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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2017

Countries217

1. Niger6.87

Median2.16

Japan1.43191 / 217

World2.46

Top 20

Niger6.87

Somalia6.77

Chad6.54

Congo - Kinshasa6.35

Mali6.25

Central African Republic6.13

Angola5.60

Burundi5.48

Afghanistan5.43

Nigeria5.18

Burkina Faso5.17

Benin5.16

Mozambique5.13

Mauritania5.11

Tanzania4.99

Uganda4.99

Cameroon4.80

Guinea4.79

Sudan4.76

Côte d’Ivoire4.76

Bottom 10

Malta1.26

Cayman Islands1.22

Singapore1.16

Andorra1.13

Hong Kong1.13

Puerto Rico1.10

San Marino1.05

South Korea1.05

Macau1.02

British Virgin Islands0.87

Biggest increases since 2016

Poland+6.5%

Romania+5.3%

Kuwait+4.8%

Bosnia & Herzegovina+4.3%

Czechia+3.7%

Mauritius+3.5%

Greenland+2.9%

Slovakia+2.7%

Slovenia+2.5%

Bulgaria+2.4%

Biggest decreases since 2016

Curaçao-11.8%

British Virgin Islands-11.6%

Puerto Rico-11.4%

Belarus-11.1%

Grenada-11.0%

Liechtenstein-10.6%

Macau-10.3%

South Korea-10.2%

Malta-8.0%

Russia-8.0%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Niger	6.87	1
2	Somalia	6.77	2
3	Chad	6.54	3
4	Congo - Kinshasa	6.35	4
5	Mali	6.25	5
6	Central African Republic	6.13	6
7	Angola	5.60	7
8	Burundi	5.48	8
9	Afghanistan	5.43	9
10	Nigeria	5.18	10
11	Burkina Faso	5.17	11
12	Benin	5.16	12
13	Mozambique	5.13	13
14	Mauritania	5.11	14
15	Tanzania	4.99	16
16	Uganda	4.99	15
17	Cameroon	4.80	19
18	Guinea	4.79	17
19	Sudan	4.76	20
20	Côte d’Ivoire	4.76	18
21	Gambia	4.61	21
22	Yemen	4.61	26
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.60	22
24	Togo	4.58	25
25	Zambia	4.57	23
26	Congo - Brazzaville	4.50	28
27	Senegal	4.49	24
28	South Sudan	4.48	27
29	Ethiopia	4.40	30
30	Liberia	4.40	32
31	Sierra Leone	4.39	31
32	Guinea-Bissau	4.35	29
33	Comoros	4.28	33
34	Madagascar	4.26	34
35	Samoa	4.20	35
36	Malawi	4.11	36
37	Eritrea	4.11	39
38	Rwanda	4.08	40
39	São Tomé & Príncipe	4.07	37
40	Solomon Islands	4.06	38
41	Gabon	3.91	42
42	Pakistan	3.90	44
43	Nauru	3.88	41
44	Vanuatu	3.88	43
45	Palestinian Territories	3.77	45
46	Zimbabwe	3.77	48
47	Ghana	3.72	46
48	Iraq	3.64	47
49	Kenya	3.61	49
50	Namibia	3.51	51
51	Papua New Guinea	3.43	52
52	Timor-Leste	3.40	50
53	Tonga	3.39	53
54	Kiribati	3.34	55
55	Egypt	3.31	56
56	Tuvalu	3.30	57
57	Tajikistan	3.29	54
58	Israel	3.11	60
59	Lesotho	3.10	58
60	Algeria	3.09	62
61	Guam	3.09	59
62	Marshall Islands	3.06	63
63	Eswatini	3.02	65
64	Kyrgyzstan	3.00	61
65	Jordan	2.99	64
66	Haiti	2.98	66
67	Syria	2.97	67
68	Botswana	2.97	70
69	Micronesia	2.96	68
70	Turkmenistan	2.93	71
71	Oman	2.92	74
72	Djibouti	2.92	73
73	Guatemala	2.86	72
74	Mongolia	2.80	69
75	Bolivia	2.78	76
76	Northern Mariana Islands	2.76	75
77	Kazakhstan	2.74	77
78	Cambodia	2.72	79
79	Laos	2.69	78
80	Saudi Arabia	2.67	84
81	Honduras	2.66	80
82	St. Martin	2.66	85
83	Libya	2.63	83
84	American Samoa	2.60	81
85	Guyana	2.59	86
86	Paraguay	2.59	87
87	Uzbekistan	2.57	90
88	Philippines	2.52	82
89	Faroe Islands	2.47	88
90	Panama	2.46	92
91	Fiji	2.46	91
92	Suriname	2.43	93
