List of sovereign states and dependent territories by fertility rate

A world map showing countries by fertility rate (2014) - according to CIA World Factbook of 2014

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

Methodology

The UN ranking is sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects. Figures are from the 2012 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2010-2015, using the medium assumption.^[1] Only countries/territories with a population of 100,000 or more in 2010 are included. Rank is based on 2010-2015 figure.

The second list is based on World Bank data for year 2012, published in 2013.^[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.

The CIA ranking is sourced from the CIA World Factbook^[3] 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 Population Reference Bureau (PRB) Country ranking and comparison: 1970 and 2013 is sourced and based on the data of the 2014 World Population Data Sheet^[4] published online.^[5]^[6] The Population Reference Bureau (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.

Countries

2012 List by the United Nations

2013 List by the World Bank

2014 List by the CIA World Factbook

Rank	Country	Fertility rate 2010-2015 (Medium Variant) (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.58
2	Mali	6.86
3	Somalia	6.61
4	Chad	6.31
5	Burundi	6.08
6	Nigeria	6.00
7	DR Congo	5.98
8	Timor-Leste	5.91
9	Uganda	5.91
10	Angola	5.90
11	Gambia	5.78
12	Zambia	5.71
13	Burkina Faso	5.65
14	Malawi	5.42
15	Tanzania	5.24
16	Mozambique	5.22
17	Afghanistan	5.00
18	Republic of the Congo	5.00
19	Senegal	4.98
20	South Sudan	4.97
21	Guinea-Bissau	4.96
22	Guinea	4.95
23	Côte d'Ivoire	4.92
24	Benin	4.89
25	Equatorial Guinea	4.89
26	Liberia	4.83
27	Cameroon	4.81
28	Sierra Leone	4.75
29	Eritrea	4.74
30	Comoros	4.74
31	Mauritania	4.70
32	Togo	4.68
33	Ethiopia	4.59
34	Rwanda	4.56
35	Madagascar	4.50
36	Sudan	4.46
37	Kenya	4.41
38	Central African Republic	4.41
39	Samoa	4.16
40	Yemen	4.15
41	Gabon	4.12
42	Sao Tome and Principe	4.10
43	Iraq	4.06
44	Solomon Islands	4.06
45	Palestinian territories (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	4.05
46	Ghana	3.89
47	Tajikistan	3.85
48	Mayotte (France)	3.83
49	Guatemala	3.82
50	Papua New Guinea	3.81
51	Tonga	3.79
52	Zimbabwe	3.51
53	Djibouti	3.42
54	Vanuatu	3.41
55	Swaziland	3.36
56	Federated States of Micronesia	3.33
57	Jordan	3.27
58	Bolivia	3.25
59	Pakistan	3.22
60	Haiti	3.18
61	Kyrgyzstan	3.10
62	Namibia	3.08
63	French Guiana (France)	3.08
64	Lesotho	3.07
65	Philippines	3.07
66	Laos	3.05
67	Honduras	3.03
68	Syria	3.00
69	Kiribati	2.98
70	Oman	2.91
71	Israel	2.91
72	Paraguay	2.89
73	Cambodia	2.88
74	Algeria	2.82
75	Egypt	2.79
76	Morocco	2.78
77	Belize	2.70
78	Saudi Arabia	2.68
79	Botswana	2.64
80	Fiji	2.61
81	Kuwait	2.60
82	Ecuador	2.58
83	Guyana	2.55
84	Nicaragua	2.52
85	Dominican Republic	2.50
86	India	2.50
	World	2.50
87	United States Virgin Islands (US)	2.49
88	Panama	2.48
89	Kazakhstan	2.44
90	Mongolia	2.44
91	Peru	2.43
92	Guam (US)	2.42
93	South Africa	2.40
94	Venezuela	2.40
95	Libya	2.38
96	Western Sahara	2.38
97	Indonesia	2.35
98	Sri Lanka	2.35
99	Turkmenistan	2.34
100	Cabo Verde	2.33
101	Nepal	2.32
102	Uzbekistan	2.32
103	Colombia	2.30
104	Maldives	2.29
105	Suriname	2.28
106	Jamaica	2.27
107	Bhutan	2.26
108	Réunion (France)	2.24
109	Bangladesh	2.20
110	El Salvador	2.20
111	Mexico	2.20
112	Grenada	2.18
113	Seychelles	2.18
114	Argentina	2.18
115	New Caledonia (France)	2.13
116	Bahrain	2.10
117	Antigua and Barbuda	2.10
118	Guadeloupe (France)	2.08
119	Iceland	2.08
120	French Polynesia (France)	2.07
121	Qatar	2.05
122	Turkey	2.05
123	Uruguay	2.05
124	New Zealand	2.05
125	Tunisia	2.02
126	Brunei	2.01
127	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.01
128	Ireland	2.00
129	North Korea	2.00
130	Malaysia	1.98
131	France	1.98
132	United States	1.97
133	Myanmar (Burma)	1.95
134	Iran	1.93
135	Norway	1.93
136	Azerbaijan	1.93
137	Saint Lucia	1.92
138	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.92
139	Sweden	1.92
140	Bahamas	1.89
141	United Kingdom	1.88
142	Denmark	1.88
143	Australia	1.88
144	Finland	1.85
145	Belgium	1.85
146	Barbados	1.85
147	Chile	1.83
148	Martinique (France)	1.83
149	United Arab Emirates	1.82
150	Brazil	1.82
151	Costa Rica	1.81
152	Georgia	1.81
153	Trinidad and Tobago	1.80
154	Albania	1.79
155	Netherlands	1.77
156	Vietnam	1.75
157	Armenia	1.74
158	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.68
159	Montenegro	1.67
160	Luxembourg	1.67
161	China	1.66
162	Canada	1.66
163	Puerto Rico (US)	1.64
164	Estonia	1.59
165	Latvia	1.59
166	Czech Republic	1.55
167	Switzerland	1.53
168	Russia	1.53
169	Bulgaria	1.53
170	Greece	1.52
171	Lebanon	1.51
172	Mauritius	1.51
173	Lithuania	1.51
174	Spain	1.50
175	Slovenia	1.50
176	Croatia	1.49
177	Italy	1.48
178	Belarus	1.48
179	Austria	1.47
180	Cyprus	1.46
181	Channel Islands ( Jersey and Guernsey) (UK)	1.46
182	Moldova	1.46
183	Ukraine	1.46
184	Cuba	1.45
185	Macedonia	1.44
186	Germany	1.42
187	Thailand	1.41
188	Romania	1.41
189	Hungary	1.41
190	Japan	1.41
191	Poland	1.41
192	Slovakia	1.39
193	Serbia	1.37
194	Malta	1.36
195	Portugal	1.32
196	South Korea	1.32
197	Singapore	1.28
198	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.28
199	Hong Kong (China)	1.13
200	Macau (China)	1.07

