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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2014

Countries217

1. Niger7.34

Median2.23

Japan1.42200 / 217

World2.52

Top 20

Niger7.34

Somalia7.06

Chad6.78

Congo - Kinshasa6.48

Mali6.44

Central African Republic6.10

Angola5.86

Burundi5.79

Afghanistan5.77

Nigeria5.62

Burkina Faso5.59

Uganda5.41

Benin5.37

Mozambique5.30

Mauritania5.26

Gambia5.20

Tanzania5.12

Côte d’Ivoire5.07

Guinea5.07

Sudan4.91

Bottom 10

Greece1.30

Bosnia & Herzegovina1.26

San Marino1.26

Singapore1.25

Portugal1.24

Hong Kong1.24

British Virgin Islands1.24

Macau1.22

South Korea1.21

Andorra1.17

Biggest increases since 2013

British Virgin Islands+13.7%

Moldova+12.2%

Hong Kong+9.8%

Liechtenstein+9.7%

Georgia+9.4%

Latvia+8.6%

Monaco+7.4%

Romania+6.8%

Hungary+6.6%

Macau+6.4%

Biggest decreases since 2013

San Marino-15.1%

Cayman Islands-7.7%

Bermuda-6.7%

Grenada-6.0%

Timor-Leste-5.0%

Philippines-4.9%

Curaçao-4.8%

Northern Mariana Islands-4.6%

New Zealand-4.5%

India-4.4%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Niger	7.34	1
2	Somalia	7.06	2
3	Chad	6.78	3
4	Congo - Kinshasa	6.48	4
5	Mali	6.44	5
6	Central African Republic	6.10	6
7	Angola	5.86	7
8	Burundi	5.79	8
9	Afghanistan	5.77	9
10	Nigeria	5.62	11
11	Burkina Faso	5.60	10
12	Uganda	5.41	12
13	Benin	5.37	14
14	Mozambique	5.30	13
15	Mauritania	5.26	16
16	Gambia	5.20	15
17	Tanzania	5.12	17
18	Côte d’Ivoire	5.07	19
19	Guinea	5.07	18
20	Sudan	4.91	22
21	Zambia	4.89	21
22	Senegal	4.88	20
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.86	23
24	Cameroon	4.84	26
25	South Sudan	4.82	24
26	Guinea-Bissau	4.79	25
27	Sierra Leone	4.70	27
28	Togo	4.70	29
29	Congo - Brazzaville	4.66	31
30	Liberia	4.62	30
31	Yemen	4.62	33
32	Ethiopia	4.60	32
33	Malawi	4.57	28
34	Comoros	4.49	35
35	São Tomé & Príncipe	4.48	34
36	Samoa	4.42	37
37	Madagascar	4.42	36
38	Solomon Islands	4.36	40
39	Iraq	4.31	38
40	Eritrea	4.27	39
41	Rwanda	4.12	42
42	Nauru	4.08	46
43	Pakistan	4.06	43
44	Ghana	4.03	44
45	Zimbabwe	4.01	45
46	Timor-Leste	4.00	41
47	Vanuatu	4.00	48
48	Palestinian Territories	4.00	47
49	Gabon	3.95	49
50	Kenya	3.84	50
51	Namibia	3.64	53
52	Papua New Guinea	3.62	52
53	Tonga	3.62	51
54	Kiribati	3.52	54
55	Egypt	3.49	56
56	Tajikistan	3.46	58
57	Northern Mariana Islands	3.37	55
58	Tuvalu	3.33	59
59	Jordan	3.30	57
60	Lesotho	3.24	60
61	Kyrgyzstan	3.20	68
62	Eswatini	3.18	62
63	Marshall Islands	3.18	61
64	Haiti	3.16	63
65	Syria	3.12	65
66	Djibouti	3.12	64
67	Mongolia	3.10	74
68	Micronesia	3.09	67
69	Guatemala	3.09	66
70	Algeria	3.08	75
71	Israel	3.08	71
72	Botswana	3.03	69
73	Turkmenistan	3.02	73
74	Oman	2.97	76
75	Bolivia	2.95	72
76	Guam	2.95	78
77	Philippines	2.89	70
78	American Samoa	2.85	77
79	Laos	2.80	79
80	Honduras	2.79	80
81	Kazakhstan	2.76	85
82	Libya	2.75	83
83	Cambodia	2.73	81
84	St. Martin	2.71	82
85	Guyana	2.70	84
86	Saudi Arabia	2.68	86
87	Paraguay	2.65	88
88	Suriname	2.62	87
89	Fiji	2.59	89
90	Panama	2.55	90
91	Faroe Islands	2.55	91
