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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2015

Countries217

1. Niger7.22

Median2.23

Japan1.45193 / 217

World2.49

Top 20

Niger7.21

Somalia6.97

Chad6.71

Congo - Kinshasa6.44

Mali6.38

Central African Republic6.13

Angola5.77

Burundi5.70

Afghanistan5.65

Nigeria5.50

Burkina Faso5.48

Benin5.32

Uganda5.25

Mozambique5.25

Mauritania5.21

Tanzania5.03

Gambia5.00

Guinea5.00

Côte d’Ivoire4.97

Sudan4.90

Bottom 10

Poland1.32

Portugal1.31

Cayman Islands1.27

Singapore1.24

South Korea1.24

Andorra1.22

Hong Kong1.20

San Marino1.20

British Virgin Islands1.19

Macau1.14

Biggest increases since 2014

Greenland+6.5%

Portugal+5.6%

Bosnia & Herzegovina+4.8%

Andorra+4.7%

Romania+3.8%

Lithuania+3.8%

New Zealand+3.6%

Seychelles+3.2%

Latvia+3.0%

South Korea+2.8%

Biggest decreases since 2014

Liechtenstein-11.9%

Northern Mariana Islands-7.1%

Iceland-6.7%

Macau-6.7%

Bahamas-6.7%

Puerto Rico-6.7%

Armenia-5.9%

Kosovo-5.7%

China-5.6%

Timor-Leste-5.5%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Niger	7.22	1
2	Somalia	6.98	2
3	Chad	6.71	3
4	Congo - Kinshasa	6.44	4
5	Mali	6.38	5
6	Central African Republic	6.13	6
7	Angola	5.77	7
8	Burundi	5.70	8
9	Afghanistan	5.65	9
10	Nigeria	5.50	10
11	Burkina Faso	5.48	11
12	Benin	5.32	13
13	Uganda	5.25	12
14	Mozambique	5.24	14
15	Mauritania	5.21	15
16	Tanzania	5.02	17
17	Gambia	5.00	16
18	Guinea	5.00	19
19	Côte d’Ivoire	4.97	18
20	Sudan	4.90	20
21	Cameroon	4.84	24
22	Zambia	4.78	21
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.77	23
24	Senegal	4.75	22
25	South Sudan	4.70	25
26	Togo	4.66	28
27	Guinea-Bissau	4.66	26
28	Yemen	4.62	31
29	Congo - Brazzaville	4.61	29
30	Sierra Leone	4.55	27
31	Ethiopia	4.53	32
32	Liberia	4.52	30
33	Comoros	4.42	34
34	Malawi	4.38	33
35	São Tomé & Príncipe	4.35	35
36	Samoa	4.34	36
37	Madagascar	4.34	37
38	Solomon Islands	4.29	38
39	Eritrea	4.22	40
40	Rwanda	4.11	41
41	Iraq	4.08	39
42	Nauru	4.08	42
43	Pakistan	3.99	43
44	Ghana	3.98	44
45	Palestinian Territories	3.98	48
46	Vanuatu	3.95	47
47	Gabon	3.92	49
48	Zimbabwe	3.91	45
49	Timor-Leste	3.78	46
50	Kenya	3.77	50
51	Namibia	3.60	51
52	Papua New Guinea	3.56	52
53	Tonga	3.54	53
54	Egypt	3.50	55
55	Tajikistan	3.46	56
56	Kiribati	3.44	54
57	Tuvalu	3.31	58
58	Lesotho	3.22	60
59	Kyrgyzstan	3.20	61
60	Jordan	3.14	59
61	Northern Mariana Islands	3.13	57
62	Marshall Islands	3.13	63
63	Eswatini	3.12	62
64	Haiti	3.11	64
65	Algeria	3.09	70
66	Israel	3.09	71
67	Syria	3.07	65
68	Micronesia	3.05	68
69	Djibouti	3.04	66
70	Turkmenistan	3.03	73
71	Guatemala	3.03	69
72	Botswana	3.01	72
73	Mongolia	3.00	67
74	Oman	2.96	74
75	Guam	2.93	76
76	Bolivia	2.89	75
77	Philippines	2.83	77
78	Laos	2.80	79
79	American Samoa	2.78	78
80	Kazakhstan	2.76	81
81	Honduras	2.75	80
82	Cambodia	2.73	83
83	Libya	2.71	82
84	Guyana	2.67	85
85	St. Martin	2.66	84
86	Paraguay	2.64	87
87	Saudi Arabia	2.63	86
88	Uzbekistan	2.58	92
89	Suriname	2.57	88
90	Fiji	2.57	89
91	Panama	2.53	90
92	Monaco	2.50	93
