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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2012

Countries217

1. Niger7.53

Median2.28

Japan1.41202 / 217

World2.56

Top 20

Niger7.53

Somalia7.21

Chad6.91

Congo - Kinshasa6.56

Mali6.52

Central African Republic6.05

Angola6.04

Burundi5.99

Afghanistan5.99

Nigeria5.80

Burkina Faso5.79

Uganda5.73

Gambia5.52

Mozambique5.52

Benin5.43

Mauritania5.35

Guinea5.23

Côte d’Ivoire5.19

Tanzania5.14

Zambia5.14

Bottom 10

Poland1.33

Spain1.32

South Korea1.30

Singapore1.29

San Marino1.29

Hong Kong1.28

Portugal1.28

Andorra1.26

Bosnia & Herzegovina1.25

British Virgin Islands1.10

Biggest increases since 2011

Macau+18.0%

St. Martin+14.4%

Faroe Islands+10.9%

Hungary+8.9%

Guam+8.4%

Latvia+8.3%

Croatia+7.8%

China+7.8%

Singapore+7.5%

Belarus+6.9%

Biggest decreases since 2011

British Virgin Islands-13.0%

San Marino-11.5%

Liechtenstein-10.7%

Slovakia-7.6%

Cape Verde-7.6%

Cayman Islands-6.5%

Antigua & Barbuda-5.2%

Portugal-5.2%

U.S. Virgin Islands-4.6%

Andorra-4.6%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Niger	7.53	1
2	Somalia	7.21	2
3	Chad	6.90	3
4	Congo - Kinshasa	6.56	4
5	Mali	6.52	5
6	Central African Republic	6.05	9
7	Angola	6.04	6
8	Burundi	5.99	7
9	Afghanistan	5.98	8
10	Nigeria	5.80	10
11	Burkina Faso	5.79	12
12	Uganda	5.73	11
13	Gambia	5.52	14
14	Mozambique	5.52	13
15	Benin	5.43	15
16	Mauritania	5.35	16
17	Guinea	5.23	17
18	Côte d’Ivoire	5.19	19
19	Tanzania	5.14	22
20	Zambia	5.14	18
21	Senegal	5.13	24
22	Sierra Leone	5.06	20
23	South Sudan	5.06	21
24	Equatorial Guinea	5.04	23
25	Sudan	5.03	25
26	Guinea-Bissau	5.00	28
27	Cameroon	4.98	29
28	Malawi	4.90	26
29	Ethiopia	4.89	27
30	Liberia	4.88	31
31	Togo	4.85	30
32	Congo - Brazzaville	4.78	32
33	São Tomé & Príncipe	4.66	35
34	Comoros	4.65	34
35	Yemen	4.63	36
36	Madagascar	4.61	33
37	Samoa	4.54	39
38	Iraq	4.54	38
39	Eritrea	4.41	40
40	Timor-Leste	4.40	37
41	Solomon Islands	4.33	41
42	Pakistan	4.20	43
43	Rwanda	4.20	42
44	Ghana	4.15	46
45	Palestinian Territories	4.15	44
46	Zimbabwe	4.13	48
47	Kenya	4.12	45
48	Nauru	4.12	49
49	Gabon	4.09	47
50	Vanuatu	4.06	50
51	Kiribati	3.77	51
52	Tonga	3.77	52
53	Papua New Guinea	3.75	53
54	Namibia	3.68	55
55	Jordan	3.57	54
56	Tuvalu	3.47	57
57	Tajikistan	3.42	58
58	Egypt	3.40	63
59	Marshall Islands	3.38	56
60	Northern Mariana Islands	3.33	68
61	Haiti	3.32	59
62	Lesotho	3.30	60
63	Eswatini	3.27	62
64	Djibouti	3.26	61
65	Syria	3.22	65
66	Guatemala	3.22	64
67	Kyrgyzstan	3.20	72
68	Micronesia	3.18	67
69	Philippines	3.14	66
70	Guam	3.12	79
71	Bolivia	3.08	70
72	Botswana	3.07	71
73	Israel	3.05	75
74	American Samoa	3.04	69
75	Algeria	3.00	78
76	Turkmenistan	2.96	77
77	Laos	2.95	73
78	Oman	2.93	76
79	Honduras	2.93	74
80	Saudi Arabia	2.78	80
81	St. Martin	2.77	99
82	Cambodia	2.75	81
83	Guyana	2.70	82
84	Mongolia	2.70	90
85	Libya	2.68	85
86	Suriname	2.67	84
87	Paraguay	2.66	83
88	Kazakhstan	2.64	88
89	Fiji	2.61	86
90	Panama	2.59	89
91	Morocco	2.54	91
92	Faroe Islands	2.53	111
