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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2020

Countries217

1. Somalia6.45

Median2.03

Japan1.33200 / 217

World2.28

Top 20

Somalia6.45

Niger6.37

Chad6.35

Congo - Kinshasa6.21

Central African Republic6.06

Mali5.85

Angola5.37

Burundi5.18

Afghanistan5.14

Mozambique4.96

Mauritania4.91

Tanzania4.80

Benin4.79

Nigeria4.70

Uganda4.62

Yemen4.60

Cameroon4.56

Sudan4.54

Guinea4.49

Côte d’Ivoire4.46

Bottom 10

Spain1.18

Malta1.14

San Marino1.11

Singapore1.10

Andorra1.03

British Virgin Islands0.97

Puerto Rico0.92

Hong Kong0.88

Macau0.84

South Korea0.84

Biggest increases since 2019

Kazakhstan+8.3%

Antigua & Barbuda+6.9%

Uzbekistan+6.7%

Armenia+6.2%

Bermuda+4.9%

Greece+3.7%

Bhutan+3.7%

British Virgin Islands+3.6%

Mauritius+3.5%

United Arab Emirates+3.4%

Biggest decreases since 2019

China-17.4%

Hong Kong-17.0%

Argentina-14.9%

Curaçao-12.5%

Costa Rica-9.5%

Saudi Arabia-8.8%

South Korea-8.8%

Chile-8.6%

Macau-6.5%

Türkiye-6.3%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Somalia	6.45	1
2	Niger	6.37	2
3	Chad	6.35	3
4	Congo - Kinshasa	6.21	4
5	Central African Republic	6.06	5
6	Mali	5.85	6
7	Angola	5.37	7
8	Burundi	5.18	8
9	Afghanistan	5.14	9
10	Mozambique	4.96	10
11	Mauritania	4.91	11
12	Tanzania	4.80	13
13	Benin	4.80	12
14	Nigeria	4.70	14
15	Uganda	4.62	15
16	Yemen	4.60	19
17	Cameroon	4.56	17
18	Sudan	4.54	18
19	Guinea	4.49	20
20	Côte d’Ivoire	4.46	21
21	Burkina Faso	4.44	16
22	Togo	4.39	22
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.35	23
24	Congo - Brazzaville	4.33	25
25	Zambia	4.32	24
26	Ethiopia	4.27	26
27	Gambia	4.25	27
28	Liberia	4.17	29
29	Madagascar	4.17	30
30	South Sudan	4.16	28
31	Sierra Leone	4.08	31
32	Guinea-Bissau	4.08	32
33	Comoros	4.07	33
34	Senegal	4.00	34
35	Samoa	4.00	35
36	Eritrea	3.93	36
37	Rwanda	3.91	37
38	Malawi	3.88	38
39	Gabon	3.83	40
40	São Tomé & Príncipe	3.83	39
41	Pakistan	3.76	41
42	Zimbabwe	3.75	44
43	Solomon Islands	3.75	42
44	Vanuatu	3.74	43
45	Ghana	3.54	45
46	Palestinian Territories	3.51	46
47	Nauru	3.47	47
48	Iraq	3.42	48
49	Kenya	3.36	49
50	Namibia	3.35	50
51	Tuvalu	3.31	51
52	Papua New Guinea	3.27	52
53	Kiribati	3.25	54
54	Tonga	3.23	56
55	Tajikistan	3.21	55
56	Kazakhstan	3.13	66
57	Kyrgyzstan	3.10	53
58	Uzbekistan	3.06	70
59	Timor-Leste	3.01	57
60	Marshall Islands	2.99	58
61	Algeria	2.94	61
62	Israel	2.90	59
63	Mongolia	2.90	60
64	Guam	2.90	62
65	Eswatini	2.89	63
66	Botswana	2.86	65
67	Micronesia	2.85	67
68	Egypt	2.85	69
69	Lesotho	2.85	64
70	Syria	2.84	68
71	St. Martin	2.83	75
72	Haiti	2.80	71
73	Turkmenistan	2.79	73
74	Jordan	2.79	72
75	Djibouti	2.74	74
76	Cambodia	2.70	76
77	Bolivia	2.65	78
78	Oman	2.64	77
79	Honduras	2.58	79
80	Laos	2.54	81
81	Libya	2.51	83
82	Paraguay	2.50	84
83	Northern Mariana Islands	2.49	82
84	Guyana	2.49	85
85	Guatemala	2.47	80
86	Monaco	2.38	89
87	American Samoa	2.36	88
88	Fiji	2.36	90
89	Faroe Islands	2.33	87
90	Dominican Republic	2.33	91
91	Morocco	2.32	93
92	Suriname	2.31	92
