List of countries by total fertility rate explained

This is a list of all sovereign states and dependencies by total fertility rate (TFR): the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years.

Methodology

The first lists show the most recent year where there is published total fertility rate (TFR) data ranked by sovereign states and dependencies, and are ordered by organization type – intergovernmental, governmental, or non-governmental organization that searched, organized, and published the data.

Country ranking by most recent years lists:

International organizations ranking lists

The United Nations Population Fund ranking is based on the data for the 2022 published online.^[1] The United Nations Population Fund (formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities - UNFPA) is an UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide. This agency collects and analyses information on demography issues based on its own work and national sources.

The World Bank ranking list is based on the data for the year 2020 published online.^[2] The World Bank is a United Nations international financial institution, a component of the World Bank Group, and a member of the United Nations Development Group, but it also collects and analyses information on demography issues based on international and national sources: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

Note: Sometimes World Bank changes its figures of fertility rates for a certain year due to more accurate and updated information from sources. Because of that, sometimes it is necessary to update World Bank figures for fertility rates more than once for the same year.

Governmental organizations ranking lists

The CIA ranking list is sourced from the CIA World Factbook for the most recent year^[3] ^[4] unless otherwise specified. Sovereign states and countries are ranked. Some countries might not be listed because they are not fully recognized as countries at the time of this census.

The INED - Institut National d'Études Démographiques is based on the online publication Population & Sociétés - Tous les pays du monde (2019), number 569, September 2019.^[5]

Non-governmental organizations ranking lists

The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) ranking list is based on the data of the 2023 World Population Data Sheet^[6] published online. The PRB^[7] is a private, nonprofit organization which informs people around the world about population, health and the environment for research or academic purposes. It was founded in 1929. World Population Data Sheets are double-sided wallcharts (now published online) that present detailed information on demographic, health and environment indicators for more than 200 countries.

The Our World in Data (OWID) Country ranking 2019 list is sourced and based on the OWID website (on the clickable map and quoted sources).^[8] ^[9] (OWID) is an online publication that presents empirical research and data that show how living conditions around the world are changing. The aim is to show how the world is changing and why. The publication is developed at the University of Oxford and authored by social historian and development economist Max Roser.

Notes:

1- Changes in figures of fertility rates by country from one year to another, do not always reflect an actual increase or decrease of fertility rates in a certain country, but instead reflect a change made due to more accurate and updated information from sources.

2- Figures of fertility rates by country and their ranking are based on single referenced sources, from organizations that investigate demographic issues. In several instance, they do not always coincide with other sources, such as other organizations and the ones that are referenced in the individual demographies by country (Demographics of...), which can be accessed by clicking on the names of the countries. This is due to several reasons such as different primary sources, data quality, methodology and others.

Replacement rates

See also: Sub-replacement fertility. Replacement fertility is the total fertility rate at which women give birth to enough babies to sustain population levels, assuming that mortality rates remain constant and net migration is zero. If replacement level fertility is sustained over a sufficiently long period, each generation will exactly replace itself.^[10] The replacement fertility rate is 2.1 births per female for most developed countries (2.1 in the United Kingdom, for example), but can be as high as 3.5 in undeveloped countries because of higher mortality rates, especially child mortality.^[11] The global average for the replacement total fertility rate, eventually leading to a stable global population, for the contemporary period, 2010–2015, is 2.3 children per female.^[12]

Comparison ranking lists:

The Our World in Data (OWID) Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1950 and 2015 list is sourced and based on the OWID website (on the clickable map and quoted sources).^[13] ^[14] Our World in Data (OWID) is an online publication that presents empirical research and data that show how living conditions around the world are changing. The aim is to show how the world is changing and why. The publication is developed at the University of Oxford and authored by social historian and development economist Max Roser.

The World Bank Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1960 and 2015 list is sourced and based on the online published demographic data of the World Bank website (on the clickable map and quoted sources).^[15]

The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1970 and 2013 list is sourced and based on the data of the 2014 World Population Data Sheet^[16] published online.^[17] ^[18]

Forecast/prediction ranking lists:

The UN ranking list is sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects. Figures are from the 2015 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2015–2020, using the medium assumption.^[19] ^[20] and from the 2019 revision United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2020–2025, using the medium assumption.^[21] The United Nations Population Division, part of the DESA - Department of Economic and Social Affairs,^[22] ranking list is based on the forecast/prediction for the years 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 published online.^[23] ^[24]

Only countries/territories with a population of 100,000 or more in 2019 are included. Ranks are based on the 2015–2020 and 2020-2025 figures.

Country ranking by most recent year

Country ranking by international organizations

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2024 list by the United Nations Population Fund
Rank	Country	Total fertility rate in 2024 (births/woman)
1		6.6
2		6.0
3		6.0
4		6.0
5		5.7
6		5.7
7		5.0
8		5.0
9		4.8
10		4.7
11		4.5
12		4.5
13		4.4
14		4.4
15		4.3
16		4.3
17		4.2
18		4.2
19		4.2
20		4.2
21		4.2
22		4.1
23		4.1
24		4.1
25		4.1
26		4.0
27		4.0
28		3.9
29		3.9
30		3.8
31		3.8
32		3.8
33		3.8
34		3.7
35		3.7
36		3.7
37		3.6
38		3.6
39		3.6
40		3.6
41		3.6
42		3.4
43 (1)	(France)	3.4
44		3.3
45		3.3
46		3.3
47		3.3
48		3.3
49		3.2
50		3.2
51		3.2
52		3.1
53		3.1
54		3.1
55		3.1
56		3.0
57		2.9
58		2.9
59		2.9
60		2.9
61		2.8
62		2.7
63		2.7
64		2.7
65		2.7
66		2.7
67		2.7
68		2.7
69		2.7
70		2.7
71		2.6
72		2.6
73		2.6
74		2.5
75 (2)	(US)	2.5
76		2.5
77		2.4
78		2.4
79		2.4
80		2.3
81		2.3
82		2.3
83		2.3
84		2.3
85		2.3
86		2.3
87		2.3
88		2.3
89		2.3
	World		2.3
	Population replacement	2.3
90		2.2
91		2.2
92		2.2
93 (3)	(France)	2.2
94		2.2
95		2.1
96	(Burma)	2.1
97		2.1
98		2.1
99 (4)	(US)	2.1
100		2.0
101		2.0
102		2.0
103		2.0
104 (5)	(France)	2.0
105		2.0
106		2.0
107		2.0
108		2.0
109 (6)	(France)	2.0
110		2.0
111		1.9
112		1.9
113		1.9
114 (7)	(France)	1.9
115		1.9
116		1.9
117		1.9
118		1.8
119		1.8
120		1.8
121		1.8
122		1.8
123		1.8
124		1.8
125		1.8
126		1.8
127		1.8
128		1.7
129		1.7
130		1.7
131		1.7
132		1.7
133 (8)	(France)	1.7
134		1.7
135		1.7
136		1.7
137		1.7
138		1.7
139		1.7
140		1.7
141		1.7
142		1.6
143		1.6
144		1.6
145		1.6
146		1.6
147		1.6
148		1.6
149		1.6
150 (9)	(Netherlands)	1.6
151		1.6
152		1.6
154		1.6
154		1.6
155 (10)	(Netherlands) (Dutch part)	1.6
156		1.6
157		1.6
158		1.6
159 (11)	(UK)	1.6
160		1.6
161		1.5
162		1.5
163		1.5
164		1.5
165		1.5
166		1.5
167		1.5
168		1.5
169		1.5
170		1.5
171		1.5
172		1.5
173		1.5
174		1.5
175		1.5
176		1.4
177		1.4
178		1.4
179		1.4
180		1.4
181		1.4
182		1.4
183		1.4
184		1.4
185		1.4
186		1.4
187		1.4
188		1.3
189		1.3
190		1.3
191		1.3
192		1.3
193 (12)	(US)	1.3
194		1.3
195		1.3
196		1.3
197 (13)	(Netherlands)	1.2
198		1.2
199 (14)	(China)	1.2
200		1.2
201		1.2
202		1.1
203		0.9
204 (15)	(China)	0.8
	Sovereign states: 189
	Dependent territories: 15
	World		2.3
	UNFPA Programme Regions
1		4.8
2		4.1
3		3.0
4		2.1
5		1.9
6		1.8
	Development Situation
1		3.8
2		2.4
3		1.5
	Not ranked (no data)
1 (1)	(US)	-
2		-
3 (2)	(UK)	-
4 (3)	(UK)	-
5 (4)	(UK)	-
6	Channel Islands - (5) (UK) and (6) (UK)	-
7 (5)	(Denmark)	-
8 (6)	(UK)	-
9 (7)	(Denmark)	-
10 (8)	(UK)	-
11		-
12		-
13		-
14 (9)	(France)	-
15		-
16		-
17 (10)	(US)	-
18		-
19 (11)	(France) (French part)	-
20		-
	Sovereign states: 9
	Dependent territories: 10

