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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2009

Countries217

1. Niger7.68

Median2.37

Japan1.37206 / 217

World2.59

Top 20

Niger7.68

Somalia7.38

Chad7.02

Mali6.59

Congo - Kinshasa6.59

Burundi6.41

Afghanistan6.29

Angola6.26

Uganda6.12

Nigeria5.99

Burkina Faso5.99

Central African Republic5.94

Mozambique5.68

Gambia5.57

Guinea5.53

Benin5.49

Ethiopia5.49

Malawi5.45

Zambia5.45

Sierra Leone5.45

Bottom 10

San Marino1.36

Portugal1.34

Hungary1.32

Bosnia & Herzegovina1.27

British Virgin Islands1.23

Singapore1.22

Andorra1.21

South Korea1.15

Hong Kong1.05

Macau1.00

Biggest increases since 2008

Liechtenstein+19.6%

Georgia+8.8%

Mongolia+7.7%

Slovakia+7.5%

Armenia+7.1%

Cuba+6.5%

Bulgaria+6.4%

Nauru+5.0%

Moldova+4.9%

Montenegro+4.8%

Biggest decreases since 2008

San Marino-10.7%

Latvia-7.6%

Faroe Islands-7.3%

South Africa-6.6%

Kuwait-4.9%

Bahrain-4.9%

Qatar-4.9%

Spain-4.8%

Mauritius-4.8%

Bhutan-4.7%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Niger	7.68	1
2	Somalia	7.38	2
3	Chad	7.02	3
4	Mali	6.59	4
5	Congo - Kinshasa	6.59	5
6	Burundi	6.41	6
7	Afghanistan	6.30	7
8	Angola	6.26	8
9	Uganda	6.12	9
10	Nigeria	5.99	11
11	Burkina Faso	5.99	10
12	Central African Republic	5.94	12
13	Mozambique	5.68	16
14	Gambia	5.57	14
15	Guinea	5.53	17
16	Benin	5.49	20
17	Ethiopia	5.49	13
18	Malawi	5.45	15
19	Zambia	5.45	21
20	Sierra Leone	5.45	19
21	South Sudan	5.45	18
22	Mauritania	5.41	22
23	Côte d’Ivoire	5.33	24
24	Equatorial Guinea	5.29	23
25	Tanzania	5.26	26
26	Cameroon	5.24	27
27	Guinea-Bissau	5.18	28
28	Liberia	5.17	25
29	Sudan	5.17	29
30	Togo	5.10	32
31	Senegal	5.02	34
32	Yemen	5.00	31
33	Madagascar	5.00	33
34	Timor-Leste	4.99	30
35	São Tomé & Príncipe	4.84	36
36	Congo - Brazzaville	4.81	39
37	Comoros	4.78	37
38	Rwanda	4.71	35
39	Eritrea	4.66	38
40	Kenya	4.57	40
41	Samoa	4.47	43
42	Pakistan	4.46	41
43	Palestinian Territories	4.44	42
44	Iraq	4.38	44
45	Solomon Islands	4.35	45
46	Ghana	4.18	46
47	Vanuatu	4.16	47
48	Gabon	4.14	48
49	Zimbabwe	3.95	54
50	Tonga	3.95	50
51	Papua New Guinea	3.94	49
52	Kiribati	3.90	52
53	Nauru	3.85	55
54	Jordan	3.84	53
55	Marshall Islands	3.83	51
56	Namibia	3.63	58
57	Haiti	3.56	57
58	Djibouti	3.52	56
59	Eswatini	3.50	60
60	Guatemala	3.46	59
61	Tajikistan	3.43	66
62	Tuvalu	3.42	63
63	Syria	3.42	61
64	Philippines	3.38	64
65	American Samoa	3.36	62
66	Micronesia	3.31	67
67	Lesotho	3.31	65
68	Bolivia	3.29	68
69	Egypt	3.26	71
70	Laos	3.23	69
71	Honduras	3.17	70
72	Botswana	3.13	72
73	Cambodia	2.97	74
74	Israel	2.96	75
75	Saudi Arabia	2.95	73
76	Kyrgyzstan	2.90	79
77	Guam	2.89	76
78	Oman	2.83	83
79	Algeria	2.82	81
80	Mongolia	2.80	96
81	Turkmenistan	2.79	84
82	Fiji	2.76	77
83	Paraguay	2.76	80
84	Northern Mariana Islands	2.74	78
85	Suriname	2.71	86
86	Guyana	2.69	88
87	Ecuador	2.68	89
88	India	2.67	87
89	Belize	2.66	82
90	Nepal	2.63	85
91	Nicaragua	2.63	91
92	Morocco	2.62	94
93	Panama	2.59	95
94	Kazakhstan	2.58	93
