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People Statistics > Total fertility rate (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Mali: 7.34 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 2   Niger: 7.29 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 3   Uganda: 6.81 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 4   Somalia: 6.6 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 5   Afghanistan: 6.58 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 6   Yemen: 6.41 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 7   Burundi: 6.4 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 8   Burkina Faso: 6.34 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 9   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 6.28 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 10   Angola: 6.2 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 11   Ethiopia: 6.17 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 12   Sierra Leone: 5.95 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 13   Congo, Republic of the: 5.92 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 14   Liberia: 5.87 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 15   Mauritania: 5.69 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 16   Malawi: 5.67 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 17   Oman: 5.62 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 18   Mayotte: 5.6 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 19   Benin: 5.58 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 20   Chad: 5.43 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 20   São Tomé and Príncipe: 5.43 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 22   Rwanda: 5.31 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 23   Guinea: 5.25 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 24   Mozambique: 5.24 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 25   Zambia: 5.23 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 26   Gaza Strip: 5.19 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 26   Madagascar: 5.19 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 28   Equatorial Guinea: 5.16 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 29   Djibouti: 5.14 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 30   Gambia, The: 5.13 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 31   Nigeria: 5.01 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 32   Comoros: 4.9 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 33   Senegal: 4.86 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 34   Togo: 4.85 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 35   Eritrea: 4.84 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 36   Haiti: 4.79 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 37   Guinea-Bissau: 4.72 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 38   Kenya: 4.7 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 39   Gabon: 4.68 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 40   Tanzania: 4.62 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 41   Sudan: 4.58 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 42   Laos: 4.5 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 43   Cameroon: 4.41 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 44   Central African Republic: 4.23 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 44   Côte d'Ivoire: 4.23 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 46   Samoa: 4.18 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 47   Kiribati: 4.08 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 48   Iraq: 3.97 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 49   Nepal: 3.91 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 50   Saudi Arabia: 3.89 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 51   Paraguay: 3.8 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 52   Ghana: 3.78 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 53   Pakistan: 3.73 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 54   Zimbabwe: 3.72 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 55   Papua New Guinea: 3.71 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 56   Marshall Islands: 3.68 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 57   Solomon Islands: 3.65 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 58   Guatemala: 3.59 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 59   Belize: 3.44 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 60   Honduras: 3.38 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 61   East Timor: 3.36 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 62   American Samoa: 3.35 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 63   Swaziland: 3.34 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 64   Philippines: 3.32 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 65   West Bank: 3.31 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 66   Syria: 3.21 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 67   Cape Verde: 3.17 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 68   Libya: 3.15 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 69   Lesotho: 3.13 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 70   Cook Islands: 3.1 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 71   Cambodia: 3.08 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 71   Bangladesh: 3.08 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 73   Turkmenistan: 3.07 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 74   Tajikistan: 3.04 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 74   El Salvador: 3.04 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 76   French Guiana: 2.98 children born/woman  2006 Time series
= 76   Turks and Caicos Islands: 2.98 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 76   Malaysia: 2.98 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 76   Micronesia, Federated States of: 2.98 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 80   Nauru: 2.94 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 80   Tuvalu: 2.94 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 82   Kuwait: 2.81 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 82   Namibia: 2.81 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 84   Dominican Republic: 2.78 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 85   Israel: 2.77 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 86   India: 2.76 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 87   Egypt: 2.72 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 88   Fiji: 2.68 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 89   Bolivia: 2.67 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 89   Kyrgyzstan: 2.67 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 91   Botswana: 2.66 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 92   Nicaragua: 2.63 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 93   Ecuador: 2.59 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 94   Panama: 2.57 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 94   Vanuatu: 2.57 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 94   Morocco: 2.57 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 97   Guam: 2.55 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 98   Bahrain: 2.53 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 99   Venezuela: 2.52 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 100   Tonga: 2.5 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 101   Colombia: 2.49 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 102   Bhutan: 2.48 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 103   Jordan: 2.47 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 103   Qatar: 2.47 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 105   Réunion: 2.45 children born/woman  2006 Time series