+2022 list by the World Bank	Rank	Country	Total fertility rate in 2022 (births/woman)
1		6.75
2		6.21
3		6.20
4		6.11
5		5.92
6		5.87
7		5.21
8		5.14
9		4.98
10		4.89
11		4.67
12		4.66
13		4.59
14		4.56
15		4.52
16		4.47
17		4.38
18		4.38
19		4.34
20		4.34
21		4.34
22		4.31
23		4.30
24		4.24
25		4.20
26		4.17
27		4.09
28		4.06
29		4.02
30		3.92
31		3.92
32		3.91
33		3.88
34		3.88
35		3.85
36		3.79
37		3.79
38		3.75
39		3.75
40		3.72
41		3.70
42		3.51
43		3.46
44		3.46
45		3.44
46		3.44
47	(West Bank and Gaza)	3.44
48		3.41
49		3.31
50		3.30
51		3.30
52		3.25
53		3.20
54		3.17
55		3.14
56		3.14
57		3.05
58		3.05
59		2.98
60		2.89
61		2.88
62		2.83
63		2.80
64		2.79
65		2.79
66		2.77
67		2.77
68		2.76
69		2.75
70		2.73
71		2.70
72		2.70
73		2.67
74		2.62
75		2.58
76		2.57
77 (1)	(US)	2.55
78		2.46
79		2.45
80		2.44
81		2.40
82		2.39
83 (2)	(France) (French part)	2.39
84		2.37
85		2.35
86		2.34
87		2.34
88		2.32
89		2.32
90		2.32
91		2.30
92		2.30
	Population replacement	2.30
93		2.28
	World		2.27
94		2.25
95		2.19
96		2.16
97		2.15
98	(Burma)	2.13
99		2.09
100		2.08
101		2.06
102		2.06
103 (3)	(Denmark)	2.05
104 (4)	(France)	2.02
105		2.01
106		2.01
107		2.00
108 (5)	(US)	2.00
109		1.99
110		1.99
111		1.97
112		1.95
113		1.94
114		1.90
115		1.88
116		1.88
117 (6)	(Denmark)	1.84
118 (7)	(UK)	1.84
119		1.81
120		1.80
121		1.80
122		1.80
123		1.80
124		1.79
125		1.79
126		1.79
127		1.78
128		1.78
129		1.78
130		1.78
131		1.76
132		1.70
133		1.69
134 (8)	(France)	1.69
135		1.68
136		1.68
137		1.67
138		1.67
139		1.66
140 (9)	(UK)	1.66
141		1.63
142		1.63
143		1.63
144		1.63
145		1.62
146		1.61
147		1.60
148		1.59
149		1.59
150		1.58
151		1.57
152 (10)	(Netherlands) (Dutch part)	1.57
153 (11)	(UK)	1.57
154		1.57
155		1.57
156		1.55
157		1.55
158		1.54
159		1.53
160		1.53
161		1.52
162		1.52
163		1.52
164		1.51
165		1.51
166		1.50
167		1.49
168		1.48
169		1.47
170		1.47
171	Channel Islands - (12) (UK) and (13) (UK)	1.47
172		1.46
173		1.45
174		1.44
175		1.43
176		1.43
177		1.42
178		1.41
179		1.41
180		1.41
181		1.40
182		1.39
183		1.39
184		1.38
185		1.38
186		1.35
187		1.34
188		1.33
189		1.32
190		1.32
191		1.32
192		1.31
193		1.31
194 (14)	(Netherlands)	1.30
195 (15)	(UK)	1.30
196		1.27
197		1.26
198		1.26
199		1.26
200		1.24
201 (16)	(Netherlands)	1.18
202		1.18
203		1.16
204		1.15
205 (17)	(China)	1.11
206		1.04
207 (18)	(UK)	1.01
208 (19)	(US)	0.90
209		0.78
210 (20)	(China)	0.70
	Sovereign states: 190
	Dependent territories: 20
	World		2.27
	Major regions
1	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	4.6
2		4.5
3		3.1
4	Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income)	2.6
5		2.6
6		2.2
9	Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income)	1.9
7		1.8
8	Latin America and the Caribbean (excluding high income)	1.8
10		1.7
13		1.6
11	East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income)	1.5
12		1.5
14		1.5
	States’ size
1		3.2
2		2.8
3		2.6
4	Caribbean small states	1.7
	International organizations
1	OECD members	1.6
2		1.5
	Security situation
1	Fragile and conflict affected situations	4.3
	Economic areas
1		1.4
	Economic situation
1	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	4.5
2	Least developed countries UN classification	3.9
	Income
1		4.5
2	Lower middle income countries	2.6
3	Low and middle income countries	2.4
4		2.1
5	Upper middle income countries	1.6
6		1.5
	Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1	(US)	-
2		1.3 (2010)
3	(UK)	-
4		-
5	(US)	-
6		0.85 (2020)
7		1.3 (2012)
8		-
9		-

Note:(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

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2022 list by the INED (Institut National d'Études Démographiques)
Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2022 (births/woman)
1		6.7
2		6.2
3		6.2
4		6.1
5		5.9
6		5.9
7		5.2
8		5.1
9		5.0
10		4.9
11		4.7
12		4.7
13		4.6
14		4.6
15		4.5
16		4.5
17		4.4
18 (1)	(France)	4.4
19		4.4
20		4.3
21		4.3
22		4.3
23		4.3
24		4.3
25		4.2
26		4.2
27		4.2
28		4.1
29		4.1
30		4.0
31		3.9
32		3.9
33		3.9
34		3.9
35		3.9
36		3.8
37		3.8
38		3.8
39		3.8
40		3.7
41		3.7
42		3.7
43		3.5
44		3.5
45 (2)	(France)	3.5
46		3.4
47		3.4
48	(Gaza Strip and West Bank)	3.4
49		3.4
50		3.3
51		3.3
52		3.2
53		3.2
54		3.2
55		3.1
56		3.0
57		3.0
58		3.0
59		2.9
60		2.9
61		2.9
62		2.8
63		2.8
64		2.8
65		2.8
66		2.8
67		2.8
68		2.8
69		2.8
70		2.7
71		2.7
72		2.7
73		2.7
74		2.6
75 (3)	(US)	2.6
76		2.6
77		2.6
78		2.5
79		2.4
80		2.4
81		2.4
82		2.4
83		2.4
84		2.4
85		2.3
86		2.3
87		2.3
88		2.3
89		2.3
90		2.3
91		2.3
92		2.3
93		2.3
	World	2.3
	Population replacement	2.3
94		2.2
95		2.2
96		2.2
97 (4)	(France)	2.2
98		2.2
99		2.1
100		2.1
101		2.1
102		2.1
103	(Burma)	2.1
104		2.1
105 (5)	(US)	2.1
106		2.0
107		2.0
108		2.0
109		2.0
110 (6)	(France)	2.0
111		2.0
112		2.0
113 (7)	(France)	2.0
114		2.0
115		1.9
116		1.9
117 (8)	(France)	1.9
118		1.9
119		1.9
120		1.8
121		1.8
122		1.8
123	(Metropolitan France)	1.8
124		1.8
125		1.8
126		1.8
127		1.8
128		1.8
129		1.8
130		1.8
131		1.8
132		1.7
133		1.7
134		1.7
135		1.7
136		1.7
137		1.7
138		1.7
139		1.7
140		1.7
141 (9)	(France)	1.7
142		1.7
143		1.7
144		1.7
145		1.6
146		1.6
147		1.6
148		1.6
149		1.6
150		1.6
151		1.6
152 (10)	(Netherlands)	1.6
153		1.6
154		1.6
155		1.6
156		1.6
157		1.6
158		1.6
159		1.6
160		1.6
161		1.6
162		1.5
163		1.5
164		1.5
165		1.5
166		1.5
167		1.5
168		1.5
169		1.5
170		1.5
171		1.5
172		1.5
173		1.5
174		1.5
175		1.5
176		1.5
177		1.4
178		1.4
179		1.4
180		1.4
181		1.4
182		1.4
183		1.4
184		1.4
185		1.4
186		1.4
187		1.4
188		1.4
189		1.4
190		1.3
191		1.3
192		1.3
193		1.3
194		1.3
195 (11)	(US)	1.3
196		1.3
197		1.3
198		1.3
199 (12)	(Netherlands)	1.2
200	(mainland only)	1.2
201		1.2
202		1.1
203	(Taiwan)	1.1
204 (13)	(China)	1.1
205		1.1
206		1.0
207		0.9
208 (14)	(China)	0.8
	Sovereign states: 194
	Dependent territories: 14
	World
1	World	2.3
	Continents
1		4.2
2		2.1
3		1.9
4		1.8
5		1.5
	Major regions
1		5.6
2		4.9
3		4.2
4		3.0
5		2.9
6		2.6
7		2.4
8		2.2
9		2.1
10		2.1
11		2.0
12		1.9
13		1.8
14		1.8
15		1.6
16		1.6
17		1.6
18		1.5
19		1.3
20		1.2
	Not ranked
1	Channel Islands - (1) (UK) and (2) (UK)	-
2 (3)	(Australia)	-
3 (4)	(Australia)	-
4		-
5 (5)	(UK)	-
6 (6)	(Denmark)	-
7		-
8		-
9 (7)	(Australia)	-
10		-
11 (8)	(UK)	-
12 (9)	(Norway)	-
13 (10)	(New Zealand)	-
14		-
15		-
	Sovereign states: 4
	Dependent territories: 10

