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Countries Ranked by Fertility rate, total (births per woman)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: SP.DYN.TFRT.IN

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported fertility rate, total (births per woman) data for 2024, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 217 countries reporting, the median value is 1.90, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Samoa

3.80

Europe & Central Asia

Uzbekistan

3.49

Latin America & Caribbean

St. Martin (French part)

2.67

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Afghanistan

4.76

North America

United States

1.63

South Asia

Bangladesh

2.14

Sub-Saharan Africa

Chad

6.03

Rank Country Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
1 Chad 6.03
2 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 6.01
3 Congo, Dem. Rep. 5.98
4 Central African Republic 5.95
5 Niger 5.94
6 Mali 5.51
7 Angola 5.05
8 Burundi 4.79
9 Afghanistan 4.76
10 Mozambique 4.69
11 Mauritania 4.63
12 Tanzania 4.54
13 Yemen, Rep. 4.50
14 Benin 4.48
15 Nigeria 4.38
16 Sudan 4.26
17 Cameroon 4.26
18 Cote d'Ivoire 4.23
19 Uganda 4.17
20 Guinea 4.13
21 Togo 4.12
22 Equatorial Guinea 4.12
23 Burkina Faso 4.11
24 Congo, Rep. 4.11
25 Zambia 4.04
26 Madagascar 3.91
27 Ethiopia 3.91
28 Gambia, The 3.91
29 Liberia 3.86
30 Comoros 3.82
31 Samoa 3.80
32 South Sudan 3.79
33 Senegal 3.77
34 Guinea-Bissau 3.76
35 Sierra Leone 3.70
36 Eritrea 3.68
37 Zimbabwe 3.67
38 Rwanda 3.65
39 Sao Tome and Principe 3.60
40 Gabon 3.59
41 Malawi 3.59
42 Vanuatu 3.57
43 Pakistan 3.55
44 Solomon Islands 3.51
45 Uzbekistan 3.49
46 Ghana 3.34
47 Nauru 3.29
48 West Bank and Gaza 3.25
49 Iraq 3.22
50 Namibia 3.21
51 Tuvalu 3.17
52 Kenya 3.17
53 Kiribati 3.12
54 Tonga 3.10
55 Papua New Guinea 3.07
56 Tajikistan 3.04
57 Kazakhstan 2.98
58 Israel 2.87
59 Marshall Islands 2.86
60 Guam 2.75
61 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 2.74
62 Egypt, Arab Rep. 2.74
63 Algeria 2.72
64 Eswatini 2.72
65 Botswana 2.70
66 Syrian Arab Republic 2.70
67 St. Martin (French part) 2.67
68 Lesotho 2.66
69 Turkmenistan 2.66
70 Timor-Leste 2.63
71 Haiti 2.63
72 Djibouti 2.62
73 Jordan 2.60
74 Kyrgyz Republic 2.60
75 Cambodia 2.55
76 Bolivia 2.52
77 Oman 2.51
78 Mongolia 2.50
79 Honduras 2.48
80 Paraguay 2.42
81 Lao PDR 2.40
82 Guyana 2.40
83 Northern Mariana Islands 2.32
84 Saudi Arabia 2.31
85 Libya 2.30
86 Guatemala 2.29
87 Fiji 2.27
88 American Samoa 2.27
89 Suriname 2.23
90 Lebanon 2.23
91 Dominican Republic 2.22
92 Morocco 2.21
93 Nicaragua 2.21
94 South Africa 2.21
95 Bangladesh 2.14
96 Indonesia 2.12
97 Panama 2.11
98 Monaco 2.10
99 Myanmar 2.10
100 Venezuela, RB 2.08
101 Belize 2.02
102 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 1.97
103 Peru 1.97
104 New Caledonia 1.96
105 India 1.96
106 Nepal 1.96
107 Sri Lanka 1.95
108 Faroe Islands 1.91
109 Viet Nam 1.90
110 Philippines 1.89
111 Mexico 1.89
112 Gibraltar 1.89
113 Palau 1.88
114 Seychelles 1.85
115 Tunisia 1.82
116 Ecuador 1.81
117 Bahrain 1.81
118 Georgia 1.80
119 Montenegro 1.80
120 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 1.78
121 El Salvador 1.77
122 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1.76
123 Brunei Darussalam 1.73
124 Moldova 1.73
125 Bulgaria 1.72
126 Qatar 1.72
127 Barbados 1.71
128 Greenland 1.71
129 Armenia 1.70
130 Iran, Islamic Rep. 1.68
131 Serbia 1.64
132 Colombia 1.63
133 United States 1.63
134 Brazil 1.61
135 France 1.61
136 Aruba 1.61
137 Antigua and Barbuda 1.58
138 New Zealand 1.57
139 Iceland 1.56
140 Kuwait 1.56
141 Maldives 1.56
142 United Kingdom 1.55
143 Isle of Man 1.54
144 Malaysia 1.54
145 Kosovo 1.54
146 Trinidad and Tobago 1.54
147 St. Kitts and Nevis 1.53
148 Cayman Islands 1.53
149 Slovenia 1.52
150 Cabo Verde 1.51
151 Argentina 1.50
152 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.49
153 French Polynesia 1.49
154 Australia 1.48
155 Turkiye 1.48
156 Dominica 1.48
157 Grenada 1.47
158 Ireland 1.47
159 Denmark 1.47
160 Croatia 1.46
161 Slovak Republic 1.46
162 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.45
163 Norway 1.45
164 Bhutan 1.45
165 Cuba 1.45
166 Mauritius 1.44
167 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.44
168 Belgium 1.44
169 Sweden 1.43
170 Netherlands 1.43
171 Azerbaijan 1.43
172 Russian Federation 1.42
173 Hungary 1.41
174 Portugal 1.41
175 Bermuda 1.41
176 North Macedonia 1.40
177 Curacao 1.40
178 Uruguay 1.40
179 Romania 1.39
180 St. Lucia 1.39
181 Cyprus 1.38
182 Bahamas, The 1.37
183 Channel Islands 1.37
184 Liechtenstein 1.37
185 Germany 1.36
186 Czechia 1.36
187 Jamaica 1.35
188 Albania 1.34
189 Costa Rica 1.32
190 Austria 1.31
191 Switzerland 1.29
192 Luxembourg 1.25
193 Canada 1.25
194 Finland 1.25
195 Latvia 1.24
196 Greece 1.24
197 Belarus 1.22
198 United Arab Emirates 1.21
199 Thailand 1.20
200 Italy 1.18
201 Estonia 1.18
202 San Marino 1.16
203 Japan 1.15
204 Chile 1.14
205 Poland 1.14
206 Lithuania 1.11
207 Spain 1.10
208 Andorra 1.09
209 British Virgin Islands 1.05
210 China 1.01
211 Malta 1.01
212 Ukraine 0.99
213 Singapore 0.97
214 Puerto Rico (US) 0.92
215 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.84
216 Korea, Rep. 0.75
217 Macao SAR, China 0.58

Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.DYN.TFRT.IN), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2024; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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