Fertility rate

Fertility rate, 2025: from 0.58 children per woman (Macau, 2024) to 6.03 children per woman (Chad, 2024), median 1.88 children per woman.

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Ranking

RankCountryValue (children per woman)Year
1Chad6.032024
2Somalia6.012024
3Democratic Republic of the Congo5.982024
4Central African Republic5.952024
5Niger5.932024
6Mali5.512024
7Angola5.052024
8Burundi4.792024
9Afghanistan4.762024
10Mozambique4.692024
11Mauritania4.632024
12Tanzania4.542024
13Yemen4.502024
14Benin4.482024
15Nigeria4.382024
16Sudan4.262024
17Cameroon4.262024
18Ivory Coast4.232024
19Uganda4.172024
20Guinea4.132024
21Togo4.122024
22Equatorial Guinea4.122024
23Burkina Faso4.112024
24Republic of the Congo4.112024
25Zambia4.042024
26Madagascar3.912024
27Ethiopia3.912024
28The Gambia3.912024
29Liberia3.862024
30Comoros3.822024
31Samoa3.802024
32South Sudan3.792024
33Senegal3.772024
34Guinea-Bissau3.762024
35Sierra Leone3.702024
36Eritrea3.682024
37Zimbabwe3.672024
38Rwanda3.652024
39São Tomé and Príncipe3.602024
40Gabon3.592024
41Malawi3.592024
42Vanuatu3.572024
43Pakistan3.552024
44Solomon Islands3.512024
45Uzbekistan3.492024
46Ghana3.342024
47Nauru3.292024
48Palestine3.252024
49Iraq3.222024
50Namibia3.212024
51Tuvalu3.172024
52Kenya3.172024
53Kiribati3.122024
54Tonga3.102024
55Papua New Guinea3.072024
56Tajikistan3.042024
57Kazakhstan2.982024
58Israel2.872024
59Marshall Islands2.862024
60Guam2.752024
61Federated States of Micronesia2.742024
62Egypt2.732024
63Algeria2.722024
64Eswatini2.722024
65Botswana2.702024
66Syria2.702024
67Saint Martin2.672024
68Lesotho2.662024
69Turkmenistan2.662024
70East Timor2.632024
71Haiti2.632024
72Djibouti2.622024
73Jordan2.602024
74Kyrgyzstan2.602024
75Cambodia2.552024
76Bolivia2.522024
77Oman2.512024
78Mongolia2.502024
79Honduras2.482024
80Niue2.462025
81Paraguay2.422024
82Laos2.402024
83Guyana2.402024
84Northern Mariana Islands2.322024
85Saudi Arabia2.312024
86Libya2.302024
87Guatemala2.292024
88Fiji2.272024
89American Samoa2.272024
90Suriname2.232024
91Lebanon2.232024
92Dominican Republic2.222024
93Morocco2.212024
94Nicaragua2.212024
95South Africa2.212024
96Western Sahara2.152025
97Bangladesh2.142024
98Indonesia2.122024
99Panama2.112024
100Monaco2.102024
101Myanmar2.102024
102Venezuela2.082024
103Belize2.022024
104Cook Islands2.002025
105United States Virgin Islands1.972024
106Peru1.972024
107New Caledonia1.962024
108India1.962024
109Nepal1.962024
110Sri Lanka1.952024
111Faroe Islands1.912024
112Vietnam1.902024
113Philippines1.892024
114Mexico1.892024
115Gibraltar1.892024
116Palau1.882024
117Seychelles1.852024
118Tunisia1.822024
119Ecuador1.812024
120Bahrain1.812024
121Georgia1.802024
122Montenegro1.802024
123North Korea1.782024
124El Salvador1.772024
125Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.762024
126Brunei1.732024
127Moldova1.732024
128Bulgaria1.722024
129Qatar1.722024
130Barbados1.712024
131Greenland1.712024
132Armenia1.702024
133Falkland Islands1.702025
134Iran1.682024
135Serbia1.642024
136Saint Helena1.642025
137Colombia1.632024
138United States of America1.632024
139Brazil1.612024
140France1.612024
141Aruba1.612024
142Antigua and Barbuda1.582024
143New Zealand1.572024
144Iceland1.562024
144Kuwait1.562024
144Maldives1.562024
147United Kingdom1.552024
148Isle of Man1.542024
149Malaysia1.542024
150Kosovo1.542024
151Trinidad and Tobago1.542024
152Saint Kitts and Nevis1.532024
153Cayman Islands1.522024
154Slovenia1.522024
155Cape Verde1.512024
156Argentina1.502024
157Bosnia and Herzegovina1.492024
158French Polynesia1.492024
159Australia1.482024
160Dominica1.482024
160Turkey1.482024
162Grenada1.472024
163Denmark1.472024
163Ireland1.472024
165Croatia1.462024
165Slovakia1.462024
167Turks and Caicos Islands1.452024
168Norway1.452024
169Bhutan1.452024
170Montserrat1.452025
171Cuba1.452024
172Belgium1.442024
172Mauritius1.442024
172Sint Maarten1.442024
175Azerbaijan1.432024
175Netherlands1.432024
175Sweden1.432024
178Russia1.422024
179Hungary1.412024
179Portugal1.412024
181Bermuda1.412024
182Curaçao1.402024
182North Macedonia1.402024
184Uruguay1.402024
184Wallis and Futuna1.402025
186Romania1.392024
187Saint Lucia1.392024
188Jersey1.382025
189Cyprus1.382024
190The Bahamas1.372024
191Guernsey1.372025
191Liechtenstein1.372024
193Czech Republic1.362024
193Germany1.362024
195Jamaica1.352024
196Anguilla1.352025
197Albania1.342024
198Costa Rica1.322024
199Austria1.312024
200Switzerland1.292024
201Saint Pierre and Miquelon1.282025
202Canada1.252024
202Finland1.252024
202Luxembourg1.252024
205Greece1.242024
205Latvia1.242024
207Belarus1.222024
208United Arab Emirates1.212024
209Thailand1.202024
210Estonia1.182024
210Italy1.182024
212San Marino1.162024
213Japan1.152024
214Chile1.142024
214Poland1.142024
216Lithuania1.112024
217Spain1.102024
218Andorra1.092024
219British Virgin Islands1.052024
220People's Republic of China1.012024
221Malta1.012024
222Vatican City1.002025
223Ukraine0.992024
224Singapore0.972024
225Puerto Rico0.922024
226Taiwan0.862025
227Hong Kong0.842024
228Saint Barthélemy0.832025
229South Korea0.752024
230Macau0.582024

Source

Fertility rate — World Bank, World Development Indicators, SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · CC BY 4.0 · Nov 2026 · UN · datacatalog.worldbank.org · source updated Oct 8, 2026

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