2024 list by the CIA World Factbook
Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2024 (births/woman)
1		6.64
2		5.70
3		5.49
4		5.35
5		5.34
6		5.24
7		5.17
8		5.12
9		5.09
10		4.90
11		4.78
12		4.66
13		4.62
14		4.52
15		4.47
16		4.44
17		4.43
18		4.42
19		4.27
20		4.13
21		4.12
22		4.06
23		4.02
24		3.98
25		3.94
26		3.93
27		3.84
28		3.79
29		3.79
30		3.61
31		3.56
32		3.56
33		3.52
34		3.49
35		3.47
36		3.47
37		3.43
38		3.40
39		3.40
40		3.32
41		3.31
42		3.26
43		3.21
44		3.19
45		3.16
46		3.14
47		3.10
48		3.00
49		2.94
50		2.92
51		2.89
52		2.87
53		2.85
54		2.82
55		2.78
56		2.77
57		2.76
58		2.75
59 (1)	(US)	2.73
60		2.69
61		2.67
62		2.65
63		2.65
64		2.64
65		2.61
66		2.58
67 (2)	(US)	2.56
68		2.55
69		2.53
70		2.52
71		2.45
72		2.44
	World	2.42 (2020 est.)
73		2.37
74		2.35
75		2.34
76		2.33
77		2.33
	Population replacement	2.30
78		2.27
79 (3)	(Denmark)	2.27
80		2.25
81		2.24
82		2.21
83		2.21
84		2.21
85		2.20
86		2.19
87		2.18
88		2.17
89		2.15
90		2.15
91		2.15
92		2.15
93		2.13
94		2.11
95		2.10
96		2.07
97 (4)	(US)	2.06
98		2.05
99		2.05
100		2.05
101		2.03
102		2.03
103		2.02
104	(self-governing country in free association with)	2.02
105		2.02
106		2.01
107 (5)	(Netherlands)	1.97
108 (6)	(US)	1.97
109	(Myanmar)	1.97
110		1.96
111 (7)	(Netherlands)	1.96
112		1.95
113		1.94
114		1.94
115		1.93
116		1.93
117		1.91
118		1.90
119		1.90
120		1.90
121		1.90
122		1.89
123 (8)	(UK)	1.89
124 (9)	(Denmark)	1.88
125 (10)	(UK)	1.88
126		1.88
127 (11)	(UK)	1.88
128		1.87
129		1.87
130		1.87
131		1.85
132		1.85
133		1.84
134		1.83
135 (12)	(France)	1.83
136 (14)	(UK)	1.82
137 (13)	(Netherlands)	1.82
138		1.81
139		1.81
140 (15)	(France)	1.80
141		1.80
142		1.79
143 (16)	(France)	1.79
144		1.77
145		1.76
146		1.76
147		1.76
148		1.75
149		1.75
150		1.74
151		1.74
152		1.74
153		1.73
154		1.73
155		1.73
156		1.73
157 (17)	(UK)	1.72
158		1.72
159		1.71
160 (18)	(France)	1.71
161		1.71
162		1.71
163		1.70
164 (19)	(UK)	1.70
165		1.70
166		1.70
167		1.69
168		1.69
169		1.67
170 (20)	(UK)	1.66
171		1.65
172		1.65
173 (21)	(France)	1.64
174		1.63
175		1.63
176		1.63
177		1.63
178		1.62
179		1.62
180		1.61
181 (22)	(UK)	1.61
182		1.61
183 (23)	(France)	1.60
184		1.60
185		1.60
186		1.60
187		1.59
188 (24)	(UK)	1.59
189		1.58
190		1.58
191		1.57
192		1.55
193		1.55
194		1.55
195		1.54
196		1.54
197		1.54
198		1.53
199		1.52
200		1.52
201		1.51
202		1.51
203		1.49
204		1.47
205		1.46
206		1.46
207		1.45
208		1.45
209		1.44
210		1.43
211		1.41
212		1.40
213 (25)	(UK)	1.38
214		1.38
215		1.36
216 (26)	(UK)	1.33
217		1.32
218		1.30
219		1.26
220 (27)	(US)	1.26
221		1.26
222 (28)	(China)	1.24
223 (29)	(China)	1.24
224		1.22
225		1.17
226		1.12
227	(Taiwan)	1.11
	Sovereign states: 198
	Dependent territories: 29
	World
1	World	2.42 (2020 est.)
	Not ranked
1 (1)	(Australia) (uninhabited)	-
2 (2)	(Australia)	-
3 (3)	(Australia)	-
4 (4)	(Australia)	-
5 (5)	(UK)	-
6 (6)	(France)	-
7 (7)	(France)	-
8 (8)	(France)	-
9 (9)	(France)	-
10	(self-governing state in free association with)	-
11 (10)	(Australia)	-
12 (..1..)	Paracel Islands (disputed territory) (until 1974) (occupied by since 1974, also claimed by (Taiwan) and)	-
13 (11)	(UK)	-
14 (12)	(France)	-
15 (13)	(UK)	-
16 (..2..)	Spratly Islands (disputed territory) (partially occupied by six countries - ; (Taiwan); ; ; and)	-
17 (14)	(Norway)	-
18		-
19 (..3..)	(disputed territory between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) ("Free Zone" is a self proclaimed and de facto sovereign state)	3.65 (2020)
	Sovereign states: 2
	Dependent territories: 14
	Disputed territories: 3

Note:

(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

Country ranking by non-governmental organizations

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2023 list by the PRB (Population Reference Bureau)^[25] ^[26]
Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2023 (births/woman)
1		6.7
2		6.4
3		6.2
4		6.2
5		6.1
6		5.9
7		5.4
8		5.2
9		5.2
10		5.1
11		5.0
12		4.9
13		4.9
14		4.8
15 (1)	(France)	4.7
16		4.5
17		4.5
18		4.4
19		4.4
20		4.4
21		4.3
22		4.3
23		4.3
24		4.3
25		4.3
26		4.2
27		4.2
28		4.2
29		4.2
30		4.1
31		4.1
32		4.0
33		3.9
34		3.9
35		3.9
36		3.9
37		3.9
38		3.9
39		3.8
40	(Gaza Strip and West Bank)	3.8
41		3.8
42		3.7
43		3.7
44		3.7
45		3.6
46		3.6
47		3.5
48 (2)	(France)	3.5
49		3.5
50		3.4
51		3.4
52		3.4
53		3.3
54		3.3
55		3.2
56		3.2
57		3.2
58		3.1
59		3.0
60		3.0
61		3.0
62		3.0
63		2.9
64		2.8
65		2.8
66	(Swaziland)	2.8
67		2.8
68 (3)	(US)	2.8
69		2.8
70		2.8
71		2.8
72		2.7
73		2.7
74		2.7
75		2.7
76		2.6
77		2.6
78		2.5
79		2.5
80		2.5
81 (4)	(France)	2.5
82		2.4
83		2.4
84	(Burma)	2.4
85		2.4
86		2.4
87		2.4
88		2.3
89		2.3
90		2.3
91		2.3
92		2.3
	Population Replacement	2.3
93		2.2
94		2.2
95		2.2
96		2.2
97		2.2
98		2.2
99		2.2
	World	2.2
100		2.1
101		2.1
102		2.1
103		2.1
104		2.1
105		2.1
106		2.0
107		2.0
108 (5)	(France)	2.0
109		2.0
110		2.0
111 (6)	(France)	2.0
112		2.0
113		2.0
114		1.9
115		1.9
116		1.9
117 (7)	(France)	1.9
118		1.9
119		1.9
120		1.8
121		1.8
122		1.8
123		1.8
124		1.8
125		1.8
126		1.8
127		1.8
128		1.8
129		1.8
130		1.8
131		1.8
132		1.7
133		1.7
134		1.7
135		1.7
136		1.7
137		1.7
138		1.7
139 (8)	(France)	1.7
140		1.7
141		1.7
142		1.6
143		1.6
144		1.6
145		1.6
146		1.6
147		1.6
148		1.6
149		1.6
150		1.6
151		1.6
152		1.6
153		1.6
154		1.6
155		1.6
156		1.6
157		1.6
158		1.6
159		1.5
160	Channel Islands – (9) (UK) and (10) (UK)	1.5
161		1.5
162		1.5
163		1.5
164		1.5
165		1.5
166		1.5
167		1.5
168		1.5
169		1.5
170		1.5
171		1.5
172		1.4
173		1.4
174		1.4
175		1.4
176		1.4
-		1.4
177		1.4
178		1.4
179		1.4
180		1.4
181		1.4
182		1.4
183		1.3
184 (11)	(Netherlands)	1.3
185		1.3
186		1.3
187		1.3
188		1.3
189		1.3
190		1.3
191		1.3
192		1.3
193		1.2
194		1.2
195		1.2
196		1.2
197		1.2
198		1.1
199	(mainland only)	1.1
200		1.1
201		1.1
202		1.0
203		1.0
204		0.9
205	(Taiwan)	0.9
206 (12)	(US)	0.9
207		0.8
208 (13)	(China)	0.7
209 (14)	(China)	0.7
	Sovereign States: 195
	Dependent Territories: 14
	World
1	World	2.2
	Continents
1		4.3
2		2.1
3		1.9
4		1.8
5		1.4
	Continental Major Regions
1	Africa	4.3
1.1		4.6
1.1.2		5.6
1.1.3		4.9
1.1.4		4.2
1.1.5		2.4
1.2		3.0
2	Oceania	2.1
3	Asia	1.9
3.1		3.2
3.2		2.5
3.3		2.2
3.4		2.0
3.5		1.1
4	Americas	1.8
4.1		1.9
4.1.1		1.9
4.1.2		1.9
4.1.3		1.8
4.2		1.6
5	Europe	1.4
5.1		1.6
5.2		1.5
5.3		1.4
5.4		1.3
	Development Level
1		4.1
2		2.4
3		1.5
	Income
1		4.6
2		2.1
2.1	- Lower Middle Income	2.6
2.2	- Upper Middle Income	1.5
3		1.5
	Not Ranked
1 (1)	(Australia)	-
2 (2)	(Australia)	-
3 (3)	(UK)	-
4 (4)	(Denmark)	-
5		-
6 (5)	(Australia)	-
7 (6)	(UK)	-
8 (7)	(Norway)	-
9 (8)	(New Zealand)	-
10		-
	Sovereign States: 2
	Dependent Territories: 8

