# List of countries by total fertility rate

This is a list of all sovereign states and dependencies by total fertility rate (TFR): the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years.

## Methodology

The first lists show the most recent year where there is published total fertility rate (TFR) data ranked by sovereign states and dependencies, and are ordered by organization type – intergovernmental, governmental, or non-governmental organization that searched, organized, and published the data.
Countries are ranked by most recent years’ lists of the following types:
International organizations’ ranking lists
The United Nations Population Fund ranking is based on the data for 2024 published online. The United Nations Population Fund (formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities - UNFPA) is an UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide. This agency collects and analyses information on demography issues based on its own work and national sources.
The World Bank ranking list is based on the data for the year 2020 published online. The World Bank is a United Nations international financial institution, a component of the World Bank Group, and a member of the United Nations Development Group, but it also collects and analyses information on demography issues based on international and national sources: (1) United Nations Population Division: World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistics Division: Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau International Database.
Note: Sometimes the World Bank changes its figures of fertility rates for a certain year due to more accurate and updated information from sources. Because of that, sometimes it is necessary to update World Bank figures for fertility rates more than once for the same year.
Governmental organizations ranking lists
The CIA ranking list is sourced from the CIA World Factbook for the most recent year unless otherwise specified. Sovereign states and countries are ranked. Some countries might not be listed because they are not fully recognized as countries at the time of this census.
The INED - Institut National d'Études Démographiques is based on the online publication Population & Sociétés - Tous les pays du monde (2019), number 569, September 2019.
Non-governmental organizations ranking lists
The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) ranking list is based on the data of the 2024 World Population Data Sheet published online. The PRB is a private, nonprofit organization which informs people around the world about population, health and the environment for research or academic purposes. It was founded in 1929. World Population Data Sheets are double-sided wallcharts (now published online) that present detailed information on demographic, health and environment indicators for more than 200 countries.
Notes:
1- Changes in figures of fertility rates by country from one year to another do not always reflect an actual increase or decrease of fertility rates in a certain country, but instead reflect a change made due to more accurate and updated information from sources.
2- Figures of fertility rates by country and their ranking are based on single referenced sources, from organizations that investigate demographic issues. In several instances, they do not correspond with other sources, such as other organizations and sources that are referenced in the individual demographics by country, which can be accessed by clicking on the names of the countries. These differences can be due to several factors, including primary sources, data quality, and methodology.
Replacement rates
Replacement fertility is the total fertility rate at which women give birth to enough babies to sustain population levels, assuming that mortality rates remain constant and net migration is zero. If replacement level fertility is sustained over a sufficiently long period, each generation will exactly replace itself. The replacement fertility rate is 2.1 births per female for most developed countries (in the United Kingdom, for example), but can be as high as 3.5 in undeveloped countries because of higher mortality rates, especially child mortality. The global average for the replacement total fertility rate, eventually leading to a stable global population, for the contemporary period, 2010–2015, is 2.3 children per female.
Comparison ranking lists:
The Our World in Data (OWID) Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1950 and 2015 list is sourced and based on the OWID website (on the clickable map and quoted sources). Our World in Data (OWID) is an online publication that aims to show how and why the world is changing using empirical research and data. The publication is developed at the University of Oxford and authored by social historian and development economist Max Roser.
The World Bank Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1960 and 2015 list is sourced and based on the online published demographic data of the World Bank website (on the clickable map and quoted sources).
The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1970 and 2013 list is sourced and based on the data of the 2014 World Population Data Sheet, which was published online.
Forecast/prediction ranking lists:
The UN ranking list is sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects. Figures are from the 2015 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2015–2020, using the medium assumption. and from the 2019 revision United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2020–2025, using the medium assumption. The United Nations Population Division, part of the DESA - Department of Economic and Social Affairs, ranking list is based on the forecast/prediction for the years 2015-2020 and 2020-2025.
Only countries/territories with a population of 100,000 or more in 2019 are included. Rankings are based on the 2015–2020 and 2020-2025 figures.

## Country ranking by most recent year
### Country ranking by international organizations

2024 list by the United Nations Population Fund :
| Rank | Country | Total fertility rate in 2024 (births/woman) |
| 1 | Niger | 6.6 |
| 2 | Chad | 6.0 |
| 3 | DR Congo | 6.0 |
| 4 | Somalia | 6.0 |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 5.7 |
| 6 | Mali | 5.7 |
| 7 | Angola | 5.0 |
| 8 | Nigeria | 5.0 |
| 9 | Burundi | 4.8 |
| 10 | Benin | 4.7 |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 4.5 |
| 12 | Tanzania | 4.5 |
| 13 | Gambia | 4.4 |
| 14 | Mozambique | 4.4 |
| 15 | Afghanistan | 4.3 |
| 16 | Sudan | 4.3 |
| 17 | Cameroon | 4.2 |
| 18 | Ivory Coast | 4.2 |
| 19 | Mauritania | 4.2 |
| 20 | Senegal | 4.2 |
| 21 | Uganda | 4.2 |
| 22 | Guinea | 4.1 |
| 23 | South Sudan | 4.1 |
| 24 | Togo | 4.1 |
| 25 | Zambia | 4.1 |
| 26 | Congo | 4.0 |
| 27 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.0 |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 3.9 |
| 29 | Liberia | 3.9 |
| 30 | Comoros | 3.8 |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.8 |
| 32 | Samoa | 3.8 |
| 33 | Solomon Islands | 3.8 |
| 34 | Madagascar | 3.7 |
| 35 | Malawi | 3.7 |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 3.7 |
| 37 | Eritrea | 3.6 |
| 38 | Rwanda | 3.6 |
| 39 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 3.6 |
| 40 | Vanuatu | 3.6 |
| 41 | Yemen | 3.6 |
| 42 | Ghana | 3.4 |
| 43 (1) | French Guiana (France) | 3.4 |
| 44 | Gabon | 3.3 |
| 45 | Iraq | 3.3 |
| 46 | Palestine | 3.3 |
| 47 | Pakistan | 3.3 |
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 3.3 |
| 49 | Kenya | 3.2 |
| 50 | Kiribati | 3.2 |
| 51 | Namibia | 3.2 |
| 52 | Papua New Guinea | 3.1 |
| 53 | Tajikistan | 3.1 |
| 54 | Tonga | 3.1 |
| 55 | Tuvalu | 3.1 |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 3.0 |
| 57 | Israel | 2.9 |
| 58 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.9 |
| 59 | Lesotho | 2.9 |
| 60 | Timor-Leste | 2.9 |
| 61 | Egypt | 2.8 |
| 62 | Algeria | 2.7 |
| 63 | Botswana | 2.7 |
| 64 | Djibouti | 2.7 |
| 65 | Eswatini | 2.7 |
| 66 | Haiti | 2.7 |
| 67 | Jordan | 2.7 |
| 68 | Mongolia | 2.7 |
| 69 | Philippines | 2.7 |
| 70 | Uzbekistan | 2.7 |
| 71 | Micronesia | 2.6 |
| 72 | Syria | 2.6 |
| 73 | Turkmenistan | 2.6 |
| 74 | Bolivia | 2.5 |
| 75 (2) | Guam (US) | 2.5 |
| 76 | Oman | 2.5 |
| 77 | Fiji | 2.4 |
| 78 | Laos | 2.4 |
| 79 | Paraguay | 2.4 |
| 80 | Cambodia | 2.3 |
| 81 | Guatemala | 2.3 |
| 82 | Guyana | 2.3 |
| 83 | Honduras | 2.3 |
| 84 | Libya | 2.3 |
| 85 | Panama | 2.3 |
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | 2.3 |
| 87 | Seychelles | 2.3 |
| 88 | South Africa | 2.3 |
| 89 | Suriname | 2.3 |
| | World | 2.3 |
| | Population replacement | 2.3 |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 2.2 |
| 92 | Nicaragua | 2.2 |
| 93 (3) | Réunion (France) | 2.2 |
| 94 | Western Sahara | 2.2 |
| 95 | Indonesia | 2.1 |
| 96 | Myanmar (Burma) | 2.1 |
| 97 | Peru | 2.1 |
| 98 | Venezuela | 2.1 |
| 99 (4) | U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | 2.1 |
| 100 | Belize | 2.0 |
| 101 | Ecuador | 2.0 |
| 102 | Georgia | 2.0 |
| 103 | Grenada | 2.0 |
| 104 (5) | Guadeloupe (France) | 2.0 |
| 105 | India | 2.0 |
| 106 | Kuwait | 2.0 |
| 107 | Lebanon | 2.0 |
| 108 | Nepal | 2.0 |
| 109 (6) | New Caledonia (France) | 2.0 |
| 110 | Tunisia | 2.0 |
| 111 | Morocco | 1.9 |
| 111 | Argentina | 1.9 |
| 112 | Bangladesh | 1.9 |
| 113 | Cape Verde | 1.9 |
| 114 (7) | Martinique (France) | 1.9 |
| 115 | Sri Lanka | 1.9 |
| 116 | Turkey | 1.9 |
| 117 | Vietnam | 1.9 |
| 118 | Bahrain | 1.8 |
| 119 | El Salvador | 1.8 |
| 120 | France | 1.8 |
| 121 | Ireland | 1.8 |
| 122 | Malaysia | 1.8 |
| 123 | Mexico | 1.8 |
| 124 | Moldova | 1.8 |
| 125 | Qatar | 1.8 |
| 126 | North Korea | 1.8 |
| 127 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.8 |
| 128 | Brunei | 1.7 |
| 129 | Colombia | 1.7 |
| 130 | Czech Republic | 1.7 |
| 131 | Denmark | 1.7 |
| 132 | Estonia | 1.7 |
| 133 (8) | French Polynesia (France) | 1.7 |
| 134 | Iceland | 1.7 |
| 135 | Iran | 1.7 |
| 136 | Maldives | 1.7 |
| 137 | Montenegro | 1.7 |
| 138 | New Zealand | 1.7 |
| 139 | Romania | 1.7 |
| 140 | Sweden | 1.7 |
| 141 | United States | 1.7 |
| 142 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.6 |
| 143 | Armenia | 1.6 |
| 144 | Australia | 1.6 |
| 145 | Azerbaijan | 1.6 |
| 146 | Barbados | 1.6 |
| 147 | Belgium | 1.6 |
| 148 | Bulgaria | 1.6 |
| 149 (9) | Curaçao (Netherlands) | 1.6 |
| 150 | Dominica | 1.6 |
| 151 | Latvia | 1.6 |
| 152 | Lithuania | 1.6 |
| 153 | Netherlands | 1.6 |
| 154 (10) | Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (Dutch part) | 1.6 |
| 155 | Slovakia | 1.6 |
| 156 | Slovenia | 1.6 |
| 157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.6 |
| 158 (11) | Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | 1.6 |
| 159 | United Kingdom | 1.6 |
| 160 | Austria | 1.5 |
| 161 | Belarus | 1.5 |
| 162 | Brazil | 1.5 |
| 163 | Canada | 1.5 |
| 164 | Chile | 1.5 |
| 165 | Costa Rica | 1.5 |
