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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2001

Countries217

1. Niger7.81

Median2.53

Japan1.33195 / 217

World2.69

Top 20

Niger7.81

Somalia7.64

Afghanistan7.45

Chad7.23

Mali6.85

Burundi6.85

Uganda6.76

Congo - Kinshasa6.66

South Sudan6.65

Angola6.60

Ethiopia6.58

Burkina Faso6.43

Sierra Leone6.30

Yemen6.14

Nigeria6.13

Malawi5.94

Timor-Leste5.92

Rwanda5.89

Benin5.85

Zambia5.85

Bottom 10

Russia1.22

Latvia1.22

Bulgaria1.21

Slovenia1.21

Armenia1.20

Slovakia1.20

Czechia1.15

Ukraine1.09

Hong Kong0.93

Macau0.82

Biggest increases since 2000

San Marino+8.2%

Bermuda+7.1%

Serbia+6.8%

Northern Mariana Islands+5.9%

Croatia+5.0%

Monaco+4.5%

Greenland+4.2%

Sri Lanka+3.2%

Palau+2.8%

Curaçao+2.7%

Biggest decreases since 2000

British Virgin Islands-17.5%

Macau-12.3%

Malta-11.9%

Singapore-11.9%

South Korea-11.6%

Faroe Islands-10.3%

Azerbaijan-10.0%

Hong Kong-9.8%

Antigua & Barbuda-8.1%

Switzerland-8.0%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Niger	7.81	1
2	Somalia	7.64	2
3	Afghanistan	7.45	3
4	Chad	7.23	4
5	Mali	6.85	5
6	Burundi	6.85	6
7	Uganda	6.76	8
8	Congo - Kinshasa	6.66	9
9	South Sudan	6.65	7
10	Angola	6.60	11
11	Ethiopia	6.58	10
12	Burkina Faso	6.43	12
13	Sierra Leone	6.30	13
14	Yemen	6.14	14
15	Nigeria	6.13	15
16	Malawi	5.94	16
17	Timor-Leste	5.92	19
18	Rwanda	5.89	17
19	Benin	5.85	18
20	Zambia	5.85	20
21	Guinea	5.83	21
22	Central African Republic	5.81	23
23	Equatorial Guinea	5.78	24
24	Liberia	5.77	22
25	Mozambique	5.76	25
26	Côte d’Ivoire	5.70	27
27	Guinea-Bissau	5.69	26
28	Gambia	5.67	28
29	Tanzania	5.62	29
30	Sudan	5.56	31
31	Madagascar	5.53	30
32	Cameroon	5.44	32
33	Mauritania	5.41	35
34	Senegal	5.40	33
35	Palestinian Territories	5.34	34
36	Eritrea	5.31	36
37	Comoros	5.20	38
38	Pakistan	5.18	37
39	Togo	5.13	39
40	São Tomé & Príncipe	5.10	40
41	Kenya	5.09	41
42	Iraq	4.80	42
43	Ghana	4.77	43
44	Solomon Islands	4.67	44
45	Congo - Brazzaville	4.67	45
46	Marshall Islands	4.58	46
47	Djibouti	4.52	47
48	Guatemala	4.50	48
49	Vanuatu	4.50	49
50	Samoa	4.48	51
51	Papua New Guinea	4.47	50
52	Gabon	4.42	52
53	Laos	4.29	53
54	Haiti	4.25	54
55	Honduras	4.15	55
56	Tonga	4.13	58
57	Micronesia	4.08	56
58	Zimbabwe	3.98	62
59	Syria	3.98	60
60	Saudi Arabia	3.96	57
61	Kiribati	3.96	59
62	Eswatini	3.94	61
63	Bolivia	3.89	63
64	American Samoa	3.87	66
65	Namibia	3.83	64
66	Jordan	3.80	67
67	Nepal	3.79	65
68	Tuvalu	3.75	69
69	Philippines	3.72	71
70	Cambodia	3.69	70
71	Oman	3.66	68
72	Lesotho	3.63	73
73	Belize	3.53	72
74	Tajikistan	3.49	78
75	Nauru	3.46	75
76	Egypt	3.46	77
77	Cape Verde	3.37	74
78	Paraguay	3.36	76
79	India	3.30	80
80	Botswana	3.25	81
81	Bangladesh	3.20	82
82	Bhutan	3.19	79
83	Qatar	3.08	86
84	Suriname	3.06	88
85	Ecuador	3.04	84
86	Nicaragua	3.00	83
87	Fiji	2.97	89
88	Guyana	2.96	87
89	El Salvador	2.93	85
90	Israel	2.92	90
91	St. Martin	2.90	96
92	Libya	2.87	93
93	Kuwait	2.84	95
