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Fertility rate (births per woman) by country, 2024

Countries217

1. Chad6.03

Median1.90

Japan1.15203 / 217

World2.19

Top 20

Chad6.03

Somalia6.01

Congo - Kinshasa5.98

Central African Republic5.95

Niger5.93

Mali5.51

Angola5.05

Burundi4.79

Afghanistan4.76

Mozambique4.69

Mauritania4.62

Tanzania4.54

Yemen4.50

Benin4.48

Nigeria4.38

Sudan4.26

Cameroon4.26

Côte d’Ivoire4.23

Uganda4.17

Guinea4.13

Bottom 10

Andorra1.09

British Virgin Islands1.05

China1.01

Malta1.01

Ukraine0.99

Singapore0.97

Puerto Rico0.92

Hong Kong0.84

South Korea0.75

Macau0.58

Biggest increases since 2023

Hong Kong+12.0%

Curaçao+7.7%

South Korea+3.7%

Norway+3.6%

Montenegro+3.4%

Mauritius+2.9%

Faroe Islands+2.4%

Kuwait+2.4%

China+1.4%

St. Kitts & Nevis+1.4%

Biggest decreases since 2023

Seychelles-15.1%

Armenia-10.5%

Estonia-9.9%

Romania-9.7%

Hungary-9.0%

Latvia-8.8%

Azerbaijan-7.7%

Mongolia-7.4%

Czechia-6.8%

North Macedonia-6.7%

All countries

#	Country / region	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Prior-year rank
1	Chad	6.03	2
2	Somalia	6.01	1
3	Congo - Kinshasa	5.98	4
4	Central African Republic	5.95	5
5	Niger	5.94	3
6	Mali	5.51	6
7	Angola	5.05	7
8	Burundi	4.79	8
9	Afghanistan	4.76	9
10	Mozambique	4.69	10
11	Mauritania	4.62	11
12	Tanzania	4.54	12
13	Yemen	4.50	13
14	Benin	4.48	14
15	Nigeria	4.38	15
16	Sudan	4.26	16
17	Cameroon	4.26	17
18	Côte d’Ivoire	4.23	18
19	Uganda	4.16	19
20	Guinea	4.13	20
21	Togo	4.12	21
22	Equatorial Guinea	4.12	25
23	Burkina Faso	4.11	22
24	Congo - Brazzaville	4.11	23
25	Zambia	4.04	24
26	Madagascar	3.91	28
27	Ethiopia	3.91	27
28	Gambia	3.91	26
29	Liberia	3.86	29
30	Comoros	3.82	30
31	Samoa	3.80	33
32	South Sudan	3.78	31
33	Senegal	3.76	34
34	Guinea-Bissau	3.76	32
35	Sierra Leone	3.70	35
36	Eritrea	3.68	37
37	Zimbabwe	3.67	36
38	Rwanda	3.64	38
39	São Tomé & Príncipe	3.60	41
40	Gabon	3.59	40
41	Malawi	3.59	39
42	Vanuatu	3.57	43
43	Pakistan	3.55	42
44	Solomon Islands	3.51	44
45	Uzbekistan	3.49	45
46	Ghana	3.34	46
47	Nauru	3.29	47
48	Palestinian Territories	3.25	48
49	Iraq	3.22	49
50	Namibia	3.21	50
51	Tuvalu	3.17	52
52	Kenya	3.17	51
53	Kiribati	3.12	53
54	Tonga	3.10	54
55	Papua New Guinea	3.07	55
56	Tajikistan	3.04	56
57	Kazakhstan	2.98	57
58	Israel	2.87	59
59	Marshall Islands	2.86	58
60	Guam	2.75	60
61	Micronesia	2.74	64
62	Egypt	2.74	63
63	Algeria	2.72	61
64	Eswatini	2.72	62
65	Botswana	2.70	65
66	Syria	2.70	67
67	St. Martin	2.67	66
68	Lesotho	2.66	71
69	Turkmenistan	2.66	72
70	Timor-Leste	2.63	68
71	Haiti	2.62	73
72	Djibouti	2.62	75
73	Jordan	2.60	74
74	Kyrgyzstan	2.60	69
75	Cambodia	2.55	76
76	Bolivia	2.52	77
77	Oman	2.51	78
78	Mongolia	2.50	70
79	Honduras	2.48	79
80	Paraguay	2.42	80
81	Laos	2.40	81
82	Guyana	2.40	82
83	Northern Mariana Islands	2.32	84
84	Saudi Arabia	2.31	88
85	Libya	2.30	83
86	Guatemala	2.29	85
87	Fiji	2.27	87
88	American Samoa	2.27	86
89	Suriname	2.23	89
90	Lebanon	2.23	91
