 1974) (occupied by  China since 1974, also claimed by  Republic of China (Taiwan) and  Vietnam ) - 13 (11)   Pitcairn Islands (UK ) - 14 (12)   France ) - 15 (13)   South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK ) - 16 (..2..) Philippines;  Malaysia;  Vietnam and  Brunei ) - 17 (14)   Svalbard (Norway ) - 18   Vatican City - 19 (..3..)   disputed territory between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) ("Free Zone" is a self proclaimed and de facto sovereign state ) 3.65 (2020)   Sovereign states: 2   Dependent territories: 14   Disputed territories : 3

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(-) 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 non-governmental organizations

2023 list by the PRB (Population Reference Bureau)[22][23] Rank Country Fertility rate in 2023 (births/woman) 1  Niger 6.7 2   Central African Republic 6.4 3  Chad 6.2 4  Somalia 6.2 5   DR Congo 6.1 6  Mali 5.9 7  Afghanistan 5.4 8  Angola 5.2 9  Mauritania 5.2 10  Nigeria 5.1 11  Burundi 5.0 12  Benin 4.9 13  Mozambique 4.9 14  Tanzania 4.8 15 (1)   France ) 4.7 16  Cameroon 4.5 17  Uganda 4.5 18  Burkina Faso 4.4 19   Gambia 4.4 20  Sudan 4.4 21  Ivory Coast 4.3 22  Guinea 4.3 23  Madagascar 4.3 24  Senegal 4.3 25  South Sudan 4.3 26  Equatorial Guinea 4.2 27  Sierra Leone 4.2 28  Togo 4.2 29  Zambia 4.2 30   Congo 4.1 31  Ethiopia 4.1 32  Liberia 4.0 33   Comoros 3.9 34  Gabon 3.9 35  Guinea-Bissau 3.9 36  Malawi 3.9 37  Samoa 3.9 38  Solomon Islands 3.9 39  Eritrea 3.8 40  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) 3.8 41  São Tomé and Príncipe 3.8 42  Vanuatu 3.7 43  Yemen 3.7 44  Zimbabwe 3.7 45  Rwanda 3.6 46  Tajikistan 3.6 47  Ghana 3.5 48 (2)   France ) 3.5 49  Nauru 3.5 50  Iraq 3.4 51  Kenya 3.4 52  Pakistan 3.4 53  Kiribati 3.3 54  Uzbekistan 3.3 55  Namibia 3.2 56  Papua New Guinea 3.2 57  Tonga 3.2 58  Tuvalu 3.1 59  Algeria 3.0 60  Kazakhstan 3.0 61  Lesotho 3.0 62  East Timor 3.0 63  Egypt 2.9 64  Botswana 2.8 65  Djibouti 2.8 66   Swaziland ) 2.8 67  Fiji 2.8 68 (3)   US ) 2.8 69  Israel 2.8 70  Jordan 2.8 71  Kyrgyzstan 2.8 72  Cambodia 2.7 73   Micronesia 2.7 74  Mongolia 2.7 75  Syria 2.7 76  Oman 2.6 77  Turkmenistan 2.6 78  Bolivia 2.5 79  Haiti 2.5 80  Laos 2.5 81 (4)   France ) 2.5 82  Guatemala 2.4 83  Libya 2.4 84   Burma ) 2.4 85  Palau 2.4 86  Paraguay 2.4 87  Saudi Arabia 2.4 88  Bangladesh 2.3 89  Guyana 2.3 90  Honduras 2.3 91  South Africa 2.3 92  Western Sahara 2.3 93   Dominican Republic 2.2 94  Indonesia 2.2 95  Nicaragua 2.2 96  Peru 2.2 97  Sri Lanka 2.2 98  Suriname 2.2 99  Venezuela 2.2   World 2.2 100  Kosovo 2.1 101  Kuwait 2.1 102  Lebanon 2.1 103  Monaco 2.1 104  Morocco 2.1 105  Nepal 2.1   Population Replacement 2.1 106  Ecuador 2.0 107  Grenada 2.0 108 (5)   France ) 2.0 109  India 2.0 110  Malaysia 2.0 111 (6)   France ) 2.0 112  Panama 2.0 113  Seychelles 2.0 114  Argentina 1.9 115  Brunei 1.9 116  Cape Verde 1.9 117 (7)   France ) 1.9 118   Philippines 1.9 119  Vietnam 1.9 120  Bahrain 1.8 121  Belize 1.8 122  Bulgaria 1.8 123  France 1.8 124  El Salvador 1.8 125  Georgia 1.8 126  Mexico 1.8 127  Montenegro 1.8 128  North Korea 1.8 129  Qatar 1.8 130  Tunisia 1.8 131  Armenia 1.7 132  Azerbaijan 1.7 133  Colombia 1.7 134  Iran 1.7 135   Ireland 1.7 136  Maldives 1.7 137  Moldova 1.7 138 (8)   France ) 1.7 139  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.7 140   United States 1.7 141  Antigua and Barbuda 1.6 142  Australia 1.6 143  Barbados 1.6 144  Bhutan 1.6 145  Denmark 1.6 146  Dominica 1.6 147   Czech Republic 1.6 148  Iceland 1.6 149  New Zealand 1.6 150  North Macedonia 1.6 151  Romania 1.6 152  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.6 153  Serbia 1.6 154  Slovakia 1.6 155  Slovenia 1.6 156  Trinidad and Tobago 1.6 157  Turkey 1.6 158  Belgium 1.5 159 UK ) 1.5 160  Croatia 1.5 161  Brazil 1.5 162  Cuba 1.5 163  Germany 1.5 164  Greece 1.5 165  Hungary 1.5 166  Latvia 1.5 167  Liechtenstein 1.5 168   Netherlands 1.5 169  Sweden 1.5 170   United Kingdom 1.5 171  Uruguay 1.5 172  Austria 1.4 173   Bahamas 1.4 174  Belarus 1.4 175  Canada 1.4 176  Estonia 1.4 -   European Union 1.4 177  Norway 1.4 178  Portugal 1.4 179  Russia 1.4 180  Saint Lucia 1.4 181  Switzerland 1.4 182   United Arab Emirates 1.4 183  Costa Rica 1.3 184 (11)   Curaçao (Netherlands ) 1.3 185  Cyprus 1.3 186  Finland 1.3 187  Jamaica 1.3 188  Japan 1.3 189  Lithuania 1.3 190  Luxembourg 1.3 191  Mauritius 1.3 192  Ukraine 1.3 193  Albania 1.2 194  Chile 1.2 195  Italy 1.2 196  Malta 1.2 197  Poland 1.2 198  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.1 199  China (mainland only) 1.1 200  Spain 1.1 201  Thailand 1.1 202  San Marino 1.0 203  Singapore 1.0 204  Andorra 0.9 205  Republic of China (Taiwan) 0.9 206 (12)   US ) 0.9 207  South Korea 0.8 208 (13)  Hong Kong (China) 0.7 209 (14)  Macau (China) 0.7   Sovereign States: 195   Dependent Territories: 14   World 1 World 2.2   Continents 1 Africa 4.3 2 Oceania 2.1 3 Asia 1.9 4 Americas 1.8 5 Europe 1.4   Continental Major Regions 1 Africa 4.3 1.1 Sub-Saharan Africa 4.6 1.1.2 Middle Africa 5.6 1.1.3 Western Africa 4.9 1.1.4 Eastern Africa 4.2 1.1.5 Southern Africa 2.4 1.2 Northern Africa 3.0 2 Oceania 2.1 3 Asia 1.9 3.1 Central Asia 3.2 3.2 Western Asia 2.5 3.3 South Asia 2.2 3.4 Southeast Asia 2.0 3.5 East Asia 1.1 4 Americas 1.8 4.1 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.9 4.1.1 Caribbean 1.9 4.1.2 Central America 1.9 4.1.3 South America 1.8 4.2 Northern America 1.6 5 Europe 1.4 5.1 Western Europe 1.6 5.2 Northern Europe 1.5 5.3 Eastern Europe 1.4 5.4 Southern Europe 1.3   Development Level 1 Least Developed 4.1 2 Less Developed 2.4 3 More Developed 1.5   Income 1 Low Income 4.6 2 Middle Income 2.1 2.1 - Lower Middle Income 2.6 2.2 - Upper Middle Income 1.5 3 High Income 1.5   Not Ranked 1 (1)   Christmas Island (Australia ) - 2 (2)   Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia ) - 3 (3)   UK ) - 4 (4)   Faroe Islands (Denmark ) - 5   Niue - 6 (5)   Norfolk Island (Australia ) - 7 (6)   Pitcairn Islands (UK ) - 8 (7)   Svalbard (Norway ) - 9 (8)   Tokelau (New Zealand ) - 10   Vatican City -   Sovereign States: 2   Dependent Territories: 8

