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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2008

Countries217

1. Niger7.70

Median2.39

Japan1.37208 / 217

World2.60

Top 20

Niger7.70

Somalia7.42

Chad7.06

Mali6.62

Congo - Kinshasa6.58

Burundi6.51

Afghanistan6.39

Angola6.32

Uganda6.20

Burkina Faso6.05

Nigeria6.02

Central African Republic5.90

Ethiopia5.70

Gambia5.62

Malawi5.61

Mozambique5.60

Guinea5.60

South Sudan5.57

Sierra Leone5.56

Benin5.55

Bottom 10

Japan1.37

Hungary1.35

Slovakia1.34

Singapore1.28

British Virgin Islands1.27

Andorra1.25

Bosnia & Herzegovina1.21

South Korea1.19

Hong Kong1.06

Macau0.98

Biggest increases since 2007

San Marino+21.0%

Mongolia+13.0%

Slovenia+10.9%

Romania+10.3%

Curaçao+10.0%

Sint Maarten+9.9%

Antigua & Barbuda+9.8%

Cuba+9.7%

Monaco+8.1%

Georgia+8.0%

Biggest decreases since 2007

United Arab Emirates-15.4%

Kuwait-6.1%

Bahrain-5.7%

South Korea-5.3%

Cape Verde-4.6%

Rwanda-4.3%

Nepal-4.2%

Bhutan-4.2%

Mauritius-4.0%

Guatemala-3.9%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Niger	7.70	1
2	Somalia	7.42	2
3	Chad	7.06	3
4	Mali	6.62	4
5	Congo - Kinshasa	6.58	6
6	Burundi	6.52	5
7	Afghanistan	6.39	7
8	Angola	6.32	8
9	Uganda	6.20	9
10	Burkina Faso	6.05	10
11	Nigeria	6.02	11
12	Central African Republic	5.90	13
13	Ethiopia	5.70	12
14	Gambia	5.62	16
15	Malawi	5.61	14
16	Mozambique	5.60	21
17	Guinea	5.60	17
18	South Sudan	5.57	15
19	Sierra Leone	5.56	18
20	Benin	5.55	19
21	Zambia	5.53	20
22	Mauritania	5.44	24
23	Equatorial Guinea	5.36	23
24	Côte d’Ivoire	5.36	25
25	Liberia	5.33	22
26	Tanzania	5.32	26
27	Cameroon	5.29	28
28	Guinea-Bissau	5.27	27
29	Sudan	5.21	30
30	Timor-Leste	5.17	29
31	Yemen	5.11	31
32	Togo	5.10	33
33	Madagascar	5.04	34
34	Senegal	5.02	35
35	Rwanda	4.92	32
36	São Tomé & Príncipe	4.91	36
37	Comoros	4.80	37
38	Eritrea	4.74	38
39	Congo - Brazzaville	4.73	40
40	Kenya	4.66	39
41	Pakistan	4.52	42
42	Palestinian Territories	4.51	41
43	Samoa	4.42	45
44	Iraq	4.37	43
45	Solomon Islands	4.36	44
46	Ghana	4.22	46
47	Vanuatu	4.16	48
48	Gabon	4.12	47
49	Papua New Guinea	4.02	51
50	Tonga	4.01	50
51	Marshall Islands	3.97	49
52	Kiribati	3.90	52
53	Jordan	3.88	53
54	Zimbabwe	3.78	57
55	Nauru	3.66	62
56	Djibouti	3.62	54
57	Haiti	3.62	56
58	Namibia	3.62	58
59	Guatemala	3.57	55
60	Eswatini	3.57	59
61	Syria	3.48	60
62	American Samoa	3.42	61
63	Tuvalu	3.42	64
64	Philippines	3.40	68
65	Lesotho	3.39	65
66	Tajikistan	3.39	69
67	Micronesia	3.37	66
68	Bolivia	3.36	63
69	Laos	3.33	67
70	Honduras	3.26	70
71	Egypt	3.24	71
72	Botswana	3.13	74
73	Saudi Arabia	3.07	72
74	Cambodia	3.05	73
75	Israel	2.96	76
76	Guam	2.90	75
77	Fiji	2.82	78
78	Northern Mariana Islands	2.82	81
79	Kyrgyzstan	2.80	88
80	Paraguay	2.79	80
81	Algeria	2.78	86
82	Belize	2.78	77
83	Oman	2.76	83
84	Turkmenistan	2.75	85
85	Nepal	2.74	79
86	Suriname	2.73	84
87	India	2.71	82
88	Guyana	2.70	90
89	Ecuador	2.69	87
90	South Africa	2.68	99
91	Nicaragua	2.66	89
92	Uzbekistan	2.64	98
93	Kazakhstan	2.62	104
