Statistics - World Fertility

Introduction

This table lists countries fertility (number of children/woman) from highest population to lowest (2011 est.), data is based on statistics from population censuses and other sources. In a relationship of two people, 2 children/woman approximately replaces the existing population.

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World fertility by country

Rank	Country	Children Born/Woman
1	Niger	7.6
2	Uganda	6.69
3	Mali	6.44
4	Somalia	6.35
5	Burundi	6.16
6	Burkina Faso	6.14
7	Ethiopia	6.02
8	Zambia	5.98
9	Angola	5.97
10	Congo, Republic of the	5.68
11	Mozambique	5.46
12	Malawi	5.43
13	Afghanistan	5.39
14	Benin	5.31
15	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	5.24
16	Liberia	5.13
17	Guinea	5.1
18	Sao Tome and Principe	5.08
19	Chad	5.05
20	Madagascar	5.02
21	Sierra Leone	4.94
22	Equatorial Guinea	4.91
23	Rwanda	4.9
24	Sudan	4.84
25	Senegal	4.78
26	Gaza Strip	4.74
27	Nigeria	4.73
28	Comoros	4.72
29	Togo	4.69
30	Yemen	4.63
31	Central African Republic	4.63
32	Gabon	4.59
33	Guinea-Bissau	4.51
34	Eritrea	4.48
35	Mauritania	4.3
36	Western Sahara	4.3
37	Gambia, The	4.23
38	Kenya	4.19
39	Cameroon	4.17
40	Tanzania	4.16
41	Cote d'Ivoire	3.92
42	Iraq	3.67
43	Tonga	3.65
44	Zimbabwe	3.63
45	Solomon Islands	3.59
46	Ghana	3.48
47	Papua New Guinea	3.46
48	Marshall Islands	3.44
49	Jordan	3.39
50	Guatemala	3.27
51	Samoa	3.22
52	Belize	3.21
53	Philippines	3.19
54	Pakistan	3.17
55	American Samoa	3.16
56	Laos	3.14
57	Timor-Leste	3.13
58	Tuvalu	3.11
59	Swaziland	3.11
60	Honduras	3.09
61	Nauru	3.08
62	Haiti	3.07
63	West Bank	3.05
64	Bolivia	3
65	Egypt	2.97
66	Libya	2.96
67	Syria	2.94
68	Lesotho	2.94
69	Tajikistan	2.89
70	Oman	2.87
71	Cambodia	2.84
72	Kiribati	2.78
73	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.74
74	Djibouti	2.71
75	Israel	2.7
76	Malaysia	2.67
77	Kuwait	2.64
78	Kyrgyzstan	2.63
79	India	2.62
80	Fiji	2.61
81	Bangladesh	2.6
82	Botswana	2.5
83	Namibia	2.49
84	Cape Verde	2.49
85	Nepal	2.47
86	World	2.46
87	Panama	2.45
88	Dominican Republic	2.44
89	Qatar	2.43
90	Faroe Islands	2.42
91	Ecuador	2.42
92	Venezuela	2.42
93	United Arab Emirates	2.4
94	Vanuatu	2.39
95	Cook Islands	2.39
96	Guyana	2.34
97	Peru	2.32
98	Argentina	2.31
99	Saudi Arabia	2.31
100	South Africa	2.3
101	Mexico	2.29
102	Burma	2.26
103	Indonesia	2.25
104	Mongolia	2.21
105	Morocco	2.21
106	Sri Lanka	2.2
107	Bhutan	2.2
108	Grenada	2.18
109	Brazil	2.18
110	Jamaica	2.17
111	Turkmenistan	2.16
112	Colombia	2.15
113	Turkey	2.15
114	Northern Mariana Islands	2.13
115	Greenland	2.13
116	Nicaragua	2.12
117	Paraguay	2.11
118	Curacao	2.1
119	New Zealand	2.08
120	El Salvador	2.08
121	New Caledonia	2.07
122	Dominica	2.07
123	United States	2.06
124	Antigua and Barbuda	2.05
125	Tunisia	2.03
126	Korea, North	2.02
127	Ireland	2.02
128	Azerbaijan	2.02
129	Bahamas, The	1.99
130	Bermuda	1.97
131	Isle of Man	1.96
132	Gibraltar	1.96
133	France	1.96
134	Suriname	1.95
135	Costa Rica	1.93
136	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.92
137	Vietnam	1.91
138	Seychelles	1.91
139	United Kingdom	1.91
140	Uruguay	1.89
141	Uzbekistan	1.89
142	Iceland	1.89
143	Bahrain	1.88
144	Chile	1.88
145	Iran	1.88
146	Cayman Islands	1.87
147	Kazakhstan	1.87
148	French Polynesia	1.87
149	Brunei	1.86
150	Aruba	1.84
151	Wallis and Futuna	1.81
152	Maldives	1.81
153	Saint Lucia	1.81
154	Virgin Islands	1.8
155	Mauritius	1.79
156	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.79
157	Australia	1.78
158	Lebanon	1.77
159	Luxembourg	1.77
160	Norway	1.77
161	Anguilla	1.75
162	Algeria	1.75
163	Denmark	1.74
164	Palau	1.73
165	Finland	1.73
166	Trinidad and Tobago	1.72
167	British Virgin Islands	1.71
168	Sint Maarten	1.7
169	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.7
170	Barbados	1.68
171	Sweden	1.67
172	Thailand	1.66
173	Jersey	1.66
174	Netherlands	1.66
175	Belgium	1.65
176	Puerto Rico	1.62
177	Macedonia	1.58
178	Canada	1.58
179	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	1.57
180	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.55
181	Guernsey	1.54
182	China	1.54
183	Liechtenstein	1.53
184	Malta	1.52
185	Portugal	1.5
186	Monaco	1.5
187	Albania	1.48
188	Spain	1.47
189	San Marino	1.47
190	Switzerland	1.46
191	Georgia	1.45
192	Cyprus	1.45
193	Cuba	1.44
194	Estonia	1.44
195	Croatia	1.43
196	Bulgaria	1.42
197	Russia	1.42
198	Germany	1.41
199	Hungary	1.4
200	Austria	1.4
201	Serbia	1.4
202	Italy	1.39
203	Greece	1.38
204	Slovakia	1.37
205	Armenia	1.37
206	Andorra	1.35
207	Latvia	1.32
208	Slovenia	1.3
209	Poland	1.3
210	Moldova	1.29
211	Romania	1.29
212	Ukraine	1.28
213	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.27
214	Czech Republic	1.26
215	Belarus	1.26
216	Montserrat	1.26
217	Lithuania	1.25
218	Korea, South	1.23
219	Japan	1.21
220	Taiwan	1.15
221	Singapore	1.11
222	Hong Kong	1.07
223	Macau	0.92

Data: The World Factbook Raw Data

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