| 166 | Cuba | 1.5 |
| 167 | Germany | 1.5 |
| 168 | Hungary | 1.5 |
| 169 | Norway | 1.5 |
| 170 | Poland | 1.5 |
| 171 | Russia | 1.5 |
| 172 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.5 |
| 173 | Serbia | 1.5 |
| 174 | Switzerland | 1.5 |
| 175 | Uruguay | 1.5 |
| 176 | Albania | 1.4 |
| 177 | Bahamas | 1.4 |
| 178 | Bhutan | 1.4 |
| 179 | Croatia | 1.4 |
| 180 | Finland | 1.4 |
| 181 | Greece | 1.4 |
| 182 | Luxembourg | 1.4 |
| 183 | Mauritius | 1.4 |
| 184 | North Macedonia | 1.4 |
| 185 | Portugal | 1.4 |
| 186 | Saint Lucia | 1.4 |
| 187 | United Arab Emirates | 1.4 |
| 188 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.3 |
| 189 | Cyprus | 1.3 |
| 190 | Italy | 1.3 |
| 191 | Jamaica | 1.3 |
| 192 | Japan | 1.3 |
| 193 (12) | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.3 |
| 194 | Spain | 1.3 |
| 195 | Thailand | 1.3 |
| 196 | Ukraine | 1.3 |
| 197 (13) | Aruba (Netherlands) | 1.2 |
| 198 | China | 1.2 |
| 199 (14) | Macau (China) | 1.2 |
| 200 | Malta | 1.2 |
| 201 | San Marino | 1.2 |
| 202 | Singapore | 1.1 |
| 203 | South Korea | 0.9 |
| 204 (15) | Hong Kong (China) | 0.8 |
| | Sovereign states: 189 | |
| | Dependent territories: 15 | |
| | World | 2.3 |
| | UNFPA Programme Regions | |
| 1 | West and Central Africa | 4.8 |
| 2 | East and Southern Africa | 4.1 |
| 3 | Arab States | 3.0 |
| 4 | Eastern Europe and Central Asia | 2.1 |
| 5 | Asia and the Pacific | 1.9 |
| 6 | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1.8 |
| | Development Situation | |
| 1 | Least Developed Regions | 3.8 |
| 2 | Less Developed Regions | 2.4 |
| 3 | More Developed Regions | 1.5 |
| | Not ranked (no data) | |
| 1 (1) | American Samoa (US) | - |
| 2 | Andorra | - |
| 3 (2) | Bermuda (UK) | - |
| 4 (3) | British Virgin Islands (UK) | - |
| 5 (4) | Cayman Islands (UK) | - |
| 6 | Channel Islands - (5) Guernsey (UK) and (6) Jersey (UK) | - |
| 7 (5) | Faroe Islands (Denmark) | - |
| 8 (6) | Gibraltar (UK) | - |
| 9 (7) | Greenland (Denmark) | - |
| 10 (8) | Isle of Man (UK) | - |
| 11 | Kosovo | - |
| 12 | Liechtenstein | - |
| 13 | Marshall Islands | - |
| 14 (9) | Mayotte (France) | - |
| 15 | Monaco | - |
| 16 | Nauru | - |
| 17 (10) | Northern Mariana Islands (US) | - |
| 18 | Palau | - |
| 19 (11) | Saint Martin (France) (French part) | - |
| 20 | Vatican City | - |
| | Sovereign states: 9 | |
| | Dependent territories: 10 | |
2022 list by the World Bank :
| Rank | Country | Total fertility rate in 2022 (births/woman) |
| 1 | Niger | 6.75 |
| 2 | Chad | 6.22 |
| 3 | Somalia | 6.20 |
| 4 | DR Congo | 6.11 |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 5.92 |
| 6 | Mali | 5.87 |
| 7 | Angola | 5.21 |
| 8 | Nigeria | 5.14 |
| 9 | Burundi | 4.98 |
| 10 | Benin | 4.90 |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 4.66 |
| 12 | Tanzania | 4.66 |
| 13 | Gambia | 4.59 |
| 14 | Mozambique | 4.56 |
| 15 | Afghanistan | 4.52 |
| 16 | Uganda | 4.47 |
| 17 | Sudan | 4.38 |
| 18 | Cameroon | 4.38 |
| 19 | Ivory Coast | 4.34 |
| 20 | Mauritania | 4.34 |
| 21 | South Sudan | 4.34 |
| 22 | Senegal | 4.31 |
| 23 | Guinea | 4.30 |
| 24 | Zambia | 4.24 |
| 25 | Togo | 4.20 |
| 26 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.17 |
| 27 | Congo | 4.09 |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 4.06 |
| 29 | Liberia | 4.02 |
| 30 | Solomon Islands | 3.92 |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.92 |
| 32 | Comoros | 3.91 |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | 3.88 |
| 34 | Samoa | 3.88 |
| 35 | Malawi | 3.85 |
| 36 | Madagascar | 3.79 |
| 37 | Eritrea | 3.79 |
| 38 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 3.75 |
| 39 | Rwanda | 3.75 |
| 40 | Yemen | 3.72 |
| 41 | Vanuatu | 3.70 |
| 42 | Ghana | 3.51 |
| 43 | Nauru | 3.46 |
| 44 | Gabon | 3.46 |
| 45 | Iraq | 3.44 |
| 46 | Zimbabwe | 3.44 |
| 47 | unpe|pref=Demographics of the State of|Palestine, State of} (West Bank and Gaza) | 3.44 |
| 48 | Pakistan | 3.41 |
| 49 | Uzbekistan | 3.31 |
| 50 | Kenya | 3.30 |
| 51 | Kiribati | 3.27 |
| 52 | Namibia | 3.25 |
| 53 | Tonga | 3.20 |
| 54 | Papua New Guinea | 3.17 |
| 55 | Tuvalu | 3.14 |
| 56 | Tajikistan | 3.14 |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 3.05 |
| 58 | Timor-Leste | 3.05 |
| 59 | Lesotho | 2.98 |
| 60 | Israel | 2.89 |
| 61 | Egypt | 2.88 |
| 62 | Algeria | 2.83 |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.80 |
| 64 | Jordan | 2.79 |
| 65 | Eswatini | 2.79 |
| 66 | Mongolia | 2.77 |
| 67 | Haiti | 2.77 |
| 68 | Djibouti | 2.76 |
| 69 | Botswana | 2.75 |
| 70 | Philippines | 2.72 |
| 71 | Syria | 2.70 |
| 72 | Marshall Islands | 2.70 |
| 73 | Micronesia | 2.67 |
| 74 | Turkmenistan | 2.62 |
| 75 | Bolivia | 2.58 |
| 76 | Oman | 2.57 |
| 77 (1) | Guam (US) | 2.55 |
| 78 | Fiji | 2.46 |
| 79 | Laos | 2.45 |
| 80 | Paraguay | 2.44 |
| 81 | Libya | 2.40 |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 2.39 |
| 83 (2) | Saint Martin (France) (French part) | 2.39 |
| 84 | Guyana | 2.37 |
| 85 | Guatemala | 2.35 |
| 86 | South Africa | 2.34 |
| 87 | Honduras | 2.34 |
| 88 | Cambodia | 2.32 |
| 89 | Suriname | 2.32 |
| 90 | Seychelles | 2.32 |
| 91 | Morocco | 2.30 |
| 92 | Panama | 2.30 |
| | Population replacement | 2.30 |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 2.28 |
| | World | 2.27 |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 2.25 |
| 95 | Venezuela | 2.19 |
| 96 | Peru | 2.16 |
| 97 | Indonesia | 2.15 |
| 98 | Myanmar (Burma) | 2.13 |
| 99 | Kuwait | 2.09 |
| 100 | Lebanon | 2.08 |
| 101 | Tunisia | 2.06 |
| 102 | Georgia | 2.06 |
| 103 (3) | Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 2.05 |
| 104 (4) | New Caledonia (France) | 2.02 |
| 105 | India | 2.01 |
| 106 | Nepal | 2.01 |
| 107 | Ecuador | 2.00 |
| 108 (5) | U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | 2.00 |
| 109 | Belize | 1.99 |
| 110 | Grenada | 1.99 |
| 111 | Sri Lanka | 1.97 |
| 112 | Bangladesh | 1.95 |
| 113 | Vietnam | 1.94 |
| 114 | Cape Verde | 1.88 |
| 115 | Turkey | 1.88 |
| 116 | Argentina | 1.88 |
| 117 (6) | Greenland (Denmark) | 1.84 |
| 118 (7) | Gibraltar (UK) | 1.84 |
| 119 | Romania | 1.81 |
| 120 | Mexico | 1.80 |
| 121 | Moldova | 1.80 |
| 122 | Montenegro | 1.80 |
| 123 | Bahrain | 1.80 |
| 124 | France | 1.79 |
| 125 | North Korea | 1.79 |
| 126 | Malaysia | 1.79 |
| 127 | El Salvador | 1.78 |
| 128 | Qatar | 1.78 |
| 129 | Bulgaria | 1.78 |
| 130 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.78 |
| 131 | Brunei | 1.76 |
| 132 | Ireland | 1.70 |
| 133 | Colombia | 1.69 |
| 134 (8) | French Polynesia (France) | 1.69 |
| 135 | Iran | 1.68 |
| 136 | Maldives | 1.68 |
| 137 | Azerbaijan | 1.67 |
| 138 | New Zealand | 1.66 |
| 139 (9) | Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | 1.66 |
| 140 | United States | 1.66 |
| 141 | Barbados | 1.63 |
| 142 | Australia | 1.63 |
| 143 | Serbia | 1.63 |
| 144 | Brazil | 1.63 |
| 145 | Czech Republic | 1.62 |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.61 |
| 147 | North Macedonia | 1.60 |
| 148 | Iceland | 1.59 |
| 149 | Dominica | 1.59 |
| 150 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.58 |
| 151 | Armenia | 1.58 |
| 152 (10) | Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (Dutch part) | 1.57 |
| 153 (11) | Isle of Man (UK) | 1.57 |
| 154 | Slovakia | 1.57 |
| 155 | United Kingdom | 1.57 |
| 156 | Denmark | 1.55 |
| 157 | Slovenia | 1.55 |
| 158 | Chile | 1.54 |
| 159 | Croatia | 1.53 |
| 160 | Belgium | 1.53 |
| 161 | Costa Rica | 1.52 |
| 162 | Sweden | 1.52 |
| 163 | Hungary | 1.52 |
| 164 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.51 |
| 165 | Kosovo | 1.51 |
| 166 | Belarus | 1.50 |
| 167 | Netherlands | 1.49 |
| 168 | Uruguay | 1.48 |
| 169 | Latvia | 1.47 |
| 170 | Liechtenstein | 1.47 |
| 171 | Channel Islands - (12) Guernsey (UK) and (13) Jersey (UK) | 1.47 |
| 172 | Germany | 1.46 |
| 173 | Cuba | 1.45 |
| 174 | United Arab Emirates | 1.44 |
| 175 | Greece | 1.43 |
| 176 | Portugal | 1.43 |
| 177 | Russia | 1.42 |
| 178 | Austria | 1.41 |
| 179 | Norway | 1.41 |
| 180 | Estonia | 1.41 |
| 181 | Bhutan | 1.40 |
| 182 | Switzerland | 1.39 |
| 183 | Saint Lucia | 1.39 |
| 184 | Bahamas | 1.38 |
| 185 | Albania | 1.38 |
| 186 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.35 |
| 187 | Jamaica | 1.34 |
| 188 | Canada | 1.33 |
| 189 | Finland | 1.32 |
| 190 | Mauritius | 1.32 |
| 191 | Thailand | 1.32 |
| 192 | Cyprus | 1.31 |
| 193 | Luxembourg | 1.31 |
| 194 (14) | Curaçao (Netherlands) | 1.30 |
| 195 (15) | Bermuda (UK) | 1.30 |
| 196 | Lithuania | 1.27 |
| 197 | Ukraine | 1.26 |
| 198 | Poland | 1.26 |
| 199 | Japan | 1.26 |
| 200 | Italy | 1.24 |
| 201 (16) | Aruba (Netherlands) | 1.18 |
| 202 | China | 1.18 |
| 203 | Spain | 1.16 |
| 204 | Malta | 1.15 |
| 205 (17) | Macau (China) | 1.11 |
| 206 | Singapore | 1.04 |
| 207 (18) | British Virgin Islands (UK) | 1.01 |
| 208 (19) | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.90 |
| 209 | South Korea | 0.78 |
| 210 (20) | Hong Kong (China) | 0.70 |
| | Sovereign states: 190 | |
| | Dependent territories: 20 | |
| | World | 2.27 |
| | Major regions | |
| 1 | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | 4.6 |
| 2 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.5 |
| 3 | Arab world | 3.1 |
| 4 | Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income) | 2.6 |
| 5 | Middle East and North Africa | 2.6 |
| 6 | South Asia | 2.2 |
| 9 | Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income) | 1.9 |
| 7 | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1.8 |
| 8 | Latin America and the Caribbean (excluding high income) | 1.8 |
| 10 | Europe and Central Asia | 1.7 |
| 13 | North America | 1.6 |
| 11 | East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income) | 1.5 |
| 12 | East Asia and Pacific | 1.5 |
| 14 | Central Europe and the Baltics | 1.5 |
| | States’ size | |
| 1 | Pacific Island small states | 3.2 |
| 2 | Other small states | 2.8 |
| 3 | Small states | 2.6 |
| 4 | Caribbean small states | 1.7 |
| | International organizations | |
| 1 | OECD members | 1.6 |
| 2 | European Union | 1.5 |
| | Security situation | |
| 1 | Fragile and conflict affected situations | 4.3 |
| | Economic areas | |
| 1 | Euro area | 1.4 |
| | Economic situation | |
| 1 | Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | 4.5 |
| 2 | Least developed countries: UN classification | 3.9 |
| | Income | |
| 1 | Low income countries | 4.5 |
| 2 | Lower middle income countries | 2.6 |
| 3 | Low and middle income countries | 2.4 |
| 4 | Middle income countries | 2.1 |
| 5 | Upper middle income countries | 1.6 |
| 6 | High income countries | 1.5 |
| | Not ranked (no data or data from other years) | |
| 1 | American Samoa (US) | - |
| 2 | Andorra | 1.3 (2010) |
| 3 | Cayman Islands (UK) | - |
| 4 | Monaco | - |
| 5 | Northern Mariana Islands (US) | - |
| 6 | Palau | 0.85 (2020) |
| 7 | San Marino | 1.3 (2012) |
| 8 | Vatican City | - |
| 9 | Western Sahara | - |
Note: (-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

