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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2006

Countries217

1. Niger7.74

Median2.46

Japan1.32203 / 217

World2.61

Top 20

Niger7.74

Somalia7.49

Chad7.12

Afghanistan6.69

Mali6.68

Burundi6.66

Congo - Kinshasa6.55

Uganda6.43

Angola6.42

Burkina Faso6.17

Nigeria6.05

Ethiopia6.05

South Sudan5.85

Central African Republic5.84

Malawi5.80

Sierra Leone5.74

Gambia5.74

Guinea5.70

Zambia5.68

Benin5.67

Bottom 10

Singapore1.28

Poland1.27

Slovakia1.25

San Marino1.24

Andorra1.23

British Virgin Islands1.23

Bosnia & Herzegovina1.18

South Korea1.13

Hong Kong0.98

Macau0.95

Biggest increases since 2005

Northern Mariana Islands+15.8%

Kyrgyzstan+8.0%

Belarus+6.6%

Guam+6.4%

Ukraine+6.2%

Australia+5.6%

Bulgaria+5.1%

Latvia+5.0%

Mongolia+5.0%

Japan+4.8%

Biggest decreases since 2005

United Arab Emirates-12.3%

U.S. Virgin Islands-9.4%

British Virgin Islands-7.9%

Bahrain-7.7%

Cape Verde-6.3%

Mauritius-5.9%

Cuba-5.7%

Albania-5.7%

Kuwait-5.2%

Faroe Islands-5.2%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Niger	7.74	1
2	Somalia	7.49	2
3	Chad	7.12	3
4	Afghanistan	6.69	4
5	Mali	6.68	6
6	Burundi	6.66	5
7	Congo - Kinshasa	6.55	7
8	Uganda	6.43	8
9	Angola	6.42	9
10	Burkina Faso	6.17	11
11	Nigeria	6.05	12
12	Ethiopia	6.05	10
13	South Sudan	5.85	13
14	Central African Republic	5.84	15
15	Malawi	5.80	14
16	Sierra Leone	5.74	16
17	Gambia	5.74	18
18	Guinea	5.70	17
19	Zambia	5.68	19
20	Benin	5.67	20
21	Liberia	5.53	25
22	Tanzania	5.51	22
23	Equatorial Guinea	5.50	24
24	Timor-Leste	5.47	21
25	Mozambique	5.45	26
26	Côte d’Ivoire	5.45	28
27	Yemen	5.41	23
28	Guinea-Bissau	5.41	29
29	Mauritania	5.40	32
30	Cameroon	5.37	30
31	Rwanda	5.34	27
32	Sudan	5.33	31
33	Madagascar	5.13	33
34	Togo	5.08	35
35	Senegal	5.06	34
36	Comoros	4.93	36
37	São Tomé & Príncipe	4.93	37
38	Eritrea	4.88	38
39	Kenya	4.75	40
40	Palestinian Territories	4.74	39
41	Congo - Brazzaville	4.65	41
42	Pakistan	4.59	42
43	Iraq	4.46	44
44	Ghana	4.40	43
45	Solomon Islands	4.39	45
46	Samoa	4.32	46
47	Marshall Islands	4.20	47
48	Gabon	4.17	49
49	Papua New Guinea	4.15	48
50	Tonga	4.14	50
51	Vanuatu	4.10	51
52	Djibouti	3.90	52
53	Guatemala	3.84	53
54	Kiribati	3.82	56
55	Haiti	3.76	55
56	Jordan	3.71	60
57	American Samoa	3.68	54
58	Zimbabwe	3.64	58
59	Eswatini	3.63	57
60	Namibia	3.60	64
61	Syria	3.56	61
62	Laos	3.56	59
63	Bolivia	3.53	65
64	Tuvalu	3.52	66
65	Micronesia	3.51	62
66	Philippines	3.47	67
67	Honduras	3.45	63
68	Lesotho	3.41	68
69	Nauru	3.40	70
70	Tajikistan	3.34	69
71	Egypt	3.22	71
72	Saudi Arabia	3.18	74
73	Cambodia	3.18	72
74	Botswana	3.11	76
75	Belize	3.02	73
76	Nepal	2.97	75
77	Fiji	2.90	80
78	Paraguay	2.89	78
79	Israel	2.88	82
80	Oman	2.88	77
81	India	2.87	79
82	Guam	2.81	96
83	Bangladesh	2.76	81
84	Ecuador	2.75	83
85	Nicaragua	2.73	86
86	Suriname	2.73	90
87	Turkmenistan	2.72	91
88	St. Martin	2.71	84
89	Kyrgyzstan	2.70	106
90	Libya	2.70	85
91	Bhutan	2.66	88
92	Guyana	2.66	93
93	Algeria	2.63	103
94	Panama	2.62	94