2022 list by the OWID (Our World In Data) - based on Gapminder estimates[24] Rank Country Fertility rate in 2022 (births/woman) 1  Niger 6.86 2  Somalia 5.71 3   DR Congo 5.52 4  Mali 5.51 5  Chad 5.36 6  Angola 5.28 7  Burundi 5.22 8  Nigeria 5.11 9  Uganda 5.06 10   Gambia 4.99 11  Burkina Faso 4.87 12  Mozambique 4.86 13  Zambia 4.65 14  Tanzania 4.65 15  Benin 4.57 16  Ivory Coast 4.54 17   Central African Republic 4.43 18  Guinea 4.41 19  South Sudan 4.39 20  Senegal 4.36 21  Cameroon 4.32 22  Mauritania 4.32 23   Congo 4.31 24  Guinea-Bissau 4.20 25  Liberia 4.19 26  Equatorial Guinea 4.18 27  Malawi 4.18 28  Sudan 4.17 29  São Tomé and Príncipe 4.10 30  Togo 4.08 31  Iraq 4.04 32  Sierra Leone 3.90 33  Madagascar 3.87 34  Afghanistan 3.77 35  Eritrea 3.73 36  Samoa 3.69 37  Ghana 3.66 38  Ethiopia 3.56 39  Solomon Islands 3.54 40  Kenya 3.52 41  Rwanda 3.47 42  Yemen 3.44 43  Gabon 3.43 44  Kiribati 3.42 45  Tonga 3.41 46  Papua New Guinea 3.39 47  Zimbabwe 3.35 48  Pakistan 3.12 49  Tajikistan 3.11 50 (1)   France ) 3.11 51  Namibia 3.10 52  Vanuatu 3.07 53  Jordan 3.02 54  Egypt 2.98 55   Comoros 2.95 56  Lesotho 2.83 57  Israel 2.82 58  Eswatini 2.81 59   Philippines 2.77 60 (2)   US ) 2.76 61  Kyrgyzstan 2.76 62  Guatemala 2.69 63  Bolivia 2.66 64  Syria 2.65 65  Haiti 2.65 66  Turkmenistan 2.63 67 (3)   US ) 2.59 68  Djibouti 2.53 69  Mongolia 2.53 70  Botswana 2.49 71  Kazakhstan 2.47 72  Algeria 2.46 73  Laos 2.41 74  Cambodia 2.39   World 2.39 75  Fiji 2.38 76  Panama 2.37 77  Guyana 2.37 78  Belize 2.33 79  Ecuador 2.33 80  Paraguay 2.33 81  Saudi Arabia 2.31 82  Oman 2.30 83  Morocco 2.30 84   disputed territory between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) ("Free Zone" is a self proclaimed and de facto sovereign state ) 2.28 85   Dominican Republic 2.26 86  Honduras 2.26 87  Peru 2.24 88  Suriname 2.24 89  Indonesia 2.22 90  Argentina 2.20 91  India 2.20 92  Venezuela 2.18 93  Seychelles 2.16 94  Cape Verde 2.15 95  Uzbekistan 2.14   Population replacement 2.10 96  Burma (Myanmar) 2.09 97  Libya 2.07 98  Tunisia 2.07 99 (4)   France ) 2.06 100  Nicaragua 2.04 101  Mexico 2.02 102  Antigua and Barbuda 1.99 103  Grenada 1.99 104  Azerbaijan 1.99 105  France 1.97 106   Ireland 1.97 107  Sri Lanka 1.97 108  El Salvador 1.96 109  Bangladesh 1.95 110  Turkey 1.95 111  Georgia 1.95 112  Nepal 1.94 113  Uruguay 1.94 114  Malaysia 1.94 115  Vietnam 1.93 116  New Zealand 1.93 117  Kuwait 1.92 118  Jamaica 1.92 119 (5)  French Polynesia (France) 1.92 120  Sweden 1.91 121  Bahrain 1.90 122   United States 1.89 123  Iceland 1.88 124  Bhutan 1.88 125  Maldives 1.88 126   United Kingdom 1.87 127  North Korea 1.86 128  Norway 1.83 129  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.82 130  Belgium 1.81 131  Brunei 1.81 132  Barbados 1.81 133  Australia 1.80 134  Qatar 1.79 135 (6)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.79 136  Finland 1.79 137  Russia 1.79 138  Denmark 1.78 139   Netherlands 1.76 140  Colombia 1.75 141  Belarus 1.75 142  Chile 1.74 143  Cuba 1.73 144   Bahamas 1.72 145  Costa Rica 1.71 146  Lithuania 1.71 147  Lebanon 1.70 148  Estonia 1.70 149  Albania 1.70 150  Trinidad and Tobago 1.69 151  Slovenia 1.68 152   United Arab Emirates 1.66 153  China 1.65 154  Montenegro 1.64 155  Bulgaria 1.64 156  Serbia 1.64 157  Luxembourg 1.63 158   Czech Republic 1.63 159  Latvia 1.62 160  Ukraine 1.61 161  Armenia 1.58 162  Romania 1.58 163  North Macedonia 1.58 164  Switzerland 1.57 165  Canada 1.56 166  Austria 1.56 167  Brazil 1.55 168  Iran 1.54 169  Italy 1.51 170  Japan 1.51 171  Malta 1.51 172 UK ) 1.51 173  Germany 1.50 174 (9)  Macau (China) 1.46 175  Hungary 1.45 176  Croatia 1.45 177  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.44 178  Spain 1.44 179  Mauritius 1.43 180  Thailand 1.42 181 (10)  Hong Kong (China) 1.42 182  Saint Lucia 1.41 183  South Korea 1.39 184  Cyprus 1.34 185  Greece 1.31 186  Poland 1.29 187  Singapore 1.28 188  Republic of China (Taiwan) 1.28 189  Portugal 1.25 190  Moldova 1.24   Sovereign states: 180   Dependent territories: 10   World 1 World 2.39   Not ranked 1 (1)   US ) - 2  Andorra - 3 (2)   UK ) - 4 (3)  Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia) (uninhabited) - 5 (4)   UK ) - 6 (5)   UK ) - 7 (6)   UK ) - 8 (7)   Christmas Island (Australia ) - 9 (8)   Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia ) - 10   self-governing country in free association with  New Zealand ) - 11 (9)  Coral Sea Islands (Australia) - 12 (10)   Curaçao (Netherlands ) - 13  Dominica - -   European Union - 14 (11)   UK ) - 15 (12)   Faroe Islands (Denmark ) - 16 (13)   UK ) - 17 (14)  Greenland (Denmark) - 18  Kosovo - 19 (15)   UK ) - 20 (16)   Sint Maarten (Netherlands ) - 21 (17)   France ) - 22  Liechtenstein - 23   Marshall Islands - 24 (18)   France ) - 25 (19)   France ) - 26   Micronesia - 27  Monaco - 28 (20)   UK ) - 29  Nauru - 30   self-governing state in free association with  New Zealand ) - 31 (21)   Norfolk Island (Australia ) - 32  Palau - 33  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) - 34 (..1..) disputed territory) ( Vietnam, until 1974) (occupied by  China since 1974, also claimed by  Republic of China (Taiwan) and  Vietnam ) - 35 (22)   Pitcairn Islands (UK ) - 36 (23)   US ) - 37 (24)   France ) - 38 (25)   Saint Barthélemy (France ) - 39 (26)   UK ) - 40 (27)  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) - 41  Saint Kitts and Nevis - 42 (28)   Saint Martin (France ) - 43  San Marino - 44  Slovakia - 45 (28)   South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK ) - 46 (..2..) Philippines;  Malaysia;  Vietnam and  Brunei ) - 47 (29)   Svalbard (Norway ) - 48  East Timor - 49 (30)   UK ) - 50  Tuvalu - 51 (31)   US ) - 52   Vatican City - 53 (32)  Wallis and Futuna (France) 1.71   Sovereign states: 18   Dependent territories: 33   Disputed territories : 2

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).^[25]