91	Dominican Republic	2.22	90
92	Morocco	2.21	92
93	Nicaragua	2.21	93
94	South Africa	2.20	94
95	Bangladesh	2.14	96
96	Indonesia	2.12	97
97	Panama	2.11	98
98	Monaco	2.10	100
99	Myanmar (Burma)	2.10	99
100	Venezuela	2.08	101
101	Belize	2.02	102
102	U.S. Virgin Islands	1.97	106
103	Peru	1.96	105
104	New Caledonia	1.96	104
105	India	1.96	107
106	Nepal	1.96	103
107	Sri Lanka	1.95	108
108	Faroe Islands	1.91	115
109	Vietnam	1.90	110
110	Philippines	1.89	109
111	Mexico	1.89	111
112	Gibraltar	1.88	114
113	Palau	1.88	112
114	Seychelles	1.85	95
115	Tunisia	1.82	116
116	Ecuador	1.81	118
117	Bahrain	1.80	117
118	Georgia	1.80	120
119	Montenegro	1.80	126
120	North Korea	1.78	121
121	El Salvador	1.77	122
122	St. Vincent & Grenadines	1.76	123
123	Brunei	1.73	125
124	Moldova	1.73	127
125	Bulgaria	1.72	119
126	Qatar	1.72	128
127	Barbados	1.71	129
128	Greenland	1.71	124
129	Armenia	1.70	113
130	Iran	1.68	130
131	Serbia	1.64	133
132	Colombia	1.63	132
133	United States	1.63	135
134	Brazil	1.61	134
135	France	1.61	131
136	Aruba	1.61	136
137	Antigua & Barbuda	1.58	137
138	New Zealand	1.57	139
139	Iceland	1.56	143
140	Kuwait	1.56	150
141	Maldives	1.56	138
142	United Kingdom	1.55	140
143	Isle of Man	1.54	145
144	Malaysia	1.54	144
145	Kosovo	1.54	146
146	Trinidad & Tobago	1.54	148
147	St. Kitts & Nevis	1.53	154
148	Cayman Islands	1.52	149
149	Slovenia	1.52	152
150	Cape Verde	1.51	151
151	Argentina	1.50	156
152	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.49	163
153	French Polynesia	1.49	155
154	Australia	1.48	160
155	Dominica	1.48	164
156	Türkiye	1.48	153
157	Grenada	1.47	162
158	Denmark	1.47	157
159	Ireland	1.47	158
160	Croatia	1.46	169
161	Slovakia	1.46	161
162	Turks & Caicos Islands	1.45	166
163	Norway	1.45	180
164	Bhutan	1.45	167
165	Cuba	1.44	174
166	Belgium	1.44	165
167	Mauritius	1.44	179
168	Sint Maarten	1.44	173
169	Azerbaijan	1.43	141
170	Netherlands	1.43	175
171	Sweden	1.43	172
172	Russia	1.42	176
173	Hungary	1.41	142
174	Portugal	1.41	171
175	Bermuda	1.40	178
176	Curaçao	1.40	193
177	North Macedonia	1.40	159
178	Uruguay	1.40	177
179	Romania	1.39	147
180	St. Lucia	1.38	183
181	Cyprus	1.38	182
182	Bahamas	1.37	184
183	Channel Islands	1.37	185
184	Liechtenstein	1.37	170
185	Czechia	1.36	168
186	Germany	1.36	181
187	Jamaica	1.35	187
188	Albania	1.34	188
189	Costa Rica	1.32	190
190	Austria	1.31	191
191	Switzerland	1.29	189
192	Canada	1.25	194
193	Finland	1.25	195
194	Luxembourg	1.25	197
195	Greece	1.24	196
196	Latvia	1.24	186
197	Belarus	1.22	200
198	United Arab Emirates	1.21	201
199	Thailand	1.20	198
200	Estonia	1.18	192
201	Italy	1.18	199
202	San Marino	1.16	206
203	Japan	1.15	202
204	Chile	1.14	205
205	Poland	1.14	203
206	Lithuania	1.11	204
207	Spain	1.10	207
208	Andorra	1.09	208
209	British Virgin Islands	1.05	210
210	China	1.01	211
211	Malta	1.01	209
212	Ukraine	0.99	212
213	Singapore	0.97	213
214	Puerto Rico	0.92	214
215	Hong Kong	0.84	215
216	South Korea	0.75	216
217	Macau	0.58	217

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