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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2000

Countries217

1. Niger7.83

Median2.60

Japan1.36199 / 217

World2.73

Top 20

Niger7.83

Somalia7.64

Afghanistan7.57

Chad7.25

Mali6.89

Burundi6.87

South Sudan6.80

Uganda6.79

Congo - Kinshasa6.70

Ethiopia6.65

Angola6.64

Burkina Faso6.52

Sierra Leone6.36

Yemen6.32

Nigeria6.12

Malawi6.00

Rwanda5.97

Benin5.94

Timor-Leste5.93

Zambia5.92

Bottom 10

Italy1.26

Slovenia1.26

Greece1.25

Latvia1.25

Spain1.22

Russia1.20

Czechia1.15

Ukraine1.11

Hong Kong1.03

Macau0.93

Biggest increases since 1999

Antigua & Barbuda+12.3%

Faroe Islands+10.9%

Serbia+9.3%

San Marino+9.0%

Singapore+8.8%

Barbados+8.7%

Latvia+7.8%

China+6.4%

North Macedonia+5.3%

Hong Kong+5.2%

Biggest decreases since 1999

U.S. Virgin Islands-15.9%

Armenia-15.3%

St. Lucia-11.8%

Andorra-10.4%

Tajikistan-9.4%

Macau-9.0%

Kyrgyzstan-7.7%

Maldives-7.2%

Bhutan-6.3%

Bosnia & Herzegovina-6.1%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Niger	7.83	1
2	Somalia	7.64	2
3	Afghanistan	7.57	3
4	Chad	7.25	4
5	Mali	6.89	6
6	Burundi	6.87	7
7	South Sudan	6.80	5
8	Uganda	6.79	8
9	Congo - Kinshasa	6.70	10
10	Ethiopia	6.65	9
11	Angola	6.64	11
12	Burkina Faso	6.52	12
13	Sierra Leone	6.36	14
14	Yemen	6.32	13
15	Nigeria	6.12	16
16	Malawi	6.00	15
17	Rwanda	5.97	17
18	Benin	5.94	18
19	Timor-Leste	5.93	21
20	Zambia	5.92	19
21	Guinea	5.92	20
22	Liberia	5.88	22
23	Central African Republic	5.85	24
24	Equatorial Guinea	5.83	23
25	Mozambique	5.83	25
26	Guinea-Bissau	5.79	26
27	Côte d’Ivoire	5.77	28
28	Gambia	5.72	29
29	Tanzania	5.67	30
30	Madagascar	5.66	27
31	Sudan	5.60	31
32	Cameroon	5.51	32
33	Senegal	5.50	34
34	Palestinian Territories	5.46	33
35	Mauritania	5.46	35
36	Eritrea	5.40	36
37	Pakistan	5.35	37
38	Comoros	5.23	38
39	Togo	5.17	40
40	São Tomé & Príncipe	5.16	39
41	Kenya	5.14	41
42	Iraq	4.92	42
43	Ghana	4.83	44
44	Solomon Islands	4.76	43
45	Congo - Brazzaville	4.72	45
46	Marshall Islands	4.70	46
47	Djibouti	4.60	47
48	Guatemala	4.58	48
49	Vanuatu	4.54	52
50	Papua New Guinea	4.52	50
51	Samoa	4.52	51
52	Gabon	4.47	53
53	Laos	4.43	49
54	Haiti	4.39	54
55	Honduras	4.29	55
56	Micronesia	4.22	57
57	Saudi Arabia	4.21	56
58	Tonga	4.16	58
59	Kiribati	4.07	59
60	Syria	4.07	60
61	Eswatini	4.03	64
62	Zimbabwe	4.01	66
63	Bolivia	3.99	63
64	Namibia	3.99	61
65	Nepal	3.98	62
66	American Samoa	3.89	70
67	Jordan	3.86	67
68	Oman	3.85	65
69	Tuvalu	3.84	69
70	Cambodia	3.79	68
71	Philippines	3.75	72
72	Belize	3.63	74
73	Lesotho	3.60	75
74	Cape Verde	3.54	73
75	Nauru	3.54	77
76	Paraguay	3.51	76
77	Egypt	3.50	79
78	Tajikistan	3.49	71
79	Bhutan	3.38	78
80	India	3.35	80
81	Botswana	3.29	82
82	Bangladesh	3.28	81
83	Nicaragua	3.12	83
84	Ecuador	3.10	85
85	El Salvador	3.08	84
86	Qatar	3.07	87
87	Guyana	3.06	86
88	Suriname	3.05	90
89	Fiji	2.99	89
90	Israel	2.95	94
91	Malaysia	2.94	88
92	Guam	2.92	93
93	Libya	2.91	92
94	Turkmenistan	2.90	91