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 in 1950 (births/woman) 1  Iraq 8.11 2 (1)   Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories →  Rwanda ) 7.92 3 (2)  New Hebrides (British and French Condominium →  Vanuatu) 7.68 4 (3)   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)   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)   French Colonial Empire, French Madagascar →  Madagascar ) 7.30 17 (9)   British Protectorate →  Tonga ) 7.30 18 (10)   French Colonial Empire, French Algeria →  Algeria ) 7.29 19 (11)   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)   British Protectorate →  Kuwait ) 7.22 23  Saudi Arabia 7.20 24 (14)   Micronesia ) 7.20 25  Syria 7.18 26  Guatemala 7.15 27  Libya 7.10 28 (15)   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)   French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Sudan →  Mali ) 6.96 32  Peru 6.95 33 (19)   French Cambodia →  Cambodia ) 6.95 34 (20)   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)   British Protectorate →  Brunei ) 6.86 42 (24)   Nyasaland Protectorate →  Malawi ) 6.84 43 (25)   Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories →  Burundi ) 6.82 44 (26)   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)   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)   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)   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   British Nigeria →  Nigeria 6.36 72 (42)  Malaysia (British Empire, British Malaya and British Borneo →  Malaysia) 6.36 73 (43)   French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Togoland →  Togo ) 6.33 74  Haiti 6.31 75 (44)   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)   Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe →  São Tomé and Príncipe ) 6.20 82  Brazil 6.14 83  Thailand 6.13 84 (49)   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)   French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, French Chad →  Chad ) 6.06 88 (53)  Greenland (Denmark) 6.05 89  South Africa 6.04 90 (54)   British Protectorate →  Maldives ) 6.03 91 (55)   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 ) 6.00 95 (58)   France ) 6.00 96 (59)   DR Congo ) 5.99 97 (60)   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   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)   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 ) 5.67 113  Costa Rica 5.65 114 (70)  Aruba (Netherlands) 5.65 115  Sri Lanka 5.64 116 (71)   French Cameroons →  Cameroon ) 5.54 117 (72)   Yugoslavia →  North Macedonia ) 5.52 118  Mongolia 5.50 119 (73)   Central African Republic ) 5.40 120  Indonesia 5.35 121 (74)   Yugoslavia →  Bosnia and Herzegovina ) 5.32 122 (75)  Trinidad and Tobago (British Empire, West Indies Federation →  Trinidad and Tobago) 5.28 123 (76)   US ) 5.25 124 (77)   Gambia ) 5.23 125 (78)   France ) 5.22 126 (79)  Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union →  Uzbekistan) 5.08 127 (80)   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)   US ) 4.97   World 4.96 133 (84)   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)   Yugoslavia →  Montenegro ) 4.62 137  Israel 4.52 138 (87)  Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire →  Antigua and Barbuda) 4.50 139 (88)   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 ) 3.98 146 (95)   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)   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)   Yugoslavia →  Croatia ) 2.92 168 (104)  Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Lithuania) 2.90 169 (105)   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   West Germany and  East Germany →  Germany ) 2.09 188   United Kingdom 2.08 189 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)   US ) - 2  Andorra - 3 (2)  Bermuda (UK) - 4 (3)  Cayman Islands (UK) - 5 (4)   Curaçao (Netherlands ) - 6  Czechoslovakia (Dissolved in 1992) - 7 (5)   British Colonial Empire →  Dominica ) - 8 (6)   Faroe Islands (Denmark ) - 9 (7)  Gibraltar (UK) - 10 (8)   France ) - 11 (9)   US ) - 12 (10)   UK ) - 13 (11)   Yugoslavia →  Serbia and Montenegro →  Serbia →  Kosovo ) - 14  Liechtenstein - 15 (12)   Marshall Islands ) - 16 (13)   France ) - 17  Monaco - 18  Nauru - 19 (14)   US ) - 20 (15)  Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →  Palau) - 21 (16)   Israeli occupied territories → Palestinian territories ) - 22  San Marino - 23 (17)   British Colonial Empire, Crown colony →  Seychelles ) - 24 (18)   Saint Martin (French part) - 25 (19)   Sint Maarten (Dutch part) - 26 (20)   British Colonial Empire →  Saint Kitts and Nevis ) - 27  Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991) - 28 (21)   British Colonial Empire → UK ) - 29 (22)   Ellice Islands →  Tuvalu ) - 30   Vatican City - 31   Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992) -   Sovereign states: 9   Dependent territories: 22

Rank Country Fertility rate in 2015 (births/woman) 1  Niger 7.29 2  Somalia 6.37 3   DR Congo 6.20 4  Mali 6.14 5  Chad 6.05 6  Angola 5.77 7  Burundi 5.78 8  Uganda 5.68 9  East Timor 5.62 10  Nigeria 5.59 11   Gambia 5.49 12  Burkina Faso 5.44 13  Mozambique 5.30 14  Tanzania 5.08 15  Benin 5.05 16  Zambia 5.04 17  Ivory Coast 4.98 18   Central African Republic 4.94 19  South Sudan 4.94 20  Guinea 4.93 21  Senegal 4.84 22  Afghanistan 4.80 23  Equatorial Guinea 4.78 24  Cameroon 4.78 25  Mauritania 4.74 26   Congo 4.72 27  Guinea-Bissau 4.71 28  Malawi 4.65 29  Liberia 4.65 30  Sudan 4.59 31  Sierra Leone 4.56 32  São Tomé and Príncipe 4.52 33  Togo 4.52 34  Iraq 4.43 35   Comoros 4.42 36  Ethiopia 4.32 37  Madagascar 4.24 38  Eritrea 4.21 39  Yemen 4.10 40  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) 4.08 41  Ghana 4.04 42  Samoa 4.03 43  Rwanda 3.97 44  Kenya 3.92 45  Solomon Islands 3.91 46  Gabon 3.85 47  Zimbabwe 3.84 48  Papua New Guinea 3.71 49  Kiribati 3.69 50  Tonga 3.68 51  Pakistan 3.55 52  Namibia 3.47 53  Jordan 3.44 54  Tajikistan 3.40 55  Egypt 3.31 56  Vanuatu 3.31 57   Micronesia 3.20 58  Swaziland 3.14 59  Lesotho 3.14 60  Kyrgyzstan 3.05 61  Guatemala 3.03 62  Israel 3.00 63  Haiti 2.97 64  Syria 2.97 65   Philippines 2.96 66  Turkmenistan 2.93 67  Bolivia 2.92 68  Djibouti 2.91 69  Algeria 2.84 70  Mongolia 2.79 71  Botswana 2.77 72  Laos 2.76 73  Oman 2.74 74  Kazakhstan 2.66 75  Cambodia 2.59 76  Saudi Arabia 2.58 77  Belize 2.54 78  Fiji 2.54 79  Panama 2.54 80  Guyana 2.53 81  Morocco 2.53 82  Ecuador 2.51 83  Paraguay 2.51 84  Honduras 2.51 85  South Africa 2.48 86   Dominican Republic 2.45   World 2.45 87  Peru 2.43 88  Suriname 2.40 89  Indonesia 2.39 90  Cape Verde 2.37 91 (1)   US ) 2.37 92  India 2.35 93  Venezuela 2.34 94  Uzbekistan 2.31 95  Libya 2.31 96  Argentina 2.31 97  Seychelles 2.30 98  Nicaragua 2.23 99   Burma ) 2.23 100  Tunisia 2.22 101  Mexico 2.21 102 (2)   France ) 2.19 103  Nepal 2.16 104  Bangladesh 2.13 105  Grenada 2.13 106  Maldives 2.13 107  El Salvador 2.10   Population replacement 2.10 108  Bhutan 2.09 109  Azerbaijan 2.09 110  Turkey 2.07 111  Antigua and Barbuda 2.06 112  Sri Lanka 2.06 113  Bahrain 2.06 114  Malaysia 2.06 115  Jamaica 2.03 116  Uruguay 2.01 117  Georgia 2.00 118 (3)  Greenland (Denmark) 2.00 119 (4)   France ) 2.00 120  New Zealand 2.00 121  Kuwait 1.99 122   Ireland 1.99 123  France 1.98 124  Vietnam 1.96 125  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.95 126  Iceland 1.95 127  Qatar 1.93 128  North Korea 1.92 129  Sweden 1.91 130 (5)   Curaçao (Netherlands ) 1.90 131  Brunei 1.88 132   United Kingdom 1.88 133  Colombia 1.87 134   United States 1.87 135  Australia 1.86 136  Norway 1.82 137  Costa Rica 1.80 138  Barbados 1.80 139  Belgium 1.79 140  Chile 1.78 141   Bahamas 1.78 142  Trinidad and Tobago 1.77 143  Finland 1.77 144   United Arab Emirates 1.76 145  Denmark 1.73 146  Russia 1.73 147   Netherlands 1.73 148 (6)   US ) 1.72 149  Lebanon 1.72 150  Cuba 1.72 151  Brazil 1.69 152  Albania 1.67 153  Belarus 1.67 154  Iran 1.66 155  Montenegro 1.65 156  Lithuania 1.64 157  Armenia 1.62 158  Estonia 1.62 159  China 1.62 160  Slovenia 1.61 161 (7)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.60 162  Canada 1.59 163  Switzerland 1.54 164  Bulgaria 1.54 165  Latvia 1.53 166  Ukraine 1.53 167   Czech Republic 1.52 168  North Macedonia 1.52 169  Romania 1.51 170  Luxembourg 1.50 171 UK ) 1.50 172  Thailand 1.50 173  Austria 1.48 174  Saint Lucia 1.47 175  Serbia 1.46 176  Croatia 1.46 177  Italy 1.46 178  Germany 1.45 179  Japan 1.44 180  Slovakia 1.43 181 (10)   US ) 1.43 182  Malta 1.42 183  Hungary 1.36 184  Mauritius 1.36 185  Spain 1.35 186  Cyprus 1.35 187  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.34 188  Poland 1.31 189  Greece 1.31 190  South Korea 1.28 191  Moldova 1.25 192  Portugal 1.25 193  Singapore 1.24 194 (11)  Macau (China) 1.20 195 (12)  Hong Kong (China) 1.20   Sovereign states: 183   Dependent territories: 12   World World 2.45   Not ranked (no data or data from other years) 1 (1)   US ) - 2  Andorra - 3 (2)  Bermuda (UK) - 4 (3)  Cayman Islands (UK) - 5  Dominica - 6 (4)   Faroe Islands (Denmark ) - 7 (5)   France ) - 8 (6)   France ) - 9 (7)   UK ) - 10  Kosovo - 11  Liechtenstein - 12   Marshall Islands - 13 (8)   France ) - 14  Monaco - 15 (9)   US ) - 16  Palau - 17  San Marino - 18 (10)   Saint Martin (French part) - 19 (11)   Sint Maarten (Dutch part) - 20  Saint Kitts and Nevis - 21 (12)   Turks and Caicos Islands UK ) - 22  Tuvalu - 23   Vatican City -   Sovereign states: 11   Dependent territories: 12

