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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2004

Countries217

1. Niger7.78

Median2.49

Japan1.29202 / 217

World2.63

Top 20

Niger7.78

Somalia7.57

Chad7.16

Afghanistan7.02

Burundi6.75

Mali6.74

Uganda6.61

Congo - Kinshasa6.53

Angola6.50

Ethiopia6.30

Burkina Faso6.22

South Sudan6.19

Nigeria6.09

Sierra Leone5.92

Malawi5.86

Central African Republic5.78

Timor-Leste5.74

Guinea5.73

Benin5.72

Yemen5.71

Bottom 10

Slovenia1.25

Belarus1.23

Czechia1.23

Poland1.23

Andorra1.23

Bosnia & Herzegovina1.22

Ukraine1.22

South Korea1.16

Hong Kong0.92

Macau0.85

Biggest increases since 2003

British Virgin Islands+14.6%

Northern Mariana Islands+9.1%

Azerbaijan+8.1%

Armenia+7.7%

Estonia+7.3%

Kazakhstan+6.1%

Liechtenstein+5.9%

Bulgaria+5.6%

Greenland+4.9%

U.S. Virgin Islands+4.8%

Biggest decreases since 2003

North Macedonia-12.7%

Albania-5.8%

Saudi Arabia-5.8%

Malta-5.4%

Oman-5.1%

Cuba-5.0%

Nepal-4.7%

El Salvador-4.6%

Qatar-4.5%

Cape Verde-4.4%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Niger	7.78	1
2	Somalia	7.57	2
3	Chad	7.16	3
4	Afghanistan	7.02	4
5	Burundi	6.75	5
6	Mali	6.74	6
7	Uganda	6.61	7
8	Congo - Kinshasa	6.53	8
9	Angola	6.50	9
10	Ethiopia	6.30	10
11	Burkina Faso	6.22	12
12	South Sudan	6.19	11
13	Nigeria	6.09	13
14	Sierra Leone	5.92	14
15	Malawi	5.86	15
16	Central African Republic	5.78	18
17	Timor-Leste	5.74	16
18	Guinea	5.73	20
19	Benin	5.72	19
20	Yemen	5.71	17
21	Zambia	5.70	22
22	Gambia	5.68	24
23	Rwanda	5.64	21
24	Equatorial Guinea	5.62	23
25	Tanzania	5.60	26
26	Mozambique	5.55	25
27	Côte d’Ivoire	5.53	28
28	Liberia	5.51	29
29	Guinea-Bissau	5.50	27
30	Sudan	5.46	30
31	Cameroon	5.44	31
32	Mauritania	5.37	32
33	Madagascar	5.26	33
34	Senegal	5.19	34
35	Comoros	5.06	36
36	Eritrea	5.04	35
37	Togo	4.99	38
38	Palestinian Territories	4.97	37
39	São Tomé & Príncipe	4.96	39
40	Kenya	4.86	40
41	Congo - Brazzaville	4.69	42
42	Pakistan	4.68	41
43	Iraq	4.53	44
44	Ghana	4.50	43
45	Solomon Islands	4.47	45
46	Samoa	4.34	47
47	Marshall Islands	4.34	46
48	Papua New Guinea	4.28	48
49	Gabon	4.25	49
50	Vanuatu	4.21	51
51	Tonga	4.19	53
52	Djibouti	4.16	50
53	Guatemala	4.13	52
54	American Samoa	3.94	56
55	Haiti	3.94	54
56	Laos	3.90	55
57	Zimbabwe	3.78	57
58	Eswatini	3.76	60
59	Kiribati	3.73	64
60	Jordan	3.73	59
61	Honduras	3.71	58
62	Micronesia	3.68	61
63	Syria	3.68	62
64	Bolivia	3.63	63
65	Tuvalu	3.55	68
66	Namibia	3.54	67
67	Philippines	3.52	66
68	Lesotho	3.51	65
69	Tajikistan	3.51	72
70	Nauru	3.38	73
71	Cambodia	3.31	71
72	Egypt	3.28	75
73	Nepal	3.28	70
74	Saudi Arabia	3.26	69
75	Belize	3.25	76
76	Oman	3.20	74
77	Botswana	3.06	79
78	Paraguay	3.05	77
79	India	3.05	78
80	Fiji	2.94	82
81	Bangladesh	2.94	81
82	Cape Verde	2.90	80
83	Israel	2.90	83
84	Ecuador	2.85	85
85	St. Martin	2.83	86
86	Qatar	2.79	84
87	Nicaragua	2.78	89
88	Bhutan	2.78	87
89	Bahrain	2.77	91
90	Libya	2.77	90
91	Guam	2.77	101
92	Kuwait	2.76	92
93	Suriname	2.74	88
94	Guyana	2.68	93
