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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 (2000) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Niger :
8 births per woman
2000
Health in Niger
# 2
Guinea-Bissau :
7.1 births per woman
2000
Health in Guinea-Bissau
# 3
Mali :
7.04 births per woman
2000
Health in Mali
# 4
Uganda :
6.95 births per woman
2000
Health in Uganda
# 5
Angola :
6.81 births per woman
2000
Health in Angola
# 6
Liberia :
6.8 births per woman
2000
Health in Liberia
# 7
Burundi :
6.8 births per woman
2000
Health in Burundi
# 8
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6.7 births per woman
2000
Health in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 9
East Timor :
6.64 births per woman
2000
Health in East Timor
# 10
Somalia :
6.56 births per woman
2000
Health in Somalia
# 11
Sierra Leone :
6.5 births per woman
2000
Health in Sierra Leone
# 12
Yemen :
6.47 births per woman
2000
Health in Yemen
# 13
Chad :
6.47 births per woman
2000
Health in Chad
# 14
Burkina Faso :
6.3 births per woman
2000
Health in Burkina Faso
# 15
Malawi :
6.23 births per woman
2000
Health in Malawi
# 16
Benin :
6.02 births per woman
2000
Health in Benin
# 17
Rwanda :
5.94 births per woman
2000
Health in Rwanda
# 18
Nigeria :
5.92 births per woman
2000
Health in Nigeria
# 19
Zambia :
5.9 births per woman
2000
Health in Zambia
# 20
Equatorial Guinea :
5.89 births per woman
2000
Health in Equatorial Guinea
# 21
Mauritania :
5.87 births per woman
2000
Health in Mauritania
# 22
Ethiopia :
5.71 births per woman
2000
Health in Ethiopia
# 23
Eritrea :
5.69 births per woman
2000
Health in Eritrea
# 24
Mozambique :
5.67 births per woman
2000
Health in Mozambique
# 25
Guinea :
5.63 births per woman
2000
Health in Guinea
# 26
Madagascar :
5.61 births per woman
2000
Health in Madagascar
# 27
Tanzania :
5.59 births per woman
2000
Health in Tanzania
# 28
Congo, Republic of the :
5.55 births per woman
2000
Health in Congo, Republic of the
# 29
Togo :
5.54 births per woman
2000
Health in Togo
# 30
Djibouti :
5.3 births per woman
2000
Health in Djibouti
# 31
Côte d'Ivoire :
5.28 births per woman
2000
Health in Côte d'Ivoire
# 32
Senegal :
5.27 births per woman
2000
Health in Senegal
# 33
Central African Republic :
5.09 births per woman
2000
Health in Central African Republic
# 34
Cameroon :
5.05 births per woman
2000
Health in Cameroon
# 35
Laos :
5.02 births per woman
2000
Health in Laos
# 36
Kenya :
5 births per woman
2000
Health in Kenya
# 37
Gambia, The :
4.93 births per woman
2000
Health in Gambia, The
# 38
Guatemala :
4.76 births per woman
2000
Health in Guatemala
# 39
Maldives :
4.69 births per woman
2000
Health in Maldives
# 40
Pakistan :
4.68 births per woman
2000
Health in Pakistan
# 41
Bhutan :
4.64 births per woman
2000
Health in Bhutan
# 42
Sudan :
4.63 births per woman
2000
Health in Sudan
# 43
Ghana :
4.56 births per woman
2000
Health in Ghana
# 44
Solomon Islands :
4.53 births per woman
2000
Health in Solomon Islands
# 45
Micronesia, Federated States of :
4.42 births per woman
2000
Health in Micronesia, Federated States of
# 46
Saudi Arabia :
4.4 births per woman
2000
Health in Saudi Arabia
# 47
Swaziland :
4.4 births per woman
2000
Health in Swaziland
# 48
Vanuatu :
4.33 births per woman
2000
Health in Vanuatu
# 49
Papua New Guinea :
4.32 births per woman
2000
Health in Papua New Guinea
# 50
Oman :
4.31 births per woman
2000
Health in Oman
# 51
Namibia :
4.29 births per woman
2000
Health in Namibia
# 52
Cambodia :
4.28 births per woman
2000
Health in Cambodia
# 53
Comoros :
4.27 births per woman
2000
Health in Comoros
# 54
São Tomé and Príncipe :
4.25 births per woman
2000
Health in São Tomé and Príncipe
# 55
Samoa :
4.25 births per woman
2000
Health in Samoa
# 56
Gabon :
4.21 births per woman
2000
Health in Gabon
# 57
Haiti :
4.14 births per woman
2000
Health in Haiti
# 58
Bolivia :
4.01 births per woman
2000
Health in Bolivia
# 59
Tajikistan :
4 births per woman
2000
Health in Tajikistan
# 60
Paraguay :
3.99 births per woman
2000
Health in Paraguay
# 61
Nepal :
3.97 births per woman
2000
Health in Nepal
# 62
Honduras :
3.95 births per woman
2000
Health in Honduras
# 63
Cape Verde :
3.9 births per woman
2000
Health in Cape Verde
# 64
Jordan :
3.84 births per woman
2000
Health in Jordan
# 65
Kiribati :
3.84 births per woman
2000
Health in Kiribati