93	Nicaragua	2.43	95
94	Belize	2.43	94
95	Dominican Republic	2.43	96
96	Faroe Islands	2.41	91
97	Morocco	2.41	97
98	Lebanon	2.38	101
99	South Africa	2.36	98
100	Argentina	2.35	100
101	Indonesia	2.35	99
102	Tunisia	2.31	103
103	India	2.29	105
104	Nepal	2.27	102
105	Myanmar (Burma)	2.27	108
106	Seychelles	2.26	111
107	Venezuela	2.25	104
108	Peru	2.23	107
109	Bangladesh	2.23	109
110	Georgia	2.21	113
111	Ecuador	2.21	106
112	Türkiye	2.16	112
113	Mexico	2.14	110
114	St. Vincent & Grenadines	2.13	115
115	Greenland	2.12	131
116	Bahrain	2.11	114
117	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.11	119
118	Vietnam	2.10	120
119	Sri Lanka	2.09	116
120	New Caledonia	2.08	118
121	Gibraltar	2.07	122
122	El Salvador	2.07	117
123	Uruguay	2.04	128
124	Kuwait	2.03	123
125	Iran	2.02	132
126	Malaysia	2.01	124
127	Maldives	2.00	121
128	Palau	2.00	125
129	New Zealand	1.99	139
130	Qatar	1.98	127
131	Cape Verde	1.97	126
132	France	1.96	130
133	Brunei	1.95	134
134	Azerbaijan	1.94	133
135	Curaçao	1.90	129
136	Aruba	1.90	136
137	French Polynesia	1.87	135
138	Moldova	1.87	147
139	North Korea	1.86	142
140	Ireland	1.85	140
141	Sweden	1.85	141
142	United States	1.84	144
143	Bhutan	1.84	138
144	Australia	1.81	145
145	United Kingdom	1.80	149
146	Iceland	1.80	137
147	Costa Rica	1.80	150
148	Brazil	1.78	153
149	Russia	1.78	158
150	Colombia	1.77	146
151	Kosovo	1.76	143
152	Isle of Man	1.75	152
153	Chile	1.74	154
154	Sint Maarten	1.73	148
155	Barbados	1.73	161
156	Belarus	1.72	167
157	Norway	1.72	157
158	Turks & Caicos Islands	1.72	160
159	Grenada	1.72	151
160	Denmark	1.71	168
161	Belgium	1.70	159
162	Latvia	1.70	172
163	Montenegro	1.70	156
164	Cuba	1.68	171
165	China	1.67	155
166	Netherlands	1.66	165
167	Finland	1.65	164
168	Dominica	1.65	163
169	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.64	170
170	Bulgaria	1.64	173
171	Albania	1.63	162
172	Lithuania	1.63	178
173	Romania	1.62	179
174	Armenia	1.60	166
175	Canada	1.60	174
176	Trinidad & Tobago	1.60	175
177	Estonia	1.58	183
178	Bahamas	1.57	169
179	Czechia	1.57	184
180	Slovenia	1.57	177
181	Antigua & Barbuda	1.57	185
182	Switzerland	1.54	181
183	Jamaica	1.51	180
184	Channel Islands	1.50	182
185	Germany	1.50	191
186	Austria	1.49	193
187	North Macedonia	1.49	187
188	St. Lucia	1.47	188
189	Luxembourg	1.47	186
190	Hungary	1.46	196
191	Serbia	1.46	195
192	Thailand	1.45	189
193	Japan	1.45	200
194	Bermuda	1.44	199
195	United Arab Emirates	1.42	190
196	Croatia	1.41	194
197	Liechtenstein	1.40	176
198	Slovakia	1.40	203
199	Ukraine	1.39	192
200	Malta	1.37	202
201	Mauritius	1.37	197
202	Italy	1.36	201
203	Puerto Rico	1.34	198
204	Spain	1.33	205
205	Greece	1.33	208
206	Cyprus	1.32	207
207	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.32	209
208	Poland	1.32	206
209	Portugal	1.31	212
210	Cayman Islands	1.27	204
211	Singapore	1.24	211
212	South Korea	1.24	216
213	Andorra	1.22	217
214	Hong Kong	1.20	213
215	San Marino	1.20	210
216	British Virgin Islands	1.19	214
217	Macau	1.14	215

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