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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2002

Countries217

1. Niger7.80

Median2.54

Japan1.32195 / 217

World2.66

Top 20

Niger7.80

Somalia7.63

Afghanistan7.32

Chad7.20

Burundi6.82

Mali6.82

Uganda6.74

Congo - Kinshasa6.61

Angola6.57

South Sudan6.51

Ethiopia6.50

Burkina Faso6.34

Sierra Leone6.23

Nigeria6.12

Yemen5.97

Malawi5.90

Timor-Leste5.90

Rwanda5.82

Benin5.79

Central African Republic5.79

Bottom 10

Bulgaria1.23

Lithuania1.23

Slovenia1.21

Armenia1.20

Slovakia1.19

South Korea1.18

Czechia1.17

Ukraine1.13

Hong Kong0.94

Macau0.81

Biggest increases since 2001

U.S. Virgin Islands+16.3%

Faroe Islands+10.7%

Russia+5.2%

Sweden+5.1%

Austria+4.5%

Greenland+4.3%

North Macedonia+3.3%

Latvia+3.3%

Ukraine+3.2%

Cuba+3.1%

Biggest decreases since 2001

Gibraltar-20.0%

British Virgin Islands-17.8%

South Korea-10.0%

Dominica-10.0%

Guam-8.3%

Monaco-7.8%

Albania-6.5%

Costa Rica-6.5%

Saudi Arabia-6.4%

San Marino-5.7%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Niger	7.80	1
2	Somalia	7.63	2
3	Afghanistan	7.32	3
4	Chad	7.20	4
5	Burundi	6.82	6
6	Mali	6.82	5
7	Uganda	6.74	7
8	Congo - Kinshasa	6.61	8
9	Angola	6.57	10
10	South Sudan	6.52	9
11	Ethiopia	6.50	11
12	Burkina Faso	6.34	12
13	Sierra Leone	6.23	13
14	Nigeria	6.12	15
15	Yemen	5.97	14
16	Malawi	5.90	16
17	Timor-Leste	5.90	17
18	Rwanda	5.82	18
19	Benin	5.79	19
20	Central African Republic	5.78	22
21	Guinea	5.78	21
22	Zambia	5.77	20
23	Equatorial Guinea	5.73	23
24	Mozambique	5.67	25
25	Gambia	5.66	28
26	Liberia	5.65	24
27	Côte d’Ivoire	5.64	26
28	Guinea-Bissau	5.63	27
29	Tanzania	5.57	29
30	Sudan	5.53	30
31	Cameroon	5.44	32
32	Madagascar	5.41	31
33	Mauritania	5.37	33
34	Senegal	5.30	34
35	Eritrea	5.23	36
36	Palestinian Territories	5.22	35
37	Comoros	5.16	37
38	Togo	5.09	39
39	São Tomé & Príncipe	5.06	40
40	Kenya	5.03	41
41	Pakistan	5.01	38
42	Congo - Brazzaville	4.70	45
43	Ghana	4.69	43
44	Iraq	4.67	42
45	Solomon Islands	4.60	44
46	Marshall Islands	4.49	46
47	Samoa	4.44	50
48	Papua New Guinea	4.42	51
49	Djibouti	4.41	47
50	Vanuatu	4.38	49
51	Guatemala	4.37	48
52	Gabon	4.36	52
53	Tonga	4.14	56
54	Laos	4.13	53
55	Haiti	4.12	54
56	Honduras	4.00	55
57	Micronesia	3.93	57
58	Zimbabwe	3.92	58
59	American Samoa	3.87	64
60	Syria	3.86	59
61	Eswatini	3.85	62
62	Kiribati	3.81	61
63	Jordan	3.80	66
64	Bolivia	3.80	63
65	Saudi Arabia	3.71	60
66	Namibia	3.69	65
67	Lesotho	3.68	72
68	Philippines	3.65	69
69	Tuvalu	3.64	68
70	Nepal	3.60	67
71	Cambodia	3.57	70
72	Oman	3.51	71
73	Tajikistan	3.47	74
74	Belize	3.43	73
75	Egypt	3.41	76
76	Nauru	3.40	75
77	Paraguay	3.23	78
78	India	3.22	79
79	Cape Verde	3.19	77
80	Botswana	3.18	80
81	Bangladesh	3.13	81
82	Bhutan	3.01	82
83	Qatar	3.01	83
84	Ecuador	2.97	85
85	Fiji	2.97	87
86	Suriname	2.96	84
87	St. Martin	2.90	91
88	Israel	2.89	90
89	Nicaragua	2.89	86
90	Guyana	2.84	88
91	Libya	2.83	92
92	Kuwait	2.80	93
93	Kosovo	2.79	100
94	El Salvador	2.78	89
