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Fertility rate: births per woman by country 2023 | worldgovdata
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Fertility rate: births per woman
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216 countries · 1891–2023
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216 of 216
#
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
6.1
2
Chad
6.1
3
Niger
6.1
4
Congo, Dem. Rep.
6.1
5
Central African Republic
6
6
Mali
5.6
7
Angola
5.1
8
Burundi
4.9
9
Afghanistan
4.8
10
Mozambique
4.8
11
Mauritania
4.7
12
Tanzania
4.6
13
Yemen, Rep.
4.6
14
Benin
4.6
15
Nigeria
4.5
16
Sudan
4.3
17
Cameroon
4.3
18
Cote d'Ivoire
4.3
19
Uganda
4.3
20
Guinea
4.2
21
Togo
4.2
22
Burkina Faso
4.2
23
Congo, Rep.
4.2
24
Zambia
4.1
25
Equatorial Guinea
4.1
26
Gambia, The
4
27
Ethiopia
4
28
Madagascar
4
29
Liberia
4
30
Comoros
3.9
31
South Sudan
3.9
32
Guinea-Bissau
3.8
33
Samoa
3.8
34
Senegal
3.8
35
Sierra Leone
3.8
36
Zimbabwe
3.7
37
Eritrea
3.7
38
Rwanda
3.7
39
Malawi
3.6
40
Gabon
3.6
41
Sao Tome and Principe
3.6
42
Pakistan
3.6
43
Vanuatu
3.6
44
Solomon Islands
3.6
45
Uzbekistan
3.5
46
Ghana
3.4
47
Naoero
3.3
48
West Bank and Gaza
3.3
49
Iraq
3.2
50
Namibia
3.2
51
Kenya
3.2
52
Tuvalu
3.2
53
Kiribati
3.1
54
Tonga
3.1
55
Papua New Guinea
3.1
56
Tajikistan
3.1
57
Kazakhstan
3
58
Marshall Islands
2.9
59
Israel
2.8
60
Kyrgyz Republic
2.8
61
Guam
2.8
62
Algeria
2.8
63
Eswatini
2.8
64
Egypt, Arab Rep.
2.8
65
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
2.7
66
Botswana
2.7
67
St. Martin (French part)
2.7
68
Syrian Arab Republic
2.7
69
Timor-Leste
2.7
70
Lesotho
2.7
71
Turkmenistan
2.7
72
Mongolia
2.7
73
Haiti
2.7
74
Jordan
2.6
75
Djibouti
2.6
76
Cambodia
2.6
77
Bolivia
2.5
78
Oman
2.5
79
Honduras
2.5
80
Paraguay
2.4
81
Lao PDR
2.4
82
Guyana
2.4
83
Libya
2.4
84
Northern Mariana Islands
2.3
85
Guatemala
2.3
86
American Samoa
2.3
87
Fiji
2.3
88
Saudi Arabia
2.3
89
Suriname
2.2
90
Dominican Republic
2.2
91
Faroe Islands
2.2
92
Lebanon
2.2
93
Morocco
2.2
94
Nicaragua
2.2
95
South Africa
2.2
96
Bangladesh
2.2
97
Seychelles
2.1
98
Indonesia
2.1
99
Panama
2.1
100
Myanmar
2.1
101
Monaco
2.1
102
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
2.1
103
Venezuela, RB
2.1
104
Belize
2
105
Nepal
2
106
Peru
2
107
New Caledonia
2
108
India
2
109
Sri Lanka
2
110
Greenland
2
111
Philippines
1.9
112
Viet Nam
1.9
113
Mexico
1.9
114
Palau
1.9
115
Gibraltar
1.9
116
Tunisia
1.8
117
Bahrain
1.8
118
Ecuador
1.8
119
Georgia
1.8
120
Montenegro
1.8
121
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
1.8
122
El Salvador
1.8
123
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1.8
124
Bulgaria
1.7
125
Brunei Darussalam
1.7
126
Moldova
1.7
127
Qatar
1.7
128
Armenia
1.7
129
Romania
1.7
130
Barbados
1.7
131
Iran, Islamic Rep.
1.7
132
Azerbaijan
1.7
133
New Zealand
1.7
134
Colombia
1.6
135
France
1.6
136
Australia
1.6
137
Turkiye
1.6
138
United States
1.6
139
Brazil
1.6
140
Aruba
1.6
141
Ireland
1.6
142
Antigua and Barbuda
1.6
143
Slovenia
1.6
144
Maldives
1.6
145
United Kingdom
1.6
146
Slovak Republic
1.6
147
Malaysia
1.6
148
Isle of Man
1.5
149
Iceland
1.5
150
Liechtenstein
1.5
151
Trinidad and Tobago
1.5
152
Cayman Islands
1.5
153
Kuwait
1.5
154
Cabo Verde
1.5
155
Denmark
1.5
156
Portugal
1.5
157
St. Kitts and Nevis
1.5
158
French Polynesia
1.5
159
Serbia
1.5
160
Argentina
1.5
161
Grenada
1.5
162
Hungary
1.5
163
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.5
164
Dominica
1.5
165
Croatia
1.5
166
North Macedonia
1.5
167
Turks and Caicos Islands
1.5
168
Bhutan
1.5
169
Russian Federation
1.4
170
Czechia
1.4
171
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
1.4
172
Germany
1.4
173
Cuba
1.4
174
Switzerland
1.4
175
Netherlands
1.4
176
Sweden
1.4
177
Uruguay
1.4
178
Norway
1.4
179
Bermuda
1.4
180
Luxembourg
1.4
181
Cyprus
1.4
182
Belgium
1.4
183
St. Lucia
1.4
184
Bahamas, The
1.4
185
Jamaica
1.4
186
Estonia
1.4
187
Canada
1.3
188
Albania
1.3
189
Latvia
1.3
190
Greece
1.3
191
Costa Rica
1.3
192
Austria
1.3
193
Poland
1.3
194
Finland
1.3
195
Mauritius
1.2
196
Spain
1.2
197
Thailand
1.2
198
Belarus
1.2
199
Japan
1.2
200
Lithuania
1.2
201
United Arab Emirates
1.2
202
Italy
1.2
203
Chile
1.2
204
San Marino
1.1
205
Malta
1.1
206
Andorra
1.1
207
Curacao
1.1
208
British Virgin Islands
1
209
China
1
210
Ukraine
0.98
211
Singapore
0.94
212
Puerto Rico (US)
0.94
213
Taiwan
0.87
214
Korea, Rep.
0.72
215
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.72
216
Macao SAR, China
0.66
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