2022 list by the OWID (Our World In Data) - based on Gapminder estimates^[27]
Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2022 (births/woman)
1		6.86
2		5.71
3		5.52
4		5.51
5		5.36
6		5.28
7		5.22
8		5.11
9		5.06
10		4.99
11		4.87
12		4.86
13		4.65
14		4.65
15		4.57
16		4.54
17		4.43
18		4.41
19		4.39
20		4.36
21		4.32
22		4.32
23		4.31
24		4.20
25		4.19
26		4.18
27		4.18
28		4.17
29		4.10
30		4.08
31		4.04
32		3.90
33		3.87
34		3.77
35		3.73
36		3.69
37		3.66
38		3.56
39		3.54
40		3.52
41		3.47
42		3.44
43		3.43
44		3.42
45		3.41
46		3.39
47		3.35
48		3.12
49		3.11
50 (1)	(France)	3.11
51		3.10
52		3.07
53		3.02
54		2.98
55		2.95
56		2.83
57		2.82
58		2.81
59		2.77
60 (2)	(US)	2.76
61		2.76
62		2.69
63		2.66
64		2.65
65		2.65
66		2.63
67 (3)	(US)	2.59
68		2.53
69		2.53
70		2.49
71		2.47
72		2.46
73		2.41
74		2.39
	World	2.39
75		2.38
76		2.37
77		2.37
78		2.33
79		2.33
80		2.33
81		2.31
82		2.30
83		2.30
	Population replacement	2.30
84	(disputed territory between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) ("Free Zone" is a self proclaimed and de facto sovereign state)	2.28
85		2.26
86		2.26
87		2.24
88		2.24
89		2.22
90		2.20
91		2.20
92		2.18
93		2.16
94		2.15
95		2.14
96	(Myanmar)	2.09
97		2.07
98		2.07
99 (4)	(France)	2.06
100		2.04
101		2.02
102		1.99
103		1.99
104		1.99
105		1.97
106		1.97
107		1.97
108		1.96
109		1.95
110		1.95
111		1.95
112		1.94
113		1.94
114		1.94
115		1.93
116		1.93
117		1.92
118		1.92
119 (5)	(France)	1.92
120		1.91
121		1.90
122		1.89
123		1.88
124		1.88
125		1.88
126		1.87
127		1.86
128		1.83
129		1.82
130		1.81
131		1.81
132		1.81
133		1.80
134		1.79
135 (6)	(Netherlands)	1.79
136		1.79
137		1.79
138		1.78
139		1.76
140		1.75
141		1.75
142		1.74
143		1.73
144		1.72
145		1.71
146		1.71
147		1.70
148		1.70
149		1.70
150		1.69
151		1.68
152		1.66
153		1.65
154		1.64
155		1.64
156		1.64
157		1.63
158		1.63
159		1.62
160		1.61
161		1.58
162		1.58
163		1.58
164		1.57
165		1.56
166		1.56
167		1.55
168		1.54
169		1.51
170		1.51
171		1.51
172	Channel Islands - (7) (UK) and (8) (UK)	1.51
173		1.50
174 (9)	(China)	1.46
175		1.45
176		1.45
177		1.44
178		1.44
179		1.43
180		1.42
181 (10)	(China)	1.42
182		1.41
183		1.39
184		1.34
185		1.31
186		1.29
187		1.28
188	(Taiwan)	1.28
189		1.25
190		1.24
	Sovereign states: 180
	Dependent territories: 10
	World
1	World	2.39
	Not ranked
1 (1)	(US)	-
2		-
3 (2)	(UK)	-
4 (3)	(Australia) (uninhabited)	-
5 (4)	(UK)	-
6 (5)	(UK)	-
7 (6)	(UK)	-
8 (7)	(Australia)	-
9 (8)	(Australia)	-
10	(self-governing country in free association with)	-
11 (9)	(Australia)	-
12 (10)	(Netherlands)	-
13		-
-		-
14 (11)	(UK)	-
15 (12)	(Denmark)	-
16 (13)	(UK)	-
17 (14)	(Denmark)	-
18		-
19 (15)	(UK)	-
20 (16)	(Netherlands)	-
21 (17)	(France)	-
22		-
23		-
24 (18)	(France)	-
25 (19)	(France)	-
26		-
27		-
28 (20)	(UK)	-
29		-
30	(self-governing state in free association with)	-
31 (21)	(Australia)	-
32		-
33	(Gaza Strip and West Bank)	-
34 (..1..)	Paracel Islands (disputed territory) (until 1974) (occupied by since 1974, also claimed by (Taiwan) and)	-
35 (22)	(UK)	-
36 (23)	(US)	-
37 (24)	(France)	-
38 (25)	(France)	-
39 (26)	(UK)	-
40 (27)	(France)	-
41		-
42 (28)	(France)	-
43		-
44		-
45 (28)	(UK)	-
46 (..2..)	Spratly Islands (disputed territory) (partially occupied by six countries - ; (Taiwan); ; ; and)	-
47 (29)	(Norway)	-
48		-
49 (30)	(UK)	-
50		-
51 (31)	(US)	-
52		-
53 (32)	(France)	1.71
	Sovereign states: 18
	Dependent territories: 33
	Disputed territories: 2

Note:

(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

Omanis

3.2 (2017-20).^[28]

Country ranking and comparison of TFR by year

1950 and 2015

1950 list by Our World in Data

2015 list by Our World in Data

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 1950 (births/woman)
1		8.11
2 (1)	(Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories →)	7.92
3 (2)	(British and French Condominium →)	7.68
4 (3)	(United Nations trust territories, Western Samoa →)	7.63
5		7.56
6		7.51
7		7.47
8		7.45
9		7.45
10 (4)	(French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Ivory Coast →	7.38
11	(and →)	7.37
12 (5)	(British Empire, Kenya Colony →)	7.36
13		7.35
14 (6)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola →)	7.34
15 (7)	(British Empire →)	7.33
16 (8)	(French Colonial Empire, French Madagascar →)	7.30
17 (9)	(British Empire, British Protectorate →)	7.30
18 (10)	(French Colonial Empire, French Algeria →)	7.29
19 (11)	(French Colonial Empire, French Niger →)	7.26
20 (12)	(British Empire, British Somaliland and Trust Territory of Somaliland →)	7.25
21		7.25
22 (13)	(British Empire, British Protectorate →)	7.22
23		7.20
24 (14)	(Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →)	7.20
25		7.18
26		7.15
27		7.10
28 (15)	(British Empire, British Protectorate →)	6.97
29 (16)	(British Empire →)	6.97
30 (17)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique →)	6.97
31 (18)	(French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Sudan →)	6.96
32		6.95
33 (19)	(French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Cambodia →)	6.95
34 (20)	(British Empire, Trucial States →)	6.94
35		6.93
36		6.92
37 (21)	(→)	6.92
38	(Taiwan)	6.90
39 (22)	(British Empire →)	6.89
40		6.88
41 (23)	(British Empire, British Protectorate →)	6.86
42 (24)	(British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Nyasaland Protectorate →)	6.84
43 (25)	(Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories →)	6.82
44 (26)	(French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Senegal →)	6.79
45		6.77
46 (27)	(British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland →)	6.75
47		6.74
48		6.72
49		6.72
50		6.72
51 (28)	(British Empire →)	6.71
52 (29)	(British Empire, Tanganyika and Zanzibar →)	6.70
53		6.69
54 (30)	(British Empire, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan →)	6.68
55		6.67
56		6.67
57 (31)	(British Empire, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan → →)	6.63
58 (32)	(British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland →)	6.62
59 (33)	(British Empire, British Singapore →)	6.61
60		6.60
61 (34)	(Kingdom of the Netherlands →)	6.58
62 (35)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde →)	6.57
63 (36)	(French Colonial Empire, French protectorate of Tunisia →)	6.56
64		6.54
65 (37)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor →)	6.51
66 (38)		6.49
67		6.49
68 (39)	(British Empire, Bechuanaland Protectorate →)	6.47
69 (40)	(British Empire →)	6.40
70 (41)	(British Empire, Gold Coast (British colony) →)	6.37
71	(British Empire, British Nigeria →	6.36
72 (42)	(British Empire, British Malaya and British Borneo →)	6.36
73 (43)	(United Nations trust territories, French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Togoland →)	6.33
74		6.31
75 (44)	(French Colonial Empire, French Somaliland →)	6.30
76 (45)	(British Empire →)	6.30
77		6.25
78		6.24
79 (46)	(Pakistan, East Pakistan →)	6.23
80 (47)	(United Nations trust territories →	6.23
81 (48)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe →)	6.20
82		6.14
83		6.13
84 (49)	(French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Mauritania →	6.12
85 (50)	(British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands →)	6.10
86 (51)	(British Empire →)	6.09
87 (52)	(French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, French Chad →)	6.06
88 (53)	(Denmark)	6.05
89		6.04
90 (54)	(British Empire, British Protectorate →)	6.03
91 (55)	(French Colonial Empire, French West Africa → →)	6.03
92	(→)	6.03
93 (56)	(British Empire, West Indies Federation →)	6.00
94 (57)	(French Colonial Empire →)	6.00
95 (58)	(French Colonial Empire → France)	6.00
96 (59)	(Belgian Colonial Empire, Belgian Congo → → →)	5.99
97 (60)	(French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Guinea →	5.97
98 (61)	(→)	5.96
99		5.96
100		5.96
101	(French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Laos →)	5.94
102 (62)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea →)	5.92
103		5.91
104 (63)	(British Empire →)	5.90
105 (64)	(British Empire →)	5.81
106 (65)	(British Empire →)	5.80
107		5.76
108 (66)	(French Colonial Empire, French West Africa → →)	5.75
109 (67)	(British Empire →)	5.69
110		5.68
111 (68)	(Spanish Empire, Spanish Guinea →)	5.68
112 (69)	(French Colonial Empire, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa →)	5.67
113		5.65
114 (70)	(Netherlands)	5.65
115		5.64
116 (71)	(United Nations Trust Territories, French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, French Cameroons →)	5.54
117 (72)	(→)	5.52
118		5.50
119 (73)	(French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, Ubangi-Shari →)	5.40
120		5.35
121 (74)	(→)	5.32
122 (75)	(British Empire, West Indies Federation →)	5.28
123 (76)	(US)	5.25
124 (77)	(British Empire, Gambia Colony and Protectorate →)	5.23
125 (78)	(French colonial Empire → France)	5.22
126 (79)	(→)	5.08
127 (80)	(French Colonial Empire → France)	5.08
128		5.08
129 (81)	(→)	5.07
130 (82)	(→)	5.04
131		5.02
132 (83)	(US)	4.97
	World		4.96
133 (84)	(French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Vietnam → and →)	4.96
134 (85)	(→)	4.89
135		4.76
136 (86)	(→)	4.62
137		4.52
138 (87)	(British Empire →)	4.50
139 (88)	(British Empire, Hong Kong colony →, Special administrative regions of China)	4.44
140 (89)	(British Empire →)	4.42
141 (90)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Macau →, Special administrative regions of China)	4.39
142 (91)	(→)	4.30
143 (92)	(British Empire →)	4.14
144 (93)	(→)	4.13
145 (94)	(British Empire →)	3.98
146 (95)	(French Colonial Empire, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa →	3.95
147 (96)	(→)	3.92
148 (97)	(British Empire, British Cyprus →)	3.85
149 (98)	(British Empire, Colony of Jamaica →)	3.80
150		3.62
151 (99)		3.59
152		3.53
153 (100)	(→ →)	3.53
154		3.47
155		3.47
156 (101)	(→)	3.47
157		3.44
158		3.38
159		3.16
160		3.13
161		3.10
162		3.05
163		3.05
164		3.05
165		3.01
166 (102)		2.94
167 (103)	(→)	2.92
168 (104)	(→)	2.90
169 (105)	(→)	2.87
170		2.83
171 (106)	(→)	2.81
172		2.77
173 (107)	(→)	2.72
174		2.69
175		2.66
176 (108)	(→)	2.65
177		2.58
178		2.50
179 (109)	(→)	2.50
180		2.47
181		2.46
182		2.45
183		2.33
184		2.33
185		2.25
	Population replacement	2.10
186 (110)	(→)	2.09
187	(and →)	2.09
188		2.08
189	Channel Islands - (111) (UK) and (112) (UK)	2.06
190 (113)	(→)	2.01
191		1.95
192		1.87
193		1.87
	Sovereign states: 80
	Dependent territories: 113
	World
	World	4.96
	Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)	(US)	-
2		-
3 (2)	(UK)	-
4 (3)	(UK)	-
5 (4)	(Netherlands)	-
6	(Dissolved in 1992)	-
7 (5)	(British Colonial Empire →)	-
8 (6)	(Denmark)	-
9 (7)	(UK)	-
10 (8)	(French Colonial Empire → France)	-
11 (9)	(US)	-
12 (10)	(UK)	-
13 (11)	(→ → →)	-
14		-
15 (12)	(Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →)	-
16 (13)	(French Colonial Empire → France)	-
17		-
18		-
19 (14)	(US)	-
20 (15)	(Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →)	-
21 (16)	(Jordan, West Bank and Egypt, Gaza Strip → Israeli occupied territories → Palestinian territories)	-
22		-
23 (17)	(British Colonial Empire, Crown colony →)	-
24 (18)	(French part)	-
25 (19)	(Dutch part)	-
26 (20)	(British Colonial Empire →)	-
27	(dissolved in 1991)	-
28 (21)	(British Colonial Empire → UK)	-
29 (22)	(British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Ellice Islands →)	-
30		-
31	(dissolved in 1992)	-
	Sovereign states: 9
	Dependent territories: 22