1	American Samoa (US)	-
2	Andorra	-
3	Anguilla (UK)	-
4	Bermuda (UK)	-
5	British Virgin Islands (UK)	-
6	Cayman Islands (UK)	-
7	Cook Islands	-
8	Dominica	-
9	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	-
10	Gibraltar (UK)	-
11	Greenland (Denmark)	-
12	Isle of Man (UK)	-
13	Kosovo	-
14	Marshall Islands	-
15	Monaco	-
16	Montserrat (UK)	-
17	Nauru	-
18	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	-
19	Palau	-
20	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	-
21	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-
22	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	-
23	San Marino	-
24	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	-
25	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	-
26	Vatican City	-
27	Wallis and Futuna (France)	-

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2012 (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.6
2	Mali	6.9
3	Somalia	6.7
4	Chad	6.4
5	Burundi	6.1
6	DR Congo	6.0
7	Nigeria	6.0
8	Angola	6.0
9	Uganda	6.0
10	Gambia, The	5.8
11	Zambia	5.7
12	Burkina Faso	5.7
13	Malawi	5.5
11	Timor-Leste	5.3
12	Tanzania	5.3
13	Mozambique	5.3
14	Afghanistan	5.1
15	Republic of the Congo	5.0
16	South Sudan	5.0
17	Guinea	5.0
18	Guinea-Bissau	5.0
19	Senegal	5.0
20	Equatorial Guinea	4.9
21	Benin	4.9
22	Côte d'Ivoire	4.9
23	Liberia	4.9
24	Cameroon	4.9
25	Eritrea	4.8
26	Comoros	4.8
27	Sierra Leone	4.8
28	Mauritania	4.7
29	Togo	4.7
30	Ethiopia	4.6
31	Rwanda	4.6
32	Madagascar	4.5
33	Sudan	4.5
34	Kenya	4.5
35	Central African Republic	4.5
36	Samoa	4.2
37	Yemen	4.2
38	Sao Tome and Principe	4.1
39	Gabon	4.1
40	Solomon Islands	4.1
41	Iraq	4.1
42	Palestinian territories (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	4.1
43	Ghana	3.9
44	Guatemala	3.8
45	Papua New Guinea	3.8
46	Tajikistan	3.8
47	Tonga	3.8
48	Zimbabwe	3.6
49	Djibouti	3.5
50	Vanuatu	3.4
51	Swaziland	3.4
52	Federated States of Micronesia	3.3
53	Jordan	3.3
54	Pakistan	3.3
55	Bolivia	3.3
56	Haiti	3.2
57	Laos	3.1
58	Namibia	3.1
59	Kyrgyzstan	3.1
60	Lesotho	3.1
61	Philippines	3.1
62	Honduras	3.1
63	Israel	3.0
64	Syria	3.0
65	Kiribati	3.0
66	Paraguay	2.9
67	Cambodia	2.9
68	Oman	2.9
69	Algeria	2.8
70	Egypt	2.8
71	Belize	2.7
72	Morocco	2.7
73	Saudi Arabia	2.7
74	Botswana	2.7
75	Kuwait	2.6
76	Fiji	2.6
77	Guyana	2.6
78	Ecuador	2.6
79	Kazakhstan	2.6
80	Nicaragua	2.5
81	Uzbekistan	2.5
82	Dominican Republic	2.5
83	India	2.5
84	Panama	2.5
	World	2.5
85	Peru	2.4
86	Mongolia	2.4
87	Guam (US)	2.4
88	Venezuela	2.4
89	South Africa	2.4
90	Libya	2.4
91	Seychelles	2.4
92	Nepal	2.4
93	Indonesia	2.4
94	Turkmenistan	2.4
95	Sri Lanka	2.3
96	Cabo Verde	2.3
97	Colombia	2.3
98	Suriname	2.3
99	Maldives	2.3
100	Jamaica	2.3
101	Bhutan	2.3
102	Mexico	2.2
103	El Salvador	2.2
104	Bangladesh	2.2
105	Curaçao (Netherlands)	2.2
106	Grenada	2.2
107	Kosovo	2.2
108	Argentina	2.2
109	Tunisia	2.2
110	New Caledonia (France)	2.1
111	Antigua and Barbuda	2.1
112	Bahrain	2.1
113	French Polynesia (France)	2.1
114	Turkey	2.1
115	Uruguay	2.1
116	New Zealand	2.1
117	Iceland	2.0
118	Qatar	2.0
119	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2.0
120	Brunei	2.0
121	Ireland	2.0
122	France	2.0
123	Azerbaijan	2.0
124	North Korea	2.0
125	Greenland (Denmark)	2.0
126	Malaysia	2.0
124	Myanmar (Burma)	2.0
125	St. Lucia	1.9
126	Australia	1.9
127	Iran	1.9
128	Sweden	1.9
129	United Kingdom	1.9
130	Bahamas, The	1.9
131	United States	1.9
132	Norway	1.9
133	Barbados	1.8
134	Chile	1.8
135	United Arab Emirates	1.8
136	Sint Maarten (France - French part)	1.8
137	Georgia	1.8
138	Brazil	1.8
139	Costa Rica	1.8
140	United States Virgin Islands (US)	1.8
141	Finland	1.8
142	Trinidad and Tobago	1.8
143	Belgium	1.8
144	Vietnam	1.8
145	Bermuda (UK)	1.8
146	Albania	1.8
147	Armenia	1.8
148	Denmark	1.7
149	Netherlands	1.7
150	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.7
151	Montenegro	1.7
152	China	1.7
153	Puerto Rico (US)	1.6
154	Belarus	1.6
155	Canada	1.6
156	Lithuania	1.6
157	Russia	1.6
158	Slovenia	1.6
159	Luxembourg	1.6
160	Estonia	1.6
161	Ukraine	1.5
162	Romania	1.5
163	Switzerland	1.5
164	Croatia	1.5
165	Liechtenstein	1.5
166	Bulgaria	1.5
167	Lebanon	1.5
168	Cyprus	1.5
169	Moldova	1.5
170	Cuba	1.5
171	Czech Republic	1.5
172	Austria	1.4
173	Latvia	1.4
174	Macedonia	1.4
175	Malta	1.4
176	Mauritius	1.4
177	Thailand	1.4
178	Japan	1.4
179	Italy	1.4
180	Germany	1.4
181	Slovak Republic	1.3
182	Greece	1.3
183	Hungary	1.3
184	Spain	1.3
185	Serbia	1.3
186	Poland	1.3
187	South Korea	1.3
188	Singapore	1.3
189	Hong Kong (China)	1.3
190	Portugal	1.3
191	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3
192	San Marino	1.3
193	Macau (China)	1.1

