List of countries and territories by fertility rate

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Map of countries and territories by fertility rate

This is a list of countries by total fertility rate (TFR): the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years, based on 2006 age-specific fertility rate data. Sovereign states are ranked. Some countries might not be listed at this time because they are not fully recognized as countries at the time this Census.

Ranking	Country	Fertility rate in 2000	Fertility rate in 2006
1	Niger	7.16	7.46
2	Mali	6.89	7.42
3	Somalia	7.18	6.76
4	Uganda	6.96	6.71
5	Afghanistan	5.87	6.69
6	Yemen	7.05	6.58
7	Burundi	6.25	6.55
8	Burkina Faso	6.44	6.47
9	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.92	6.45
10	Angola	6.52	6.35
11	Chad	6.63	6.25
12	Sierra Leone	6.08	6.08
13	Republic of the Congo	5.06	6.07
14	Liberia	6.43	6.02
15	Malawi	5.33	5.92
16	Mauritania	6.92	5.86
17	Guinea	5.46	5.79
	Mayotte (France)	6.33	5.79
	Gaza Strip	6.55	5.78
18	Oman	6.08	5.77
19	Madagascar	5.84	5.62
"	Sao Tome and Principe	6.08	5.62
21	Nigeria	5.66	5.49
22	Rwanda	5.07	5.43
23	Zambia	5.62	5.39
24	Djibouti	5.80	5.31
25	The Gambia	5.76	5.30
26	Ethiopia	7.07	5.22
27	Benin	6.32	5.20
28	Eritrea	5.93	5.08
29	Comoros	5.38	5.03
30	Tanzania	5.51	4.97
31	Togo	5.50	4.96
32	Haiti	4.50	4.94
33	Kenya	3.66	4.91
34	Maldives	5.62	4.90
35	Guinea-Bissau	5.27	4.86
36	Bhutan	5.13	4.74
"	Gabon	3.73	4.74
38	Sudan	5.47	4.72
39	Laos	5.21	4.68
40	Mozambique	4.93	4.62
41	Equatorial Guinea	4.94	4.55
42	Côte d'Ivoire	5.80	4.50
43	Central African Republic	4.95	4.41
44	Cameroon	4.88	4.39
45	Senegal	5.21	4.38
	West Bank	5.02	4.28
46	Iraq	4.87	4.18
47	Kiribati	4.40	4.16
48	Nepal	4.68	4.10
49	Pakistan	4.56	4.00
"	Saudi Arabia	6.30	4.00
"	Tajikistan	4.35	4.00
52	Ghana	3.95	3.99
53	Solomon Islands	4.80	3.91
54	Paraguay	4.16	3.89
55	Papua New Guinea	4.38	3.88
56	Marshall Islands	6.61	3.85
57	Guatemala	4.66	3.82
58	Belize	4.14	3.60
59	Honduras	4.26	3.59
60	East Timor		3.53
"	Swaziland	5.87	3.53
62	Syria	4.06	3.40
63	Cape Verde	4.19	3.38
64	Cambodia	4.82	3.37
"	Turkmenistan	3.63	3.37
66	Lesotho	4.15	3.28
"	Libya	3.71	3.28
	American Samoa (US)	3.60	3.16
68	Federated States of Micronesia	3.83	3.16
69	Zimbabwe	3.34	3.13
70	El Salvador	3.38	3.12
71	Bangladesh	2.85	3.11
"	Philippines	3.48	3.11
"	Nauru	3.71	3.11
74	Namibia	4.89	3.06
	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	3.25	3.05
75	Malaysia	3.29	3.04
76	Tonga	3.20	3.00
	French Guiana (France)	3.21	2.98
77	Tuvalu	3.11	2.98
78	Samoa	3.50	2.94
79	Kuwait	3.26	2.91
"	Uzbekistan	3.09	2.91
81	United Arab Emirates	3.29	2.88
82	Bolivia	3.66	2.85
83	Dominican Republic	3.00	2.83
"	Egypt	3.15	2.83
85	Qatar	3.25	2.81
86	Botswana	3.80	2.79
87	Nicaragua	3.27	2.75
88	Fiji	2.89	2.73
"	India	3.11	2.73
90	Vanuatu	3.29	2.70
91	Kyrgyzstan	3.22	2.69
92	Ecuador	3.18	2.68
"	Morocco	3.13	2.68
"	Panama	2.32	2.68
95	Jordan	3.44	2.63
96	Bahrain	2.82	2.60
	World	2.80	2.59
	Guam (US)	3.96	2.58
97	Colombia	2.69	2.54
98	Peru	3.04	2.51
99	Azerbaijan	2.19	2.46
"	Palau	2.47	2.46
	Réunion (France)	2.61	2.45
101	Mexico	2.67	2.42
102	Israel	2.60	2.41
"	Jamaica	2.11	2.41
	Greenland (Denmark)	2.45	2.40
104	Indonesia	2.61	2.40