### Country ranking by governmental organizations

2022 list by the INED (Institut National d'Études Démographiques) :
| Rank | Country | Fertility rate in 2022 (births/woman) |
| 1 | Niger | 6.7 |
| 2 | Chad | 6.2 |
| 3 | Somalia | 6.2 |
| 4 | DR Congo | 6.1 |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 5.9 |
| 6 | Mali | 5.9 |
| 7 | Angola | 5.2 |
| 8 | Nigeria | 5.1 |
| 9 | Burundi | 5.0 |
| 10 | Benin | 4.9 |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 4.7 |
| 12 | Tanzania | 4.7 |
| 13 | Gambia | 4.6 |
| 14 | Mozambique | 4.6 |
| 15 | Afghanistan | 4.5 |
| 16 | Uganda | 4.5 |
| 17 | Cameroon | 4.4 |
| 18 (1) | Mayotte (France) | 4.4 |
| 19 | Sudan | 4.4 |
| 20 | Ivory Coast | 4.3 |
| 21 | Guinea | 4.3 |
| 22 | Mauritania | 4.3 |
| 23 | Senegal | 4.3 |
| 24 | South Sudan | 4.3 |
| 25 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.2 |
| 26 | Togo | 4.2 |
| 27 | Zambia | 4.2 |
| 28 | Congo | 4.1 |
| 29 | Ethiopia | 4.1 |
| 30 | Liberia | 4.0 |
| 31 | Comoros | 3.9 |
| 32 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.9 |
| 33 | Samoa | 3.9 |
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 3.9 |
| 35 | Solomon Islands | 3.9 |
| 36 | Eritrea | 3.8 |
| 37 | Madagascar | 3.8 |
| 38 | Malawi | 3.8 |
| 39 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 3.8 |
| 40 | Rwanda | 3.7 |
| 41 | Vanuatu | 3.7 |
| 42 | Yemen | 3.7 |
| 43 | Gabon | 3.5 |
| 44 | Ghana | 3.5 |
| 45 (2) | French Guiana (France) | 3.5 |
| 46 | Iraq | 3.4 |
| 47 | Pakistan | 3.4 |
| 48 | Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) | 3.4 |
| 49 | Zimbabwe | 3.4 |
| 50 | Kenya | 3.3 |
| 51 | Kiribati | 3.3 |
| 52 | Namibia | 3.2 |
| 53 | Papua New Guinea | 3.2 |
| 54 | Tonga | 3.2 |
| 55 | Tajikistan | 3.1 |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 3.0 |
| 57 | Lesotho | 3.0 |
| 58 | Timor-Leste | 3.0 |
| 59 | Egypt | 2.9 |
| 60 | Israel | 2.9 |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.9 |
| 62 | Algeria | 2.8 |
| 63 | Botswana | 2.8 |
| 64 | Djibouti | 2.8 |
| 65 | Eswatini | 2.8 |
| 66 | Haiti | 2.8 |
| 67 | Jordan | 2.8 |
| 68 | Mongolia | 2.8 |
| 69 | Uzbekistan | 2.8 |
| 70 | Marshall Islands | 2.7 |
| 71 | Micronesia | 2.7 |
| 72 | Philippines | 2.7 |
| 73 | Syria | 2.7 |
| 74 | Bolivia | 2.6 |
| 75 (3) | Guam (US) | 2.6 |
| 76 | Oman | 2.6 |
| 77 | Turkmenistan | 2.6 |
| 78 | Fiji | 2.5 |
| 79 | Guatemala | 2.4 |
| 80 | Guyana | 2.4 |
| 81 | Laos | 2.4 |
| 82 | Libya | 2.4 |
| 83 | Paraguay | 2.4 |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 2.4 |
| 85 | Cambodia | 2.3 |
| 86 | Honduras | 2.3 |
| 87 | Morocco | 2.3 |
| 88 | Nicaragua | 2.3 |
| 89 | Panama | 2.3 |
| 90 | Seychelles | 2.3 |
| 91 | South Africa | 2.3 |
| 92 | Suriname | 2.3 |
| 93 | Western Sahara | 2.3 |
| | World | 2.3 |
| | Population replacement | 2.3 |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 2.2 |
| 95 | Indonesia | 2.2 |
| 96 | Peru | 2.2 |
| 97 (4) | Réunion (France) | 2.2 |
| 98 | Venezuela | 2.2 |
| 99 | Georgia | 2.1 |
| 100 | Kuwait | 2.1 |
| 101 | Lebanon | 2.1 |
| 102 | Monaco | 2.1 |
| 103 | Myanmar (Burma) | 2.1 |
| 104 | Tunisia | 2.1 |
| 105 (5) | U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | 2.1 |
| 106 | Bangladesh | 2.0 |
| 107 | Belize | 2.0 |
| 108 | Ecuador | 2.0 |
| 109 | Grenada | 2.0 |
| 110 (6) | Guadeloupe (France) | 2.0 |
| 111 | India | 2.0 |
| 112 | Nepal | 2.0 |
| 113 (7) | New Caledonia (France) | 2.0 |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 2.0 |
| 115 | Argentina | 1.9 |
| 116 | Cape Verde | 1.9 |
| 117 (8) | Martinique (France) | 1.9 |
| 118 | Turkey | 1.9 |
| 119 | Vietnam | 1.9 |
| 120 | Bahrain | 1.8 |
| 121 | Brunei | 1.8 |
| 122 | El Salvador | 1.8 |
| 123 | France (Metropolitan France) | 1.8 |
| 124 | Ireland | 1.8 |
| 125 | Malaysia | 1.8 |
| 126 | Mexico | 1.8 |
| 127 | Moldova | 1.8 |
| 128 | New Zealand | 1.8 |
| 129 | North Korea | 1.8 |
| 130 | Qatar | 1.8 |
| 131 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.8 |
| 132 | Azerbaijan | 1.7 |
| 133 | Colombia | 1.7 |
| 134 | Czech Republic | 1.7 |
| 135 | Denmark | 1.7 |
| 136 | Estonia | 1.7 |
| 137 | Iceland | 1.7 |
| 138 | Iran | 1.7 |
| 139 | Maldives | 1.7 |
| 140 | Montenegro | 1.7 |
| 141 (9) | French Polynesia (France) | 1.7 |
| 142 | Romania | 1.7 |
| 143 | Sweden | 1.7 |
| 144 | United States | 1.7 |
| 145 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.6 |
| 146 | Armenia | 1.6 |
| 147 | Australia | 1.6 |
| 148 | Barbados | 1.6 |
| 149 | Belgium | 1.6 |
| 150 | Brazil | 1.6 |
| 151 | Bulgaria | 1.6 |
| 152 (10) | Curaçao (Netherlands) | 1.6 |
| 153 | Dominica | 1.6 |
| 154 | Hungary | 1.6 |
| 155 | Netherlands | 1.6 |
| 156 | Latvia | 1.6 |
| 157 | Lithuania | 1.6 |
| 158 | Slovakia | 1.6 |
| 159 | Slovenia | 1.6 |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.6 |
| 161 | United Kingdom | 1.6 |
| 162 | Austria | 1.5 |
| 163 | Belarus | 1.5 |
| 164 | Canada | 1.5 |
| 165 | Chile | 1.5 |
| 166 | Costa Rica | 1.5 |
| 167 | Germany | 1.5 |
| 168 | Kosovo | 1.5 |
| 169 | Liechtenstein | 1.5 |
| 170 | Norway | 1.5 |
| 171 | Poland | 1.5 |
| 172 | Russia | 1.5 |
| 173 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.5 |
| 174 | Serbia | 1.5 |
| 175 | Switzerland | 1.5 |
| 176 | Uruguay | 1.5 |
| 177 | Albania | 1.4 |
| 178 | Bahamas | 1.4 |
| 179 | Bhutan | 1.4 |
| 180 | Croatia | 1.4 |
| 181 | Cuba | 1.4 |
| 182 | Finland | 1.4 |
| 183 | Greece | 1.4 |
| 184 | Luxembourg | 1.4 |
| 185 | Mauritius | 1.4 |
| 186 | North Macedonia | 1.4 |
| 187 | Portugal | 1.4 |
| 188 | Saint Lucia | 1.4 |
| 189 | United Arab Emirates | 1.4 |
| 190 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.3 |
| 191 | Cyprus | 1.3 |
| 192 | Italy | 1.3 |
| 193 | Jamaica | 1.3 |
| 194 | Japan | 1.3 |
| 195 (11) | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.3 |
| 196 | Spain | 1.3 |
| 197 | Thailand | 1.3 |
| 198 | Ukraine | 1.3 |
| 199 (12) | Aruba (Netherlands) | 1.2 |
| 200 | China (mainland only) | 1.2 |
| 201 | Malta | 1.2 |
| 202 | Andorra | 1.1 |
| 203 | Republic of China (Taiwan) | 1.1 |
| 204 (13) | Macau (China) | 1.1 |
| 205 | San Marino | 1.1 |
| 206 | Singapore | 1.0 |
| 207 | South Korea | 0.9 |
| 208 (14) | Hong Kong (China) | 0.8 |
| | Sovereign states: 194 | |
| | Dependent territories: 14 | |
| | World | |
| 1 | World | 2.3 |
| | Continents | |
| 1 | Africa | 4.2 |
| 2 | Oceania | 2.1 |
| 3 | Asia | 1.9 |
| 4 | Americas | 1.8 |
| 5 | Europe | 1.5 |
| | Major regions | |
| 1 | Middle Africa | 5.6 |
| 2 | Western Africa | 4.9 |
| 3 | Eastern Africa | 4.2 |
| 4 | Northern Africa | 3.0 |
| 5 | Central Asia | 2.9 |
| 6 | Western Asia | 2.6 |
| 7 | Southern Africa | 2.4 |
| 8 | South Asia | 2.2 |
| 9 | Oceania | 2.1 |
| 10 | Southeast Asia | 2.1 |
| 11 | Caribbean | 2.0 |
| 12 | Central America | 1.9 |
| 13 | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1.8 |
| 14 | South America | 1.8 |
| 15 | Northern America | 1.6 |
| 16 | Northern Europe | 1.6 |
| 17 | Western Europe | 1.6 |
| 18 | Eastern Europe | 1.5 |
| 19 | Southern Europe | 1.3 |
| 20 | East Asia | 1.2 |
| | Not ranked | |
| 1 | Channel Islands - (1) Guernsey (UK) and (2) Jersey (UK) | - |
| 2 (3) | Christmas Island (Australia) | - |
| 3 (4) | Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) | - |
| 4 | European Union | - |
| 5 (5) | Falkland Islands (UK) | - |
| 6 (6) | Faroe Islands (Denmark) | - |
| 7 | Nauru | - |
| 8 | Niue | - |
| 9 (7) | Norfolk Island (Australia) | - |
| 10 | Palau | - |
| 11 (8) | Pitcairn Islands (UK) | - |
| 12 (9) | Svalbard (Norway) | - |
| 13 (10) | Tokelau (New Zealand) | - |
| 14 | Tuvalu | - |
| 15 | Vatican City | - |
| | Sovereign states: 4 | |
| | Dependent territories: 10 | |
2024 list by the CIA World Factbook :
| Rank | Country | Fertility rate in 2024 (births/woman) |
| 1 | Niger | 6.64 |
| 2 | Angola | 5.70 |
| 3 | DR Congo | 5.49 |
| 4 | Mali | 5.35 |
| 5 | Benin | 5.34 |
| 6 | Chad | 5.24 |
| 7 | Uganda | 5.17 |
| 8 | Somalia | 5.12 |
| 9 | South Sudan | 5.09 |
| 10 | Burundi | 4.90 |
| 11 | Guinea | 4.78 |
| 12 | Mozambique | 4.66 |
| 13 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.62 |
| 14 | Nigeria | 4.52 |
| 15 | Sudan | 4.47 |
| 16 | Cameroon | 4.44 |
| 17 | Afghanistan | 4.43 |
| 18 | Zambia | 4.42 |
| 19 | Tanzania | 4.27 |
| 20 | Togo | 4.13 |
| 21 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.12 |
| 22 | Senegal | 4.06 |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 4.02 |
| 24 | Timor-Leste | 3.98 |
| 25 | Central African Republic | 3.94 |
| 26 | Liberia | 3.93 |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 3.84 |
| 28 | Papua New Guinea | 3.79 |
| 29 | Congo | 3.79 |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 3.61 |
| 31 | Tajikistan | 3.56 |
| 32 | Ghana | 3.56 |
| 33 | Gambia | 3.52 |
| 34 | West Bank ( Palestine) | 3.49 |
| 35 | Madagascar | 3.47 |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 3.47 |
| 37 | Eritrea | 3.43 |
| 38 | Mauritania | 3.40 |
| 39 | Ivory Coast | 3.40 |
| 40 | Pakistan | 3.32 |
| 41 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 3.31 |
| 42 | Gaza Strip ( Palestine) | 3.26 |
| 43 | Gabon | 3.21 |
| 44 | Malawi | 3.19 |
| 45 | Kenya | 3.16 |
| 46 | Rwanda | 3.14 |
| 47 | Iraq | 3.10 |
| 48 | Libya | 3.00 |
| 49 | Algeria | 2.94 |
| 50 | Israel | 2.92 |
| 51 | Namibia | 2.89 |
| 52 | Jordan | 2.87 |
| 53 | Lesotho | 2.85 |
| 54 | Yemen | 2.82 |
| 55 | Tuvalu | 2.78 |
| 56 | Solomon Islands | 2.77 |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 2.76 |
| 58 | Philippines | 2.75 |
| 59 (1) | Guam (US) | 2.73 |
| 60 | Syria | 2.69 |
| 61 | Marshall Islands | 2.67 |
| 62 | Tonga | 2.65 |
| 63 | Egypt | 2.65 |
| 64 | Oman | 2.64 |
| 65 | Comoros | 2.61 |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 2.58 |
| 67 (2) | Northern Mariana Islands (US) | 2.56 |
| 68 | Nauru | 2.55 |
| 69 | Vanuatu | 2.53 |
| 70 | Guatemala | 2.52 |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.45 |
| 72 | Haiti | 2.44 |
| | World | 2.42 (2020 est.) |
| 73 | Eswatini | 2.37 |
| 74 | Panama | 2.35 |
| 75 | Botswana | 2.34 |
| 76 | Honduras | 2.33 |
| 77 | Samoa | 2.33 |
| | Population replacement | 2.30 |
| 78 | South Africa | 2.27 |
| 79 (3) | Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 2.27 |
| 80 | Morocco | 2.25 |
| 81 | Laos | 2.24 |
| 82 | Kuwait | 2.21 |
| 83 | Ecuador | 2.21 |
| 84 | Fiji | 2.21 |
| 85 | Bolivia | 2.20 |
| 86 | Micronesia | 2.19 |
| 87 | Venezuela | 2.18 |
| 88 | Cambodia | 2.17 |
| 89 | Argentina | 2.15 |
| 90 | Peru | 2.15 |
| 91 | Kiribati | 2.15 |
| 92 | Dominican Republic | 2.15 |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 2.13 |
| 94 | Djibouti | 2.11 |
| 95 | Cape Verde | 2.10 |
| 96 | Bangladesh | 2.07 |
| 97 (4) | American Samoa (US) | 2.06 |
| 98 | Jamaica | 2.05 |
| 99 | Guyana | 2.05 |
| 100 | Belize | 2.05 |
| 101 | India | 2.03 |
| 102 | Vietnam | 2.03 |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 2.02 |
| 104 | Cook Islands (self-governing country in free association with New Zealand) | 2.02 |
| 105 | El Salvador | 2.02 |
| 106 | Dominica | 2.01 |
| 107 (5) | Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | 1.97 |
| 108 (6) | U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | 1.97 |
| 109 | Burma (Myanmar) | 1.97 |
| 110 | Indonesia | 1.96 |
| 111 (7) | Curaçao (Netherlands) | 1.96 |
| 112 | Georgia | 1.95 |
| 113 | Iceland | 1.94 |
| 114 | Colombia | 1.94 |
| 115 | Tunisia | 1.93 |
| 116 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.93 |
| 117 | Iran | 1.91 |
| 118 | Grenada | 1.90 |
| 119 | Turkey | 1.90 |
| 120 | Qatar | 1.90 |
| 121 | France | 1.90 |
| 122 | Suriname | 1.89 |
| 123 (8) | Gibraltar (UK) | 1.89 |
| 124 (9) | Greenland (Denmark) | 1.88 |
| 125 (10) | Bermuda (UK) | 1.88 |
| 126 | Paraguay | 1.88 |
| 127 (11) | Isle of Man (UK) | 1.88 |
| 128 | Mongolia | 1.87 |
| 129 | Kosovo | 1.87 |
| 130 | Saudi Arabia | 1.87 |
| 131 | New Zealand | 1.85 |
| 132 | Nepal | 1.85 |
| 133 | United States | 1.84 |
| 134 | Nicaragua | 1.83 |
| 135 (12) | New Caledonia (France) | 1.83 |
| 136 (14) | Cayman Islands (UK) | 1.82 |
| 137 (13) | Aruba (Netherlands) | 1.82 |
| 138 | North Korea | 1.81 |
| 139 | Seychelles | 1.81 |
| 140 (15) | Saint Martin (France) | 1.80 |
| 141 | Montenegro | 1.80 |
| 142 | Mexico | 1.79 |
| 143 (16) | French Polynesia (France) | 1.79 |
| 144 | Denmark | 1.77 |
| 145 | Belgium | 1.76 |
| 146 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.76 |
| 147 | Bhutan | 1.76 |
| 148 | Chile | 1.75 |
| 149 | Uruguay | 1.75 |
| 150 | Finland | 1.74 |
| 151 | Brazil | 1.74 |
| 152 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.74 |
| 153 | Brunei | 1.73 |
| 154 | Czech Republic | 1.73 |
| 155 | Australia | 1.73 |
| 156 | Malaysia | 1.73 |
| 157 (17) | Anguilla (UK) | 1.72 |
| 158 | Ireland | 1.72 |
| 159 | Lebanon | 1.71 |
| 160 (18) | Wallis and Futuna (France) | 1.71 |
| 161 | Saint Lucia | 1.71 |
| 162 | Cuba | 1.71 |
| 163 | Barbados | 1.70 |
| 164 (19) | Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | 1.70 |
| 165 | Maldives | 1.70 |
| 166 | Palau | 1.70 |
| 167 | Azerbaijan | 1.69 |
| 168 | Liechtenstein | 1.69 |
| 169 | Sweden | 1.67 |
| 170 (20) | Jersey (UK) | 1.66 |
| 171 | Bahrain | 1.65 |
| 172 | Armenia | 1.65 |
| 173 (21) | Saint Barthélemy (France) | 1.64 |
| 174 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.63 |
| 175 | Luxembourg | 1.63 |
| 176 | Romania | 1.63 |
| 177 | United Kingdom | 1.63 |
| 178 | Estonia | 1.62 |
| 179 | Lithuania | 1.62 |
| 180 | Netherlands | 1.61 |
| 181 (22) | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) | 1.61 |
| 182 | United Arab Emirates | 1.61 |
| 183 (23) | Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) | 1.60 |
| 184 | Slovakia | 1.60 |
| 185 | Slovenia | 1.60 |
| 186 | Hungary | 1.60 |
| 187 | Switzerland | 1.59 |
| 188 (24) | Guernsey (UK) | 1.59 |
| 189 | Canada | 1.58 |
| 190 | Germany | 1.58 |
| 191 | Norway | 1.57 |
| 192 | Latvia | 1.55 |
| 193 | China | 1.55 |
| 194 | Albania | 1.55 |
| 195 | San Marino | 1.54 |
| 196 | Monaco | 1.54 |
| 197 | Thailand | 1.54 |
| 198 | North Macedonia | 1.53 |
| 199 | Russia | 1.52 |
| 200 | Austria | 1.52 |
| 201 | Malta | 1.51 |
| 202 | Bulgaria | 1.51 |
| 203 | Cyprus | 1.49 |
| 204 | Andorra | 1.47 |
| 205 | Serbia | 1.46 |
| 206 | Croatia | 1.46 |
| 207 | Portugal | 1.45 |
| 208 | Belarus | 1.45 |
| 209 | Bahamas | 1.44 |
| 210 | Costa Rica | 1.43 |
| 211 | Greece | 1.41 |
| 212 | Japan | 1.40 |
| 213 (25) | British Virgin Islands (UK) | 1.38 |
| 214 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.38 |
| 215 | Mauritius | 1.36 |
| 216 (26) | Montserrat (UK) | 1.33 |
| 217 | Poland | 1.32 |
| 218 | Spain | 1.30 |
| 219 | Italy | 1.26 |
| 220 (27) | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.26 |
| 221 | Moldova | 1.26 |
| 222 (28) | Macau (China) | 1.24 |
| 223 (29) | Hong Kong (China) | 1.24 |
| 224 | Ukraine | 1.22 |
| 225 | Singapore | 1.17 |
| 226 | South Korea | 1.12 |
| 227 | Republic of China (Taiwan) | 1.11 |
| | Sovereign states: 198 | |
| | Dependent territories: 29 | |
| | World | |
| 1 | World | 2.42 (2020 est.) |
| | Not ranked | |
| 1 (1) | Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia) (uninhabited) | - |
| 2 (2) | Christmas Island (Australia) | - |
| 3 (3) | Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) | - |
| 4 (4) | Coral Sea Islands (Australia) | - |
| 5 (5) | Falkland Islands (UK) | - |
| 6 (6) | French Guiana (France) | - |
| 7 (7) | Guadeloupe (France) | - |
| 8 (8) | Martinique (France) | - |
| 9 (9) | Mayotte (France) | - |
| 10 | Niue (self-governing state in free association with New Zealand) | - |
| 11 (10) | Norfolk Island (Australia) | - |
| 12 (..1..) | Paracel Islands (disputed territory) ( Vietnam, until 1974) (occupied by China since 1974, also claimed by Republic of China (Taiwan) and Vietnam) | - |
| 13 (11) | Pitcairn Islands (UK) | - |
| 14 (12) | Réunion (France) | - |
| 15 (13) | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) | - |
| 16 (..2..) | Spratly Islands (disputed territory) (partially occupied by six countries - China; Republic of China (Taiwan); Philippines; Malaysia; Vietnam and Brunei) | - |
| 17 (14) | Svalbard (Norway) | - |
| 18 | Vatican City | - |
| 19 (..3..) | Western Sahara (disputed territory between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) ("Free Zone" is a self proclaimed and de facto sovereign state) | 3.65 (2020) |
| | Sovereign states: 2 | |
| | Dependent territories: 14 | |
| | Disputed territories: 3 | |
Note:
(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

