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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   Guinea: 5.6 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 20   Benin: 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   Maldives: 4 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 45   Solomon Islands: 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   Bolivia: 3.65 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 59   Micronesia, Federated States of: 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   Guam: 2.78 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 84   South Africa: 2.78 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 86   El Salvador: 2.76 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 87   Malaysia: 2.74 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 87   Peru: 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   Colombia: 2.4 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 99   Morocco: 2.4 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 101   Kuwait: 2.39 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 102   Brunei: 2.38 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 102   Jamaica: 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   Azerbaijan: 2.33 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 106   Mongolia: 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   Brazil: 2.29 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 110   Argentina: 2.29 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 112   Indonesia: 2.27 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 113   Bahamas, The: 2.25 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 113   Lebanon: 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   Mexico: 2.11 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 121   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 2.11 births per woman   2002 Time series
# 123   Seychelles: 2.1 births per woman   2003 Time series
= 124   Iran: 2.07 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 124   Netherlands Antilles: 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   Costa Rica: 2 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 130   New Zealand: 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   Denmark: 1.8 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 143   Puerto Rico: 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   Kazakhstan: 1.75 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 151   Bermuda: 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   Antigua and Barbuda: 1.7 births per woman   2002 Time series
= 155   Luxembourg: 1.7 births per woman   2005 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   Estonia: 1.5 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 163   Cuba: 1.5 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 165   Cyprus: 1.42 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 165   Switzerland: 1.42 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 165   Croatia: 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   Armenia: 1.37 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 171   Malta: 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   Hungary: 1.32 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 175   Romania: 1.32 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 178   Latvia: 1.31 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 178   Bulgaria: 1.31 births per woman   2005 Time series
# 180   Russia: 1.29 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 181   Greece: 1.28 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 181   Czech Republic: 1.28 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 183   Lithuania: 1.27 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 183   Moldova: 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   Belarus: 1.24 births per woman   2005 Time series
= 187   Singapore: 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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