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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2023

Countries217

1. Somalia6.13

Median1.92

Japan1.20202 / 217

World2.20

Top 20

Somalia6.13

Chad6.12

Niger6.06

Congo - Kinshasa6.05

Central African Republic6.01

Mali5.61

Angola5.12

Burundi4.88

Afghanistan4.84

Mozambique4.76

Mauritania4.70

Tanzania4.61

Yemen4.59

Benin4.56

Nigeria4.48

Sudan4.32

Cameroon4.32

Côte d’Ivoire4.28

Uganda4.28

Guinea4.22

Bottom 10

Andorra1.08

Malta1.06

British Virgin Islands1.04

China1.00

Ukraine0.98

Singapore0.97

Puerto Rico0.92

Hong Kong0.75

South Korea0.72

Macau0.59

Biggest increases since 2022

Armenia+11.8%

Ukraine+8.9%

Hong Kong+7.1%

Saudi Arabia+6.5%

Mauritius+5.3%

United Arab Emirates+4.5%

Oman+3.1%

Uzbekistan+3.1%

Belize+3.0%

Moldova+2.2%

Biggest decreases since 2022

Macau-13.8%

Czechia-11.0%

Faroe Islands-10.2%

Romania-9.9%

Belarus-8.9%

Australia-8.0%

Latvia-7.5%

Türkiye-7.4%

South Korea-7.3%

Azerbaijan-7.2%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Somalia	6.13	1
2	Chad	6.12	2
3	Niger	6.06	3
4	Congo - Kinshasa	6.05	4
5	Central African Republic	6.01	5
6	Mali	5.61	6
7	Angola	5.12	7
8	Burundi	4.88	8
9	Afghanistan	4.84	9
10	Mozambique	4.76	10
11	Mauritania	4.70	11
12	Tanzania	4.61	12
13	Yemen	4.59	14
14	Benin	4.56	13
15	Nigeria	4.48	15
16	Sudan	4.32	18
17	Cameroon	4.32	16
18	Côte d’Ivoire	4.28	19
19	Uganda	4.28	17
20	Guinea	4.22	20
21	Togo	4.19	22
22	Burkina Faso	4.19	21
23	Congo - Brazzaville	4.16	23
24	Zambia	4.10	24
25	Equatorial Guinea	4.08	25
26	Gambia	4.01	27
27	Ethiopia	3.99	26
28	Madagascar	3.97	28
29	Liberia	3.95	29
30	Comoros	3.88	31
31	South Sudan	3.86	30
32	Guinea-Bissau	3.84	32
33	Samoa	3.83	33
34	Senegal	3.82	35
35	Sierra Leone	3.79	34
36	Zimbabwe	3.72	38
37	Eritrea	3.71	36
38	Rwanda	3.70	37
39	Malawi	3.65	39
40	Gabon	3.65	40
41	São Tomé & Príncipe	3.64	41
42	Pakistan	3.60	42
43	Vanuatu	3.60	43
44	Solomon Islands	3.56	44
45	Uzbekistan	3.50	46
46	Ghana	3.40	45
47	Nauru	3.33	47
48	Palestinian Territories	3.31	48
49	Iraq	3.25	49
50	Namibia	3.21	51
51	Kenya	3.21	50
52	Tuvalu	3.21	52
53	Kiribati	3.15	53
54	Tonga	3.13	54
55	Papua New Guinea	3.10	55
56	Tajikistan	3.07	56
57	Kazakhstan	3.01	57
58	Marshall Islands	2.92	58
59	Israel	2.85	59
60	Guam	2.78	60
61	Algeria	2.77	61
62	Eswatini	2.75	62
63	Egypt	2.75	68
64	Micronesia	2.75	66
65	Botswana	2.73	65
66	St. Martin	2.72	67
67	Syria	2.71	69
68	Timor-Leste	2.71	63
69	Kyrgyzstan	2.70	64
70	Mongolia	2.70	72
71	Lesotho	2.69	71
72	Turkmenistan	2.69	70
73	Haiti	2.66	73
74	Jordan	2.64	74
75	Djibouti	2.61	75
76	Cambodia	2.58	76
77	Bolivia	2.55	77
78	Oman	2.52	80
79	Honduras	2.50	78
80	Paraguay	2.42	81
81	Laos	2.42	79
82	Guyana	2.41	82
83	Libya	2.36	83
84	Northern Mariana Islands	2.35	84
85	Guatemala	2.31	85
86	American Samoa	2.29	86
87	Fiji	2.28	87
88	Saudi Arabia	2.28	97
89	Suriname	2.25	88
90	Dominican Republic	2.24	89
91	Lebanon	2.24	90
92	Morocco	2.23	91
