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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2013

Countries217

1. Niger7.44

Median2.26

Japan1.43199 / 217

World2.52

Top 20

Niger7.45

Somalia7.14

Chad6.84

Congo - Kinshasa6.53

Mali6.49

Central African Republic6.08

Angola5.95

Burundi5.89

Afghanistan5.88

Burkina Faso5.70

Nigeria5.69

Uganda5.56

Mozambique5.43

Benin5.41

Gambia5.39

Mauritania5.32

Tanzania5.16

Guinea5.15

Côte d’Ivoire5.13

Senegal5.05

Bottom 10

Poland1.29

Bosnia & Herzegovina1.28

Spain1.27

Portugal1.21

Singapore1.19

South Korea1.19

Macau1.15

Andorra1.14

Hong Kong1.12

British Virgin Islands1.09

Biggest increases since 2012

San Marino+15.1%

Mongolia+11.1%

Northern Mariana Islands+6.2%

Latvia+5.6%

Gibraltar+5.0%

Uzbekistan+4.6%

Iran+3.3%

Georgia+3.3%

Greenland+3.1%

Belarus+3.0%

Biggest decreases since 2012

Macau-15.3%

Hong Kong-12.5%

Andorra-9.4%

South Korea-8.5%

Singapore-7.8%

Guam-7.5%

Antigua & Barbuda-7.1%

Mauritius-7.1%

Ecuador-5.9%

Cyprus-5.6%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Niger	7.44	1
2	Somalia	7.14	2
3	Chad	6.84	3
4	Congo - Kinshasa	6.53	4
5	Mali	6.49	5
6	Central African Republic	6.08	6
7	Angola	5.95	7
8	Burundi	5.89	8
9	Afghanistan	5.88	9
10	Burkina Faso	5.70	11
11	Nigeria	5.69	10
12	Uganda	5.56	12
13	Mozambique	5.43	14
14	Benin	5.41	15
15	Gambia	5.39	13
16	Mauritania	5.32	16
17	Tanzania	5.16	19
18	Guinea	5.15	17
19	Côte d’Ivoire	5.14	18
20	Senegal	5.05	21
21	Zambia	5.01	20
22	Sudan	4.96	25
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.95	24
24	South Sudan	4.94	23
25	Guinea-Bissau	4.93	26
26	Cameroon	4.90	27
27	Sierra Leone	4.87	22
28	Malawi	4.76	28
29	Togo	4.75	31
30	Liberia	4.75	30
31	Congo - Brazzaville	4.73	32
32	Ethiopia	4.71	29
33	Yemen	4.62	35
34	São Tomé & Príncipe	4.58	33
35	Comoros	4.57	34
36	Madagascar	4.53	36
37	Samoa	4.49	37
38	Iraq	4.44	38
39	Eritrea	4.34	39
40	Solomon Islands	4.32	41
41	Timor-Leste	4.21	40
42	Rwanda	4.14	43
43	Pakistan	4.12	42
44	Ghana	4.11	44
45	Zimbabwe	4.11	46
46	Nauru	4.10	48
47	Palestinian Territories	4.05	45
48	Vanuatu	4.04	50
49	Gabon	4.02	49
50	Kenya	3.96	47
51	Tonga	3.70	52
52	Papua New Guinea	3.68	53
53	Namibia	3.65	54
54	Kiribati	3.64	51
55	Northern Mariana Islands	3.54	60
56	Egypt	3.49	58
57	Jordan	3.45	55
58	Tajikistan	3.43	57
59	Tuvalu	3.39	56
60	Lesotho	3.28	62
61	Marshall Islands	3.25	59
62	Eswatini	3.24	63
63	Haiti	3.22	61
64	Djibouti	3.19	64
65	Syria	3.16	65
66	Guatemala	3.15	66
67	Micronesia	3.13	68
68	Kyrgyzstan	3.10	67
69	Botswana	3.04	72
70	Philippines	3.04	69
71	Israel	3.03	73
72	Bolivia	3.01	71
73	Turkmenistan	3.01	76
74	Mongolia	3.00	84
75	Algeria	3.00	75
76	Oman	2.95	78
77	American Samoa	2.93	74
78	Guam	2.88	70
79	Laos	2.87	77
80	Honduras	2.86	79
81	Cambodia	2.74	82
82	St. Martin	2.72	81
83	Libya	2.72	85
84	Guyana	2.71	83
85	Kazakhstan	2.67	88
86	Saudi Arabia	2.67	80
87	Suriname	2.65	86
88	Paraguay	2.64	87
89	Fiji	2.60	89
90	Panama	2.57	90
91	Faroe Islands	2.51	92
92	Belize	2.50	95
