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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2021

Countries217

1. Somalia6.35

Median2.00

Japan1.30201 / 217

World2.25

Top 20

Somalia6.35

Chad6.25

Niger6.20

Congo - Kinshasa6.16

Central African Republic6.05

Mali5.78

Angola5.30

Burundi5.08

Afghanistan5.04

Mozambique4.91

Mauritania4.85

Tanzania4.73

Benin4.71

Nigeria4.64

Yemen4.60

Uganda4.51

Cameroon4.47

Sudan4.46

Côte d’Ivoire4.41

Guinea4.40

Bottom 10

Malta1.13

San Marino1.12

Singapore1.12

China1.12

Andorra1.06

British Virgin Islands1.00

Puerto Rico0.91

South Korea0.81

Hong Kong0.77

Macau0.76

Biggest increases since 2020

North Macedonia+22.1%

Croatia+9.5%

Seychelles+8.2%

Australia+7.5%

Ireland+7.5%

Uzbekistan+6.9%

Finland+6.6%

Kazakhstan+6.1%

Iceland+5.8%

Kuwait+5.7%

Biggest decreases since 2020

Greenland-13.7%

Hong Kong-12.6%

Monaco-10.8%

Azerbaijan-10.6%

Macau-10.1%

Chile-10.0%

Tunisia-10.0%

Belize-10.0%

United Arab Emirates-9.9%

China-9.6%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Somalia	6.35	1
2	Chad	6.26	3
3	Niger	6.20	2
4	Congo - Kinshasa	6.16	4
5	Central African Republic	6.05	5
6	Mali	5.78	6
7	Angola	5.30	7
8	Burundi	5.08	8
9	Afghanistan	5.04	9
10	Mozambique	4.90	10
11	Mauritania	4.85	11
12	Tanzania	4.73	12
13	Benin	4.71	13
14	Nigeria	4.64	14
15	Yemen	4.60	16
16	Uganda	4.51	15
17	Cameroon	4.47	17
18	Sudan	4.46	18
19	Côte d’Ivoire	4.41	20
20	Guinea	4.40	19
21	Burkina Faso	4.36	21
22	Togo	4.32	22
23	Congo - Brazzaville	4.28	24
24	Equatorial Guinea	4.27	23
25	Zambia	4.25	25
26	Ethiopia	4.18	26
27	Gambia	4.16	27
28	Madagascar	4.10	29
29	Liberia	4.09	28
30	South Sudan	4.05	30
31	Comoros	4.00	33
32	Guinea-Bissau	4.00	32
33	Sierra Leone	3.98	31
34	Samoa	3.94	35
35	Senegal	3.94	34
36	Eritrea	3.87	36
37	Rwanda	3.84	37
38	Malawi	3.79	38
39	Gabon	3.78	39
40	Zimbabwe	3.76	42
41	São Tomé & Príncipe	3.76	40
42	Pakistan	3.72	41
43	Vanuatu	3.70	44
44	Solomon Islands	3.69	43
45	Ghana	3.49	45
46	Palestinian Territories	3.44	46
47	Nauru	3.42	47
48	Iraq	3.36	48
49	Kazakhstan	3.32	56
50	Kenya	3.31	49
51	Namibia	3.30	50
52	Tuvalu	3.28	51
53	Uzbekistan	3.27	58
54	Kiribati	3.22	53
55	Papua New Guinea	3.22	52
56	Tonga	3.20	54
57	Tajikistan	3.17	55
58	Israel	3.00	62
59	Marshall Islands	2.96	60
60	Timor-Leste	2.89	59
61	Kyrgyzstan	2.89	57
62	Algeria	2.87	61
63	Guam	2.86	64
64	Eswatini	2.84	65
65	Botswana	2.83	66
66	Micronesia	2.82	67
67	St. Martin	2.80	71
68	Mongolia	2.80	63
69	Syria	2.80	70
70	Lesotho	2.77	69
71	Turkmenistan	2.75	73
72	Egypt	2.75	68
73	Haiti	2.75	72
74	Jordan	2.74	74
75	Djibouti	2.70	75
76	Cambodia	2.66	76
77	Bolivia	2.62	77
78	Oman	2.59	78
79	Honduras	2.55	79
80	Laos	2.49	80
81	Paraguay	2.47	82
82	Guyana	2.46	84
83	Libya	2.46	81
84	Northern Mariana Islands	2.44	83
85	Guatemala	2.39	85
86	Seychelles	2.38	97
87	Fiji	2.33	88
88	American Samoa	2.33	87
89	Faroe Islands	2.31	89
90	Suriname	2.30	92
91	Dominican Republic	2.29	90
92	Morocco	2.29	91
93	Lebanon	2.28	93