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 in 1960 (births/woman) 1 (1)   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)   Western Samoa →  Samoa ) 7.65 6   Dominican Republic 7.55 7 (4)   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)   British Protectorate →  Tonga ) 7.36 15  Nicaragua 7.34 16  Madagascar 7.30 17  Somalia 7.25 18  Oman 7.25 19 (7)   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 (British and French Condominium →  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)   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)   British Protectorate →  Qatar ) 6.97 36  Cambodia 6.97 37 (17)   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)   Nyasaland Protectorate →  Malawi ) 6.94 41  Tunisia 6.94 42 (20)   Micronesia ) 6.93 43 (21)   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)   British Protectorate →  Brunei ) 6.84 50  Colombia 6.81 51 (25)   Tanganyika and Zanzibar →  Tanzania ) 6.81 52 (26)   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)   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)   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)   Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe →  São Tomé and Príncipe ) 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   Burma ) 6.05 105 (47)   US ) 6.05 106  South Africa 6.04 107   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)   France ) 5.66 122  Cameroon 5.65 123 (52)  Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Empire, Spanish Guinea →  Equatorial Guinea) 5.65 124 (53)   US ) 5.62 125 (54)   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 colony →  China, Special administrative regions of China ) 5.01   World 4.99 132 (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)   US ) 4.66 136  North Korea 4.58 137 (62)  Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union →  Kazakhstan) 4.56 138 (63)   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)   Yugoslavia →  North Macedonia ) 3.84 147  Canada 3.81 148 (67)   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)   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 UK ) 2.42 176  Italy 2.40 177   West Germany and  East Germany →  Germany ) 2.37 178 (76)   Yugoslavia →  Slovenia ) 2.34 179  Romania 2.34 180  Greece 2.33 181  Bulgaria 2.31 182 (77)   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 states 6.77 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 Pacific (excluding high income) 5.82 11 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 Baltics 2.50   States’ Size 1 Caribbean small states 5.60 2 Small states 5.31 3 Other small states 5.06   International Organizations OECD members 3.23   Security Situation Fragile and conflict affected situations 6.59   Economic Situation 1 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 6.75 2 Least developed countries: UN classification 6.68   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)   US ) - 2  Andorra - 3 (2)  Bermuda (UK) - 4 (3)  Cayman Islands (UK) - 5 (4)   Curaçao (Netherlands ) - 6  Czechoslovakia (Dissolved in 1992) - 7 (5)   British Colonial Empire →  Dominica ) - 8 (6)   Faroe Islands (Denmark ) - 9 (7)   France ) - 10 (8)  Gibraltar (UK) - 11 (9)  Greenland (Denmark) - 12 (10)   France ) - 13 (11)   UK ) - 14 (12)   Yugoslavia →  Serbia and Montenegro →  Serbia →  Kosovo ) - 15  Liechtenstein - 16 (13)   Marshall Islands ) - 17 (14)   France ) - 18  Monaco - 19  Nauru - 20 (15)   US ) - 21 (16)  Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →  Palau) - 22 (17)   Israeli occupied territories → Palestinian territories ) - 23  San Marino - 24 (18)   Yugoslavia →  Serbia and Montenegro →  Serbia ) - 25 (19)   British Colonial Empire, Crown colony →  Seychelles ) - 26 (20)   Saint Martin (French part) - 27 (21)   Sint Maarten (Dutch part) - 28 (22)   British Colonial Empire →  Saint Kitts and Nevis ) - 29  Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991) - 30 (23)   British Colonial Empire → UK ) - 31 (24)   Ellice Islands →  Tuvalu ) - 32   Vatican City - 33   Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992) -   Sovereign states: 9   Dependent territories: 24

