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Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
UNESCO UIS
births per woman
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215 countries · 1970–2023
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Data 2023 · Status unspecified
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Country
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Value
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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
2.9
60
Guam
2.8
61
Algeria
2.8
62
Eswatini
2.8
63
Egypt, Arab Rep.
2.8
64
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
2.7
65
Botswana
2.7
66
St. Martin (French part)
2.7
67
Syrian Arab Republic
2.7
68
Timor-Leste
2.7
69
Mongolia
2.7
70
Kyrgyz Republic
2.7
71
Lesotho
2.7
72
Turkmenistan
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
Lebanon
2.2
92
Morocco
2.2
93
Nicaragua
2.2
94
South Africa
2.2
95
Bangladesh
2.2
96
Indonesia
2.1
97
Panama
2.1
98
Myanmar
2.1
99
Monaco
2.1
100
Venezuela, RB
2.1
101
Seychelles
2
102
Belize
2
103
Nepal
2
104
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
2
105
New Caledonia
2
106
Peru
2
107
India
2
108
Sri Lanka
2
109
Philippines
1.9
110
Viet Nam
1.9
111
Mexico
1.9
112
Palau
1.9
113
Armenia
1.9
114
Gibraltar
1.9
115
Faroe Islands
1.9
116
Tunisia
1.8
117
Bahrain
1.8
118
Ecuador
1.8
119
Georgia
1.8
120
Bulgaria
1.8
121
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
1.8
122
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1.8
123
El Salvador
1.8
124
Greenland
1.8
125
Brunei Darussalam
1.7
126
Montenegro
1.7
127
Moldova
1.7
128
Qatar
1.7
129
Romania
1.7
130
Barbados
1.7
131
Iran, Islamic Rep.
1.7
132
France
1.7
133
Colombia
1.6
134
Brazil
1.6
135
United States
1.6
136
Serbia
1.6
137
Aruba
1.6
138
Iceland
1.6
139
Antigua and Barbuda
1.6
140
Maldives
1.6
141
New Zealand
1.6
142
United Kingdom
1.6
143
Malaysia
1.6
144
Azerbaijan
1.6
145
Isle of Man
1.5
146
Trinidad and Tobago
1.5
147
Cayman Islands
1.5
148
Kuwait
1.5
149
Cabo Verde
1.5
150
Slovenia
1.5
151
Hungary
1.5
152
Turkiye
1.5
153
St. Kitts and Nevis
1.5
154
French Polynesia
1.5
155
Denmark
1.5
156
North Macedonia
1.5
157
Ireland
1.5
158
Australia
1.5
159
Argentina
1.5
160
Slovak Republic
1.5
161
Grenada
1.5
162
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.5
163
Dominica
1.5
164
Belgium
1.5
165
Turks and Caicos Islands
1.5
166
Bhutan
1.5
167
Croatia
1.5
168
Czechia
1.5
169
Liechtenstein
1.5
170
Sweden
1.5
171
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
1.4
172
Portugal
1.4
173
Cuba
1.4
174
Netherlands
1.4
175
Russian Federation
1.4
176
Uruguay
1.4
177
Bermuda
1.4
178
Norway
1.4
179
Germany
1.4
180
Mauritius
1.4
181
Cyprus
1.4
182
St. Lucia
1.4
183
Bahamas, The
1.4
184
Latvia
1.4
185
Jamaica
1.4
186
Albania
1.3
187
Switzerland
1.3
188
Costa Rica
1.3
189
Greece
1.3
190
Austria
1.3
191
Estonia
1.3
192
Finland
1.3
193
Canada
1.3
194
Luxembourg
1.3
195
Thailand
1.2
196
Belarus
1.2
197
United Arab Emirates
1.2
198
Japan
1.2
199
Curacao
1.2
200
Italy
1.2
201
Lithuania
1.2
202
Chile
1.2
203
Poland
1.2
204
San Marino
1.1
205
Spain
1.1
206
Andorra
1.1
207
Malta
1.1
208
British Virgin Islands
1
209
China
1
210
Ukraine
0.98
211
Singapore
0.97
212
Puerto Rico (US)
0.92
213
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.75
214
Korea, Rep.
0.72
215
Macao SAR, China
0.59
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