93	Nicaragua	2.22	92
94	South Africa	2.22	93
95	Seychelles	2.18	94
96	Bangladesh	2.16	95
97	Indonesia	2.13	96
98	Panama	2.12	98
99	Myanmar (Burma)	2.12	99
100	Monaco	2.11	100
101	Venezuela	2.08	101
102	Belize	2.01	109
103	Nepal	1.98	104
104	New Caledonia	1.98	106
105	Peru	1.98	103
106	U.S. Virgin Islands	1.98	105
107	India	1.98	107
108	Sri Lanka	1.97	108
109	Philippines	1.92	111
110	Vietnam	1.91	113
111	Mexico	1.91	110
112	Palau	1.91	112
113	Armenia	1.90	131
114	Gibraltar	1.89	114
115	Faroe Islands	1.87	102
116	Tunisia	1.83	116
117	Bahrain	1.82	117
118	Ecuador	1.82	115
119	Bulgaria	1.81	124
120	Georgia	1.81	118
121	North Korea	1.78	121
122	El Salvador	1.78	123
123	St. Vincent & Grenadines	1.78	122
124	Greenland	1.77	119
125	Brunei	1.75	126
126	Montenegro	1.74	120
127	Moldova	1.73	132
128	Qatar	1.73	127
129	Barbados	1.71	128
130	Iran	1.70	130
131	France	1.66	125
132	Colombia	1.64	135
133	Serbia	1.62	143
134	Brazil	1.62	140
135	United States	1.62	136
136	Aruba	1.60	141
137	Antigua & Barbuda	1.58	146
138	Maldives	1.58	145
139	New Zealand	1.57	134
140	United Kingdom	1.56	149
141	Azerbaijan	1.55	133
142	Hungary	1.55	147
143	Iceland	1.55	144
144	Malaysia	1.55	153
145	Isle of Man	1.55	150
146	Kosovo	1.54	151
147	Romania	1.54	129
148	Trinidad & Tobago	1.53	156
149	Cayman Islands	1.53	157
150	Kuwait	1.52	155
151	Cape Verde	1.52	158
152	Slovenia	1.51	154
153	Türkiye	1.51	139
154	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.50	163
155	French Polynesia	1.50	162
156	Argentina	1.50	167
157	Denmark	1.50	152
158	Ireland	1.50	164
159	North Macedonia	1.50	142
160	Australia	1.50	138
161	Slovakia	1.49	148
162	Grenada	1.49	165
163	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.49	169
164	Dominica	1.48	168
165	Belgium	1.47	159
166	Turks & Caicos Islands	1.46	171
167	Bhutan	1.46	170
168	Czechia	1.46	137
169	Croatia	1.46	160
170	Liechtenstein	1.45	172
171	Portugal	1.45	176
172	Sweden	1.45	161
173	Sint Maarten	1.45	175
174	Cuba	1.44	179
175	Netherlands	1.43	166
176	Russia	1.41	178
177	Uruguay	1.41	177
178	Bermuda	1.40	184
179	Mauritius	1.40	194
180	Norway	1.40	182
181	Germany	1.39	174
182	Cyprus	1.39	185
183	St. Lucia	1.38	187
184	Bahamas	1.37	188
185	Channel Islands	1.37	190
186	Latvia	1.36	173
187	Jamaica	1.36	189
188	Albania	1.35	191
189	Switzerland	1.33	186
190	Costa Rica	1.33	193
191	Austria	1.32	180
192	Estonia	1.31	181
193	Curaçao	1.30	183
194	Canada	1.27	192
195	Finland	1.26	196
196	Greece	1.26	197
197	Luxembourg	1.25	198
198	Thailand	1.21	204
199	Italy	1.21	203
200	Belarus	1.21	195
201	United Arab Emirates	1.20	206
202	Japan	1.20	201
203	Poland	1.20	199
204	Lithuania	1.18	200
205	Chile	1.17	202
206	San Marino	1.15	207
207	Spain	1.12	205
208	Andorra	1.08	209
209	Malta	1.06	208
210	British Virgin Islands	1.04	212
211	China	1.00	211
212	Ukraine	0.98	214
213	Singapore	0.97	210
214	Puerto Rico	0.92	213
215	Hong Kong	0.75	216
216	South Korea	0.72	215
217	Macau	0.59	217

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