### Country ranking by non-governmental organizations

2024 list by the PRB (Population Reference Bureau) :
| Rank | Country | Fertility rate in 2024 (births/woman) |
| 1 | Central African Republic | 6.4 |
| 2 | Chad | 6.1 |
| 3 | DR Congo | 6.1 |
| 4 | Niger | 6.1 |
| 5 | Somalia | 6.1 |
| 6 | Mali | 5.7 |
| 7 | Mauritania | 5.2 |
| 8 | Angola | 5.1 |
| 9 | Burundi | 4.9 |
| 10 | Mozambique | 4.9 |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 4.8 |
| 12 | Tanzania | 4.8 |
| 13 | Benin | 4.7 |
| 14 | Yemen | 4.6 |
| 15 (1) | Mayotte (France) | 4.5 |
| 16 | Nigeria | 4.5 |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 4.4 |
| 18 | Samoa | 4.4 |
| 19 | Cameroon | 4.3 |
| 20 | Comoros | 4.3 |
| 21 | Ivory Coast | 4.3 |
| 22 | Sudan | 4.3 |
| 23 | Uganda | 4.3 |
| 24 | Togo | 4.2 |
| 25 | Guinea | 4.1 |
| 26 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.1 |
| 27 | Madagascar | 4.1 |
| 28 | Zambia | 4.1 |
| 29 | Ethiopia | 4.0 |
| 30 | Gambia | 4.0 |
| 31 | Liberia | 4.0 |
| 32 | Senegal | 4.0 |
| 33 | Congo | 3.9 |
| 34 | Ghana | 3.9 |
| 35 | South Sudan | 3.9 |
| 36 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.8 |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 3.8 |
| 38 | Eritrea | 3.7 |
| 39 | Iraq | 3.7 |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 3.7 |
| 41 | Gabon | 3.6 |
| 42 | Malawi | 3.6 |
| 43 | Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) | 3.6 |
| 44 | Pakistan | 3.6 |
| 45 | Rwanda | 3.6 |
| 46 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 3.6 |
| 47 | Solomon Islands | 3.6 |
| 48 | Tajikistan | 3.6 |
| 49 | Timor-Leste | 3.6 |
| 50 | Vanuatu | 3.6 |
| 51 | Kenya | 3.4 |
| 52 | Uzbekistan | 3.4 |
| 53 (2) | French Guiana (France) | 3.3 |
| 54 | Nauru | 3.3 |
| 55 | Eswatini (Swaziland) | 3.2 |
| 56 | Tonga | 3.2 |
| 57 | Tuvalu | 3.2 |
| 58 | Kiribati | 3.1 |
| 59 | Papua New Guinea | 3.1 |
| 60 | Algeria | 3.0 |
| 61 | Botswana | 2.9 |
| 62 | Fiji | 2.9 |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 2.9 |
| 64 | Namibia | 2.9 |
| 65 | Israel | 2.8 |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.8 |
| 67 | Cambodia | 2.7 |
| 68 | Lesotho | 2.7 |
| 69 | Micronesia | 2.7 |
| 70 | Mongolia | 2.7 |
| 71 | Syria | 2.7 |
| 72 | Turkmenistan | 2.7 |
| 73 | Djibouti | 2.6 |
| 74 | Egypt | 2.6 |
| 75 | Jordan | 2.6 |
| 76 | Bolivia | 2.5 |
| 77 | Haiti | 2.5 |
| 78 | Laos | 2.5 |
| 79 | Oman | 2.5 |
| 80 | Guatemala | 2.4 |
| 81 | Guyana | 2.4 |
| 82 | Honduras | 2.4 |
| 83 | Libya | 2.4 |
| 84 | Paraguay | 2.4 |
| 85 | South Africa | 2.4 |
| 86 (3) | Guam (US) | 2.3 |
| 87 (4) | Réunion (France) | 2.3 |
| | Population Replacement | 2.3 |
| 88 | Bangladesh | 2.2 |
| 89 | Ecuador | 2.2 |
| 90 | Indonesia | 2.2 |
| 91 | Lebanon | 2.2 |
| 92 | Morocco | 2.2 |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 2.2 |
| 94 | Suriname | 2.2 |
| 95 | Western Sahara | 2.2 |
| | World | 2.2 |
| 96 | Belize | 2.1 |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 2.1 |
| 98 | Kosovo | 2.1 |
| 99 | Monaco | 2.1 |
| 100 | Nepal | 2.1 |
| 101 | Saudi Arabia | 2.1 |
| 102 | Venezuela | 2.1 |
| 103 | Bahrain | 2.0 |
| 104 | India | 2.0 |
| 105 | Myanmar (Burma) | 2.0 |
| 106 (5) | New Caledonia (France) | 2.0 |
| 107 | Peru | 2.0 |
| 108 | Seychelles | 2.0 |
| 109 | Sri Lanka | 2.0 |
| 110 | Vietnam | 2.0 |
| 111 (6) | Guadeloupe (France) | 1.9 |
| 112 | Palau | 1.9 |
| 113 | Panama | 1.9 |
| 114 | Philippines | 1.9 |
| 115 | Brunei | 1.8 |
| 116 | Bulgaria | 1.8 |
| 117 | El Salvador | 1.8 |
| 118 | Montenegro | 1.8 |
| 119 | North Korea | 1.8 |
| 120 (7) | French Polynesia (France) | 1.8 |
| 121 | Uruguay | 1.8 |
| 122 | Armenia | 1.7 |
| 123 | Georgia | 1.7 |
| 124 | Iran | 1.7 |
| 125 | Maldives | 1.7 |
| 126 (8) | Martinique (France) | 1.7 |
| 127 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.7 |
| 128 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.6 |
| 129 | Azerbaijan | 1.6 |
| 130 | Barbados | 1.6 |
| 131 | Bhutan | 1.6 |
| 132 | Brazil | 1.6 |
| 133 | France | 1.6 |
| 134 | Iceland | 1.6 |
| 135 | Ireland | 1.6 |
| 136 | Malaysia | 1.6 |
| 137 | Mexico | 1.6 |
| 138 | Moldova | 1.6 |
| 139 | New Zealand | 1.6 |
| 140 | Serbia | 1.6 |
| 141 | Slovenia | 1.6 |
| 142 | Tunisia | 1.6 |
| 143 | United Kingdom | 1.6 |
| 144 | United States | 1.6 |
| 145 | Argentina | 1.5 |
| 146 | Australia | 1.5 |
| 147 | Belarus | 1.5 |
| 148 | Belgium | 1.5 |
| 149 | Cape Verde | 1.5 |
| 150 | Croatia | 1.5 |
| 151 | Denmark | 1.5 |
| 152 | Dominica | 1.5 |
| 153 | Grenada | 1.5 |
| 154 | Hungary | 1.5 |
| 155 | Kuwait | 1.5 |
| 156 | Liechtenstein | 1.5 |
| 157 | North Macedonia | 1.5 |
| 158 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.5 |
| 159 | Slovakia | 1.5 |
| 160 | Sweden | 1.5 |
| 161 | Turkey | 1.5 |
| 162 | Bahamas | 1.4 |
| 163 | Channel Islands – (9) Guernsey (UK) and (10) Jersey (UK) | 1.4 |
| 164 | Colombia | 1.4 |
| 165 | Cyprus | 1.4 |
| 166 | Czech Republic | 1.4 |
| - | European Union | 1.4 |
| 167 | Germany | 1.4 |
| 168 | Jamaica | 1.4 |
| 169 | Latvia | 1.4 |
| 170 | Netherlands | 1.4 |
| 171 | Norway | 1.4 |
| 172 | Portugal | 1.4 |
| 173 | Qatar | 1.4 |
| 174 | Russia | 1.4 |
| 175 | Saint Lucia | 1.4 |
| 176 | United Arab Emirates | 1.4 |
| 177 | Albania | 1.3 |
| 178 | Austria | 1.3 |
| 179 | Canada | 1.3 |
| 180 | Cuba | 1.3 |
| 181 (11) | Curaçao (Netherlands) | 1.3 |
| 182 | Estonia | 1.3 |
| 183 | Finland | 1.3 |
| 184 | Greece | 1.3 |
| 185 | Lithuania | 1.3 |
| 186 | Luxembourg | 1.3 |
| 187 | Mauritius | 1.3 |
| 188 | Romania | 1.3 |
| 189 | Switzerland | 1.3 |
| 190 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.3 |
| 191 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.2 |
| 192 | Costa Rica | 1.2 |
| 193 | Chile | 1.2 |
| 194 | Italy | 1.2 |
| 195 | Japan | 1.2 |
| 196 | Andorra | 1.1 |
| 197 | Malta | 1.1 |
| 198 | Poland | 1.1 |
| 199 | San Marino | 1.1 |
| 200 | Spain | 1.1 |
| 201 | China (mainland only) | 1.0 |
| 202 | Singapore | 1.0 |
| 203 | Thailand | 1.0 |
| 204 | Ukraine | 1.0 |
| 205 | Republic of China (Taiwan) | 0.9 |
| 206 (12) | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.9 |
| 207 (13) | Hong Kong (China) | 0.8 |
| 208 | South Korea | 0.7 |
| 209 (14) | Macau (China) | 0.6 |
| | Sovereign States: 195 | |
| | Dependent Territories: 14 | |
| | World | |
| 1 | World | 2.2 |
| | Continents | |
| 1 | Africa | 4.1 |
| 2 | Oceania | 2.0 |
| 3 | Asia | 1.8 |
| 4 | Americas | 1.7 |
| 5 | Europe | 1.4 |
| | Continental Major Regions | |
| 1 | Africa | 4.1 |
| 1.1 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.4 |
| 1.1.2 | Middle Africa | 5.5 |
| 1.1.3 | Western Africa | 4.5 |
| 1.1.4 | Eastern Africa | 4.2 |
| 1.1.5 | Southern Africa | 2.5 |
| 1.2 | Northern Africa | 2.8 |
| 2 | Oceania | 2.0 |
| 3 | Asia | 1.8 |
| 3.1 | Central Asia | 3.2 |
| 3.2 | Western Asia | 2.5 |
| 3.3 | South Asia | 2.2 |
| 3.4 | Southeast Asia | 2.0 |
| 3.5 | East Asia | 1.0 |
| 4 | Americas | 1.7 |
| 4.1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1.7 |
| 4.1.1 | Caribbean | 1.8 |
| 4.1.2 | Central America | 1.8 |
| 4.1.3 | South America | 1.7 |
| 4.2 | Northern America | 1.6 |
| 5 | Europe | 1.4 |
| 5.1 | Northern Europe | 1.5 |
| 5.2 | Western Europe | 1.5 |
| 5.3 | Eastern Europe | 1.3 |
| 5.4 | Southern Europe | 1.3 |
| | Development Level | |
| 1 | Least Developed | 4.0 |
| 2 | Less Developed | 2.3 |
| 3 | More Developed | 1.4 |
| | Income | |
| 1 | Low Income | 4.5 |
| 2 | Middle Income | 2.0 |
| 2.1 | - Lower Middle Income | 2.5 |
| 2.2 | - Upper Middle Income | 1.4 |
| 3 | High Income | 1.4 |
| | Not Ranked | |
| 1 (1) | Christmas Island (Australia) | - |
| 2 (2) | Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) | - |
| 3 (3) | Falkland Islands (UK) | - |
| 4 (4) | Faroe Islands (Denmark) | - |
| 5 | Niue | - |
| 6 (5) | Norfolk Island (Australia) | - |
| 7 (6) | Pitcairn Islands (UK) | - |
| 8 (7) | Svalbard (Norway) | - |
| 9 (8) | Tokelau (New Zealand) | - |
| 10 | Vatican City | - |
| | Sovereign States: 2 | |
| | Dependent Territories: 8 | |
2022 list by the OWID (Our World In Data) - based on Gapminder estimates :
| Rank | Country | Fertility rate in 2022 (births/woman) |
| 1 | Niger | 6.86 |
| 2 | Somalia | 5.71 |
| 3 | DR Congo | 5.52 |
| 4 | Mali | 5.51 |
| 5 | Chad | 5.36 |
| 6 | Angola | 5.28 |
| 7 | Burundi | 5.22 |
| 8 | Nigeria | 5.11 |
| 9 | Uganda | 5.06 |
| 10 | Gambia | 4.99 |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 4.87 |
| 12 | Mozambique | 4.86 |
| 13 | Zambia | 4.65 |
| 14 | Tanzania | 4.65 |
| 15 | Benin | 4.57 |
| 16 | Ivory Coast | 4.54 |
| 17 | Central African Republic | 4.43 |
| 18 | Guinea | 4.41 |
| 19 | South Sudan | 4.39 |
| 20 | Senegal | 4.36 |
| 21 | Cameroon | 4.32 |
| 22 | Mauritania | 4.32 |
| 23 | Congo | 4.31 |
| 24 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.20 |
| 25 | Liberia | 4.19 |
| 26 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.18 |
| 27 | Malawi | 4.18 |
| 28 | Sudan | 4.17 |
| 29 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 4.10 |
| 30 | Togo | 4.08 |
| 31 | Iraq | 4.04 |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 3.90 |
| 33 | Madagascar | 3.87 |
| 34 | Afghanistan | 3.77 |
| 35 | Eritrea | 3.73 |
| 36 | Samoa | 3.69 |
| 37 | Ghana | 3.66 |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 3.56 |
| 39 | Solomon Islands | 3.54 |
| 40 | Kenya | 3.52 |
| 41 | Rwanda | 3.47 |
| 42 | Yemen | 3.44 |
| 43 | Gabon | 3.43 |
| 44 | Kiribati | 3.42 |
| 45 | Tonga | 3.41 |
| 46 | Papua New Guinea | 3.39 |
| 47 | Zimbabwe | 3.35 |
| 48 | Pakistan | 3.12 |
| 49 | Tajikistan | 3.11 |
| 50 (1) | French Guiana (France) | 3.11 |
| 51 | Namibia | 3.10 |
| 52 | Vanuatu | 3.07 |
| 53 | Jordan | 3.02 |
| 54 | Egypt | 2.98 |
| 55 | Comoros | 2.95 |
| 56 | Lesotho | 2.83 |
| 57 | Israel | 2.82 |
| 58 | Eswatini | 2.81 |
| 59 | Philippines | 2.77 |
| 60 (2) | Guam (US) | 2.76 |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.76 |
| 62 | Guatemala | 2.69 |
| 63 | Bolivia | 2.66 |
| 64 | Syria | 2.65 |
| 65 | Haiti | 2.65 |
| 66 | Turkmenistan | 2.63 |
| 67 (3) | Northern Mariana Islands (US) | 2.59 |
| 68 | Djibouti | 2.53 |
| 69 | Mongolia | 2.53 |
| 70 | Botswana | 2.49 |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 2.47 |
| 72 | Algeria | 2.46 |
| 73 | Laos | 2.41 |
| 74 | Cambodia | 2.39 |
| | World | 2.39 |
| 75 | Fiji | 2.38 |
| 76 | Panama | 2.37 |
| 77 | Guyana | 2.37 |
| 78 | Belize | 2.33 |
| 79 | Ecuador | 2.33 |
| 80 | Paraguay | 2.33 |
| 81 | Saudi Arabia | 2.31 |
| 82 | Oman | 2.30 |
| 83 | Morocco | 2.30 |
| | Population replacement | 2.30 |
| 84 | Western Sahara (disputed territory between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) ("Free Zone" is a self proclaimed and de facto sovereign state) | 2.28 |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 2.26 |
| 86 | Honduras | 2.26 |
| 87 | Peru | 2.24 |
| 88 | Suriname | 2.24 |
| 89 | Indonesia | 2.22 |
| 90 | Argentina | 2.20 |
| 91 | India | 2.20 |
| 92 | Venezuela | 2.18 |
| 93 | Seychelles | 2.16 |
| 94 | Cape Verde | 2.15 |
| 95 | Uzbekistan | 2.14 |
| 96 | Burma (Myanmar) | 2.09 |
| 97 | Libya | 2.07 |
| 98 | Tunisia | 2.07 |
| 99 (4) | New Caledonia (France) | 2.06 |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 2.04 |
| 101 | Mexico | 2.02 |
| 102 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.99 |
| 103 | Grenada | 1.99 |
| 104 | Azerbaijan | 1.99 |
| 105 | France | 1.97 |
| 106 | Ireland | 1.97 |
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 1.97 |
| 108 | El Salvador | 1.96 |
| 109 | Bangladesh | 1.95 |
| 110 | Turkey | 1.95 |
| 111 | Georgia | 1.95 |
| 112 | Nepal | 1.94 |
| 113 | Uruguay | 1.94 |
| 114 | Malaysia | 1.94 |
| 115 | Vietnam | 1.93 |
| 116 | New Zealand | 1.93 |
| 117 | Kuwait | 1.92 |
| 118 | Jamaica | 1.92 |
| 119 (5) | French Polynesia (France) | 1.92 |
| 120 | Sweden | 1.91 |
| 121 | Bahrain | 1.90 |
| 122 | United States | 1.89 |
| 123 | Iceland | 1.88 |
| 124 | Bhutan | 1.88 |
| 125 | Maldives | 1.88 |
| 126 | United Kingdom | 1.87 |
| 127 | North Korea | 1.86 |
| 128 | Norway | 1.83 |
| 129 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.82 |
| 130 | Belgium | 1.81 |
| 131 | Brunei | 1.81 |
| 132 | Barbados | 1.81 |
| 133 | Australia | 1.80 |
| 134 | Qatar | 1.79 |
| 135 (6) | Aruba (Netherlands) | 1.79 |
| 136 | Finland | 1.79 |
| 137 | Russia | 1.79 |
| 138 | Denmark | 1.78 |
| 139 | Netherlands | 1.76 |
| 140 | Colombia | 1.75 |
| 141 | Belarus | 1.75 |
| 142 | Chile | 1.74 |
| 143 | Cuba | 1.73 |
| 144 | Bahamas | 1.72 |
| 145 | Costa Rica | 1.71 |
| 146 | Lithuania | 1.71 |
| 147 | Lebanon | 1.70 |
| 148 | Estonia | 1.70 |
| 149 | Albania | 1.70 |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.69 |
| 151 | Slovenia | 1.68 |
| 152 | United Arab Emirates | 1.66 |
| 153 | China | 1.65 |
| 154 | Montenegro | 1.64 |
| 155 | Bulgaria | 1.64 |
| 156 | Serbia | 1.64 |
| 157 | Luxembourg | 1.63 |
| 158 | Czech Republic | 1.63 |
| 159 | Latvia | 1.62 |
| 160 | Ukraine | 1.61 |
| 161 | Armenia | 1.58 |
| 162 | Romania | 1.58 |
| 163 | North Macedonia | 1.58 |
| 164 | Switzerland | 1.57 |
| 165 | Canada | 1.56 |
| 166 | Austria | 1.56 |
| 167 | Brazil | 1.55 |
| 168 | Iran | 1.54 |
| 169 | Italy | 1.51 |
| 170 | Japan | 1.51 |
| 171 | Malta | 1.51 |
| 172 | Channel Islands - (7) Guernsey (UK) and (8) Jersey (UK) | 1.51 |
| 173 | Germany | 1.50 |
| 174 (9) | Macau (China) | 1.46 |
| 175 | Hungary | 1.45 |
| 176 | Croatia | 1.45 |
| 177 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.44 |
| 178 | Spain | 1.44 |
| 179 | Mauritius | 1.43 |
| 180 | Thailand | 1.42 |
| 181 (10) | Hong Kong (China) | 1.42 |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | 1.41 |
| 183 | South Korea | 1.39 |
| 184 | Cyprus | 1.34 |
| 185 | Greece | 1.31 |
| 186 | Poland | 1.29 |
| 187 | Singapore | 1.28 |
| 188 | Republic of China (Taiwan) | 1.28 |
| 189 | Portugal | 1.25 |
| 190 | Moldova | 1.24 |
| | Sovereign states: 180 | |
| | Dependent territories: 10 | |
| | World | |
| 1 | World | 2.39 |
| | Not ranked | |
| 1 (1) | American Samoa (US) | - |
| 2 | Andorra | - |
| 3 (2) | Anguilla (UK) | - |
| 4 (3) | Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia) (uninhabited) | - |
| 5 (4) | Bermuda (UK) | - |
| 6 (5) | British Virgin Islands (UK) | - |
| 7 (6) | Cayman Islands (UK) | - |
| 8 (7) | Christmas Island (Australia) | - |
| 9 (8) | Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) | - |
| 10 | Cook Islands (self-governing country in free association with New Zealand) | - |
| 11 (9) | Coral Sea Islands (Australia) | - |
| 12 (10) | Curaçao (Netherlands) | - |
| 13 | Dominica | - |
| - | European Union | - |
| 14 (11) | Falkland Islands (UK) | - |
| 15 (12) | Faroe Islands (Denmark) | - |
| 16 (13) | Gibraltar (UK) | - |
| 17 (14) | Greenland (Denmark) | - |
| 18 | Kosovo | - |
| 19 (15) | Isle of Man (UK) | - |
| 20 (16) | Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | - |
| 21 (17) | Guadeloupe (France) | - |
| 22 | Liechtenstein | - |
| 23 | Marshall Islands | - |
| 24 (18) | Martinique (France) | - |
| 25 (19) | Mayotte (France) | - |
| 26 | Micronesia | - |
| 27 | Monaco | - |
| 28 (20) | Montserrat (UK) | - |
| 29 | Nauru | - |
| 30 | Niue (self-governing state in free association with New Zealand) | - |
| 31 (21) | Norfolk Island (Australia) | - |
| 32 | Palau | - |
| 33 | Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank) | - |
| 34 (..1..) | Paracel Islands (disputed territory) ( Vietnam, until 1974) (occupied by China since 1974, also claimed by Republic of China (Taiwan) and Vietnam) | - |
| 35 (22) | Pitcairn Islands (UK) | - |
| 36 (23) | Puerto Rico (US) | - |
| 37 (24) | Réunion (France) | - |
| 38 (25) | Saint Barthélemy (France) | - |
| 39 (26) | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) | - |
| 40 (27) | Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) | - |
| 41 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | - |
| 42 (28) | Saint Martin (France) | - |
| 43 | San Marino | - |
| 44 | Slovakia | - |
| 45 (28) | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) | - |
| 46 (..2..) | Spratly Islands (disputed territory) (partially occupied by six countries - China; Republic of China (Taiwan); Philippines; Malaysia; Vietnam and Brunei) | - |
| 47 (29) | Svalbard (Norway) | - |
| 48 | Timor-Leste | - |
| 49 (30) | Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | - |
| 50 | Tuvalu | - |
| 51 (31) | U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | - |
| 52 | Vatican City | - |
| 53 (32) | Wallis and Futuna (France) | 1.71 |
| | Sovereign states: 18 | |
| | Dependent territories: 33 | |
| | Disputed territories: 2 | |
Note:
(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

