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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2003

Countries217

1. Niger7.79

Median2.49

Japan1.29202 / 217

World2.64

Top 20

Niger7.79

Somalia7.60

Chad7.18

Afghanistan7.17

Burundi6.79

Mali6.78

Uganda6.67

Congo - Kinshasa6.55

Angola6.53

Ethiopia6.40

South Sudan6.35

Burkina Faso6.28

Nigeria6.10

Sierra Leone6.09

Malawi5.88

Timor-Leste5.85

Yemen5.84

Central African Republic5.80

Benin5.76

Guinea5.74

Bottom 10

Poland1.22

Bosnia & Herzegovina1.22

Slovakia1.20

Slovenia1.20

South Korea1.19

Andorra1.18

Czechia1.18

Ukraine1.17

Hong Kong0.90

Macau0.84

Biggest increases since 2002

Northern Mariana Islands+12.8%

Armenia+8.3%

Kazakhstan+6.1%

Azerbaijan+5.6%

British Virgin Islands+5.0%

Latvia+4.8%

United Kingdom+4.3%

Kyrgyzstan+4.2%

Ukraine+4.1%

Spain+4.0%

Biggest decreases since 2002

Greenland-10.9%

San Marino-9.5%

Liechtenstein-7.5%

Singapore-7.3%

French Polynesia-6.8%

Andorra-6.7%

Saudi Arabia-6.6%

U.S. Virgin Islands-6.3%

El Salvador-5.0%

Cape Verde-5.0%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Niger	7.79	1
2	Somalia	7.60	2
3	Chad	7.18	4
4	Afghanistan	7.17	3
5	Burundi	6.78	5
6	Mali	6.78	6
7	Uganda	6.67	7
8	Congo - Kinshasa	6.55	8
9	Angola	6.53	9
10	Ethiopia	6.40	11
11	South Sudan	6.35	10
12	Burkina Faso	6.28	12
13	Nigeria	6.10	14
14	Sierra Leone	6.09	13
15	Malawi	5.88	16
16	Timor-Leste	5.85	17
17	Yemen	5.84	15
18	Central African Republic	5.80	20
19	Benin	5.76	19
20	Guinea	5.74	21
21	Rwanda	5.74	18
22	Zambia	5.71	22
23	Equatorial Guinea	5.68	23
24	Gambia	5.66	25
25	Mozambique	5.60	24
26	Tanzania	5.58	29
27	Guinea-Bissau	5.58	28
28	Côte d’Ivoire	5.57	27
29	Liberia	5.55	26
30	Sudan	5.49	30
31	Cameroon	5.43	31
32	Mauritania	5.36	33
33	Madagascar	5.33	32
34	Senegal	5.25	34
35	Eritrea	5.14	35
36	Comoros	5.12	37
37	Palestinian Territories	5.06	36
38	Togo	5.05	38
39	São Tomé & Príncipe	5.01	39
40	Kenya	4.94	40
41	Pakistan	4.89	41
42	Congo - Brazzaville	4.70	42
43	Ghana	4.60	43
44	Iraq	4.58	44
45	Solomon Islands	4.54	45
46	Marshall Islands	4.42	46
47	Samoa	4.39	47
48	Papua New Guinea	4.36	48
49	Gabon	4.30	52
50	Djibouti	4.30	49
51	Vanuatu	4.29	50
52	Guatemala	4.25	51
53	Tonga	4.18	53
54	Haiti	4.05	55
55	Laos	4.02	54
56	American Samoa	3.91	59
57	Zimbabwe	3.86	58
58	Honduras	3.84	56
59	Jordan	3.82	63
60	Eswatini	3.80	61
61	Micronesia	3.78	57
62	Syria	3.76	60
63	Bolivia	3.72	64
64	Kiribati	3.70	62
65	Lesotho	3.62	67
66	Philippines	3.59	68
67	Namibia	3.58	66
68	Tuvalu	3.58	69
69	Saudi Arabia	3.46	65
70	Nepal	3.44	70
71	Cambodia	3.43	71
72	Tajikistan	3.42	73
73	Nauru	3.39	76
74	Oman	3.37	72
75	Egypt	3.35	75
76	Belize	3.34	74
77	Paraguay	3.12	77
78	India	3.12	78
79	Botswana	3.11	80
80	Cape Verde	3.03	79
81	Bangladesh	3.03	81
82	Fiji	2.96	85
83	Israel	2.95	88
84	Qatar	2.92	83
85	Ecuador	2.91	84
86	St. Martin	2.87	87
87	Bhutan	2.86	82
88	Suriname	2.84	86
89	Nicaragua	2.83	89
90	Libya	2.80	91
91	Bahrain	2.78	99
92	Kuwait	2.77	92
93	Guyana	2.75	90