= 105   Palau: 2.45 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 105   Faroe Islands: 2.45 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 108   South Africa: 2.43 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 108   United Arab Emirates: 2.43 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 110   Peru: 2.42 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 111   Argentina: 2.37 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 111   Mexico: 2.37 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 113   Indonesia: 2.34 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 114   Jamaica: 2.3 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 115   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 2.28 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 116   Grenada: 2.27 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 117   Mongolia: 2.24 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 118   Brazil: 2.22 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 118   Greenland: 2.22 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 120   New Caledonia: 2.21 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 121   Costa Rica: 2.17 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 122   Bahamas, The: 2.13 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 123   New Zealand: 2.11 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 124   Dominica: 2.1 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 124   United States: 2.1 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 126   Antigua and Barbuda: 2.08 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 127   Azerbaijan: 2.05 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 128   Guyana: 2.03 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 129   Albania: 2.02 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 129   Sri Lanka: 2.02 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 131   Uzbekistan: 2.01 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 131   Suriname: 2.01 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 133   Korea, North: 2 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 134   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 1.98 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 134   Netherlands Antilles: 1.98 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 134   France: 1.98 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 137   Maldives: 1.97 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 138   Chile: 1.95 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 138   French Polynesia: 1.95 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 140   Brunei: 1.94 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 140   Uruguay: 1.94 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 142   Burma: 1.92 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 143   Iceland: 1.91 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 144   Guadeloupe: 1.9 children born/woman  2006 Time series
# 145   Cayman Islands: 1.89 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 146   Kazakhstan: 1.88 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 146   Bermuda: 1.88 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 146   Virgin Islands: 1.88 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 149   Turkey: 1.87 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 149   Lebanon: 1.87 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 151   Vietnam: 1.86 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 151   Saint Lucia: 1.86 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 153   Ireland: 1.85 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 153   Aruba: 1.85 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 155   Mauritius: 1.83 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 156   Algeria: 1.82 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 157   Cyprus: 1.79 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 157   Martinique: 1.79 children born/woman  2006 Time series
= 157   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 1.79 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 160   Australia: 1.78 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 160   Luxembourg: 1.78 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 160   Norway: 1.78 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 163   China: 1.77 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 164   Puerto Rico: 1.76 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 165   Anguilla: 1.75 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 165   Monaco: 1.75 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 167   Denmark: 1.74 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 168   Finland: 1.73 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 168   Seychelles: 1.73 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 168   Tunisia: 1.73 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 168   Trinidad and Tobago: 1.73 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 172   Iran: 1.71 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 172   British Virgin Islands: 1.71 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 174   Serbia and Montenegro: 1.69 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 175   Sweden: 1.67 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 176   Netherlands: 1.66 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 176   United Kingdom: 1.66 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 178   Belgium: 1.65 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 178   Man, Isle of: 1.65 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 178   Gibraltar: 1.65 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 178   Barbados: 1.65 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 182   Thailand: 1.64 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 183   Cuba: 1.6 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 184   Jersey: 1.58 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 184   Macedonia, Republic of: 1.58 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 186   Canada: 1.57 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 187   Saint Helena: 1.56 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 188   Malta: 1.51 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 188   Liechtenstein: 1.51 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 191   Portugal: 1.49 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 192   Switzerland: 1.44 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 193   Georgia: 1.43 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 194   Estonia: 1.42 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 195   Croatia: 1.41 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 195   Germany: 1.41 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 197   Bulgaria: 1.4 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 197   Guernsey: 1.4 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 197   Russia: 1.4 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 200   Austria: 1.38 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 200   Romania: 1.38 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 202   Greece: 1.36 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 203   Armenia: 1.35 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 203   San Marino: 1.35 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 205   Hungary: 1.34 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 205   Slovakia: 1.34 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 207   Andorra: 1.32 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 208   Italy: 1.3 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 208   Spain: 1.3 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 210   Latvia: 1.29 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 211   Poland: 1.27 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 211   Slovenia: 1.27 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 213   Moldova: 1.26 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 214   Ukraine: 1.25 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 215   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1.24 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 216   Czech Republic: 1.23 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 216   Belarus: 1.23 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 218   Japan: 1.22 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 218   Lithuania: 1.22 children born/woman  2008 Time series
= 218   Montserrat: 1.22 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 221   Korea, South: 1.2 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 222   Northern Mariana Islands: 1.18 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 223   Taiwan: 1.13 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 224   Singapore: 1.08 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 225   Hong Kong: 1 children born/woman  2008 Time series
# 226   Macau: 0.9 children born/woman  2008 Time series
Weighted average: 2.8 children born/woman  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 1.5 children born/woman  



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.

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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COMMENTARY     

Lithuanian20
6th November 2009 		In Lithuania now it's 1.47 per woman
ng
8th September 2009 		My country is so f-uped that people don't wanna breed anymore. Or Maybe for once in 5000 years, women of my nation feel liberated in this respect!
T.F.
18th August 2009 		It seems that even if you fix the numbers in error on this table the point is the same. Nations fail to follow God's general revelation from the Bible to keep personal responsibility, marriage, family, government and nationalism all in check by keeping corruption out of them. Those nations will be removed from history. Nations that heed God's advice are sustained within a four generational cycle so maybe poor people have more going for them than we think.
Frederic Payeur
21st July 2009 		Most of the data in this table is wrong. Check for example the latest TFR of UK or Sweden in their respective statistical office to confirm. UK is 1.95 in 2008, not 1.66. Sweden is 1.91, not 1.67. Finland is 1.85, not 1.73.
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