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DEFINITION: The average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their child-bearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. The total fertility rate is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman. This indicator shows the potential for population growth in the country. High rates will also place some limits on the labor force participation rates for women. Large numbers of children born to women indicate large family sizes that might limit the ability of the families to feed and educate their children.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Niger	7.03 children born/woman	2013
2	Mali	6.25 children born/woman	2013
3	Somalia	6.17 children born/woman	2013
4	Uganda	6.06 children born/woman	2013
5	Burkina Faso	6 children born/woman	2013
6	Zambia	5.81 children born/woman	2013
7	Angola	5.49 children born/woman	2013
8	Mozambique	5.34 children born/woman	2013
=9	Nigeria	5.31 children born/woman	2013
=9	Ethiopia	5.31 children born/woman	2013
11	Malawi	5.26 children born/woman	2013
12	Benin	5.13 children born/woman	2013
13	Tanzania	5.01 children born/woman	2013
14	Guinea	4.99 children born/woman	2013
15	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4.95 children born/woman	2013
16	Liberia	4.92 children born/woman	2013
17	Sierra Leone	4.87 children born/woman	2013
18	Chad	4.8 children born/woman	2013
19	Equatorial Guinea	4.74 children born/woman	2013
20	Senegal	4.61 children born/woman	2013
21	Togo	4.58 children born/woman	2013
22	Gabon	4.52 children born/woman	2013
23	Guinea-Bissau	4.37 children born/woman	2013
24	Madagascar	4.36 children born/woman	2013
25	Yemen	4.27 children born/woman	2013
26	Eritrea	4.25 children born/woman	2013
=27	Western Sahara	4.15 children born/woman	2013
=27	Mauritania	4.15 children born/woman	2013
29	Ghana	4.12 children born/woman	2013
30	Sudan	4.05 children born/woman	2013
31	Cameroon	4 children born/woman	2013
32	Comoros	3.93 children born/woman	2013
33	Kenya	3.76 children born/woman	2013
34	Cote d'Ivoire	3.73 children born/woman	2013
35	Zimbabwe	3.58 children born/woman	2013
36	Iraq	3.5 children born/woman	2013
37	Tonga	3.46 children born/woman	2013
38	Solomon Islands	3.44 children born/woman	2013
39	Papua New Guinea	3.31 children born/woman	2013
40	Marshall Islands	3.29 children born/woman	2013
41	Philippines	3.1 children born/woman	2013
=42	Guatemala	3.08 children born/woman	2013
=42	Belize	3.08 children born/woman	2013
44	Tuvalu	3.06 children born/woman	2013
45	Samoa	3.03 children born/woman	2013
=46	Laos	2.98 children born/woman	2013
=46	Nauru	2.98 children born/woman	2013
=46	French Guiana	2.98 children born/woman	2006
=49	Pakistan	2.96 children born/woman	2013
=49	Swaziland	2.96 children born/woman	2013
51	Honduras	2.94 children born/woman	2013
52	Egypt	2.9 children born/woman	2013
53	Haiti	2.88 children born/woman	2013
54	Bolivia	2.87 children born/woman	2013
55	Oman	2.86 children born/woman	2013
56	Algeria	2.78 children born/woman	2013
57	Cambodia	2.72 children born/woman	2013
58	Kiribati	2.63 children born/woman	2013
59	Malaysia	2.61 children born/woman	2013
60	Kuwait	2.56 children born/woman	2013
=61	Djibouti	2.55 children born/woman	2013
=61	India	2.55 children born/woman	2013
63	Fiji	2.54 children born/woman	2013
64	Bangladesh	2.5 children born/woman	2013
65	Reunion	2.45 children born/woman	2006
66	Botswana	2.41 children born/woman	2013
67	Panama	2.4 children born/woman	2013
=68	Dominican Republic	2.39 children born/woman	2013
=68	Cape Verde	2.39 children born/woman	2013
70	Venezuela	2.37 children born/woman	2013
71	Ecuador	2.33 children born/woman	2013
72	Cook Islands	2.31 children born/woman	2013
73	Mexico	2.25 children born/woman	2013
=74	Saudi Arabia	2.21 children born/woman	2013
=74	Guyana	2.21 children born/woman	2013
=74	Burma	2.21 children born/woman	2013
77	Indonesia	2.2 children born/woman	2013
78	Sri Lanka	2.15 children born/woman	2013
79	Grenada	2.12 children born/woman	2013
80	Colombia	2.1 children born/woman	2013
=81	Libya	2.09 children born/woman	2013
=81	Jamaica	2.09 children born/woman	2013
83	Dominica	2.06 children born/woman	2013
=84	Suriname	2.04 children born/woman	2013
=84	Antigua and Barbuda	2.04 children born/woman	2013
86	Nicaragua	2.03 children born/woman	2013
87	New Caledonia	2.02 children born/woman	2013
88	Paraguay	2.01 children born/woman	2013
89	El Salvador	1.99 children born/woman	2013
90	The Bahamas	1.97 children born/woman	2013
91	Bermuda	1.96 children born/woman	2013
92	Qatar	1.92 children born/woman	2013
93	Costa Rica	1.91 children born/woman	2013
94	Guadeloupe	1.9 children born/woman	2006
95	Seychelles	1.89 children born/woman	2013
=96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.87 children born/woman	2013
=96	Vietnam	1.87 children born/woman	2013
=98	Bahrain	1.83 children born/woman	2013
=98	Brunei	1.83 children born/woman	2013
100	Brazil	1.81 children born/woman	2013
101	Martinique	1.79 children born/woman	2006
=102	Mauritius	1.78 children born/woman	2013
=102	Maldives	1.78 children born/woman	2013
=102	Saint Lucia	1.78 children born/woman	2013
=105	Virgin Islands	1.77 children born/woman	2013
=105	Australia	1.77 children born/woman	2013
107	Anguilla	1.75 children born/woman	2013
108	Trinidad and Tobago	1.71 children born/woman	2013
109	Barbados	1.68 children born/woman	2013
110	Thailand	1.66 children born/woman	2013
111	Cuba	1.46 children born/woman	2013
112	Montserrat	1.28 children born/woman	2013
113	Hong Kong	1.11 children born/woman	2013
114	Macau	0.93 children born/woman	2013
115	Singapore	0.79 children born/woman	2013

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