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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2019

Countries217

1. Somalia6.56

Median2.08

Japan1.36197 / 217

World2.35

Top 20

Somalia6.56

Niger6.54

Chad6.41

Congo - Kinshasa6.25

Central African Republic6.09

Mali5.89

Angola5.44

Burundi5.27

Afghanistan5.24

Mozambique5.02

Mauritania4.98

Benin4.90

Tanzania4.87

Nigeria4.86

Uganda4.74

Burkina Faso4.68

Cameroon4.65

Sudan4.62

Yemen4.60

Guinea4.58

Bottom 10

Ukraine1.22

Malta1.14

Singapore1.14

San Marino1.10

Hong Kong1.06

Andorra1.04

Puerto Rico0.98

British Virgin Islands0.94

South Korea0.92

Macau0.90

Biggest increases since 2018

Cayman Islands+18.1%

Antigua & Barbuda+7.1%

Uzbekistan+5.8%

Azerbaijan+4.6%

Greenland+4.5%

British Virgin Islands+4.0%

Bulgaria+3.5%

Mongolia+3.4%

Vietnam+3.4%

St. Martin+2.4%

Biggest decreases since 2018

Argentina-9.0%

Belize-8.6%

Iran-8.0%

Chile-7.3%

Malta-7.3%

Philippines-6.9%

Uruguay-6.8%

Saudi Arabia-6.7%

Lithuania-6.5%

Liechtenstein-6.3%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Somalia	6.56	2
2	Niger	6.54	1
3	Chad	6.41	3
4	Congo - Kinshasa	6.25	4
5	Central African Republic	6.09	6
6	Mali	5.89	5
7	Angola	5.44	7
8	Burundi	5.27	8
9	Afghanistan	5.24	9
10	Mozambique	5.02	10
11	Mauritania	4.98	11
12	Benin	4.90	12
13	Tanzania	4.87	14
14	Nigeria	4.86	13
15	Uganda	4.74	16
16	Burkina Faso	4.68	15
17	Cameroon	4.65	17
18	Sudan	4.62	18
19	Yemen	4.60	20
20	Guinea	4.58	19
21	Côte d’Ivoire	4.52	21
22	Togo	4.45	22
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.43	23
24	Zambia	4.42	24
25	Congo - Brazzaville	4.38	25
26	Ethiopia	4.35	27
27	Gambia	4.33	26
28	South Sudan	4.26	28
29	Liberia	4.26	29
30	Madagascar	4.22	32
31	Sierra Leone	4.19	31
32	Guinea-Bissau	4.15	33
33	Comoros	4.14	34
34	Senegal	4.10	30
35	Samoa	4.06	35
36	Eritrea	4.00	36
37	Rwanda	3.98	37
38	Malawi	3.95	38
39	São Tomé & Príncipe	3.90	39
40	Gabon	3.88	41
41	Pakistan	3.81	42
42	Solomon Islands	3.80	40
43	Vanuatu	3.79	43
44	Zimbabwe	3.75	44
45	Ghana	3.59	47
46	Palestinian Territories	3.59	46
47	Nauru	3.53	45
48	Iraq	3.48	48
49	Kenya	3.43	49
50	Namibia	3.40	50
51	Tuvalu	3.33	52
52	Papua New Guinea	3.32	51
53	Kyrgyzstan	3.30	55
54	Kiribati	3.29	54
55	Tajikistan	3.28	56
56	Tonga	3.27	53
57	Timor-Leste	3.12	57
58	Marshall Islands	3.01	59
59	Israel	3.01	58
60	Mongolia	3.00	70
61	Algeria	3.00	61
62	Guam	2.94	63
63	Eswatini	2.92	64
64	Lesotho	2.92	62
65	Botswana	2.91	65
66	Kazakhstan	2.89	73
67	Micronesia	2.88	69
68	Syria	2.88	66
69	Egypt	2.87	60
70	Uzbekistan	2.87	79
71	Haiti	2.86	67
72	Jordan	2.86	68
73	Turkmenistan	2.83	71
74	Djibouti	2.80	72
75	St. Martin	2.79	77
76	Cambodia	2.72	78
77	Oman	2.70	74
78	Bolivia	2.69	76
79	Honduras	2.61	81
80	Guatemala	2.59	75
81	Laos	2.59	83
82	Northern Mariana Islands	2.56	82
83	Libya	2.54	84
84	Paraguay	2.52	85
85	Guyana	2.52	86
86	Saudi Arabia	2.49	80
87	Faroe Islands	2.42	87
88	American Samoa	2.40	88
89	Monaco	2.40	89
90	Fiji	2.38	90
91	Dominican Republic	2.37	92