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2015 (births/woman)
1		7.29
2		6.37
3		6.20
4		6.14
5		6.05
6		5.77
7		5.78
8		5.68
9		5.62
10		5.59
11		5.49
12		5.44
13		5.30
14		5.08
15		5.05
16		5.04
17		4.98
18		4.94
19		4.94
20		4.93
21		4.84
22		4.80
23		4.78
24		4.78
25		4.74
26		4.72
27		4.71
28		4.65
29		4.65
30		4.59
31		4.56
32		4.52
33		4.52
34		4.43
35		4.42
36		4.32
37		4.24
38		4.21
39		4.10
40	(Gaza Strip and West Bank)	4.08
41		4.04
42		4.03
43		3.97
44		3.92
45		3.91
46		3.85
47		3.84
48		3.71
49		3.69
50		3.68
51		3.55
52		3.47
53		3.44
54		3.40
55		3.31
56		3.31
57		3.20
58		3.14
59		3.14
60		3.05
61		3.03
62		3.00
63		2.97
64		2.97
65		2.96
66		2.93
67		2.92
68		2.91
69		2.84
70		2.79
71		2.77
72		2.76
73		2.74
74		2.66
75		2.59
76		2.58
77		2.54
78		2.54
79		2.54
80		2.53
81		2.53
82		2.51
83		2.51
84		2.51
85		2.48
86		2.45
	World		2.45
87		2.43
88		2.40
89		2.39
90		2.37
91 (1)	(US)	2.37
92		2.35
93		2.34
94		2.31
95		2.31
96		2.31
97		2.30
98		2.23
99	(Burma)	2.23
100		2.22
101		2.21
102 (2)	(France)	2.19
103		2.16
104		2.13
105		2.13
106		2.13
107		2.10
	Population replacement	2.10
108		2.09
109		2.09
110		2.07
111		2.06
112		2.06
113		2.06
114		2.06
115		2.03
116		2.01
117		2.00
118 (3)	(Denmark)	2.00
119 (4)	(France)	2.00
120		2.00
121		1.99
122		1.99
123		1.98
124		1.96
125		1.95
126		1.95
127		1.93
128		1.92
129		1.91
130 (5)	(Netherlands)	1.90
131		1.88
132		1.88
133		1.87
134		1.87
135		1.86
136		1.82
137		1.80
138		1.80
139		1.79
140		1.78
141		1.78
142		1.77
143		1.77
144		1.76
145		1.73
146		1.73
147		1.73
148 (6)	(US)	1.72
149		1.72
150		1.72
151		1.69
152		1.67
153		1.67
154		1.66
155		1.65
156		1.64
157		1.62
158		1.62
159		1.62
160		1.61
161 (7)	(Netherlands)	1.60
162		1.59
163		1.54
164		1.54
165		1.53
166		1.53
167		1.52
168		1.52
169		1.51
170		1.50
171	Channel Islands - (8) (UK) and (9) (UK)	1.50
172		1.50
173		1.48
174		1.47
175		1.46
176		1.46
177		1.46
178		1.45
179		1.44
180		1.43
181 (10)	(US)	1.43
182		1.42
183		1.36
184		1.36
185		1.35
186		1.35
187		1.34
188		1.31
189		1.31
190		1.28
191		1.25
192		1.25
193		1.24
194 (11)	(China)	1.20
195 (12)	(China)	1.20
	Sovereign states: 183
	Dependent territories: 12
	World
	World	2.45
	Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)	(US)	-
2		-
3 (2)	(UK)	-
4 (3)	(UK)	-
5		-
6 (4)	(Denmark)	-
7 (5)	(France)	-
8 (6)	(France)	-
9 (7)	(UK)	-
10		-
11		-
12		-
13 (8)	(France)	-
14		-
15 (9)	(US)	-
16		-
17		-
18 (10)	(French part)	-
19 (11)	(Dutch part)	-
20		-
21 (12)	UK)	-
22		-
23		-
	Sovereign states: 11
	Dependent territories: 12

Notes:

(→) Country that changed name and flag, dependent territory that is now an independent country (sovereign state) from another current or extinct (dissolved) state or empire, former dependent territory from a sovereign state or empire that was included in another sovereign state.