Rank Country Fertility rate in 2015 (births/woman) 1  Niger 7.29 2  Somalia 6.37 3   DR Congo 6.20 4  Mali 6.14 5  Chad 6.05 6  Angola 5.77 7  Burundi 5.78 8  Uganda 5.68 9  East Timor 5.62 10  Nigeria 5.59 11   Gambia 5.49 12  Burkina Faso 5.44 13  Mozambique 5.31 14  Tanzania 5.08 15  Benin 5.05 16  Zambia 5.04 17  Ivory Coast 4.98 18   Central African Republic 4.94 19  South Sudan 4.94 20  Guinea 4.93 21  Senegal 4.84 22  Afghanistan 4.80 23  Equatorial Guinea 4.78 24  Cameroon 4.78 25  Mauritania 4.74 26   Congo 4.72 27  Guinea-Bissau 4.71 28  Malawi 4.65 29  Liberia 4.65 30  Sudan 4.60 31  Sierra Leone 4.56 32  São Tomé and Príncipe 4.52 33  Togo 4.52 34  Iraq 4.43 35   Comoros 4.42 36  Ethiopia 4.32 37  Madagascar 4.24 38  Eritrea 4.21 39  Yemen 4.10 40  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) 4.08 41  Ghana 4.04 42  Samoa 4.03 43  Rwanda 3.97 44  Kenya 3.92 45  Solomon Islands 3.91 46  Gabon 3.85 47  Zimbabwe 3.84 48  Papua New Guinea 3.71 49  Kiribati 3.69 50  Tonga 3.68 51  Pakistan 3.55 52  Namibia 3.47 53  Jordan 3.45 54  Tajikistan 3.40 55  Egypt 3.31 56  Vanuatu 3.31 57   Micronesia 3.20 58  Kyrgyzstan 3.20 59  Swaziland 3.14 60  Lesotho 3.14 61  Israel 3.09 62  Guatemala 3.03 63  Haiti 2.97 64  Syria 2.97 65   Philippines 2.96 66  Turkmenistan 2.93 67  Bolivia 2.92 68  Djibouti 2.91 69  Algeria 2.84 70  Mongolia 2.79 71  Botswana 2.77 72  Laos 2.76 73  Oman 2.74 74  Kazakhstan 2.73 75  Cambodia 2.59 76  Saudi Arabia 2.58 77  Belize 2.54 78  Fiji 2.54 79  Panama 2.54 80  Guyana 2.53 81  Morocco 2.53 82  Ecuador 2.51 83  Paraguay 2.51 84  Honduras 2.51 85  Uzbekistan 2.49 86  South Africa 2.49 87   Dominican Republic 2.45   World 2.45 88  Peru 2.43 89  Suriname 2.40 90  Indonesia 2.39 91  Cape Verde 2.37 92 (1)   US ) 2.37 93  India 2.35 94  Venezuela 2.34 95  Libya 2.31 96  Argentina 2.31 97  Seychelles 2.30 98  Nicaragua 2.23 99   Burma ) 2.23 100  Tunisia 2.22 101  Mexico 2.22 102 (2)   France ) 2.22 103  Nepal 2.16 104  Bangladesh 2.13 105  Grenada 2.13 106  Maldives 2.13 107  El Salvador 2.10   Population replacement 2.10 108  Bhutan 2.09 109  Turkey 2.07 110  Antigua and Barbuda 2.06 111  Sri Lanka 2.06 112  Bahrain 2.06 113  Malaysia 2.06 114  Jamaica 2.03 115  France 2.01 116  Uruguay 2.01 117  Georgia 2.00 118 (3)  Greenland (Denmark) 2.00 119 (4)   France ) 2.00 120  New Zealand 1.99 121  Kuwait 1.99 122  Azerbaijan 1.97 123  Vietnam 1.96 124  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.95 125   Ireland 1.94 126  Iceland 1.93 127  Qatar 1.93 128  North Korea 1.92 129 (5)   Curaçao (Netherlands ) 1.90 130  Brunei 1.88 131  Sweden 1.88 132  Colombia 1.87 133   United States 1.84 134  Australia 1.83 135   United Kingdom 1.81 136  Costa Rica 1.80 137  Barbados 1.80 138  Chile 1.79 139   Bahamas 1.77 140  Trinidad and Tobago 1.77 141   United Arab Emirates 1.77 142  Norway 1.76 143  Russia 1.75 144  Belgium 1.74 145 (6)   US ) 1.72 146  Belarus 1.72 147  Brazil 1.69 148  Lebanon 1.68 149  Cuba 1.67 150  Albania 1.66 151   Netherlands 1.66 152  Finland 1.65 153  Denmark 1.65 154  Iran 1.65 155  Montenegro 1.65 156  Latvia 1.64 157  Lithuania 1.63 158  Armenia 1.62 159  China 1.62 160  Canada 1.60 161 (7)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.60 162  Slovenia 1.58 163  Switzerland 1.54 164  Estonia 1.54 165   Czech Republic 1.53 166  Bulgaria 1.53 167  North Macedonia 1.52 168  Romania 1.52 169  Ukraine 1.51 170  Germany 1.50 171  Luxembourg 1.50 172 UK ) 1.50 173  Thailand 1.50 174  Austria 1.47 175  Saint Lucia 1.47 176  Serbia 1.46 177  Croatia 1.46 178  Japan 1.46 179  Hungary 1.44 180 (10)   US ) 1.43 181  Malta 1.42 182  Slovakia 1.37 183  Italy 1.37 184  Mauritius 1.36 185  Cyprus 1.35 186  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.35 187  Poland 1.32 188  Spain 1.32 189  Greece 1.30 190  Moldova 1.25 191  Singapore 1.24 192  South Korea 1.24 193  Portugal 1.23 194 (11)  Macau (China) 1.20 195 (13)  Hong Kong (China) 1.20   Sovereign states: 182   Dependent territories: 13   World World 2.45   Major regions 1 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 4.9 2 Sub-Saharan Africa 4.9 3 Arab World 3.3 4 Pacific island small states 3.3 5 Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income) 2.9 6 Middle East and North Africa 2.8 7 South Asia 2.6 8 Latin America and Caribbean (excluding high income) 2.1 9 Latin America and Caribbean 2.1 10 North America 1.8 11 Pacific (excluding high income) 1.8 12 Pacific 1.8 13 Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income) 1.9 14 Europe and Central Asia 1.8 15 Baltics 1.4   States’ Size 1 Other Small states 3.2 2 Small states 2.9 3 Caribbean small states 2.1   International Organizations 1 OECD members 1.7 2 European Union 1.5   Security Situation Fragile and conflict affected situations 4.4   Economic Areas Euro area 1.5   Economic Situation 1 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 4.9 2 Least developed countries: UN classification 4.1   Economic Income 1 Low income 4.8 2 Lower middle income 2.8 3 Low and middle income 2.6 4 Middle income 2.4 5 Upper middle income 1.8 6 High income 1.7   Not ranked (no data or data from other years) 1 (1)   US ) - 2  Andorra - 3 (2)  Bermuda (UK) - 4 (3)  Cayman Islands (UK) - 5  Dominica - 6 (4)   Faroe Islands (Denmark ) - 7 (5)   France ) - 8 (6)   France ) - 9 (7)   UK ) - 10  Kosovo - 11  Liechtenstein - 12   Marshall Islands - 13 (8)   France ) - 14  Monaco - 15 (9)   US ) - 16  Palau - 17  San Marino - 18 (10)   Saint Martin (French part) - 19 (11)   Sint Maarten (Dutch part) - 20  Saint Kitts and Nevis - 21 (12)   Turks and Caicos Islands UK ) - 22  Tuvalu - 23   Vatican City -   Sovereign states: 11   Dependent territories: 12

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

1970 list by the Population Reference Bureau

2014 list by the Population Reference Bureau

Rank Country Fertility rate in 1970 (births/woman) 1  Rwanda 8.2 2  Kenya 8.1 3  Ivory Coast 7.9 4 (1)   Palestinian Territories ) 7.9 5 (2)   French Overseas Department ) 7.9 6  Libya 7.9 7  Jordan 7.9 8  Afghanistan 7.7 9  Mongolia 7.6 10  Algeria 7.6 11  Syria 7.6 12  Yemen ( North Yemen and  South Yemen →  Yemen) 7.5 13  Zambia 7.4 14  Morocco 7.4 15  Iraq 7.4 16  Niger 7.4 17  Saudi Arabia 7.3 18  Madagascar 7.3 19  Malawi 7.3 20  Burundi 7.3 21  Senegal 7.3 22  Oman 7.3 23 (3)  Angola (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola →  Angola) 7.3 24  Honduras 7.3 25  Maldives 7.2 26  Somalia 7.2 27  Kuwait 7.2 28  Samoa 7.2 29 (4)   Comoros ) 7.1 30  Togo 7.1 31  Uganda 7.1 32 (5)  Bangladesh ( Pakistan, East Pakistan →  Bangladesh) 7.0 33  Ethiopia 7.0 34  Ghana 7.0 35  Nicaragua 6.9 36 (6)  Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union →  Tajikistan) 6.9 37  Mali 6.9 38 (7)  South Sudan ( Sudan →  South Sudan) 6.9 39  Swaziland 6.9 40 (8)  Cape Verde (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde →  Cape Verde) 6.9 41 (9)   Micronesia ) 6.9 42 (10)  Qatar (British Empire →  Qatar) 6.9 43  Sudan 6.9 44 (11)  Solomon Islands (British Empire →  Solomon Islands) 6.9 45  Benin 6.8 46  Mauritania 6.8 47 (12)  Djibouti (French Territory of the Afars and the Issas →  Djibouti) 6.8 48  Tanzania 6.8 49  Sierra Leone 6.7 50  Rhodesia (→  Zimbabwe) 6.7 51  Liberia 6.7 52  Mexico 6.7 53 (13)  Eritrea ( Ethiopia →  Eritrea) 6.7 54  Bhutan 6.7 55  Republic of Upper Volta (→  Burkina Faso) 6.6 56 (14)   United Arab Emirates ) 6.6 57 (15)  Western Sahara (Spanish Sahara → Moroccan Occupation) 6.6 58 (16)  Mozambique (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique →  Mozambique) 6.6 59  Pakistan 6.6 60  Botswana 6.6 61  Bolivia 6.6 62  Cambodia 6.5 63 (17)   Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe →  São Tomé and Príncipe ) 6.5 64  Vietnam ( North Vietnam and  South Vietnam →  Vietnam) 6.5 65 (18)  Bahrain (British Empire →  Bahrain) 6.5 66  Nigeria 6.5 67 (19)  South West Africa ( South Africa →  Namibia) 6.5 68  Chad 6.5 69 (20)  Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union →  Uzbekistan) 6.5 70  Iran 6.4 71  Tunisia 6.4 72 (21)  Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union →  Turkmenistan) 6.3 73  Peru 6.3 74 (22)  New Hebrides (British and French Condominium →  Vanuatu) 6.3 75   Philippines 6.3 76 (23)  Belize (British Empire →  Belize) 6.3 77   Congo 6.3 78 (24)   UN Trust Territories →  Papua New Guinea ) 6.2 79  Cameroon 6.2 80   Dominican Republic 6.2 81  Guinea 6.2 82  El Salvador 6.2 83   DR Congo ) 6.2 84  Guatemala 6.2 85 (25)  Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea →  Guinea-Bissau) 6.1 86  Ecuador 6.1 87 (26)  Saint Lucia (British Empire →  Saint Lucia) 6.1 88 (27)  Gilbert Islands (British Empire →  Kiribati) 6.1 89   Gambia 6.1 90   Central African Republic 6.0 91  Nepal 6.0 92  Burma (→  Myanmar) 6.0 93  Laos 6.0 94 (28)  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire →  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) 6.0 95  Egypt 5.9 96 (29)  East Timor (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor →  East Timor) 5.9 97  Tonga 5.9 98 (30)  Seychelles (British Empire →  Seychelles) 5.8 99 (31)  Brunei (British Empire →  Brunei) 5.8 100  Lesotho 5.8 101  Haiti 5.8 102  Equatorial Guinea 5.7 103  Turkey 5.7 104  Paraguay 5.7 105 (32)   Dutch Empire →  Suriname ) 5.7 106  Colombia 5.6 107  Thailand 5.6 108  South Africa 5.6 109  India 5.5 110  China (mainland only) 5.5 111  Indonesia 5.5 112  Jamaica 5.5 113  Venezuela 5.4 114 (33)   Overseas departments and territories of France ) 5.3 115  Panama 5.2 116 (34)   French Overseas Collectivity ) 5.1 116  Gabon 5.1 117  Albania 5.1 118  Guyana 5.1 119  Lebanon 5.0 120  Brazil 5.0 121  Costa Rica 4.9 122  Malaysia 4.9 123 (35)  Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union →  Kyrgyzstan) 4.9 124 (36)   French Overseas Department ) 4.9 125 (37)   French Overseas Department ) 4.8 126 (38)   French Overseas Department ) 4.7   World 4.7 127 (39)  Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union →  Azerbaijan) 4.6 128 (40)   French Overseas Department 4.6 129 (41)  Grenada (British Empire →  Grenada) 4.6 130  Fiji 4.5 131  South Korea 4.5 132 (42)   US ) 4.4 133  North Korea 4.3 134  Sri Lanka 4.3 135  Chile 4.0 136  Cuba 4.0 137   Ireland 3.9 138  Republic of China (Taiwan) 3.9 139  Israel 3.8 140  Mauritius 3.8 141 (43)  Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire →  Antigua and Barbuda) 3.7 142  Trinidad and Tobago 3.6 143 (44)   Bahamas ) 3.5 144 (45)  Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union →  Kazakhstan) 3.5 145 (46)   Dutch Empire → Dutch Caribbean ) 3.3 146 (47)  Hong Kong (British Hong Kong →  China) 3.3 147 (48)   US ) 3.2 148  New Zealand 3.2 149 (49)  Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Armenia) 3.2 150  Singapore 3.2 151  Argentina 3.1 152  Barbados 3.1 153 (50)   Yugoslavia →  North Macedonia ) 3.0 154  Portugal 3.0 155  Australia 2.9 156  Spain 2.9 157  Uruguay 2.9 158  Romania 2.9 159  Iceland 2.8 160 (51)   Yugoslavia →  Montenegro ) 2.7 161 (52)   Yugoslavia →  Bosnia and Herzegovina ) 2.7 162   Netherlands 2.6 163 (53)  Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Moldova) 2.6 164 (54)  Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Georgia) 2.6 165  Norway 2.5 166  Cyprus 2.5 167   United States 2.5 168  France 2.5 169   United Kingdom 2.4 170 (55)  Slovak Socialist Republic 2.4 171 (56)  Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Lithuania) 2.4 172 (57)   Yugoslavia →  Serbia ) 2.4 173  Italy 2.4 174  Greece 2.4 175 (58)  Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Belarus) 2.3 176  Poland 2.3 177  Austria 2.3 178  Belgium 2.3 179  San Marino 2.2 180 (59)   Yugoslavia →  Slovenia ) 2.2 181 (60)  Macau (Portuguese Macau →  China) 2.2 182 (61)  Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Estonia) 2.2 183  Bulgaria 2.2 184  Canada 2.2 185   West Germany and  East Germany →  Germany ) 2.1 186 (62)  Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union ->  Ukraine) 2.1 187 UK ) 2.1 188  Switzerland 2.1 189  Japan 2.1   Population replacement 2.1 190 (65)  Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union →  Latvia) 2.0 191  Denmark 2.0 192  Malta 2.0 193 (66)  Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union →  Russia) 2.0 194  Luxembourg 2.0 195  Hungary 2.0 196 (67)  Czech Socialist Republic 1.9 197  Sweden 1.9 198 (68)   Yugoslavia →  Croatia ) 1.8 199 (69)  Finland 1.8   Sovereign states: 130   Dependent territories: 69   Not ranked (no data or data from other years) 1  Andorra - 2  Czechoslovakia (dissolved in 1992) - 3 (1)  Dominica (British Empire →  Dominica) - 4 (2)   Ellice Islands →  Tuvalu ) - 5 (3)   Yugoslavia →  Serbia and Montenegro →  Serbia →  Kosovo ) - 6  Liechtenstein - 7 (4)   Marshall Islands ) - 8  Monaco - 9  Nauru - 10 (5)  Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →  Palau) - 11 (6)  Saint Kitts and Nevis (British Empire →  Saint Kitts and Nevis) - 12  Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991) - 13   Vatican City - 14   Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992) -   Sovereign states: 8   Dependent territories: 6