## Country ranking and comparison of TFR by year
### 1950 and 2015

| 1950 list by Our World in Data | 2015 list by Our World in Data |
| RankCountryFertility rate in 1950 (births/woman) 1 Iraq8.11 2 (1) Rwanda (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Rwanda)7.92 3 (2) New Hebrides (British and French Condominium → Vanuatu)7.68 4 (3) Samoa (United Nations trust territories, Western Samoa → Samoa)7.63 5 Jordan7.56 6 Dominican Republic7.51 7 Honduras7.47 8 Afghanistan7.45 9 Philippines7.45 10 (4) Ivory Coast (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Ivory Coast → Ivory Coast7.38 11 Yemen ( North Yemen and South Yemen → Yemen)7.37 12 (5) Kenya (British Empire, Kenya Colony → Kenya)7.36 13 Ethiopia7.35 14 (6) Angola (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola → Angola)7.34 15 (7) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)7.33 16 (8) Madagascar (French Colonial Empire, French Madagascar → Madagascar)7.30 17 (9) Tonga (British Empire, British Protectorate → Tonga)7.30 18 (10) Algeria (French Colonial Empire, French Algeria → Algeria)7.29 19 (11) Niger (French Colonial Empire, French Niger → Niger)7.26 20 (12) Somalia (British Empire, British Somaliland and Trust Territory of Somaliland → Somalia)7.25 21 Oman7.25 22 (13) Kuwait (British Empire, British Protectorate → Kuwait)7.22 23 Saudi Arabia7.20 24 (14) Micronesia (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Micronesia)7.20 25 Syria7.18 26 Guatemala7.15 27 Libya7.10 28 (15) Qatar (British Empire, British Protectorate → Qatar)6.97 29 (16) Bahrain (British Empire → Bahrain)6.97 30 (17) Mozambique (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique → Mozambique)6.97 31 (18) Mali (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Sudan → Mali)6.96 32 Peru6.95 33 (19) Cambodia (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Cambodia → Cambodia)6.95 34 (20) United Arab Emirates (British Empire, Trucial States → United Arab Emirates)6.94 35 Bolivia6.93 36 Iran6.92 37 (21) Eritrea ( Ethiopia → Eritrea)6.92 38 Republic of China (Taiwan)6.90 39 (22) Uganda (British Empire → Uganda)6.89 40 Nicaragua6.88 41 (23) Brunei (British Empire, British Protectorate → Brunei)6.86 42 (24) Malawi (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Nyasaland Protectorate → Malawi)6.84 43 (25) Burundi (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Burundi)6.82 44 (26) Senegal (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Senegal → Senegal)6.79 45 Colombia6.77 46 (27) Southern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zimbabwe)6.75 47 Turkey6.74 48 Mexico6.72 49 Ecuador6.72 50 Egypt6.72 51 (28) Swaziland (British Empire → Swaziland)6.71 52 (29) Tanzania (British Empire, Tanganyika and Zanzibar → Tanzania)6.70 53 Belize6.69 54 (30) Sudan (British Empire, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan → Sudan)6.68 55 Bhutan6.67 56 China6.67 57 (31) South Sudan (British Empire, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan → Sudan → South Sudan)6.63 58 (32) Northern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zambia)6.62 59 (33) Singapore (British Empire, British Singapore → Singapore)6.61 60 Pakistan6.60 61 (34) Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands → Suriname)6.58 62 (35) Cape Verde (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde → Cape Verde)6.57 63 (36) Tunisia (French Colonial Empire, French protectorate of Tunisia → Tunisia)6.56 64 Venezuela6.54 65 (37) Timor-Leste (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor → Timor-Leste)6.51 66 (38) Morocco6.49 67 Paraguay6.49 68 (39) Botswana (British Empire, Bechuanaland Protectorate → Botswana)6.47 69 (40) Solomon Islands (British Empire → Solomon Islands)6.40 70 (41) Ghana (British Empire, Gold Coast (British colony) → Ghana)6.37 71 Nigeria (British Empire, British Nigeria → Nigeria6.36 72 (42) Malaysia (British Empire, British Malaya and British Borneo → Malaysia)6.36 73 (43) Togo (United Nations trust territories, French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Togoland → Togo)6.33 74 Haiti6.31 75 (44) Djibouti (French Colonial Empire, French Somaliland → Djibouti)6.30 76 (45) Fiji (British Empire → Fiji)6.30 77 Liberia6.25 78 El Salvador6.24 79 (46) Bangladesh (Pakistan, East Pakistan → Bangladesh)6.23 80 (47) Papua and New Guinea (United Nations trust territories → Papua New Guinea6.23 81 (48) São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe → São Tomé and Príncipe)6.20 82 Brazil6.14 83 Thailand6.13 84 (49) Mauritania (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Mauritania → Mauritania6.12 85 (50) Kiribati (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Kiribati )6.10 86 (51) Sierra Leone (British Empire → Sierra Leone)6.09 87 (52) Chad (French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, French Chad → Chad)6.06 88 (53) Greenland (Denmark)6.05 89 South Africa6.04 90 (54) Maldives (British Empire, British Protectorate → Maldives)6.03 91 (55) Burkina Faso (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa → Republic of Upper Volta → Burkina Faso)6.03 92 Burma (→ Myanmar)6.03 93 (56) Saint Lucia (British Empire, West Indies Federation → Saint Lucia)6.00 94 (57) Comoros (French Colonial Empire → Comoros)6.00 95 (58) French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire → France)6.00 96 (59) Congo (Belgian Colonial Empire, Belgian Congo → Congo-Léopoldville → Zaire → DR Congo)5.99 97 (60) Guinea (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Guinea → Guinea5.97 98 (61) South West Africa ( South Africa → Namibia)5.96 99 Nepal5.96 100 Albania5.96 101 Laos (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Laos → Laos)5.94 102 (62) Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea → Guinea-Bissau)5.92 103 India5.91 104 (63) Mauritius (British Empire → Mauritius)5.90 105 (64) Lesotho (British Empire → Lesotho)5.81 106 (65) Grenada (British Empire → Grenada)5.80 107 Lebanon5.76 108 (66) Dahomey (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa → Dahomey → Benin)5.75 109 (67) Guyana (British Empire → Guyana)5.69 110 Panama5.68 111 (68) Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Empire, Spanish Guinea → Equatorial Guinea)5.68 112 (69) Congo (French Colonial Empire, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa → Congo)5.67 113 Costa Rica5.65 114 (70) Aruba (Netherlands)5.65 115 Sri Lanka5.64 116 (71) Cameroon (United Nations Trust Territories, French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, French Cameroons → Cameroon)5.54 117 (72) SR Macedonia ( Yugoslavia → North Macedonia)5.52 118 Mongolia5.50 119 (73) Central African Republic (French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, Ubangi-Shari → Central African Republic)5.40 120 Indonesia5.35 121 (74) Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Yugoslavia → Bosnia and Herzegovina)5.32 122 (75) Trinidad and Tobago (British Empire, West Indies Federation → Trinidad and Tobago)5.28 123 (76) U.S. Virgin Islands (US)5.25 124 (77) Gambia (British Empire, Gambia Colony and Protectorate → Gambia)5.23 125 (78) New Caledonia (French colonial Empire → France)5.22 126 (79) Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union → Uzbekistan)5.08 127 (80) French Guiana (French Colonial Empire → France)5.08 128 Chile5.08 129 (81) Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union → Azerbaijan)5.07 130 (82) Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union → Tajikistan)5.04 131 South Korea5.02 132 (83) Puerto Rico (US)4.97  World4.96 133 (84) Vietnam (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Vietnam → North Vietnam and South Vietnam → Vietnam)4.96 134 (85) Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union → Turkmenistan)4.89 135 Cuba4.76 136 (86) Montenegro ( Yugoslavia → Montenegro)4.62 137 Israel4.52 138 (87) Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire → Antigua and Barbuda)4.50 139 (88) Hong Kong (British Empire, Hong Kong colony → China, Special administrative regions of China)4.44 140 (89) Barbados (British Empire → Barbados)4.42 141 (90) Macau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Macau → China, Special administrative regions of China)4.39 142 (91) Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union → Kazakhstan)4.30 143 (92) Malta (British Empire → Malta)4.14 144 (93) Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union → Armenia )4.13 145 (94) Bahamas (British Empire → Bahamas)3.98 146 (95) Gabon (French Colonial Empire, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa → Gabon3.95 147 (96) Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union → Kyrgyzstan)3.92 148 (97) Cyprus (British Empire, British Cyprus → Cyprus)3.85 149 (98) Jamaica (British Empire, Colony of Jamaica → Jamaica)3.80 150 Iceland3.62 151 (99) Slovak Socialist Republic3.59 152 Poland3.53 153 (100) SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia)3.53 154 Canada3.47 155 Ireland3.47 156 (101) Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union → Moldova)3.47 157 Japan3.44 158 New Zealand3.38 159 Argentina3.16 160 Finland3.13 161 Portugal3.10 162 United States3.05 163 Netherlands3.05 164 Romania3.05 165 Australia3.01 166 (102) Czech Socialist Republic2.94 167 (103) SR Croatia ( Yugoslavia → Croatia)2.92 168 (104) Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union → Lithuania)2.90 169 (105) SR Slovenia ( Yugoslavia → Slovenia)2.87 170 France2.83 171 (106) Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union → Russia)2.81 172 Hungary2.77 173 (107) Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union → Ukraine)2.72 174 Uruguay2.69 175 Bulgaria2.66 176 (108) Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union → Georgia)2.65 177 Denmark2.58 178 Italy2.50 179 (109) Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union → Belarus)2.50 180 Greece2.47 181 Norway2.46 182 Spain2.45 183 Belgium2.33 184 Switzerland2.33 185 Sweden2.25  Population replacement2.10 186 (110) Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union → Estonia)2.09 187 Germany ( West Germany and East Germany → Germany)2.09 188 United Kingdom2.08 189Channel Islands - (111) Guernsey (UK) and (112) Jersey (UK)2.06 190 (113) Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union → Latvia)2.01 191 North Korea1.95 192 Austria1.87 193 Luxembourg1.87  Sovereign states: 80  Dependent territories: 113  World World4.96  Not ranked (no data or data from other years) 1 (1) American Samoa (US)- 2 Andorra- 3 (2) Bermuda (UK)- 4 (3) Cayman Islands (UK)- 5 (4) Curaçao (Netherlands)- 6 Czechoslovakia (Dissolved in 1992)- 7 (5) Dominica (British Colonial Empire → Dominica)- 8 (6) Faroe Islands (Denmark)- 9 (7) Gibraltar (UK)- 10 (8) Guadeloupe (French Colonial Empire → France)- 11 (9) Guam (US)- 12 (10) Isle of Man (UK)- 13 (11) SAP Kosovo ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia → Kosovo)- 14 Liechtenstein- 15 (12) Marshall Islands (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Marshall Islands)- 16 (13) Mayotte (French Colonial Empire → France)- 17 Monaco- 18 Nauru- 19 (14) Northern Mariana Islands (US)- 20 (15) Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Palau)- 21 (16) Palestine (Jordan, West Bank and Egypt, Gaza Strip → Israeli occupied territories → Palestinian territories)- 22 San Marino- 23 (17) Seychelles (British Colonial Empire, Crown colony → Seychelles)- 24 (18) Saint Martin (French part)- 25 (19) Sint Maarten (Dutch part)- 26 (20) Saint Kitts and Nevis (British Colonial Empire → Saint Kitts and Nevis)- 27 Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991)- 28 (21) Turks and Caicos Islands (British Colonial Empire → UK)- 29 (22) Tuvalu (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Ellice Islands → Tuvalu)- 30 Vatican City- 31 Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992)-  Sovereign states: 9  Dependent territories: 22 | RankCountryFertility rate in 2015 (births/woman) 1 Niger7.29 2 Somalia6.37 3 DR Congo6.20 4 Mali6.14 5 Chad6.05 6 Angola5.77 7 Burundi5.78 8 Uganda5.68 9 Timor-Leste5.62 10 Nigeria5.59 11 Gambia5.49 12 Burkina Faso5.44 13 Mozambique5.30 14 Tanzania5.08 15 Benin5.05 16 Zambia5.04 17 Ivory Coast4.98 18 Central African Republic4.94 19 South Sudan4.94 20 Guinea4.93 21 Senegal4.84 22 Afghanistan4.80 23 Equatorial Guinea4.78 24 Cameroon4.78 25 Mauritania4.74 26 Congo4.72 27 Guinea-Bissau4.71 28 Malawi4.65 29 Liberia4.65 30 Sudan4.59 31 Sierra Leone4.56 32 São Tomé and Príncipe4.52 33 Togo4.52 34 Iraq4.43 35 Comoros4.42 36 Ethiopia4.32 37 Madagascar4.24 38 Eritrea4.21 39 Yemen4.10 40 Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank)4.08 41 Ghana4.04 42 Samoa4.03 43 Rwanda3.97 44 Kenya3.92 45 Solomon Islands3.91 46 Gabon3.85 47 Zimbabwe3.84 48 Papua New Guinea3.71 49 Kiribati3.69 50 Tonga3.68 51 Pakistan3.55 52 Namibia3.47 53 Jordan3.44 54 Tajikistan3.40 55 Egypt3.31 56 Vanuatu3.31 57 Micronesia3.20 58 Swaziland3.14 59 Lesotho3.14 60 Kyrgyzstan3.05 61 Guatemala3.03 62 Israel3.00 63 Haiti2.97 64 Syria2.97 65 Philippines2.96 66 Turkmenistan2.93 67 Bolivia2.92 68 Djibouti2.91 69 Algeria2.84 70 Mongolia2.79 71 Botswana2.77 72 Laos2.76 73 Oman2.74 74 Kazakhstan2.66 75 Cambodia2.59 76 Saudi Arabia2.58 77 Belize2.54 78 Fiji2.54 79 Panama2.54 80 Guyana2.53 81 Morocco2.53 82 Ecuador2.51 83 Paraguay2.51 84 Honduras2.51 85 South Africa2.48 86 Dominican Republic2.45  World2.45 87 Peru2.43 88 Suriname2.40 89 Indonesia2.39 90 Cape Verde2.37 91 (1) Guam (US)2.37 92 India2.35 93 Venezuela2.34 94 Uzbekistan2.31 95 Libya2.31 96 Argentina2.31 97 Seychelles2.30 98 Nicaragua2.23 99 Myanmar (Burma)2.23 100 Tunisia2.22 101 Mexico2.21 102 (2) New Caledonia (France)2.19 103 Nepal2.16 104 Bangladesh2.13 105 Grenada2.13 106 Maldives2.13 107 El Salvador2.10  Population replacement2.10 108 Bhutan2.09 109 Azerbaijan2.09 110 Turkey2.07 111 Antigua and Barbuda2.06 112 Sri Lanka2.06 113 Bahrain2.06 114 Malaysia2.06 115 Jamaica2.03 116 Uruguay2.01 117 Georgia2.00 118 (3) Greenland (Denmark)2.00 119 (4) French Polynesia (France)2.00 120 New Zealand2.00 121 Kuwait1.99 122 Ireland1.99 123 France1.98 124 Vietnam1.96 125 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.95 126 Iceland1.95 127 Qatar1.93 128 North Korea1.92 129 Sweden1.91 130 (5) Curaçao (Netherlands)1.90 131 Brunei1.88 132 United Kingdom1.88 133 Colombia1.87 134 United States1.87 135 Australia1.86 136 Norway1.82 137 Costa Rica1.80 138 Barbados1.80 139 Belgium1.79 140 Chile1.78 141 Bahamas1.78 142 Trinidad and Tobago1.77 143 Finland1.77 144 United Arab Emirates1.76 145 Denmark1.73 146 Russia1.73 147 Netherlands1.73 148 (6) U.S. Virgin Islands (US)1.72 149 Lebanon1.72 150 Cuba1.72 151 Brazil1.69 152 Albania1.67 153 Belarus1.67 154 Iran1.66 155 Montenegro1.65 156 Lithuania1.64 157 Armenia1.62 158 Estonia1.62 159 China1.62 160 Slovenia1.61 161 (7) Aruba (Netherlands)1.60 162 Canada1.59 163 Switzerland1.54 164 Bulgaria1.54 165 Latvia1.53 166 Ukraine1.53 167 Czech Republic1.52 168 North Macedonia1.52 169 Romania1.51 170 Luxembourg1.50 171Channel Islands - (8) Guernsey (UK) and (9) Jersey (UK)1.50 172 Thailand1.50 173 Austria1.48 174 Saint Lucia1.47 175 Serbia1.46 176 Croatia1.46 177 Italy1.46 178 Germany1.45 179 Japan1.44 180 Slovakia1.43 181 (10) Puerto Rico (US)1.43 182 Malta1.42 183 Hungary1.36 184 Mauritius1.36 185 Spain1.35 186 Cyprus1.35 187 Bosnia and Herzegovina1.34 188 Poland1.31 189 Greece1.31 190 South Korea1.28 191 Moldova1.25 192 Portugal1.25 193 Singapore1.24 194 (11) Macau (China)1.20 195 (12) Hong Kong (China)1.20  Sovereign states: 183  Dependent territories: 12  World World2.45  Not ranked (no data or data from other years) 1 (1) American Samoa (US)- 2 Andorra- 3 (2) Bermuda (UK)- 4 (3) Cayman Islands (UK)- 5 Dominica- 6 (4) Faroe Islands (Denmark)- 7 (5) French Guiana (France)- 8 (6) Guadeloupe (France)- 9 (7) Isle of Man (UK)- 10 Kosovo- 11 Liechtenstein- 12 Marshall Islands- 13 (8) Mayotte (France)- 14 Monaco- 15 (9) Northern Mariana Islands (US)- 16 Palau- 17 San Marino- 18 (10) Saint Martin (French part)- 19 (11) Sint Maarten (Dutch part)- 20 Saint Kitts and Nevis- 21 (12) Turks and Caicos Islands UK)- 22 Tuvalu- 23 Vatican City-  Sovereign states: 11  Dependent territories: 12 |
Notes:
(→) Country that changed name and flag, dependent territory that is now an independent country (sovereign state) from another current or extinct (dissolved) state or empire, former dependent territory from a sovereign state or empire that was included in another sovereign state.
(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