(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

1960 and 2015

1960 list by the World Bank

2015 list by the World Bank

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 1960 (births/woman)
1 (1)	(Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories →)	8.19
2 (2)	(British Empire, Kenya Colony →)	7.95
3		7.69
4		7.69
5 (3)	(United Nations trust territories, Western Samoa →)	7.65
6		7.55
7 (4)	(French Colonial Empire, French Algeria →)	7.52
8	(and →)	7.49
9 (5)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola →	7.48
10		7.47
11		7.46
12		7.45
13		7.45
14 (6)	(British Empire, British Protectorate →)	7.36
15		7.34
16		7.30
17		7.25
18		7.25
19 (7)	(British Empire, British Protectorate →)	7.24
20 (8)	(British Empire →)	7.22
21		7.22
22		7.20
23 (9)	(British and French Condominium →)	7.20
24 (10)	(British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland →)	7.16
25		7.15
26 (11)	(British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland →)	7.12
27 (12)	(British Empire →)	7.09
28		7.04
29 (13)	(British Empire, British Protectorate →)	7.02
30 (14)	(British Empire →)	7.00
31		7.00
32		6.97
33		6.97
34 (15)	(British Empire, West Indies Federation →)	6.97
35 (16)	(British Empire, British Protectorate →)	6.97
36		6.97
37 (17)	(Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories →)	6.95
38 (18)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique →)	6.95
39		6.95
40 (19)	(British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Nyasaland Protectorate →)	6.94
41		6.94
42 (20)	(Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →)	6.93
43 (21)	(British Empire, Trucial States →)	6.93
44		6.93
45		6.90
46 (22)	(→)	6.90
47		6.88
48 (23)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde →)	6.88
49 (24)	(British Empire, British Protectorate →)	6.84
50		6.81
51 (25)	(British Empire, Tanganyika and Zanzibar →)	6.81
52 (26)	(French Colonial Empire →)	6.79
53 (27)	(British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands →)	6.79
54		6.78
55		6.77
56		6.75
57		6.74
58 (28)	(→)	6.72
59 (29)	(Pakistan, East Pakistan →)	6.72
60		6.72
61 (30)	(British Empire →)	6.72
62		6.72
63		6.70
64		6.69
65		6.67
66		6.67
67		6.62
68 (31)	(British Empire, Bechuanaland Protectorate →)	6.62
69 (32)	(Kingdom of the Netherlands →)	6.61
70		6.60
71 (33)	(→)	6.59
72 (34)	(→)	6.55
73		6.52
74		6.50
75		6.50
76		6.49
77 (35)	(French Colonial Empire, French Somaliland →)	6.46
78 (36)	(British Empire →)	6.46
79		6.45
80		6.45
81		6.41
82 (37)	(British Empire →)	6.39
83 (38)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor →)	6.37
84 (39)	(British Empire →)	6.37
85		6.37
86		6.35
87	(and →)	6.35
88		6.32
89	(→)	6.29
90		6.28
91 (40)	(French colonial Empire → France)	6.28
92 (41)	(United Nations trust territories →	6.28
93		6.25
94		6.25
95 (42)	(→)	6.25
96 (43)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe →)	6.24
97 (44)	(British Empire →)	6.17
98 (45)	(→)	6.15
99		6.15
100 (46)	(British Empire →)	6.13
101		6.11
102		6.09
103		6.07
104	(Burma)	6.05
105 (47)	(US)	6.05
106		6.04
107	(→ →)	6.00
108		5.96
109		5.96
110 (48)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea →)	5.92
111		5.91
112		5.88
113 (49)	(→)	5.88
114		5.87
115		5.84
116 (50)	(British Empire →)	5.84
117		5.76
118		5.75
119		5.74
120		5.67
121 (51)	(French Colonial Empire → France)	5.66
122		5.65
123 (52)	(Spanish Empire, Spanish Guinea →)	5.65
124 (53)	(US)	5.62
125 (54)	(British Empire, Gambia Colony and Protectorate →)	5.57
126		5.54
127 (55)	(→)	5.47
128 (56)	(British Empire, Colony of Jamaica →)	5.42
129 (57)	(British Empire, West Indies Federation →)	5.26
130		5.10
131	(British Empire, Hong Kong colony →, Special administrative regions of China)	5.01
	World		4.99
132 (58)	(Netherlands)	4.82
133 (59)	(→)	4.79
134 (60)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Macau →, Special administrative regions of China)	4.77
135 (61)	(US)	4.66
136		4.58
137 (62)	(→)	4.56
138 (63)	(British Empire →)	4.50
139 (64)	(British Empire →)	4.42
140		4.38
141 (65)	(British Empire →)	4.33
142		4.29
143		4.18
144		4.03
145		3.87
146 (66)	(→)	3.84
147		3.81
148 (67)	(→)	3.80
149		3.78
150		3.65
151 (68)	(British Empire →)	3.62
152 (69)	(→)	3.60
153		3.50
154		3.45
155 (70)	(→)	3.33
156		3.16
157		3.12
158		3.11
159 (71)		3.04
160		2.98
161 (72)	(→)	2.94
162		2.88
163		2.86
164		2.85
165		2.85
166		2.72
167		2.69
168		2.69
169 (73)	(→)	2.67
170		2.57
171 (74)	(→)	2.56
172		2.54
173 (75)	(→)	2.52
174		2.44
175	Channel Islands - (UK) and (UK)	2.42
176		2.40
177	(and →)	2.37
178 (76)	(→)	2.34
179		2.34
180		2.33
181		2.31
182 (77)	(→)	2.29
183		2.29
184 (78)	(→)	2.24
185		2.17
	Population replacement	2.10
186 (79)		2.09
187		2.02
188		2.00
189 (80)	(→)	1.98
190 (81)	(→)	1.94
	Sovereign states: 109
	Dependent territories: 81
	World
	World	4.99
	Major regions
1		6.95
2	Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income)	6.94
3		6.88
4	Pacific island small states	6.77
5	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	6.64
6		6.64
7		6.05
8	Latin America and Caribbean (excluding high income)	6.02
9		5.93
10	East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income)	5.82
11		5.39
12		3.67
13	Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income)	3.13
14		2.83
15		2.50
	States’ Size
1	Caribbean small states	5.60
2	Small states	5.31
3	Other small states	5.06
	International Organizations
	OECD members	3.23
	Security Situation
	Fragile and conflict affected situations	6.59
	Economic Situation
1	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	6.75
2	Least developed countries UN classification	6.68
	Economic Income
1	Low income	6.52
2	Lower middle income	5.93
3	Low and middle income	5.66
4	Middle income	5.59
5	Upper middle income	5.31
6	High income	3.04
	Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)	(US)	-
2		-
3 (2)	(UK)	-
4 (3)	(UK)	-
5 (4)	(Netherlands)	-
6	(Dissolved in 1992)	-
7 (5)	(British Colonial Empire →)	-
8 (6)	(Denmark)	-
9 (7)	(French Colonial Empire → France)	-
10 (8)	(UK)	-
11 (9)	(Denmark)	-
12 (10)	(French Colonial Empire → France)	-
13 (11)	(UK)	-
14 (12)	(→ → →)	-
15		-
16 (13)	(Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →)	-
17 (14)	(French Colonial Empire → France)	-
18		-
19		-
20 (15)	(US)	-
21 (16)	(Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →)	-
22 (17)	(Jordan, West Bank and Egypt, Gaza Strip → Israeli occupied territories → Palestinian territories)	-
23		-
24 (18)	(→ →)	-
25 (19)	(British Colonial Empire, Crown colony →)	-
26 (20)	(French part)	-
27 (21)	(Dutch part)	-
28 (22)	(British Colonial Empire →)	-
29	(dissolved in 1991)	-
30 (23)	(British Colonial Empire → UK)	-
31 (24)	(British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Ellice Islands →)	-
32		-
33	(dissolved in 1992)	-
	Sovereign states: 9
	Dependent territories: 24

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2015 (births/woman)
1		7.29
2		6.37
3		6.20
4		6.14
5		6.05
6		5.77
7		5.78
8		5.68
9		5.62
10		5.59
11		5.49
12		5.44
13		5.31
14		5.08
15		5.05
16		5.04
17		4.98
18		4.94
19		4.94
20		4.93
21		4.84
22		4.80
23		4.78
24		4.78
25		4.74
26		4.72
27		4.71
28		4.65
29		4.65
30		4.60
31		4.56
32		4.52
33		4.52
34		4.43
35		4.42
36		4.32
37		4.24
38		4.21
39		4.10
40	(Gaza Strip and West Bank)	4.08
41		4.04
42		4.03
43		3.97
44		3.92
45		3.91
46		3.85
47		3.84
48		3.71
49		3.69
50		3.68
51		3.55
52		3.47
53		3.45
54		3.40
55		3.31
56		3.31
57		3.20
58		3.20
59		3.14
60		3.14
61		3.09
62		3.03
63		2.97
64		2.97
65		2.96
66		2.93
67		2.92
68		2.91
69		2.84
70		2.79
71		2.77
72		2.76
73		2.74
74		2.73
75		2.59
76		2.58
77		2.54
78		2.54
79		2.54
80		2.53
81		2.53
82		2.51
83		2.51
84		2.51
85		2.49
86		2.49
87		2.45
	World		2.45
88		2.43
89		2.40
90		2.39
91		2.37
92 (1)	(US)	2.37
93		2.35
94		2.34
95		2.31
96		2.31
97		2.30
98		2.23
99	(Burma)	2.23
100		2.22
101		2.22
102 (2)	(France)	2.22
103		2.16
104		2.13
105		2.13
106		2.13
107		2.10
	Population replacement	2.10
108		2.09
109		2.07
110		2.06
111		2.06
112		2.06
113		2.06
114		2.03
115		2.01
116		2.01
117		2.00
118 (3)	(Denmark)	2.00
119 (4)	(France)	2.00
120		1.99
121		1.99
122		1.97
123		1.96
124		1.95
125		1.94
126		1.93
127		1.93
128		1.92
129 (5)	(Netherlands)	1.90
130		1.88
131		1.88
132		1.87
133		1.84
134		1.83
135		1.81
136		1.80
137		1.80
138		1.79
139		1.77
140		1.77
141		1.77
142		1.76
143		1.75
144		1.74
145 (6)	(US)	1.72
146		1.72
147		1.69
148		1.68
149		1.67
150		1.66
151		1.66
152		1.65
153		1.65
154		1.65
155		1.65
156		1.64
157		1.63
158		1.62
159		1.62
160		1.60
161 (7)	(Netherlands)	1.60
162		1.58
163		1.54
164		1.54
165		1.53
166		1.53
167		1.52
168		1.52
169		1.51
170		1.50
171		1.50
172	Channel Islands - (8) (UK) and (9) (UK)	1.50
173		1.50
174		1.47
175		1.47
176		1.46
177		1.46
178		1.46
179		1.44
180 (10)	(US)	1.43
181		1.42
182		1.37
183		1.37
184		1.36
185		1.35
186		1.35
187		1.32
188		1.32
189		1.30
190		1.25
191		1.24
192		1.24
193		1.23
194 (11)	(China)	1.20
195 (13)	(China)	1.20
	Sovereign states: 182
	Dependent territories: 13
	World
	World	2.45
	Major regions
1	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	4.9
2		4.9
3		3.3
4	Pacific island small states	3.3
5	Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income)	2.9
6		2.8
7		2.6
8	Latin America and Caribbean (excluding high income)	2.1
9		2.1
10		1.8
11	East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income)	1.8
12		1.8
13	Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income)	1.9
14		1.8
15		1.4
	States’ Size
1	Other Small states	3.2
2	Small states	2.9
3	Caribbean small states	2.1
	International Organizations
1	OECD members	1.7
2		1.5
	Security Situation
	Fragile and conflict affected situations	4.4
	Economic Areas
		1.5
	Economic Situation
1	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	4.9
2	Least developed countries UN classification	4.1
	Economic Income
1	Low income	4.8
2	Lower middle income	2.8
3	Low and middle income	2.6
4	Middle income	2.4
5	Upper middle income	1.8
6	High income	1.7
	Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)	(US)	-
2		-
3 (2)	(UK)	-
4 (3)	(UK)	-
5		-
6 (4)	(Denmark)	-
7 (5)	(France)	-
8 (6)	(France)	-
9 (7)	(UK)	-
10		-
11		-
12		-
13 (8)	(France)	-
14		-
15 (9)	(US)	-
16		-
17		-
18 (10)	(French part)	-
19 (11)	(Dutch part)	-
20		-
21 (12)	UK)	-
22		-
23		-
	Sovereign states: 11
	Dependent territories: 12

