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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2011

Countries217

1. Niger7.59

Median2.31

Japan1.39204 / 217

World2.55

Top 20

Niger7.59

Somalia7.27

Chad6.95

Congo - Kinshasa6.58

Mali6.54

Angola6.12

Burundi6.11

Afghanistan6.09

Central African Republic6.01

Nigeria5.89

Uganda5.88

Burkina Faso5.87

Mozambique5.60

Gambia5.54

Benin5.44

Mauritania5.38

Guinea5.34

Zambia5.26

Côte d’Ivoire5.24

Sierra Leone5.21

Bottom 10

Latvia1.33

Poland1.33

Andorra1.32

British Virgin Islands1.27

South Korea1.24

Hungary1.23

Bosnia & Herzegovina1.21

Hong Kong1.20

Singapore1.20

Macau1.15

Biggest increases since 2010

Liechtenstein+20.7%

Mongolia+8.3%

Seychelles+8.0%

Sint Maarten+7.7%

Northern Mariana Islands+7.6%

Macau+7.5%

British Virgin Islands+7.2%

Hong Kong+6.8%

Malta+6.6%

Tunisia+5.5%

Biggest decreases since 2010

Bermuda-11.2%

St. Lucia-10.3%

Faroe Islands-8.8%

North Macedonia-8.8%

Kosovo-8.3%

Iceland-8.2%

Romania-7.5%

Monaco-6.9%

Luxembourg-6.7%

Denmark-6.4%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Niger	7.59	1
2	Somalia	7.27	2
3	Chad	6.95	3
4	Congo - Kinshasa	6.58	4
5	Mali	6.54	5
6	Angola	6.12	8
7	Burundi	6.11	6
8	Afghanistan	6.09	7
9	Central African Republic	6.01	10
10	Nigeria	5.89	11
11	Uganda	5.88	9
12	Burkina Faso	5.87	12
13	Mozambique	5.60	13
14	Gambia	5.54	14
15	Benin	5.44	15
16	Mauritania	5.38	17
17	Guinea	5.34	16
18	Zambia	5.26	18
19	Côte d’Ivoire	5.24	21
20	Sierra Leone	5.21	19
21	South Sudan	5.19	20
22	Tanzania	5.14	24
23	Equatorial Guinea	5.13	25
24	Senegal	5.10	31
25	Sudan	5.09	27
26	Malawi	5.08	23
27	Ethiopia	5.08	22
28	Guinea-Bissau	5.07	28
29	Cameroon	5.05	26
30	Togo	4.98	29
31	Liberia	4.97	30
32	Congo - Brazzaville	4.83	33
33	Madagascar	4.74	32
34	Comoros	4.72	37
35	São Tomé & Príncipe	4.72	36
36	Yemen	4.63	35
37	Timor-Leste	4.61	34
38	Iraq	4.59	41
39	Samoa	4.56	40
40	Eritrea	4.49	38
41	Solomon Islands	4.34	45
42	Rwanda	4.33	39
43	Pakistan	4.30	44
44	Palestinian Territories	4.30	43
45	Kenya	4.28	42
46	Ghana	4.18	46
47	Gabon	4.15	47
48	Zimbabwe	4.13	49
49	Nauru	4.12	50
50	Vanuatu	4.09	48
51	Kiribati	3.88	51
52	Tonga	3.83	53
53	Papua New Guinea	3.82	52
54	Jordan	3.69	54
55	Namibia	3.66	56
56	Marshall Islands	3.53	55
57	Tuvalu	3.46	59
58	Tajikistan	3.46	58
59	Haiti	3.43	57
60	Lesotho	3.34	68
61	Djibouti	3.34	60
62	Eswatini	3.32	62
63	Egypt	3.31	65
64	Guatemala	3.29	61
65	Syria	3.28	63
66	Philippines	3.24	64
67	Micronesia	3.22	67
68	Northern Mariana Islands	3.21	75
69	American Samoa	3.17	66
70	Bolivia	3.14	69
71	Botswana	3.10	71
72	Kyrgyzstan	3.10	72
73	Laos	3.05	70
74	Honduras	3.00	73
75	Israel	2.98	74
76	Oman	2.96	77
77	Turkmenistan	2.90	80
78	Algeria	2.90	78
79	Guam	2.88	76
80	Saudi Arabia	2.80	81
81	Cambodia	2.78	79
82	Guyana	2.69	85
83	Paraguay	2.67	83
84	Suriname	2.67	84
85	Libya	2.65	89
86	Fiji	2.63	82
87	Ecuador	2.60	87
88	Kazakhstan	2.60	88
89	Panama	2.60	92
90	Mongolia	2.60	103
91	Morocco	2.60	86
92	Nicaragua	2.56	91
93	India	2.53	90