Rank Country Fertility rate in 2014 (births/woman) 1  Niger 7.6 2  South Sudan 7.0 3  Somalia 6.6 4   DR Congo 6.6 5  Chad 6.6 6  Angola 6.2 7   Central African Republic 6.2 8  Burundi 6.1 9  Mali 6.1 10  Zambia 6.0 11  Burkina Faso 5.9 12  Uganda 5.9 13  Mozambique 5.7 14  East Timor 5.7 15   Gambia 5.6 16  Nigeria 5.6 17  Malawi 5.5 18  Senegal 5.3 19  Tanzania 5.3 20  Sudan 5.2 21  Guinea 5.1 22  Cameroon 5.1 23  Afghanistan 5.1 24   Congo 5.0 25  Guinea-Bissau 5.0 26  Benin 4.9 27  Ivory Coast 4.9 28  Sierra Leone 4.9 29  Equatorial Guinea 4.9 30  Eritrea 4.7 31  Liberia 4.7 32  Togo 4.7 33  Samoa 4.7 34  Vanuatu 4.4 35  Yemen 4.4 36  Madagascar 4.4 37  Kenya 4.3 38  São Tomé and Príncipe 4.3 39  Ghana 4.3 40   Comoros 4.3 41  Papua New Guinea 4.3 42  Nauru 4.3 43  Mauritania 4.1 44  Solomon Islands 4.1 45  Gabon 4.1 46   Marshall Islands 4.1 47 (1)   France ) 4.1 48  Palestine 4.1 49  Iraq 4.1 50  Ethiopia 4.1 51  Rwanda 4.0 52  Tonga 3.9 53  Kiribati 3.8 54  Tajikistan 3.8 55  Pakistan 3.8 56  Guatemala 3.8 57  Zimbabwe 3.8 58  Namibia 3.6 59 (2)   France ) 3.5 60   Micronesia 3.5 61  Jordan 3.5 62  Egypt 3.5 63  Haiti 3.4 64  Swaziland 3.4 65  Djibouti 3.4 66  Lesotho 3.3 67  Bolivia 3.2 68  Laos 3.2 69  Tuvalu 3.2 70  Kyrgyzstan 3.2 71 (3)   US ) 3.1 72  Israel 3.0 73  Syria 3.0 74   Philippines 3.0 75  Mongolia 2.9 76  Saudi Arabia 2.9 77  Algeria 2.9 78  Ecuador 2.8 79  Paraguay 2.8 80  Honduras 2.8 81  Cambodia 2.8 82  Oman 2.8 83  Kazakhstan 2.7 84  Morocco 2.6 85  Suriname 2.6 86  Indonesia 2.6 87  Belize 2.6 88  Botswana 2.6 89  Cape Verde 2.6 90  Fiji 2.5 91   Dominican Republic 2.5 92  Bhutan 2.5 93  Guyana 2.5 94  Panama 2.5 95  Nicaragua 2.5   World 2.5 96  India 2.4 97  Uzbekistan 2.4 98  Libya 2.4 99  Kuwait 2.4 100  Nepal 2.4 101  Venezuela 2.4 102  Western Sahara 2.4 103  Turkmenistan 2.4 104  Seychelles 2.4 105 (4)   France ) 2.4 106  Peru 2.4 107  Maldives 2.3 108  South Africa 2.3 109  Jamaica 2.3 110  Argentina 2.3 111  Colombia 2.3 112 (5)   Curaçao (Netherlands ) 2.2 113  Tunisia 2.2 114 (6)   France ) 2.2 115  Bangladesh 2.2 116  Mexico 2.2 117  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.2 118 (7)   France ) 2.2 119  Azerbaijan 2.2 120  El Salvador 2.2 121  Sri Lanka 2.1 122  Malaysia 2.1 123  Bahrain 2.1 124 (8)  French Polynesia (France) 2.1 125  Turkey 2.1 126  Vietnam 2.1 127  Qatar 2.1   Population replacement 2.1 128  New Zealand 2.0 129   Ireland 2.0 130   Burma ) 2.0 131  Uruguay 2.0 132  North Korea 2.0 133  Dominica 2.0 134  France 2.0 135   Bahamas 2.0 136  Kosovo 2.0 137  Grenada 2.0 138  Sweden 1.9 139 (9)   France ) 1.9 140  Australia 1.9 141   United Kingdom 1.9 142  Chile 1.9 143  Iceland 1.9 144   United States 1.9 145  Norway 1.8 146  Finland 1.8 147  Belgium 1.8 148  Barbados 1.8 149  Costa Rica 1.8 150   United Arab Emirates 1.8 151  Antigua and Barbuda 1.8 152  Iran 1.8 153  Thailand 1.8 154  Albania 1.8 155  Montenegro 1.7 156   Netherlands 1.7 157  Georgia 1.7 158  Belarus 1.7 159  Palau 1.7 160  Brazil 1.7 161  Denmark 1.7 162 Guernsey and (11)  Jersey (UK ) 1.7 163  Russia 1.7 164  Cuba 1.7 165 (12)   US ) 1.6 166  Croatia 1.6 167  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.6 168  Trinidad and Tobago 1.6 169  Canada 1.6 170  China (mainland only) 1.6 171  Brunei 1.6 172  Lithuania 1.6 173  Luxembourg 1.6 174  Armenia 1.6 -   European Union 1.6 175  North Macedonia 1.5 176  San Marino 1.5 177  Slovenia 1.5 178  Ukraine 1.5 179  Latvia 1.5 180  Estonia 1.5 181  Liechtenstein 1.5 182  Bulgaria 1.5 183   Czech Republic 1.5 184  Switzerland 1.5 185  Saint Lucia 1.5 186  Lebanon 1.5 187  Cyprus 1.5 188  Mauritius 1.4 189  Japan 1.4 190  Austria 1.4 191  Germany 1.4 192  Monaco 1.4 193  Malta 1.4 194  Serbia 1.4 195  Italy 1.4 196  Slovakia 1.3 197  Greece 1.3 198  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.3 199  Romania 1.3 200  Hungary 1.3 201  Spain 1.3 202  Portugal 1.2 203  Singapore 1.2 204  Poland 1.2 205 (13)  Macau (China) 1.2 206  South Korea 1.2 207  Moldova 1.2 208 (14)  Hong Kong (China) 1.1 209  Andorra 1.1 210  Republic of China (Taiwan) 1.1   Sovereign states: 196   Dependent territories: 14   Not ranked (no data or data from other years) 1   Vatican City -   Sovereign states: 1   Dependent territories: 0