94	Morocco	2.61	94
95	Panama	2.61	95
96	Mongolia	2.60	114
97	Libya	2.60	92
98	Bangladesh	2.58	91
99	St. Martin	2.55	93
100	Dominican Republic	2.55	102
101	Faroe Islands	2.53	100
102	Peru	2.53	97
103	Bhutan	2.48	96
104	Venezuela	2.48	101
105	Indonesia	2.44	105
106	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.44	103
107	Argentina	2.43	112
108	Myanmar (Burma)	2.40	106
109	Mexico	2.39	108
110	Monaco	2.38	122
111	Maldives	2.37	116
112	Qatar	2.37	107
113	Kosovo	2.36	111
114	Seychelles	2.33	119
115	Cape Verde	2.30	110
116	El Salvador	2.29	113
117	Kuwait	2.27	109
118	Malaysia	2.26	118
119	Greenland	2.25	120
120	Sri Lanka	2.23	115
121	New Caledonia	2.20	121
122	Curaçao	2.20	138
123	French Polynesia	2.20	128
124	New Zealand	2.19	125
125	Lebanon	2.17	123
126	Colombia	2.16	124
127	Bahrain	2.15	117
128	Iceland	2.15	130
129	Türkiye	2.15	126
130	St. Vincent & Grenadines	2.15	131
131	Grenada	2.12	127
132	United States	2.07	129
133	Ireland	2.06	137
134	Antigua & Barbuda	2.04	154
135	Uruguay	2.03	133
136	France	2.01	139
137	Turks & Caicos Islands	2.00	132
138	Bahamas	2.00	134
139	Australia	1.98	142
140	Costa Rica	1.98	144
141	Tunisia	1.98	143
142	North Korea	1.97	145
143	Dominica	1.97	136
144	Norway	1.96	150
145	Jamaica	1.95	135
146	Palau	1.95	141
147	Isle of Man	1.94	148
148	Vietnam	1.93	149
149	Brunei	1.92	147
150	United Kingdom	1.91	155
151	Sweden	1.91	152
152	Gibraltar	1.90	157
153	Azerbaijan	1.90	140
154	Denmark	1.89	158
155	Montenegro	1.89	162
156	Aruba	1.89	151
157	Bermuda	1.86	146
158	Belgium	1.85	161
159	Chile	1.85	160
160	Finland	1.85	159
161	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.83	153
162	Georgia	1.83	169
163	Brazil	1.82	156
164	Netherlands	1.77	167
165	Barbados	1.76	164
166	Iran	1.74	165
167	Sint Maarten	1.73	180
168	Estonia	1.72	170
169	Cayman Islands	1.70	171
170	China	1.70	173
171	Canada	1.70	172
172	St. Lucia	1.70	168
173	Mauritius	1.67	166
174	Puerto Rico	1.65	174
175	Moldova	1.64	179
176	Trinidad & Tobago	1.62	176
177	Albania	1.62	175
178	Luxembourg	1.61	178
179	Romania	1.60	188
180	Thailand	1.59	177
181	Latvia	1.58	181
182	Cuba	1.58	190
183	Bulgaria	1.56	183
184	Channel Islands	1.56	182
185	Slovenia	1.53	200
186	San Marino	1.52	213
187	United Arab Emirates	1.52	163
188	Czechia	1.51	187
189	Russia	1.50	193
190	Greece	1.50	194
191	Belarus	1.49	191
192	Switzerland	1.48	185
193	Cyprus	1.48	189
194	Croatia	1.47	184
195	North Macedonia	1.47	186
196	Spain	1.45	198
197	Lithuania	1.45	202
198	Ukraine	1.44	205
199	Italy	1.44	196
200	Liechtenstein	1.43	192
201	Malta	1.43	203
202	Austria	1.42	197
203	Armenia	1.40	195
204	Serbia	1.40	199
205	Poland	1.39	209
206	Portugal	1.39	204
207	Germany	1.38	201
208	Japan	1.37	206
209	Hungary	1.35	207
210	Slovakia	1.34	211
211	Singapore	1.28	210
212	British Virgin Islands	1.27	208
213	Andorra	1.25	215
214	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.21	214
215	South Korea	1.19	212
216	Hong Kong	1.06	216
217	Macau	0.98	217

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