94	Dominican Republic	2.70	96
95	Venezuela	2.70	97
96	Myanmar (Burma)	2.68	95
97	Panama	2.68	100
98	Kosovo	2.67	93
99	Turkmenistan	2.67	98
100	Peru	2.66	101
101	Guam	2.66	106
102	El Salvador	2.64	94
103	Morocco	2.61	104
104	Malaysia	2.60	102
105	Mexico	2.58	103
106	Faroe Islands	2.53	108
107	Uzbekistan	2.50	107
108	Kyrgyzstan	2.50	117
109	United Arab Emirates	2.49	109
110	Lebanon	2.46	110
111	Argentina	2.45	111
112	Algeria	2.45	114
113	Colombia	2.45	112
114	Indonesia	2.41	113
115	South Africa	2.36	120
116	Maldives	2.34	115
117	Grenada	2.33	118
118	Greenland	2.33	105
119	Sri Lanka	2.30	121
120	New Caledonia	2.27	119
121	French Polynesia	2.26	116
122	Jamaica	2.24	123
123	Türkiye	2.20	124
124	Curaçao	2.19	122
125	Brunei	2.18	125
126	Turks & Caicos Islands	2.18	126
127	St. Vincent & Grenadines	2.14	127
128	Uruguay	2.12	131
129	Costa Rica	2.08	129
130	Dominica	2.08	130
131	Kazakhstan	2.08	143
132	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.07	128
133	Seychelles	2.06	134
134	United States	2.05	137
135	Albania	2.01	140
136	Brazil	2.01	133
137	St. Kitts & Nevis	2.00	135
138	Mongolia	2.00	132
139	Vietnam	2.00	139
140	Iceland	1.99	148
141	Bahamas	1.97	141
142	Palau	1.96	149
143	Ireland	1.96	142
144	Tunisia	1.96	144
145	St. Lucia	1.94	136
146	New Zealand	1.93	151
147	Monaco	1.91	138
148	North Korea	1.91	150
149	Azerbaijan	1.90	161
150	Northern Mariana Islands	1.89	171
151	France	1.89	152
152	Antigua & Barbuda	1.89	145
153	Chile	1.88	147
154	Mauritius	1.87	146
155	Barbados	1.86	154
156	Isle of Man	1.84	153
157	Aruba	1.81	160
158	Montenegro	1.80	158
159	Iran	1.80	155
160	Norway	1.80	164
161	Bermuda	1.79	157
162	Puerto Rico	1.76	156
163	Denmark	1.76	166
164	Finland	1.76	167
165	Netherlands	1.75	165
166	Australia	1.75	163
167	North Macedonia	1.74	162
168	Sint Maarten	1.74	159
169	Sweden	1.71	174
170	United Kingdom	1.70	176
171	Thailand	1.67	168
172	Cayman Islands	1.67	170
173	Belgium	1.67	173
174	Trinidad & Tobago	1.65	172
175	Gibraltar	1.63	169
176	Cuba	1.63	175
177	Luxembourg	1.62	177
178	Serbia	1.59	179
179	China	1.57	180
180	Georgia	1.55	178
181	Canada	1.55	181
182	Channel Islands	1.51	183
183	Cyprus	1.50	182
184	Malta	1.48	186
185	Moldova	1.48	187
186	Portugal	1.44	185
187	Croatia	1.41	189
188	Switzerland	1.39	191
189	Austria	1.38	190
190	Estonia	1.37	193
191	Liechtenstein	1.36	184
192	Germany	1.34	194
193	Latvia	1.32	202
194	Russia	1.32	197
195	British Virgin Islands	1.31	205
196	Armenia	1.30	211
197	Spain	1.30	203
198	Romania	1.30	200
199	San Marino	1.30	188
200	Greece	1.29	198
201	Italy	1.29	199
202	Japan	1.29	195
203	Hungary	1.27	196
204	Singapore	1.27	192
205	Bulgaria	1.26	208
206	Lithuania	1.26	209
207	Belarus	1.23	206
208	Poland	1.22	204
209	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.22	207
210	Slovakia	1.20	212
211	Slovenia	1.20	210
212	South Korea	1.19	213
213	Andorra	1.18	201
214	Czechia	1.18	214
215	Ukraine	1.17	215
216	Hong Kong	0.90	216
217	Macau	0.84	217

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