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Health Statistics > Fertility rate, total > births per woman (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Afghanistan: 7.9 births per woman   1987 Time series
# 2     Niger: 7.67 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 3     East Timor: 7.47 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 4     Uganda: 7.1 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 5     Guinea-Bissau: 7.08 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 6     Burundi: 6.8 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 7     Liberia: 6.78 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 8     Mali: 6.72 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 9     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 6.7 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 10     Angola: 6.56 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 11     Sierra Leone: 6.48 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 12     Chad: 6.3 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 13     Somalia: 6.2 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 14     Burkina Faso: 5.9 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 15     Equatorial Guinea: 5.89 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 16     Yemen: 5.87 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 17     Malawi: 5.84 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 18     Rwanda: 5.8 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 19     Marshall Islands: 5.71 births per woman   1999 Time series
= 20     Benin: 5.6 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 20     Guinea: 5.6 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 20     Congo, Republic of the: 5.6 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 23     Mauritania: 5.59 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 24     Nigeria: 5.5 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 25     Zambia: 5.4 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 26     Iraq: 5.37 births per woman   1997 Time series
# 27     Ethiopia: 5.32 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 28     Mozambique: 5.3 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 29     Eritrea: 5.24 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 30     Tanzania: 5.2 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 31     Madagascar: 5.04 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 32     Togo: 5.03 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 33     Cameroon: 5 births per woman   2004 Time series
# 34     Kenya: 4.98 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 35     Senegal: 4.9 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 36     Djibouti: 4.74 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 37     Central African Republic: 4.73 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 38     Côte d'Ivoire: 4.7 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 39     Laos: 4.5 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 40     Gambia, The: 4.4 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 41     Guatemala: 4.33 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 42     Sudan: 4.15 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 43     Pakistan: 4.12 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 44     Ghana: 4.06 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 45     Solomon Islands: 4 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 45     Maldives: 4 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 47     Samoa: 3.98 births per woman   2004 Time series
# 48     Swaziland: 3.91 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 49     Cambodia: 3.89 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 50     Vanuatu: 3.87 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 51     Saudi Arabia: 3.83 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 52     Papua New Guinea: 3.8 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 53     Comoros: 3.76 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 53     São Tomé and Príncipe: 3.76 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 55     Haiti: 3.75 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 56     Gabon: 3.73 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 57     Paraguay: 3.67 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 58     Namibia: 3.66 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 59     Micronesia, Federated States of: 3.65 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 59     Bolivia: 3.65 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 61     Kiribati: 3.6 births per woman   2002 Time series
= 62     Cape Verde: 3.53 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 62     Tajikistan: 3.53 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 64     Honduras: 3.47 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 65     Nepal: 3.46 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 66     Oman: 3.44 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 67     Lesotho: 3.4 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 68     Zimbabwe: 3.34 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 69     Tonga: 3.31 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 70     Jordan: 3.29 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 71     Syria: 3.24 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 72     Philippines: 3.2 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 73     Egypt: 3.1 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 74     Nicaragua: 3.08 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 75     Botswana: 3.03 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 76     Grenada: 3 births per woman   2002 Time series
# 77     Bangladesh: 2.98 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 78     Belize: 2.97 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 79     Qatar: 2.89 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 80     Libya: 2.85 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 81     India: 2.84 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 82     Israel: 2.82 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 83     Fiji: 2.79 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 84     South Africa: 2.78 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 84     Guam: 2.78 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 86     El Salvador: 2.76 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 87     Peru: 2.74 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 87     Malaysia: 2.74 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 89     Dominican Republic: 2.73 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 90     Ecuador: 2.67 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 91     Venezuela: 2.65 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 92     Panama: 2.62 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 93     Turkmenistan: 2.6 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 94     Suriname: 2.51 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 95     Bhutan: 2.5 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 96     Algeria: 2.44 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 97     United Arab Emirates: 2.43 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 98     Kyrgyzstan: 2.41 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 99     Morocco: 2.4 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 99     Colombia: 2.4 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 101     Kuwait: 2.39 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 102     Jamaica: 2.38 