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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2010

Countries217

1. Niger7.64

Median2.34

Japan1.39205 / 217

World2.57

Top 20

Niger7.64

Somalia7.32

Chad6.99

Congo - Kinshasa6.59

Mali6.58

Burundi6.26

Afghanistan6.20

Angola6.19

Uganda6.02

Central African Republic5.96

Nigeria5.95

Burkina Faso5.94

Mozambique5.66

Gambia5.56

Benin5.45

Guinea5.43

Mauritania5.38

Zambia5.36

Sierra Leone5.33

South Sudan5.32

Bottom 10

Latvia1.36

Malta1.36

Andorra1.27

Bosnia & Herzegovina1.26

Hungary1.25

South Korea1.23

British Virgin Islands1.18

Singapore1.15

Hong Kong1.13

Macau1.07

Biggest increases since 2009

Northern Mariana Islands+9.0%

Sint Maarten+7.9%

San Marino+7.4%

Kyrgyzstan+6.9%

Hong Kong+6.8%

Faroe Islands+6.8%

South Korea+6.7%

North Macedonia+6.7%

Macau+6.6%

Andorra+5.5%

Biggest decreases since 2009

Liechtenstein-18.1%

Mongolia-14.3%

Montenegro-14.1%

Antigua & Barbuda-11.0%

Seychelles-10.5%

Bahamas-8.7%

Latvia-6.8%

Greenland-6.8%

Costa Rica-6.5%

Singapore-5.7%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Niger	7.64	1
2	Somalia	7.32	2
3	Chad	6.99	3
4	Congo - Kinshasa	6.59	5
5	Mali	6.58	4
6	Burundi	6.26	6
7	Afghanistan	6.20	7
8	Angola	6.19	8
9	Uganda	6.02	9
10	Central African Republic	5.96	12
11	Nigeria	5.95	10
12	Burkina Faso	5.94	11
13	Mozambique	5.66	13
14	Gambia	5.56	14
15	Benin	5.45	16
16	Guinea	5.44	15
17	Mauritania	5.38	22
18	Zambia	5.36	19
19	Sierra Leone	5.33	20
20	South Sudan	5.32	21
21	Côte d’Ivoire	5.29	23
22	Ethiopia	5.28	17
23	Malawi	5.26	18
24	Tanzania	5.22	25
25	Equatorial Guinea	5.21	24
26	Cameroon	5.15	26
27	Sudan	5.14	29
28	Guinea-Bissau	5.11	27
29	Togo	5.09	30
30	Liberia	5.06	28
31	Senegal	5.06	31
32	Madagascar	4.90	33
33	Congo - Brazzaville	4.85	36
34	Timor-Leste	4.82	34
35	Yemen	4.81	32
36	São Tomé & Príncipe	4.77	35
37	Comoros	4.76	37
38	Eritrea	4.57	39
39	Rwanda	4.52	38
40	Samoa	4.52	41
41	Iraq	4.46	44
42	Kenya	4.45	40
43	Palestinian Territories	4.43	43
44	Pakistan	4.40	42
45	Solomon Islands	4.34	45
46	Ghana	4.18	46
47	Gabon	4.15	48
48	Vanuatu	4.13	47
49	Zimbabwe	4.04	49
50	Nauru	4.02	53
51	Kiribati	3.90	52
52	Papua New Guinea	3.88	51
53	Tonga	3.88	50
54	Jordan	3.78	54
55	Marshall Islands	3.67	55
56	Namibia	3.66	56
57	Haiti	3.50	57
58	Tajikistan	3.46	61
59	Tuvalu	3.44	62
60	Djibouti	3.43	58
61	Guatemala	3.38	60
62	Eswatini	3.38	59
63	Syria	3.36	63
64	Philippines	3.32	64
65	Egypt	3.30	69
66	American Samoa	3.29	65
67	Micronesia	3.27	66
68	Lesotho	3.25	67
69	Bolivia	3.21	68
70	Laos	3.14	70
71	Botswana	3.14	72
72	Kyrgyzstan	3.10	76
73	Honduras	3.08	71
74	Israel	3.03	74
75	Northern Mariana Islands	2.98	84
76	Guam	2.97	77
77	Oman	2.97	78
78	Algeria	2.88	79
79	Cambodia	2.86	73
80	Turkmenistan	2.85	81
81	Saudi Arabia	2.81	75
82	Fiji	2.70	82
83	Paraguay	2.70	83
84	Suriname	2.69	85
85	Guyana	2.68	86
86	Morocco	2.63	92
87	Ecuador	2.62	87
88	Kazakhstan	2.61	94
89	Libya	2.60	97
90	India	2.60	88
91	Nicaragua	2.60	91
92	Panama	2.59	93