95	Panama	2.68	97
96	Turkmenistan	2.67	99
97	Peru	2.67	100
98	Kosovo	2.65	98
99	Dominican Republic	2.64	94
100	Venezuela	2.64	95
101	Morocco	2.61	103
102	Kyrgyzstan	2.60	108
103	Myanmar (Burma)	2.59	96
104	Faroe Islands	2.58	106
105	Mexico	2.54	105
106	El Salvador	2.52	102
107	Algeria	2.50	112
108	Uzbekistan	2.50	107
109	Malaysia	2.49	104
110	Greenland	2.44	118
111	South Africa	2.44	115
112	Argentina	2.43	111
113	Indonesia	2.42	114
114	United Arab Emirates	2.38	109
115	Colombia	2.38	113
116	Lebanon	2.38	110
117	Grenada	2.28	117
118	Sri Lanka	2.27	119
119	Maldives	2.26	116
120	New Caledonia	2.24	120
121	Kazakhstan	2.20	131
122	Jamaica	2.20	122
123	French Polynesia	2.20	121
124	Türkiye	2.20	123
125	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.17	132
126	Turks & Caicos Islands	2.14	126
127	Brunei	2.10	125
128	Curaçao	2.10	124
129	Uruguay	2.09	128
130	St. Vincent & Grenadines	2.09	127
131	Northern Mariana Islands	2.07	150
132	Azerbaijan	2.05	149
133	United States	2.05	134
134	Iceland	2.04	140
135	Costa Rica	2.03	129
136	Dominica	2.02	130
137	Seychelles	2.01	133
138	Mongolia	2.00	138
139	Monaco	1.99	147
140	Palau	1.99	142
141	Bahamas	1.98	141
142	New Zealand	1.98	146
143	Brazil	1.97	136
144	Vietnam	1.97	139
145	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.96	137
146	Tunisia	1.95	144
147	Ireland	1.93	143
148	France	1.92	151
149	Mauritius	1.92	154
150	North Korea	1.90	148
151	Albania	1.89	135
152	St. Lucia	1.86	145
153	Antigua & Barbuda	1.85	152
154	Chile	1.84	153
155	Norway	1.83	160
156	Isle of Man	1.83	156
157	Aruba	1.82	157
158	Finland	1.80	164
159	Barbados	1.80	155
160	Puerto Rico	1.78	162
161	Denmark	1.78	163
162	Iran	1.78	159
163	Australia	1.77	166
164	Bermuda	1.76	161
165	United Kingdom	1.75	170
166	Sweden	1.75	169
167	Montenegro	1.73	158
168	Belgium	1.72	173
169	Netherlands	1.72	165
170	Sint Maarten	1.70	168
171	Gibraltar	1.69	175
172	Cayman Islands	1.67	172
173	Thailand	1.66	171
174	Luxembourg	1.66	177
175	Trinidad & Tobago	1.63	174
176	China	1.60	179
177	Serbia	1.57	178
178	Georgia	1.57	180
179	Canada	1.56	181
180	Cuba	1.55	176
181	Moldova	1.54	185
182	North Macedonia	1.52	167
183	Cyprus	1.51	183
184	Channel Islands	1.50	182
185	British Virgin Islands	1.50	195
186	Estonia	1.47	190
187	Liechtenstein	1.44	191
188	Croatia	1.43	187
189	Austria	1.42	189
190	Switzerland	1.42	188
191	Armenia	1.40	196
192	Malta	1.40	184
193	Portugal	1.40	186
194	Germany	1.36	192
195	Russia	1.34	194
196	Italy	1.34	201
197	Bulgaria	1.33	205
198	Romania	1.33	198
199	Spain	1.31	197
200	Greece	1.31	200
201	San Marino	1.30	199
202	Japan	1.29	202
203	Latvia	1.29	193
204	Hungary	1.28	203
205	Lithuania	1.27	206
206	Singapore	1.26	204
207	Slovakia	1.25	210
208	Slovenia	1.25	211
209	Belarus	1.23	207
210	Czechia	1.23	214
211	Poland	1.23	208
212	Andorra	1.23	213
213	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.22	209
214	Ukraine	1.22	215
215	South Korea	1.16	212
216	Hong Kong	0.92	216
217	Macau	0.86	217

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