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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2022

Countries217

1. Somalia6.26

Median1.95

Japan1.26201 / 217

World2.22

Top 20

Somalia6.25

Chad6.21

Niger6.13

Congo - Kinshasa6.11

Central African Republic6.02

Mali5.69

Angola5.21

Burundi4.98

Afghanistan4.93

Mozambique4.84

Mauritania4.77

Tanzania4.67

Benin4.63

Yemen4.59

Nigeria4.55

Cameroon4.40

Uganda4.39

Sudan4.38

Côte d’Ivoire4.35

Guinea4.30

Bottom 10

Malta1.08

Andorra1.07

Singapore1.04

China1.03

British Virgin Islands1.02

Puerto Rico0.91

Ukraine0.90

South Korea0.78

Hong Kong0.70

Macau0.68

Biggest increases since 2021

Azerbaijan+9.9%

Qatar+8.3%

Chile+6.7%

Belize+6.1%

Portugal+5.9%

Serbia+4.6%

Uzbekistan+3.8%

Montenegro+2.9%

Tunisia+2.6%

British Virgin Islands+2.6%

Biggest decreases since 2021

Kuwait-28.0%

Ukraine-21.9%

Iceland-12.7%

Estonia-12.4%

Ireland-12.2%

Czechia-10.4%

Macau-10.1%

Faroe Islands-10.0%

Denmark-9.9%

Finland-9.6%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Somalia	6.26	1
2	Chad	6.22	2
3	Niger	6.14	3
4	Congo - Kinshasa	6.11	4
5	Central African Republic	6.02	5
6	Mali	5.69	6
7	Angola	5.21	7
8	Burundi	4.98	8
9	Afghanistan	4.93	9
10	Mozambique	4.84	10
11	Mauritania	4.77	11
12	Tanzania	4.67	12
13	Benin	4.63	13
14	Yemen	4.59	15
15	Nigeria	4.55	14
16	Cameroon	4.40	17
17	Uganda	4.39	16
18	Sudan	4.38	18
19	Côte d’Ivoire	4.35	19
20	Guinea	4.30	20
21	Burkina Faso	4.28	21
22	Togo	4.25	22
23	Congo - Brazzaville	4.22	23
24	Zambia	4.18	25
25	Equatorial Guinea	4.17	24
26	Ethiopia	4.08	26
27	Gambia	4.08	27
28	Madagascar	4.04	28
29	Liberia	4.02	29
30	South Sudan	3.96	30
31	Comoros	3.94	31
32	Guinea-Bissau	3.91	32
33	Samoa	3.88	34
34	Sierra Leone	3.88	33
35	Senegal	3.86	35
36	Eritrea	3.79	36
37	Rwanda	3.78	37
38	Zimbabwe	3.77	40
39	Malawi	3.72	38
40	Gabon	3.71	39
41	São Tomé & Príncipe	3.70	41
42	Pakistan	3.66	42
43	Vanuatu	3.65	43
44	Solomon Islands	3.62	44
45	Ghana	3.43	45
46	Uzbekistan	3.40	53
47	Nauru	3.38	47
48	Palestinian Territories	3.38	46
49	Iraq	3.29	48
50	Kenya	3.26	50
51	Namibia	3.25	51
52	Tuvalu	3.24	52
53	Kiribati	3.18	54
54	Tonga	3.17	56
55	Papua New Guinea	3.16	55
56	Tajikistan	3.13	57
57	Kazakhstan	3.05	49
58	Marshall Islands	2.94	59
59	Israel	2.89	58
60	Guam	2.82	63
61	Algeria	2.82	62
62	Eswatini	2.80	64
63	Timor-Leste	2.80	60
64	Kyrgyzstan	2.80	61
65	Botswana	2.78	65
66	Micronesia	2.78	66
67	St. Martin	2.76	67
68	Egypt	2.75	72
69	Syria	2.75	69
70	Turkmenistan	2.73	71
71	Lesotho	2.72	70
72	Mongolia	2.70	68
73	Haiti	2.70	73
74	Jordan	2.68	74
75	Djibouti	2.65	75
76	Cambodia	2.62	76
77	Bolivia	2.58	77
78	Honduras	2.52	79
79	Laos	2.46	80
80	Oman	2.45	78
81	Paraguay	2.44	81
82	Guyana	2.44	82
83	Libya	2.40	83
84	Northern Mariana Islands	2.39	84
85	Guatemala	2.34	85
86	American Samoa	2.30	88
87	Fiji	2.30	87
88	Suriname	2.27	90
89	Dominican Republic	2.27	91
90	Lebanon	2.26	93
91	Morocco	2.26	92
92	Nicaragua	2.24	94
93	South Africa	2.23	95