### 1960 and 2015

| 1960 list by the World Bank | 2015 list by the World Bank |
| RankCountryFertility rate in 1960 (births/woman) 1 (1) Rwanda (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Rwanda)8.19 2 (2) Kenya (British Empire, Kenya Colony → Kenya)7.95 3 Ivory Coast7.69 4 Jordan7.69 5 (3) Samoa (United Nations trust territories, Western Samoa → Samoa)7.65 6 Dominican Republic7.55 7 (4) Algeria (French Colonial Empire, French Algeria → Algeria)7.52 8 Yemen ( North Yemen and South Yemen → Yemen)7.49 9 (5) Angola (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola → Angola7.48 10 Syria7.47 11 Honduras7.46 12 Afghanistan7.45 13 Niger7.45 14 (6) Tonga (British Empire, British Protectorate → Tonga)7.36 15 Nicaragua7.34 16 Madagascar7.30 17 Somalia7.25 18 Oman7.25 19 (7) Kuwait (British Empire, British Protectorate → Kuwait)7.24 20 (8) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)7.22 21 Saudi Arabia7.22 22 Libya7.20 23 (9) New Hebrides (British and French Condominium → Vanuatu)7.20 24 (10) Southern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zimbabwe)7.16 25 Philippines7.15 26 (11) Northern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zambia)7.12 27 (12) Bahrain (British Empire → Bahrain)7.09 28 Morocco7.04 29 (13) Maldives (British Empire, British Protectorate → Maldives)7.02 30 (14) Uganda (British Empire → Uganda)7.00 31 Senegal7.00 32 Mali6.97 33 Peru6.97 34 (15) Saint Lucia (British Empire, West Indies Federation → Saint Lucia)6.97 35 (16) Qatar (British Empire, British Protectorate → Qatar)6.97 36 Cambodia6.97 37 (17) Burundi (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Burundi)6.95 38 (18) Mozambique (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique → Mozambique)6.95 39 Mongolia6.95 40 (19) Malawi (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Nyasaland Protectorate → Malawi)6.94 41 Tunisia6.94 42 (20) Micronesia (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Micronesia)6.93 43 (21) United Arab Emirates (British Empire, Trucial States → United Arab Emirates)6.93 44 Iran6.93 45 Guatemala6.90 46 (22) Eritrea ( Ethiopia → Eritrea)6.90 47 Ethiopia6.88 48 (23) Cape Verde (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde → Cape Verde)6.88 49 (24) Brunei (British Empire, British Protectorate → Brunei)6.84 50 Colombia6.81 51 (25) Tanzania (British Empire, Tanganyika and Zanzibar → Tanzania)6.81 52 (26) Comoros (French Colonial Empire → Comoros)6.79 53 (27) Kiribati (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Kiribati )6.79 54 Mauritania6.78 55 Mexico6.77 56 Ghana6.75 57 Grenada6.74 58 (28) South Sudan ( Sudan → South Sudan)6.72 59 (29) Bangladesh (Pakistan, East Pakistan → Bangladesh)6.72 60 Ecuador6.72 61 (30) Swaziland (British Empire → Swaziland)6.72 62 Egypt6.72 63 Bolivia6.70 64 Sudan6.69 65 El Salvador6.67 66 Bhutan6.67 67 Venezuela6.62 68 (31) Botswana (British Empire, Bechuanaland Protectorate → Botswana)6.62 69 (32) Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands → Suriname)6.61 70 Pakistan6.60 71 (33) Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union → Turkmenistan)6.59 72 (34) Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union → Tajikistan)6.55 73 Togo6.52 74 Paraguay6.50 75 Belize6.50 76 Albania6.49 77 (35) Djibouti (French Colonial Empire, French Somaliland → Djibouti)6.46 78 (36) Fiji (British Empire → Fiji)6.46 79 Costa Rica6.45 80 Malaysia6.45 81 Liberia6.41 82 (37) Solomon Islands (British Empire → Solomon Islands)6.39 83 (38) Timor-Leste (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor → Timor-Leste)6.37 84 (39) Guyana (British Empire → Guyana)6.37 85 Turkey6.37 86 Nigeria6.35 87 Vietnam ( North Vietnam and South Vietnam → Vietnam)6.35 88 Haiti6.32 89 Republic of Upper Volta (→ Burkina Faso)6.29 90 Benin6.28 91 (40) New Caledonia (French colonial Empire → France)6.28 92 (41) Papua and New Guinea (United Nations trust territories → Papua New Guinea6.28 93 Chad6.25 94 Iraq6.25 95 (42) Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union → Uzbekistan)6.25 96 (43) São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe → São Tomé and Príncipe)6.24 97 (44) Mauritius (British Empire → Mauritius)6.17 98 (45) South West Africa ( South Africa → Namibia)6.15 99 Thailand6.15 100 (46) Sierra Leone (British Empire → Sierra Leone)6.13 101 Guinea6.11 102 South Korea6.09 103 Brazil6.07 104 Myanmar (Burma)6.05 105 (47) Guam (US)6.05 106 South Africa6.04 107 Congo-Léopoldville (→ Zaire → DR Congo)6.00 108 Laos5.96 109 Nepal5.96 110 (48) Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea → Guinea-Bissau)5.92 111 India5.91 112 Congo5.88 113 (49) Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union → Azerbaijan)5.88 114 Panama5.87 115 Central African Republic5.84 116 (50) Lesotho (British Empire → Lesotho)5.84 117 Singapore5.76 118 China5.75 119 Lebanon5.74 120 Indonesia5.67 121 (51) French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire → France)5.66 122 Cameroon5.65 123 (52) Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Empire, Spanish Guinea → Equatorial Guinea)5.65 124 (53) U.S. Virgin Islands (US)5.62 125 (54) Gambia (British Empire, Gambia Colony and Protectorate → Gambia)5.57 126 Sri Lanka5.54 127 (55) Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union → Kyrgyzstan)5.47 128 (56) Jamaica (British Empire, Colony of Jamaica → Jamaica)5.42 129 (57) Trinidad and Tobago (British Empire, West Indies Federation → Trinidad and Tobago)5.26 130 Chile5.10 131 Hong Kong (British Empire, Hong Kong colony → China, Special administrative regions of China)5.01  World4.99 132 (58) Aruba (Netherlands)4.82 133 (59) Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union → Armenia )4.79 134 (60) Macau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Macau → China, Special administrative regions of China)4.77 135 (61) Puerto Rico (US)4.66 136 North Korea4.58 137 (62) Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union → Kazakhstan)4.56 138 (63) Bahamas (British Empire → Bahamas)4.50 139 (64) Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire → Antigua and Barbuda)4.42 140 Gabon4.38 141 (65) Barbados (British Empire → Barbados)4.33 142 Iceland4.29 143 Cuba4.18 144 New Zealand4.03 145 Israel3.87 146 (66) SR Macedonia ( Yugoslavia → North Macedonia)3.84 147 Canada3.81 148 (67) Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Yugoslavia → Bosnia and Herzegovina)3.80 149 Ireland3.78 150 United States3.65 151 (68) Malta (British Empire → Malta)3.62 152 (69) Montenegro ( Yugoslavia → Montenegro)3.60 153 Cyprus3.50 154 Australia3.45 155 (70) Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union → Moldova)3.33 156 Portugal3.16 157 Netherlands3.12 158 Argentina3.11 159 (71) Slovak Socialist Republic3.04 160 Poland2.98 161 (72) Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union → Georgia)2.94 162 Uruguay2.88 163 Spain2.86 164 France2.85 165 Norway2.85 166 Finland2.72 167 Austria2.69 168 United Kingdom2.69 169 (73) Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union → Belarus)2.67 170 Denmark2.57 171 (74) Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union → Lithuania)2.56 172 Belgium2.54 173 (75) Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union → Russia)2.52 174 Switzerland2.44 175Channel Islands - Guernsey (UK) and Jersey (UK)2.42 176 Italy2.40 177 Germany ( West Germany and East Germany → Germany)2.37 178 (76) SR Slovenia ( Yugoslavia → Slovenia)2.34 179 Romania2.34 180 Greece2.33 181 Bulgaria2.31 182 (77) SR Croatia ( Yugoslavia → Croatia)2.29 183 Luxembourg2.29 184 (78) Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union → Ukraine)2.24 185 Sweden2.17  Population replacement2.10 186 (79) Czech Socialist Republic2.09 187 Hungary2.02 188 Japan2.00 189 (80) Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union → Estonia)1.98 190 (81) Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union → Latvia)1.94  Sovereign states: 109  Dependent territories: 81  World World4.99  Major regions 1Arab World6.95 2Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income)6.94 3Middle East and North Africa6.88 4Pacific island small states6.77 5Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)6.64 6Sub-Saharan Africa6.64 7South Asia6.05 8Latin America and Caribbean (excluding high income)6.02 9Latin America and Caribbean5.93 10East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income)5.82 11East Asia and Pacific5.39 12North America3.67 13Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income)3.13 14Europe and Central Asia2.83 15Central Europe and the Baltics2.50  States’ Size 1Caribbean small states5.60 2Small states5.31 3Other small states5.06  International Organizations OECD members3.23  Security Situation Fragile and conflict affected situations6.59  Economic Situation 1Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)6.75 2Least developed countries: UN classification6.68  Economic Income 1Low income6.52 2Lower middle income5.93 3Low and middle income5.66 4Middle income5.59 5Upper middle income5.31 6High income3.04  Not ranked (no data or data from other years) 1 (1) American Samoa (US)- 2 Andorra- 3 (2) Bermuda (UK)- 4 (3) Cayman Islands (UK)- 5 (4) Curaçao (Netherlands)- 6 Czechoslovakia (Dissolved in 1992)- 7 (5) Dominica (British Colonial Empire → Dominica)- 8 (6) Faroe Islands (Denmark)- 9 (7) French Guiana (French Colonial Empire → France)- 10 (8) Gibraltar (UK)- 11 (9) Greenland (Denmark)- 12 (10) Guadeloupe (French Colonial Empire → France)- 13 (11) Isle of Man (UK)- 14 (12) SAP Kosovo ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia → Kosovo)- 15 Liechtenstein- 16 (13) Marshall Islands (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Marshall Islands)- 17 (14) Mayotte (French Colonial Empire → France)- 18 Monaco- 19 Nauru- 20 (15) Northern Mariana Islands (US)- 21 (16) Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Palau)- 22 (17) Palestine (Jordan, West Bank and Egypt, Gaza Strip → Israeli occupied territories → Palestinian territories)- 23 San Marino- 24 (18) SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia)- 25 (19) Seychelles (British Colonial Empire, Crown colony → Seychelles)- 26 (20) Saint Martin (French part)- 27 (21) Sint Maarten (Dutch part)- 28 (22) Saint Kitts and Nevis (British Colonial Empire → Saint Kitts and Nevis)- 29 Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991)- 30 (23) Turks and Caicos Islands (British Colonial Empire → UK)- 31 (24) Tuvalu (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Ellice Islands → Tuvalu)- 32 Vatican City- 33 Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992)-  Sovereign states: 9  Dependent territories: 24 | RankCountryFertility rate in 2015 (births/woman) 1 Niger7.29 2 Somalia6.37 3 DR Congo6.20 4 Mali6.14 5 Chad6.05 6 Angola5.77 7 Burundi5.78 8 Uganda5.68 9 Timor-Leste5.62 10 Nigeria5.59 11 Gambia5.49 12 Burkina Faso5.44 13 Mozambique5.31 14 Tanzania5.08 15 Benin5.05 16 Zambia5.04 17 Ivory Coast4.98 18 Central African Republic4.94 19 South Sudan4.94 20 Guinea4.93 21 Senegal4.84 22 Afghanistan4.80 23 Equatorial Guinea4.78 24 Cameroon4.78 25 Mauritania4.74 26 Congo4.72 27 Guinea-Bissau4.71 28 Malawi4.65 29 Liberia4.65 30 Sudan4.60 31 Sierra Leone4.56 32 São Tomé and Príncipe4.52 33 Togo4.52 34 Iraq4.43 35 Comoros4.42 36 Ethiopia4.32 37 Madagascar4.24 38 Eritrea4.21 39 Yemen4.10 40 Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank)4.08 41 Ghana4.04 42 Samoa4.03 43 Rwanda3.97 44 Kenya3.92 45 Solomon Islands3.91 46 Gabon3.85 47 Zimbabwe3.84 48 Papua New Guinea3.71 49 Kiribati3.69 50 Tonga3.68 51 Pakistan3.55 52 Namibia3.47 53 Jordan3.45 54 Tajikistan3.40 55 Egypt3.31 56 Vanuatu3.31 57 Micronesia3.20 58 Kyrgyzstan3.20 59 Swaziland3.14 60 Lesotho3.14 61 Israel3.09 62 Guatemala3.03 63 Haiti2.97 64 Syria2.97 65 Philippines2.96 66 Turkmenistan2.93 67 Bolivia2.92 68 Djibouti2.91 69 Algeria2.84 70 Mongolia2.79 71 Botswana2.77 72 Laos2.76 73 Oman2.74 74 Kazakhstan2.73 75 Cambodia2.59 76 Saudi Arabia2.58 77 Belize2.54 78 Fiji2.54 79 Panama2.54 80 Guyana2.53 81 Morocco2.53 82 Ecuador2.51 83 Paraguay2.51 84 Honduras2.51 85 Uzbekistan2.49 86 South Africa2.49 87 Dominican Republic2.45  World2.45 88 Peru2.43 89 Suriname2.40 90 Indonesia2.39 91 Cape Verde2.37 92 (1) Guam (US)2.37 93 India2.35 94 Venezuela2.34 95 Libya2.31 96 Argentina2.31 97 Seychelles2.30 98 Nicaragua2.23 99 Myanmar (Burma)2.23 100 Tunisia2.22 101 Mexico2.22 102 (2) New Caledonia (France)2.22 103 Nepal2.16 104 Bangladesh2.13 105 Grenada2.13 106 Maldives2.13 107 El Salvador2.10  Population replacement2.10 108 Bhutan2.09 109 Turkey2.07 110 Antigua and Barbuda2.06 111 Sri Lanka2.06 112 Bahrain2.06 113 Malaysia2.06 114 Jamaica2.03 115 France2.01 116 Uruguay2.01 117 Georgia2.00 118 (3) Greenland (Denmark)2.00 119 (4) French Polynesia (France)2.00 120 New Zealand1.99 121 Kuwait1.99 122 Azerbaijan1.97 123 Vietnam1.96 124 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.95 125 Ireland1.94 126 Iceland1.93 127 Qatar1.93 128 North Korea1.92 129 (5) Curaçao (Netherlands)1.90 130 Brunei1.88 131 Sweden1.88 132 Colombia1.87 133 United States1.84 134 Australia1.83 135 United Kingdom1.81 136 Costa Rica1.80 137 Barbados1.80 138 Chile1.79 139 Bahamas1.77 140 Trinidad and Tobago1.77 141 United Arab Emirates1.77 142 Norway1.76 143 Russia1.75 144 Belgium1.74 145 (6) U.S. Virgin Islands (US)1.72 146 Belarus1.72 147 Brazil1.69 148 Lebanon1.68 149 Cuba1.67 150 Albania1.66 151 Netherlands1.66 152 Finland1.65 153 Denmark1.65 154 Iran1.65 155 Montenegro1.65 156 Latvia1.64 157 Lithuania1.63 158 Armenia1.62 159 China1.62 160 Canada1.60 161 (7) Aruba (Netherlands)1.60 162 Slovenia1.58 163 Switzerland1.54 164 Estonia1.54 165 Czech Republic1.53 166 Bulgaria1.53 167 North Macedonia1.52 168 Romania1.52 169 Ukraine1.51 170 Germany1.50 171 Luxembourg1.50 172Channel Islands - (8) Guernsey (UK) and (9) Jersey (UK)1.50 173 Thailand1.50 174 Austria1.47 175 Saint Lucia1.47 176 Serbia1.46 177 Croatia1.46 178 Japan1.46 179 Hungary1.44 180 (10) Puerto Rico (US)1.43 181 Malta1.42 182 Slovakia1.37 183 Italy1.37 184 Mauritius1.36 185 Cyprus1.35 186 Bosnia and Herzegovina1.35 187 Poland1.32 188 Spain1.32 189 Greece1.30 190 Moldova1.25 191 Singapore1.24 192 South Korea1.24 193 Portugal1.23 194 (11) Macau (China)1.20 195 (13) Hong Kong (China)1.20  Sovereign states: 182  Dependent territories: 13  World World2.45  Major regions 1Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)4.9 2Sub-Saharan Africa4.9 3Arab World3.3 4Pacific island small states3.3 5Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income)2.9 6Middle East and North Africa2.8 7South Asia2.6 8Latin America and Caribbean (excluding high income)2.1 9Latin America and Caribbean2.1 10North America1.8 11East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income)1.8 12East Asia and Pacific1.8 13Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income)1.9 14Europe and Central Asia1.8 15Central Europe and the Baltics1.4  States’ Size 1Other Small states3.2 2Small states2.9 3Caribbean small states2.1  International Organizations 1OECD members1.7 2European Union1.5  Security Situation Fragile and conflict affected situations4.4  Economic Areas Euro area1.5  Economic Situation 1Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)4.9 2Least developed countries: UN classification4.1  Economic Income 1Low income4.8 2Lower middle income2.8 3Low and middle income2.6 4Middle income2.4 5Upper middle income1.8 6High income1.7  Not ranked (no data or data from other years) 1 (1) American Samoa (US)- 2 Andorra- 3 (2) Bermuda (UK)- 4 (3) Cayman Islands (UK)- 5 Dominica- 6 (4) Faroe Islands (Denmark)- 7 (5) French Guiana (France)- 8 (6) Guadeloupe (France)- 9 (7) Isle of Man (UK)- 10 Kosovo- 11 Liechtenstein- 12 Marshall Islands- 13 (8) Mayotte (France)- 14 Monaco- 15 (9) Northern Mariana Islands (US)- 16 Palau- 17 San Marino- 18 (10) Saint Martin (French part)- 19 (11) Sint Maarten (Dutch part)- 20 Saint Kitts and Nevis- 21 (12) Turks and Caicos Islands UK)- 22 Tuvalu- 23 Vatican City-  Sovereign states: 11  Dependent territories: 12 |
Notes:
(→) Country that changed name and flag, dependent territory that is now an independent country (sovereign state) from another current or extinct (dissolved) state or empire, former dependent territory from a sovereign state or empire that was included in another sovereign state.
(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