1	American Samoa (US)	-
2	Andorra	-
3	Cayman Islands (UK)	-
4	Dominica	-
5	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	-
6	French Guiana (France)	-
7	Guadeloupe (France)	-
8	Guernsey (UK)	-
9	Isle of Man (UK)	-
10	Jersey (UK)	-
11	Marshall Islands	-
12	Mayotte (France)	-
13	Monaco	-
14	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	-
15	Palau	-
16	Sint Maarten (Netherlands - Dutch part)	-
17	St. Kitts and Nevis	-
18	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	-
19	Tuvalu	-
20	Vatican City	-

Rank	Country	Fertility rate 2014 est. (births/woman)
1	Niger	6.89
2	Mali	6.16
3	Burundi	6.14
4	Somalia	6.08
5	Uganda	5.97
6	Burkina Faso	5.93
7	Zambia	5.76
8	Malawi	5.66
9	Afghanistan	5.43
10	Angola	5.43
11	South Sudan	5.43
12	Mozambique	5.27
13	Nigeria	5.25
14	Ethiopia	5.23
15	Timor-Leste	5.11
16	Benin	5.04
17	Tanzania	4.95
18	Guinea	4.93
19	Sierra Leone	4.83
20	Cameroon	4.82
21	Liberia	4.81
22	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	4.80
23	Republic of the Congo	4.73
24	Chad	4.68
25	Sao Tome and Principe	4.67
26	Equatorial Guinea	4.66
27	Rwanda	4.62
28	Togo	4.53
29	Senegal	4.52
30	Gabon	4.49
31	Central African Republic	4.46
32	Guinea-Bissau	4.30
33	Madagascar	4.28
34	Gaza Strip (Palestinian Territories)	4.24
35	Eritrea	4.14
36	Yemen	4.09
37	Ghana	4.09
38	Western Sahara	4.07
39	Mauritania	4.07
40	Sudan	3.92
41	Gambia, The	3.85
42	Comoros	3.76
43	Côte d’Ivoire	3.63
44	Zimbabwe	3.56
45	Kenya	3.54
46	Iraq	3.41
47	Solomon Islands	3.36
48	Tonga	3.36
49	Vanuatu	3.36
50	Papua New Guinea	3.24
51	Marshall Islands	3.22
52	Jordan	3.16
53	Philippines	3.06
54	Tuvalu	3.03
55	Belize	3.02
56	Guatemala	2.99
57	American Samoa (US)	2.98
58	Samoa	2.94
59	Nauru	2.93
60	Laos	2.90
61	Swaziland	2.88
62	Egypt	2.87
63	Oman	2.86
64	Honduras	2.86
65	Pakistan	2.86
66	West Bank (Palestinian Territories)	2.83
67	Bolivia	2.80
68	Haiti	2.79
69	Algeria	2.78
70	Lesotho	2.78
71	Tajikistan	2.76
72	Syria	2.68
73	Kyrgyzstan	2.68
74	Cambodia	2.66
75	Israel	2.62
76	Malaysia	2.58
77	Kiribati	2.56
78	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.55
79	Kuwait	2.53
80	India	2.51
81	Fiji	2.51
	World	2.50
82	Djibouti	2.47
83	Bangladesh	2.45
84	Panama	2.38
85	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	2.38
86	Guam (US)	2.38
87	Botswana	2.37
88	United Arab Emirates	2.36
89	Dominican Republic	2.36
90	Venezuela	2.35
91	Cabo Verde	2.34
92	Kazakhstan	2.34
93	Nepal	2.30
94	Ecuador	2.29
95	Mexico	2.29
96	Cook Islands	2.27
97	Argentina	2.25
98	Namibia	2.25
99	South Africa	2.23
100	Mongolia	2.22
101	Peru	2.22
102	Burma (Myanmar)	2.18
103	Indonesia	2.18
104	Saudi Arabia	2.17
105	Morocco	2.15
106	Guyana	2.14
107	Sri Lanka	2.13
108	Turkmenistan	2.10
109	Grenada	2.09