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

2018 forecast/prediction by the Population Division

2023 forecast/prediction by the Population Division

Rank Country Fertility rate 2018(Medium Variant) (births/woman) 1  Niger 7.46 2  Somalia 6.12 3  Mali 5.92 4  Chad 5.79 5  Angola 5.79 6  Burundi 5.66 7   DR Congo 5.66 8   Gambia 5.53 9  Uganda 5.46 10  Nigeria 5.41 11  East Timor 5.33 12  Burkina Faso 5.23 13  Zambia 5.14 14  Mozambique 5.12 15  Tanzania 4.92 16  Malawi 4.88 17  Senegal 4.83 18  Ivory Coast 4.77 19  South Sudan 4.73 20  Guinea 4.73 21   Congo 4.64 22  Guinea-Bissau 4.56 23  Equatorial Guinea 4.52 24  Benin 4.50 25  Liberia 4.47 26  Cameroon 4.46 27  Mauritania 4.39 28  São Tomé and Príncipe 4.36 29  Togo 4.35 30  Iraq 4.35 31  Sierra Leone 4.28 32  Afghanistan 4.25 33   Comoros 4.23 34  Madagascar 4.21 35  Sudan 4.13 36  Kenya 4.10 37  Eritrea 4.02 38   Central African Republic 4.02 39  Ethiopia 3.99 40  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) 3.95 41  Ghana 3.95 42  Samoa 3.90 43  Yemen 3.79 44  Solomon Islands 3.76 45 (1)   France ) 3.73 46  Gabon 3.68 47  Zimbabwe 3.65 48  Rwanda 3.62 49  Papua New Guinea 3.58 50  Tonga 3.58 51  Kiribati 3.58 52  Pakistan 3.38 53  Tajikistan 3.32 54  Namibia 3.31 55  Vanuatu 3.22 56 (2)   France ) 3.28 57  Jordan 3.20 58  Egypt 3.16 59   Micronesia 3.08 60  Swaziland 3.06 61  Guatemala 3.03 62  Lesotho 3.01 63  Djibouti 2.99 64  Kyrgyzstan 2.93 65  Morocco 2.93 66   Philippines 2.87 67  Haiti 2.85 68  Bolivia 2.83 69  Laos 2.77 70  Syria 2.77 71  Botswana 2.67 72  Algeria 2.62 73  Saudi Arabia 2.59 74  Mongolia 2.54 75  Cambodia 2.53 76  Kazakhstan 2.53 77  Oman 2.51 78  Fiji 2.48 79  Guyana 2.47   World 2.47 80  Belize 2.46 81  Paraguay 2.45 82  Ecuador 2.44 83  Israel 2.38 84   Dominican Republic 2.38 85  Panama 2.36 86  Indonesia 2.36 87  Peru 2.35 88  India 2.34 89  Uzbekistan 2.33 90 (3)   US ) 2.32 91  Libya 2.32 92  South Africa 2.28 93  Venezuela 2.28 94  Suriname 2.28 95  Argentina 2.27 96  Honduras 2.25 97  Turkmenistan 2.22 98  Azerbaijan 2.22 99  Seychelles 2.21 100  Cape Verde 2.19 101 (4)   US ) 2.18 102  Nicaragua 2.16 103  Mexico 2.14 104   Burma ) 2.13 105 (5)   France ) 2.12 106 (6)   France ) 2.10   Population replacement 2.10 107  Nepal 2.09 108  Bangladesh 2.08 109  Grenada 2.08 110  Tunisia 2.07 111  Western Sahara 2.06 112 (7)   Curaçao (Netherlands ) 2.05 113  Kuwait 2.04 114 (8)   France ) 2.04 115  Sri Lanka 2.03 116  Antigua and Barbuda 2.03 117  Turkey 2.01 118   Ireland 2.00 119  Jamaica 1.99 120 (9)  French Polynesia (France) 1.99 121  New Zealand 1.99 122  France 1.99 123  Maldives 1.98 124  Bahrain 1.98 125  Uruguay 1.98 126  Qatar 1.95 127  Vietnam 1.95 128  North Korea 1.94 129  Bhutan 1.93 130  Sweden 1.93 131   United Kingdom 1.91 132  Iceland 1.90 133  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.90 134  Malaysia 1.90 135   United States 1.90 136 (10)   France ) 1.88 137  El Salvador 1.87 138  Australia 1.86 139  Colombia 1.83 140   Bahamas 1.83 141  Belgium 1.83 142  Brunei 1.82 143  Saint Lucia 1.82 144  Georgia 1.82 145  Norway 1.81 146  Barbados 1.80 147  Albania 1.78 148  Finland 1.77 149   Netherlands 1.77 150  Denmark 1.76 151  Costa Rica 1.74 152  Chile 1.73 153   United Arab Emirates 1.73 154  Trinidad and Tobago 1.73 155  Russia 1.70 156  Lebanon 1.68 157  Estonia 1.65 158  Montenegro 1.65 159  Slovenia 1.64 160  Brazil 1.63 161  Belarus 1.62 162  Lithuania 1.61 163  Iran 1.61 164 (11)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.60 165  Luxembourg 1.60 166  Bulgaria 1.60 167  China 1.59 168 (12)   US ) 1.59 169  Serbia 1.59 170  Cuba 1.58 171  Switzerland 1.57 172  Canada 1.56 173  Ukraine 1.56 174  Latvia 1.55 175  North Macedonia 1.55 176   Czech Republic 1.54 177  Austria 1.53 178  Romania 1.53 179  Armenia 1.51 180  Italy 1.49 181 Guernsey (UK ) 1.49 182  Malta 1.49 183  Croatia 1.48 184  Thailand 1.46 185  Japan 1.46 186  Mauritius 1.44 187  Germany 1.44 188  Slovakia 1.44 189  Cyprus 1.42 190  Hungary 1.40 191  Spain 1.38 192 (15)  Macau (China) 1.34 193  Poland 1.33 194  South Korea 1.33 195  Greece 1.30 196 (16)  Hong Kong (China) 1.30 197  Singapore 1.26 198  Portugal 1.24 199  Moldova 1.23 200  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.23   Sovereign states: 184   Dependent territories: 16   Not ranked (no data or data from other years) 1 (1)   US ) - 2  Andorra - 3 (2)   UK ) - 4 (3)   UK ) - 5 (4)   UK ) - 6 (5)   UK ) - 7   Cook Islands - 8  Dominica - 9 (6)   Faroe Islands (Denmark ) - 10 (7)   UK ) - 11 (8)  Greenland (Denmark) - 12 (9)   UK ) - 13  Kosovo - 14   Marshall Islands - 15  Monaco - 16 (10)   UK ) - 17  Nauru - 18 (11)   US ) - 19  Palau - 20 (12)   UK ) - 21  Saint Kitts and Nevis - 22 (13)   France ) - 23  San Marino - 24 (14)   Sint Maarten (Netherlands ) - 25 (15)   UK ) - 26   Vatican City - 27 (16)   France ) - 28 (17)  Western Sahara -   Sovereign states: 11   Dependent territories: 17