### 1970 and 2014

| 1970 list by the Population Reference Bureau | 2014 list by the Population Reference Bureau |
| RankCountryFertility rate in 1970 (births/woman) 1 Rwanda8.2 2 Kenya8.1 3 Ivory Coast7.9 4 (1) Palestine (Israeli-occupied territories → Palestinian Territories)7.9 5 (2) Mayotte (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department)7.9 6 Libya7.9 7 Jordan7.9 8 Afghanistan7.7 9 Mongolia7.6 10 Algeria7.6 11 Syria7.6 12 Yemen ( North Yemen and South Yemen → Yemen)7.5 13 Zambia7.4 14 Morocco7.4 15 Iraq7.4 16 Niger7.4 17 Saudi Arabia7.3 18 Madagascar7.3 19 Malawi7.3 20 Burundi7.3 21 Senegal7.3 22 Oman7.3 23 (3) Angola (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola → Angola)7.3 24 Honduras7.3 25 Maldives7.2 26 Somalia7.2 27 Kuwait7.2 28 Samoa7.2 29 (4) Comoros (French Colonial Empire → Comoros)7.1 30 Togo7.1 31 Uganda7.1 32 (5) Bangladesh ( Pakistan, East Pakistan → Bangladesh)7.0 33 Ethiopia7.0 34 Ghana7.0 35 Nicaragua6.9 36 (6) Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union → Tajikistan)6.9 37 Mali6.9 38 (7) South Sudan ( Sudan → South Sudan)6.9 39 Swaziland6.9 40 (8) Cape Verde (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde → Cape Verde)6.9 41 (9) Micronesia (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Micronesia)6.9 42 (10) Qatar (British Empire → Qatar)6.9 43 Sudan6.9 44 (11) Solomon Islands (British Empire → Solomon Islands)6.9 45 Benin6.8 46 Mauritania6.8 47 (12) Djibouti (French Territory of the Afars and the Issas → Djibouti)6.8 48 Tanzania6.8 49 Sierra Leone6.7 50 Rhodesia (→ Zimbabwe)6.7 51 Liberia6.7 52 Mexico6.7 53 (13) Eritrea ( Ethiopia → Eritrea)6.7 54 Bhutan6.7 55 Republic of Upper Volta (→ Burkina Faso)6.6 56 (14) United Arab Emirates (British Empire, Trucial States → United Arab Emirates)6.6 57 (15) Western Sahara (Spanish Sahara → Moroccan Occupation)6.6 58 (16) Mozambique (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique → Mozambique)6.6 59 Pakistan6.6 60 Botswana6.6 61 Bolivia6.6 62 Cambodia6.5 63 (17) São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe → São Tomé and Príncipe)6.5 64 Vietnam ( North Vietnam and South Vietnam → Vietnam)6.5 65 (18) Bahrain (British Empire → Bahrain)6.5 66 Nigeria6.5 67 (19) South West Africa ( South Africa → Namibia)6.5 68 Chad6.5 69 (20) Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union → Uzbekistan)6.5 70 Iran6.4 71 Tunisia6.4 72 (21) Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union → Turkmenistan)6.3 73 Peru6.3 74 (22) New Hebrides (British and French Condominium → Vanuatu)6.3 75 Philippines6.3 76 (23) Belize (British Empire → Belize)6.3 77 Congo6.3 78 (24) Papua and New Guinea (UN Trust Territories → Papua New Guinea)6.2 79 Cameroon6.2 80 Dominican Republic6.2 81 Guinea6.2 82 El Salvador6.2 83 Congo-Léopoldville (→ Zaire → DR Congo)6.2 84 Guatemala6.2 85 (25) Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea → Guinea-Bissau)6.1 86 Ecuador6.1 87 (26) Saint Lucia (British Empire → Saint Lucia)6.1 88 (27) Gilbert Islands (British Empire → Kiribati)6.1 89 Gambia6.1 90 Central African Republic6.0 91 Nepal6.0 92 Burma (→ Myanmar)6.0 93 Laos6.0 94 (28) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)6.0 95 Egypt5.9 96 (29) Timor-Leste (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor → Timor-Leste)5.9 97 Tonga5.9 98 (30) Seychelles (British Empire → Seychelles)5.8 99 (31) Brunei (British Empire → Brunei)5.8 100 Lesotho5.8 101 Haiti5.8 102 Equatorial Guinea5.7 103 Turkey5.7 104 Paraguay5.7 105 (32) Suriname (Dutch Empire → Suriname)5.7 106 Colombia5.6 107 Thailand5.6 108 South Africa5.6 109 India5.5 110 China (mainland only)5.5 111 Indonesia5.5 112 Jamaica5.5 113 Venezuela5.4 114 (33) New Caledonia (French Colonial Empire → Overseas departments and territories of France)5.3 115 Panama5.2 116 (34) French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Collectivity)5.1 116 Gabon5.1 117 Albania5.1 118 Guyana5.1 119 Lebanon5.0 120 Brazil5.0 121 Costa Rica4.9 122 Malaysia4.9 123 (35) Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union → Kyrgyzstan)4.9 124 (36) Guadeloupe (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department)4.9 125 (37) Réunion (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department)4.8 126 (38) French Guiana (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department)4.7  World4.7 127 (39) Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union → Azerbaijan)4.6 128 (40) Martinique (French Colonial Empire → French Overseas Department4.6 129 (41) Grenada (British Empire → Grenada)4.6 130 Fiji4.5 131 South Korea4.5 132 (42) Guam (US)4.4 133 North Korea4.3 134 Sri Lanka4.3 135 Chile4.0 136 Cuba4.0 137 Ireland3.9 138 Republic of China (Taiwan)3.9 139 Israel3.8 140 Mauritius3.8 141 (43) Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire → Antigua and Barbuda)3.7 142 Trinidad and Tobago3.6 143 (44) Bahamas (British Empire → Bahamas)3.5 144 (45) Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union → Kazakhstan)3.5 145 (46) Curaçao (Dutch Empire → Dutch Caribbean)3.3 146 (47) Hong Kong (British Hong Kong → China)3.3 147 (48) Puerto Rico (US)3.2 148 New Zealand3.2 149 (49) Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union → Armenia)3.2 150 Singapore3.2 151 Argentina3.1 152 Barbados3.1 153 (50) SR Macedonia ( Yugoslavia → North Macedonia)3.0 154 Portugal3.0 155 Australia2.9 156 Spain2.9 157 Uruguay2.9 158 Romania2.9 159 Iceland2.8 160 (51) Montenegro ( Yugoslavia → Montenegro)2.7 161 (52) Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Yugoslavia → Bosnia and Herzegovina)2.7 162 Netherlands2.6 163 (53) Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union → Moldova)2.6 164 (54) Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union → Georgia)2.6 165 Norway2.5 166 Cyprus2.5 167 United States2.5 168 France2.5 169 United Kingdom2.4 170 (55) Slovak Socialist Republic2.4 171 (56) Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union → Lithuania)2.4 172 (57) SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia → Serbia)2.4 173 Italy2.4 174 Greece2.4 175 (58) Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union → Belarus)2.3 176 Poland2.3 177 Austria2.3 178 Belgium2.3 179 San Marino2.2 180 (59) SR Slovenia ( Yugoslavia → Slovenia)2.2 181 (60) Macau (Portuguese Macau → China)2.2 182 (61) Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union → Estonia)2.2 183 Bulgaria2.2 184 Canada2.2 185 Germany ( West Germany and East Germany → Germany)2.1 186 (62) Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union -> Ukraine)2.1 187Channel Islands - (63) Guernsey and (64) Jersey (UK)2.1 188 Switzerland2.1 189 Japan2.1  Population replacement2.1 190 (65) Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union → Latvia)2.0 191 Denmark2.0 192 Malta2.0 193 (66) Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union → Russia)2.0 194 Luxembourg2.0 195 Hungary2.0 196 (67) Czech Socialist Republic1.9 197 Sweden1.9 198 (68) SR Croatia ( Yugoslavia → Croatia)1.8 199 (69) Finland1.8  Sovereign states: 130  Dependent territories: 69  Not ranked (no data or data from other years) 1 Andorra- 2 Czechoslovakia (dissolved in 1992)- 3 (1) Dominica (British Empire → Dominica)- 4 (2) Ellice Islands (British Empire - Ellice Islands → Tuvalu)- 5 (3) SAP Kosovo ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia → Kosovo)- 6 Liechtenstein- 7 (4) Marshall Islands (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Marshall Islands)- 8 Monaco- 9 Nauru- 10 (5) Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Palau)- 11 (6) Saint Kitts and Nevis (British Empire → Saint Kitts and Nevis)- 12 Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991)- 13 Vatican City- 14 Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992)-  Sovereign states: 8  Dependent territories: 6 | RankCountryFertility rate in 2014 (births/woman) 1 Niger7.6 2 South Sudan7.0 3 Somalia6.6 4 DR Congo6.6 5 Chad6.6 6 Angola6.2 7 Central African Republic6.2 8 Burundi6.1 9 Mali6.1 10 Zambia6.0 11 Burkina Faso5.9 12 Uganda5.9 13 Mozambique5.7 14 Timor-Leste5.7 15 Gambia5.6 16 Nigeria5.6 17 Malawi5.5 18 Senegal5.3 19 Tanzania5.3 20 Sudan5.2 21 Guinea5.1 22 Cameroon5.1 23 Afghanistan5.1 24 Congo5.0 25 Guinea-Bissau5.0 26 Benin4.9 27 Ivory Coast4.9 28 Sierra Leone4.9 29 Equatorial Guinea4.9 30 Eritrea4.7 31 Liberia4.7 32 Togo4.7 33 Samoa4.7 34 Vanuatu4.4 35 Yemen4.4 36 Madagascar4.4 37 Kenya4.3 38 São Tomé and Príncipe4.3 39 Ghana4.3 40 Comoros4.3 41 Papua New Guinea4.3 42 Nauru4.3 43 Mauritania4.1 44 Solomon Islands4.1 45 Gabon4.1 46 Marshall Islands4.1 47 (1) Mayotte (France)4.1 48 Palestine4.1 49 Iraq4.1 50 Ethiopia4.1 51 Rwanda4.0 52 Tonga3.9 53 Kiribati3.8 54 Tajikistan3.8 55 Pakistan3.8 56 Guatemala3.8 57 Zimbabwe3.8 58 Namibia3.6 59 (2) French Guiana (France)3.5 60 Micronesia3.5 61 Jordan3.5 62 Egypt3.5 63 Haiti3.4 64 Swaziland3.4 65 Djibouti3.4 66 Lesotho3.3 67 Bolivia3.2 68 Laos3.2 69 Tuvalu3.2 70 Kyrgyzstan3.2 71 (3) Guam (US)3.1 72 Israel3.0 73 Syria3.0 74 Philippines3.0 75 Mongolia2.9 76 Saudi Arabia2.9 77 Algeria2.9 78 Ecuador2.8 79 Paraguay2.8 80 Honduras2.8 81 Cambodia2.8 82 Oman2.8 83 Kazakhstan2.7 84 Morocco2.6 85 Suriname2.6 86 Indonesia2.6 87 Belize2.6 88 Botswana2.6 89 Cape Verde2.6 90 Fiji2.5 91 Dominican Republic2.5 92 Bhutan2.5 93 Guyana2.5 94 Panama2.5 95 Nicaragua2.5  World2.5 96 India2.4 97 Uzbekistan2.4 98 Libya2.4 99 Kuwait2.4 100 Nepal2.4 101 Venezuela2.4 102 Western Sahara2.4 103 Turkmenistan2.4 104 Seychelles2.4 105 (4) Réunion (France)2.4 106 Peru2.4 107 Maldives2.3 108 South Africa2.3 109 Jamaica2.3 110 Argentina2.3 111 Colombia2.3 112 (5) Curaçao (Netherlands)2.2 113 Tunisia2.2 114 (6) New Caledonia (France)2.2 115 Bangladesh2.2 116 Mexico2.2 117 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2.2 118 (7) Guadeloupe (France)2.2 119 Azerbaijan2.2 120 El Salvador2.2 121 Sri Lanka2.1 122 Malaysia2.1 123 Bahrain2.1 124 (8) French Polynesia (France)2.1 125 Turkey2.1 126 Vietnam2.1 127 Qatar2.1  Population replacement2.1 128 New Zealand2.0 129 Ireland2.0 130 Myanmar (Burma)2.0 131 Uruguay2.0 132 North Korea2.0 133 Dominica2.0 134 France2.0 135 Bahamas2.0 136 Kosovo2.0 137 Grenada2.0 138 Sweden1.9 139 (9) Martinique (France)1.9 140 Australia1.9 141 United Kingdom1.9 142 Chile1.9 143 Iceland1.9 144 United States1.9 145 Norway1.8 146 Finland1.8 147 Belgium1.8 148 Barbados1.8 149 Costa Rica1.8 150 United Arab Emirates1.8 151 Antigua and Barbuda1.8 152 Iran1.8 153 Thailand1.8 154 Albania1.8 155 Montenegro1.7 156 Netherlands1.7 157 Georgia1.7 158 Belarus1.7 159 Palau1.7 160 Brazil1.7 161 Denmark1.7 162Channel Islands - (10) Guernsey and (11) Jersey (UK)1.7 163 Russia1.7 164 Cuba1.7 165 (12) Puerto Rico (US)1.6 166 Croatia1.6 167 Saint Kitts and Nevis1.6 168 Trinidad and Tobago1.6 169 Canada1.6 170 China (mainland only)1.6 171 Brunei1.6 172 Lithuania1.6 173 Luxembourg1.6 174 Armenia1.6 - European Union1.6 175 North Macedonia1.5 176 San Marino1.5 177 Slovenia1.5 178 Ukraine1.5 179 Latvia1.5 180 Estonia1.5 181 Liechtenstein1.5 182 Bulgaria1.5 183 Czech Republic1.5 184 Switzerland1.5 185 Saint Lucia1.5 186 Lebanon1.5 187 Cyprus1.5 188 Mauritius1.4 189 Japan1.4 190 Austria1.4 191 Germany1.4 192 Monaco1.4 193 Malta1.4 194 Serbia1.4 195 Italy1.4 196 Slovakia1.3 197 Greece1.3 198 Bosnia and Herzegovina1.3 199 Romania1.3 200 Hungary1.3 201 Spain1.3 202 Portugal1.2 203 Singapore1.2 204 Poland1.2 205 (13) Macau (China)1.2 206 South Korea1.2 207 Moldova1.2 208 (14) Hong Kong (China)1.1 209 Andorra1.1 210 Republic of China (Taiwan)1.1  Sovereign states: 196  Dependent territories: 14  Not ranked (no data or data from other years) 1 Vatican City-  Sovereign states: 1  Dependent territories: 0 |
Notes:
(→) Country that changed name and flag, dependent territory that is now an independent country (sovereign state) from another current or extinct (dissolved) state or empire, former dependent territory from a sovereign state or empire that was included in another sovereign state.
(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