110	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	2.09
111	Curaçao (Netherlands)	2.09
112	France	2.08
113	Turkey	2.08
114	Libya	2.07
115	Colombia	2.07
116	Greenland (Denmark)	2.06
117	New Zealand	2.05
118	Jamaica	2.05
119	Dominica	2.05
120	Antigua and Barbuda	2.03
121	Bhutan	2.02
122	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	2.01
123	United States	2.01
124	Suriname	2.01
125	Ireland	2.00
126	Tunisia	2.00
127	New Caledonia (France)	1.99
128	Nicaragua	1.99
129	Korea, North	1.98
130	Bahamas, The	1.97
131	Paraguay	1.96
132	French Polynesia (France)	1.95
133	El Salvador	1.95
134	Bermuda (UK)	1.95
135	Isle of Man (UK)	1.94
136	Qatar	1.92
137	Gibraltar (UK)	1.92
138	Costa Rica	1.91
139	Azerbaijan	1.91
140	United Kingdom	1.90
141	Seychelles	1.88
142	Iceland	1.88
143	Sweden	1.88
144	Cayman Islands (UK)	1.86
145	Norway	1.86
146	Iran	1.85
147	Vietnam	1.85
148	Uruguay	1.84
149	Chile	1.84
150	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.84
151	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.84
152	Brunei	1.82
153	Bahrain	1.81
154	Uzbekistan	1.80
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.78
156	Netherlands	1.78
157	Luxembourg	1.77
158	Mauritius	1.77
159	Georgia	1.77
160	Australia	1.77
161	Saint Lucia	1.77
162	Maldives	1.76
163	Wallis and Futuna (France)	1.76
164	Anguilla (UK)	1.75
165	United States Virgin Islands (US)	1.75
166	Lebanon	1.74
167	Finland	1.73
168	Denmark	1.73
169	Trinidad and Tobago	1.71
170	Palau	1.71
171	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	1.70
172	Brazil	1.69
173	Liechtenstein	1.69
174	Barbados	1.68
175	Jersey (UK)	1.66
176	Belgium	1.65
177	Armenia	1.64
178	Puerto Rico (US)	1.64
179	Russia	1.61
180	Canada	1.59
181	Macedonia	1.59
182	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	1.58
183	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	1.56
184	Moldova	1.56
-	European Union	1.55
185	Guernsey (UK)	1.55
186	People's Republic of China	1.55
187	Switzerland	1.54
188	Malta	1.54
189	Portugal	1.52
190	Monaco	1.52
191	Albania	1.50
192	Thailand	1.50
193	San Marino	1.49
194	Spain	1.48
195	Belarus	1.47
196	Cuba	1.46
197	Estonia	1.46
198	Cyprus	1.46
199	Croatia	1.45
200	Bulgaria	1.44
201	Austria	1.43
202	Germany	1.43
203	Czech Republic	1.43
204	Greece	1.42
205	Italy	1.42
206	Hungary	1.42
207	Serbia	1.42
208	Japan	1.42
209	Slovakia	1.39
210	Andorra	1.38
211	Latvia	1.35
212	Slovenia	1.33
213	Poland	1.33
214	Romania	1.32
215	Ukraine	1.30
216	Lithuania	1.29
217	Montserrat (UK)	1.29
218	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.26
219	British Virgin Islands (UK)	1.25
220	Korea, South	1.25
221	Hong Kong (China)	1.17
222	Taiwan	1.11
223	Macau (China)	0.93
224	Singapore	0.80