95	Kuwait	2.89	95
96	St. Martin	2.88	103
97	Dominican Republic	2.87	102
98	Peru	2.84	96
99	Myanmar (Burma)	2.81	101
100	Bahrain	2.80	97
101	Venezuela	2.79	100
102	Morocco	2.77	99
103	Panama	2.74	106
104	United Arab Emirates	2.73	105
105	Mexico	2.71	107
106	Kosovo	2.70	110
107	Uzbekistan	2.70	104
108	Maldives	2.69	98
109	Lebanon	2.60	111
110	French Polynesia	2.60	115
111	Argentina	2.59	108
112	Algeria	2.59	113
113	Colombia	2.57	109
114	Faroe Islands	2.56	130
115	New Caledonia	2.51	119
116	Indonesia	2.50	116
117	Türkiye	2.49	112
118	Grenada	2.44	127
119	Costa Rica	2.41	120
120	South Africa	2.41	117
121	Greenland	2.41	121
122	Turks & Caicos Islands	2.41	123
123	Kyrgyzstan	2.40	114
124	Brunei	2.40	124
125	Dominica	2.35	125
126	Jamaica	2.34	122
127	Curaçao	2.34	133
128	St. Vincent & Grenadines	2.31	131
129	Brazil	2.25	128
130	Albania	2.22	129
131	Sri Lanka	2.21	137
132	St. Lucia	2.21	118
133	Mongolia	2.20	132
134	Antigua & Barbuda	2.20	153
135	Uruguay	2.20	135
136	Gibraltar	2.18	136
137	St. Kitts & Nevis	2.13	134
138	Monaco	2.08	147
139	Iceland	2.08	150
140	Seychelles	2.08	145
141	Bahamas	2.06	138
142	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.06	126
143	United States	2.06	146
144	Puerto Rico	2.05	148
145	Chile	2.05	141
146	Vietnam	2.03	149
147	Tunisia	2.02	140
148	Azerbaijan	2.00	142
149	Iran	2.00	139
150	Mauritius	1.99	144
151	Sint Maarten	1.98	143
152	New Zealand	1.98	151
153	North Korea	1.94	152
154	Barbados	1.93	164
155	Montenegro	1.90	158
156	Kazakhstan	1.90	155
157	France	1.89	161
158	Ireland	1.89	156
159	Isle of Man	1.87	159
160	North Macedonia	1.86	165
161	Norway	1.85	160
162	Aruba	1.84	157
163	British Virgin Islands	1.84	163
164	Palau	1.82	154
165	Denmark	1.77	170
166	Luxembourg	1.76	169
167	Australia	1.76	168
168	Bermuda	1.74	162
169	Thailand	1.73	166
170	Trinidad & Tobago	1.73	167
171	Finland	1.73	171
172	Netherlands	1.72	176
173	Cayman Islands	1.71	173
174	Malta	1.68	172
175	Belgium	1.67	180
176	United Kingdom	1.64	174
177	Northern Mariana Islands	1.64	181
178	Cyprus	1.64	175
179	China	1.63	185
180	Georgia	1.61	177
181	Cuba	1.61	178
182	Singapore	1.60	190
183	Liechtenstein	1.57	179
184	Portugal	1.55	187
185	Sweden	1.54	188
186	Canada	1.51	183
187	Switzerland	1.50	189
188	Moldova	1.50	182
189	Channel Islands	1.49	186
190	South Korea	1.48	192
191	Serbia	1.48	198
192	San Marino	1.40	205
193	Croatia	1.39	194
194	Lithuania	1.39	191
195	Germany	1.38	197
196	Poland	1.37	195
197	Austria	1.36	199
198	Estonia	1.36	203
199	Japan	1.36	200
200	Hungary	1.32	206
201	Belarus	1.32	202
202	Romania	1.31	204
203	Armenia	1.30	184
204	Slovakia	1.30	201
205	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.28	196
206	Andorra	1.27	193
207	Bulgaria	1.26	207
208	Italy	1.26	209
209	Slovenia	1.26	210
210	Greece	1.25	208
211	Latvia	1.25	212
212	Spain	1.22	211
213	Russia	1.20	213
214	Czechia	1.15	214
215	Ukraine	1.11	215
216	Hong Kong	1.03	217
217	Macau	0.93	216

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