95	Dominican Republic	2.57	100
96	Uzbekistan	2.56	92
97	Libya	2.56	97
98	South Africa	2.50	90
99	Bangladesh	2.48	98
100	Peru	2.48	102
101	St. Martin	2.46	99
102	Indonesia	2.44	105
103	Venezuela	2.42	104
104	Argentina	2.40	107
105	Monaco	2.40	110
106	Maldives	2.39	111
107	Seychelles	2.38	114
108	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.37	106
109	Myanmar (Burma)	2.37	108
110	Bhutan	2.36	103
111	Mexico	2.36	109
112	Greenland	2.34	119
113	Faroe Islands	2.34	101
114	Kosovo	2.32	113
115	El Salvador	2.26	116
116	Qatar	2.25	112
117	Cape Verde	2.25	115
118	Iceland	2.23	128
119	Malaysia	2.22	118
120	New Caledonia	2.19	121
121	Lebanon	2.19	125
122	Sri Lanka	2.18	120
123	St. Vincent & Grenadines	2.17	130
124	Kuwait	2.16	117
125	French Polynesia	2.15	123
126	New Zealand	2.13	124
127	Curaçao	2.10	122
128	Türkiye	2.10	129
129	Colombia	2.10	126
130	Grenada	2.08	131
131	Ireland	2.06	133
132	Bahrain	2.05	127
133	Uruguay	2.02	135
134	Bahamas	2.01	138
135	Antigua & Barbuda	2.01	134
136	Tunisia	2.00	141
137	United States	2.00	132
138	France	2.00	136
139	Georgia	1.99	162
140	Montenegro	1.98	155
141	Norway	1.98	144
142	Australia	1.97	139
143	Turks & Caicos Islands	1.96	137
144	Costa Rica	1.95	140
145	Sweden	1.94	151
146	Isle of Man	1.94	147
147	Palau	1.94	146
148	Gibraltar	1.93	152
149	Brunei	1.92	149
150	Vietnam	1.92	148
151	Dominica	1.92	143
152	North Korea	1.90	142
153	United Kingdom	1.89	150
154	Jamaica	1.88	145
155	Aruba	1.88	156
156	Finland	1.86	160
157	Chile	1.86	159
158	Bermuda	1.85	157
159	Belgium	1.84	158
160	Denmark	1.84	154
161	Azerbaijan	1.82	153
162	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.80	161
163	Brazil	1.80	163
164	Netherlands	1.79	164
165	Barbados	1.77	165
166	Iran	1.74	166
167	St. Lucia	1.74	172
168	Cayman Islands	1.72	169
169	Moldova	1.72	175
170	China	1.71	170
171	Sint Maarten	1.71	167
172	Liechtenstein	1.71	200
173	Estonia	1.70	168
174	Canada	1.69	171
175	Cuba	1.68	182
176	Bulgaria	1.66	183
177	Romania	1.66	179
178	Puerto Rico	1.65	174
179	Albania	1.64	177
180	Trinidad & Tobago	1.62	176
181	Luxembourg	1.59	178
182	Mauritius	1.59	173
183	United Arab Emirates	1.58	187
184	Channel Islands	1.57	184
185	Thailand	1.56	180
186	Russia	1.54	189
187	Slovenia	1.53	185
188	Czechia	1.51	188
189	Belarus	1.51	191
190	Armenia	1.50	203
191	Switzerland	1.50	192
192	Greece	1.50	190
193	Croatia	1.50	194
194	Lithuania	1.50	197
195	North Macedonia	1.50	195
196	Cyprus	1.48	193
197	Ukraine	1.47	198
198	Latvia	1.46	181
199	Italy	1.44	199
200	Serbia	1.44	204
201	Slovakia	1.44	210
202	Malta	1.42	201
203	Poland	1.40	205
204	Austria	1.39	202
205	Spain	1.38	196
206	Japan	1.37	208
207	Germany	1.36	207
208	San Marino	1.36	186
209	Portugal	1.34	206
210	Hungary	1.32	209
211	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.27	214
212	British Virgin Islands	1.23	212
213	Singapore	1.22	211
214	Andorra	1.21	213
215	South Korea	1.15	215
216	Hong Kong	1.06	216
217	Macau	1.00	217

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