1	French Guiana (France)	-
2	Kosovo	-
3	Montenegro	-
4	Vatican City	-

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 and comparison: 1970 and 2013

1970 List by the Population Reference Bureau

2014 List by the Population Reference Bureau

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 1970 (births/woman)
1	Rwanda	8.2
2	Kenya	8.1
3	Côte d’Ivoire	7.9
4	Palestinian Territory (Israeli-occupied territories -> Palestinian Territories)	7.9
5	Mayotte (French Colonial Empire -> French Overseas Department)	7.9
6	Libya	7.9
7	Jordan	7.9
8	Afghanistan	7.7
9	Mongolia	7.6
10	Algeria	7.6
11	Syria	7.6
12	Yemen ( North Yemen and South Yemen)	7.5
13	Zambia	7.4
14	Rhodesia (-> Zimbabwe)	7.4
15	Iraq	7.4
16	Niger	7.4
17	Saudi Arabia	7.3
18	Madagascar	7.3
19	Malawi	7.3
20	Burundi	7.3
21	Senegal	7.3
22	Oman	7.3
23	Angola (Portuguese Angola -> Angola)	7.3
24	Honduras	7.3
25	Maldives	7.2
26	Somalia	7.2
27	Kuwait	7.2
28	Samoa	7.2
29	Comoros (French Colonial Empire -> Comoros)	7.1
30	Togo	7.1
31	Uganda	7.1
32	Bangladesh (East Pakistan -> Bangladesh)	7.0
33	Ethiopia	7.0
34	Ghana	7.0
35	Nicaragua	6.9
36	Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union -> Tajikistan)	6.9
37	Mali	6.9
38	South Sudan ( Sudan -> South Sudan)	6.9
39	Swaziland	6.9
40	Cape Verde (Portuguese Empire -> Cape Verde)	6.9
41	Micronesia, Federated States of (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands -> Micronesia, Federated States of)	6.9
42	Qatar (British Empire -> Qatar)	6.9
43	Sudan	6.9
44	Solomon Islands (British Empire -> Solomon Islands)	6.9
45	Benin	6.8
46	Mauritania	6.8
47	Djibouti (French Territory of the Afars and the Issas -> Djibouti)	6.8
48	Tanzania	6.8
49	Sierra Leone	6.7
50	Morocco	6.7
51	Liberia	6.7
52	Mexico	6.7
53	Eritrea ( Ethiopia -> Eritrea)	6.7
54	Bhutan	6.7
55	Republic of Upper Volta (-> Burkina Faso)	6.6
56	United Arab Emirates (British Empire -> United Arab Emirates)	6.6
57	Western Sahara (Spanish Sahara -> Western Sahara)	6.6
58	Mozambique (Portuguese Mozambique -> Mozambique)	6.6
59	Pakistan	6.6
60	Botswana	6.6
61	Bolivia	6.6
62	Cambodia	6.5
63	Sao Tome and Principe (Portuguese Empire -> Sao Tome and Principe)	6.5
64	Vietnam ( North Vietnam and South Vietnam)	6.5
65	Bahrain (British Empire -> Bahrain)	6.5
66	Nigeria	6.5
67	Namibia (South-West Africa -> Namibia)	6.5
68	Chad	6.5
69	Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union -> Uzbekistan)	6.5
70	Iran	6.4
71	Tunisia	6.4
72	Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union -> Turkmenistan)	6.3
73	Peru	6.3
74	New Hebrides (French Colonial Empire -> Vanuatu)	6.3
75	Philippines	6.3
76	Belize (British Empire -> Belize)	6.3
77	Republic of the Congo	6.3
78	Territory of Papua and New Guinea ( Australia -> Papua New Guinea)	6.2
79	Cameroon	6.2
80	Dominican Republic	6.2
81	Guinea	6.2
82	El Salvador	6.2
83	Zaire (-> Congo, Democratic Republic of the)	6.2
84	Guatemala	6.2
85	Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Guinea -> Guinea-Bissau)	6.1
86	Ecuador	6.1
87	Saint Lucia (British Empire -> Saint Lucia)	6.1
88	Gilbert Islands (British Empire -> Kiribati)	6.1
89	Gambia, The	6.1
90	Central African Republic	6.0
91	Nepal	6.0
92	Burma (-> Myanmar)	6.0
93	Laos	6.0
94	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire -> Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)	6.0
95	Egypt	5.9
96	Timor-Leste (Portuguese Timor -> Timor-Leste)	5.9
97	Tonga	5.9
98	Seychelles (British Empire -> Seychelles)	5.8
99	Brunei (British Empire -> Brunei)	5.8
100	Lesotho	5.8
101	Haiti	5.8
102	Equatorial Guinea	5.7
103	Turkey	5.7
