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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2005

Countries217

1. Niger7.77

Median2.44

Japan1.26206 / 217

World2.61

Top 20

Niger7.77

Somalia7.53

Chad7.13

Afghanistan6.86

Burundi6.71

Mali6.71

Congo - Kinshasa6.53

Uganda6.53

Angola6.46

Ethiopia6.19

Burkina Faso6.18

Nigeria6.06

South Sudan6.02

Malawi5.85

Central African Republic5.81

Sierra Leone5.81

Guinea5.73

Gambia5.71

Zambia5.70

Benin5.69

Bottom 10

Slovenia1.26

Belarus1.25

Poland1.24

Andorra1.22

Ukraine1.22

Bosnia & Herzegovina1.20

San Marino1.20

South Korea1.08

Hong Kong0.96

Macau0.91

Biggest increases since 2004

Seychelles+9.5%

Northern Mariana Islands+9.2%

Latvia+7.8%

Macau+6.7%

Romania+5.3%

Croatia+4.9%

Czechia+4.9%

Hong Kong+4.0%

Gibraltar+3.8%

Liechtenstein+3.5%

Biggest decreases since 2004

British Virgin Islands-10.7%

San Marino-7.7%

Serbia-7.6%

Armenia-7.1%

South Korea-6.8%

United Arab Emirates-6.4%

Cape Verde-6.0%

Qatar-5.7%

Laos-5.5%

Albania-5.4%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Niger	7.77	1
2	Somalia	7.53	2
3	Chad	7.13	3
4	Afghanistan	6.86	4
5	Burundi	6.71	5
6	Mali	6.71	6
7	Congo - Kinshasa	6.53	8
8	Uganda	6.52	7
9	Angola	6.46	9
10	Ethiopia	6.19	10
11	Burkina Faso	6.18	11
12	Nigeria	6.06	13
13	South Sudan	6.02	12
14	Malawi	5.85	15
15	Central African Republic	5.81	16
16	Sierra Leone	5.81	14
17	Guinea	5.73	18
18	Gambia	5.71	22
19	Zambia	5.70	21
20	Benin	5.69	19
21	Timor-Leste	5.61	17
22	Tanzania	5.58	25
23	Yemen	5.56	20
24	Equatorial Guinea	5.56	24
25	Liberia	5.52	28
26	Mozambique	5.50	26
27	Rwanda	5.50	23
28	Côte d’Ivoire	5.50	27
29	Guinea-Bissau	5.46	29
30	Cameroon	5.42	31
31	Sudan	5.40	30
32	Mauritania	5.38	32
33	Madagascar	5.20	33
34	Senegal	5.13	34
35	Togo	5.04	37
36	Comoros	5.01	35
37	São Tomé & Príncipe	4.94	39
38	Eritrea	4.93	36
39	Palestinian Territories	4.87	38
40	Kenya	4.80	40
41	Congo - Brazzaville	4.67	41
42	Pakistan	4.60	42
43	Ghana	4.50	44
44	Iraq	4.45	43
45	Solomon Islands	4.41	45
46	Samoa	4.32	46
47	Marshall Islands	4.28	47
48	Papua New Guinea	4.22	48
49	Gabon	4.21	49
50	Tonga	4.20	51
51	Vanuatu	4.13	50
52	Djibouti	4.04	52
53	Guatemala	3.97	53
54	American Samoa	3.86	54
55	Haiti	3.84	55
56	Kiribati	3.76	59
57	Eswatini	3.70	58
58	Zimbabwe	3.69	57
59	Laos	3.68	56
60	Jordan	3.65	60
61	Syria	3.60	63
62	Micronesia	3.60	62
63	Honduras	3.58	61
64	Namibia	3.57	66
65	Bolivia	3.56	64
66	Tuvalu	3.55	65
67	Philippines	3.45	67
68	Lesotho	3.43	68
69	Tajikistan	3.40	69
70	Nauru	3.38	70
71	Egypt	3.25	72
72	Cambodia	3.24	71
73	Belize	3.17	75
74	Saudi Arabia	3.16	74
75	Nepal	3.12	73
76	Botswana	3.08	77
77	Oman	3.03	76
78	Paraguay	2.97	78
79	India	2.96	79
80	Fiji	2.92	80
81	Bangladesh	2.85	81
82	Israel	2.84	83
83	Ecuador	2.80	84
84	St. Martin	2.78	85
85	Libya	2.76	90
86	Nicaragua	2.76	87
87	Kuwait	2.73	92
88	Bhutan	2.73	88
89	Cape Verde	2.73	82
90	Suriname	2.71	93
91	Turkmenistan	2.71	96
92	Bahrain	2.67	89
93	Guyana	2.65	94
94	Panama	2.64	95