105	Grenada	2.42	2.34
106	Suriname	2.50	2.32
107	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.43	2.31
108	Brunei	2.47	2.28
	New Caledonia (France)	2.52	2.28
109	Mongolia	2.40	2.25
110	Antigua and Barbuda	1.92	2.24
"	Costa Rica	2.52	2.24
112	Venezuela	2.51	2.23
113	South Africa	2.47	2.20
114	The Bahamas	2.33	2.18
"	Saint Lucia	2.42	2.18
	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	2.32	2.17
	United States Virgin Islands (US)	2.27	2.17
116	Argentina	2.47	2.16
117	North Korea	2.30	2.10
118	United States	2.06	2.09
119	Guyana	2.11	2.04
120	Albania	2.37	2.03
121	France	1.89	2.01
	French Polynesia (France)	2.28	2.01
	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	2.14	2.01
"	Chile	2.20	2.01
	Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	2.09	1.99
122	Burma	2.37	1.99
123	Mauritius	2.02	1.95
124	Dominica	2.05	1.94
125	Iceland	2.03	1.92
"	Turkey	2.16	1.92
127	Brazil	2.13	1.91
"	Vietnam	2.53	1.91
	Cayman Islands (UK)	2.05	1.90
	Guadeloupe (France)	1.93	1.90
129	Lebanon	2.08	1.90
130	Algeria	2.80	1.89
"	Kazakhstan	2.03	1.89
"	Uruguay	2.37	1.89
	Bermuda (UK)	1.68	1.89
134	Ireland	1.91	1.86
135	Moldova	1.63	1.85
136	Sri Lanka	1.98	1.84
137	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.11	1.83
138	Cyprus	1.95	1.82
139	Australia	1.79	1.81
140	Iran	2.20	1.80
	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.80	1.79
141	New Zealand	1.80	1.79
	Martinique (France)	1.80	1.79
142	Luxembourg	1.70	1.78
"	Norway	1.81	1.78
	Montserrat (UK)	1.85	1.77
144	Monaco	1.76	1.76
	Puerto Rico (US)	1.90	1.75
145	Denmark	1.73	1.74
"	Tunisia	2.04	1.74
"	Seychelles	1.85	1.74
"	Trinidad and Tobago	1.83	1.74
	Anguilla (UK)	1.80	1.73
149	People's Republic of China (mainland only)	1.82	1.73
"	Finland	1.70	1.73
	British Virgin Islands (UK)	1.72	1.72
151	Serbia and Montenegro	1.70 & 1.96	1.68
152	Cuba	1.60	1.66
"	United Kingdom	1.63	1.66
"	Sweden	1.53	1.66
"	Netherlands	1.64	1.66
156	Barbados	1.70	1.65
	Isle of Man (UK)	1.64	1.65
	Gibraltar (UK)	2.15	1.65
157	Belgium	1.61	1.64
"	Thailand	1.88	1.64
159	Canada	1.64	1.61
	Jersey (UK)	1.56	1.58
160	Macedonia	1.82	1.57
"	Republic of China (Taiwan)	1.76	1.57
	Saint Helena (UK)	1.53	1.55
162	Liechtenstein	1.49	1.51
163	Malta	1.92	1.50
	European Union		1.47
164	Portugal	1.47	1.47
165	Belarus	1.25	1.43
"	Switzerland	1.47	1.43
167	Georgia	1.41	1.42
168	Estonia	1.19	1.40
"	Japan	1.41	1.40
"	Croatia	1.94	1.40
	Guernsey (UK)	1.35	1.39
171	Germany	1.38	1.39
172	Bulgaria	1.13	1.38
173	Romania	1.35	1.37
174	Austria	1.39	1.36
175	Greece	1.33	1.34
"	San Marino	1.29	1.34
177	Armenia	1.47	1.33
"	Slovakia	1.25	1.33
"	Italy	1.18	1.33
180	Hungary	1.25	1.32
181	Andorra	1.25	1.30
182	Spain	1.15	1.28
"	Russia	1.25	1.28
184	South Korea	1.72	1.27
"	Latvia	1.13	1.27
186	Poland	1.38	1.25
"	Slovenia	1.28	1.25
	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	1.76	1.24
188	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.71	1.22
189	Czech Republic	1.18	1.21
190	Lithuania	1.34	1.20
191	Ukraine	1.26	1.17
192	Singapore	1.16	1.06
	Macau (PRC)	1.30	1.02
	Hong Kong (PRC)	1.27	0.95

Note: the only recognized and independent country that is missing from this list is Vatican City.

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