104	Paraguay	5.7
105	Suriname (Dutch Empire -> Suriname)	5.7
106	Colombia	5.6
107	Thailand	5.6
108	South Africa	5.6
109	India	5.5
110	People's Republic of China (mainland only)	5.5
111	Indonesia	5.5
112	Jamaica	5.5
113	Venezuela	5.4
114	New Caledonia (French Colonial Empire -> Overseas departments and territories of France)	5.3
115	Panama	5.2
116	French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire -> French Overseas Collectivity)	5.1
116	Gabon	5.1
117	Albania	5.1
118	Guyana	5.1
119	Lebanon	5.0
120	Brazil	5.0
121	Costa Rica	4.9
122	Malaysia	4.9
123	Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union -> Kyrgyzstan)	4.9
124	Guadeloupe (French Colonial Empire -> French Overseas Department)	4.9
125	Reunion (French Colonial Empire -> French Overseas Department)	4.8
126	French Guiana (French Colonial Empire -> French Overseas Department)	4.7
	World	4.7
127	Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union -> Azerbaijan)	4.6
128	Martinique (French Colonial Empire -> French Overseas Department	4.6
129	Grenada (British Empire -> Grenada)	4.6
130	Fiji	4.5
131	Korea, South	4.5
132	Guam (US)	4.4
133	Korea, North	4.3
134	Sri Lanka	4.3
135	Chile	4.0
136	Cuba	4.0
137	Ireland	3.9
138	Republic of China (Taiwan)	3.9
139	Israel	3.8
140	Mauritius	3.8
141	Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire -> Antigua and Barbuda)	3.7
142	Trinidad and Tobago	3.6
143	Bahamas, The (British Empire -> Bahamas, The)	3.5
144	Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union -> Kazakhstan)	3.5
145	Curaçao (Dutch Empire -> Dutch Caribbean)	3.3
146	Hong Kong (British Hong Kong -> People's Republic of China)	3.3
147	Puerto Rico (US)	3.2
148	New Zealand	3.2
149	Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Armenia)	3.2
150	Singapore	3.2
151	Argentina	3.1
152	Barbados	3.1
153	SR Macedonia ( Yugoslavia -> Macedonia)	3.0
154	Portugal	3.0
155	Australia	2.9
156	Spain	2.9
157	Uruguay	2.9
158	Romania	2.9
159	Iceland	2.8
160	SR Montenegro ( Yugoslavia -> Montenegro)	2.7
161	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Yugoslavia -> Bosnia and Herzegovina)	2.7
162	Netherlands	2.6
163	Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Moldova)	2.6
164	Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Georgia)	2.6
165	Norway	2.5
166	Cyprus	2.5
167	United States	2.5
168	France	2.5
169	United Kingdom	2.4
170	Template:Country data Slovak Socialist Republic ( Czechoslovakia -> Slovakia)	2.4
171	Italy	2.4
172	Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Lithuania)	2.4
173	SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia -> Serbia)	2.4
174	Greece	2.4
175	Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Belarus)	2.3
176	Poland	2.3
177	Austria	2.3
178	Belgium	2.3
179	San Marino	2.2
180	SR Slovenia ( Yugoslavia -> Slovenia)	2.2
181	Macau (Portuguese Macau -> People's Republic of China)	2.2
182	Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Estonia)	2.2
183	Bulgaria	2.2
184	Canada	2.2
185	Germany ( West Germany and East Germany)	2.1
186	Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Ukraine)	2.1
187	Channel Islands - Guernsey and Jersey (UK)	2.1
188	Switzerland	2.1
189	Japan	2.1
190	Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Latvia)	2.0
191	Denmark	2.0
192	Malta	2.0
193	Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union -> Russia)	2.0
194	Luxembourg	2.0
195	Hungary	2.0
196	Template:Country data Czech Socialist Republic ( Czechoslovakia -> Czech Republic)	1.9
197	Sweden	1.9
198	SR Croatia ( Yugoslavia -> Croatia)	1.8
199	Finland	1.8