92	Uzbekistan	2.55	96
93	Monaco	2.48	106
94	Belize	2.47	92
95	Nicaragua	2.46	93
96	Dominican Republic	2.45	95
97	Morocco	2.42	94
98	South Africa	2.42	98
99	Indonesia	2.39	97
100	Argentina	2.39	103
101	Lebanon	2.38	101
102	Nepal	2.32	102
103	Tunisia	2.32	107
104	Venezuela	2.30	104
105	India	2.29	99
106	Ecuador	2.27	100
107	Peru	2.27	105
108	Myanmar (Burma)	2.25	109
109	Bangladesh	2.23	110
110	Mexico	2.21	108
111	Seychelles	2.19	111
112	Türkiye	2.19	117
113	Georgia	2.18	130
114	Bahrain	2.15	115
115	St. Vincent & Grenadines	2.14	118
116	Sri Lanka	2.13	112
117	El Salvador	2.13	116
118	New Caledonia	2.12	114
119	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.09	121
120	Vietnam	2.09	133
121	Maldives	2.09	113
122	Gibraltar	2.08	120
123	Kuwait	2.06	135
124	Malaysia	2.06	122
125	Palau	2.03	125
126	Cape Verde	2.03	124
127	Qatar	2.03	127
128	Uruguay	2.03	126
129	Curaçao	2.00	119
130	France	2.00	131
131	Greenland	1.99	123
132	Iran	1.98	142
133	Azerbaijan	1.97	132
134	Brunei	1.97	134
135	French Polynesia	1.96	138
136	Aruba	1.94	137
137	Iceland	1.93	140
138	Bhutan	1.92	129
139	New Zealand	1.92	128
140	Ireland	1.89	139
141	Sweden	1.88	144
142	North Korea	1.87	145
143	Kosovo	1.87	136
144	United States	1.86	147
145	Australia	1.83	148
146	Colombia	1.82	146
147	Moldova	1.82	170
148	Sint Maarten	1.82	143
149	United Kingdom	1.81	149
150	Costa Rica	1.80	153
151	Grenada	1.80	141
152	Isle of Man	1.79	150
153	Brazil	1.78	155
154	Chile	1.77	151
155	China	1.77	163
156	Montenegro	1.75	161
157	Norway	1.75	152
158	Russia	1.75	164
159	Belgium	1.74	156
160	Turks & Caicos Islands	1.73	157
161	Barbados	1.73	162
162	Albania	1.72	159
163	Dominica	1.71	154
164	Finland	1.71	158
165	Netherlands	1.71	166
166	Armenia	1.70	173
167	Belarus	1.70	169
168	Denmark	1.69	168
169	Bahamas	1.69	160
170	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.66	165
171	Cuba	1.66	167
172	Latvia	1.65	186
173	Bulgaria	1.62	179
174	Canada	1.61	171
175	Trinidad & Tobago	1.60	172
176	Liechtenstein	1.59	195
177	Slovenia	1.58	178
178	Lithuania	1.57	175
179	Romania	1.56	194
180	Jamaica	1.54	174
181	Switzerland	1.54	184
182	Channel Islands	1.54	176
183	Estonia	1.54	185
184	Czechia	1.53	192
185	Antigua & Barbuda	1.53	180
186	Luxembourg	1.50	177
187	North Macedonia	1.50	189
188	St. Lucia	1.48	188
189	Thailand	1.48	182
190	United Arab Emirates	1.48	181
191	Germany	1.47	201
192	Ukraine	1.47	187
193	Austria	1.46	198
194	Croatia	1.46	193
195	Serbia	1.46	200
196	Hungary	1.45	203
197	Mauritius	1.44	196
198	Puerto Rico	1.43	191
199	Bermuda	1.42	183
200	Japan	1.42	199
201	Italy	1.38	202
202	Malta	1.38	204
203	Slovakia	1.37	205
204	Cayman Islands	1.33	197
205	Spain	1.32	210
206	Poland	1.32	208
207	Cyprus	1.31	206
208	Greece	1.30	207
209	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.26	209
210	San Marino	1.26	190
211	Singapore	1.25	212
212	Portugal	1.24	211
213	Hong Kong	1.24	216
214	British Virgin Islands	1.24	217
215	Macau	1.22	214
216	South Korea	1.20	213
217	Andorra	1.17	215

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