Notes:

(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

1970 and 2014

1970 list by the Population Reference Bureau

2014 list by the Population Reference Bureau

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 1970 (births/woman)
1		8.2
2		8.1
3		7.9
4 (1)	(Israeli-occupied territories → Palestinian Territories)	7.9
5 (2)	(French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department)	7.9
6		7.9
7		7.9
8		7.7
9		7.6
10		7.6
11		7.6
12	(and →)	7.5
13		7.4
14		7.4
15		7.4
16		7.4
17		7.3
18		7.3
19		7.3
20		7.3
21		7.3
22		7.3
23 (3)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola →)	7.3
24		7.3
25		7.2
26		7.2
27		7.2
28		7.2
29 (4)	(French Colonial Empire →)	7.1
30		7.1
31		7.1
32 (5)	(East Pakistan →)	7.0
33		7.0
34		7.0
35		6.9
36 (6)	(→)	6.9
37		6.9
38 (7)	(→)	6.9
39		6.9
40 (8)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde →)	6.9
41 (9)	(Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →)	6.9
42 (10)	(British Empire →)	6.9
43		6.9
44 (11)	(British Empire →)	6.9
45		6.8
46		6.8
47 (12)	(French Territory of the Afars and the Issas →)	6.8
48		6.8
49		6.7
50	(→)	6.7
51		6.7
52		6.7
53 (13)	(→)	6.7
54		6.7
55	(→)	6.6
56 (14)	(British Empire, Trucial States →)	6.6
57 (15)	(Spanish Sahara → Moroccan Occupation)	6.6
58 (16)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique →)	6.6
59		6.6
60		6.6
61		6.6
62		6.5
63 (17)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe →)	6.5
64	(and →)	6.5
65 (18)	(British Empire →)	6.5
66		6.5
67 (19)	(→)	6.5
68		6.5
69 (20)	(→)	6.5
70		6.4
71		6.4
72 (21)	(→)	6.3
73		6.3
74 (22)	(British and French Condominium →)	6.3
75		6.3
76 (23)	(British Empire →)	6.3
77		6.3
78 (24)	(UN Trust Territories →)	6.2
79		6.2
80		6.2
81		6.2
82		6.2
83	(→ →)	6.2
84		6.2
85 (25)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea →)	6.1
86		6.1
87 (26)	(British Empire →)	6.1
88 (27)	(British Empire →)	6.1
89		6.1
90		6.0
91		6.0
92	(→)	6.0
93		6.0
94 (28)	(British Empire →)	6.0
95		5.9
96 (29)	(Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor →)	5.9
97		5.9
98 (30)	(British Empire →)	5.8
99 (31)	(British Empire →)	5.8
100		5.8
101		5.8
102		5.7
103		5.7
104		5.7
105 (32)	(Dutch Empire →)	5.7
106		5.6
107		5.6
108		5.6
109		5.5
110	(mainland only)	5.5
111		5.5
112		5.5
113		5.4
114 (33)	(French Colonial Empire → Overseas departments and territories of France)	5.3
115		5.2
116 (34)	(French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Collectivity)	5.1
116		5.1
117		5.1
118		5.1
119		5.0
120		5.0
121		4.9
122		4.9
123 (35)	(→)	4.9
124 (36)	(French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department)	4.9
125 (37)	(French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department)	4.8
126 (38)	(French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department)	4.7
	World	4.7
127 (39)	(→)	4.6
128 (40)		4.6
129 (41)	(British Empire →)	4.6
130		4.5
131		4.5
132 (42)	(US)	4.4
133		4.3
134		4.3
135		4.0
136		4.0
137		3.9
138	(Taiwan)	3.9
139		3.8
140		3.8
141 (43)	(British Empire →)	3.7
142		3.6
143 (44)	(British Empire →)	3.5
144 (45)	(→)	3.5
145 (46)	(Dutch Empire → Dutch Caribbean)	3.3
146 (47)	(British Hong Kong →)	3.3
147 (48)	(US)	3.2
148		3.2
149 (49)	(→)	3.2
150		3.2
151		3.1
152		3.1
153 (50)	(→)	3.0
154		3.0
155		2.9
156		2.9
157		2.9
158		2.9
159		2.8
160 (51)	(→)	2.7
161 (52)	(→)	2.7
162		2.6
163 (53)	(→)	2.6
164 (54)	(→)	2.6
165		2.5
166		2.5
167		2.5
168		2.5
169		2.4
170 (55)		2.4
171 (56)	(→)	2.4
172 (57)	(→)	2.4
173		2.4
174		2.4
175 (58)	(→)	2.3
176		2.3
177		2.3
178		2.3
179		2.2
180 (59)	(→)	2.2
181 (60)	(Portuguese Macau →)	2.2
182 (61)	(→)	2.2
183		2.2
184		2.2
185	(and →)	2.1
186 (62)	(->)	2.1
187	Channel Islands - (63) and (64) (UK)	2.1
188		2.1
189		2.1
	Population replacement	2.1
190 (65)	(→)	2.0
191		2.0
192		2.0
193 (66)	(→)	2.0
194		2.0
195		2.0
196 (67)		1.9
197		1.9
198 (68)	(→)	1.8
199 (69)		1.8
	Sovereign states: 130
	Dependent territories: 69
	Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1		-
2	(dissolved in 1992)	-
3 (1)	(British Empire →)	-
4 (2)	(British Empire - Ellice Islands →)	-
5 (3)	(→ → →)	-
6		-
7 (4)	(Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →)	-
8		-
9		-
10 (5)	(Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →)	-
11 (6)	(British Empire →)	-
12	(dissolved in 1991)	-
13		-
14	(dissolved in 1992)	-
	Sovereign states: 8
	Dependent territories: 6

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2014 (births/woman)
1		7.6
2		7.0
3		6.6
4		6.6
5		6.6
6		6.2
7		6.2
8		6.1
9		6.1
10		6.0
11		5.9
12		5.9
13		5.7
14		5.7
15		5.6
16		5.6
17		5.5
18		5.3
19		5.3
20		5.2
21		5.1
22		5.1
23		5.1
24		5.0
25		5.0
26		4.9
27		4.9
28		4.9
29		4.9
30		4.7
31		4.7
32		4.7
33		4.7
34		4.4
35		4.4
36		4.4
37		4.3
38		4.3
39		4.3
40		4.3
41		4.3
42		4.3
43		4.1
44		4.1
45		4.1
46		4.1
47 (1)	(France)	4.1
48		4.1
49		4.1
50		4.1
51		4.0
52		3.9
53		3.8
54		3.8
55		3.8
56		3.8
57		3.8
58		3.6
59 (2)	(France)	3.5
60		3.5
61		3.5
62		3.5
63		3.4
64		3.4
65		3.4
66		3.3
67		3.2
68		3.2
69		3.2
70		3.2
71 (3)	(US)	3.1
72		3.0
73		3.0
74		3.0
75		2.9
76		2.9
77		2.9
78		2.8
79		2.8
80		2.8
81		2.8
82		2.8
83		2.7
84		2.6
85		2.6
86		2.6
87		2.6
88		2.6
89		2.6
90		2.5
91		2.5
92		2.5
93		2.5
94		2.5
95		2.5
	World	2.5
96		2.4
97		2.4
98		2.4
99		2.4
100		2.4
101		2.4
102		2.4
103		2.4
104		2.4
105 (4)	(France)	2.4
106		2.4
107		2.3
108		2.3
109		2.3
110		2.3
111		2.3
112 (5)	(Netherlands)	2.2
113		2.2
114 (6)	(France)	2.2
115		2.2
116		2.2
117		2.2
118 (7)	(France)	2.2
119		2.2
120		2.2
121		2.1
122		2.1
123		2.1
124 (8)	(France)	2.1
125		2.1
126		2.1
127		2.1
	Population replacement	2.1
128		2.0
129		2.0
130	(Burma)	2.0
131		2.0
132		2.0
133		2.0
134		2.0
135		2.0
136		2.0
137		2.0
138		1.9
139 (9)	(France)	1.9
140		1.9
141		1.9
142		1.9
143		1.9
144		1.9
145		1.8
146		1.8
147		1.8
148		1.8
149		1.8
150		1.8
151		1.8
152		1.8
153		1.8
154		1.8
155		1.7
156		1.7
157		1.7
158		1.7
159		1.7
160		1.7
161		1.7
162	Channel Islands - (10) and (11) (UK)	1.7
163		1.7
164		1.7
165 (12)	(US)	1.6
166		1.6
167		1.6
168		1.6
169		1.6
170	(mainland only)	1.6
171		1.6
172		1.6
173		1.6
174		1.6
-		1.6
175		1.5
176		1.5
177		1.5
178		1.5
179		1.5
180		1.5
181		1.5
182		1.5
183		1.5
184		1.5
185		1.5
186		1.5
187		1.5
188		1.4
189		1.4
190		1.4
191		1.4
192		1.4
193		1.4
194		1.4
195		1.4
196		1.3
197		1.3
198		1.3
199		1.3
200		1.3
201		1.3
202		1.2
203		1.2
204		1.2
205 (13)	(China)	1.2
206		1.2
207		1.2
208 (14)	(China)	1.1
209		1.1
210	(Taiwan)	1.1
	Sovereign states: 196
	Dependent territories: 14
	Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1		-
	Sovereign states: 1
	Dependent territories: 0