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 102     Brunei: 2.38 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 104     Greenland: 2.36 births per woman   2003 Time series
# 105     Bahrain: 2.34 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 106     Mongolia: 2.33 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 106     Azerbaijan: 2.33 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 108     French Polynesia: 2.31 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 109     New Caledonia: 2.3 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 110     Argentina: 2.29 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 110     Brazil: 2.29 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 112     Indonesia: 2.27 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 113     Lebanon: 2.25 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 113     Bahamas, The: 2.25 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 115     Burma: 2.23 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 116     Uzbekistan: 2.22 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 117     Virgin Islands: 2.2 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 118     Turkey: 2.19 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 119     Guyana: 2.18 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 120     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 2.12 births per woman   2004 Time series
= 121     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 2.11 births per woman   2002 Time series
= 121     Mexico: 2.11 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 123     Seychelles: 2.1 births per woman   2003 Time series
= 124     Netherlands Antilles: 2.07 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 124     Iran: 2.07 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 124     Saint Lucia: 2.07 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 127     Iceland: 2.05 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 127     United States: 2.05 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 129     Tunisia: 2.04 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 130     New Zealand: 2 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 130     Costa Rica: 2 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 130     Uruguay: 2 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 133     Mauritius: 1.98 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 134     Chile: 1.97 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 135     Korea, North: 1.96 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 136     France: 1.92 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 137     Sri Lanka: 1.91 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 138     Dominica: 1.9 births per woman   2003 Time series
# 139     Thailand: 1.89 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 140     Ireland: 1.88 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 141     Norway: 1.84 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 142     China: 1.81 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 143     United Kingdom: 1.8 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 143     Puerto Rico: 1.8 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 143     Denmark: 1.8 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 143     Finland: 1.8 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 147     Vietnam: 1.78 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 147     Albania: 1.78 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 149     Sweden: 1.77 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 149     Australia: 1.77 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 151     Bermuda: 1.75 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 151     Kazakhstan: 1.75 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 153     Netherlands: 1.73 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 154     Belgium: 1.72 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 155     Luxembourg: 1.7 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 155     Antigua and Barbuda: 1.7 births per woman   2002 Time series
# 157     Barbados: 1.69 births per woman   2004 Time series
# 158     Man, Isle of: 1.65 births per woman   2002 Time series
= 159     Trinidad and Tobago: 1.61 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 159     Serbia and Montenegro: 1.61 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 161     Macedonia, Republic of: 1.6 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 162     Canada: 1.51 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 163     Cuba: 1.5 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 163     Estonia: 1.5 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 165     Croatia: 1.42 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 165     Switzerland: 1.42 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 165     Cyprus: 1.42 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 168     Austria: 1.41 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 169     Portugal: 1.4 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 170     Georgia: 1.39 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 171     Malta: 1.37 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 171     Armenia: 1.37 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 173     Germany: 1.36 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 174     Spain: 1.33 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 175     Italy: 1.32 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 175     Romania: 1.32 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 175     Hungary: 1.32 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 178     Bulgaria: 1.31 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 178     Latvia: 1.31 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 180     Russia: 1.29 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 181     Czech Republic: 1.28 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 181     Greece: 1.28 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 183     Moldova: 1.27 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 183     Lithuania: 1.27 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 185     Japan: 1.26 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 186     Slovakia: 1.25 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 187     Poland: 1.24 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 187     Singapore: 1.24 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 187     Belarus: 1.24 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 190     Slovenia: 1.23 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 191     Ukraine: 1.2 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 192     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1.19 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 193     Korea, South: 1.08 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 194     Hong Kong: 0.97 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 195     Macau: 0.88 births per woman   2005 Time series
Weighted average: 3.0 births per woman  



DEFINITION: Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with current age-specific fertility rates.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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Stewart
19th January 2011 		womans in those low birth rates should be encouraged to give more births. and those in africa should be encouraged to have less births. other wise soon or later europe will be colonised by those other high birth rates countries
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