92	Suriname	2.35	93
93	Morocco	2.34	95
94	Lebanon	2.33	96
95	Nicaragua	2.32	97
96	Seychelles	2.31	99
97	Panama	2.29	91
98	South Africa	2.26	100
99	Philippines	2.22	94
100	Myanmar (Burma)	2.21	101
101	Indonesia	2.20	102
102	Bangladesh	2.18	103
103	Belize	2.14	98
104	Venezuela	2.13	105
105	India	2.12	104
106	Greenland	2.12	117
107	Tunisia	2.10	106
108	Peru	2.09	109
109	Kuwait	2.08	108
110	Nepal	2.08	107
111	New Caledonia	2.05	114
112	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.05	113
113	Ecuador	2.04	110
114	Sri Lanka	2.02	115
115	Georgia	2.02	111
116	Mexico	2.02	116
117	Palau	1.98	119
118	Vietnam	1.94	124
119	Gibraltar	1.91	120
120	Türkiye	1.89	118
121	Argentina	1.88	112
122	St. Vincent & Grenadines	1.86	123
123	France	1.86	125
124	Bahrain	1.84	122
125	El Salvador	1.84	126
126	North Korea	1.82	129
127	Brunei	1.82	127
128	Azerbaijan	1.81	140
129	Montenegro	1.80	132
130	Bulgaria	1.79	141
131	Moldova	1.78	130
132	Malaysia	1.78	128
133	Romania	1.77	133
134	Iran	1.77	121
135	Iceland	1.74	147
136	Qatar	1.73	135
137	New Zealand	1.72	149
138	Barbados	1.72	144
139	Colombia	1.71	145
140	Czechia	1.71	146
141	Sweden	1.71	134
142	United States	1.71	143
143	Brazil	1.70	136
144	Aruba	1.70	139
145	Denmark	1.70	142
146	Cape Verde	1.70	131
147	Ireland	1.69	138
148	Estonia	1.66	155
149	Australia	1.66	137
150	Maldives	1.64	148
151	United Kingdom	1.63	153
152	Turks & Caicos Islands	1.62	154
153	Latvia	1.61	161
154	Slovenia	1.61	162
155	Isle of Man	1.61	157
156	Armenia	1.60	160
157	Belgium	1.60	158
158	Costa Rica	1.60	150
159	Curaçao	1.60	151
160	Hungary	1.58	170
161	Trinidad & Tobago	1.58	164
162	Kosovo	1.58	166
163	Netherlands	1.57	163
164	Slovakia	1.57	173
165	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.57	165
166	French Polynesia	1.57	156
167	Uruguay	1.57	152
168	Grenada	1.54	175
169	Cuba	1.54	159
170	Germany	1.54	169
171	Norway	1.53	171
172	Serbia	1.52	183
173	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.51	182
174	Cayman Islands	1.51	206
175	Dominica	1.50	180
176	Russia	1.50	168
177	China	1.50	174
178	Sint Maarten	1.48	177
179	Switzerland	1.48	178
180	Liechtenstein	1.48	167
181	Canada	1.47	181
182	Croatia	1.47	185
183	Antigua & Barbuda	1.47	199
184	Austria	1.46	184
185	Bhutan	1.45	179
186	Poland	1.44	186
187	Portugal	1.44	192
188	Chile	1.43	172
189	Lithuania	1.43	176
190	St. Lucia	1.42	188
191	Mauritius	1.41	191
192	Bahamas	1.40	195
193	Albania	1.40	193
194	Jamaica	1.39	196
195	Bermuda	1.38	198
196	Belarus	1.38	187
197	Japan	1.36	189
198	Channel Islands	1.35	200
199	Finland	1.35	194
200	Greece	1.34	201
201	Luxembourg	1.34	197
202	North Macedonia	1.34	190
203	Cyprus	1.33	203
204	Thailand	1.28	202
205	Italy	1.27	204
206	United Arab Emirates	1.25	205
207	Spain	1.23	207
208	Ukraine	1.22	208
209	Malta	1.14	209
210	Singapore	1.14	210
211	San Marino	1.10	212
212	Hong Kong	1.06	211
213	Andorra	1.04	213
214	Puerto Rico	0.98	214
215	British Virgin Islands	0.94	217
216	South Korea	0.92	215
217	Macau	0.90	216

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