94	Belize	2.53	94
95	Dominican Republic	2.53	93
96	Indonesia	2.52	97
97	Nepal	2.46	95
98	South Africa	2.44	98
99	St. Martin	2.42	102
100	Peru	2.41	100
101	Venezuela	2.40	104
102	Argentina	2.39	101
103	Uzbekistan	2.35	99
104	Cape Verde	2.33	110
105	Lebanon	2.32	112
106	Mexico	2.32	108
107	Bangladesh	2.31	106
108	Maldives	2.31	107
109	Myanmar (Burma)	2.31	109
110	Seychelles	2.30	126
111	Faroe Islands	2.28	96
112	El Salvador	2.22	114
113	Monaco	2.22	105
114	New Caledonia	2.20	118
115	Tunisia	2.19	128
116	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.16	111
117	Bhutan	2.16	113
118	Malaysia	2.15	122
119	Sri Lanka	2.14	125
120	Curaçao	2.10	116
121	Greenland	2.10	119
122	New Zealand	2.09	120
123	St. Vincent & Grenadines	2.08	123
124	Qatar	2.07	124
125	French Polynesia	2.06	121
126	Türkiye	2.05	127
127	Kosovo	2.04	115
128	Ireland	2.03	129
129	Bahrain	2.02	135
130	Iceland	2.02	117
131	France	2.01	132
132	Grenada	2.01	131
133	Sint Maarten	1.99	155
134	Uruguay	1.99	133
135	Gibraltar	1.97	138
136	Palau	1.96	141
137	Azerbaijan	1.96	145
138	Brunei	1.96	140
139	Kuwait	1.96	130
140	Colombia	1.94	134
141	Vietnam	1.93	148
142	Australia	1.93	143
143	Georgia	1.92	137
144	United Kingdom	1.91	146
145	Isle of Man	1.90	144
146	Sweden	1.90	136
147	United States	1.89	142
148	North Korea	1.88	149
149	Norway	1.88	139
150	Costa Rica	1.88	158
151	Dominica	1.86	150
152	Turks & Caicos Islands	1.86	147
153	Aruba	1.86	154
154	Finland	1.83	152
155	Chile	1.82	156
156	Belgium	1.81	153
157	Iran	1.79	166
158	Bahamas	1.79	157
159	Brazil	1.78	161
160	Netherlands	1.76	160
161	Barbados	1.76	163
162	Denmark	1.75	151
163	Antigua & Barbuda	1.75	162
164	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.74	165
165	Cuba	1.73	172
166	Jamaica	1.72	159
167	Liechtenstein	1.69	202
168	Albania	1.68	174
169	China	1.67	171
170	Moldova	1.65	168
171	Montenegro	1.65	169
172	Cayman Islands	1.64	170
173	Canada	1.63	175
174	Trinidad & Tobago	1.61	178
175	Estonia	1.61	167
176	Puerto Rico	1.60	177
177	Channel Islands	1.59	181
178	Russia	1.58	185
179	Thailand	1.57	187
180	Bermuda	1.57	164
181	Slovenia	1.56	184
182	Lithuania	1.55	191
183	Mauritius	1.55	183
184	United Arab Emirates	1.54	186
185	Switzerland	1.52	188
186	Luxembourg	1.52	176
187	Belarus	1.52	192
188	Bulgaria	1.51	182
189	Armenia	1.50	190
190	St. Lucia	1.50	173
191	Romania	1.47	180
192	Ukraine	1.46	198
193	North Macedonia	1.46	179
194	San Marino	1.46	195
195	Malta	1.45	209
196	Slovakia	1.45	200
197	Austria	1.43	196
198	Czechia	1.43	189
199	Italy	1.42	197
200	Croatia	1.41	194
201	Greece	1.40	193
202	Serbia	1.40	203
203	Germany	1.39	204
204	Japan	1.39	205
205	Cyprus	1.36	199
206	Portugal	1.35	206
207	Spain	1.34	207
208	Latvia	1.33	208
209	Poland	1.33	201
210	Andorra	1.32	210
211	British Virgin Islands	1.27	214
212	South Korea	1.24	213
213	Hungary	1.23	212
214	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.21	211
215	Hong Kong	1.20	216
216	Singapore	1.20	215
217	Macau	1.15	217

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