# 66
Lesotho :
3.83 births per woman
2000
Health in Lesotho
# 67
Zimbabwe :
3.76 births per woman
2000
Health in Zimbabwe
# 68
Tonga :
3.73 births per woman
2000
Health in Tonga
# 69
Syria :
3.66 births per woman
2000
Health in Syria
# 70
Philippines :
3.56 births per woman
2000
Health in Philippines
# 71
Nicaragua :
3.54 births per woman
2000
Health in Nicaragua
# 72
Egypt :
3.43 births per woman
2000
Health in Egypt
# 73
Belize :
3.4 births per woman
2000
Health in Belize
# 74
Botswana :
3.37 births per woman
2000
Health in Botswana
# 75
Grenada :
3.24 births per woman
2000
Health in Grenada
# 76
Bangladesh :
3.22 births per woman
2000
Health in Bangladesh
# 77
Libya :
3.18 births per woman
2000
Health in Libya
# 78
Qatar :
3.18 births per woman
2000
Health in Qatar
# 79
India :
3.07 births per woman
2000
Health in India
# 80
Malaysia :
3.06 births per woman
2000
Health in Malaysia
# 81
Guam :
3.05 births per woman
2000
Health in Guam
# 82
Fiji :
3.03 births per woman
2000
Health in Fiji
# 83
Peru :
3 births per woman
2000
Health in Peru
# 84
El Salvador :
3 births per woman
2000
Health in El Salvador
# 85
Israel :
2.95 births per woman
2000
Health in Israel
# 86
Ecuador :
2.93 births per woman
2000
Health in Ecuador
# 87
South Africa :
2.89 births per woman
2000
Health in South Africa
# 88
Turkmenistan :
2.87 births per woman
2000
Health in Turkmenistan
# 89
Venezuela :
2.83 births per woman
2000
Health in Venezuela
# 90
Dominican Republic :
2.8 births per woman
2000
Health in Dominican Republic
# 91
United Arab Emirates :
2.75 births per woman
2000
Health in United Arab Emirates
# 92
Panama :
2.74 births per woman
2000
Health in Panama
# 93
Colombia :
2.69 births per woman
2000
Health in Colombia
# 94
Suriname :
2.68 births per woman
2000
Health in Suriname
# 95
Burma :
2.68 births per woman
2000
Health in Burma
# 96
Algeria :
2.67 births per woman
2000
Health in Algeria
# 97
New Caledonia :
2.63 births per woman
2000
Health in New Caledonia
# 98
Morocco :
2.62 births per woman
2000
Health in Morocco
# 99
Mongolia :
2.62 births per woman
2000
Health in Mongolia
# 100
Uzbekistan :
2.6 births per woman
2000
Health in Uzbekistan
# 101
Bahrain :
2.58 births per woman
2000
Health in Bahrain
# 102
Brunei :
2.58 births per woman
2000
Health in Brunei
# 103
Kuwait :
2.57 births per woman
2000
Health in Kuwait
# 104
Turkey :
2.57 births per woman
2000
Health in Turkey
# 105
Jamaica :
2.53 births per woman
2000
Health in Jamaica
# 106
Lebanon :
2.47 births per woman
2000
Health in Lebanon
# 107
French Polynesia :
2.47 births per woman
2000
Health in French Polynesia
# 108
Argentina :
2.46 births per woman
2000
Health in Argentina
# 109
Indonesia :
2.42 births per woman
2000
Health in Indonesia
# 110
Mexico :
2.41 births per woman
2000
Health in Mexico
# 111
Kyrgyzstan :
2.4 births per woman
2000
Health in Kyrgyzstan
# 112
Costa Rica :
2.39 births per woman
2000
Health in Costa Rica
# 113
Brazil :
2.39 births per woman
2000
Health in Brazil
# 114
Guyana :
2.36 births per woman
2000
Health in Guyana
# 115
Virgin Islands :
2.35 births per woman
2000
Health in Virgin Islands
# 116
Bahamas, The :
2.34 births per woman
2000
Health in Bahamas, The
# 117
Albania :
2.34 births per woman
2000
Health in Albania
# 118
Greenland :
2.31 births per woman
2000
Health in Greenland
# 119
Iran :
2.29 births per woman
2000
Health in Iran
# 120
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2.22 births per woman
2000
Health in Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 121
Uruguay :
2.19 births per woman
2000
Health in Uruguay
# 122
Netherlands Antilles :
2.16 births per woman
2000
Health in Netherlands Antilles
# 123
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
2.14 births per woman
2000
Health in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 124
Tunisia :
2.08 births per woman
2000
Health in Tunisia
# 125
Iceland :
2.08 births per woman
2000
Health in Iceland
# 126
Chile :
2.08 births per woman
2000
Health in Chile
# 127
Seychelles :
2.08 births per woman
2000
Health in Seychelles
# 128
Azerbaijan :
2.07 births per woman
2000
Health in Azerbaijan
# 129
United States :
2.06 births per woman
2000
Health in United States
# 130
New Zealand :
2.02 births per woman
2000
Health in New Zealand
# 131
Korea, North :
2.02 births per woman
2000
Health in Korea, North