95	Peru	2.64	97
96	Guam	2.64	91
97	Qatar	2.64	86
98	Venezuela	2.63	100
99	Kosovo	2.62	98
100	Morocco	2.61	101
101	Faroe Islands	2.61	104
102	Dominican Republic	2.57	99
103	Algeria	2.56	107
104	Myanmar (Burma)	2.52	103
105	South Africa	2.51	111
106	Kyrgyzstan	2.50	102
107	Mexico	2.50	105
108	Indonesia	2.45	113
109	El Salvador	2.44	106
110	Uzbekistan	2.44	108
111	Argentina	2.43	112
112	Malaysia	2.39	109
113	Greenland	2.33	110
114	Colombia	2.31	115
115	Lebanon	2.29	116
116	Kazakhstan	2.27	121
117	Sri Lanka	2.26	118
118	Northern Mariana Islands	2.26	131
119	Grenada	2.24	117
120	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.24	125
121	United Arab Emirates	2.23	114
122	New Caledonia	2.23	120
123	Seychelles	2.20	137
124	Maldives	2.20	119
125	Türkiye	2.20	124
126	French Polynesia	2.18	123
127	Jamaica	2.15	122
128	Turks & Caicos Islands	2.11	126
129	Uruguay	2.10	129
130	St. Vincent & Grenadines	2.07	130
131	United States	2.06	133
132	Iceland	2.05	134
133	Costa Rica	2.04	135
134	Curaçao	2.04	128
135	Brunei	2.02	127
136	Palau	2.02	140
137	Bahamas	2.01	141
138	Monaco	2.01	139
139	Azerbaijan	2.00	132
140	Mongolia	2.00	138
141	Dominica	2.00	136
142	New Zealand	1.97	142
143	Tunisia	1.95	146
144	Brazil	1.94	143
145	France	1.94	148
146	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.93	145
147	Vietnam	1.89	144
148	Mauritius	1.88	149
149	North Korea	1.87	150
150	Isle of Man	1.86	156
151	Ireland	1.86	147
152	Aruba	1.84	157
153	Norway	1.84	155
154	Antigua & Barbuda	1.83	153
155	Chile	1.82	154
156	Australia	1.81	163
157	St. Lucia	1.81	152
158	Denmark	1.80	161
159	Finland	1.80	158
160	Albania	1.79	151
161	Bermuda	1.78	164
162	Puerto Rico	1.77	160
163	Sweden	1.77	166
164	Belgium	1.76	168
165	United Kingdom	1.76	165
166	Iran	1.76	162
167	Gibraltar	1.75	171
168	Barbados	1.74	159
169	Netherlands	1.71	169
170	Sint Maarten	1.71	170
171	Montenegro	1.69	167
172	Cayman Islands	1.66	172
173	Thailand	1.64	173
174	Luxembourg	1.63	174
175	Trinidad & Tobago	1.62	175
176	China	1.62	176
177	Georgia	1.58	178
178	Canada	1.58	179
179	Moldova	1.53	181
180	Estonia	1.52	186
181	Croatia	1.50	188
182	North Macedonia	1.50	182
183	Liechtenstein	1.49	187
184	Cuba	1.49	180
185	Cyprus	1.48	183
186	Channel Islands	1.46	184
187	Serbia	1.45	177
188	Switzerland	1.42	190
189	Austria	1.41	189
190	Portugal	1.41	193
191	Romania	1.40	198
192	Latvia	1.39	203
193	Malta	1.38	192
194	Bulgaria	1.37	197
195	Germany	1.34	194
196	Greece	1.34	200
197	British Virgin Islands	1.34	185
198	Spain	1.33	199
199	Italy	1.33	196
200	Hungary	1.31	204
201	Armenia	1.30	191
202	Russia	1.29	195
203	Czechia	1.29	210
204	Lithuania	1.29	205
205	Slovakia	1.27	207
206	Japan	1.26	202
207	Singapore	1.26	206
208	Slovenia	1.26	208
209	Belarus	1.25	209
210	Poland	1.24	211
211	Andorra	1.22	212
212	Ukraine	1.22	214
213	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.20	213
214	San Marino	1.20	201
215	South Korea	1.08	215
216	Hong Kong	0.96	216
217	Macau	0.91	217

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