94	Seychelles	2.20	86
95	Bangladesh	2.18	96
96	Indonesia	2.15	98
97	Saudi Arabia	2.14	97
98	Panama	2.14	100
99	Myanmar (Burma)	2.13	99
100	Monaco	2.11	102
101	Venezuela	2.09	103
102	Faroe Islands	2.08	89
103	Peru	2.00	104
104	Nepal	2.00	105
105	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.00	108
106	New Caledonia	2.00	107
107	India	1.99	106
108	Sri Lanka	1.98	109
109	Belize	1.95	118
110	Mexico	1.94	111
111	Philippines	1.93	112
112	Palau	1.93	113
113	Vietnam	1.93	114
114	Gibraltar	1.90	116
115	Ecuador	1.86	115
116	Tunisia	1.85	128
117	Bahrain	1.84	117
118	Georgia	1.82	110
119	Greenland	1.82	121
120	Montenegro	1.80	131
121	North Korea	1.80	125
122	St. Vincent & Grenadines	1.79	124
123	El Salvador	1.78	126
124	Bulgaria	1.78	127
125	France	1.78	120
126	Brunei	1.76	129
127	Qatar	1.74	151
128	Barbados	1.71	135
129	Romania	1.71	123
130	Iran	1.70	136
131	Armenia	1.70	137
132	Moldova	1.69	130
133	Azerbaijan	1.67	170
134	New Zealand	1.67	142
135	Colombia	1.66	139
136	United States	1.66	141
137	Czechia	1.64	119
138	Australia	1.63	138
139	Türkiye	1.63	134
140	Brazil	1.63	144
141	Aruba	1.62	145
142	North Macedonia	1.60	153
143	Serbia	1.59	172
144	Iceland	1.59	122
145	Maldives	1.58	154
146	Antigua & Barbuda	1.58	157
147	Hungary	1.57	146
148	Slovakia	1.57	147
149	United Kingdom	1.56	156
150	Isle of Man	1.56	160
151	Kosovo	1.56	161
152	Denmark	1.55	132
153	Malaysia	1.55	163
154	Slovenia	1.55	143
155	Kuwait	1.55	101
156	Trinidad & Tobago	1.54	162
157	Cayman Islands	1.54	165
158	Cape Verde	1.53	164
159	Belgium	1.53	152
160	Croatia	1.53	148
161	Sweden	1.53	140
162	French Polynesia	1.52	167
163	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.51	168
164	Ireland	1.51	133
165	Grenada	1.50	173
166	Netherlands	1.49	149
167	Argentina	1.48	155
168	Dominica	1.48	178
169	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.48	176
170	Bhutan	1.48	177
171	Turks & Caicos Islands	1.48	175
172	Liechtenstein	1.47	169
173	Latvia	1.47	159
174	Germany	1.46	158
175	Sint Maarten	1.45	181
176	Portugal	1.43	199
177	Uruguay	1.42	182
178	Russia	1.42	174
179	Cuba	1.41	185
180	Austria	1.41	179
181	Estonia	1.41	150
182	Norway	1.41	166
183	Curaçao	1.40	187
184	Bermuda	1.40	190
185	Cyprus	1.39	189
186	Switzerland	1.39	171
187	St. Lucia	1.39	188
188	Bahamas	1.38	191
189	Jamaica	1.37	193
190	Channel Islands	1.37	196
191	Albania	1.36	195
192	Canada	1.34	183
193	Costa Rica	1.34	198
194	Mauritius	1.33	186
195	Belarus	1.33	194
196	Finland	1.32	180
197	Greece	1.32	184
198	Luxembourg	1.31	192
199	Poland	1.29	200
200	Lithuania	1.27	197
201	Japan	1.26	201
202	Chile	1.26	205
203	Italy	1.24	202
204	Thailand	1.22	203
205	Spain	1.16	204
206	United Arab Emirates	1.15	206
207	San Marino	1.14	209
208	Malta	1.08	208
209	Andorra	1.07	212
210	Singapore	1.04	210
211	China	1.03	211
212	British Virgin Islands	1.02	213
213	Puerto Rico	0.91	214
214	Ukraine	0.90	207
215	South Korea	0.78	215
216	Hong Kong	0.70	216
217	Macau	0.68	217

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