Rank Country Fertility rate for 2023 (Medium Variant) (births/woman) 1  Niger 6.51 2  Somalia 5.66 3   DR Congo 5.46 4  Mali 5.46 5  Chad 5.32 6  Angola 5.21 7  Nigeria 5.08 8  Burundi 5.04 9   Gambia 4.90 10  Burkina Faso 4.83 11  Tanzania 4.63 12  Benin 4.54 13  Mozambique 4.54 14  Uganda 4.44 15  Ivory Coast 4.40 16   Central African Republic 4.38 17  Guinea 4.38 18  Zambia 4.38 19  South Sudan 4.36 20  Senegal 4.34 21  Mauritania 4.32 22  Cameroon 4.29 23   Congo 4.19 24  Guinea-Bissau 4.16 25  Equatorial Guinea 4.15 26  Solomon Islands 4.15 27  Sudan 4.15 28  São Tomé and Príncipe 4.08 29  Togo 4.06 30  Liberia 4.03 31   Comoros 3.93 32  Malawi 3.91 33  Sierra Leone 3.86 34  Afghanistan 3.85 35  Madagascar 3.85 36  Ethiopia 3.82 37  Eritrea 3.76 38  Rwanda 3.73 39  Gabon 3.71 40  Samoa 3.68 41  Ghana 3.65 42  Vanuatu 3.62 43  East Timor 3.60 44  Iraq 3.45 45 (1)   France ) 3.44 46  Yemen 3.43 47  Kiribati 3.41 48  Tajikistan 3.40 49  Tonga 3.39 50  Papua New Guinea 3.38 51  Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) 3.36 52  Zimbabwe 3.32 53  Kenya 3.26 54  Pakistan 3.24 55 (2)   France ) 3.19 56  Namibia 3.17 57  Egypt 3.13 58  Lesotho 2.97 59  Morocco 2.93 60  Kyrgyzstan 2.83 61   Swaziland ) 2.80 62   Micronesia 2.87 63  Algeria 2.79 64  Haiti 2.74 65  Mongolia 2.73 66  Botswana 2.69 67  Guatemala 2.67 68  Fiji 2.65 69  Syria 2.64 70  Turkmenistan 2.63 71  Kazakhstan 2.62 72  Oman 2.60 73  Bolivia 2.58 74  Jordan 2.58 75  Djibouti 2.52 76  Laos 2.48 77   Philippines 2.45   World 2.42 78  Cambodia 2.39 79  Guyana 2.37 80  Panama 2.37 81  Seychelles 2.34 82  Paraguay 2.33 83  Ecuador 2.32 84  Honduras 2.32 85  Suriname 2.32 86  South Africa 2.31 87  Uzbekistan 2.31 88  Israel 2.30 89  Nicaragua 2.28 90  Western Sahara 2.27 91 (3)   US ) 2.24 92   Dominican Republic 2.23 93  Indonesia 2.22 94  Argentina 2.20 95  Belize 2.19 96  Venezuela 2.18 97  Saudi Arabia 2.17 98  Peru 2.16 99  Cape Verde 2.15 100  India 2.14 101  Sri Lanka 2.13 102  Libya 2.11 103  Tunisia 2.10   Population replacement 2.10 104 (4)   France ) 2.09 105  Iran 2.09 106   Burma ) 2.07 107  Kuwait 2.03 108  Mexico 2.03 109  Georgia 2.02 110  Lebanon 2.02 111  Vietnam 2.02 112  Azerbaijan 1.99 113  Turkey 1.99 114  Grenada 1.98 115 (5)   US ) 1.97 116  El Salvador 1.96 117  Antigua and Barbuda 1.95 118  Bangladesh 1.93 119  Malaysia 1.92 120  Uruguay 1.92 121  Jamaica 1.91 122 (6)   France ) 1.90 123  Bahrain 1.89 124 (7)  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.88 125 (8)   France ) 1.88 126  Bhutan 1.87 127  North Korea 1.86 128  France 1.85 129  New Zealand 1.85 130  Sweden 1.84 131 (9)   France ) 1.83 132  Russia 1.82 133  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.81 134  Nepal 1.80 135   Ireland 1.79 136  Australia 1.78 137  Qatar 1.78 138   United States 1.78 139  Denmark 1.77 140  Maldives 1.77 141  Armenia 1.76 142  Brunei 1.76 143   United Kingdom 1.75 144  Belarus 1.74 145  Latvia 1.74 146  Montenegro 1.74 147  Belgium 1.73 148  Colombia 1.73 149 (10)   Curaçao (Netherlands ) 1.72 150  Iceland 1.72 151   Bahamas 1.71 152  China 1.70 153  Lithuania 1.70 154  Norway 1.70 155  Costa Rica 1.68 156   Czech Republic 1.68 157   Netherlands 1.68 158  Trinidad and Tobago 1.67 159  Romania 1.65 160  Barbados 1.64 161  Slovenia 1.64 162  Estonia 1.63 163  Bulgaria 1.61 164  Germany 1.61 165  Chile 1.60 166  Austria 1.57 167  Cuba 1.57 168  Slovakia 1.55 169  Switzerland 1.56 170  Albania 1.54 171 UK ) 1.54 172  Hungary 1.54 173  Brazil 1.53 174  Malta 1.51 175  Canada 1.48 176  Poland 1.47 177  North Macedonia 1.46 178  Thailand 1.46 179  Ukraine 1.44 180  Finland 1.42 181  Serbia 1.42 182  Croatia 1.41 183 (13)  Hong Kong (China) 1.41 184  Luxembourg 1.41 185  Spain 1.39 186  Saint Lucia 1.38 187  Japan 1.37 188  Mauritius 1.35 189  Portugal 1.35 190   United Arab Emirates 1.35 191  Moldova 1.31 192  Cyprus 1.30 193  Italy 1.30 194 (14)  Macau (China) 1.30 195  Greece 1.26 196  Singapore 1.24 197  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.22 198 (15)   US ) 1.18 199  South Korea 0.72   Sovereign states: 184   Dependent territories: 15   World World 2.42   Continents 1 Africa 4.16 2 Oceania 2.30 3 Asia 2.09 4 South America 1.87 5 North America 1.76 6 Europe 1.62   Major regions 1 Sub-Saharan Africa 4.40 2 Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 3.27 3 Western Asia 2.78 4 Central and Southern Asia 2.29 5 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.96 6 South-Eastern Asia 1.81 7 Australia and New Zealand 1.80 8 Northern America 1.76 9 Europe and Northern America 1.67 10 Europe 1.62   Major Subregions 1 Middle Africa 5.12 2 Western Africa 4.85 3 Eastern Africa 4.07 4 Melanesia 3.33 5 Northern Africa 3.07 6 Micronesia 2.72 7 Polynesia 2.65 8 Central Asia 2.62 9 Western Asia 2.52 10 Southern Africa 2.38 11 Southern Asia 2.28 12 South-Eastern Asia 2.14 13 Caribbean 2.11 14 Central America 2.11 15 South America 1.87 16 Northern America 1.76 17 Northern Europe 1.74 18 Western Europe 1.70 19 Eastern Europe 1.67 20 Eastern Asia 1.66 21 Southern Europe 1.36   UN Development Groups 1 Land-Locked Developing Countries (LLDC) 3.68 2 Less Developed Regions (excluding China ) 2.72 3 Less Developed Regions 2.53 3.1 - Least Developed Countries 3.74 3.2 - Least Developed Countries ) 2.27 4 Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 2.37 5 More Developed Countries 1.65   World Bank Income Groups 1 Low-income Countries 4.16 2 Middle-income Countries 2.29 3 Lower-middle-income Countries 2.60 4 Upper-middle-income Countries 1.87 5 High Income Countries 1.67 6 No Income Group Available 2.38   Not ranked (no data or data from other years) 1 (1)   US ) - 2  Andorra - 3 (2)  Bermuda (UK) - 4  British Virgin Islands (UK) - 5 (3)  Cayman Islands (UK) - 6  Dominica - 7 (4)   Faroe Islands (Denmark ) - 8 (5)  Gibraltar (UK) - 9 (6)  Greenland (Denmark) - 10 (7)   UK ) - 11  Kosovo - 12  Liechtenstein - 13   Marshall Islands - 14  Monaco - 15  Nauru - 16 (8)   US ) - 17  Palau - 18  Saint Kitts and Nevis - 19 (9)   France ) (French part) - 20  San Marino - 21 (10)   Sint Maarten (Netherlands ) (Dutch part) - 22   Turks and Caicos Islands - 23  Tuvalu - 24   Vatican City -   Sovereign states: 14   Dependent territories: 10

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(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

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