95	Peru	2.62	95
96	Northern Mariana Islands	2.61	118
97	Morocco	2.61	100
98	Venezuela	2.60	98
99	Kuwait	2.59	87
100	Cape Verde	2.56	89
101	South Africa	2.55	105
102	Qatar	2.51	97
103	Dominican Republic	2.51	102
104	Kosovo	2.49	99
105	Faroe Islands	2.48	101
106	Myanmar (Burma)	2.47	104
107	Bahrain	2.46	92
108	Uzbekistan	2.46	110
109	Indonesia	2.46	108
110	Mexico	2.46	107
111	Argentina	2.40	111
112	El Salvador	2.40	109
113	Kazakhstan	2.38	116
114	Malaysia	2.31	112
115	Sri Lanka	2.29	117
116	Greenland	2.28	113
117	Lebanon	2.24	115
118	Colombia	2.24	114
119	New Caledonia	2.24	122
120	French Polynesia	2.22	126
121	Maldives	2.20	124
122	Grenada	2.20	119
123	Türkiye	2.19	125
124	Seychelles	2.11	123
125	United States	2.11	131
126	Monaco	2.10	138
127	Curaçao	2.10	134
128	Mongolia	2.10	140
129	Jamaica	2.09	127
130	Iceland	2.08	132
131	Turks & Caicos Islands	2.08	128
132	Dominica	2.07	141
133	Uruguay	2.07	129
134	St. Vincent & Grenadines	2.03	130
135	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.03	120
136	Bahamas	2.02	137
137	New Zealand	2.01	142
138	France	2.00	145
139	Palau	2.00	136
140	Azerbaijan	1.97	139
141	Brunei	1.97	135
142	United Arab Emirates	1.96	121
143	Tunisia	1.95	143
144	Costa Rica	1.94	133
145	North Korea	1.94	149
146	Ireland	1.91	151
147	Australia	1.91	156
148	Isle of Man	1.90	150
149	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.90	146
150	Norway	1.90	153
151	Brazil	1.90	144
152	Vietnam	1.87	147
153	Aruba	1.86	152
154	Denmark	1.85	158
155	Sweden	1.85	163
156	Finland	1.84	159
157	Antigua & Barbuda	1.83	154
158	United Kingdom	1.82	165
159	Gibraltar	1.80	167
160	Belgium	1.80	164
161	Chile	1.80	155
162	Bermuda	1.79	161
163	Mauritius	1.77	148
164	St. Lucia	1.76	157
165	Sint Maarten	1.76	170
166	Iran	1.76	166
167	Montenegro	1.73	171
168	Netherlands	1.72	169
169	Puerto Rico	1.71	162
170	Barbados	1.70	168
171	Albania	1.69	160
172	Cayman Islands	1.66	172
173	Luxembourg	1.65	174
174	China	1.64	176
175	Thailand	1.63	173
176	Canada	1.63	178
177	Trinidad & Tobago	1.62	175
178	Georgia	1.62	177
179	Estonia	1.58	180
180	Moldova	1.54	179
181	Cyprus	1.51	185
182	Channel Islands	1.47	186
183	Croatia	1.47	181
184	Latvia	1.46	192
185	North Macedonia	1.46	182
186	Bulgaria	1.44	194
187	Switzerland	1.44	188
188	Liechtenstein	1.43	183
189	Serbia	1.43	187
190	Romania	1.42	191
191	Austria	1.41	189
192	Cuba	1.40	184
193	Greece	1.40	196
194	Italy	1.37	199
195	Portugal	1.37	190
196	Spain	1.36	198
197	Malta	1.36	193
198	Czechia	1.34	203
199	Hungary	1.34	200
200	Belarus	1.34	209
201	Germany	1.33	195
202	Lithuania	1.33	204
203	Japan	1.32	206
204	Slovenia	1.31	208
205	Russia	1.30	202
206	Armenia	1.30	201
207	Ukraine	1.30	212
208	Singapore	1.28	207
209	Poland	1.27	210
210	Slovakia	1.25	205
211	San Marino	1.24	214
212	Andorra	1.23	211
213	British Virgin Islands	1.23	197
214	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.18	213
215	South Korea	1.13	215
216	Hong Kong	0.98	216
217	Macau	0.95	217

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