93	Monaco	2.42	89
94	Dominican Republic	2.40	94
95	Nicaragua	2.38	95
96	Morocco	2.38	97
97	Lebanon	2.37	98
98	Belize	2.37	96
99	Seychelles	2.34	99
100	South Africa	2.28	104
101	Indonesia	2.25	100
102	Myanmar (Burma)	2.25	103
103	Bangladesh	2.20	107
104	Tunisia	2.20	102
105	India	2.19	101
106	Venezuela	2.18	109
107	Nepal	2.17	108
108	Argentina	2.17	105
109	Kuwait	2.16	118
110	Peru	2.15	110
111	Georgia	2.14	106
112	Ecuador	2.13	111
113	Greenland	2.12	116
114	Türkiye	2.08	112
115	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.08	113
116	Sri Lanka	2.04	117
117	New Caledonia	2.04	115
118	Mexico	2.04	114
119	Iran	2.02	121
120	Palau	2.02	119
121	Vietnam	1.98	123
122	Bahrain	1.98	122
123	St. Vincent & Grenadines	1.94	120
124	Cape Verde	1.93	124
125	Gibraltar	1.93	128
126	El Salvador	1.90	126
127	Malaysia	1.89	127
128	France	1.89	129
129	Brunei	1.88	130
130	North Korea	1.85	135
131	Qatar	1.83	136
132	Uruguay	1.82	125
133	Moldova	1.81	133
134	New Zealand	1.81	134
135	Montenegro	1.80	141
136	Maldives	1.80	131
137	China	1.80	144
138	Aruba	1.78	138
139	Romania	1.78	160
140	Sweden	1.78	137
141	United States	1.77	139
142	Ireland	1.76	140
143	Azerbaijan	1.75	132
144	Denmark	1.75	142
145	Australia	1.74	147
146	Brazil	1.74	153
147	United Kingdom	1.74	143
148	Barbados	1.72	154
149	Colombia	1.72	155
150	Costa Rica	1.71	148
151	Bulgaria	1.71	163
152	Iceland	1.71	149
153	Turks & Caicos Islands	1.70	157
154	Czechia	1.69	168
155	Latvia	1.69	150
156	Isle of Man	1.67	156
157	French Polynesia	1.67	145
158	Belgium	1.65	162
159	Bhutan	1.62	151
160	Russia	1.62	146
161	Netherlands	1.62	164
162	Norway	1.62	158
163	Slovenia	1.62	179
164	Kosovo	1.62	166
165	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.61	167
166	Armenia	1.60	173
167	Trinidad & Tobago	1.59	172
168	Estonia	1.59	176
169	Cuba	1.58	174
170	Sint Maarten	1.57	165
171	Germany	1.57	175
172	Lithuania	1.57	169
173	Chile	1.56	161
174	Hungary	1.56	182
175	Canada	1.55	177
176	Belarus	1.54	152
177	Dominica	1.54	178
178	Austria	1.52	184
179	Switzerland	1.52	183
180	Slovakia	1.52	187
181	Curaçao	1.50	159
182	Finland	1.49	180
183	Serbia	1.49	191
184	Albania	1.49	181
185	Antigua & Barbuda	1.48	192
186	Poland	1.48	200
187	Mauritius	1.46	197
188	St. Lucia	1.45	189
189	Liechtenstein	1.44	171
190	Grenada	1.44	170
191	Japan	1.43	194
192	North Macedonia	1.43	185
193	Jamaica	1.43	188
194	Bahamas	1.42	186
195	Croatia	1.42	195
196	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.42	205
197	Bermuda	1.42	193
198	Channel Islands	1.41	190
199	Luxembourg	1.39	196
200	Portugal	1.38	203
201	Thailand	1.36	198
202	United Arab Emirates	1.35	204
203	Greece	1.35	201
204	Italy	1.34	206
205	Cyprus	1.32	207
206	Spain	1.31	208
207	Ukraine	1.30	199
208	Malta	1.26	202
209	Cayman Islands	1.22	210
210	Singapore	1.16	212
211	Andorra	1.13	213
212	Hong Kong	1.13	211
213	Puerto Rico	1.10	209
214	San Marino	1.05	216
215	South Korea	1.05	214
216	Macau	1.02	215
217	British Virgin Islands	0.87	217

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