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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2018

Countries217

1. Niger6.71

Median2.12

Japan1.42189 / 217

World2.39

Top 20

Niger6.71

Somalia6.66

Chad6.46

Congo - Kinshasa6.30

Mali6.12

Central African Republic6.11

Angola5.52

Burundi5.38

Afghanistan5.33

Mozambique5.07

Mauritania5.04

Benin5.03

Nigeria5.02

Tanzania4.93

Burkina Faso4.92

Uganda4.87

Cameroon4.74

Sudan4.68

Guinea4.67

Yemen4.61

Bottom 10

Ukraine1.23

Malta1.23

Singapore1.14

Hong Kong1.08

San Marino1.08

Andorra1.05

Puerto Rico1.03

South Korea0.98

Macau0.92

British Virgin Islands0.91

Biggest increases since 2017

Curaçao+13.3%

Kyrgyzstan+10.0%

Liechtenstein+9.7%

Grenada+6.4%

Bosnia & Herzegovina+6.0%

Uzbekistan+5.6%

Estonia+5.0%

Cayman Islands+4.5%

British Virgin Islands+3.7%

Kazakhstan+3.6%

Biggest decreases since 2017

China-14.3%

Macau-10.4%

Egypt-8.8%

Uruguay-7.8%

Antigua & Barbuda-7.7%

South Korea-7.1%

Andorra-6.7%

Cape Verde-6.5%

Bhutan-6.4%

Belarus-6.0%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Niger	6.71	1
2	Somalia	6.66	2
3	Chad	6.46	3
4	Congo - Kinshasa	6.30	4
5	Mali	6.12	5
6	Central African Republic	6.11	6
7	Angola	5.52	7
8	Burundi	5.38	8
9	Afghanistan	5.33	9
10	Mozambique	5.07	13
11	Mauritania	5.04	14
12	Benin	5.03	12
13	Nigeria	5.02	10
14	Tanzania	4.93	15
15	Burkina Faso	4.92	11
16	Uganda	4.87	16
17	Cameroon	4.74	17
18	Sudan	4.68	19
19	Guinea	4.67	18
20	Yemen	4.61	22
21	Côte d’Ivoire	4.60	20
22	Togo	4.51	24
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.51	23
24	Zambia	4.49	25
25	Congo - Brazzaville	4.44	26
26	Gambia	4.42	21
27	Ethiopia	4.37	29
28	South Sudan	4.37	28
29	Liberia	4.34	30
30	Senegal	4.29	27
31	Sierra Leone	4.29	31
32	Madagascar	4.25	34
33	Guinea-Bissau	4.24	32
34	Comoros	4.21	33
35	Samoa	4.14	35
36	Eritrea	4.06	37
37	Rwanda	4.05	38
38	Malawi	4.02	36
39	São Tomé & Príncipe	3.98	39
40	Solomon Islands	3.93	40
41	Gabon	3.91	41
42	Pakistan	3.86	42
43	Vanuatu	3.83	44
44	Zimbabwe	3.74	46
45	Nauru	3.68	43
46	Palestinian Territories	3.67	45
47	Ghana	3.65	47
48	Iraq	3.55	48
49	Kenya	3.54	49
50	Namibia	3.46	50
51	Papua New Guinea	3.38	51
52	Tuvalu	3.33	56
53	Tonga	3.33	53
54	Kiribati	3.32	54
55	Kyrgyzstan	3.30	64
56	Tajikistan	3.29	57
57	Timor-Leste	3.24	52
58	Israel	3.09	58
59	Marshall Islands	3.04	62
60	Egypt	3.02	55
61	Algeria	3.02	60
62	Lesotho	3.02	59
63	Guam	3.00	61
64	Eswatini	2.97	63
65	Botswana	2.94	68
66	Syria	2.93	67
67	Haiti	2.92	66
68	Jordan	2.92	65
69	Micronesia	2.92	69
70	Mongolia	2.90	74
71	Turkmenistan	2.88	70
72	Djibouti	2.86	72
73	Kazakhstan	2.84	77
74	Oman	2.81	71
75	Guatemala	2.74	73
76	Bolivia	2.73	75
77	St. Martin	2.72	82
78	Cambodia	2.72	78
79	Uzbekistan	2.71	87
80	Saudi Arabia	2.67	80
81	Honduras	2.64	81
82	Northern Mariana Islands	2.64	76
83	Laos	2.63	79
84	Libya	2.58	83
85	Paraguay	2.56	86
86	Guyana	2.55	85
87	Faroe Islands	2.50	89
88	American Samoa	2.49	84
89	Monaco	2.48	93
90	Fiji	2.42	91
91	Panama	2.40	90
92	Dominican Republic	2.40	94