# 132
Saint Lucia :
2 births per woman
2000
Health in Saint Lucia
# 133
Mauritius :
1.99 births per woman
2000
Health in Mauritius
# 134
Thailand :
1.94 births per woman
2000
Health in Thailand
# 135
Dominica :
1.9 births per woman
2000
Health in Dominica
# 136
Vietnam :
1.9 births per woman
2000
Health in Vietnam
# 137
Puerto Rico :
1.9 births per woman
2000
Health in Puerto Rico
# 138
Sri Lanka :
1.9 births per woman
2000
Health in Sri Lanka
# 139
China :
1.89 births per woman
2000
Health in China
# 140
Ireland :
1.89 births per woman
2000
Health in Ireland
# 141
Kazakhstan :
1.88 births per woman
2000
Health in Kazakhstan
# 142
France :
1.88 births per woman
2000
Health in France
# 143
Norway :
1.85 births per woman
2000
Health in Norway
# 144
Denmark :
1.77 births per woman
2000
Health in Denmark
# 145
Australia :
1.76 births per woman
2000
Health in Australia
# 146
Macedonia, Republic of :
1.76 births per woman
2000
Health in Macedonia, Republic of
# 147
Luxembourg :
1.76 births per woman
2000
Health in Luxembourg
# 148
Barbados :
1.75 births per woman
2000
Health in Barbados
# 149
Bermuda :
1.74 births per woman
2000
Health in Bermuda
# 150
Finland :
1.73 births per woman
2000
Health in Finland
# 151
Netherlands :
1.72 births per woman
2000
Health in Netherlands
# 152
Malta :
1.72 births per woman
2000
Health in Malta
# 153
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.7 births per woman
2000
Health in Antigua and Barbuda
# 154
Armenia :
1.7 births per woman
2000
Health in Armenia
# 155
Man, Isle of :
1.69 births per woman
2000
Health in Man, Isle of
# 156
Serbia and Montenegro :
1.66 births per woman
2000
Health in Serbia and Montenegro
# 157
Belgium :
1.66 births per woman
2000
Health in Belgium
# 158
United Kingdom :
1.64 births per woman
2000
Health in United Kingdom
# 159
Cyprus :
1.64 births per woman
2000
Health in Cyprus
# 160
Trinidad and Tobago :
1.63 births per woman
2000
Health in Trinidad and Tobago
# 161
Cuba :
1.58 births per woman
2000
Health in Cuba
# 162
Sweden :
1.54 births per woman
2000
Health in Sweden
# 163
Portugal :
1.52 births per woman
2000
Health in Portugal
# 164
Georgia :
1.52 births per woman
2000
Health in Georgia
# 165
Switzerland :
1.5 births per woman
2000
Health in Switzerland
# 166
Canada :
1.49 births per woman
2000
Health in Canada
# 167
Korea, South :
1.47 births per woman
2000
Health in Korea, South
# 168
Singapore :
1.44 births per woman
2000
Health in Singapore
# 169
Croatia :
1.39 births per woman
2000
Health in Croatia
# 170
Lithuania :
1.39 births per woman
2000
Health in Lithuania
# 171
Germany :
1.38 births per woman
2000
Health in Germany
# 172
Japan :
1.36 births per woman
2000
Health in Japan
# 173
Austria :
1.36 births per woman
2000
Health in Austria
# 174
Estonia :
1.34 births per woman
2000
Health in Estonia
# 175
Poland :
1.34 births per woman
2000
Health in Poland
# 176
Hungary :
1.32 births per woman
2000
Health in Hungary
# 177
Romania :
1.31 births per woman
2000
Health in Romania
# 178
Slovakia :
1.3 births per woman
2000
Health in Slovakia
# 179
Moldova :
1.3 births per woman
2000
Health in Moldova
# 180
Bulgaria :
1.3 births per woman
2000
Health in Bulgaria
# 181
Greece :
1.29 births per woman
2000
Health in Greece
# 182
Belarus :
1.29 births per woman
2000
Health in Belarus
# 183
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1.28 births per woman
2000
Health in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 184
Slovenia :
1.26 births per woman
2000
Health in Slovenia
# 185
Latvia :
1.24 births per woman
2000
Health in Latvia
# 186
Spain :
1.24 births per woman
2000
Health in Spain
# 187
Italy :
1.24 births per woman
2000
Health in Italy
# 188
Russia :
1.21 births per woman
2000
Health in Russia
# 189
Czech Republic :
1.14 births per woman
2000
Health in Czech Republic
# 190
Ukraine :
1.1 births per woman
2000
Health in Ukraine
# 191
Hong Kong :
1.03 births per woman
2000
Health in Hong Kong
# 192
Macau :
0.95 births per woman
2000
Health in Macau
Weighted average:
3.2 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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"Fertility rate, total > births per woman (2000) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/hea_fer_rat_tot_bir_per_wom-rate-total-births-per-woman&date=2000
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