Notes:

(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

Country ranking by TFR forecast

2018 forecast/prediction by the UN Population Division

2023 forecast/prediction by the UN Population Division

Rank	Country	Fertility rate 2018 (Medium Variant) (births/woman)
1		7.46
2		6.12
3		5.92
4		5.79
5		5.79
6		5.66
7		5.66
8		5.53
9		5.46
10		5.41
11		5.33
12		5.23
13		5.14
14		5.12
15		4.92
16		4.88
17		4.83
18		4.77
19		4.73
20		4.73
21		4.64
22		4.56
23		4.52
24		4.50
25		4.47
26		4.46
27		4.39
28		4.36
29		4.35
30		4.35
31		4.28
32		4.25
33		4.23
34		4.21
35		4.13
36		4.10
37		4.02
38		4.02
39		3.99
40	(Gaza Strip and West Bank)	3.95
41		3.95
42		3.90
43		3.79
44		3.76
45 (1)	(France)	3.73
46		3.68
47		3.65
48		3.62
49		3.58
50		3.58
51		3.58
52		3.38
53		3.32
54		3.31
55		3.22
56 (2)	(France)	3.28
57		3.20
58		3.16
59		3.08
60		3.06
61		3.03
62		3.01
63		2.99
64		2.93
65		2.93
66		2.87
67		2.85
68		2.83
69		2.77
70		2.77
71		2.67
72		2.62
73		2.59
74		2.54
75		2.53
76		2.53
77		2.51
78		2.48
79		2.47
	World	2.47
80		2.46
81		2.45
82		2.44
83		2.38
84		2.38
85		2.36
86		2.36
87		2.35
88		2.34
89		2.33
90 (3)	(US)	2.32
91		2.32
92		2.28
93		2.28
94		2.28
95		2.27
96		2.25
97		2.22
98		2.22
99		2.21
100		2.19
101 (4)	(US)	2.18
102		2.16
103		2.14
104	(Burma)	2.13
105 (5)	(France)	2.12
106 (6)	(France)	2.10
	Population replacement	2.10
107		2.09
108		2.08
109		2.08
110		2.07
111		2.06
112 (7)	(Netherlands)	2.05
113		2.04
114 (8)	(France)	2.04
115		2.03
116		2.03
117		2.01
118		2.00
119		1.99
120 (9)	(France)	1.99
121		1.99
122		1.99
123		1.98
124		1.98
125		1.98
126		1.95
127		1.95
128		1.94
129		1.93
130		1.93
131		1.91
132		1.90
133		1.90
134		1.90
135		1.90
136 (10)	(France)	1.88
137		1.87
138		1.86
139		1.83
140		1.83
141		1.83
142		1.82
143		1.82
144		1.82
145		1.81
146		1.80
147		1.78
148		1.77
149		1.77
150		1.76
151		1.74
152		1.73
153		1.73
154		1.73
155		1.70
156		1.68
157		1.65
158		1.65
159		1.64
160		1.63
161		1.62
162		1.61
163		1.61
164 (11)	(Netherlands)	1.60
165		1.60
166		1.60
167		1.59
168 (12)	(US)	1.59
169		1.59
170		1.58
171		1.57
172		1.56
173		1.56
174		1.55
175		1.55
176		1.54
177		1.53
178		1.53
179		1.51
180		1.49
181	Channel Islands - (13) (UK) and (14) (UK)	1.49
182		1.49
183		1.48
184		1.46
185		1.46
186		1.44
187		1.44
188		1.44
189		1.42
190		1.40
191		1.38
192 (15)	(China)	1.34
193		1.33
194		1.33
195		1.30
196 (16)	(China)	1.30
197		1.26
198		1.24
199		1.23
200		1.23
	Sovereign states: 184
	Dependent territories: 16
	Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)	(US)	-
2		-
3 (2)	(UK)	-
4 (3)	(UK)	-
5 (4)	(UK)	-
6 (5)	(UK)	-
7		-
8		-
9 (6)	(Denmark)	-
10 (7)	(UK)	-
11 (8)	(Denmark)	-
12 (9)	(UK)	-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16 (10)	(UK)	-
17		-
18 (11)	(US)	-
19		-
20 (12)	(UK)	-
21		-
22 (13)	(France)	-
23		-
24 (14)	(Netherlands)	-
25 (15)	(UK)	-
26		-
27 (16)	(France)	-
28 (17)		-
	Sovereign states: 11
	Dependent territories: 17

Rank	Country	Fertility rate for 2023 (Medium Variant) (births/woman)
1		6.51
2		5.66
3		5.46
4		5.46
5		5.32
6		5.21
7		5.08
8		5.04
9		4.90
10		4.83
11		4.63
12		4.54
13		4.54
14		4.44
15		4.40
16		4.38
17		4.38
18		4.38
19		4.36
20		4.34
21		4.32
22		4.29
23		4.19
24		4.16
25		4.15
26		4.15
27		4.15
28		4.08
29		4.06
30		4.03
31		3.93
32		3.91
33		3.86
34		3.85
35		3.85
36		3.82
37		3.76
38		3.73
39		3.71
40		3.68
41		3.65
42		3.62
43		3.60
44		3.45
45 (1)	(France)	3.44
46		3.43
47		3.41
48		3.40
49		3.39
50		3.38
51	(Gaza Strip and West Bank)	3.36
52		3.32
53		3.26
54		3.24
55 (2)	(France)	3.19
56		3.17
57		3.13
58		2.97
59		2.93
60		2.83
61	(Swaziland)	2.80
62		2.87
63		2.79
64		2.74
65		2.73
66		2.69
67		2.67
68		2.65
69		2.64
70		2.63
71		2.62
72		2.60
73		2.58
74		2.58
75		2.52
76		2.48
77		2.45
	World		2.42
78		2.39
79		2.37
80		2.37
81		2.34
82		2.33
83		2.32
84		2.32
85		2.32
86		2.31
87		2.31
88		2.30
89		2.28
90		2.27
91 (3)	(US)	2.24
92		2.23
93		2.22
94		2.20
95		2.19
96		2.18
97		2.17
98		2.16
99		2.15
100		2.14
101		2.13
102		2.11
103		2.10
	Population replacement	2.10
104 (4)	(France)	2.09
105		2.09
106	(Burma)	2.07
107		2.03
108		2.03
109		2.02
110		2.02
111		2.02
112		1.99
113		1.99
114		1.98
115 (5)	(US)	1.97
116		1.96
117		1.95
118		1.93
119		1.92
120		1.92
121		1.91
122 (6)	(France)	1.90
123		1.89
124 (7)	(Netherlands)	1.88
125 (8)	(France)	1.88
126		1.87
127		1.86
128		1.85
129		1.85
130		1.84
131 (9)	(France)	1.83
132		1.82
133		1.81
134		1.80
135		1.79
136		1.78
137		1.78
138		1.78
139		1.77
140		1.77
141		1.76
142		1.76
143		1.75
144		1.74
145		1.74
146		1.74
147		1.73
148		1.73
149 (10)	(Netherlands)	1.72
150		1.72
151		1.71
152		1.70
153		1.70
154		1.70
155		1.68
156	/	1.68
157		1.68
158		1.67
159		1.65
160		1.64
161		1.64
162		1.63
163		1.61
164		1.61
165		1.60
166		1.57
167		1.57
168		1.55
169		1.56
170		1.54
171	Channel Islands - (11) (UK) and (12) (UK)	1.54
172		1.54
173		1.53
174		1.51
175		1.48
176		1.47
177		1.46
178		1.46
179		1.44
180		1.42
181		1.42
182		1.41
183 (13)	(China)	1.41
184		1.41
185		1.39
186		1.38
187		1.37
188		1.35
189		1.35
190		1.35
191		1.31
192		1.30
193		1.30
194 (14)	(China)	1.30
195		1.26
196		1.24
197		1.22
198 (15)	(US)	1.18
199		0.72
	Sovereign states: 184
	Dependent territories: 15
	World
	World	2.42
	Continents
1		4.16
2		2.30
3		2.09
4		1.87
5		1.76
6		1.62
	Major regions
1		4.40
2	Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)	3.27
3		2.78
4		2.29
5		1.96
6		1.81
7		1.80
8		1.76
9		1.67
10		1.62
	Major Subregions
1		5.12
2		4.85
3		4.07
4		3.33
5		3.07
6		2.72
7		2.65
8		2.62
9		2.52
10		2.38
11		2.28
12		2.14
13		2.11
14		2.11
15		1.87
16		1.76
17		1.74
18		1.70
19		1.67
20		1.66
21		1.36
	UN Development Groups
1	Land-Locked Developing Countries (LLDC)	3.68
2	Less Developed Regions (excluding China)	2.72
3		2.53
3.1		3.74
3.2	- Less Developed Regions (excluding Least Developed Countries)	2.27
4	Small Island Developing States (SIDS)	2.37
5		1.65
	World Bank Income Groups
1		4.16
2		2.29
3		2.60
4		1.87
5		1.67
6	No Income Group Available	2.38
	Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1 (1)	(US)	-
2		-
3 (2)	(UK)	-
4	(UK)	-
5 (3)	(UK)	-
6		-
7 (4)	(Denmark)	-
8 (5)	(UK)	-
9 (6)	(Denmark)	-
10 (7)	(UK)	-
11		-
12		-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16 (8)	(US)	-
17		-
18		-
19 (9)	(France) (French part)	-
20		-
21 (10)	(Netherlands) (Dutch part)	-
22		-
23		-
24		-
	Sovereign states: 14
	Dependent territories: 10

Note:

(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

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