95	Myanmar (Burma)	2.76	98
96	Dominican Republic	2.76	94
97	Venezuela	2.74	99
98	Turkmenistan	2.71	96
99	Bahrain	2.70	105
100	Panama	2.70	102
101	Peru	2.69	101
102	Malaysia	2.66	97
103	Mexico	2.63	104
104	Morocco	2.62	103
105	Greenland	2.61	114
106	Guam	2.58	95
107	Uzbekistan	2.58	107
108	Faroe Islands	2.54	127
109	United Arab Emirates	2.54	106
110	Lebanon	2.52	108
111	Argentina	2.49	110
112	Colombia	2.49	112
113	Indonesia	2.44	115
114	Algeria	2.43	113
115	Maldives	2.42	109
116	French Polynesia	2.42	111
117	Kyrgyzstan	2.40	119
118	Grenada	2.38	117
119	New Caledonia	2.35	116
120	South Africa	2.32	122
121	Sri Lanka	2.31	129
122	Curaçao	2.30	118
123	Jamaica	2.27	128
124	Türkiye	2.27	121
125	Brunei	2.26	124
126	Turks & Caicos Islands	2.24	123
127	St. Vincent & Grenadines	2.22	126
128	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.21	155
129	Costa Rica	2.16	125
130	Dominica	2.16	120
131	Uruguay	2.16	133
132	Mongolia	2.10	130
133	Brazil	2.08	132
134	Seychelles	2.04	143
135	St. Kitts & Nevis	2.04	137
136	St. Lucia	2.03	135
137	United States	2.02	138
138	Monaco	2.01	131
139	Vietnam	2.01	139
140	Albania	2.00	134
141	Bahamas	1.98	140
142	Ireland	1.97	148
143	Kazakhstan	1.96	153
144	Tunisia	1.94	144
145	Antigua & Barbuda	1.94	141
146	Mauritius	1.94	152
147	Chile	1.93	142
148	Iceland	1.93	147
149	Palau	1.92	158
150	North Korea	1.92	149
151	New Zealand	1.89	145
152	France	1.88	154
153	Isle of Man	1.86	157
154	Barbados	1.86	146
155	Iran	1.84	151
156	Puerto Rico	1.83	150
157	Bermuda	1.82	159
158	Montenegro	1.81	160
159	Sint Maarten	1.81	156
160	Aruba	1.80	161
161	Azerbaijan	1.80	162
162	North Macedonia	1.79	168
163	Australia	1.76	165
164	Norway	1.75	163
165	Netherlands	1.73	170
166	Denmark	1.72	164
167	Finland	1.72	167
168	Thailand	1.69	169
169	Gibraltar	1.68	136
170	Cayman Islands	1.68	172
171	Northern Mariana Islands	1.68	166
172	Trinidad & Tobago	1.67	171
173	Belgium	1.65	173
174	Sweden	1.65	179
175	Cuba	1.64	176
176	United Kingdom	1.63	175
177	Luxembourg	1.63	174
178	Georgia	1.57	178
179	Serbia	1.57	177
180	China	1.57	181
181	Canada	1.52	182
182	Cyprus	1.50	180
183	Channel Islands	1.47	186
184	Liechtenstein	1.47	183
185	Portugal	1.46	190
186	Malta	1.45	187
187	Moldova	1.45	188
188	San Marino	1.43	184
189	Croatia	1.42	189
190	Austria	1.39	194
191	Switzerland	1.39	192
192	Singapore	1.37	191
193	Estonia	1.36	196
194	Germany	1.34	193
195	Japan	1.32	195
196	Hungary	1.30	197
197	Russia	1.29	208
198	Greece	1.28	204
199	Italy	1.27	205
200	Romania	1.27	203
201	Andorra	1.26	200
202	Latvia	1.26	209
203	Spain	1.25	207
204	Poland	1.25	198
205	British Virgin Islands	1.25	185
206	Belarus	1.24	202
207	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.23	206
208	Bulgaria	1.23	210
209	Lithuania	1.23	201
210	Slovenia	1.21	211
211	Armenia	1.20	212
212	Slovakia	1.19	213
213	South Korea	1.18	199
214	Czechia	1.17	214
215	Ukraine	1.13	215
216	Hong Kong	0.94	216
217	Macau	0.81	217

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