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