93	Lebanon	2.31	94
94	Nicaragua	2.30	95
95	Saudi Arabia	2.27	86
96	South Africa	2.26	98
97	Seychelles	2.20	96
98	Indonesia	2.19	101
99	Panama	2.18	97
100	Myanmar (Burma)	2.18	100
101	Bangladesh	2.18	102
102	Venezuela	2.12	104
103	Greenland	2.11	106
104	Philippines	2.08	99
105	Peru	2.06	108
106	Nepal	2.05	110
107	India	2.05	105
108	Belize	2.04	103
109	Kuwait	2.03	109
110	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.03	112
111	New Caledonia	2.02	111
112	Sri Lanka	2.01	114
113	Tunisia	2.00	107
114	Mexico	1.99	116
115	Georgia	1.98	115
116	Palau	1.97	117
117	Ecuador	1.97	113
118	Vietnam	1.96	118
119	Gibraltar	1.91	119
120	Bahrain	1.86	124
121	St. Vincent & Grenadines	1.83	122
122	North Korea	1.82	126
123	France	1.82	123
124	El Salvador	1.82	125
125	Romania	1.80	133
126	Brunei	1.80	127
127	Bulgaria	1.77	130
128	Moldova	1.77	131
129	Türkiye	1.77	120
130	Montenegro	1.75	129
131	Czechia	1.74	140
132	Iceland	1.72	135
133	Barbados	1.71	138
134	Armenia	1.70	156
135	Azerbaijan	1.70	128
136	Iran	1.70	134
137	Colombia	1.69	139
138	Denmark	1.68	145
139	Malaysia	1.68	132
140	Qatar	1.68	136
141	Sweden	1.67	141
142	Aruba	1.66	144
143	Brazil	1.65	143
144	United States	1.64	142
145	New Zealand	1.62	137
146	Maldives	1.61	150
147	Hungary	1.61	160
148	Argentina	1.60	121
149	Ireland	1.60	147
150	Cape Verde	1.59	146
151	Slovakia	1.59	164
152	Slovenia	1.59	154
153	Isle of Man	1.58	155
154	Australia	1.58	149
155	Estonia	1.58	148
156	Trinidad & Tobago	1.57	161
157	United Kingdom	1.57	151
158	French Polynesia	1.57	166
159	Antigua & Barbuda	1.57	183
160	Kosovo	1.57	162
161	Cayman Islands	1.55	174
162	Turks & Caicos Islands	1.55	152
163	Belgium	1.55	157
164	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.55	165
165	Latvia	1.55	153
166	Netherlands	1.54	163
167	Grenada	1.53	168
168	Germany	1.53	170
169	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.52	173
170	Russia	1.50	176
171	Bhutan	1.50	185
172	Uruguay	1.50	167
173	Dominica	1.50	175
174	Cuba	1.49	169
175	Croatia	1.48	182
176	Norway	1.48	171
177	Serbia	1.48	172
178	Sint Maarten	1.47	178
179	Switzerland	1.46	179
180	Liechtenstein	1.46	180
181	Mauritius	1.46	191
182	Bermuda	1.45	195
183	Costa Rica	1.45	158
184	Austria	1.44	184
185	Portugal	1.42	187
186	St. Lucia	1.41	190
187	Canada	1.41	181
188	Curaçao	1.40	159
189	Greece	1.39	200
190	Poland	1.39	186
191	Bahamas	1.39	192
192	Jamaica	1.38	194
193	Albania	1.37	193
194	Finland	1.37	199
195	Belarus	1.37	196
196	Cyprus	1.36	203
197	Lithuania	1.36	189
198	Luxembourg	1.36	201
199	Channel Islands	1.33	198
200	Japan	1.33	197
201	North Macedonia	1.31	202
202	Chile	1.31	188
203	United Arab Emirates	1.29	206
204	Thailand	1.26	204
205	Italy	1.24	205
206	China	1.24	177
207	Ukraine	1.21	208
208	Spain	1.18	207
209	Malta	1.14	209
210	San Marino	1.11	211
211	Singapore	1.10	210
212	Andorra	1.03	213
213	British Virgin Islands	0.98	215
214	Puerto Rico	0.92	214
215	Hong Kong	0.88	212
216	Macau	0.84	217
217	South Korea	0.84	216

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