1	Andorra	-
2	Czechoslovakia (dissolved in 1992)	-
3	Dominica (British Empire -> Dominica)	-
4	Template:Country data Ellice Islands (British Empire -> Tuvalu)	-
5	Yugoslavia ( Yugoslavia -> Serbia and Montenegro -> Serbia -> Kosovo)	-
6	Liechtenstein	-
7	Marshall Islands (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands -> Marshall Islands)	-
8	Monaco	-
9	Nauru	-
10	Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands -> Palau)	-
11	Saint Kitts and Nevis (British Empire -> Saint Kitts and Nevis)	-
12	Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991)	-
13	Vatican City	-
14	Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992)	-

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2013 (births/woman)
1	Niger	7.6
2	South Sudan	7.0
3	Somalia	6.6
4	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	6.6
5	Chad	6.6
6	Angola	6.2
7	Central African Republic	6.2
8	Burundi	6.1
9	Mali	6.1
10	Zambia	6.0
11	Burkina Faso	5.9
12	Uganda	5.9
13	Mozambique	5.7
14	Timor-Leste	5.7
15	Gambia, The	5.6
16	Nigeria	5.6
17	Malawi	5.5
18	Senegal	5.3
19	Tanzania	5.3
20	Sudan	5.2
21	Guinea	5.1
22	Cameroon	5.1
23	Afghanistan	5.1
24	Republic of the Congo	5.0
25	Guinea-Bissau	5.0
26	Benin	4.9
27	Côte d’Ivoire	4.9
28	Sierra Leone	4.9
29	Equatorial Guinea	4.9
30	Eritrea	4.7
31	Liberia	4.7
32	Togo	4.7
33	Samoa	4.7
34	Vanuatu	4.4
35	Yemen	4.4
36	Madagascar	4.4
37	Kenya	4.3
38	Sao Tome and Principe	4.3
39	Ghana	4.3
40	Comoros	4.3
41	Papua New Guinea	4.3
42	Nauru	4.3
43	Mauritania	4.1
44	Solomon Islands	4.1
45	Gabon	4.1
46	Marshall Islands	4.1
47	Mayotte (France)	4.1
48	Palestinian Territory	4.1
49	Iraq	4.1
50	Ethiopia	4.1
51	Rwanda	4.0
52	Tonga	3.9
53	Kiribati	3.8
54	Tajikistan	3.8
55	Pakistan	3.8
56	Guatemala	3.8
57	Zimbabwe	3.8
58	Namibia	3.6
59	French Guiana (France)	3.5
60	Micronesia, Federated States of	3.5
61	Jordan	3.5
62	Egypt	3.5
63	Haiti	3.4
64	Swaziland	3.4
65	Djibouti	3.4
66	Lesotho	3.3
67	Bolivia	3.2
68	Laos	3.2
69	Tuvalu	3.2
70	Kyrgyzstan	3.2
71	Guam (US)	3.1
72	Israel	3.0
73	Philippines	3.0
74	Syria	3.0
75	Mongolia	2.9
76	Saudi Arabia	2.9
77	Algeria	2.9
78	Ecuador	2.8
79	Paraguay	2.8
80	Honduras	2.8
81	Cambodia	2.8
82	Oman	2.8
83	Kazakhstan	2.7
84	Morocco	2.6
85	Suriname	2.6
86	Indonesia	2.6
87	Belize	2.6
88	Botswana	2.6
89	Cape Verde	2.6
90	Fiji	2.5
91	Dominican Republic	2.5
92	Bhutan	2.5
93	Guyana	2.5
94	Panama	2.5
95	Nicaragua	2.5