93	Suriname	2.38	92
94	Philippines	2.38	88
95	Morocco	2.35	96
96	Lebanon	2.35	97
97	Nicaragua	2.35	95
98	Belize	2.34	98
99	Seychelles	2.34	99
100	South Africa	2.27	100
101	Myanmar (Burma)	2.23	102
102	Indonesia	2.22	101
103	Bangladesh	2.19	103
104	India	2.18	105
105	Venezuela	2.15	106
106	Tunisia	2.13	104
107	Nepal	2.12	107
108	Kuwait	2.12	109
109	Peru	2.12	110
110	Ecuador	2.11	112
111	Georgia	2.09	111
112	Argentina	2.07	108
113	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.06	115
114	New Caledonia	2.04	117
115	Sri Lanka	2.03	116
116	Mexico	2.03	118
117	Greenland	2.02	113
118	Türkiye	2.00	114
119	Palau	1.97	120
120	Gibraltar	1.92	125
121	Iran	1.92	119
122	Bahrain	1.91	122
123	St. Vincent & Grenadines	1.90	123
124	Vietnam	1.88	121
125	France	1.87	128
126	El Salvador	1.85	126
127	Brunei	1.85	129
128	Malaysia	1.84	127
129	North Korea	1.83	130
130	Moldova	1.81	133
131	Cape Verde	1.80	124
132	Montenegro	1.80	135
133	Romania	1.76	139
134	Sweden	1.76	140
135	Qatar	1.76	131
136	Brazil	1.74	146
137	Australia	1.74	145
138	Ireland	1.74	142
139	Aruba	1.73	138
140	Azerbaijan	1.73	143
141	Bulgaria	1.73	151
142	Denmark	1.73	144
143	United States	1.73	141
144	Barbados	1.72	148
145	Colombia	1.72	149
146	Czechia	1.71	154
147	Iceland	1.71	152
148	Maldives	1.71	136
149	New Zealand	1.71	134
150	Costa Rica	1.71	150
151	Curaçao	1.70	181
152	Uruguay	1.68	132
153	United Kingdom	1.68	147
154	Turks & Caicos Islands	1.68	153
155	Estonia	1.67	168
156	French Polynesia	1.64	157
157	Isle of Man	1.64	156
158	Belgium	1.62	158
159	Cuba	1.61	169
160	Armenia	1.60	166
161	Latvia	1.60	155
162	Slovenia	1.60	163
163	Netherlands	1.59	161
164	Trinidad & Tobago	1.59	167
165	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.59	165
166	Kosovo	1.58	164
167	Liechtenstein	1.58	189
168	Russia	1.58	160
169	Germany	1.57	171
170	Hungary	1.57	174
171	Norway	1.56	162
172	Chile	1.54	173
173	Slovakia	1.54	180
174	China	1.54	137
175	Grenada	1.53	190
176	Lithuania	1.53	172
177	Sint Maarten	1.52	170
178	Switzerland	1.52	179
179	Bhutan	1.52	159
180	Dominica	1.52	177
181	Canada	1.51	175
182	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.50	196
183	Serbia	1.49	183
184	Austria	1.47	178
185	Croatia	1.47	195
186	Poland	1.46	186
187	Belarus	1.45	176
188	St. Lucia	1.44	188
189	Japan	1.42	191
190	North Macedonia	1.42	192
191	Mauritius	1.42	187
192	Portugal	1.42	200
193	Albania	1.42	184
194	Finland	1.41	182
195	Bahamas	1.40	194
196	Jamaica	1.40	193
197	Luxembourg	1.38	199
198	Bermuda	1.37	197
199	Antigua & Barbuda	1.37	185
200	Channel Islands	1.37	198
201	Greece	1.35	203
202	Thailand	1.32	201
203	Cyprus	1.32	205
204	Italy	1.31	204
205	United Arab Emirates	1.29	202
206	Cayman Islands	1.28	209
207	Spain	1.26	206
208	Ukraine	1.23	207
209	Malta	1.23	208
210	Singapore	1.14	210
211	Hong Kong	1.08	212
212	San Marino	1.08	214
213	Andorra	1.05	211
214	Puerto Rico	1.04	213
215	South Korea	0.98	215
216	Macau	0.92	216
217	British Virgin Islands	0.90	217

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