93	Nicaragua	2.49	93
94	Morocco	2.48	91
95	Dominican Republic	2.47	97
96	Uzbekistan	2.44	104
97	Indonesia	2.44	94
98	South Africa	2.43	99
99	India	2.40	98
100	Ecuador	2.36	96
101	Lebanon	2.36	103
102	Nepal	2.36	100
103	Argentina	2.34	106
104	Venezuela	2.33	101
105	Peru	2.32	102
106	Monaco	2.31	107
107	Tunisia	2.31	109
108	Mexico	2.27	108
109	Myanmar (Burma)	2.26	110
110	Bangladesh	2.25	111
111	Seychelles	2.21	105
112	Sri Lanka	2.18	116
113	Maldives	2.17	112
114	New Caledonia	2.17	113
115	Bahrain	2.17	120
116	El Salvador	2.15	115
117	Türkiye	2.11	121
118	St. Vincent & Grenadines	2.11	119
119	Curaçao	2.10	114
120	Gibraltar	2.10	133
121	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.08	124
122	Malaysia	2.07	118
123	Greenland	2.07	130
124	Cape Verde	2.07	117
125	Palau	2.05	131
126	Uruguay	2.03	128
127	Qatar	2.03	126
128	New Zealand	2.01	122
129	Bhutan	2.00	123
130	Georgia	1.99	141
131	France	1.99	129
132	Azerbaijan	1.98	132
133	Vietnam	1.98	139
134	Brunei	1.98	136
135	Kuwait	1.97	134
136	Kosovo	1.95	137
137	Aruba	1.94	145
138	French Polynesia	1.94	127
139	Ireland	1.93	135
140	Iceland	1.93	125
141	Grenada	1.91	138
142	Iran	1.91	151
143	Sint Maarten	1.89	140
144	Sweden	1.89	144
145	North Korea	1.88	147
146	Colombia	1.86	146
147	United States	1.86	148
148	Australia	1.86	142
149	United Kingdom	1.83	143
150	Isle of Man	1.82	149
151	Chile	1.79	157
152	Norway	1.78	152
153	Costa Rica	1.78	150
154	Dominica	1.78	153
155	Brazil	1.76	159
156	Belgium	1.76	155
157	Turks & Caicos Islands	1.75	154
158	Finland	1.75	156
159	Albania	1.74	165
160	Bahamas	1.74	160
161	Montenegro	1.73	163
162	Barbados	1.73	161
163	China	1.71	158
164	Russia	1.71	167
165	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.68	166
166	Netherlands	1.68	164
167	Cuba	1.68	168
168	Denmark	1.67	162
169	Belarus	1.67	173
170	Moldova	1.62	169
171	Canada	1.61	172
172	Trinidad & Tobago	1.60	174
173	Armenia	1.60	175
174	Jamaica	1.59	171
175	Lithuania	1.59	176
176	Channel Islands	1.56	177
177	Luxembourg	1.55	179
178	Slovenia	1.55	178
179	Bulgaria	1.54	192
180	Antigua & Barbuda	1.54	170
181	United Arab Emirates	1.53	184
182	Thailand	1.53	180
183	Bermuda	1.52	186
184	Switzerland	1.52	188
185	Estonia	1.52	181
186	Latvia	1.52	198
187	Ukraine	1.52	187
188	St. Lucia	1.50	193
189	North Macedonia	1.50	194
190	San Marino	1.48	212
191	Puerto Rico	1.47	183
192	Czechia	1.46	195
193	Croatia	1.46	189
194	Romania	1.46	190
195	Liechtenstein	1.45	191
196	Mauritius	1.45	182
197	Cayman Islands	1.44	185
198	Austria	1.44	197
199	Japan	1.43	202
200	Serbia	1.43	196
201	Germany	1.42	201
202	Italy	1.39	199
203	Hungary	1.36	206
204	Malta	1.36	200
205	Slovakia	1.34	207
206	Cyprus	1.30	203
207	Greece	1.29	205
208	Poland	1.29	208
209	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.28	216
210	Spain	1.27	209
211	Portugal	1.21	214
212	Singapore	1.19	211
213	South Korea	1.19	210
214	Macau	1.15	204
215	Andorra	1.14	215
216	Hong Kong	1.12	213
217	British Virgin Islands	1.09	217

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