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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2016

Countries217

1. Niger7.04

Median2.22

Japan1.44194 / 217

World2.49

Top 20

Niger7.04

Somalia6.88

Chad6.62

Congo - Kinshasa6.39

Mali6.32

Central African Republic6.13

Angola5.69

Burundi5.59

Afghanistan5.54

Nigeria5.34

Burkina Faso5.33

Benin5.25

Mozambique5.19

Mauritania5.16

Uganda5.11

Tanzania5.01

Guinea4.92

Côte d’Ivoire4.87

Cameroon4.84

Sudan4.83

Bottom 10

Spain1.33

Puerto Rico1.24

Cayman Islands1.23

Hong Kong1.21

Singapore1.20

Andorra1.18

South Korea1.17

Macau1.14

San Marino1.13

British Virgin Islands0.99

Biggest increases since 2015

Liechtenstein+15.0%

Faroe Islands+8.2%

Guam+8.1%

Germany+6.7%

Hungary+6.2%

China+6.1%

Montenegro+5.9%

Slovakia+5.7%

Poland+5.3%

Denmark+4.7%

Biggest decreases since 2015

British Virgin Islands-16.8%

Curaçao-10.5%

Puerto Rico-7.0%

Antigua & Barbuda-7.0%

Kosovo-6.9%

Northern Mariana Islands-6.7%

Gibraltar-6.5%

Qatar-6.1%

New Zealand-6.0%

French Polynesia-5.8%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Niger	7.04	1
2	Somalia	6.88	2
3	Chad	6.62	3
4	Congo - Kinshasa	6.39	4
5	Mali	6.32	5
6	Central African Republic	6.13	6
7	Angola	5.69	7
8	Burundi	5.59	8
9	Afghanistan	5.54	9
10	Nigeria	5.34	10
11	Burkina Faso	5.33	11
12	Benin	5.25	12
13	Mozambique	5.19	14
14	Mauritania	5.16	15
15	Uganda	5.11	13
16	Tanzania	5.01	16
17	Guinea	4.92	18
18	Côte d’Ivoire	4.87	19
19	Cameroon	4.84	21
20	Sudan	4.83	20
21	Gambia	4.81	17
22	Equatorial Guinea	4.69	23
23	Zambia	4.67	22
24	Senegal	4.65	24
25	Togo	4.63	26
26	Yemen	4.61	28
27	South Sudan	4.58	25
28	Congo - Brazzaville	4.55	29
29	Guinea-Bissau	4.52	27
30	Ethiopia	4.47	31
31	Sierra Leone	4.47	30
32	Liberia	4.46	32
33	Comoros	4.35	33
34	Madagascar	4.28	37
35	Samoa	4.26	36
36	Malawi	4.22	34
37	São Tomé & Príncipe	4.20	35
38	Solomon Islands	4.20	38
39	Eritrea	4.16	39
40	Rwanda	4.11	40
41	Nauru	4.03	42
42	Gabon	3.92	47
43	Vanuatu	3.92	46
44	Pakistan	3.90	43
45	Palestinian Territories	3.89	45
46	Ghana	3.87	44
47	Iraq	3.84	41
48	Zimbabwe	3.83	48
49	Kenya	3.69	50
50	Timor-Leste	3.58	49
51	Namibia	3.57	51
52	Papua New Guinea	3.50	52
53	Tonga	3.46	53
54	Tajikistan	3.38	55
55	Kiribati	3.38	56
56	Egypt	3.35	54
57	Tuvalu	3.30	57
58	Lesotho	3.18	58
59	Guam	3.17	75
60	Israel	3.11	66
61	Kyrgyzstan	3.10	59
62	Algeria	3.09	65
63	Marshall Islands	3.09	62
64	Jordan	3.07	60
65	Eswatini	3.07	63
66	Haiti	3.05	64
67	Syria	3.01	67
68	Micronesia	3.00	68
69	Mongolia	3.00	73
70	Botswana	2.99	72
71	Turkmenistan	2.99	70
72	Guatemala	2.97	71
73	Djibouti	2.97	69
74	Oman	2.95	74
75	Northern Mariana Islands	2.92	61
76	Bolivia	2.83	76
77	Kazakhstan	2.80	80
78	Laos	2.74	78
79	Cambodia	2.72	82
80	Honduras	2.70	81
81	American Samoa	2.70	79
82	Philippines	2.68	77
83	Libya	2.67	83
84	Saudi Arabia	2.65	87
85	St. Martin	2.64	85
86	Guyana	2.63	84
87	Paraguay	2.62	86
88	Faroe Islands	2.61	96
89	Monaco	2.58	92
90	Uzbekistan	2.56	88
91	Fiji	2.52	90
92	Panama	2.50	91