94	Nicaragua	2.26	94
95	South Africa	2.25	96
96	Bangladesh	2.17	101
97	Saudi Arabia	2.17	95
98	Indonesia	2.17	98
99	Myanmar (Burma)	2.16	100
100	Panama	2.15	99
101	Kuwait	2.15	109
102	Monaco	2.12	86
103	Venezuela	2.10	102
104	Peru	2.03	105
105	Nepal	2.02	106
106	India	2.01	107
107	New Caledonia	2.01	111
108	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.01	110
109	Sri Lanka	2.00	112
110	Georgia	1.98	115
111	Mexico	1.97	114
112	Philippines	1.95	104
113	Palau	1.95	116
114	Vietnam	1.94	118
115	Ecuador	1.91	117
116	Gibraltar	1.90	119
117	Bahrain	1.85	120
118	Belize	1.84	108
119	Czechia	1.83	131
120	France	1.83	123
121	Greenland	1.82	103
122	Iceland	1.82	132
123	Romania	1.81	125
124	St. Vincent & Grenadines	1.81	121
125	North Korea	1.81	122
126	El Salvador	1.80	124
127	Bulgaria	1.80	127
128	Tunisia	1.80	113
129	Brunei	1.78	126
130	Moldova	1.75	128
131	Montenegro	1.75	130
132	Denmark	1.72	138
133	Ireland	1.72	149
134	Türkiye	1.71	129
135	Barbados	1.71	133
136	Iran	1.71	136
137	Armenia	1.70	134
138	Australia	1.70	154
139	Colombia	1.68	137
140	Sweden	1.67	141
141	United States	1.66	144
142	New Zealand	1.65	145
143	Slovenia	1.64	152
144	Brazil	1.64	143
145	Aruba	1.63	142
146	Hungary	1.63	147
147	Slovakia	1.63	151
148	Croatia	1.62	175
149	Netherlands	1.62	166
150	Estonia	1.61	155
151	Qatar	1.60	140
152	Belgium	1.60	163
153	North Macedonia	1.60	201
154	Maldives	1.60	146
155	Argentina	1.58	148
156	United Kingdom	1.58	157
157	Antigua & Barbuda	1.58	159
158	Germany	1.58	168
159	Latvia	1.57	165
160	Isle of Man	1.57	153
161	Kosovo	1.56	160
162	Trinidad & Tobago	1.56	156
163	Malaysia	1.56	139
164	Cape Verde	1.55	150
165	Cayman Islands	1.55	161
166	Norway	1.55	176
167	French Polynesia	1.53	158
168	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.53	164
169	Liechtenstein	1.53	180
170	Azerbaijan	1.52	135
171	Switzerland	1.52	179
172	Serbia	1.52	177
173	Grenada	1.52	167
174	Russia	1.50	170
175	Turks & Caicos Islands	1.50	162
176	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.49	169
177	Bhutan	1.49	171
178	Dominica	1.48	173
179	Austria	1.48	184
180	Finland	1.46	194
181	Sint Maarten	1.46	178
182	Uruguay	1.45	172
183	Canada	1.44	187
184	Greece	1.43	189
185	Cuba	1.43	174
186	Mauritius	1.42	181
187	Curaçao	1.40	188
188	St. Lucia	1.40	186
189	Cyprus	1.39	196
190	Bermuda	1.39	182
191	Bahamas	1.38	191
192	Luxembourg	1.38	198
193	Jamaica	1.38	192
194	Belarus	1.37	195
195	Albania	1.36	193
196	Channel Islands	1.36	199
197	Lithuania	1.36	197
198	Costa Rica	1.35	183
199	Portugal	1.35	185
200	Poland	1.33	190
201	Japan	1.30	200
202	Italy	1.25	205
203	Thailand	1.23	204
204	Spain	1.18	208
205	Chile	1.18	202
206	United Arab Emirates	1.16	203
207	Ukraine	1.15	207
208	Malta	1.13	209
209	San Marino	1.12	210
210	Singapore	1.12	211
211	China	1.12	206
212	Andorra	1.06	212
213	British Virgin Islands	1.00	213
214	Puerto Rico	0.91	214
215	South Korea	0.81	217
216	Hong Kong	0.77	215
217	Macau	0.76	216

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