	World	2.5
96	India	2.4
97	Uzbekistan	2.4
98	Libya	2.4
99	Kuwait	2.4
100	Nepal	2.4
101	Venezuela	2.4
102	Western Sahara	2.4
103	Turkmenistan	2.4
104	Seychelles	2.4
105	Reunion (France)	2.4
106	Peru	2.4
107	Maldives	2.3
108	South Africa	2.3
109	Jamaica	2.3
110	Argentina	2.3
111	Colombia	2.3
112	Curaçao (Netherlands)	2.2
113	Tunisia	2.2
114	New Caledonia (France)	2.2
115	Bangladesh	2.2
116	Mexico	2.2
117	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.2
118	Guadeloupe (France)	2.2
119	Azerbaijan	2.2
120	El Salvador	2.2
121	Sri Lanka	2.1
122	Malaysia	2.1
123	Bahrain	2.1
124	French Polynesia (France)	2.1
125	Turkey	2.1
126	Vietnam	2.1
127	Qatar	2.1
128	New Zealand	2.0
129	Ireland	2.0
130	Myanmar	2.0
131	Uruguay	2.0
132	Korea, North	2.0
133	Dominica	2.0
134	France	2.0
135	Bahamas, The	2.0
136	Kosovo	2.0
137	Grenada	2.0
138	Sweden	1.9
139	Martinique (France)	1.9
140	Australia	1.9
141	United Kingdom	1.9
142	Chile	1.9
143	Iceland	1.9
144	United States	1.9
145	Norway	1.8
146	Finland	1.8
147	Belgium	1.8
148	Barbados	1.8
149	Costa Rica	1.8
150	United Arab Emirates	1.8
151	Antigua and Barbuda	1.8
152	Iran	1.8
153	Thailand	1.8
154	Brazil	1.8
155	Albania	1.8
156	Montenegro	1.7
157	Netherlands	1.7
158	Georgia	1.7
159	Belarus	1.7
160	Palau	1.7
161	Denmark	1.7
162	Channel Islands - Guernsey and Jersey (UK)	1.7
163	Russia	1.7
164	Cuba	1.7
165	Puerto Rico (US)	1.6
166	Croatia	1.6
167	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.6
168	Trinidad and Tobago	1.6
169	Canada	1.6
170	People's Republic of China (mainland only)	1.6
171	Brunei	1.6
172	Lithuania	1.6
173	Luxembourg	1.6
174	Armenia	1.6
-	European Union	1.6
175	Macedonia	1.5
176	San Marino	1.5
177	Slovenia	1.5
178	Ukraine	1.5
179	Latvia	1.5
180	Estonia	1.5
181	Liechtenstein	1.5
182	Bulgaria	1.5
183	Czech Republic	1.5
184	Switzerland	1.5
185	Saint Lucia	1.5
186	Lebanon	1.5
187	Cyprus	1.5
188	Mauritius	1.4
189	Japan	1.4
190	Austria	1.4
191	Germany	1.4
192	Monaco	1.4
193	Malta	1.4
194	Serbia	1.4
195	Italy	1.4
196	Slovakia	1.3
197	Greece	1.3
198	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3
199	Romania	1.3
200	Hungary	1.3
201	Spain	1.3
202	Portugal	1.2
203	Singapore	1.2
204	Poland	1.2
205	Macau (China)	1.2
206	Korea, South	1.2
207	Moldova	1.2
208	Hong Kong (China)	1.1
209	Andorra	1.1
210	Republic of China (Taiwan)	1.1

1	Vatican City	-

Notes:

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