93	Dominican Republic	2.56	95
94	Belize	2.55	89
95	Nepal	2.54	90
96	Faroe Islands	2.50	113
97	Indonesia	2.46	102
98	South Africa	2.44	98
99	Uzbekistan	2.44	96
100	Peru	2.42	100
101	Argentina	2.41	104
102	St. Martin	2.40	101
103	Mongolia	2.40	80
104	Venezuela	2.40	103
105	Monaco	2.38	105
106	Bangladesh	2.38	99
107	Maldives	2.35	106
108	Mexico	2.34	111
109	Myanmar (Burma)	2.34	109
110	Cape Verde	2.33	117
111	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.30	108
112	Lebanon	2.26	121
113	Bhutan	2.25	110
114	El Salvador	2.24	115
115	Kosovo	2.22	114
116	Curaçao	2.20	127
117	Iceland	2.20	118
118	New Caledonia	2.19	120
119	Greenland	2.18	112
120	New Zealand	2.17	126
121	French Polynesia	2.16	125
122	Malaysia	2.14	119
123	St. Vincent & Grenadines	2.14	123
124	Qatar	2.14	116
125	Sri Lanka	2.13	122
126	Seychelles	2.13	107
127	Türkiye	2.08	128
128	Tunisia	2.08	136
129	Ireland	2.05	131
130	Kuwait	2.04	124
131	Grenada	2.04	130
132	France	2.03	138
133	Uruguay	2.01	133
134	Colombia	2.01	129
135	Bahrain	1.99	132
136	Sweden	1.98	145
137	Georgia	1.97	139
138	Gibraltar	1.95	148
139	Norway	1.95	141
140	Brunei	1.94	149
141	Palau	1.94	147
142	United States	1.93	137
143	Australia	1.93	142
144	Isle of Man	1.93	146
145	Azerbaijan	1.92	161
146	United Kingdom	1.92	153
147	Turks & Caicos Islands	1.91	143
148	Vietnam	1.91	150
149	North Korea	1.89	152
150	Dominica	1.89	151
151	Denmark	1.87	160
152	Finland	1.87	156
153	Belgium	1.86	159
154	Aruba	1.86	155
155	Sint Maarten	1.85	171
156	Chile	1.84	157
157	Bahamas	1.84	134
158	Costa Rica	1.83	144
159	Jamaica	1.80	154
160	Netherlands	1.79	164
161	Brazil	1.79	163
162	Antigua & Barbuda	1.78	135
163	Barbados	1.78	165
164	Bermuda	1.77	158
165	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.76	162
166	Iran	1.75	166
167	Estonia	1.72	173
168	Moldova	1.70	169
169	Montenegro	1.70	140
170	Cayman Islands	1.69	168
171	China	1.69	170
172	Cuba	1.67	175
173	St. Lucia	1.67	167
174	Albania	1.65	179
175	Canada	1.65	174
176	Luxembourg	1.63	181
177	Puerto Rico	1.62	178
178	Trinidad & Tobago	1.61	180
179	North Macedonia	1.60	195
180	Romania	1.59	177
181	Channel Islands	1.58	184
182	Bulgaria	1.57	176
183	Mauritius	1.57	182
184	Slovenia	1.57	187
185	Russia	1.57	186
186	United Arab Emirates	1.56	183
187	Thailand	1.56	185
188	Switzerland	1.52	191
189	Czechia	1.51	188
190	Armenia	1.50	190
191	Lithuania	1.50	194
192	Belarus	1.49	189
193	Greece	1.48	192
194	Croatia	1.46	193
195	San Marino	1.46	208
196	Austria	1.44	204
197	Italy	1.44	199
198	Ukraine	1.44	197
199	Cyprus	1.43	196
200	Slovakia	1.43	201
201	Poland	1.41	203
202	Liechtenstein	1.40	172
203	Serbia	1.40	200
204	Germany	1.39	207
205	Japan	1.39	206
206	Portugal	1.39	209
207	Spain	1.37	205
208	Latvia	1.36	198
209	Malta	1.36	202
210	Andorra	1.28	214
211	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.26	211
212	Hungary	1.25	210
213	South Korea	1.23	215
214	British Virgin Islands	1.18	212
215	Singapore	1.15	213
216	Hong Kong	1.13	216
217	Macau	1.07	217

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