## Country ranking by TFR forecast

| 2018 forecast/prediction by the UN Population Division | 2023 forecast/prediction by the UN Population Division |
| RankCountryFertility rate 2018 (Medium Variant) (births/woman) 1 Niger7.46 2 Somalia6.12 3 Mali5.92 4 Chad5.79 5 Angola5.79 6 Burundi5.66 7 DR Congo5.66 8 Gambia5.53 9 Uganda5.46 10 Nigeria5.41 11 Timor-Leste5.33 12 Burkina Faso5.23 13 Zambia5.14 14 Mozambique5.12 15 Tanzania4.92 16 Malawi4.88 17 Senegal4.83 18 Ivory Coast4.77 19 South Sudan4.73 20 Guinea4.73 21 Congo4.64 22 Guinea-Bissau4.56 23 Equatorial Guinea4.52 24 Benin4.50 25 Liberia4.47 26 Cameroon4.46 27 Mauritania4.39 28 São Tomé and Príncipe4.36 29 Togo4.35 30 Iraq4.35 31 Sierra Leone4.28 32 Afghanistan4.25 33 Comoros4.23 34 Madagascar4.21 35 Sudan4.13 36 Kenya4.10 37 Eritrea4.02 38 Central African Republic4.02 39 Ethiopia3.99 40 Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank)3.95 41 Ghana3.95 42 Samoa3.90 43 Yemen3.79 44 Solomon Islands3.76 45 (1) Mayotte (France)3.73 46 Gabon3.68 47 Zimbabwe3.65 48 Rwanda3.62 49 Papua New Guinea3.58 50 Tonga3.58 51 Kiribati3.58 52 Pakistan3.38 53 Tajikistan3.32 54 Namibia3.31 55 Vanuatu3.22 56 (2) French Guiana (France)3.28 57 Jordan3.20 58 Egypt3.16 59 Micronesia3.08 60 Swaziland3.06 61 Guatemala3.03 62 Lesotho3.01 63 Djibouti2.99 64 Kyrgyzstan2.93 65 Morocco2.93 66 Philippines2.87 67 Haiti2.85 68 Bolivia2.83 69 Laos2.77 70 Syria2.77 71 Botswana2.67 72 Algeria2.62 73 Saudi Arabia2.59 74 Mongolia2.54 75 Cambodia2.53 76 Kazakhstan2.53 77 Oman2.51 78 Fiji2.48 79 Guyana2.47  World2.47 80 Belize2.46 81 Paraguay2.45 82 Ecuador2.44 83 Israel2.38 84 Dominican Republic2.38 85 Panama2.36 86 Indonesia2.36 87 Peru2.35 88 India2.34 89 Uzbekistan2.33 90 (3) Guam (US)2.32 91 Libya2.32 92 South Africa2.28 93 Venezuela2.28 94 Suriname2.28 95 Argentina2.27 96 Honduras2.25 97 Turkmenistan2.22 98 Azerbaijan2.22 99 Seychelles2.21 100 Cape Verde2.19 101 (4) U.S. Virgin Islands (US)2.18 102 Nicaragua2.16 103 Mexico2.14 104 Myanmar (Burma)2.13 105 (5) Réunion (France)2.12 106 (6) Guadeloupe (France)2.10  Population replacement2.10 107 Nepal2.09 108 Bangladesh2.08 109 Grenada2.08 110 Tunisia2.07 111 Western Sahara2.06 112 (7) Curaçao (Netherlands)2.05 113 Kuwait2.04 114 (8) New Caledonia (France)2.04 115 Sri Lanka2.03 116 Antigua and Barbuda2.03 117 Turkey2.01 118 Ireland2.00 119 Jamaica1.99 120 (9) French Polynesia (France)1.99 121 New Zealand1.99 122 France1.99 123 Maldives1.98 124 Bahrain1.98 125 Uruguay1.98 126 Qatar1.95 127 Vietnam1.95 128 North Korea1.94 129 Bhutan1.93 130 Sweden1.93 131 United Kingdom1.91 132 Iceland1.90 133 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.90 134 Malaysia1.90 135 United States1.90 136 (10) Martinique (France)1.88 137 El Salvador1.87 138 Australia1.86 139 Colombia1.83 140 Bahamas1.83 141 Belgium1.83 142 Brunei1.82 143 Saint Lucia1.82 144 Georgia1.82 145 Norway1.81 146 Barbados1.80 147 Albania1.78 148 Finland1.77 149 Netherlands1.77 150 Denmark1.76 151 Costa Rica1.74 152 Chile1.73 153 United Arab Emirates1.73 154 Trinidad and Tobago1.73 155 Russia1.70 156 Lebanon1.68 157 Estonia1.65 158 Montenegro1.65 159 Slovenia1.64 160 Brazil1.63 161 Belarus1.62 162 Lithuania1.61 163 Iran1.61 164 (11) Aruba (Netherlands)1.60 165 Luxembourg1.60 166 Bulgaria1.60 167 China1.59 168 (12) Puerto Rico (US)1.59 169 Serbia1.59 170 Cuba1.58 171 Switzerland1.57 172 Canada1.56 173 Ukraine1.56 174 Latvia1.55 175 North Macedonia1.55 176 Czech Republic1.54 177 Austria1.53 178 Romania1.53 179 Armenia1.51 180 Italy1.49 181Channel Islands - (13) Jersey (UK) and (14) Guernsey (UK)1.49 182 Malta1.49 183 Croatia1.48 184 Thailand1.46 185 Japan1.46 186 Mauritius1.44 187 Germany1.44 188 Slovakia1.44 189 Cyprus1.42 190 Hungary1.40 191 Spain1.38 192 (15) Macau (China)1.34 193 Poland1.33 194 South Korea1.33 195 Greece1.30 196 (16) Hong Kong (China)1.30 197 Singapore1.26 198 Portugal1.24 199 Moldova1.23 200 Bosnia and Herzegovina1.23  Sovereign states: 184  Dependent territories: 16  Not ranked (no data or data from other years) 1 (1) American Samoa (US)- 2 Andorra- 3 (2) Anguilla (UK)- 4 (3) Bermuda (UK)- 5 (4) British Virgin Islands (UK)- 6 (5) Cayman Islands (UK)- 7 Cook Islands- 8 Dominica- 9 (6) Faroe Islands (Denmark)- 10 (7) Gibraltar (UK)- 11 (8) Greenland (Denmark)- 12 (9) Isle of Man (UK)- 13 Kosovo- 14 Marshall Islands- 15 Monaco- 16 (10) Montserrat (UK)- 17 Nauru- 18 (11) Northern Mariana Islands (US)- 19 Palau- 20 (12) Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)- 21 Saint Kitts and Nevis- 22 (13) Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)- 23 San Marino- 24 (14) Sint Maarten (Netherlands)- 25 (15) Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)- 26 Vatican City- 27 (16) Wallis and Futuna (France)- 28 (17) Western Sahara-  Sovereign states: 11  Dependent territories: 17 | RankCountryFertility rate for 2023 (Medium Variant) (births/woman) 1 Niger6.51 2 Somalia5.66 3 DR Congo5.46 4 Mali5.46 5 Chad5.32 6 Angola5.21 7 Nigeria5.08 8 Burundi5.04 9 Gambia4.90 10 Burkina Faso4.83 11 Tanzania4.63 12 Benin4.54 13 Mozambique4.54 14 Uganda4.44 15 Ivory Coast4.40 16 Central African Republic4.38 17 Guinea4.38 18 Zambia4.38 19 South Sudan4.36 20 Senegal4.34 21 Mauritania4.32 22 Cameroon4.29 23 Congo4.19 24 Guinea-Bissau4.16 25 Equatorial Guinea4.15 26 Solomon Islands4.15 27 Sudan4.15 28 São Tomé and Príncipe4.08 29 Togo4.06 30 Liberia4.03 31 Comoros3.93 32 Malawi3.91 33 Sierra Leone3.86 34 Afghanistan3.85 35 Madagascar3.85 36 Ethiopia3.82 37 Eritrea3.76 38 Rwanda3.73 39 Gabon3.71 40 Samoa3.68 41 Ghana3.65 42 Vanuatu3.62 43 Timor-Leste3.60 44 Iraq3.45 45 (1) Mayotte (France)3.44 46 Yemen3.43 47 Kiribati3.41 48 Tajikistan3.40 49 Tonga3.39 50 Papua New Guinea3.38 51 Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank)3.36 52 Zimbabwe3.32 53 Kenya3.26 54 Pakistan3.24 55 (2) French Guiana (France)3.19 56 Namibia3.17 57 Egypt3.13 58 Lesotho2.97 59 Morocco2.93 60 Kyrgyzstan2.83 61 Eswatini (Swaziland)2.80 62 Micronesia2.87 63 Algeria2.79 64 Haiti2.74 65 Mongolia2.73 66 Botswana2.69 67 Guatemala2.67 68 Fiji2.65 69 Syria2.64 70 Turkmenistan2.63 71 Kazakhstan2.62 72 Oman2.60 73 Bolivia2.58 74 Jordan2.58 75 Djibouti2.52 76 Laos2.48 77 Philippines2.45  World2.42 78 Cambodia2.39 79 Guyana2.37 80 Panama2.37 81 Seychelles2.34 82 Paraguay2.33 83 Ecuador2.32 84 Honduras2.32 85 Suriname2.32 86 South Africa2.31 87 Uzbekistan2.31 88 Israel2.30 89 Nicaragua2.28 90 Western Sahara2.27 91 (3) Guam (US)2.24 92 Dominican Republic2.23 93 Indonesia2.22 94 Argentina2.20 95 Belize2.19 96 Venezuela2.18 97 Saudi Arabia2.17 98 Peru2.16 99 Cape Verde2.15 100 India2.14 101 Sri Lanka2.13 102 Libya2.11 103 Tunisia2.10  Population replacement2.10 104 (4) Guadeloupe (France)2.09 105 Iran2.09 106 Myanmar (Burma)2.07 107 Kuwait2.03 108 Mexico2.03 109 Georgia2.02 110 Lebanon2.02 111 Vietnam2.02 112 Azerbaijan1.99 113 Turkey1.99 114 Grenada1.98 115 (5) U.S. Virgin Islands (US)1.97 116 El Salvador1.96 117 Antigua and Barbuda1.95 118 Bangladesh1.93 119 Malaysia1.92 120 Uruguay1.92 121 Jamaica1.91 122 (6) New Caledonia (France)1.90 123 Bahrain1.89 124 (7) Aruba (Netherlands)1.88 125 (8) French Polynesia (France)1.88 126 Bhutan1.87 127 North Korea1.86 128 France1.85 129 New Zealand1.85 130 Sweden1.84 131 (9) Martinique (France)1.83 132 Russia1.82 133 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.81 134 Nepal1.80 135 Ireland1.79 136 Australia1.78 137 Qatar1.78 138 United States1.78 139 Denmark1.77 140 Maldives1.77 141 Armenia1.76 142 Brunei1.76 143 United Kingdom1.75 144 Belarus1.74 145 Latvia1.74 146 Montenegro1.74 147 Belgium1.73 148 Colombia1.73 149 (10) Curaçao (Netherlands)1.72 150 Iceland1.72 151 Bahamas1.71 152 China1.70 153 Lithuania1.70 154 Norway1.70 155 Costa Rica1.68 156 Czech Republic1.68 157 Netherlands1.68 158 Trinidad and Tobago1.67 159 Romania1.65 160 Barbados1.64 161 Slovenia1.64 162 Estonia1.63 163 Bulgaria1.61 164 Germany1.61 165 Chile1.60 166 Austria1.57 167 Cuba1.57 168 Slovakia1.55 169 Switzerland1.56 170 Albania1.54 171Channel Islands - (11) Guernsey (UK) and (12) Jersey (UK)1.54 172 Hungary1.54 173 Brazil1.53 174 Malta1.51 175 Canada1.48 176 Poland1.47 177 North Macedonia1.46 178 Thailand1.46 179 Ukraine1.44 180 Finland1.42 181 Serbia1.42 182 Croatia1.41 183 (13) Hong Kong (China)1.41 184 Luxembourg1.41 185 Spain1.39 186 Saint Lucia1.38 187 Japan1.37 188 Mauritius1.35 189 Portugal1.35 190 United Arab Emirates1.35 191 Moldova1.31 192 Cyprus1.30 193 Italy1.30 194 (14) Macau (China)1.30 195 Greece1.26 196 Singapore1.24 197 Bosnia and Herzegovina1.22 198 (15) Puerto Rico (US)1.18 199 South Korea0.72  Sovereign states: 184  Dependent territories: 15  World World2.42  Continents 1Africa4.16 2Oceania2.30 3Asia2.09 4South America1.87 5North America1.76 6Europe1.62  Major regions 1Sub-Saharan Africa4.40 2Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)3.27 3Northern Africa and Western Asia2.78 4Central and Southern Asia2.29 5Latin America and the Caribbean1.96 6Eastern and South-Eastern Asia1.81 7Australia and New Zealand1.80 8Northern America1.76 9Europe and Northern America1.67 10Europe1.62  Major Subregions 1Middle Africa5.12 2Western Africa4.85 3Eastern Africa4.07 4Melanesia3.33 5Northern Africa3.07 6Micronesia2.72 7Polynesia2.65 8Central Asia2.62 9Western Asia2.52 10Southern Africa2.38 11Southern Asia2.28 12South-Eastern Asia2.14 13Caribbean2.11 14Central America2.11 15South America1.87 16Northern America1.76 17Northern Europe1.74 18Western Europe1.70 19Eastern Europe1.67 20Eastern Asia1.66 21Southern Europe1.36  UN Development Groups 1Land-Locked Developing Countries (LLDC)3.68 2Less Developed Regions (excluding China)2.72 3Less Developed Regions2.53 3.1- Least Developed Countries3.74 3.2- Less Developed Regions (excluding Least Developed Countries)2.27 4Small Island Developing States (SIDS)2.37 5More Developed Countries1.65  World Bank Income Groups 1Low-income Countries4.16 2Middle-income Countries2.29 3Lower-middle-income Countries2.60 4Upper-middle-income Countries1.87 5High Income Countries1.67 6No Income Group Available2.38  Not ranked (no data or data from other years) 1 (1) American Samoa (US)- 2 Andorra- 3 (2) Bermuda (UK)- 4 British Virgin Islands (UK)- 5 (3) Cayman Islands (UK)- 6 Dominica- 7 (4) Faroe Islands (Denmark)- 8 (5) Gibraltar (UK)- 9 (6) Greenland (Denmark)- 10 (7) Isle of Man (UK)- 11 Kosovo- 12 Liechtenstein- 13 Marshall Islands- 14 Monaco- 15 Nauru- 16 (8) Northern Mariana Islands (US)- 17 Palau- 18 Saint Kitts and Nevis- 19 (9) Saint Martin (France) (French part)- 20 San Marino- 21 (10) Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (Dutch part)- 22 Turks and Caicos Islands- 23 Tuvalu- 24 Vatican City-  Sovereign states: 14  Dependent territories: 10 |
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