93	Nicaragua	2.53	92
94	Indonesia	2.51	96
95	Belize	2.51	94
96	Ecuador	2.51	87
97	Dominican Republic	2.50	95
98	India	2.47	93
99	South Africa	2.45	98
100	Nepal	2.42	97
101	Venezuela	2.38	101
102	Peru	2.36	100
103	Lebanon	2.34	105
104	Uzbekistan	2.34	103
105	Seychelles	2.32	110
106	Argentina	2.30	102
107	Monaco	2.29	113
108	Mexico	2.29	106
109	Tunisia	2.28	115
110	Myanmar (Burma)	2.28	109
111	Bangladesh	2.26	107
112	Maldives	2.25	108
113	New Caledonia	2.20	114
114	Curaçao	2.20	120
115	El Salvador	2.19	112
116	Sri Lanka	2.17	119
117	Cape Verde	2.15	104
118	Malaysia	2.12	118
119	St. Vincent & Grenadines	2.11	123
120	Bahrain	2.11	129
121	Türkiye	2.11	126
122	New Zealand	2.10	122
123	Bhutan	2.07	117
124	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.06	116
125	Iceland	2.04	130
126	Qatar	2.04	124
127	French Polynesia	2.03	125
128	Uruguay	2.01	134
129	France	2.01	131
130	Greenland	2.01	121
131	Palau	2.01	136
132	Azerbaijan	2.00	137
133	Gibraltar	2.00	135
134	Kuwait	1.99	139
135	Ireland	1.98	128
136	Brunei	1.97	138
137	Kosovo	1.97	127
138	Grenada	1.97	132
139	Vietnam	1.97	141
140	Sint Maarten	1.96	133
141	Georgia	1.93	143
142	Australia	1.92	142
143	United Kingdom	1.92	144
144	Sweden	1.91	146
145	Aruba	1.91	153
146	Colombia	1.90	140
147	North Korea	1.88	148
148	United States	1.88	147
149	Isle of Man	1.86	145
150	Costa Rica	1.85	150
151	Iran	1.85	157
152	Norway	1.85	149
153	Dominica	1.83	151
154	Turks & Caicos Islands	1.80	152
155	Belgium	1.80	156
156	Finland	1.80	154
157	Chile	1.80	155
158	China	1.80	169
159	Brazil	1.77	159
160	Bahamas	1.76	158
161	Barbados	1.73	161
162	Denmark	1.73	162
163	Montenegro	1.72	171
164	Netherlands	1.72	160
165	Albania	1.72	168
166	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.71	164
167	Russia	1.69	178
168	Cuba	1.67	165
169	Moldova	1.66	170
170	Antigua & Barbuda	1.66	163
171	Jamaica	1.65	166
172	Canada	1.63	173
173	Belarus	1.62	187
174	Trinidad & Tobago	1.61	174
175	Armenia	1.60	189
176	Lithuania	1.60	182
177	Channel Islands	1.58	177
178	Slovenia	1.58	181
179	Luxembourg	1.57	186
180	Thailand	1.56	179
181	Estonia	1.56	175
182	Mauritius	1.56	183
183	Puerto Rico	1.54	176
184	United Arab Emirates	1.53	184
185	Cayman Islands	1.53	172
186	Bermuda	1.53	180
187	Ukraine	1.53	192
188	Switzerland	1.52	185
189	Croatia	1.52	200
190	Romania	1.52	191
191	Liechtenstein	1.51	167
192	Bulgaria	1.50	188
193	St. Lucia	1.50	190
194	North Macedonia	1.50	193
195	Czechia	1.45	198
196	Serbia	1.45	202
197	Austria	1.44	197
198	Latvia	1.44	208
199	Italy	1.42	199
200	Malta	1.42	195
201	Germany	1.41	203
202	Japan	1.41	204
203	Cyprus	1.38	205
204	Macau	1.36	217
205	Greece	1.34	201
206	Hungary	1.34	213
207	Slovakia	1.34	196
208	Poland	1.33	209
209	Spain	1.32	207
210	South Korea	1.30	212
211	Singapore	1.29	216
212	San Marino	1.29	194
213	Hong Kong	1.28	215
214	Portugal	1.28	206
215	Andorra	1.26	210
216	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.25	214
217	British Virgin Islands	1.10	211

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