93	Suriname	2.50	89
94	Dominican Republic	2.41	95
95	Nicaragua	2.41	93
96	Belize	2.40	94
97	Morocco	2.40	97
98	Lebanon	2.39	98
99	Seychelles	2.33	106
100	Indonesia	2.31	101
101	India	2.28	103
102	Tunisia	2.28	102
103	Myanmar (Burma)	2.27	105
104	South Africa	2.26	99
105	Argentina	2.24	100
106	Georgia	2.23	110
107	Bangladesh	2.23	109
108	Nepal	2.23	104
109	Venezuela	2.22	107
110	Peru	2.19	108
111	Ecuador	2.12	111
112	Türkiye	2.11	112
113	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.09	117
114	Mexico	2.09	113
115	New Caledonia	2.08	120
116	Greenland	2.07	115
117	Sri Lanka	2.06	119
118	Kuwait	2.06	124
119	Palau	2.06	128
120	St. Vincent & Grenadines	2.06	114
121	Iran	2.05	125
122	Bahrain	2.04	116
123	Vietnam	2.00	118
124	Cape Verde	1.97	131
125	Uruguay	1.97	123
126	El Salvador	1.96	122
127	Malaysia	1.94	126
128	Gibraltar	1.94	121
129	France	1.92	132
130	Brunei	1.92	133
131	Maldives	1.90	127
132	Azerbaijan	1.90	134
133	Moldova	1.89	138
134	New Zealand	1.87	129
135	North Korea	1.86	139
136	Qatar	1.86	130
137	Sweden	1.85	141
138	Aruba	1.85	136
139	United States	1.82	142
140	Ireland	1.81	140
141	Montenegro	1.80	163
142	Denmark	1.79	160
143	United Kingdom	1.79	145
144	China	1.77	165
145	French Polynesia	1.76	137
146	Russia	1.76	149
147	Australia	1.75	144
148	Costa Rica	1.75	147
149	Iceland	1.74	146
150	Latvia	1.74	162
151	Bhutan	1.74	143
152	Belarus	1.73	156
153	Brazil	1.73	148
154	Barbados	1.72	155
155	Colombia	1.72	150
156	Isle of Man	1.71	152
157	Turks & Caicos Islands	1.71	158
158	Norway	1.71	157
159	Curaçao	1.70	135
160	Romania	1.69	173
161	Chile	1.69	153
162	Belgium	1.68	161
163	Bulgaria	1.67	170
164	Netherlands	1.66	166
165	Sint Maarten	1.64	154
166	Kosovo	1.64	151
167	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.63	169
168	Czechia	1.63	179
169	Lithuania	1.63	172
170	Grenada	1.62	159
171	Liechtenstein	1.61	197
172	Trinidad & Tobago	1.60	176
173	Armenia	1.60	174
174	Cuba	1.60	164
175	Germany	1.60	185
176	Estonia	1.60	177
177	Canada	1.59	175
178	Dominica	1.58	168
179	Slovenia	1.58	180
180	Finland	1.57	167
181	Albania	1.56	171
182	Hungary	1.55	190
183	Switzerland	1.54	182
184	Austria	1.53	186
185	North Macedonia	1.50	187
186	Bahamas	1.50	178
187	Slovakia	1.48	198
188	Jamaica	1.46	183
189	St. Lucia	1.46	188
190	Channel Islands	1.46	184
191	Serbia	1.46	191
192	Antigua & Barbuda	1.46	181
193	Bermuda	1.45	194
194	Japan	1.44	193
195	Croatia	1.43	196
196	Luxembourg	1.41	189
197	Mauritius	1.41	201
198	Thailand	1.40	192
199	Ukraine	1.39	199
200	Poland	1.39	208
201	Greece	1.38	205
202	Malta	1.37	200
203	Portugal	1.37	209
204	United Arab Emirates	1.37	195
205	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.36	207
206	Italy	1.36	202
207	Cyprus	1.36	206
208	Spain	1.33	204
209	Puerto Rico	1.24	203
210	Cayman Islands	1.23	210
211	Hong Kong	1.20	214
212	Singapore	1.20	211
213	Andorra	1.18	213
214	South Korea	1.17	212
215	Macau	1.14	217
216	San Marino	1.13	215
217	British Virgin Islands	0.99	216

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