94	Dominican Republic	2.83	97
95	Guam	2.82	92
96	Turkmenistan	2.81	94
97	Malaysia	2.81	91
98	Myanmar (Burma)	2.79	99
99	Venezuela	2.78	101
100	Kosovo	2.76	106
101	Peru	2.74	98
102	Panama	2.72	103
103	Morocco	2.69	102
104	Mexico	2.67	105
105	Bahrain	2.65	100
106	United Arab Emirates	2.62	104
107	Uzbekistan	2.61	107
108	Lebanon	2.58	109
109	Maldives	2.53	108
110	Argentina	2.53	111
111	French Polynesia	2.52	110
112	Colombia	2.52	113
113	Algeria	2.52	112
114	Greenland	2.51	121
115	Indonesia	2.47	116
116	New Caledonia	2.42	115
117	Grenada	2.42	118
118	Curaçao	2.40	127
119	Kyrgyzstan	2.40	123
120	Dominica	2.40	125
121	Türkiye	2.39	117
122	South Africa	2.37	120
123	Turks & Caicos Islands	2.34	122
124	Brunei	2.34	124
125	Costa Rica	2.31	119
126	St. Vincent & Grenadines	2.30	128
127	Faroe Islands	2.30	114
128	Jamaica	2.30	126
129	Sri Lanka	2.28	131
130	Mongolia	2.20	133
131	Monaco	2.18	138
132	Brazil	2.16	129
133	Uruguay	2.16	135
134	Albania	2.14	130
135	St. Lucia	2.12	132
136	Gibraltar	2.10	136
137	St. Kitts & Nevis	2.08	137
138	United States	2.03	143
139	Vietnam	2.02	146
140	Bahamas	2.02	141
141	Antigua & Barbuda	2.02	134
142	Chile	2.01	145
143	Seychelles	1.98	140
144	Tunisia	1.98	147
145	New Zealand	1.97	152
146	Barbados	1.96	154
147	Iceland	1.95	139
148	Ireland	1.94	158
149	North Korea	1.94	153
150	Puerto Rico	1.93	144
151	Iran	1.92	149
152	Mauritius	1.91	150
153	Kazakhstan	1.91	156
154	France	1.90	157
155	U.S. Virgin Islands	1.90	142
156	Sint Maarten	1.89	151
157	Isle of Man	1.87	159
158	Palau	1.87	164
159	Bermuda	1.86	168
160	Montenegro	1.86	155
161	Aruba	1.81	162
162	Azerbaijan	1.80	148
163	Norway	1.78	161
164	Denmark	1.74	165
165	Australia	1.74	167
166	Northern Mariana Islands	1.74	177
167	Finland	1.73	171
168	North Macedonia	1.73	160
169	Thailand	1.71	169
170	Netherlands	1.71	172
171	Trinidad & Tobago	1.70	170
172	Cayman Islands	1.70	173
173	Belgium	1.67	175
174	Luxembourg	1.66	166
175	United Kingdom	1.63	176
176	Cuba	1.60	181
177	Serbia	1.58	191
178	Georgia	1.58	180
179	Sweden	1.57	185
180	Cyprus	1.57	178
181	China	1.56	179
182	Canada	1.54	186
183	Liechtenstein	1.52	183
184	San Marino	1.52	192
185	British Virgin Islands	1.52	163
186	Channel Islands	1.48	189
187	Malta	1.48	174
188	Moldova	1.47	188
189	Croatia	1.46	193
190	Portugal	1.45	184
191	Singapore	1.41	182
192	Switzerland	1.38	187
193	Germany	1.35	195
194	Austria	1.33	197
195	Japan	1.33	199
196	Estonia	1.32	198
197	Hungary	1.31	200
198	Poland	1.31	196
199	South Korea	1.31	190
200	Andorra	1.30	206
201	Lithuania	1.29	194
202	Belarus	1.29	201
203	Romania	1.27	202
204	Greece	1.25	210
205	Italy	1.25	208
206	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.23	205
207	Spain	1.23	212
208	Russia	1.22	213
209	Latvia	1.22	211
210	Bulgaria	1.21	207
211	Slovenia	1.21	209
212	Armenia	1.20	203
213	Slovakia	1.20	204
214	Czechia	1.15	214
215	Ukraine	1.09	215
216	Hong Kong	0.93	216
217	Macau	0.82	217

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